Shrek Academy

Shrek Academy

After a simple breakfast, Yin Hao, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San headed off in search of Shrek Academy.

After a night of rest and the medicine Yin Hao had given him, the swelling on Tang San's face had gone down by half. At least he no longer spoke as indistinctly as before.

What he could not understand was why, ever since breakfast that morning, he had felt that the way Xiao Wu-jie looked at him was off somehow. It seemed... she was really displeased with him...

Tang San shook his head. What am I thinking? It must be an illusion. I didn't provoke her, so why would she want to beat me up?

The four of them asked around as they searched, and finally found Shrek Academy in a rundown little village.

A somewhat shabby plaque hung above the wooden archway at the village entrance. Five simple words were carved on it: Shrek Academy. Before those words was a green portrait that looked like the head of some humanoid monster.

Xiao Wu looked at Tang San and bluntly asked,

"Little San! This is the Soul Master Academy that only accepts monsters, the one your Master recommended to us?"

Tang San was somewhat embarrassed as well, and he carefully examined the words on the plaque again.

Though the writing looked like a dog had scratched it out, it really did say Shrek Academy in five large characters.

"Um... Master recommended this place... so it must have something special about it..."

Tang San's face had turned red before he managed to squeeze out that sentence.

Xiao Wu wanted to say more, but Yin Hao stopped her.

"Alright, Xiao Wu, stop it. Since we're already here, let's go take a look."

Hearing Yin Hao speak, Xiao Wu had no choice but to let it go. After shooting Tang San another vicious glare, she said nothing further.

Tang San gave Yin Hao a grateful look.

Even he did not know why. Clearly, there was nothing between him and Xiao Wu, yet even if she criticized or cursed him, he still would not get angry.

Yin Hao and the other three went to the back of the crowd and lined up.

Ahead of them was a father and son. The boy frowned tightly as he said,

"Father, I don't want to study here. It's too embarrassing. I'd rather go to Soto Intermediate Soul Master Academy. At the very least, I was considered a genius back at the elementary academy."

The middle-aged man frowned as well.

"Since we've already come, let's wait a little longer. Maybe this is some kind of test. The real academy might not be here."

The line slowly moved forward while Yin Hao boredly looked around.

Not far ahead of him, a long-haired girl in a Cyan Dress was curiously taking in everything around her. If nothing unexpected happened, she should be Ning Rongrong.

When Ning Rongrong noticed Yin Hao looking at her, she politely smiled at him. Yin Hao returned the smile.

Xiao Wu saw all of it, but she merely cast Yin Hao a resentful glance and said nothing.

At the very front of the line, an old man lounged lazily in a chair. He looked just like an elderly security guard watching a gate.

At that moment, a boy stepped up to the desk to register. The old man lazily said, "The registration fee is ten Gold Soul Coins. Just put them in that box."

The boy's accompanying father hurriedly took out ten Gold Soul Coins and placed them into a box nailed together from several wooden boards.

"Hold out one hand."

The boy did as instructed and held his hand out before the old man. The old man pinched it twice, shook his head, and said, "You don't meet the age requirement. You can leave."

The boy froze for a moment, then turned to look at his father in disbelief.

His father hurriedly smiled apologetically. "Master, my son only just turned thirteen. Could you perhaps make an exception?"

The old man said impatiently, "Don't hold up the people behind you. Don't you know the academy's rules? We only accept children under thirteen. Anyone over thirteen will not be admitted. You can leave."

The boy's father said, "Then what about our registration fee...?"

The old man replied without the slightest politeness, "Once you register, no refunds."

Even a clay figurine had some temper. The boy's father could not help but rage, "You're clearly cheating people out of their money. Return our registration fee, or we won't leave. If we had known this so-called Shrek Academy was such a dump, we never would have come."

The old man glanced at him and said flatly, "Mubai, someone wants their registration fee back. Handle it."

A figure suddenly sprang up from the ground nearby. "You can have your registration fee back. Beat me, and you'll get every last coin returned."

The newcomer was none other than Dai Mubai. Although he cowered pathetically when facing his elder brother and people from the Star Luo Empire, wasn't bullying ordinary people effortless for him?

Dai Mubai did not waste words. He directly activated his Soul Power and released all three of his soul rings—two hundred-year rings and one thousand-year ring. His surging Soul Power created an invisible pressure in the air, while cold light flashed repeatedly in his evil eyes as he stared at the father and son.

How could that father and son possibly be Dai Mubai's match? Their expressions changed, and they hurriedly fled.

"Isn't this just robbery?"

Xiao Wu could not stand it anymore and turned to Yin Hao.

Yin Hao smiled but said nothing.

On the Douluo Continent, a Gold Soul Coin still had tremendous purchasing power. It could support an ordinary family of three for three months, or even four or five months if they were frugal.

One Gold Soul Coin could last that long, so the purchasing power of ten Gold Soul Coins was easy to imagine.

After seeing that scene, a large portion of those in the line who had already been hesitating because of Shrek Academy's appearance immediately left.

The line continued to move slowly. Just as in the original story, another father and son confidently walked up, only to leave unwillingly after being fleeced of ten Gold Soul Coins.

Li Yusong also revealed his martial soul.

A Coiling Dragon Staff, with six soul rings circling around him—white, yellow, purple, purple, purple, and black. He was clearly a Soul Emperor above rank sixty.

The line continued moving, and soon it was Ning Rongrong's turn.

After checking Ning Rongrong's bone age, Li Yusong said,

"Your bone age qualifies. Release your martial soul."

Ning Rongrong nodded. As seven-colored light bloomed from within her body, a small glass-like tower appeared in her right hand.

At the same time, two yellow hundred-year soul rings appeared.

"Can I pass?"

Li Yusong frowned slightly and said,

"Do your family members know you came here?"

Ning Rongrong did not answer his question directly. She merely smiled and said,

"People say education should be offered without discrimination. As long as I meet the academy's requirements, you have no reason not to accept me, right?"

Li Yusong nodded, then waved for Dai Mubai, who was standing behind him with shining eyes, to step forward.

"Take her inside."

Dai Mubai looked Ning Rongrong up and down, then greedily licked his lips.

Ning Rongrong noticed his expression immediately. Her Willow Eyebrows furrowed tightly, but she said nothing.

(End of Chapter)