Compound Surname Dugu

"Freshman Class Nine, Stone."

After paying the tuition, receiving the dormitory keys, two sets of uniforms, and a white badge, Chen Junting brought the four of them to the bulletin board to see who their Class Teacher was.

"The class members haven't been assigned yet."

Below the Class Teachers for the first eight classes, the student lists for each class had already been posted. His gaze swept over them one by one, and finally, the announcement for Freshman Class One caught his attention.

"Huh!?"

As his gaze moved downward, Chen Junting's brows furrowed slightly.

He discovered that Wang Dong's name was not on the list for Freshman Class One. Was this an accident? Or...

"Brother Junting, what are you looking at?"

Ning Tian's words brought Chen Junting's gaze back.

"Nothing. I just heard that this Class Teacher, Zhou Yi, is rather awful, so I was a little curious." Chen Junting did not say anything more about the subject. Instead, he called out to Wu Feng and Huo Yuhao, who were still looking at the information for the other classes.

"Let's go. We'll head to the dormitory first."

Little did they know that not long after they left...

A handsome young man with delicate features, fair skin, and pinkish-blue hair and eyes arrived at the place where Chen Junting and the others had just registered. The information he submitted happened to be listed right after Huo Yuhao's.

At the same time, he kept complaining nonstop.

"It's all Big Dad and Second Dad's fault. I had already left, but they called me back. They said they missed me and wanted to see me for a few more days. Then why did they urge me to hurry to Shrek Academy in the first place?"

"They almost made me miss freshman registration."

After completing registration and check-in, the young man grabbed the freshman supplies distributed by the academy and headed toward the freshman Dormitory Building.

The dormitory buildings of Shrek Academy occupied an enormous area. Although it was a single building, it had white, yellow, purple, and black sections. Clearly, they represented the living areas for students of different grades in the four Teaching Buildings. The building was six stories high in total.

The first through third floors belonged to the boys.

The fourth through sixth floors belonged to the girls.

"Shrek Academy is so stingy!"

After learning that students of all six grades, both boys and girls, lived in the same building, Wu Feng could not help complaining aloud. She did not care in the slightest that an old man was lying beneath a tree at the entrance of the dormitory building.

"Sister Feng!"

Ning Tian poked Wu Feng on the forehead and scolded her.

"Can't you fix that habit of speaking without restraint?"

"Mm... Ning Tian, I was wrong."

Meanwhile, Chen Junting's gaze fell on the old man, and he thought to himself, So this is Dragon God Douluo Mu En.

His twilight years had concealed the aura of a powerful expert.

"Brother Junting, what's wrong with this old man?"

When Huo Yuhao saw that Chen Junting's gaze was focused on the old man at the entrance of the dormitory building, he quickly stopped his movement. He had been about to step forward and apologize on Wu Feng's behalf for her rude words.

"Nothing. I was just worried that Sister Feng would be scolded by this Dormitory Manager Grandpa. After all, she insulted Shrek right in front of him."

Chen Junting shifted his gaze away and shamelessly made up an excuse, placing the blame on Wu Feng, who was still being lectured by Ning Tian.

"Then I'd better hurry over and apologize for Sister Feng."

Believing Chen Junting, Huo Yuhao tried to move forward.

After all, Wu Feng had taken good care of him over the past few days.

On the recliner, Mu En sensed something. His eyelids lifted slightly, and he caught Chen Junting's gaze. He also glanced at Wu Feng, who was being scolded by Ning Tian, and spoke in a flat tone.

"No need, little fellow."

With that one sentence, Huo Yuhao stopped again.

"Brother Junting, the old man heard us."

At that moment, Ning Tian had finished lecturing Wu Feng. Upon hearing the old man's words, she hurriedly dragged Wu Feng over to him. After all, how could there be any weak people in Shrek Academy? Moreover, this was an old man. He might even be a Titled Douluo or something similar.

However, the apology at the end was still stopped by the old man.

Seeing this, Chen Junting stepped forward and smacked Wu Feng on the back of the head. Then, amid her cry of pain, he cupped his fists toward Mu En. Regardless of what had happened, they had to show the proper attitude first.

Ning Tian bowed slightly. "Grandpa, Sister Feng is ignorant. Please forgive her."

Seeing that the old man closed his eyes and said nothing more, the four of them did not linger and entered the dormitory building together.

This caused Mu En's eyes, which had just closed again, to open once more. He stared strangely at Wu Feng, who was rubbing the back of her head, and at the two little fellows—one responsible for striking and the other for apologizing.

"Is it the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect again? Quick-witted, with pretty good judgment. They even put on such a proper attitude over something so minor? The last time this happened was probably with that kid Bo Wen..."

"All right, you two go on up."

"Once you've finished settling in, we'll meet downstairs."

When they reached the third floor, Chen Junting parted ways with Ning Tian and Wu Feng. He brought Huo Yuhao to the door of Dormitory 171 first.

"Huh? Why are our dormitory numbers so far apart?"

