You Think I'm Fooling a Ghost?

For ordinary people, as long as their talent was good enough, joining Shrek Academy was the best choice.

To flatten the Abyssal Plane and avenge the countless Soul Beasts of the Forbidden Mountain Range, Wujin had long since planned out his life.

Joining Shrek Academy was his first goal.

"If you want to get into Shrek Academy, then you should join Zero Class even more. The continent is vast, and there are countless prodigies everywhere. Although you're exceptional, that doesn't mean you'll definitely get into Shrek Academy. Joining Zero Class now will greatly increase your chances of being admitted." Long Hengxu still had not given up on persuading Wujin. Wujin was the strongest student of this cohort.

If Wujin joined Zero Class and joined forces with its members, they might even win this Heaven Sea Alliance Grand Competition.

Then Eastsea Academy would surely become famous throughout the land, and the benefits it brought to the academy would be beyond anything he could dream of.

"No need. Even without Zero Class, I can still get into Shrek Academy." Wujin continued shaking his head. He was getting annoyed after being repeatedly persuaded.

He turned his cold gaze toward Xia Yi, deciding to drag him into this. "First Class is no worse than Zero Class. Xia Yi and I are no weaker than anyone in Zero Class. We can both get into Shrek Academy through our own abilities. Xia Yi, am I right?"

"Him? Getting into Shrek Academy?" Both Ye Yingluo and Long Hengxu frowned. If they had not been teachers who could not deliberately crush a student's confidence in front of other students, they would have laughed without hesitation at Xia Yi's wishful thinking.

"Shrek Academy? I'm not particularly interested." Xia Yi fell silent. Wujin was different from him; Wujin's life goal was very clear.

Xia Yi, on the other hand, could not find any sense of belonging among the Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Forest.

Especially after experiencing Na'er's assassination attempt, his sense of belonging to the Star Dou Forest had grown even weaker.

He himself was only a ten-year Soul Beast. He simply could not understand the responsibilities and obligations of a Soul Beast emperor like Wujin.

He was willing to help the Star Dou Forest, but only as long as it did not put him in danger.

If he were truly asked to do something with virtually no chance of survival for the Star Dou Forest, just as Wujin would for the Soul Beasts of the Endless Mountains, he really could not do it.

Of course, it was not entirely Xia Yi's own fault either. Having been born in the environment of the Star Dou Forest, even Wujin would be disappointed upon meeting Gu Yue, while he had met Na'er, who was even worse.

It was indeed difficult not to be disappointed in the Star Dou Forest.

All Xia Yi could do was help the Star Dou Forest as much as possible, but it was hard for him to give up everything for it.

At the very least, he could not do that yet.

Xia Yi knew that, in this respect, he was inferior to Wujin. He was far more selfish than Wujin.

That was why Xia Yi sincerely admired Wujin.

It was also because of this that Xia Yi's life goals were not as clear as Wujin's.

Wujin's only goals in life were cultivation, becoming stronger, joining Shrek Academy, joining the Blood God Legion, and fighting in the Abyss.

As for Xia Yi, all he wanted now was to cultivate. Once his strength was no weaker than that of prodigies like Wujin, Gu Yue, and Na'er, he would travel the continent and find a way to figure out what exactly was going on with him.

Of course, it would be even better if he could recover his lost memories.

Perhaps once he recovered his memories, he would be like Wujin and truly understand what he should do.

Ye Yingluo, Long Hengxu, and even Wujin had no idea what Xia Yi was thinking.

But when they heard Xia Yi say that he was not interested in Shrek Academy, they nearly burst out laughing.

Shrek Academy was the sacred land in the hearts of all Soul Masters.

How could any Soul Master possibly be uninterested in Shrek Academy?

"Being able to recognize the gap between yourself and true prodigies, and having some self-awareness, is a good thing," Long Hengxu said meaningfully.

If Ye Yingluo had not already agreed to let Xia Yi join, he would not even have approved Xia Yi entering First Class. With a martial soul and cultivation like Xia Yi's, getting into third class would already have been the absolute limit.

Wujin shook his head. A small academy was still a small academy. Eastsea Academy's teachers simply could not see how extraordinary Xia Yi was.

Setting everything else aside, Xia Yi's terrifying strength alone was enough to make him invincible among Soul Masters of the same rank.

Long Hengxu and Ye Yingluo did not waste any more time on Xia Yi. After taking a soul-guided photograph of him and attaching it to a Student ID Card, they let him leave.

As for Wujin, they kept him behind. They still wanted to continue persuading him to join Zero Class.

They were clearly determined not to rest until Wujin joined Zero Class.

Go ahead and try. Even if you talk yourselves hoarse, it'll be useless. Xia Yi could not help shaking his head inwardly.

Wujin did not return all morning. Xia Yi was alone in the classroom, and today's lesson happened to be about the Second Profession.

Xia Yi nearly fell asleep listening to it because he could not understand a single word.

He did not even know what the Second Profession was.

Of course, Xia Yi was far from the only one who nearly fell asleep. More than ninety percent of the students in First Class were drowsy, and several students even started snoring directly in class.

The Second Profession was originally material meant for upper-grade students. It was only because Wu Zhangkong of Zero Class had taught knowledge related to the Second Profession in first grade that the academy decided to use the strongest First Class as an experimental class and teach them Second Profession knowledge ahead of time.

"There's still so much to learn." After finally enduring the morning until noon dismissal, Xia Yi took a deep breath and headed toward the cafeteria. When he had first arrived at Eastsea Academy yesterday, Gu Yue had roughly introduced him to its overall layout. Based on the general direction and the flow of students after school, he quickly found the cafeteria.

Eastsea Academy's cafeteria was in a small building beside the main teaching building. The building had three floors.

There were only tables in the cafeteria, no chairs. This was Eastsea Academy's rule: students had to eat standing up, to heighten their sense of urgency.

There were three serving windows, marked Grade A, Grade B, and Grade C. Grade C Meals were completely free, Grade B Meals required partial payment, and Grade A Meals were fully paid.

Naturally, the ingredients in Grade A Meals were also the best, followed by Grade B Meals. Grade C Meals were merely ordinary food.

Xia Yi only needed one glance to realize how outrageous Zero Class's treatment was.

Compared with Grade A Meals, Grade C Meals were simply unbearable to look at.

No wonder those people in Zero Class always looked so full of energy when they got to eat Grade A Meals every day.

By sheer coincidence, Xia Yi ran into several people from Zero Class as soon as he arrived at the cafeteria.

"What happened to you?" Seeing Xia Yi looking as if he had just recovered from a serious illness, Gu Yue immediately asked curiously.

"Nothing. I just happened to break through." Xia Yi shook his head and did not tell Gu Yue about Wujin.

"A breakthrough? You think I'm a ghost?" Gu Yue rolled her eyes. She had only just broken through to Two-Ring herself. Unless Xia Yi fought her, she could not directly sense his cultivation the way Ye Yingluo could.

Xia Yi had been in the human world for less than two days. Gu Yue did not believe he could have broken through so quickly.

Besides, who looked like this after breaking through?