"Wait."
Lu Ming spoke up at that moment.
Shrek?
Those people had finally arrived.
A teasing smile appeared on his face as he said to Liu Erlong, "Teacher Erlong, since there's nothing going on anyway, I'd like to go watch the excitement too."
Hearing this, Liu Erlong looked at him. Thinking that he had just completed his transformation and that it would do him good to get out for a walk, she agreed.
"Mm, go ahead." She nodded.
"Then I'm off, Teacher Erlong."
Lu Ming bid Liu Erlong farewell with a smile, then turned and followed the female teacher toward the academy gates.
Liu Erlong stood where she was, watching Lu Ming's tall, straight back vanish from sight. The smile on her face lingered for a long while.
She turned and returned to her office, closed the door, and sat alone on the bed in the inner room.
The excitement and joy in her heart still surged like a tide.
It took her quite a while to calm down before she turned her attention back to the Chat Group Interface before her.
The group was lively at the moment.
[Little Witch: The sun is wonderful today. A perfect day to head out.]
[Fox is Most Pure: I have a feeling this chat group will be our greatest opportunity!]
[Poison Fairy: The Group Leader is unfathomable too. I'm so curious about what kind of existence he really is.]
Seeing those messages, Liu Erlong nodded in complete agreement.
Her slender fingers lightly tapped the screen.
[Gentle Fire Dragon: Don't upset the Group Leader, or he might kick you out!]
After sending that message, Liu Erlong leaned against the headboard and fell into thought.
This chat group was definitely something extraordinary.
Spirit Bone rewards, Martial Soul Evolution, even resurrecting the dead and becoming gods...
Any one of those was enough to drive the entire Douluo Continent mad.
And that Group Leader was even more mysterious.
He seemed to know everything. He could expose even secrets from Tang Hao's distant past with a single remark.
Such methods and knowledge were simply not something an ordinary person could possess.
"Group Leader..."
Liu Erlong softly murmured those two words, a trace of reverence flashing through her eyes.
"He must be an existence who has already become a god! His means are heaven-reaching!"
She came to a conclusion that made even her heart race.
Only a god could possess such power and create such a miraculous group chat connecting people from different times and spaces.
Liu Erlong made up her mind.
She had to firmly seize this heaven-sent opportunity.
And the key lay in that mysterious Group Leader.
She absolutely could not offend the Group Leader!
Meanwhile.
Outside the mountain gate of Blue Tyrant Academy.
A dusty group of more than a dozen people arrived and looked up at the enormous plaque bearing the words "Blue Tyrant."
At the head of the group was none other than the dean of Shrek Academy, Four-Eyed Cat Eagle Flender.
He adjusted the Crystal Glasses on the bridge of his nose, the corner of his mouth curling in disdain.
"Blue Tyrant Academy?"
"It's merely an advanced Soul Master Academy. When it comes to cultivating monsters, it still falls short!"
Flender's voice was full of arrogance, as though he did not take this place seriously at all.
Beside him stood a rigid-looking, haggard middle-aged man. It was Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang's expression was rather grim. He glanced at the high-spirited Flender and reminded him solemnly:
"Flender, it's better to keep a low profile."
"Don't forget, Heaven Dou Royal Academy threw us out like trash."
"This is our last hope. If we can't even find a place to settle down here, then the children will have no chance at all to participate in this year's Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament."
"But Erlong is here, so there shouldn't be a problem."
At the mention of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Flender's expression darkened as well.
That humiliation still pierced deeply into his heart like a thorn.
Tang San, standing behind Yu Xiaogang, quietly clenched his fists, a shadow flashing through his eyes.
He spoke to Yu Xiaogang in an almost oath-like tone:
"Teacher, don't worry."
"If we meet Heaven Dou Royal Academy's team in the tournament, Shrek will definitely show them what regret means!"
"I'll personally beat every one of them to the ground and seek justice for Shrek!"
Within the group, a girl in a pink short skirt with a Scorpion Braid bounced around as she looked about, her crisp voice breaking the heavy atmosphere.
"Wow! This place is so beautiful!"
Xiao Wu's large, watery eyes were full of wonder.
"It's so much better than our rundown village. The mountains and waters are beautiful—no wonder it's an advanced academy!"
The girl's vitality infected everyone. She spun in place, her skirt fluttering up to reveal a pair of straight, slender jade-like legs without an ounce of excess flesh. Her skin gleamed white beneath the sunlight, brimming with youthful allure.
Walking in the middle of the group, Dai Mubai's golden hair shone brightly in the sunlight. His wicked eyes swept over the girls beside him, and his brows furrowed slightly.
"Xiao Wu, Rongrong, and Zhuqing."
Dai Mubai's voice carried a trace of concern.
"Why are the dark circles under your eyes so bad? Didn't you sleep well last night?"
He looked especially at Xiao Wu. The shadows beneath her eyes were the most obvious, making her pretty face lose some of its brightness.
The three girls whose names had been called all stiffened slightly.
Xiao Wu stuck out her tongue and forced a smile. "Ah, maybe we were just too tired from traveling. It's fine, it's fine."
Ning Rongrong yawned and lazily echoed, "Yeah, we just didn't sleep well."
Zhu Zhuqing merely nodded faintly without saying anything, but her gaze unconsciously drifted elsewhere.
The three girls' evasiveness was far too obvious, making the others around them feel that something was strange.
Oscar rubbed his chin. A trace of doubt flashed through his peach blossom eyes as he looked around, seemingly searching for someone.
"Huh? Where's Ma Hongjun?"
"Where did that Fatty run off to again? He disappeared in the blink of an eye."
At that question, the confusion on Dai Mubai's face instantly vanished, replaced by a smile that every man understood.
He leaned close to Oscar's ear and chuckled softly:
"Where else could he have gone?"
"He went to have some fun!"
Elsewhere.
On a shaded path within Blue Tyrant Academy.
Lu Ming walked along at an unhurried pace.
He wore a comical red mask, modeled after a character from an animated series in his Past Life—Careful Superman.
When out and about, caution was the way to go.
Especially with Shrek's bunch of troublemakers about to arrive, hiding his identity could never be wrong.
Just as he was about to head to the academy gates to watch the excitement, a burst of shouting came from the woods nearby.
"Don't push your luck!"
An overbearing voice rang out, full of nauseating superiority.
"It's your honor that I took a liking to you! Don't be so ungrateful!"
Lu Ming paused and looked toward the source of the voice.
Deep in the woods, a fat man dressed in a fiery red outfit had cornered a Female Student from Blue Tyrant Academy against a tree trunk.
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