This Kid Was Terrifying Beyond Measure

Although information on the academy's teachers was not especially valuable to Huo Yuhao, he was going to enroll at Shrek Academy eventually. Some intelligence might not yield much even if investigated, but knowing more was still better than knowing nothing at all.

For that very reason, a puzzled expression immediately appeared on Huo Yuhao's face. He scratched his head and looked at Tang Ya. "Xiao Ya Jie, why do you say that?"

Hearing Huo Yuhao's question, Bei Bei revealed a helpless smile and shrugged. "If your class had a homeroom teacher who, just to keep the exam pass rate high enough, kicked students out of school before the exams under all sorts of pretexts, I bet you'd curse her even more fiercely than Xiao Ya."

"Of course, it's fine for us to talk about this privately. If you weren't most likely entering through Special Enrollment in the Soul Tool Department, honestly, I wouldn't really dare tell you this so directly. I'd be afraid of scaring you off."

The corner of Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched sharply at Bei Bei's explanation. He could not help feeling fortunate that he had stumbled into making up that Soul Tool Department Special Enrollment story. After all, while many teachers and students knew about this sort of thing, unless one was truly part of that circle, it would not necessarily be something they could find out.

Huo Yuhao's tour of Shrek did not last long, because both Tang Ya and Bei Bei had already completed their new student reception duties by this point and needed to hurry off for their advancement tests.

Only by passing the test could they advance smoothly into their second year. Otherwise, even if they did not end up leaving the academy in regret, they would at least have to repeat a year.

Although he had only taken a brief stroll around Shrek Academy and had not had time to enter many of the buildings, Huo Yuhao was still quite satisfied with this visit.

Bei Bei and Tang Ya had only met him by chance. Having them show him around Shrek Academy was already an unexpected delight. When the two suddenly remembered their advancement test, Huo Yuhao thoughtfully took the initiative to bid them farewell.

Huo Yuhao did not make any other moves, such as exploring other buildings on his own. Instead, he returned the way he had come, intending to avoid causing Tang Ya and Bei Bei any trouble. After all, he had been brought into the academy by the two of them.

Leaving through Shrek's East Gate, Huo Yuhao looked back at Shrek Academy behind him with some reluctance. Though his experiences far surpassed those of his peers, he could not help feeling a little excited.

His trip to Shrek seemed to have brought him no tangible benefits, but in truth, he had gained quite a lot.

First was Shrek's admissions situation. Huo Yuhao had truly known nothing about Shrek Academy having a Soul Engineer Special Enrollment policy. Even the intelligence he had gathered had never mentioned it.

Although the intelligence suggested that the Soul Tool Department's status within Shrek Academy was rather precarious, it was still, on the surface, on equal footing with the Martial Soul Department. If he truly had no other choice, Huo Yuhao felt there was nothing wrong with entering Shrek Academy through the Soul Engineer Special Enrollment policy.

Besides that, Huo Yuhao had also carefully noticed that although Shrek Academy covered a large area, the entire Outer Court seemed to have only one Dormitory Building. In other words, Shrek's dormitory was actually shared by male and female students.

According to Tang Ya and Bei Bei, the first through third floors of Shrek's Dormitory Building were for male students, while the fourth through sixth floors were for female students. Each floor housed nearly a thousand students, and there was a large public restroom at either end. Huo Yuhao could not help scratching his head at that.

For Huo Yuhao, no matter how poor the environment in Shrek Academy's Dormitory Building was, it would certainly be better than when he was outside taking commissions. But as the continent's number one academy, such mediocre dormitory conditions still left him somewhat dumbfounded.

It was one thing not to have private bathrooms in the dorms, but having to fight four or five hundred classmates for the restroom every day? Even though Bei Bei said the restrooms were large enough for a hundred people to use at once, Huo Yuhao still felt that something was off.

Perhaps this was Shrek's teaching style? Hmm, the teaching style of the continent's number one academy truly was unexpected. Perhaps the academy's leadership believed that a hard and simple lifestyle could better temper its students' willpower...

Huo Yuhao silently made excuses for Shrek Academy in his heart. But when he thought of the "glorious deeds" of the Old Hag Zhou Yi, he always felt that something was not quite right. Still, either Shrek's teaching methods or his own judgment had to be wrong, right? If he was not wrong, then did that not mean the continent's number one academy was wrong?

"You brat, can't you be a little more confident and believe that Shrek is the one in the wrong?"

Qian Daoliu's voice sounded somewhat helplessly within Huo Yuhao's Sea of Spirit. He could clearly perceive Huo Yuhao's thoughts. Huo Yuhao's Mental Waves held no defenses at all against Qian Daoliu now, so it would have been difficult for Qian Daoliu not to know.

"Um..."

Huo Yuhao let out an embarrassed sound, unsure of what to say for a moment. Though he was highly skilled at gathering and analyzing intelligence, when it came to being a student or evaluating the quality of teaching, he was truly just a fledgling.

After all, every one of Huo Yuhao's former teachers had gone for the kill. When learning skills under them, he had to be prepared at any moment to be cut in half by a blade.

To Huo Yuhao, being chopped a few times by his teacher only meant that his cultivation was still lacking. If he could chop his teacher up with a few strikes, that meant he had learned every bit of his teacher's true inheritance.

For that reason, Huo Yuhao was completely a blank slate when it came to actual teaching and how a real teacher ought to instruct students.

Huo Yuhao's Mental Waves naturally could not escape Qian Daoliu's notice. Thus, after sensing those flashes of bloody blades and life-or-death struggles in Huo Yuhao's mind, even with Qian Daoliu's more than hundred years of experience, he could not help drawing in a sharp breath and marveling at how terrifying this kid was.

"Yuhao, this old man knows you spent some time studying elsewhere. But this is not that Ashina place from your memories. The relationship between students and teachers here is not one of life and death. So when you enroll at Shrek someday, do not act rashly. Don't spot a teacher you think is highly skilled, grab a blade, and rush over to challenge them to determine both superiority and life or death, understood?"

"Oh, alright. I'll listen to you, Old Qian."

Hearing Huo Yuhao's obedient answer, Qian Daoliu silently wiped away nonexistent cold sweat from his forehead.

Originally, he had only thought Huo Yuhao was somewhat too lacking in confidence and wanted to encourage him to trust his instincts by using Martial Soul Hall Academy as an example. Yet the few scenes that flashed through Huo Yuhao's mind had thoroughly shaken his confidence. For the moment, he did not even have time to look for an opportunity to mock Shrek Academy's terrible dormitory conditions and the black sheep among its teachers. He hurriedly urged Huo Yuhao not to bring Ashina's style of studying to Douluo Continent.