Let's Take a Look at the Distant Extreme North, Everyone

Without the Tang Sect's special admission quota that waived the entrance exam, Huo Yuhao could only obediently line up.

Long Xiaoyao had not left, but no one, including Huo Yuhao, could detect him.

The queue slowly moved forward. When it was Huo Yuhao's turn, one of the Shrek students dressed in fitted yellow uniforms held out a hand and said, "Recommendation letter."

The arrogance hidden in his tone was practically overflowing. Huo Yuhao narrowed his eyes and handed over the recommendation letter without betraying a thing.

That was simply how people from Shrek Academy were.

Arrogant, greedy...

They were no different from ordinary people. They merely had a glorious title that allowed all of that to be erased.

Presumably, the reason he had not heard such arrogance in his previous life was because Beibei had been leading him around back then.

Huo Yuhao gave a self-mocking smile. In this life, he would not be deceived by the people of Shrek Academy again.

"Test your Soul Power."

The Shrek student took out a purple crystal ball and motioned for Huo Yuhao to place his palm on it.

"Eleven years old, Rank Fifteen. Qualified."

His tone remained incomparably arrogant.

Shrek's admission requirement was to reach Rank Fifteen by the age of twelve. Every year, a large number of people who barely met this requirement came to enroll, hoping to become "a glorious member of Shrek."

But in truth, few of them were able to enter the academy.

Thus, among those who could enter Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao's current level was about the lowest possible.

In that Shrek student's eyes, the fact that he was even willing to acknowledge Huo Yuhao was already Huo Yuhao's good fortune.

Those who passed the assessment now were merely reserve freshmen of the first year.

Shrek Academy held a New Student Assessment every three months. Only those who passed could remain.

This was also the "tradition" Shrek Academy had always upheld: accepting only monsters, never mediocrities.

"Here are your assessment certificate and registration map. Go register at the freshman teaching building first!"

Taking the assessment certificate and registration map, Huo Yuhao entered Shrek Academy through its gates.

There was only an extremely broad avenue stretching straight ahead. From time to time, freshmen who had passed the assessment walked along it in groups, or alone like Huo Yuhao.

Unlike Huo Yuhao, however, every one of them had hopeful, awestruck looks in their eyes.

Huo Yuhao had seen it all countless times before. He simply followed the avenue forward until he reached several enormous statues.

From time to time, freshmen gazed at these statues with reverence, even taking the initiative to bow as though worshipping them.

To them, these statues were the legends of Shrek Academy.

The first three statues were of Dean Flender, Vice Dean Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong.

The remaining seven behind them were the first generation of the Shrek Seven Monsters.

Huo Yuhao looked at the third of those seven statues. It bore Tang San's face.

A sinister smile tugged at the corner of his lips. That utterly loathsome face directly stirred the fury in Huo Yuhao's heart.

"Hatred will blind your eyes. Do not let hatred occupy your heart."

An aged voice suddenly rang out in his mind. Before Huo Yuhao could ask anything, the old voice began introducing itself.

"I never expected this old man to still be alive, even if only as a wisp of Divine Sense... I recall that my name should be Electrolux, the Holy Necromancer, Electrolux of the Undead Scourge."

Hearing Electrolux's words, Huo Yuhao slightly calmed his intensely turbulent emotions.

He had lost his composure somewhat. That was bad, very unfavorable to maintaining his disguise.

Within Shrek Academy, he could show hostility toward almost anyone, but he absolutely could not let anyone notice his hostility toward Tang San.

"Old... sir, hello." Huo Yuhao continued toward the freshman teaching building without revealing anything, while constructing a form within his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness to converse with the Gray Orb hovering in its air.

"Hmm... To adjust your state of mind so quickly, you... are quite impressive. But how did you master the ability to examine your Spiritual Sea of Consciousness internally? Was it that big worm?"

When Electrolux mentioned Tian Meng, Huo Yuhao remembered that ever since he had arrived at the Holy Spirit Cult, Tian Meng had almost completely fallen silent.

Since Huo Yuhao did not speak, Electrolux did not press the matter. Instead, he explained his origins and emphasized that he bore no ill intent.

Huo Yuhao listened silently.

The gray orb suddenly withdrew its light, then turned into a gray bead.

"I fear this old man will be unable to leave you from now on. There seems to be something extremely powerful within your Spiritual Sea of Consciousness. Though this old man cannot perceive your memories, I can sense the overwhelming resentment and fury within you."

"This old man seems to have once harbored such resentment as well. But let me tell you: once you do things that cannot be undone, you will surely regret them for the rest of your life, and you will never be able to make amends."

"Revenge is fine, but do not take it out on others, and do not harm innocent people. For example, if the village chief of a village harms you, and once you become strong enough, you slaughter the entire village, then what wrong have those innocent villagers done?"

The same words, yet this time, Huo Yuhao felt differently.

"Old sir, I wonder if you have ever heard this saying."

Within his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness, Huo Yuhao slowly spoke. "I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me."

"This world is sick, gravely sick. I am not someone who thirsts for slaughter, but repaying a tooth with a tooth, tenfold—that is the creed of my life!"

As he spoke the final words, Huo Yuhao's killing intent erupted. The dense murderous aura left even Electrolux deeply puzzled.

He was clearly only an eleven-year-old child. How could he possess such heavy killing intent?

"Haha, forget it. Since your mind is made up and you have your own judgment, this old man will sleep for now and wait for my Divine Sense to recover. At critical moments, this old man will lend you a hand. I hope you do not disappoint me."

After saying that, the gray bead trembled once and fell completely still.

Huo Yuhao turned his gaze toward several other golden orbs. They were seals on Tian Meng's Spiritual Power.

Tian Meng seemed to have fallen into some kind of slumber, though Huo Yuhao did not know why.

Tian Meng was different from his previous life. He also did not know whether his Second Martial Soul would undergo any unforeseen changes.

Heading left from the statues and passing a vast lake, Huo Yuhao saw a rectangular plaza appear before him.

Behind the plaza stood teaching buildings in four colors: white, yellow, purple, and black.

The freshman teaching building Huo Yuhao needed to visit was the white one.

Shrek Academy's annual tuition was ten Gold Soul Coins. Whether one withdrew voluntarily midway through or was expelled for failing an assessment, the tuition would not be refunded.