Gala Ge Mu Isn't Played Like This

Douluo Continent, Heaven Dou City, Blue Tyrant Academy.

A youth stood before the imposing school gates.

With sword-like brows and starry eyes, his handsome face and pine-straight posture made him look like a drawn blade, exuding a refined, heroic spirit.

The youth tilted his head slightly.

His gaze swept across the academy standing in the heart of the city.

On the archaic plaque, the four characters "Blue Tyrant Academy" were written in a bold, flowing calligraphy, shimmering with brilliance.

A flicker of anticipation rippled through the youth's eyes.

Parting his thin lips, a slightly hoarse voice spilled from his throat: "Blue Tyrant Academy, I have arrived."

Blue Tyrant Academy only recruited commoner soul masters; he figured he could stay here for a while to trade his services for cultivation resources.

Furthermore, possessing the status of a Blue Tyrant Academy student would make moving through Heaven Dou City much more convenient.

This youth was named Xiao Yexuan.

Hidden within his brows was a depth inconsistent with his age; as his gaze shifted, it seemed as though all things were within his calculations, or perhaps he held a perfect grasp of the world's underlying threads.

That was right, he was a transmigrator.

In his past life, Xiao Yexuan had been addicted to games, especially romance-simulation titles, and he had always loved binge-watching anime and dramas while scouring the browser for all sorts of bizarre resources.

That day, he had pulled an all-nighter to finish the Douluo Continent anime, which he had been saving up for over half a year.

As a result, his vision went black, and he died suddenly at home.

When he opened his eyes again, he was already in the Douluo Continent.

Only two days had passed since this bizarre transmigration.

His new body had completely shed the frailty brought on by his past life's late-night overtime and binge-watching.

It had recovered to the robust state of his school days; not only was his appearance handsome, but his physique was powerful, and every gesture carried the vigorous vitality of youth.

What surprised him even more was that he had awakened his own martial soul.

It was a white folding fan painted with an ink-wash landscape, inscribed with an ancient poem; the smudged ink exuded a refined, classical charm.

The fan looked like an accessory carried by a cultured scholar of antiquity.

It fit the image of the dashing, handsome young men in martial arts novels who used fans as weapons.

When Xiao Yexuan first transmigrated, he landed in the Sunset Forest on the outskirts of Heaven Dou City.

It was a stroke of fate; he had happened upon two soul beasts locked in a fierce struggle.

After a Green Spirit Bird repelled its intruder, it was left on the verge of death.

The Green Spirit Bird stumbled and fell beside Xiao Yexuan.

It chose to offer itself as a sacrifice, becoming his first soul ring and propelling him to become a one-ring soul master.

In the Douluo Continent, the graduation standard for an ordinary primary Soul Master Academy was merely possessing a single soul ring.

As for high-level academies, very few set the entry threshold at a level-20 two-ring Soul Grand Master like Shrek did.

Most commoner academies only required one to be a one-ring soul master to enroll, and the Blue Tyrant Academy before him was one such place.

Yet, Xiao Yexuan couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Where exactly was the timeline now? Had Tang San and the others already arrived in Heaven Dou City?

He was still planning to snatch the immortal herbs from the Poison Douluo's Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

After all, those immortal herbs were the greatest fortune of the Shrek Seven Devils.

If he could secure the immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, his strength would surely advance by leaps and bounds.

Even if he only had one martial soul, he would still be able to grind Tang San into the dirt.

Xiao Yexuan stopped overthinking.

He walked to the registration window by the school gate and explained his intentions to the staff inside.

Upon hearing this, the person's face showed a hint of surprise.

They hadn't expected anyone to come for enrollment today, but they soon beamed and led Xiao Yexuan into the academy, muttering about how lively the academy was today.

When Xiao Yexuan stepped into the academy plaza.

He instantly understood why the registration teacher had been so surprised.

A group of people had already gathered in the plaza; counting them, there were exactly seven adults and seven children.

The seven half-grown children, in particular, were four boys and three girls.

The boys varied in appearance—some sturdy, some wretched, some chubby, some lean.

The girls each had their own charm—some dainty, some cold, some spirited.

Xiao Yexuan's gaze swept over them.

He already had the answer in his heart.

A sturdy, yellow-haired youth, a man with peach-blossom eyes and a lecherous expression, a short and stout boy, and a plain-looking black-haired youth with a gemstone belt wrapped around his waist.

Without needing to think twice, he could identify these people.

As it turned out, today was the very day the Shrek group had been expelled from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and were being led by Qin Ming to the Blue Tyrant Academy in search of a place to stay.

Xiao Yexuan sighed inwardly.

He had truly arrived at the perfect time, bumping into them head-on; was this a fated encounter, or something destined by the unseen forces of the universe?

Since he had transmigrated to this point in time.

He figured it was meant for him to stir up the winds and clouds.

After all, today was a crucial day for Shrek Academy.

By entering the Blue Tyrant Academy, they would secure their qualification for the Spirit Master Tournament, while Tang San would be abducted by Poison Douluo, accidentally gaining the opportunity of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Yet, Xiao Yexuan was currently nothing more than a first-ring Spirit Master.

Even if he gave it his all, what could he possibly change?

He had no system to rely on, only his familiarity with the plot.

Trying to shake the situation today would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens.

However, Xiao Yexuan was not impatient.

