"Good job, Gong Yang Mo, you are worthy of being the number one foodie in the class. This is what I want to show you." Zhao Xin first joked with Gong Yang Mo, then raised the small box in his hand and opened it.

As the small box was opened, a fresh and elegant fragrance came towards us. The fragrance was not strong, but everyone present could smell it clearly, and it lingered. Everyone stretched their heads to look inside the box. Inside the box was a flower. The flower was large and white, cup-shaped, with a light green outer ring that curled outwards, and two milky white inner rings that were in the shape of an inverted egg and spoon.

"Udumbara?" Gong Yang Mo said uncertainly.

"Yes, it is the Udumbara flower." Zhao Xin smiled and nodded. His mother also planted several Udumbara flowers in her garden. When the flowers bloomed, Zhao Xin asked the people in the mansion to dig them and make Udumbara flower tea.

"What is Udumbara?" Chen Zifeng was a little puzzled. He had never heard of the name of this flower.

"The Udumbara flower is produced in the southern part of the Xingluo Empire and its production is extremely rare. The most important function of the Udumbara flower is that its fragrance has a calming effect on the mind. Placing a Udumbara flower at home can prevent one from going astray in practice," Gong Yang Mo introduced.

Zhao Xin continued what Gong Yangmo said and added: "That's right, but in fact, Udumbara has another effect. Drinking Udumbara tea can improve your mental strength. And after taking it, it will form a thin film in your sea of ​​consciousness to protect your mental strength. Of course, these effects are only useful for people below the Soul Emperor level. Otherwise, I can't get it."

As soon as Zhao Xin finished speaking, Chen Zifeng urged, "Brother Xin, you're not just showing it to us, are you?"

"Of course, let's try this Udumbara tea. I haven't drunk it yet." Zhao Xin took out a few teacups and teapots from the soul-removing device, added some specially brought mountain spring water, put the Udumbara flowers in it, and started to cook.

After a while, bursts of faint fragrance came from the teapot. Zhao Xin and his companions smelled the tea and felt their spirits cleansed.

"The tea is ready. Let's have a taste of this rare Udumbara tea." Zhao Xin raised the teapot and poured a cup for each person. The tea made from the Udumbara flower was pure white, and the fragrance it exuded could soothe mental fatigue. Everyone drank it all in one gulp and sat cross-legged on the spot to refine the medicinal power of the Udumbara flower tea.

The first feeling Zhao Xin had after drinking the Udumbara tea was coolness. That's right, the hot tea gave him a cool feeling. Zhao Xin only felt a stream of cool water rushing through his mind, and the fatigue brought by the days of training disappeared at this moment. Zhao Xin's eyes went dark, and he suddenly appeared above a golden lake.

"The Sea of ​​Spirit?" Zhao Xin looked around and immediately understood. Because of his powerful spiritual power from two lives, stimulated by the Udumbara flower, Zhao Xin came to the Sea of ​​Spirit by chance.

Zhao Xin noticed that a film emitting soft light slowly appeared above the sea of ​​spirit. The light emitted by the film shone on the sea of ​​spirit, and Zhao Xin felt his spiritual power begin to solidify, and a warm and comfortable feeling appeared on him.

"Is this the thin film produced by the Udumbara flower to protect the spiritual sea?" Zhao Xin touched it carefully and found that the film was very tough and there were some tiny white lines on it.

Before Zhao Xin could figure it out, his figure suddenly disappeared from the sea of ​​​​spirituality. Zhao Xin, who was sitting cross-legged, slowly opened his eyes and found that several people around him had woken up and were eating cakes and waiting for him. He was the last one.

Gong Yangmo and the others saw Zhao Xin open his eyes, and Chen Zifeng quickly told Zhao Xin how he felt: "Brother Xin, this Udumbara tea is so comfortable. I feel like my whole body has been cleansed, and my mental strength has increased a lot. Moreover, I can feel that the speed of my soul power has increased a bit."

