It had to be said: Director Lin Jiayi's series of moves to establish an "anti-Shrek role model" had certainly caused a stir.
Although it had disrupted Ji Xuan's original plan to infiltrate the academy quietly, from another angle, it had saved him quite a bit of trouble.
In just a few days, the name "Ji Xuan" had sprouted wings and spread throughout the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy.
Almost overnight, Ji Xuan had become the talk of the academy. Wherever he went, all eyes were on him.
And his Grade 2 Class 1 had become the liveliest place on campus.
Every day after class, students from other classes would sneak over and peer through the door and windows, just to catch a glimpse of this "transfer student."
Rather than feeling troubled by all the attention, Ji Xuan handled it with ease.
A few days later, a strange daily routine had taken shape in the Grade 2 Class 1 classroom.
Ji Xuan's seat was in the center of the room. Every day, as soon as he arrived, enthusiastic classmates would crowd around him.
"Brother Ji, these Ice Crystal Fruits are a specialty of my hometown. They'll clear your head and wake you right up. Try one!"
"Brother Ji, thirsty? I just took this chilled sour plum drink out of the Soul Tool Refrigeration Cabinet!"
Some classmates with well-connected families even ordered delicate snacks and pastries from restaurants outside the academy, arranging them neatly on his desk.
And Ji Xuan never turned them down.
As he enjoyed these eager "offerings," he would begin his daily "story hour" in a casual, unhurried tone.
"Ah, you all know that Shrek produced a hypocrite like Yan Shaozhe, but you don't know that this kind of attitude has been in their bones since the academy