He understood the principle of steady accumulation; he just needed to develop slowly, as reaching the top in a single step was unrealistic.

Although the immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well were covetable.

Xiao Yexuan also knew that the immortal herbs on the Douluo Continent were not limited to that one location, such as the Speed Clan's ancestral treasure, the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.

There was also the Gold of Life in the Lake of Life, and the Whale Rubber currently being treated merely as a "men's gas station."

These were all rare and precious treasures.

As long as he played his cards steadily.

He would surely have the opportunity to obtain these treasures in the future.

He even calculated the possibility of sneaking into the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace to claim the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud for himself.

Without the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, what would Tang San use to contend with the Martial Soul Hall in the future?

Without the protection of this divine artifact, Tang San would likely be finished off by Qian Renxue before he could even cultivate into the Asura god.

No, Xiao Yexuan suddenly changed his train of thought.

Tang San might die at the hands of his grandfather, Tang Chen, first.

Once Tang San was dead.

Wouldn't this Douluo Continent become his own domain?

Xiao Yexuan felt a secret joy in his heart.

A cunning smile curled at the corners of his mouth.

Without Tang San, the greatest villain, the Douluo Continent would surely develop in the best possible direction.

Under the leadership of Qian Renxue, the Martial Soul Hall would certainly unify the continent and move toward unprecedented prosperity!

Therefore, when Xiao Yexuan faced the Shrek group.

He remained calm on the surface, merely nodding faintly as a greeting, while his eyes hid a trace of imperceptible calculation.

This sudden applicant was observing the Shrek group with great interest.

And the members of Shrek were likewise observing him.

Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the other teachers quickly revealed looks of disdain.

This was because the spirit power fluctuation on Xiao Yexuan was merely at the first-ring level, having just broken through to level ten; the weak aura of spirit power was hardly worth mentioning.

Judging by his age, he was quite a bit older than the children of Shrek.

To become a first-ring Spirit Master at such an age was truly mediocre to the extreme; in their eyes, he was no different from trash.

However, the three beauties of Shrek were huddled together, heads bowed.

They peeked at Xiao Yexuan and whispered to each other, their voices kept extremely low.

Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up.

She lowered her voice to say to Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing beside her:

"Look quickly, this young master is exceptionally handsome, and his manners are so gentle and refined; I wonder which noble family he comes from?"

"I feel that the aura on him is exceptionally warm."

Xiao Wu looked at Xiao Yexuan with a face full of confusion, her delicate, jade-like features filled with bewilderment.

"When humans obtain spirit rings, they must hunt spirit beasts, yet his spirit power is as pure as if it were being carefully nurtured by a mother's hands."

Upon hearing this, Ning Rongrong's eyes trembled slightly.

She looked at Xiao Wu in confusion and asked, "Xiao Wu, what are you talking about?"

Xiao Wu hurriedly waved her hands, a flash of panic crossing her face, terrified that she might have let something slip:

"It's nothing, I just feel like his aura makes me feel very close to him."

Having said that, her cheeks flushed red.

As if unwilling to be questioned further, she turned to look at Zhu Zhuqing, changing the subject: "Zhuqing, what do you think of him?"

Everyone assumed Zhu Zhuqing would be as cold and indifferent as always, unwilling to say much.

But to everyone's surprise, after Xiao Wu asked, Zhu Zhuqing stared blankly at Xiao Yexuan, a strange glint flashing in her ink-colored eyes, before she finally spoke after a long moment.

"Although he has only just broken through to become a one-ring Spirit Master and is on the older side," Zhu Zhuqing's voice was cold yet carried a hint of sincerity, "he still came to the academy to study, wanting to improve himself further."

"One can see a positive, upward-striving tenacity in him."

"This character is worth us learning from. Even if one's strength is weak, one still has the right to pursue progress. One must also have the determination to dare to break through one's shackles!"

"Eh? Zhuqing, why are you suddenly being so literary today?"

Ning Rongrong teased her playfully, her eyes filled with the light of gossip. "You are usually so sparing with your words, yet today you said so much at once. Could it be that you are interested in this little brother?"

The conversation between the three girls, though kept intentionally low, was still overheard by those nearby. The wind blew across the plaza, carrying their fragmented words into the ears of the Shrek boys.

Upon hearing this, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun all glared at Xiao Yexuan with ill intent, truly unable to see what was so special about this one-ring Spirit Master that could make the three beauties discuss him so fervently.

Especially Dai Mubai.

His expression was so gloomy it could drip water, and the veins on his forehead were visibly throbbing.

Zhu Zhuqing was his fiancée.

For so many years, he had racked his brains, yet he hadn't been able to get Zhu Zhuqing to say more than a few words to him.

Yet now, she had given such a high evaluation to a strange boy.

She had likely said more to him just now than she had to Dai Mubai in the past year.

Dai Mubai felt as if a bright green, pointed hat was hanging over his head.

Enraged, he clenched his fists and glared fiercely at Xiao Yexuan, his eyes filled with anger.

On the other side, Xiao Yexuan saw the girls whispering about him, but he couldn't hear a word of what they were saying.

Since he didn't know how to read lips, he could only look at them with a furrowed brow, completely confused.

When he felt the hostile gaze from Dai Mubai, Xiao Yexuan was even more bewildered, scratching his head with a look of utter confusion.

He racked his brains, but he couldn't figure out when he had offended this muscular, hulking guy from Shrek.