Huo Yuhao: Zhou Yi? Perfect for me!

"Little Yuhao... the teachers at Shrek are all very strict," Tang Ya said.

Beibei also added, "Shrek Academy is a monster academy; it only recruits monsters, never trash. This was a rule set by Dean Flender ten thousand years ago, so the students who manage to stay at Shrek are basically all monsters."

Most of them are peerless geniuses. After graduating from Shrek, these geniuses are generally respected by the Douluo Three Kingdoms and are often poached as high-value talent.

"I must tell you, no matter what, if you want to stay at Shrek, you must work hard—incredibly hard—and give it your absolute all."

"Otherwise, if you fail the assessments, you will be eliminated and won't be able to continue your studies at Shrek Academy."

Beibei laid out the strict nature of Shrek Academy.

"Big Brother Beibei, Teacher Xiaoya, I will definitely stay at Shrek Academy."

As Huo Yuhao steeled his resolve, the problem remained that a true monster academy should be one that turns trash into monsters, not one that turns monsters into monsters.

The fact that Shrek's misguided philosophy has persisted for so many years and is still recognized by the Douluo Three Kingdoms only goes to show that the Douluo Three Kingdoms themselves aren't exactly paragons of virtue.

Or perhaps, even if the Douluo Three Kingdoms knew better, they couldn't speak up; after all, Shrek's sheer influence is massive, and they need the academy to counter the Sun Moon Empire, so they cannot afford to offend Shrek.

Huo Yuhao had also been brainwashed, exposed to these flawed ideas from a young age, and led to believe that such a bizarre academy could help him grow stronger.

Furthermore, Shrek explicitly stated that they turn monsters into monsters, not trash into monsters.

If Huo Yuhao truly wanted to grow stronger, given his Body Martial Soul, he should have gone to the Body Sect, as they are the ones who specialize in teaching Body Martial Souls.

Yet, he still went to Shrek Academy.

Shrek's instruction on Body Martial Souls is certainly inferior to that of the Body Sect.

"Yuhao, let's head into Shrek City first."

Following this, Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya, and Beibei entered Shrek City and successfully helped Huo Yuhao register. Afterward, the three of them went to the bulletin board to see which class Huo Yuhao had been assigned to.

"Zhou Yi! How could it be that woman? That person is a complete, perverted old hag!" Tang Ya was truly crushed when she saw that the teacher assigned to her newly recruited Tang Sect disciple, Huo Yuhao, was none other than this person.

"Zhou Yi..." Beibei was also at a loss for words upon seeing that Huo Yuhao's teacher was this individual.

"Teacher Xiaoya, Big Brother Beibei, may I ask what is wrong with this teacher?" Huo Yuhao had never been to Shrek Academy or Shrek City before; today was his first time, so he was unaware of much of the relevant information regarding Shrek.

Huo Yuhao had previously lived in the White Tiger Duke Mansion in a wretched environment, essentially at the very bottom of the hierarchy, treated worse than common servants. The servants of the White Tiger Duke Mansion looked down on him and frequently bullied both him and his mother.

Consequently, Huo Yuhao had very little worldly experience or knowledge, and he was ignorant of much of the information regarding Shrek. Aside from classified data, most information about the academy and its teachers was accessible to any faction with even a modicum of connections.

"Is there something wrong with this teacher, Zhou Yi?"

After hearing Huo Yuhao ask this, Tang Ya thought for a moment and decided it was better to be honest.

"This teacher, Zhou Yi, is notoriously perverted and incredibly strict. Many students call her the 'perverted old witch' behind her back. Because she is so harsh, only about one-tenth of her students usually remain; hardly anyone is willing to join this perverted old witch's class."

"Little Yuhao... to be honest, in my opinion, a student assigned to this old witch's class is quite unlucky. She is too strict, and not many people can endure it or are willing to stay. You've really drawn the short straw."

After hearing Tang Ya say this, Beibei could understand, as this teacher's teaching style was indeed excessively harsh.

"But you can't put it that way, Xiaoya. No one can deny that although this teacher's methods are strict, she has the highest number of students who successfully enter the Inner Court."

"Although I don't know her particularly well and wasn't her student, I do know that this teacher must have some genuine talent and expertise."

"The prerequisite for entering the Inner Court is to be sufficiently hardworking and excellent."

Hearing Beibei say this, Huo Yuhao thought to himself: if this teacher is so capable, wouldn't she be perfect for him? He was willing to work hard; as long as he could avenge his mother and destroy the White Tiger Duke, he would do anything.

(Is it enough to just be hardworking and excellent? I will definitely work hard; I will not give up.)

In Huo Yuhao's view, if this teacher was strict, and as long as he was hardworking and excellent, he could enter the Inner Court, then she was the perfect teacher for him.

Afterward, the three of them parted ways, and Huo Yuhao headed toward the freshman dormitory.

"Then, Teacher Xiaoya, Big Brother Beibei, I'll head to the freshman dormitory first. We'll meet again later."

"Alright."

Soon after, Huo Yuhao arrived at the entrance of the freshman dormitory, only to see an old man lying on a wooden chair.

He didn't know who this old man was, but he gave off the impression of being a very "kind" grandfather.

"Hello, Grandpa. I'm a freshman here to join Shrek Academy. May I ask where the freshman dormitory is?"

Huo Yuhao didn't know how to find his room, so he asked the old man.

"Head that way; that's building 108."

"Thank you."

"It's rare to see such a polite child these days."

After the old man finished speaking, he went back to sleep. Huo Yuhao then arrived at his room, 108, only to find that it was a bit dusty and dirty, as if no new students had moved in for quite some time.

"If no one else is going to clean it, I'm quite good at it. Back at the Duke Mansion, I always had to clean my and my mother's living quarters myself."

Huo Yuhao recalled the terrible conditions they lived in at the White Tiger Duke Mansion; if he wanted his mother to live even a little more comfortably, he had to do the cleaning himself.

Because of that, he had mastered the art of cleaning while at the White Tiger Duke Mansion.

Soon, Huo Yuhao had cleaned all the beds in the room by himself. Just as he was preparing to lie down and get some rest, the door to room 108 suddenly opened again.

"So, someone arrived before me." A "young man" with blue hair walked in at that moment.