They Didn't Have What It Took

"Then tell me about my other student?"

Flender, wanting to give it a try, pushed Oscar forward, saying, "If I'm right, I won't argue with you about the carriage. I'll take these two lads and fly there."

"Huh?" Ma Hongjun scratched the back of his head. "Dean, won't my body break down? After you flew me back to the academy, I threw up for an entire afternoon and it took me three days to recover."

"This is to train you!"

Flender was a little embarrassed. After scolding Ma Hongjun, he said to Zhou Qing, "I mean what I say. If you tell me about Oscar's situation, I won't take the carriage. I'll also give you a thousand Gold Soul Coin as an apology. On the other hand, if you say something wrong, I'll take the carriage, and you'll have to apply to the Shrek Academy in the future. What do you think?"

Zhou Qing pursed his lips, knowing that the essence of this bet was still Flender's "unreasonable behavior," but the other party was a Soul Saint after all. If the stalemate continued, it would really be pushing his luck. So he said, "Alright, but we need to make one thing clear first."

"What's up?"

"Flender asked."

"Regarding your other student, Oscar, how far do we need to go? It shouldn't involve his age, height, Soul Power Level, or even the specific style of his Martial Soul, should it?" Zhou Qing asked with a hint of doubt.

"Ahem, of course not."

Flender blushed—

He actually had that idea!

However, since Zhou Qing brought it up, he could only be more specific. "Age, height, weight, etc. are irrelevant. You just need to tell me what kind of Soul Master Oscar is."

Originally, Flender wanted to ask Oscar to reveal the type of his Martial Soul, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it would be too shameless.

"Okay, that's settled."

Zhou Qing smiled, not looking at Oscar, but turning to Tang San, Romantina, and Bu Yi to ask, "What type of Soul Master do you think he is?"

Bu Yi sized up Oscar, who had a full beard and was constantly winking at her (^_-), and her eyelids twitched. She said, "I don't understand these things, but this kid should be very precocious! Hmm, not quite the same as your precociousness."

Romantina put it bluntly. "I have no interest in real perverts."

Zhou Qing: "..."

Okay!

He now understood why Romantina had no reaction when Oscar and Ma Hongjun stared at her intently.

Is it simply that you're indifferent to people who share the same interests, or even more so?

Or perhaps, Romantina is only aroused by Zhou Qing's "hypocritical" nature of "saying one thing but doing another," while she is indifferent to real perverts.

Tang San, being the only one left, was the most observant. He circled Oscar three times, carefully examining him before walking over to Zhou Qing and stating his findings. "He's probably around seven or eight years old. He has a lot of body hair and his physical development is quite good, but he has calluses on his palms. He must have been helping his family with chores since he was three or four years old. And judging from the distribution of those calluses, it seems he was gripping something like a stick horizontally with both hands..."

Listening to Tang San's analysis, Flender, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun were all slightly taken aback. They did not expect that this guy, who had been standing next to Zhou Qing and had not said a word at the beginning, would be able to deduce Oscar's general situation from the details on him as soon as he opened his mouth.

These two kids are the real monsters!

Flender was a little flustered, hoping that Tang San wouldn't actually guess what Oscar was doing before Shrek Academy.

"... The horizontal stick-like object, I think, is probably a kind of mobile cart used by some vendors."

Tang San continued his analysis, "Some snack vendors also bring their children with them when they set up their stalls. On one side of the cart, there are several horizontal bars that children of different ages can grab and help push the cart."

"And he smelled like grilled sausage..."

Immediately, both Flender and Oscar felt a jolt in their hearts.

Seeing the change in their eyes and Ma Hongjun's wide-open mouth, Tang San felt that he didn't need to analyze anything further.

"Oscar's Martial Soul is a sausage!"

"Food System!"

Flender's face darkened, and he scolded Oscar: "I told you to take a proper shower! Now look what happened, the smell of sausages on you has given you away! I lost a Gold Soul Coin for nothing!"

That's what he said, but Flender still taught Oscar and Ma Hongjun the value of accepting defeat after a bet, and took out a Gold Soul Coin from his Storage Soul Tool to hand to Zhou Qing.

Seeing Flender's pained expression, Zhou Qing refused, saying, "No need for the Gold Soul Coin. After all, you don't want our carriage anymore, do you?"

With lightning speed, Flender put the Gold Soul Coin back into his Storage Soul Tool, laughed, patted Zhou Qing on the shoulder, and said, "Good lad, you're really likable. If you graduate from the junior academy, would you like to come to my Shrek Academy?"

"I will definitely visit you if I have the chance in the future."

While Flender's teaching philosophy had some problems, his way of dealing with people was passable, though he was rather aloof, which led to his relatively impoverished life.

The reason why Shrek Academy was able to develop in the original work was that it occupied the resources of the Blue Tyrant Academy, and the Shrek Seven Devils made a name for themselves in the Continental Elite Tournament, which attracted many talented Soul Master from all over the continent.

Otherwise, with Shrek Academy's teachers, it would be manageable to teach one or two students individually, providing hands-on instruction. But for a teacher to teach a class of over forty students—

They lack the experience! They lack the ability! They are not qualified for the position of teacher!

Although they are all quite powerful, being Soul Emperor and Soul Saint, being strong does not mean they are qualified and responsible teachers.

Over the past fourteen years, forty-two students have been enrolled, but only fourteen have successfully graduated...

Putting aside any exaggeration, this graduation rate is just too low!

Considering Shrek's elite education model, those who can enroll must be twelve years old and Soul Power Level of at least level twenty-five.

So, the question is, where did the remaining 28 geniuses who were able to reach level 25 or above by the age of 12 go if they didn't graduate?

This kind of talent is comparable to that of most of the middle and upper-level disciples in major sects!

It can only be said that Flender's original intention may have been good, but in practice, it was a different story. Judging from the current situation of the Shrek Academy, all the teachers of Shrek, including Flender himself, can be considered qualified teachers, but they are definitely not qualified academy teachers.

Teacher, please accept a disciple and teach him patiently.

In this respect, the teachers of the Shrek Academy... judging from the original work's portrayal of the Shrek Seven Devils, regardless of their academic knowledge, their attitude is definitely up to standard.

But they are indeed not qualified to be college teachers.

Because a college teacher can't just take on one student; they need to be able to teach and manage at least forty students at the same time to be considered a qualified college teacher!