Next Step!

Wang Dong'er stood where she was, watching Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu walk away. Furious, she stomped her foot hard.

Dust rose from the ground beneath her foot.

"Those two useless Big Uncle and Second Uncle! Why didn't they tell me that only girls can awaken the Light Goddess Butterfly?!"

"They made me embarrass myself in front of that damn blond!"

Wang Dong'er clawed at her hair, her mind a complete mess.

She had originally thought her disguise as a boy was flawless.

Yet the moment she entered the school, before classes had even officially begun, a strange boy had exposed her identity.

"Hmph, Big Uncle and Second Uncle probably didn't know about this either."

Wang Dong'er pondered for a while, then lowered her head to look at her utterly ordinary male attire.

Since her identity had already been exposed, what was the point of continuing to pretend to be a man?

She would even have to squeeze into a stinky boys' dormitory.

What if someone snored in their sleep or had body odor? That would be a nightmare.

Wang Dong'er turned and ran back to the registration area.

Senior Li was preparing to pack up. When he suddenly saw the little devil returning, he was so frightened that he nearly fell out of his chair.

"Senior, I'm taking back my recommendation letter. I filled it out wrong earlier."

Wang Dong'er swiftly pulled out her form.

She slipped into a nearby restroom.

Twenty minutes later.

The restroom door opened.

The handsome youth with short pink-blue hair had vanished.

In her place stood a girl with long, wavy pink-blue hair.

She wore Shrek Academy's white school uniform.

Her well-proportioned figure made the short skirt falling past her knees reveal a stretch of straight, fair calves.

Her exquisite features had lost the heroic air of her male disguise, gaining instead a natural liveliness.

She appeared at the registration area again.

The pen in Senior Li's hand fell to the ground once more.

"This student, you..."

"Wang Dong'er, first-year freshman. My special-admission recommendation letter is here."

Wang Dong'er's voice had regained its crisp, girlish tone.

Senior Li mechanically completed the procedures and handed over a new key.

"Freshman Dormitory Building, Dormitory 401."

Wang Dong'er took the key and hummed a tune as she headed toward the dormitory area.

Although Shrek's school uniform was rather plain in style, it looked exceptionally fitting on her.

She arrived on the fourth floor and found Room 401 at the end of the corridor.

The door was unlocked, and she gently pushed it open.

There was already someone inside.

She was a little girl in a school uniform, not very tall and somewhat petite.

Her rare dark green hair was tied into two lively braids.

She was struggling to spread out her bedsheets, her cheeks slightly flushed from the effort.

When she saw Wang Dong'er enter, the little girl froze, and the pillow in her hands dropped onto the bed.

"Hello, my name is Xiao Xiao."

The little girl rubbed her wrist and introduced herself somewhat awkwardly.

Wang Dong'er walked in openly and tossed her luggage bag from her Soul Tool aside.

"My name is Wang Dong'er."

Xiao Xiao blinked her big eyes.

She felt that her roommate was outrageously beautiful, with skin as white as a freshly peeled egg.

Especially that long pink-blue hair, which shimmered in the sunlight.

"Dong'er, your hair is so beautiful."

Xiao Xiao sincerely praised her.

The little vanity in Wang Dong'er's heart was immensely satisfied.

"You're very cute too."

After the two girls exchanged compliments, the atmosphere immediately became harmonious.

Wang Dong'er was just about to pull Xiao Xiao outside to look for food.

She also wanted to ask about that blond monster.

Just as the two stepped out of their room, the door to Dormitory 403, two rooms down, opened as well.

A familiar black figure walked inside.

Zhu Lu.

She carried some toiletries in her hands, her movements crisp and efficient.

Behind Zhu Lu followed a tall girl with pink hair.

It was Cui Yajie. Wearing her school uniform, her waist swayed slightly as she walked. Having awakened the Nine-Tailed Fox Martial Soul, she exuded an innate charm.

The smile on Wang Dong'er's face instantly vanished.

"What a small world."

She muttered under her breath.

Xiao Xiao curiously followed her gaze.

"Dong'er, do you know them?"

"Yeah, I know them."

Wang Dong'er said through gritted teeth.

She decided to wait and see for now.

After all, she had yet to understand Shrek Academy's rules.

Once school officially began, she would definitely find a chance to reclaim the dignity she had lost earlier.

At this moment.

Freshman Dormitory Building, Room 108.

Huo Yuhao sat on the hard wooden bed, looking somewhat lost.

The dormitory's furnishings were simple: two beds, two cabinets, and two desks.

He had waited by the door for a long time.

Registration was nearly over, yet his roommate still had not appeared.

"What's going on? Could it be that nobody lives here?"

Huo Yuhao scratched his head.

He had been quite happy at first. It was a double room, and he could make another new friend.

But instead, the dormitory was so quiet that he could hear nothing but his own breathing.

Within his Spiritual Sea, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm lazily rolled over.

"Wouldn't it be better if no one came? Your brother can teach you more ways to stay alive."

Huo Yuhao sighed.

Looking at the other empty bed, he always felt as though something was missing.

He pushed open the window and watched the bustling freshmen downstairs.

An intense loneliness surged into his heart.

At this Shrek, where geniuses gathered, he was like a speck of dust fallen into the sea.

"Dai Huabin..."

Huo Yuhao clenched the bedsheet.

At the school gate earlier, he had also heard the surrounding discussions.

The second young master of the White Tiger Duke Mansion was already a three-ring Soul Elder.

Meanwhile, he was merely an eleven-level, one-ring soul master.

The gap between them was as impossible to cross as an ocean trench.

Freshman Dormitory Building, Room 103.

Dai Huabin sat at his desk, spreading out a simple map of Shrek City.

The furnishings here were no better than Huo Yuhao's room.

But he did not care.

Dai Huabin turned his gaze inward. Within his Spiritual Sea, that cluster of gray divine consciousness quietly huddled in a corner.

Dai Huabin knew that Electrolux was extremely weak right now.

In the original story, after the freshman tournament and class assignments, Electrolux awakened once to help Huo Yuhao. Since he possessed Life Gold, he presumably would not have to wait long for Electrolux.

With Electrolux's help, after fusing with the Life Gold, his chances of intercepting the Ice Empress would be even greater.

Of course, there was no need for a sacrifice. After all, Dai Huabin did not have a second vacant slot for an undeveloped ice-attribute Martial Soul.

Unless... he fused with the Snow Empress Embryo.

But it was far too early to think about that!

What Dai Huabin needed to consider now was the matter of classes.

In the original story, he was in Class Five, while Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao were all in Zhou Yi's Class One.

Ning Tian of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect was in Class Nine.

Although the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect was no longer the number-one support sect in the world, its wealth still surpassed all others on the continent.

On the path of cultivation, one could never have too much money or too many resources.

Moreover, Ning Tian's Martial Soul support abilities were currently among the best.

Winning over the future sect master of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect would indeed bring enormous benefits.

Dai Huabin made up his mind.

Transfer classes!