Looking at the key to Dormitory 161 in his hand, Chen Junting wore a puzzled expression. However, he soon raised his head and looked at the "long-sealed" dormitory door of Dormitory 171 before him.

"Looks like your roommate hasn't arrived yet."

Huo Yuhao had already opened the dormitory door. The stale air inside immediately surged out as though it had found an exit. Seeing this, Chen Junting suddenly waved his hand, scattering the foul air.

"Yuhao, do you want me to help?"

"No, no, it's fine."

Seeing Huo Yuhao refuse his help, Chen Junting did not press the matter. He merely left him with the words, "If you run into any trouble, come find me in Dormitory 161," and then drifted away.

When he arrived in front of Dormitory 161, he saw the clean door.

"Someone's already here?"

After glancing at the already-full Dormitory 162 next door, the confusion in Chen Junting's heart grew even stronger. However, when he pushed open the door, a faintly fishy odor entered his nostrils.

Even though it had been covered by perfume, he could still smell it.

"Snake venom?"

With a thought, his Soul Power instinctively began circulating.

But in less than a second, he reached a conclusion: the fishy odor was indeed the smell of snake venom, but the smell itself would not poison anyone.

He began examining the dormitory from top to bottom. Before long, his gaze locked onto a young man sitting cross-legged on a bed and cultivating.

Green hair, green eyes, green fingernails.

He was not only completely green, but thoroughly poisonous as well.

As though sensing someone entering the dormitory, the green-haired young man slowly opened his eyes. But when he saw Chen Junting at the door, he froze at first. There seemed to be a hint of surprise deep in his eyes, along with joy hidden in the depths of his heart.

He immediately stood up and extended his right hand with a cheerful smile.

"Hello, my name is Dugu Xin."

Chen Junting nodded politely and shook his hand. Then he asked, "Are you the Dugu descended from Dugu Bo ten thousand years ago?"

The faintly delighted smile on Dugu Xin's face immediately stiffened. He stroked his green hair before revealing a self-mocking smile. "Looks like your background isn't simple. You know quite a lot."

"Yes. I'm from that Dugu Clan—the one that brought disaster to its descendants and whose poison is even worse than trash. My Martial Soul is also the Jade Phosphorous Serpent passed down from ten thousand years ago."

"If you want to move out, then go ahead."

"I've caused you trouble."

As he spoke, he sat back down on the bed dejectedly.

Seeing this, Chen Junting immediately understood.

It seemed that this was not the first or second time Dugu Xin had encountered a roommate change. It was probably because his Martial Soul had a poisonous Attribute.

No wonder he had received the key to Dormitory 161. He had probably gotten it because Dugu Xin's previous roommates had moved out.

However, Chen Junting did not care about Dugu Xin's negative attitude.

After all, Shrek Academy would not let a dangerous student share a room with other students.

Thus, he walked to the bed, took out bedding made from the down of a thousand-year Soul Beast, the White Jade Swan, from his Storage Soul Tool, and began arranging his bed. This caused the hope in Dugu Xin's eyes, which had already dimmed, to reignite.

"You're not leaving? Aren't you afraid that I'm poisonous?"

Chen Junting did not even raise his head as he replied casually.

"So what if I am? If you don't release your poison deliberately, will it come out on its own? Besides, I can't be bothered with the trouble of changing dormitories. That settles it." After saying this, he turned around and extended his right hand.

"Let's get to know each other again. My name is Chen Junting."

These words warmed Dugu Xin's heart for once.

Because Dugu Xin had already cleaned Dormitory 161, Chen Junting did not need to do anything else.

Moreover, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Huo Yuhao all needed to clean their own dormitories, and it would not be finished quickly. So he sat down and began chatting with Dugu Xin.

Perhaps Dugu Xin had never been trusted like this before, and had never had any friends either. After meeting Chen Junting, who was willing to befriend him, he became extremely talkative.

During their conversation, Chen Junting also learned that Dugu Xin had come to Shrek Academy to find a way to resolve the flaws of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul. If he could not find one within a year, he planned to drop out.

At the mention of this, Dugu Xin's expression became even more dejected.

"Oh?"

Chen Junting could not help feeling puzzled when he heard this.

Could the method Tang San passed down ten thousand years ago no longer work? And couldn't a Soul Core store their poison?

Although he wanted to ask, the two of them were not yet familiar enough.

So he could only suppress the question for now.

There was also something hidden in the depths of his heart: Did the Dugu Clan know the location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well?

After all, without knowing the exact location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, even if he knew that this treasure land was located deep within Sunset Forest, he still would not be able to find it. The poisonous fog spread throughout Sunset Forest was like an ocean. Even if someone managed to force their way in, they probably would not have the means—or the time—to search for the needle that was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

If the Dugu Clan had records of it, he would not need to charge in aimlessly in the future. That way, his life would also be somewhat safer.

Of course... the main thing during this process was to determine whether God King Tang would interfere.

Otherwise, finding it would be useless.