First Meeting Mu En

Watching the people before him, who looked at him with fear and voluntarily made way for him, Lin Yun felt nothing strange. Instead, it felt perfectly natural.

It was the feeling that they had been born to revere him, to fear him.

Oh no, I really seem to have become the Golden Dragon King!

Though he mocked himself inwardly, Lin Yun's expression remained unchanged as he walked through the opened path. With that aloof, imposing bearing, he looked less like someone registering for school and more like a newly crowned emperor ascending the throne.

Lin Yun walked step by step through the crowd. Wherever he passed, those closest to him seemed to hear a faint yet soaring Dragon's Roar in their daze.

That roar seemed to penetrate their very souls, making them fear Lin Yun even more.

It was not only those who had come to register who were intimidated by Lin Yun. Even the Shrek Academy students helping register the new students stared in shock at the figure slowly approaching from the end of the path.

Such a bizarre scene had likely never occurred since Shrek Academy was founded.

"Hello, I'm here to register as a new student." Lin Yun calmly took out his letter of recommendation and placed it before the blonde beauty, whose expression had gone blank.

Upon hearing Lin Yun's voice, the rabbit ears on the blonde beauty's head—whether they were decorations or not—twitched with remarkable human-like sensitivity.

"Oh, right. Junior, fill out your registration information." Jiang Nannan took Lin Yun's letter of recommendation, checked it over, then handed him a form.

"The registration fee is ten Gold Soul Coins. Once paid, it will not be refunded."

The other students also glanced sideways at this eye-catching junior.

There was very little to fill out on the form: only name, age, martial soul, and Soul Power Level. There was nothing about soul skills or Soul Ring configurations.

This was the normal registration procedure. Students like Huo Yuhao, who entered Shrek through the Tang Sect's special admissions channel, naturally did not need this.

Name: Lin Yun

Age: Twelve

Martial Soul: Golden Dragon

Soul Power Level: Level 37

After filling out the form, Lin Yun set down ten Gold Soul Coins and left with his dormitory key in a carefree manner, leaving Jiang Nannan standing there in a daze, staring fixedly at the information on his form.

Twelve years old... Level 37?!

And this martial soul—what kind of martial soul was a Golden Dragon?

Jiang Nannan was completely baffled. She had never even heard of such a martial soul. After all, she was only a fourth-year outer court student at this point. How could she possibly know about an Ultimate Power martial soul like the Golden Dragon?

Forget the Golden Dragon—even Wang Dong's Light Goddess Butterfly martial soul was known by almost no one. Otherwise, she would not have dressed as a boy for so long without anyone realizing she was a girl.

Yet Lin Yun's Soul Power Level had thoroughly overturned Jiang Nannan's worldview. Reaching Soul Elder rank by the time one enrolled was already considered genius among geniuses.

Over the years, the number of Shrek freshmen who had reached Soul Elder rank upon enrollment could be counted on one hand. Sometimes, there was not even a single one.

But Lin Yun...

Not only had he reached Soul Elder rank, he was even close to becoming a Soul Ancestor?

Jiang Nannan simply could not process it at all!

After Lin Yun left, the people present who had been intimidated by him finally returned to normal. Everyone let out a sigh of relief in unison, then exchanged looks and smiled bitterly.

At the same time, they became intensely curious about Lin Yun and began asking those around them whether they knew his identity.

But aside from the few people around Jiang Nannan, no one else even knew Lin Yun's name.

Meanwhile.

With his dormitory key in hand, Lin Yun followed the signs within Shrek Academy and found the dormitory building.

At the entrance, Lin Yun immediately spotted an Old Deng lying in a recliner and basking in the sun.

"Honored One, be careful. This human is very powerful!" The Ice Empress's nervous voice entered Lin Yun's mind. She then immediately severed contact with him, using Gu Yuena's scales to conceal her aura with all her strength.

Was Mu En strong?

Of course he was. One of humanity's three Limit Douluo, a man capable of using the Golden Tree to unleash Sea God's Light, Shrek's final pillar.

If a person like that was not strong, then what counted as strong?

As Lin Yun approached, Mu En's tightly shut eyes opened a narrow slit, revealing golden eyes that had already grown somewhat dim.

Lin Yun did not deliberately ignore Mu En. After smiling and nodding at him, he walked into the dormitory building.

Lin Yun actually felt a little admiration for someone like Mu En. Unlike Xuan Zi, he was not a complete good-for-nothing, nor was he a smooth-talking hypocrite like Yan Shaozhe.

Mu En could even be considered shrewd and calculating in his actions, while remaining open and aboveboard.

From the very beginning, he had felt goodwill toward Huo Yuhao because of Huo Yuhao's polite behavior. Later, his method of winning Huo Yuhao over had been simple: plainly place the benefits before him. If Huo Yuhao wanted them, he could take them; if not, that was the end of it.

It was clear enough when Du Busi came to Shrek to demand Huo Yuhao. Mu En had foresight. Rather than forcibly keeping Huo Yuhao in Shrek, it was better to let him choose for himself. Mu En gave Huo Yuhao enough warmth and goodwill that Huo Yuhao would have had no chance of avoiding the bait.

As for Yan Shaozhe...

Well... it was hard to put into words.

Mu En was difficult to deal with. Fortunately, he did not have many years left to live. Otherwise, Lin Yun would really have found him quite troublesome.

After entering the dormitory building, Lin Yun lowered his head and looked at his dormitory key.

109. Wonderful.

Though he was not sharing a dormitory with either Huo Yuhao or Wang Dong, Dormitory 109 was directly across from 108. And who lived in 108?

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong!

"Looks like things will be interesting from now on." Lin Yun smiled as he pushed open the door and entered the dusty, poorly furnished dormitory.

Shrek had always upheld the saying, "Only the harshest conditions can cultivate the finest soul masters," which resulted in its student dormitories being utterly pathetic.

One bathroom, two single beds, one desk, and one wardrobe.

That was it. To take a bath, students even had to go to the public bathhouse, or fetch water and wash in the bathroom.

The room was only around twenty square meters in total, leaving Lin Yun completely speechless.

It was even worse than the wooden cabin he had built beside the Lake of Life. He wondered how Shrek's students would feel if they learned that this school motto was merely something Flender had made up back then to fool people because he was stingy and broke.

Still, Lin Yun did not say much. His living conditions in the Star Dou Great Forest had not been particularly good either. Since he was here, he might as well make the best of it.

Using the tools in the dormitory, Lin Yun gave the room a quick cleaning, arranged his belongings, then sat on the bed and began cultivating.

After breaking through to Soul Elder rank, his cultivation speed had become even slower, forcing him to devote more time to cultivation.