A diary about Tang San?

The messages in the group chat gradually died down, and Wang Dong'er had also identified her rivals.

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

A sudden sense of urgency surged through Wang Dong'er's heart.

Before the owner could even bring out the noodles she had ordered, Wang Dong'er pulled a Gold Soul Coin from her bag and placed it on the table, then headed straight for Shrek Academy's registration office.

Now, there was a second problem she needed to solve.

According to Aoyao's diary, she would be assigned to the same dorm room as Huo Yuhao after enrolling.

How could she avoid sharing a room with Huo Yuhao-or even arrange to share one with Aoyao instead?

[Today's diary entry has ended. System calculations in progress...]

[Congratulations, Tang Ya. You appeared most frequently in the diary. Reward: Soul Power Level increased by two.]

[Congratulations, Where the Clouds Lie Deep, on becoming today's most active member. Reward: the title of Chat-Spamming Dragon King. Where the Clouds Lie Deep may specify the general subject of tomorrow's diary.]

[Rewards have been distributed.]

Tang Ya, who had been about to return to Shrek Academy with Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, and Qin Qin, abruptly stopped in her tracks, a strange expression coming over her face.

Just as she had hoped, she had become the person mentioned most often in the diary, and she had received its reward.

But... wasn't there something wrong with her reward?

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

What was this supposed to be?

Tang Ya nearly choked and fainted on the spot.

With those two additional levels of soul power, she had indeed broken through the level-thirty bottleneck as she had hoped. She only needed to hunt down a Soul Ring to become a three-ring Soul Elder and advance smoothly to the next year.

But why couldn't she feel happy about it?

"Xiaoya, what's wrong with you?"

Bei Bei looked at Tang Ya with concern filling his eyes, a hint of anxiety in his voice.

Ever since they had seen Yuhao again earlier, Xiaoya's mood had been off. That mood had persisted until now, and he kept feeling as though she were hiding something from him.

Hearing Bei Bei's gentle voice, Tang Ya merely shook her head.

"Nothing. But we might have to return to the academy a little later. I've broken through to level thirty."

At her words, delight immediately appeared on Bei Bei's face.

With three rings, Xiaoya would have enough strength to advance to the next year!

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

Even in his excitement, Bei Bei did not forget to ask Huo Yuhao's opinion. Naturally, Huo Yuhao could hardly object. After all, he was relying on the Tang Sect's exam-exempt admission quota to enroll in Shrek Academy.

Without that quota, he might have ended up roaming to the ends of the earth with Brother Sky Dream.

"Xiaoya, shall we stick to our original plan and use a soul beast like a thousand-year Mandala Snake or a thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider for your third ring?"

Bei Bei's tone suggested he took this for granted.

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

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

Only when Bei Bei turned toward her in confusion did Tang Ya grit her teeth and steel herself. "No, I've decided to use a different type of soul beast for my Soul Ring. Bei Bei, Qin Qin, sorry for the trouble, but could you help me find a soul beast with a life attribute, or something similar?"

A life-type soul beast?

Qin Qin did not think much of it, but Bei Bei was bewildered.

This... this didn't seem quite right, did it?

With Tang Ya's future at stake, Bei Bei had to be more cautious. "Xiaoya, are you sure you want to choose this type of soul beast for your third ring, rather than something like a Mandala Snake or a Man Faced Demon Spider?"

"Your previous two Soul Rings both added poisonous effects to your martial soul. If your third Soul Ring also comes from a poisonous soul beast, it could further strengthen..."

Before Bei Bei could finish, Tang Ya cut him off.

"Let's choose a soul beast with a life attribute. Please."

Tang Ya's expression was stubborn and resolute. Seeing that her mind was made up, Bei Bei could hardly say anything more and could only let out a soft sigh.

[Another new day~ I'm getting closer and closer to Shrek Academy. If nothing unexpected happens, I should arrive today.]

[Hmm? There's another special note for today's diary, asking me to write something about Tang San?]

[All right, I'll write a little about Tang San, then. When it comes to him, my pen really does flow as though guided by the gods!]

The moment he saw that the diary was asking him to write about Tang San, Aoyao's interest was piqued. Wang Dong'er, who had already registered at Shrek Academy, also perked up.

As the previous day's Chat-Spamming Dragon King, she was naturally the one who had requested this entry.

She had requested an entry like this partly to see whether she could get her name mentioned a few more times in the diary, and partly to learn more about this Sea God.

After all, what she was doing now could absolutely be considered opposing Tang San. Learning more about this man who had become a god ten thousand years ago could never hurt.

Seeing this subject, almost every Diary Copy owner grew interested, even those few soul beasts.

[Speaking of Tang San, there's so much to roast that I don't even know where to begin.]

[Let's start with his father, then.]

[His father, Tang Hao, was the mighty Clear Sky Sect's chosen son, a lad destined to succeed as sect master and make the Clear Sky name resound across the continent. Of all the things he could fool around with, he just had to go fool around with a blade of grass!]

[Yes, that's right, fooling around with grass. You could say he set a precedent for the Tang family and gave his son a fine example to follow.]

[Who could have imagined that Tang San's mother was actually a soul beast who had taken human form!]

Gasp...

Wang Dong'er, who was following the diary closely, could not help drawing in a sharp breath.

At first, Wang Dong'er had found it strange that a diary about Tang San would begin with his father. She had never expected such explosive information right out of the gate.

The mother of the famed Sea God Tang San was actually a soul beast!?

Then... didn't that mean Tang San couldn't be considered a pure human?

Most of the other Diary Copy owners reacted much as Wang Dong'er did. As they read the diary, each wore the expression of someone settling in to enjoy a juicy spectacle.

More importantly, they had caught the scent of gossip!

Secrets like these from ten thousand years ago had never been recorded anywhere. Perhaps Aoyao was the only place they would ever get to read them?