Shrek Academy Registration Grounds

"Little San, are you okay?" Xiao Wu hurriedly helped Tang San up.

Tang San shook his head. "He held back. For someone so powerful to refrain from bullying others with his strength, he is a friend worth making. The meaning behind his final words seemed to be that he wanted to befriend us."

Xiao Wu curled her lips dismissively. "Who wants to know him? He's just a lecherous tiger."

Tang San did not know that Dai Mubai had been in a hurry to get back to work and simply did not want to fight him.

"Xiao Wu, if he could guess that we were going to Shrek Academy, then he definitely isn't just brawn without brains. Have you forgotten what Teacher said? We need to form a Soul Master team, and that Young Master Dai just now is very likely to be the team's leader. With someone that powerful around, the team will be even stronger."

Tang San did not know why, but somewhere deep down, he seemed to feel somewhat close to Dai Mubai.

Xiao Wu rolled her eyes but did not refute Tang San.

"Third Brother, let's go take a look at the rooms first."

The next day.

Han Yu and the other two arrived outside Suotuo City early in the morning.

"You came back so late last night. Did you have fun?" Han Yu asked with a smile.

Ye Lingling shook her head. "Teacher, Zhuqing and I saw that wealthy merchant's daughter with Dai Mubai last night. They were actually doing indecent things right there on the street."

Young people really knew how to have fun.

Han Yu chuckled inwardly. To be honest, he rather envied Dai Mubai.

Some people spent their whole lives on the road to Rome, while someone like Dai Mubai had simply been born in Rome.

"Don't think about him anymore. We should focus on our own matters. Also, the purpose of this trip is mainly to recruit some students. In the future, I want to form a team for you to participate in the Soul Master Grand Competition. Besides the two of you, we'll need five more teammates."

"The Soul Master Grand Competition." Ye Lingling and Zhu Zhuqing exchanged glances, excitement showing on both their faces.

Over the years, the Soul Master Grand Competition had become a testing ground for measuring talented Soul Masters. After the first Soul Master Grand Competition more than a decade ago, those outstanding talents from back then had all become powerful figures in their own right.

"As my students, it would be embarrassing if you couldn't achieve good results in the competition."

At those words, Ye Lingling and Zhu Zhuqing nodded firmly. "Teacher Han, we definitely won't disappoint you."

"Cultivate diligently. Let's get to business first."

As he spoke, Han Yu joined the registration line.

There were many people who had come to register at Shrek, and the line had already stretched to the entrance of the village early in the morning.

People on the Douluo Continent generally matured early, so it was impossible to tell their age from their appearance alone.

Like the pair of twin sisters Dai Mubai had been fooling around with, they looked quite grown-up, but were actually only fifteen.

Their bones had to be examined to determine a Soul Master's exact age. Of course, the age counted here was their full age in years.

Shrek Academy had a limited number of teachers. Aside from the teachers responsible for the later tests, only Li Yusong was stationed at the registration grounds.

As for Dai Mubai, he had been forcibly dragged over.

Bored out of his mind, when he spotted Zhu Zhuqing in the registration line, a faint smile unconsciously appeared at the corner of his lips.

"Zhu Zhuqing, so what if you look down on me? Without me, you'll definitely die in the future. Heh heh."

Standing in the line, Han Yu swept his gaze forward and spotted Tang San and Xiao Wu. "They really came, huh. Heh heh."

To avoid being recognized by Tang San, he had still done some simple disguise.

It was merely makeup, and Ye Lingling was especially skilled in it in order to avoid pursuit by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

"Teacher Han, if you put on a little more makeup, you'd be a woman," Ye Lingling said with a concealed laugh.

"You're even making fun of me now?" Han Yu said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Before long, some commotion arose near the front of the registration line.

Han Yu, who had been watching the line's movements, knew that it had started because a twelve-year-old boy had been unable to obtain his Second Soul Ring due to his family circumstances and wanted Shrek Academy to help him.

However, Li Yusong had forcefully refused on the grounds that he did not meet the requirements and withheld the registration fee.

Naturally, the hot-tempered parent refused to accept that, and an argument broke out.

In the end, Han Yu did not know whether Li Yusong had suddenly found his conscience or simply found the crowd troublesome, but after restating the rules, he drove away quite a few parents.

"This Shrek Academy actually withholds registration fees. What kind of conduct is that?" Ye Lingling said angrily.

Normally, the registration fee was only paid after one enrolled in an academy, essentially serving as tuition. Yet Shrek Academy not only withheld registration fees, but also charged another one hundred Gold Soul Coins in tuition after enrollment.

It was no wonder the Balak Kingdom's Ministry of Education had refused to approve them. Leaving aside their educational philosophy and academy environment, such repeated charges alone were already a serious violation of the rules.

Furthermore, Flender's educational philosophy would only produce troublemakers. Soul Masters already fought each other often enough; if an academy like this were allowed to grow, the pressure on public security in the Balak Kingdom was easy to imagine.

"So now you understand why they started school early, right?" Han Yu said with a smile. "It was precisely because they started early that they gave these parents room to make mistakes, allowing them to pocket the ten Gold Soul Coins registration fee."

"Making money like this, aren't they afraid of retribution?" Zhu Zhuqing said indignantly.

"It isn't that retribution won't come. The time simply hasn't arrived yet."

No sooner had Han Yu finished speaking than an old man stepped forward and pointed angrily at Li Yusong. "What does your Shrek Academy mean by this? We paid ten Gold Soul Coins for registration, then had to undergo several tests. When we failed the tests and wanted to advance, you charged us another two hundred Gold Soul Coins. Then, at the final test, your academy sent a powerful expert to defeat my granddaughter and refused to let her enroll?"

The old man was reasonable and did not wish to cause trouble without cause, but he truly could not swallow this.

Li Yusong sneered. "Shrek Academy only accepts monsters. Your granddaughter lacks ability, so you can't blame anyone else."

The old man waved his hand. "I don't want to argue with you here. Return all two hundred and ten Gold Soul Coins, and we'll let this matter end here."

Li Yusong raised his head and said, "Once someone registers at Shrek Academy, no fees will be refunded."

"You!" The old man had lived so long, yet he had never seen anyone so overbearing and unreasonable.

"Isn't that Lord Ling Hai from Suotuo City? Even his granddaughter can't enroll?"

"Lord Ling Hai's family possesses the Flame Darkhawk Martial Soul. Even such a powerful Martial Soul can't get in?"

Many people who recognized the old man began discussing the matter.

Han Yu had also heard of the old man. "I heard that this old man is highly respected in Suotuo City. He often provides relief to the city's common people, and even the city lord treats him with respect. Now Shrek's retribution has come."

Ye Lingling smiled faintly. "Shrek Academy truly needs to be dealt with."

Li Yusong did not dare act carelessly. Knowing Ling Hai's strength, he hurriedly had Dai Mubai go inside to summon Zhao Wuji.

"Old sir, since those are the academy's rules, then you should follow them." Tang San stepped forward and spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly.

With the ideas Yu Xiaogang had instilled in him, he naturally believed that everything Shrek Academy did was right.