A little while later, Lu Lin had returned to his dormitory.
He was in an excellent mood today.
On the way back to the academy, Lu Lin had kept thinking to himself, The president of the Blacksmith Association is such a good person!
The mithril he had used for his blacksmithing assessment had been provided by the association in the first place.
It was hardly surprising that the association would take the finished product afterward.
However, President Zhu had bought it outright for 100 Gold Soul Coins. How could that not make him happy?
Of course, Lu Lin didn't know that he was the sole exception.
The other most important reason for Lu Lin's good mood was that he was about to break through.
At most, in another two days, his Soul Power Level would reach Level 18.
The new student dormitories were located in a corner of Shrek's southeastern area.
When Lu Lin returned to the dormitory, he saw that the bed across from his had been made up with fresh bedding and other belongings. A hint of confusion flashed in his eyes.
Had this mysterious roommate returned while he was out?
Putting the question aside, Lu Lin went to his bed, sat cross-legged, and began cultivating.
A little while later, a handsome young man in a blue outfit walked in from outside.
He stood very straight and was half a head taller than Lu Lin. His features were sharply defined, with sword-like brows and bright, clear eyes that shone like stars.
His character design was certainly top-notch.
As soon as the young man entered the dormitory and saw Lu Lin, he paused in surprise, then introduced himself naturally:
"Hello, new roommate. My name is Long Chenyu. Please look after me."
Huh, he seemed easy enough to get along with?
Thinking this, Lu Lin looked at him and said:
"My name is Lu Lin. Please look after me too."
"Mm. By the way, classes started several days ago. Why are you only coming back now?"
The young man named Long Chenyu sat on the edge of his bed. At the question, he answered frankly:
"Mm, I happened to make a breakthrough, so I went to the Star Dou Great Forest to get a soul ring first. That's why I was delayed a few days."
A soul ring?
Lu Lin paused slightly.
He couldn't sense the other boy's precise Soul Power Level.
But if he'd gone to hunt for a soul ring at the start of the school year, he probably wasn't a two-ring Soul Grandmaster.
That meant he was most likely a three-ring Soul Elder.
Tsk, among the people Lu Lin knew, he was the first three-ring Soul Elder under the age of twelve.
Of course, Avatar Unit 1 was an exception.
Well, Shrek really was a gathering place for monsters.
After Long Chenyu finished speaking, he paused. Perhaps he'd noticed what Lu Lin was thinking. After a moment, he added:
"Heh, I really am a three-ring Soul Elder now. My Martial Soul is the Holy Light Dragon. I'm an Assault Type Battle Soul Elder. What about you, Lu Lin?"
"..."
Hearing the other boy's Martial Soul, Lu Lin was genuinely astonished.
The Holy Light Dragon Martial Soul, with its Ultimate Light Attribute... Mu En in this era?
Lu Lin suddenly felt glad that he hadn't chosen Yu Wufan when creating Avatar Unit 1.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon was certainly impressive, but how could it compare to a true Holy Light Dragon Martial Soul?
Since Long Chenyu had been so straightforward, Lu Lin was frank with him too. There was no need to hide anything, anyway.
"My current Soul Power Level is seventeen. My Martial Soul is a Plant System Martial Soul called the Pure Fire Green Lotus."
When Long Chenyu heard that Lu Lin was only at Level 17, his expression remained unchanged. There was no clichéd scene of him looking down on Lu Lin. Instead, he asked about things new students should know at the start of the school year.
Lu Lin paused slightly.
Heh, this was good. At least Long Chenyu wasn't difficult to get along with.
The two of them began chatting, and before long, they had grown a little closer.
Two days later, Lu Lin successfully reached Level 18.
Shrek Academy had plenty of Mimic Cultivation Places.
Mimic Cultivation involved creating an environment best suited to a Soul Master's cultivation based on the characteristics of their Martial Soul.
For example, Soul Masters with fire-attribute Martial Souls would naturally get twice the results in half the time by cultivating in a scorching environment, such as near lava. The same went for Ice Attribute Soul Masters and Plant Martial Soul Soul Masters.
With such favorable conditions, it was hard for a Soul Master's cultivation speed at Shrek Academy not to be fast.
And this was only Shrek's Outer Court.
What kind of world awaited in the Inner Court?
But for now, none of that had anything to do with Lu Lin.
Lu Lin didn't even know what the requirements for entering the Inner Court were.
He wasn't so insecure as to put himself down.
But objectively speaking, he was indeed far behind people like Dai Xichen, Long Chenyu, and Qin He.
It was worth mentioning that although Long Chenyu was his roommate, they weren't in the same class.
Three months later, the new student class competition would pit Class Two, where Lu Lin studied, against Class One, where Long Chenyu studied.
That day, Lu Lin finished cultivating in the Mimic Forest and had just walked out the gate when he spotted Qin He looking around.
He was speechless.
That guy paid no attention to cultivation at all. In a way, he was Lu Lin's complete opposite.
Qin He had deliberately waited for him there.
The moment he saw Lu Lin come out, Qin He's eyes lit up. He hurried over to him:
"Hey, Lu Lin, you're finally out! I've been waiting here for ages."
Lu Lin paused slightly. "You need something?"
Qin He nodded vigorously, then said nervously:
"This is a big deal, Lu Lin. I heard that in three months, we'll be competing against Class One, and they have a guy named Long Chenyu. He's a three-ring Soul Elder!"
"A three-ring Soul Elder at twelve! I doubt even Dai Xichen could beat him."
As soon as he heard what this was about, Lu Lin understood. He walked out, speaking casually:
"Oh, that. I know."
Qin He stared at him in surprise. "You know?"
In Qin He's eyes, Lu Lin was a bona fide cultivation maniac. How would he know about this?
"Mm, because he's my roommate."
Qin He: "..."
Oh. In that case, it wasn't strange.
But why were they roommates if they weren't in the same class?
Lu Lin had no idea what Qin He was grumbling about to himself.
He stopped for the moment and looked at Qin He suspiciously:
"By the way, why are you so worked up about this?"
"You're a Food System Soul Master. You can't even compete, can you?"
Qin He immediately objected:
"What do you mean? I'm part of Class Two too, okay? I've got a sense of collective pride."
Lu Lin nodded noncommittally.
To Lu Lin's surprise, Qin He had started school on the same day as him, yet seemed to have learned quite a few of the academy's "secrets."
For instance, Dai Xichen had an older brother named Dai Mingheng.
He was not only an Inner Court student, but also one of the current Shrek Seven Devils.
Another example was Ning Shuang, a senior from the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect who was currently in her third year at Shrek's Outer Court, and Xu Yaoyao, a second-year student from the imperial family of the Star Luo Empire. Together, they were known as the "Outer Court Twin Beauties."
They had countless admirers.
Lu Lin had no idea where Qin He got his information, but he still listened with great interest.
It was nice to hear some gossip now and then instead of having his head buried in cultivation all the time.
Besides, the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect and the imperial family of the Star Luo Empire were both familiar from the original story.
You could even say these people were fixtures at Shrek Academy, with plenty of appearances in the Douluo Series!
Lu Lin just didn't know whether another Shrek fixture—the descendant of Ma Hongjun, whose Martial Soul was the Evil Fire Phoenix—was at the academy right now.
Over the past few days, Lu Lin had stayed at the academy and hadn't gone back to the Blacksmith Association.
However, several days after he'd registered as a blacksmith, someone from the Blacksmith Association had unexpectedly brought him a bottle of Mysterious Water Pills.
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