"Little Yuhao... Shrek's teachers are all very strict," Tang Ya said.
Beibei added, "As a monster academy, Shrek Academy only recruits monsters, not trash. This is a rule laid down by Headmaster Flender ten thousand years ago. So, the students who can remain at Shrek are basically all monsters."
Most of them were unparalleled geniuses. After graduating from Shrek, these geniuses were generally respected throughout the Douluo Three Kingdoms and recruited as valuable talent.
No matter what, I have to tell you this: if you want to remain at Shrek, you must work hard. Extremely hard. Give it everything you have.
Otherwise, if you fail the assessment, you'll be eliminated and won't be able to continue studying at Shrek Academy."
Beibei laid out just how strict Shrek Academy was.
"Big Brother Beibei, Teacher Xiao Ya, I'll definitely stay at Shrek Academy."
As Huo Yuhao steeled his resolve, the problem was that a true monster academy should turn trash into monsters, not turn monsters into monsters.
Shrek's flawed way of thinking had somehow been accepted by the Douluo Three Kingdoms for all these years. That showed the Douluo Three Kingdoms themselves were no good either.
Or rather, even if the Douluo Three Kingdoms had their objections, they could not say them aloud. After all, Shrek's influence was right there, and they needed to resist the Sun Moon Empire, so they could not afford to offend Shrek.
Huo Yuhao had also been brainwashed. Having been exposed to flawed ideas since childhood, he believed that such a bizarre academy could help him grow stronger.
And Shrek had said so themselves: they turned monsters into monsters, not trash into monsters.
If Huo Yuhao truly wanted to become stronger, then with his Body Martial Soul, he should have gone to the Body Sect. After all, they specialized in teaching those with Body Martial Souls.
Yet he still went to Shrek Academy.
Shrek's instruction in Body Martial Souls was certainly inferior to that of the Body Sect.
"Yuhao, let's enter Shrek City first."
Afterward, Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya, and Beibei entered Shrek City and successfully helped Huo Yuhao register. Then, the three of them went to the notice board to see which class Huo Yuhao had been assigned to.
"Zhou Yi! How could it be that woman? She's practically a deranged old hag!" When Tang Ya saw that the teacher assigned to Huo Yuhao, the Tang Sect disciple she had just taken in, was actually that woman, she truly felt like she was about to break down.
"Zhou Yi..." When Beibei saw that Huo Yuhao's teacher was that woman, he too genuinely did not know what to say.
"Teacher Xiao Ya, Big Brother Beibei, is there something wrong with this teacher?" Huo Yuhao had never been to Shrek Academy or Shrek City before. This was his first time, so he did not know much about Shrek-related information.
Huo Yuhao had previously lived in the White Tiger Duke Mansion, where his living conditions had been terrible. He had basically occupied the very lowest rung of the Duke Mansion, inferior even to ordinary servants. The servants of the White Tiger Duke Mansion also looked down on Huo Yuhao and often bullied him and his mother.
Thus, Huo Yuhao had very little experience or knowledge and knew nothing about much of Shrek's information. Aside from confidential intelligence, many details about the academy and its teachers were known to any faction with even a few connections.
"Is there something wrong with Teacher Zhou Yi?"
After hearing Huo Yuhao say that, Tang Ya thought for a while before deciding that it would be better to tell him.
"Teacher Zhou Yi is famously insane and extremely strict. Many students privately call her a deranged old hag. And because she's too strict, only about one-tenth of her students usually remain. Hardly any students are willing to join that deranged old hag's class.
"Little Yuhao... I'll be honest. In my opinion, students assigned to that old hag's class are terribly unlucky. She's far too strict. Not many people can endure it, and not many are willing to stay. You've really drawn the short straw."
When Beibei heard Tang Ya say this, he could understand it. After all, that teacher's methods were truly too strict.
"But you can't put it that way, Xiao Ya. No one can deny that although this teacher is very strict, she has sent the greatest number of students into the Inner Court.
"Although I don't know much either, and I'm not her student, I know that this teacher must truly have some real ability.
"If you want to enter the Inner Court, the prerequisite is to work hard enough and be outstanding enough."
After hearing Beibei say that, Huo Yuhao thought to himself that if this teacher was so formidable, then wasn't she perfectly suited for him? He was willing to work hard. As long as he could avenge his mother and destroy the White Tiger Duke, anything was acceptable.
(As long as I work hard and am outstanding enough, that will be enough? I'll definitely be willing to work hard. I won't give up.)
In Huo Yuhao's view, if this teacher was strict, then as long as he worked hard enough and was outstanding enough, he could enter the Inner Court. That meant this teacher suited him perfectly.
Afterward, the three parted ways, and Huo Yuhao headed for the freshmen dormitories.
"Then, Teacher Xiao Ya, Big Brother Beibei, I'll head to the freshmen dormitories first. We'll meet again later."
"Alright."
Afterward, Huo Yuhao arrived at the entrance to the freshmen dormitories, where he saw an old man lying on a wooden chair.
He did not know who the old man was, but he gave off the impression of a very "kindly" old grandfather.
"Hello, Grandpa. I'm a new student joining Shrek Academy. May I ask where the freshmen dormitories are?"
Huo Yuhao did not know the way to his dormitory, so he asked the old man.
"Go that way. Room 108 is there."
"Thank you."
"Kids this polite are rare these days."
After saying that, the old man continued sleeping. Huo Yuhao then arrived at his dormitory, Room 108, only to find that it was rather dusty and dirty. It looked as though no freshmen had moved in for quite some time.
"If no one has cleaned it, I'm good at that. Back at the Duke Mansion, I always had to clean the place where Mother and I lived myself."
Huo Yuhao recalled the terrible conditions they had endured at the White Tiger Duke Mansion. If he wanted his mother to live a little more comfortably, he could only clean the place himself.
Thus, while at the White Tiger Duke Mansion, he had developed quite a talent for cleaning.
Very quickly, Huo Yuhao cleaned all the beds in the dormitory by himself. Just as he was preparing to lie down and rest alone, the door to Room 108 suddenly opened again.
"So someone got here before me." A blue-haired "young man" walked in.
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