Journey to Shrek

Shrek Academy could be said to exist as a state within a state. If not for the Sun Moon Empire eyeing Douluo Continent like a tiger watching its prey, the other three nations would already have been deeply dissatisfied with Shrek Academy's conduct.

Just like ten thousand years later, when the Spirit Pagoda was dissatisfied and the Sun Moon Federation was dissatisfied—they simply dropped a God-Slaying Nuclear Bomb and blew Shrek Academy away, with the Tang Sect thrown in as a bonus.

Truly miserable.

Jin Tianming and Tian Mucheng walked silently along Shrek City's food street. Whenever students in Shrek Academy uniforms passed behind them, they would glance over to confirm whether they were characters from the story.

"After looking for so long, it seems Little Huo Grilled Fish isn't here."

After walking through the food street, Jin Tianming had neither seen Huo Yuhao running Little Huo Grilled Fish nor encountered any other story characters.

Tian Mucheng nodded. Too lazy to keep observing, he stepped forward and asked a Shrek student, "Excuse me, who is leading your team in this year's Soul Master Tournament?"

The young girl had been enjoying her barbecue when the interruption made her glare at them in annoyance. But then she saw that they were two handsome guys—one dressed in black, the other in gold.

Her anger immediately vanished. She put away the barbecue in her Space Soul Tool and answered with a smile, "Of course it's Senior Brother Yu Long. He led the Shrek Team to first place in the Dou Ling Empire's Soul Master Tournament!"

Jin Tianming and Tian Mucheng exchanged a glance, nodded, and continued listening to the young lady's extremely proud words.

Shrek Academy had won the Soul Master Tournament championship again. It would have been strange if she were not proud.

"Looks like we transmigrated a little too early."

After shaking off that Shrek student, Tian Mucheng spoke through their Mental Link.

"Transmigrating early is good!" Jin Tianming felt that arriving early was a good thing. "At the very least, we can make some arrangements and wait for Huo Yuhao to come to us himself."

"There's no need. It might attract the attention of someone up there, and that would be troublesome." Tian Mucheng shook his head, rejecting Jin Tianming's suggestion. He still needed Huo Yuhao to draw that person's attention first.

Jin Tianming did not argue after hearing his original body's words. That person in the heavens was the true danger.

If they were noticed, it would be genuinely troublesome. Just because he could not descend to the lower realm and attack them did not mean those two beasts from the Clear Sky Sect would not do so.

The Tang family's dogs were known for their loyalty, weren't they, Little Huo?

Huo Yuhao:

Just as Jin Tianming was about to continue forward, Tian Mucheng reached out and stopped him. When Jin Tianming had just opened his mouth to ask why—

Tian Mucheng simply said, "Look ahead."

Hearing that, Jin Tianming looked forward and saw a group of people walking toward the two of them.

Among the crowd were two female figures who were extremely familiar to Tian Mucheng and Jin Tianming—or rather, had been extremely familiar to them in their previous lives.

One had long black hair that fell to her waist, a delicate and flawless fair face, and a quiet, gentle temperament. She looked like the type who would become a virtuous wife and mother. The other was like a golden fairy, her appearance in no way inferior to that black-haired beauty.

"Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo!" Jin Tianming had already recognized them. He silently recited their names in his heart, then looked to his original body for his opinion. Now that his original body was with him, he had to suppress the arrogance in his heart and fulfill his duty of protecting him.

Tian Mucheng slowly raised his head, his gaze sweeping over Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo.

In an instant, he keenly sensed a trace of luck radiating from the two of them. After carefully perceiving it, he found that the luck contained within Zhang Lexuan was clearly more abundant than Han Ruoruo's. Even so, the amount was not enough to shock him.

Is this the luck gained after receiving Mu En's true teachings? Tian Mucheng pondered inwardly. Yet despite his doubts, his footsteps did not pause in the slightest as he continued steadily onward.

At that moment, Jin Tianming noticed Tian Mucheng's movement and immediately followed him without hesitation. His head was raised high, his back ramrod straight, like a spear.

The arrogance he had been born with would never allow him to lower his head or show weakness to anyone, not even for an instant. At the same time, a powerful and sharp aura erupted from him without restraint, sweeping in every direction like raging waves.

The people around them had been enthusiastically greeting Zhang Lexuan and the others, showing their respect and offering their greetings. But suddenly, all their gazes were drawn to Tian Mucheng and Jin Tianming's unusual behavior.

For a moment, the scene fell silent. Everyone stared fixedly at the two, wanting to know exactly where they had come from.

The two ignored everyone's gazes and left directly.

"They're so arrogant!"

"Yeah, they ignored Senior Student Zhang Lexuan even after seeing her."

"Are they Shrek students?"

"Doesn't seem like it. We've never seen them at Shrek Academy."

"But they really are handsome!"

"This isn't the time to be lovestruck."

"..."

Those Shrek Academy students quietly discussed the two men's behavior.

Zhang Lexuan silently watched the backs of the two youths. Seeing her friend staring at them, Han Ruoruo teased, "Don't tell me you've taken a liking to both of them, Lexuan?"

"No." Zhang Lexuan shook her head, rejecting Han Ruoruo's words. Then she explained, "When that black-haired youth passed by just now, my martial soul trembled. It was only for an instant, but I still felt it."

"What?"

Han Ruoruo looked at her friend in shock. If a martial soul trembled, it either meant fear or that it had found the other half of its Martial Soul Fusion Skill!

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Lexuan still said, "Forget it. I'll think about it when we return to the academy."

As for Jin Tianming, Zhang Lexuan merely regarded him as a somewhat talented but slightly arrogant younger boy.

Jin Tianming:

Zhang Lexuan glared at the gossiping Han Ruoruo and threatened, "Didn't you want barbecue? If you're not eating, then we're going back."

"Let's go, let's go!"

"Today, I'm going to eat you broke!"

Upon hearing they might go back, Han Ruoruo immediately became unwilling. She grabbed Zhang Lexuan's fair jade-like hand and happily went off to eat barbecue.

Meanwhile, Tian Mucheng and Jin Tianming had returned to their lodging. Tian Mucheng sat on the bed, took a sip of water, and said to Jin Tianming, "I felt something like a Martial Soul Fusion Skill from Zhang Lexuan."

Jin Tianming, who was standing by the window looking down at the Shrek students below, turned toward his original body with curiosity in his eyes. "What kind of feeling?"

"How should I put it?" Tian Mucheng recalled the feeling from earlier and described it. "The dragon soul was trembling. It seemed extremely excited, like it really wanted to devour Zhang Lexuan."

After hearing Tian Mucheng's explanation, Jin Tianming stroked his chin and thought for a moment before offering his understanding. "I think it's an elemental reaction. The moon represents Dark Element and cold element, while the dragon soul only gave rise to me after absorbing the Gold Element from the first soul ring, so..."

"Looks like I'll need to absorb elemental-type soul beasts in the future." Tian Mucheng immediately understood what Jin Tianming meant. He had never been able to confirm it before, but now it had been fully proven.

It seemed this trip to Shrek had truly not been wasted. He had obtained far too much useful information. Huo Yuhao had not yet arrived at Shrek Academy, some Yu Long had won the previous Soul Master Tournament, and Zhang Lexuan would be Shrek's leader in the next tournament—the one who would shut out the geniuses of Sun Moon Royal Academy.