Enrollment, Ning Tian, Love at First Sight?

After leaving the faculty office area, Bei Bei and Tang Ya led Huo Yuhao to complete his registration for Shrek Academy.

The process was incredibly relaxed and pleasant.

After all, this was Shrek Academy.

Everything is negotiable if you have the money.

However, the ridiculous rule that fees are non-refundable once paid still stood, which really made Huo Yuhao complain bitterly.

What do you call this?

Staying true to one's original intentions?

It really was... speechless.

It would have been one thing when the academy was small and poor, but now that they are the number one academy on the continent, are they really still short on that little bit of money from students?

Still, it's for the best. Since their reputation is widespread now, at least they aren't like they used to be, primarily focused on scamming the poor.

Back in the day, relying on the fact that commoners didn't understand the disparity in spirit master talent, they would resort to forced buying and selling, bankrupting countless families.

Now that their reputation has grown, those who come here to register are either wealthy or noble. At the very least, they have some understanding of their children's talent, so they won't be bankrupted by these ten Gold Soul Coins.

Although the registration went smoothly, Huo Yuhao kept his guard up this time and deliberately avoided Class 9, where Zhou Yi was stationed.

He was now a student of Freshman Class 9.

To be honest, he didn't have any masochistic tendencies.

In his view, Zhou Yi's devilish training method wasn't particularly reasonable, nor was it suitable for him.

What he needed to do now was simple: wait until he returned to practice the Ghost Killing Art for a while to prepare for the upcoming assessments.

As for whether he would miss his encounter with Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao wasn't worried.

After all, with the Sea God watching from above, it would be difficult for the two of them not to cross paths.

After paying the tuition for Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei and Tang Ya pointed him toward the direction of the uniform distribution and the dormitories before leaving, as they seemed to have other matters to attend to.

Huo Yuhao didn't stop them, as he had his own secret agenda.

He didn't go straight to collect his uniform; instead, he wandered around, bought three sticks of incense, and returned to the base of the Sea God statue.

Yes, Huo Yuhao still wasn't willing to give up; he wanted to try one more time.

He lit the three sticks of incense, pressed his palms together, and closed his eyes.

Unlike his calm exterior, Huo Yuhao was screaming internally.

You old thief!

Do you dare to look at me just once!!

Would it kill you to take a look?!!

Unfortunately, the Sea God's program did not respond to him, and nothing happened as before.

Once the three sticks of incense had burned down, Huo Yuhao could only rise helplessly and shelve the idea for the time being.

Giving up was out of the question; as it stood, the Sea God remained the best method to suppress the Ghost Demon Venerable.

The Ghost Demon Venerable would never allow him to reach a point where he could stand on equal footing.

He still had to rely on external forces.

Huo Yuhao made up his mind. If all else failed, he would just come here to "check in" every day. He refused to believe this dog of a deity wouldn't look at him even once.

Glancing at the sky, Huo Yuhao decided it was time to head to the dormitory, and while he was at it, he could try to farm some favorability with the hidden big shot, Mu En.

He stood up and walked into the academy.

At the same time, two young girls who had just finished their registration walked out of the dormitory. One had short golden hair and the other had short red hair. Although their figures had yet to fully develop, it was clear that both were beauties in the making.

The red-haired girl clearly had a fiery temper.

As soon as she stepped out of the dormitory, she didn't care that they were inside Shrek Academy and complained directly to the blonde girl beside her.

"Ning Tian, this Shrek dormitory is too run-down. Even the servants' quarters in our sect are better than this. How can they have the nerve to call themselves the number one academy on the continent?"

The blonde girl, addressed as Ning Tian, shook her head, seemingly helpless regarding her best friend's personality.

"Wu Feng, this place naturally can't compare to home. Although the conditions are a bit poor, the atmosphere here is indeed much better than at home."

"Only in an environment with such intense competition can true powerhouses be born!"

With that, the blonde girl's eyes sparkled, looking quite expectant.

Now it was the girl named Wu Feng's turn to be helpless, so she could only offer a perfunctory agreement.

"Fine, fine, fine. You're always right."

She then teased, "But I don't think anyone will be stronger than you, Ning Tian."

"Your talent is among the best, even in the entire history of our sect!"

The speaker meant nothing by it, but the listener took it to heart.

