The Chat Group

Shrek City.

In a room at an inn, Tang Ya sat cross-legged on the bed, cultivating with the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

Her long, high ponytail hung down her back. She wore blue-and-white training clothes that covered her legs and waist, yet still showed off her curvy figure. There was no one around to admire it, though.

But her delicate, oval face was filled with dejection.

"Sigh~"

With a soft sigh, Tang Ya opened her beautiful phoenix eyes. The usual youthful sparkle was gone, replaced by deep pain.

"My cultivation is getting slower and slower. When will I ever become strong enough to take revenge?"

[Welcome to the Harem Family Chat Group!]

"Who's there!"

Tang Ya's brows furrowed, and her eyes swept quickly around the room. She had stopped sighing, but found nothing. Then a screen appeared before her eyes!

(Harem Family, 6 members)

Whose harem? How could she be someone else's harem!

There was a settings option beside the group name. Just as Tang Ya was about to investigate this sudden appearance, a ding sounded and two messages popped up!

[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Hey, hey, anyone here?]

[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Could this be a spiritual Soul Tool?]

Once someone had spoken up, the others who could see the screen began sending messages too.

[Revenge Girl: It doesn't seem like a Soul Tool. There's no fluctuation at all.]

[Grilled Fish Girl: Then am I still dreaming?]

[Dong'er is Not a Girl: How could that be? I just pinched myself. It hurt, so this isn't a dream.]

Tang Ya skimmed through the messages. They were all pointless, and the others seemed just as clueless as she was. She would have to figure it out herself.

She opened the group settings on the right and found some new options.

(Group Announcement, New!)

(Group Files, Group Videos, Group Album.)

(Pinned Messages—Off)

(Mute Group—Off)

(Group Nickname (Harem Family))

(Leave Group Chat!)

Tang Ya tapped through the options one by one and more or less figured out how to use the strange screen.

(Group Announcement.)

(This group chat supports messaging, transfers, pictures, videos...)

It seemed like a communication Soul Tool, but there wasn't the slightest energy fluctuation. And it could even transfer money? How strange.

Everyone else was using a nickname. It felt wrong to use her real name, so Tang Ya thought for a moment, then changed hers to something new to talk with the others.

[Soul Guidance Devices are Evil: Are you all real people?]

She scrolled up through the chat history. It was all simple, pointless chatter. No one was talking now; they were probably all checking how this thing worked!

[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Of course I'm real. You don't think someone as naturally beautiful as me is fake, do you?]

[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Hey, your name's not very likable. Soul Tools are perfect in my eyes. Why call them evil?]

Tang Ya was still exploring the other features when she saw Ice Frog questioning her name. She immediately got angry!

If not for these evil Soul Tools, the Tang Sect wouldn't have declined, and her parents wouldn't have died. All the tragedies in her life were the fault of Soul Tools!

[Soul Guidance Devices are Evil: They're evil because they're evil! If not for Soul Tools, our Tang Sect wouldn't have fallen.]

Tang Ya angrily sent the message, but Ice Frog didn't reply. Instead, another message appeared.

[Grilled Fish Girl: The Tang Sect? Could you be Sister Tang Ya?]

[Soul Guidance Devices are Evil: ? How did you know?]

[Grilled Fish Girl: It's me, Yu'er.]

[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: I've heard of the Tang Sect too. Those so-called Hidden Weapons are just inferior Soul Tools.]

[Grilled Fish Girl: Y-You can't say that! Hidden Weapons are really powerful.]

[Soul Guidance Devices are Evil: Exactly! Yu'er is right. How could they be inferior?]

[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Heh. If Hidden Weapons were so powerful, why did Soul Tools steal the spotlight? And why did the Tang Sect fall? Business is all about supply and demand. If no one buys your products, can you really blame us for making ours too good?]

[Soul Guidance Devices are Evil: If the Sun Moon Empire hadn't been about to start a war, how could so many Tang Sect disciples have died? And how could the sect have declined?]

Tang Ya refused to back down. How could she think she was in the wrong? It was all because evil Soul Tools existed. If they didn't, none of this could have happened.

Ice Frog was just as stubborn, convinced that the Tang Sect had failed to keep up with the times or improve. No one bought their products, yet they blamed others for making theirs better. The argument erupted at once.

Tang Ya and Huo Yu'er were going at it with Meng Hongchen!

The other two girls in the chat group were left with their heads buzzing from the argument.

[Dong'er is Not a Girl: There's a mute option in settings. Turn it on and the noise stops!]

[Revenge Girl: Okay!]

An unknown small town.

Outside the city lord's manor.

Chu Mo walked out with a frown, a letter in his hand.

This was the so-called letter of recommendation. No matter how you looked at it, he had Innate Soul Power of level 8 and had already reached level 30 at age twelve. Yet he still had to spend money and pull strings just to get into Shrek Academy.

Chu Mo looked the envelope up and down, feeling inexplicably annoyed.

He was speechless. Evil people used the authority of their petty positions to make things difficult for others.

Even as a transmigrator, he had nearly failed to get this letter of recommendation. He'd only managed it by using the Chat Group's photo function to identify valuable medicinal herbs, selling them, and then bribing the city lord with the money.

"Whatever. At least I got it. Let's see how this so-called Monster Academy compares to the one in my memories. If it's really that bad, I can train on my own. I've got a cheat, anyway."

Chu Mo shook his head, pushing aside thoughts of being swindled.

He was only going to Shrek Academy to fulfill a promise he'd made to a girl he'd met earlier.

After thinking it over, he brought up the chat interface.

Ding!

Seeing the 99+ beside the group chat, Chu Mo was stunned.

Holy crap, there were people in there?

They sure could talk. The QQ group added people at random; Chu Mo had no idea when it had added anyone or who they were.

It was nice to have people in the group, but when he opened it, he found them arguing. He didn't understand what was going on. Since the group chat didn't forbid it, he stayed quiet and watched.

Still, the argument was pointless. They were just calling each other idiots and fools. Anyone who didn't know better would think they were flirting.

Chu Mo narrowed his eyes and tapped the button to return to the top. He carefully followed the argument, and as he did, he figured out who they were.

Soul Guidance Devices are Evil—someone had already figured out who she was. It was Tang Ya.

Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog—that was probably Meng Hongchen. From her messages, he could tell she had an inexplicable confidence in Soul Tools.

Grilled Fish Girl—she had already revealed herself as Huo Yu'er.

The other two group members hadn't said much, but their nicknames made them easy to guess.

Wang Dong'er and Ju Zi.