Special Single Dormitory!

After passing between the white New Student Teaching Building and the yellow buildings for second- and third-year students, Lin Yuan caught sight of the dormitory. The dormitory covered a vast area. Although there was only one building, its exterior walls were painted white, yellow, purple, and black, clearly representing the residential areas for students of the four different grades. The entire building had six floors.

When Lin Yuan reached the entrance of the white dormitory building, he saw an elderly man reclining in a chair. The old man wore gray cloth robes and was extremely advanced in age, looking as though he were in the twilight of his life. Sunlight filtering between the buildings happened to fall upon him.

This old man was Mu En. His Beast Martial Soul was the Light Holy Dragon, and he was a rank ninety-nine Titled Douluo. He was also the strongest of the three great Limit Douluo on the current Douluo Continent, earning him the title "Dragon God Douluo." However, all of this depended on the Golden Ancient Tree's support. Once he strayed beyond Shrek Academy's range, his strength would be greatly diminished due to his unhealed injuries.

Since when could the Light Holy Dragon be called the Dragon God? Lin Yuan sneered inwardly, deeply disdainful of the title "Dragon God Douluo."

In his view, no matter how powerful the Light Holy Dragon was, it was merely a branch of the dragon clan and was utterly unworthy of the words "Dragon God." Even so, he did not expose it. He simply walked forward without betraying any emotion. The other man was a senior, after all. It was always good to greet him and make himself familiar.

"Hello, sir. I'm a newly enrolled student this year, here to check in. Do you need to inspect my freshman badge?" Lin Yuan asked politely, handing over his freshman badge and dormitory key.

Mu En took the badge and key, waved them before his eyes, then returned them to Lin Yuan. "Go on. Dormitory 107 is the second room on the left side of the first floor. The fourth floor and above are the girls' dormitories. You are not permitted to go up there. If you are caught, you will be expelled."

"Thank you for the reminder, sir. I'll remember it." Lin Yuan accepted the key, nodded politely, and entered the dormitory building.

Mu En watched Lin Yuan's retreating figure, and a glint of sharp light flashed through his clouded old eyes. He narrowed his eyes slightly and muttered, "Such pure dragon might, yet so different. This child is no ordinary one."

While he was speaking, several more freshmen passed by. Yet they clearly failed to notice the old man beside the entrance and walked straight inside. Mu En did not stop them. He merely sat there, drowsing.

With Mu En's directions, Lin Yuan quickly found his dormitory. The student dormitories were arranged like a corridor building, with doors lining both sides of a long hallway, each marked with a number. The inside of the dormitory building was clearly somewhat old, though no one knew how many years it had been in use. There was a communal washroom at each end of the corridor.

As he unlocked the dormitory door, a stale gust of air rushed toward him. Lin Yuan quickly stepped aside and gave a light wave of his hand, pushing open the window. Fresh air immediately poured in. The room had apparently been vacant for at least a month, and dust was everywhere.

While the room aired out, Lin Yuan took in its layout. The dormitory was only about ten square meters, and the two beds occupied most of the space. Apart from them, there was only one table and two metal wardrobes. A lamp hung from the ceiling, while several metal protrusions jutted from the walls. The lamp was a simple Soul Tool that required Soul Power to illuminate, and those metal protrusions were the injection points for Soul Power.

"A double dormitory? I don't really like that. Good thing I took two keys back then." Lin Yuan looked at the two keys in his hand, a faint smile curling his lips. He had long prepared a single dormitory for himself.

Lin Yuan shut the dormitory door, drew a deep breath, and began a thorough cleaning. He walked to the window and lightly tapped the air with his fingertip. A gentle breeze formed a vortex inside the room, sweeping up the dust from the floor and carrying it out through the window in a rush, instantly taking away most of the floating dust.

Next, he raised his hand and made a grasping motion toward the air. Moisture in the air gathered into crystalline droplets, quickly merging into a sheet of water. The water sheet surged into a curtain, gently wiping the tables, chairs, beds, and walls like soft silk without leaving behind a single trace of moisture. In just a few minutes, the once dust-filled dormitory looked completely renewed.

Lin Yuan nodded in satisfaction. Since he had decided to live alone, he might as well make good use of the space. He first placed the two beds side by side, then moved the two metal wardrobes against the wall and combined them into a simple storage cabinet. From his Soul Tool storage ring, he took out a specially made mattress, a fur-lined blanket, and a soft cotton quilt, swiftly making the bed.

"Sister Bi Ji and Sister Zi Ji really are thoughtful. A down quilt made from feathers shed by the Jade Swan clan is so light it feels weightless. I love it."

Thinking back on the five years he had spent in the Star Dou Great Forest, aside from being particularly dependent on Gu Yue Na and the Imperial Auspicious Beast, Lin Yuan had been closest to Biji and Zi Ji. One was gentle and meticulous, while the other seemed cold outside but warm within. They had cared for him with nearly flawless devotion. Since neither of them was good with words, he had taken quite a few liberties with the two women.

"Grrr~"

His stomach's poorly timed growl interrupted his memories. Lin Yuan rubbed his belly and only then remembered that he had not eaten anything since leaving the Star Dou Great Forest. With that thought, he went out to ask for the cafeteria's location, then bought some meal basins from the student supplies shop.