As soon as the words left Wu Feng's mouth, she knew she had spoken out of turn and hurriedly tried to remedy it.

"Ning Tian, that's not what I meant..."

Sure enough, under her gaze, the originally vibrant expression on Ning Tian's face dimmed instantly, appearing somewhat heartbroken.

"I understand what you mean, Wu Feng, there is no need to comfort me."

"No matter how much talent I possess, in the end, I am nothing more than an appendage to someone else."

"That is the reality of it; there is nothing more to say."

"But the prerequisite is that he must be strong enough—strong enough to conquer me."

"Otherwise, I would rather grow old alone."

A gentle breeze brushed past, and the gloom on the young girl's face quickly dissipated. Looking at the scenery around her, she regained her spirit.

"Let's walk around, Wu Feng, and see what exactly makes Shrek Academy so magical."

Wu Feng could only nod in agreement.

But just as she took a step forward, she noticed that her good friend had suddenly frozen in place for some unknown reason.

"Ning Tian?"

Wu Feng called out with some confusion, but Ning Tian did not react at all.

Curious, she followed Ning Tian's line of sight and saw only a somewhat thin figure.

It was Huo Yuhao, who had just returned.

Huo Yuhao naturally sensed Ning Tian's unabashed gaze. He frowned in slight displeasure, looked back along the line of sight, and spotted the two girls.

At this moment, Wu Feng was standing in front of Ning Tian, looking at Huo Yuhao with great vigilance.

This attire, this appearance.

A thought stirred in Huo Yuhao's mind.

He recognized Wu Feng, who was blocking Ning Tian, first.

After all, there were not many people in the entire academy with red hair.

Judging by the flatness of her chest...

Hmm, not Ma Xiaotao.

Then it must be that Wu Feng.

And the one beside her should be Ning Tian of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Not anyone important.

With just one glance, Huo Yuhao lost interest in the other party.

Sensing that Huo Yuhao's gaze seemed to linger on her chest for a moment, Wu Feng instantly bristled.

"Where are you looking?!!"

Facing this bristling Wu Feng, Huo Yuhao couldn't be bothered to respond.

If it were Ma Xiaotao, he might be willing to go up and build some favorability, but for a roadside character like this, forget it.

If this were in a game, he might have had some interest in unlocking a special CG.

But now, forget it.

He didn't have that much spare time.

He still had to hurry off to farm Mu En's favorability.

The three of them brushed past each other; Huo Yuhao looked indifferent, Wu Feng was still hissing, and Ning Tian was in a daze.

It wasn't until Huo Yuhao had walked far away that Wu Feng returned to her normal state, snorting with disdain and feeling quite disgusted by this inexplicably appearing lecher.

If this weren't Shrek Academy, she probably would have punched him already.

But when she turned to look at her good friend, she found Ning Tian staring fixedly in the direction the lecher had just left, as if her soul had been snatched away.

"Ning Tian? Ning Tian!"

It wasn't until Wu Feng reached out and waved her hand in front of Ning Tian that she snapped out of her trance, speaking in a daze.

"What's wrong?"

"You have the nerve to ask what's wrong? I should be asking you what's wrong! Your eyes were practically snatched away by that guy just now!"

Looking at Ning Tian's state, Wu Feng said irritably.

"Is that so?"

Ning Tian recalled the look in that person's eyes, his demeanor, and the aura he exuded. She touched her face involuntarily, feeling it grow hot.

Love at first sight?

No, that wasn't it.

Ning Tian realized what was going on.

The "strong-person radar" inside her had gone off.

Due to the limitations of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, every successor of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect must possess the ability to identify the strong and recruit them to ensure the sect's continued development.

As the sect leader's heir, Ning Tian had shouldered this responsibility since childhood, and due to her gender, that burden was even heavier.

This had led to a situation where, without even realizing it, Ning Tian had developed an intense psychological attraction to the strong.

Ning Tian could be certain.

That person just now was definitely strong, or rather, even if he hadn't fully revealed it yet, he would undoubtedly become an absolute powerhouse who would dominate the continent in the future.

He would also be the perfect candidate for a partner.

Thinking of this, Ning Tian took a deep breath to calm herself, then spoke earnestly to Wu Feng.

"Wu Feng, help me find out some information about that person from just now."

"I want to pursue him."

Wu Feng: ???