A Diary Related to Tang San?

The messages in the group chat gradually fell silent, and Wang Dong'er had also identified her competitors.

Counting Ning Tian and Wu Feng, who were traveling with Ao Yao, she had no fewer than six competitors at Shrek Academy!

A sense of urgency surged through Wang Dong'er.

Before the shopkeeper could bring out the noodles she'd ordered, Wang Dong'er took a Gold Soul Coin from her purse and set it on the table, then hurried straight to the registration office at Shrek Academy.

Now there was a second problem to solve.

According to the contents of Ao Yao's diary, after enrolling, she'd be assigned to the same dormitory room as Huo Yuhao.

How could she avoid sharing a dormitory room with Huo Yuhao—or even end up in the same room as Ao Yao?

[Today's diary entry has ended. Calculating rewards...]

[Congratulations, Tang Ya! You appeared in the diary more times than anyone else and have received a reward: your Soul Power Level has increased by two.]

[Congratulations, Deep Clouds Unknown! You've been today's most active member and have received the title Water Spraying Dragon King. Deep Clouds Unknown may choose the general subject of tomorrow's diary.]

[Rewards have been distributed.]

Tang Ya was just about to take Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, and Qin Qin back to Shrek Academy when she suddenly stopped, her expression turning peculiar.

She'd gotten her wish and appeared in the diary more times than anyone else. She'd also received the diary's reward.

But... was there something wrong with her reward?

Why had Wang Dong'er received an upgrade to her Soul Ring, and Ning Tian even received a hundred-thousand-year-old Wisdom Skull, while all she got was two levels of Soul Power?

What kind of reward was that?

Tang Ya nearly passed out on the spot.

It was true that the two-level increase had helped her break through the thirty-level Soul Power bottleneck, just as she'd hoped. She only needed to obtain a Soul Ring to become a three-ring Soul Elder and advance to the next year.

But why couldn't she bring herself to feel happy?

"Xiao Ya, what's wrong?"

Bei Bei looked at Tang Ya with concern, his voice tinged with worry.

Ever since they'd seen Yuhao again, Xiao Ya had been acting strangely. She'd been like this ever since, and he couldn't shake the feeling that she was hiding something from him.

At Bei Bei's gentle question, Tang Ya only shook her head.

"It's nothing. But we might have to wait a little longer before heading back to the academy. I've broken through level thirty."

A hint of delight immediately appeared on Bei Bei's face.

With the strength of a three-ring Soul Elder, Xiao Ya would be able to advance to the next year!

"In that case, let's stay in the Star Dou Great Forest for a while longer. Yuhao, is that all right with you?"

Even in his excitement, Bei Bei remembered to ask Huo Yuhao what he thought. Huo Yuhao naturally had no objections. After all, he was relying on Tang Sect's exemption from the entrance exam to get into Shrek Academy.

Without that exemption, he might have had to roam the world with Brother Sky Dream.

"Xiao Ya, should we stick to our original plan and look for a thousand-year-old Mandala Snake or Man Faced Demon Spider for your third Soul Ring?"

Bei Bei spoke as if it were the obvious choice.

After all, Tang Ya had said that generations of their Tang Sect ancestors had added Soul Rings that way.

But to Bei Bei's surprise, a trace of hesitation and conflict crossed Tang Ya's face.

Only when Bei Bei turned to her in confusion did Tang Ya grit her teeth and make up her mind. "No. I've decided to choose a different type of Soul Beast for my Soul Ring. Bei Bei, Qin Qin, could you help me find a Soul Beast with a life attribute, or something similar?"

A Soul Beast with a life attribute?

Qin Qin didn't think much of it, but Bei Bei was bewildered.

This... didn't seem right.

This concerned Tang Ya's future, so Bei Bei had to be more careful. "Xiao Ya, are you sure you want this type of Soul Beast for your third Soul Ring, instead of a Mandala Snake or Man Faced Demon Spider?"

"Both of your first two Soul Rings gave your Martial Soul a poison effect. If your third Soul Ring came from another poison-type Soul Beast, you could strengthen that—"

Before Bei Bei could finish, Tang Ya interrupted him.

"Let's choose a Soul Beast with a life attribute. Please."

Tang Ya's expression was stubborn and resolute. Seeing that she'd made up her mind, Bei Bei had nothing more to say and could only sigh softly.

[It's a brand-new day~ We're getting closer and closer to Shrek Academy. If nothing goes wrong, we should arrive today.]

[Hm? Today's diary has another special note telling me to write something about Tang San?]

All right, then. I'll write a little about Tang San. Whenever I bring him up, the words practically flow by themselves!

The moment Ao Yao saw that the diary wanted him to write about Tang San, he perked up. Wang Dong'er, who had already registered at Shrek Academy, was just as attentive.

As yesterday's Water Spraying Dragon King, she'd been the one to request this entry.

She'd wanted it for two reasons: first, to see whether it might get her name mentioned in the diary more often, and second, to learn more about this Sea God.

After all, what she was doing now could certainly be called going against Tang San. It couldn't hurt to learn more about someone who'd become a god ten thousand years ago.

Almost every diary copy holder became interested when they saw the subject, even the Soul Beasts.

[There are so many things to criticize about Tang San that I don't even know where to begin.]

[Then let's start with his father.]

[His father, Tang Hao, was the chosen successor of the Clear Sky Sect, a man destined to become its leader and make the Clear Sky name resound across the continent. And what did he choose to do? He ran off to get involved with a blade of grass!]

[Yep, that's right—a blade of grass. He set a precedent for the Tang Family and became a fine role model for his son.]

[Who would've guessed that Tang San's mother was a Soul Beast in human form!]

Hiss...

Wang Dong'er, who'd been following the diary closely, couldn't help drawing in a sharp breath.

She'd already found it strange that a diary about Tang San would start with his father. She hadn't expected such explosive news right away.

The famous Sea God Tang San—his mother had been a Soul Beast!?

If that was true... then Tang San couldn't be considered a pure-blooded human, could he?

Most of the other diary copy holders reacted much like Wang Dong'er. They read the entry with keen interest, all wearing the same expression as people watching gossip unfold.

More importantly, they could smell a juicy secret!

There were no records of secrets from ten thousand years ago like this. Perhaps the only place they'd ever find out about them was from Ao Yao.