Flender the Great Swindler, an Academy That Only Enrolls Monsters

Xiao Wu stared at the scene before her and froze slightly.

What was wrong with Zhuqing?

After Qi Lin glanced at Dai Mubai inside the shop, surrounded by women on both sides and even taking liberties with the twin sisters, he instantly understood Zhu Zhuqing's feelings.

"Let's leave first!" Qi Lin said, supporting Zhu Zhuqing.

The girl's eyes were slightly red. She was forcing herself to remain calm, but her faintly trembling body exposed the collapse in her heart.

After hearing Qi Lin, Zhu Zhuqing nodded gently, and the three of them turned to leave.

Inside the shop, Dai Mubai seemed to sense something. He turned to look toward the entrance, but all he saw were three retreating figures.

As he watched the black-clad figure among the three, Dai Mubai's brows furrowed slightly.

Was that an illusion?

Why did the aura of that black-clad figure give him a sense of complementing each other?

Just as he was deep in thought, the twin sisters in his arms suddenly leaned close to his ears.

"What is Young Master Dai thinking about?"

Only then did Dai Mubai snap back to his senses and laugh loudly.

"I'm thinking about how to make you two little sluts beg for mercy tonight."

"Oh my, Young Master Dai is so naughty!"

Listening to the twins' coquettish snorts, Dai Mubai's lips curled upward, his face full of enjoyment.

As for that thought from earlier, he had long since tossed it to the back of his mind.

Damn it. I can't beat Big Brother in the end anyway, so I might as well indulge myself while I still can.

Elsewhere, Qi Lin let go of Zhu Zhuqing, whom he had been supporting all along.

"Looks like the person you were looking for was in that shop just now," Qi Lin said.

Zhu Zhuqing nodded gently, while Xiao Wu was utterly confused.

"If the person Zhuqing was looking for was in that shop, why didn't we go in?"

Qi Lin reached up and slapped his forehead.

"You're unbelievable!"

"I'm unbelievable?" Xiao Wu pointed at herself, completely baffled.

Seeing that she still had not caught on, Qi Lin explained, "That Young Master Dai inside the shop, the one holding those sisters, should be the person Zhuqing was looking for."

At once, Xiao Wu's eyes widened.

"What? He's the person Zhuqing was looking for?"

"What is his relationship with Zhuqing? Are they a couple..."

In an instant, Xiao Wu wore an expression of sudden realization.

No wonder Zhuqing had looked so devastated.

Zhu Zhuqing forced a smile and shook her head. "He is indeed the person I was looking for, but we're not in a relationship. This is also the first time I've seen him."

"The reason I lost control was something else."

"I see..." A trace of disappointment flashed through Xiao Wu's eyes after hearing that.

"Then, Zhuqing, are you not going to Shrek Academy with us tomorrow?"

"I..." Zhu Zhuqing was just about to say she would not go, but then she thought, if she did not go to Shrek, where else could she return to?

She had traveled thousands of miles and endured countless hardships just to come from Star Luo Imperial Capital to Suotuo City.

Was she supposed to slink back in disgrace?

A trace of stubbornness flashed across Zhu Zhuqing's face.

No!

She would not go back!

Since Dai Mubai was willing to sink into depravity, then she would fight against fate alone.

"I'm not going back!" Zhu Zhuqing shook her head firmly.

She still wanted to take a look at Shrek Academy and see whether the academy that had drawn geniuses like Xiao Wu and Qi Lin truly had anything worthwhile.

If it really did have something...

Then perhaps she still had hope!

"That's great, Zhuqing!"

The two women chatted as they walked, while Qi Lin followed behind them.

Afterward, the three found an inn in the city. Fortunately, there was no ridiculous situation where only one room remained.

In the blink of an eye, the next day arrived!

Qi Lin asked a passerby for Shrek Academy's approximate location, and the three of them set off.

After leaving Suotuo City and seeing the vast farmland around them, Xiao Wu said in confusion, "So Shrek Academy isn't in the city?"

Since Zhu Zhuqing came from an aristocratic background, she replied, "Some advanced Soul Master Academies have Mimicry Training Environments, so it is often unsuitable to build them in the city."

"Perhaps Shrek Academy is also such an advanced Soul Master Academy."

Xiao Wu suddenly understood and could not help saying, "Zhuqing, you know so much."

Seeing Xiao Wu's admiring expression, Qi Lin snickered to himself.

I hope Xiao Wu will still have that same expression once she sees what Shrek Academy really looks like.

Yet they did not even need to reach Shrek Academy. When Xiao Wu saw the few dilapidated villages nearby, she gradually began to feel that something was wrong.

"Would an academy really be built in a place like this?"

"Could they have some kind of strange fetish?"

Zhu Zhuqing shook her head.

She had never heard of an advanced Soul Master Academy being built in such a remote rural area either.

Before long, the three stood at the entrance of a rundown village, staring at the words "Shrek Academy" on the archway there.

Qi Lin had known in advance that Shrek Academy would be run-down, so he was mentally prepared.

But Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing were completely shattered!

Xiao Wu muttered, "What kind of academy is this? It's clearly just a shabby little village!"

"Grandmaster was way too unreliable to recommend an academy like this to us."

Zhu Zhuqing's face likewise showed disbelief.

Could an academy like this really teach students well?

Just as Xiao Wu was complaining, the middle-aged man dozing in a rocking chair at the village entrance suddenly stirred.

He looked rather ordinary, but he was highly recognizable because of his long, shoehorn-shaped face, which gave him the air of a crafty merchant.

His identity was already obvious.

He was none other than Shrek Academy's dean, the level seventy-eight Owl Spirit Soul Sage, Flender!

The reason the three had disturbed him was because he had heard Xiao Wu mention the word "Grandmaster."

He suddenly opened his eyes and looked toward Qi Lin and the other two, a glint flashing through his eyes before vanishing.

"Little girl, there are some things you cannot judge merely by appearances."

As soon as he said this, Qi Lin and the others looked over.

Xiao Wu was even less inclined to tolerate him. She planted her hands on her hips.

"Are you a teacher here?"

"Since you say we can't judge by appearances, what is there about Shrek Academy that is worth praising?"

At that, Flender instantly perked up.

He rose from his rocking chair and said passionately, "In that case, let me educate you."

"Shrek is a type of monster, an exceptionally strange existence even among soul beasts. Our academy is called Shrek Academy precisely because we only enroll monsters!"

"Here, we only accept little monsters who are no older than thirteen and have reached Soul Power Level twenty-one or above."

After saying that, Flender looked at Xiao Wu with a slightly smug smile. "Now, you should understand what makes our academy different from other academies, right?"

To be honest, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing really did feel as though it sounded incredibly impressive, even though they did not quite understand it.

In short: they had been fooled!

An academy that only enrolled monsters sounded very advanced.