"Of course, this is just one of its functions, otherwise it wouldn't be sought after by so many people." Zhao Xin replied. He didn't mention his spiritual sea, and when their soul power level increased, he could observe it through internal vision.

The few of them ate some of the cakes and pastries that Zhao Xin had brought. Seeing that the moon had risen above their heads, they returned to the dormitory to sleep.

Three days later, school officially started, and Zhao Xin and others became third-year students in the External Affairs College of Shrek Academy.

Early in the morning, everyone gathered in the square.

Zhao Xin, Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yaoheng were not in the team, as they did not need to take the entrance exam. Zhao Xin looked at the statues and the sparkling Poseidon Lake not far away, and his thoughts were all over the place.

It has been two years since Zhao Xin came to Shrek Academy. His strength has grown rapidly in the past two years, and he has also met many good friends. Zhao Xin, who has the memory of his previous life, is unwilling to play with his peers in his heart, and always trains alone to improve his strength. Otherwise, there would not be only two people of the same age in Zhao's house who he can talk to. After coming to Shrek Academy, his personality has changed unconsciously, and he has become willing to communicate.

As they were thinking, Du Weilun had already come to the front of the crowd and announced the content of this assessment.

"For this assessment, you will go to the Xingdou Great Forest. The academy will place medals in various places. You will form a team of three. Your mission is to capture as many medals as possible and avoid the places where soul beasts live. However, if you are attacked by a soul beast, you are not allowed to kill it. You are only allowed to resist normally."

As soon as Du Weilun finished speaking, the faces of the students below turned ugly. If they could kill, these students would naturally not be so afraid. But if they don't provoke soul beasts, some soul beasts will provoke them. Once they start fighting, it will be a fight to the death, and naturally they can't stop.

Du Weilun said again in a deep voice: "For this assessment, you must unite and cooperate well. The assessment time is three days, so everyone should pay attention to managing the time. Most importantly, no one is allowed to hunt soul beasts."

Zhao Xin learned from Zhao Changtian why the academy repeatedly emphasized that it was not allowed to kill soul beasts, because this was an agreement between the academy and the beasts in the Xingdou Great Forest. The academy designated an area in the Xingdou Great Forest, and the assessment was conducted in the designated area, which was beneficial to both humans and soul beasts, and was considered a kind of training. However, if the academy asked students to hunt soul beasts for an assessment, of course, the soul beasts in the designated area, the nature of this was very different, and the Xingdou Great Forest would never agree.

Zhao Xin himself understood the reason for this, but that didn't mean everyone understood it. Du Weilun didn't care about the dissatisfaction of the students below. If he didn't explain, smart people would gradually understand, and Shrek Academy didn't need those who were not so smart.

"Everyone, be quiet." Du Weilun shouted, "Disband now. The class teacher will assign the team members and we will gather here at noon."

The third-year students remained silent and followed their head teacher back to the classroom.

"Don't be discouraged, this assessment is not as difficult as you think." Wang Yan said.

Unlike Wang Yan's gentle consolation, Zhou Yi suddenly shouted and reprimanded all the students below: "Look up, a small opening test makes you act like this, then you might as well not take the test and go home."

The students who heard this gradually showed a determined look in their eyes. Wang Yan felt that their confidence had returned, and he was happy but also a little depressed. "Sure enough, in some cases, comfort doesn't work."

After calming down, Wang Yan began to assign members into groups of three: "The first group, Jin Ying, Chen Zifeng, and Meng Qingjia. The second group, Wang Yun, Li Zhi, and Ouyang Jian. The third group..." Wang Yan read out the names one after another.

Soon, the assignment was completed. Just when everyone was wondering why Zhao Xin and the other two were not included, Wang Yan spoke again: "This time, Zhao Xin, Ma Xiaotao, and Dai Yuheng will not participate in the opening assessment, but will directly participate in the special assessment. If you have any opinions about my assignment, please give me some advice."

The students shook their heads. After a year of getting along, everyone had a rough idea of ​​everyone's strength. And based on Wang Yan's understanding of the students, this was already the best allocation result.