Shrek Academy

As he spoke, the village chief leaned closer and sniffed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum in Lu Fan's hand.

"Mm, not bad. Just as the records say, the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum has no scent."

The village chief nodded, giving a positive reply.

He then handed the Hundred Flowers Chart to Lu Fan.

"Our Hundred Flowers Village has a rule: only the finest King of Flowers may serve as village chief. This Hundred Flowers Chart is the symbol of the village chief."

"There are quite a few flowers that can stand alongside your Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, but according to the Hundred Herbs Chart, only the King of Flowers, the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, can surpass it."

"From today onward, you are the village chief of Hundred Flowers Village."

At those words, Lu Fan and everyone else were stunned.

Quite a few people opened their mouths, wanting to say something.

But remembering the village chief's prestige, they ultimately stayed silent.

As for Lu Fan, the person directly involved, he waved his hands repeatedly. "How can that work? I'm just a child. How could I possibly know how to govern a village? Besides, I'll be leaving soon to attend a Soul Master Academy."

The village chief shook his head. "I know. You only need to hold the title."

As he spoke, the village chief took out the village's greatest treasure.

"This is a storage Soul Tool with five cubic meters of space. It is also standard equipment for the village chief."

At the sight of such a precious treasure as a storage Soul Tool, even Flender's eyes gleamed.

Still, he had not fallen so low as to snatch something from a student.

"This..."

Looking at the storage Soul Tool before him, Lu Fan swallowed.

Lu Fan closed his eyes and pretended not to look at it, but only a few seconds later, greed overcame reason. He accepted the ring-shaped storage Soul Tool and the Hundred Herbs Chart.

"Mm... alright, I accept!"

Seeing this, the village chief stroked his whitening beard and nodded with a smile. "Good child, Grandpa was right about you."

With a storage Soul Tool, Lu Fan packed his belongings much more quickly.

The only things he planned to take were a few changes of clothes and a pot of chrysanthemums he had grown himself.

It was said that the flower had been left behind by his parents.

As his only keepsake, Lu Fan had always taken excellent care of it.

His parents had died when he was very young.

Fortunately, an eighteen-year-old soul lay hidden within his small body, allowing him to remember his parents' faces even so.

"Goodbye, everyone!"

Having lost both parents as a child, Lu Fan had been raised on the food of countless households.

He still felt a deep attachment to this beautiful village.

To save time, Flender simply carried Lu Fan and flew away when they left.

After the two departed,

a puzzled villager asked, "Village Chief, since when did our village have a rule like that?"

"Yeah, I've lived to this age, and this is the first time I've heard of it."

The others echoed the sentiment.

At that, the village chief snorted. "Look at you lot, so lacking in ambition. Xiao Fan will definitely become a great figure in the future. We treated him so well before, so later he..."

Meanwhile,

"You call this an academy?"

Lu Fan pointed at the sight before him—a village entrance, obviously, with a wooden archway built there and a sign reading "Shrek Academy" hung from it.

Even the sign was crooked.

Flender did not feel embarrassed at all and continued spinning his tale. "Don't be fooled by the academy's ordinary environment. It is actually meant to cultivate the students' virtue of enduring hardship."

"Graduates from other academies can become academy viscounts. If you don't believe me, go ask the master of Spirit Hall in Suotuo City. They can testify for us."

Lu Fan nodded. "Then what are the graduation requirements?"

At that, Flender fell silent.

He coughed twice. "Ahem, don't worry about that for now. I'll first take you to meet the teachers, then make arrangements for the aftermath before taking you to obtain a Spirit Ring."

"But I really didn't expect your Martial Soul to be the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum. If I hadn't watched your Martial Soul mutate from an ordinary chrysanthemum, I would have suspected you were Chrysanthemum Douluo's descendant."

The two chatted and laughed as they entered the academy.

Lu Fan followed Flender into Shrek Academy.

There, he met the remaining teachers in the cafeteria.

"Yo, Boss, you went out for a trip and brought back another promising seedling?"

When the people in the cafeteria saw Flender bring back a child, they knew he had definitely found another genius.

As he introduced the teachers, the smile on Flender's face became noticeably more confident.

"Everyone, give our new student an introduction."

An old man with white hair parted down the middle stepped forward. A staff with dragon patterns appeared in his hand as he introduced himself. "Level 62 Dragon Pattern Staff Battle Soul Emperor, Li Yusong, assault type."

One white, one yellow, three purple, and one black Spirit Ring encircled his Martial Soul.

The cafeteria's only chef, a fat man wearing a white chef's hat, suddenly produced several Sugar Beans in his hand. "Level 66 Sugar Bean Martial Soul Tool Soul Emperor, Shao Xin, food type."

Two yellow, two purple, and two black Spirit Rings—the optimal combination of six rings—appeared beneath his feet.

An elegant old man who appeared even older than Li Yusong summoned a chessboard in his hand. "Level 64 Star Luo Chess Tool Soul Emperor, Lu Qibin, control type."

Flender then brought Lu Fan before a powerfully built but particularly short man.

"This is the vice principal of our Shrek Academy."

Zhao Wuji grinned.

A yellow-brown bear appeared, accompanied by two yellow, two purple, and two black Spirit Rings in the optimal combination. He smiled and said, "Level 66 Vajra Bear Battle Soul Emperor, Zhao Wuji, assault type."

At this time, Shrek Academy was still far weaker than it would be six years later.

Yet it had still reached the level where every teacher was at least a Soul Emperor.

Honestly, there was nothing to criticize about Shrek Academy's teaching staff.

Based on its current faculty alone, it ranked below only Martial Soul Academy, Star Dou Royal Academy, Star Luo Royal Academy, and the Four Element Academies.

After introducing the teachers, Flender called over a red-haired chubby boy and a white-haired little boy.

"You two, introduce yourselves as well."

The red-haired chubby boy was clearly more confident. "Ma Hongjun, Level 9 Soul Scholar. Martial Soul: Evil Fire Phoenix."

"Oscar, Level 15 Soul Master. Food-type Martial Soul: Sausage."

After speaking, the two summoned their Martial Souls.

Oscar's Martial Soul truly was a Sausage.

But Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul—

compared to a phoenix, it looked more like a burning wild chicken.

"Alright, your turn."

Flender patted Lu Fan on the back.

Lu Fan stepped forward, and a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum appeared in his hand. "Lu Fan, Level 10 Soul Scholar. Martial Soul: Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum."

"What? The Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum?!"

Ma Hongjun and Oscar might not have understood.

But how could these people, most of whom were wanted by Spirit Hall or the empire, not know?

That was the Martial Soul of a famous titled Douluo from Spirit Hall.

A great figure who stood at the pinnacle of the Soul Master world.

The status of a titled Douluo was in no way inferior to that of an imperial emperor