Tang Wulin

Xia Linyuan hadn't expected that the joke he'd made to Huo Yuhao and the others a few days ago—about "planning to try my luck at Shrek Academy and see if I can land a teaching job for fun"—would actually come true.

It wasn't for any other reason than the fact that he was in Class One, and his homeroom teacher was Zhou Yi.

As for Zhou Yi, aside from the ancestral Shrek Academy tradition of making students run with weights, she was utterly useless as an educator. Furthermore, she was temperamental; the fact that only thirty percent of the new students who passed through her hands were eliminated before the freshman assessment was considered a miracle by the upper echelons of Shrek Academy.

Expelling students at the slightest disagreement—is that something a teacher should be capable of?

Moreover, in an academy where teachers could ignore school rules and dispose of students at will, just how corrupt had this place become?

The upper echelons of the Martial Soul Department at Shrek Academy were also out of their minds; they felt Zhou Yi's methods were wrong, yet they tacitly approved of her behavior. Even after being reported by students so many times, she only received warnings with no substantive punishment.

Add to that the freshman assessment after the start of the term, where at least two-thirds of the one thousand freshmen were eliminated—couldn't this also be considered a disguised way of expelling students with lower talent to inflate the graduation rate?

From this perspective, what was the essential difference between Shrek Academy and Zhou Yi? Perhaps the only difference was that Zhou Yi acted righteously and extremely, while Shrek Academy only dared to use the excuse of assessments to hoodwink people.

To put it bluntly, look at the higher-ups at Shrek Academy—how many of them were normal and clean? They were either philanderers in their youth, involved in melodramatic love triangles, or like Xuan Zi, who disregarded the safety of students.

In Xia Linyuan's view, Shrek Academy was nothing more than a diploma mill that used its reputation to attract geniuses, stacked those geniuses to promote itself, and then used that accumulated fame to monopolize resources.

Shifting his gaze from the bulletin board, Xia Linyuan stepped forward. "Let's go, let's go check out the dorms."

Gu Yuena chased after him. "Why do I feel like you've come up with a bad idea?"

"Heh, that's just your imagination."

"The way you say that makes me feel like my intuition is actually correct."

"Hmm, it is indeed correct."

Gu Yuena: "..."

At the same time, a pair of handsome twins walked out of the freshman teaching building; they were the very pair disguised as boys.

"Sister, look, I told you so, and now look at this mess!" Seeing that no one was around, Tang Wulin wailed in despair. "I shouldn't have been soft-hearted and signed up wearing men's clothing with you. Living with a strange boy—just thinking about it makes my skin crawl!"

Her sister awkwardly comforted her, "It's okay, it's okay. When you and my roommate arrive, we'll see if we can swap dorms with one of them."

"But will that work? Not to mention whether they'd agree to swap, does the academy even allow students to change dorms on their own?" Tang Wulin asked uncertainly.

"Oh, you won't know until you try. Besides, the academy shouldn't be that controlling."

"I hope we can swap," Tang Wulin said, feeling quite deflated.

The dormitories at Shrek Academy consisted of a single building with a massive footprint; the bottom three floors were for male students, and the fourth floor and above were for female students.

In front of the dormitory building, Dragon God Douluo Mu En lay half-reclined on a lounge chair, basking in the sun, rocking back and forth, looking quite comfortable.

"Huh?" Upon seeing Mu En, Gu Yuena let out a startled sound and whispered to Xia Linyuan beside her, "This human is not simple."

"It would be strange if he were simple," Xia Linyuan said calmly. "He is one of the strongest humans currently on the Douluo Continent, the Dragon God Douluo."

Upon hearing that Mu En's title was Dragon God, a look of unnaturalness flashed across Gu Yuena's exquisite face.

"Since he is one of the strongest humans on the Douluo Continent, will he discover that you are not an existence from this world?"

"He won't," Xia Linyuan said. "The reason you were able to discover that I am not from the Douluo World is because I didn't block your perception of me at that time."

Gu Yuena nodded as if she understood.

When passing by Mu En, although both Xia Linyuan and Gu Yuena noticed his presence, they didn't even glance at him, walking straight past him.

They didn't need to curry favor with Mu En, nor did they need to get involved with a dying man; it was useless.

After the two had walked past, Mu En muttered to himself, "Just as the rumors say, he is a child born with an evil nature and deep schemes. I hope he doesn't end up on the opposite side of Shrek Academy in the future."

"As for that girl, she seems to be a child favored by nature; all elements are subtly helping her in her cultivation. She will surely achieve great things in the future."

Xia Linyuan's dorm was on the first floor, while Gu Yuena lived on the fourth. Since they couldn't wander into the opposite gender's dorms, the two parted ways at the stairs.

Xia Linyuan's dorm was 129; a sweep of his divine sense was all it took to find it.

As soon as the door opened, a wave of stale air rushed out. The few pieces of furniture in the room were covered in a thick layer of dust from being unoccupied for so long.

Reducing the radiation of his Abyssal Power to the same level as the soul power of the Douluo Continent, a small energy vortex condensed in Xia Linyuan's hand.

He tossed the energy vortex, and a burst of violent power exploded, sweeping the stale, foul odor out through the window. The air instantly became fresh.

Xia Linyuan felt comfortable, but the students passing by outside suffered, covering their noses and mouths as they quickened their pace.

Xia Linyuan: "Don't leave, keep running."

Sweeping, wiping the dust off the furniture, rinsing...

Although Xia Linyuan hadn't done such chores himself for a long time, he was still quite efficient at it.

When he was a third of the way through, someone walked up to the door of dorm 129.

Xia Linyuan didn't even look up, continuing to clean the room.

Seeing Xia Linyuan cleaning inside, the person was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously turned to check the dorm number on the door. After confirming he hadn't gone to the wrong room, he quickly walked inside, put down his things, and started helping with the cleaning.

With two people working together, what would have taken half an hour was finished in a quarter of an hour.

After finishing, although he wasn't sweating, he felt a bit warm.

After putting away the things he had brought, his roommate said to Xia Linyuan in a very cheerful manner, "Hello, my name is Tang Wulin."

Tang Wulin?

Xia Linyuan raised his eyes and glanced at him.

Is it just a coincidence of names, or is "he" that "Xiao Ba" into whom Tang San injected the essence of the Golden Dragon King after conspiring with the other four God Kings to slay the Golden Dragon King?