Yes, meal basins. His appetite had been astonishing even in the Star Dou Great Forest. To nourish his Dragon God Bone and stabilize his bloodline, he needed to consume enormous amounts of energy every day. Golden Jade Fruit, Soul Condensing Dew, and all kinds of high-year spirit materials had practically been everyday fare. Now that he was in the human world, he naturally could not neglect himself.

So, what Lin Yuan bought were not ordinary bowls, but enormous stainless-steel meal basins. One was obviously not enough. He directly carried away a whole stack and headed toward the cafeteria with light steps.

Each grade had its own cafeteria, located behind the dormitory area. When Lin Yuan entered the freshman cafeteria carrying a stack of meal basins, he paused slightly. There were not many people in the cafeteria at the moment, making it appear very spacious. There was not a single table or chair, only an empty open area, with sinks for washing hands and dishes along one side.

The food service windows were on the inner side, with prices marked outside each one. There were eight windows in total, each offering different dishes, and the prices rose from right to left. Furthermore, there was a notice at the cafeteria entrance stating that food was strictly forbidden from being taken outside.

"No tables, and we're not allowed to take food away?" Lin Yuan blinked, then revealed an amused smile. "That won't stump me."

He looked around, confirmed that no one was paying attention to him, then raised his right hand and said softly, "Condense."

As soon as the word left his mouth, moisture in the air rapidly gathered and condensed into a crystalline ice table before him, along with an ice chair. Their design was simple yet sturdy.

Lin Yuan patted the tabletop in satisfaction. The ice surface let out a crisp sound and was exceptionally solid. Carrying his stack of stainless-steel meal basins, he headed straight for the leftmost service window. The dishes there looked the most plentiful, and the prices were also the highest—exactly to his liking.

"A freshman? You're so young, yet you came to the luxury window?" The chef behind the window looked surprised when she saw him carrying a stack of meal basins.

"Yes, I'm a freshman." Lin Yuan nodded and seriously lined up six meal basins in a row. "Auntie, please give me one serving of everything, and fill them up."

"One serving of everything, and fill them up?" The woman behind the window was startled by Lin Yuan's display. She looked him up and down. "Little fellow, are you sure you can finish all that?"

Lin Yuan nodded solemnly. "Don't worry, Auntie. I can eat a lot."

The cook helplessly shook her head, but her hands moved efficiently as she began serving the dishes. Before long, the six stainless-steel meal basins had been piled into small mountains.

After paying, Lin Yuan happily carried his food back to the ice table he had made and began eating at once.

This scene quickly drew the attention of the entire cafeteria. At first, everyone merely thought the silver-haired, purple-eyed little boy was handsome and amusing as he carried six meal basins. But when they saw Lin Yuan devouring the mountains of food bite after bite without stopping, the crowd's curiosity rapidly turned into shock.

"Holy shit! Is he even human?"

"He's using meal basins as bowls, isn't he?"

"My god, that's already the sixth basin! And he's still getting more food!"

Lin Yuan completely ignored the exclamations around him. The Dragon God's Heart inside him was operating at high speed, continuously converting the food's energy into the purest life energy and nourishing his Dragon God Bone and bloodline. He ate quickly, but wasted nothing. Every grain of rice was consumed cleanly.

When the sixth basin was empty, Lin Yuan let out a satisfied burp and stretched lazily. Exclamations continued to rise around him, but he paid them no mind. With a light tap of his finger, the ice table and chair before him turned into water vapor and vanished without a trace. After finishing all that, he stood and headed back toward his dormitory.

When he reached his dormitory door, Lin Yuan discovered that the door to neighboring Dormitory 108 had already been opened. He did not need to guess to know that Huo Yu Hao had arrived. However, he did not go over to greet him. Instead, he returned to his own dormitory, sat cross-legged atop the soft down quilt, and quickly entered a meditative state, cultivating the Dragon God's exclusive technique—the Dragon God Technique.

The Dragon God Technique was the supreme cultivation method Lin Yuan had inherited from the Dragon God's Heart, completely different from the meditation of ordinary soul masters. It used the Divine Core as a furnace, bloodline as the guide, and authority as the flame, tempering the world's primordial energy layer by layer before ultimately transforming it into pure Dragon God Power that nourished the bones, meridians, and soul.

At this moment, the Nine-Colored Flowing Light within the Dragon God's Heart slowly revolved, drawing the elemental power of heaven and earth into his body. Empowered by the Dragon God Domain, the surrounding primordial energy became exceptionally docile, allowing Lin Yuan to draw it in strand by strand and refine it into the purest energy.

As time passed second by second, six hours went by in the blink of an eye, and the sky gradually darkened.

Lin Yuan slowly ended his cultivation. Feeling the surging power within his body, a satisfied smile appeared on his lips. After this period of stabilization, his Soul Power had firmly reached the peak of rank thirty-nine, only one step away from rank forty. However, he did not choose to break through immediately. What he needed was long-term accumulation. Unless necessary, he had no desire to use the Asura God Power refined within the Dragon God's Heart.