Shrek Academy! (Part Two)

The Freshman Building was bustling now. Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan smoothly completed their registration, received their dormitory keys, two sets of white freshman uniforms, and a white Shrek badge, then left the teaching building.

Outside the teaching building, Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan exchanged smiles. From this moment on, they were students of the greatest academy in the world. A sense of pride naturally welled up within them.

"Come on, let's go to the dormitory and sort out our things. We can check our class assignments when we have dinner tonight," Zhu Ziyang said.

"Okay!" Jiang Nannan replied with a smile.

The two passed between the white Freshman Teaching Building and the black teaching buildings for second- and third-year students, where they saw the dormitory building. There was only one dormitory building, but it covered an enormous area. Its design was quite interesting as well: six stories tall, with four entrances. From left to right, they were white, yellow, purple, and black, clearly corresponding to the colors of the teaching buildings and representing the residential areas for students of different grades.

They arrived before the white entrance designated for freshmen. An elderly man dressed in coarse gray clothes was reclining halfway in a bamboo chair, leisurely basking in the sun. He was extremely old, his facial wrinkles seemingly deep enough to crush flies. His eyes were half-closed, and he looked utterly detached from worldly affairs.

Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan instinctively bowed and greeted him out of respect for their elder, but that was all.

Without waiting for the old man to respond, they walked straight into the dormitory building.

At the staircase, Jiang Nannan said, "Brother Ziyang, remember to wait for me!"

"Mhm!" Zhu Ziyang nodded, then headed toward his own dormitory.

"This year, there's a good seedling. An eleven-year-old Soul Elder..." After Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan left, the old man's eyelids trembled faintly. His lips moved, producing a sound no one could hear.

Zhu Ziyang easily found his dormitory. Opening the door and walking in, he could not help but laugh at the spartan room, which contained only two beds and a table.

Judging solely by the dormitory conditions, Anyang Academy seemed more like the true greatest academy in the world. Shrek Academy's dormitories, whether in environment or facilities, were plainly a whole level worse than Anyang Academy's.

There was a little dust in the dormitory, and the two beds were empty. Clearly, his roommate had not arrived yet. Zhu Ziyang got to work first, cleaning the room inside and out before making his bed.

As he cleaned, Zhu Ziyang could not help wondering what sort of person his roommate might be. Hopefully, someone easy to get along with. After all, he had no desire to use his strength to bully others.

Still, he did not dwell on it for long. To him, it did not matter what kind of person his roommate was. He certainly would not remain in Shrek's Outer Court for six years. His goal was to enter Shrek's Inner Court within three years!

Before long, Zhu Ziyang had finished arranging everything. He sat on his bed and began reading while waiting for his roommate.

Half an hour passed, but his roommate still had not arrived. Zhu Ziyang was not worried, though. After all, enrollment would not end for another three days.

Zhu Ziyang was getting hungry. Glancing at the time, he saw that it was nearly six o'clock. He left his dormitory and went to the entrance of the dormitory building, quietly waiting for Jiang Nannan to appear. This was usually when they ate dinner, and Jiang Nannan would surely be hungry too, so he would not have to wait long.

At the dormitory entrance, Zhu Ziyang did not spend his waiting time reading. Instead, he openly observed the old man by the entrance.

This elderly man, who looked as though he had one foot in the grave, was far from as ordinary as he appeared. At the very least, Zhu Ziyang could sense that he was extraordinary. As someone with an Ultimate Light martial soul, Zhu Ziyang could sense the light emanating from the old man. It was dense, pure, and vast.

Only someone with profound understanding and control over the Light Element could possess such an aura of light!

This old man was definitely no ordinary person. He might even be a Sea God Pavilion Elder! Zhu Ziyang thought to himself.

To speak of the Sea God Pavilion, one first had to understand Shrek Academy's structure.

Shrek Academy's Outer Court was what people across the continent generally referred to as Shrek Academy. Four thousand years ago, after the Douluo-Sun War, Shrek Academy expanded it specifically at the request of the Imperial Families of the former Three Douluo Kingdoms, with the aim of cultivating more talented individuals.

At present, the Outer Court was divided into the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Tool Department. The Martial Soul Department was the traditional division for soul masters, while the Soul Tool Department had been established specifically to train Soul Engineers in response to the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Tool Technology.

Shrek Academy's Inner Court was the true Shrek Academy in every sense of the word, the foundation of Shrek Academy's invincibility over ten thousand years. It had consistently upheld Shrek Academy's original educational philosophy: an academy that admitted only monsters!

So what kind of soul master counted as a monster? That involved the admission requirements of Shrek's Inner Court.

The requirements for entering Shrek's Inner Court were extraordinarily harsh. Before the age of eighteen—that was, before graduating from Shrek's Outer Court—one had to reach the four-ring Soul Ancestor rank. This was merely the most basic requirement. An eighteen-year-old four-ring soul master, so long as they did not die young, was almost guaranteed to become a Soul Douluo, perhaps even a Titled Douluo!

Therefore, the soul masters who could enter Shrek's Inner Court were geniuses among geniuses. Calling them monsters was entirely justified.

The Shrek Inspection Group was Shrek Academy's organization specifically responsible for exterminating Evil Soul Masters. It was composed of Inner Court students and teachers, who regularly went out to suppress Evil Soul Masters. Since its establishment, its operations against Evil Soul Masters had never ceased.

The Sea God Pavilion was the continent's most mysterious and most powerful organization, Shrek Academy's sole core. It was a department composed entirely of Titled Douluo-level powerhouses. Members of the Sea God Pavilion were known as Pavilion Elders.

To the Three Great Empires, the Sea God Pavilion was the true stabilizing pillar. The combined number of Titled Douluo possessed by the Three Great Empires might not even exceed the number of Sea God Pavilion Elders. To the Sun Moon Empire, the Sea God Pavilion was a sword hanging over its head, the reason it had not dared to start another war to this day.

This seemingly ordinary old man was very likely a Sea God Pavilion Elder.

Perhaps sensing Zhu Ziyang's gaze, the old man raised his eyes. His cloudy yet profound gaze settled on Zhu Ziyang. In a low, feeble voice, he asked, "Child, is there something wrong with me?"

"No, no!" Zhu Ziyang froze for a moment before hurriedly saying, "I'm sorry, Grandpa. I didn't mean to disturb you. I just felt that you seemed very approachable!"

"Hehe, I see." The old man chuckled upon hearing that, then said nothing more.

Zhu Ziyang did not speak either.

A few more minutes passed before Jiang Nannan finally came down.

"Brother Ziyang!" When Jiang Nannan saw Zhu Ziyang, she sheepishly stuck out her cute little tongue and said, "Sorry for making you wait so long."

"It's fine. I only came out a little while ago myself." Zhu Ziyang took Jiang Nannan's small hand and smiled.

The two left the dormitory building.

"Such a perceptive little fellow... He's worth cultivating," the old man muttered as he watched Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan leave.

Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan arrived at the dining hall reserved for freshmen.

Shrek Academy's dining halls also had a strict hierarchy. Based on uniform color, they were divided into four dining halls. Senior students were not allowed to eat in lower-grade dining halls. Junior students, however, could dine in higher-grade dining halls, though they had to be ready at any time to accept challenges from senior students.

The freshman dining hall was also quite distinctive. There were eight serving windows, with dish prices ranging from low to high. There were no tables or chairs in the hall, and students were not allowed to take their food out of the dining hall. They could only eat inside. It was truly interesting.

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