Shrek Academy

"Ah!" Seeing Huo Yuhao lying on the ground, one of them cried out in alarm. Without minding that Xia Linyuan was there, she hurried over even faster.

The one in front was a girl who looked about fourteen. Her long black hair was tied back in a ponytail, and her light blue outfit accentuated her youthful energy.

Following behind the girl was a short-haired boy with deep blue hair who looked a little older. He was tall and lean, with a refined, scholarly face.

It seemed that the boy and girl were the descendants of Yu Xiaogang's era: the boy was Beibei, and the girl was naturally Tang Sect leader Tang Ya.

"Little Yuhao! Little Yuhao!" Tang Ya carefully helped Huo Yuhao up from the ground, her face full of worry.

"Hello. May I ask what happened here?" Beibei asked.

A refined, easygoing smile appeared on Xia Linyuan's face. "Sorry, I only came over to see what was going on after noticing the commotion. When I got here, the child had already passed out."

He looked to be in his twenties, so he had to be careful with his words and actions.

Hearing this, Beibei apologized. "Sorry."

Xia Linyuan smiled and asked, "Are you with this child? Why did you let him come to the Star Dou Great Forest alone?"

Beibei said awkwardly, "We only met him by chance on the road. I didn't know Little Yuhao would come to the Star Dou Great Forest by himself."

"His blood and qi are steady, and the Soul Power in his body is normal and quite strong. He should be fine, so don't worry."

Hearing Xia Linyuan's words, Beibei and Tang Ya immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mm..." After a while, Huo Yuhao let out a soft groan, then slowly opened his somewhat dazed eyes.

Seeing that Huo Yuhao had finally woken up, Tang Ya was overjoyed. "Little Yuhao, you're finally awake. You had me worried sick!"

After a long while in a daze, Huo Yuhao finally came around. He scratched his head sheepishly. "Sorry, Big Brother Beibei, and Big Sister Xiao Ya."

Beibei let out a relieved breath. "As long as you're okay."

Just then, Huo Yuhao noticed Xia Linyuan and paused. "Who's this?"

Xia Linyuan smiled. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Nyarlathotep. You can just call me Naiya."

Huo Yuhao hurriedly said, "Hello, Big Brother Naiya. My name is Huo Yuhao."

Beibei and Tang Ya quickly introduced themselves as well.

Tang Ya rapped Huo Yuhao on the head, exasperated. "You've got some nerve, kid, coming to the Star Dou Great Forest all by yourself."

Huo Yuhao covered his sore head and smiled awkwardly.

He tried guiding the Soul Power inside him. When he sensed the several new things in his body, tears sprang to his eyes. He couldn't help shouting, "I did it! I really did it!"

A single luminous white Spirit Ring rose from beneath Huo Yuhao's feet and came to hover quietly beside him.

Xia Linyuan smiled. "Congratulations, Yuhao."

"A Mental Attribute Martial Soul? And one that fused with a Wind Baboon as its First Soul Ring?" The usually composed Beibei was dumbfounded.

According to the Soul Master theories he knew, it should have been impossible for a Mental Attribute Martial Soul to absorb a Wind Baboon's Spirit Ring!

Beibei had no idea that Huo Yuhao hadn't absorbed a Wind Baboon's Spirit Ring at all. He had absorbed the million-year Spirit Ring of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Tang Ya asked in surprise, "Little Yuhao, is your Martial Soul a Mental Attribute one?"

"Yeah." After calming down, Huo Yuhao scratched his head and said, "My Martial Soul is my eyes. It's a Mutated Martial Soul with a Mental Attribute, and I call it the Spirit Eye."

Hearing that Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul was a Body Martial Soul, Tang Ya's eyes lit up.

Beibei sighed. "It's a pity we got here too late. Otherwise, we could have helped you find a more suitable Spirit Beast."

Huo Yuhao felt a warmth in his heart and smiled. "Thank you, Big Brother Beibei, Big Sister Xiao Ya, and Big Brother Naiya."

Xia Linyuan smiled. "Now that you're all right, I should be going."

He had already obtained Electrolux, so he had accomplished what he came for. There was no point in staying any longer.

Beibei asked, "Big Brother Naiya, what are you planning to do?"

"I heard Shrek Academy is recruiting right now. I'm going to try my luck and see if I can get hired as a teacher for fun."

At Xia Linyuan's words, all three of them stumbled at once, nearly falling over.

As though he had thought of something, Beibei asked with some difficulty, "Big Brother Naiya, Shrek Academy only hires teachers at Soul King level or above. Could it be that you're already..."

Xia Linyuan smiled. "Do I look young? Young enough not to even have Soul King cultivation?"

"No, no." Beibei hurriedly waved his hands. "That's not what I meant. It's just that you look only a few years older than us, Big Brother Naiya. To have Soul King-level strength at such a young age is really astonishing."

Xia Linyuan smiled. "I may look like I'm in my twenties, but I've lived so long that even I've forgotten how long it's been."

Tang Ya giggled. "I think Big Brother Naiya is at most twenty-seven. Not a day older."

Xia Linyuan said, "I think I should be twenty-one forever. After all, my age was permanently fixed at twenty-one."

"Hahaha." The three children burst into laughter at Xia Linyuan's deadpan joke.

"I should get going. You three remember to stay safe."

"We will."

After leaving Huo Yuhao and the others behind, the smile on Xia Linyuan's face gradually faded, returning him to his usual indifferent expression.

A few days later, at the eastern gate of Shrek City on the Lima Plain.

"Is this Shrek Academy, the greatest academy on the continent?" The silver-haired, violet-eyed girl with delicate features asked the equally handsome boy beside her.

Their arrival made the bustling crowd outside the city seem much more reserved. At least eighty percent of the people's gazes were fixed on the two of them.

"Those eyes are so beautiful. It'd be a waste to use them as decorations," the boy said, mercilessly mocking the girl.

Blue veins immediately popped on the girl's fair forehead. She gritted her teeth and said, "Xia Linyuan, please watch yourself!"

The boy and girl were none other than Xia Linyuan and Gu Yuena.

"Heh." Xia Linyuan smiled. "Beat me, and I'll watch myself."

Gu Yuena's breath caught. She shouldn't have argued with this bastard. She was the only one who ever got worked up.

"All right, stay close and don't get lost. I'm not coming to fetch you." Xia Linyuan waved a hand, then walked toward a group of young men and women by the eastern city gate.