Mu En: Shut Up, You Wretched Disciple!

After leaving Wang Yan, Qiangu Qitian headed straight for the dormitory assigned by Shrek.

The moment he arrived at the dormitory, Qiangu Qitian saw Mu En lying there. Mu En appeared to be dozing, but was actually observing the new students one by one. Qiangu Qitian could not help smiling.

He immediately walked over and said with a grin, "Teacher, are there any opponents worth my attention this year? My hands are getting itchy."

"Opponents, opponents, all you think about are opponents. At your age, you should be more youthful—chat with girls, make more friends. What kind of life is it to fight all day?" Mu En opened his eyes, glanced helplessly at his disciple, and shook his head.

"Teacher, are you planning to make me carry Sister Lexuan and the others on my back—" Qiangu Qitian's eyes shifted as he immediately set a trap for Mu En.

"Shut up, you wretched disciple! I never said such a thing. If Lexuan catches you, don't drag your teacher into this nonsense!" Hearing Qiangu Qitian's words, Mu En's eyes widened as he scolded this disciple who had no consideration for his teacher.

"Then tell me whether there are any opponents in this batch worth fighting..."

"With your strength, even Beibei wouldn't be able to withstand a single blow from your staff. How could there be anyone in your year capable of fighting you? If you want to fight, go challenge the senior students of the Inner Academy. Or why don't you try fighting the teachers of the Outer Academy?"

Mu En was utterly helpless with this battle-crazed disciple of his. After casually tossing out those words, he closed his eyes, unwilling to say anything more.

Among the students in Qiangu Qitian and Beibei's intake, there were indeed a few with decent talent, but that was all. One was a little girl with a Soft Bone Rabbit, another was the last remaining orphan of the Tang Sect, and there had been a boy from the Mysterious Underworld Sect in the previous intake.

The quality of students had gradually declined in recent years. Fighting these little ones, his disciple would not even need to use soul skills. One sweep of his staff would be enough to kill them outright.

"Fighting the Outer Academy teachers... that doesn't seem impossible..."

Qiangu Qitian had no intention of holding back now. If Zhou Yi really came looking for trouble with him, then fighting was the right answer!

Come to think of it, on Sea God Island, he had either sparred with Beibei or trained against Sister Lexuan and Mu En. The gap between them had been enormous. He truly had never experienced fighting Soul Masters close to his own level.

After bidding Mu En farewell, Qiangu Qitian entered Shrek's dormitory building. He had been assigned to Room 236.

Shrek Academy was clearly the number one academy on the continent, yet its student dormitories were truly terrible. Not only were there no private bathrooms, but they did not even provide hot water. If Qiangu Qitian had not been able to stay at Wang Yan's place whenever he wanted, he might really have struggled to get used to living here.

In particular, there were only two toilets on each floor, with nearly a hundred people competing to use them. It was simply absurd.

When he opened the dormitory door, clouds of dust immediately drifted down. Looking at the dust covering the floor, Qiangu Qitian raised a hand. A large amount of Soul Power, exquisitely controlled by him, swept through every corner of the room.

Once the windows were opened, the dust blew out into the wind. He took out a rag, wiped down his bed, and made it.

Qiangu Qitian then sat directly on the bed and took a notebook from his Soul Tool.

The notebook was not thick, but it recorded the training methods for the supreme technique known as Weight of Ease. If it were thrown out into the open, even Title Douluo with weapon Martial Souls would fight over it.

After all, Weight of Ease was simply too helpful in battle. Qiangu Qitian studied it carefully, his brows sometimes furrowing and sometimes relaxing. He absorbed the knowledge with utter fascination, longing to use it to make himself even stronger.

Growing stronger was one of the few things Qiangu Qitian found truly enjoyable. An ordinary Soul Master might grow bored after cultivating for eight hours a day, but Qiangu Qitian cultivated for at least twelve hours a day, sometimes even fourteen.

That was because the feeling of continuously drawing the Soul Power of heaven and earth into his body, nourishing it and making it ever stronger, was simply too wonderful.

Time flew by. Qiangu Qitian focused on the notebook for a full two or three hours, gaining some understanding of Weight of Ease. Just as he was about to leave the dormitory to try it out, footsteps sounded outside the door, followed by the door opening.

As the dormitory door opened, Qiangu Qitian looked over at once and saw Beibei, whose face was flushed like peach blossoms.

"You're back. How did it go?"

Qiangu Qitian raised his brows and asked curiously as he watched Beibei enter.

It had already been four or five hours since enrollment. No matter how poorly things had gone, he should have gained something by now.

Besides, Beibei was quite handsome. Though he could not compare to Qiangu Qitian himself, he was undoubtedly a remarkably handsome man.

"I-it went fairly well..."

"Tang Ya is a good girl, and she is also the sect master of the Tang Sect. Although the Tang Sect has declined, Shrek and the Tang Sect have always been closely connected. So, I've joined the Tang Sect."

"I promised Tang Ya that I would help her revive the Tang Sect. She also said she would teach me the Tang Sect's cultivation method and several other secret techniques."

"With the boost from those secret techniques, you definitely won't be my match."

So Beibei had indeed joined the Tang Sect. Qiangu Qitian raised his brows but said nothing more.

Although the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy could be considered closely connected, they had not had much contact for many years. Now that Beibei had agreed to join the Tang Sect and help Tang Ya revive it, Qiangu Qitian was certain that his teacher had a hand in it.

Otherwise, even if Beibei truly joined the Tang Sect, he would only leave in disgrace in the end.

"Tsk. Defeat me? Beibei, just struggle as hard as you can. I hope you'll let me witness the power of the Tang Sect's secret techniques."

The original Tang Sect's secret techniques might indeed have been powerful. After all, Tang San still used the same old Mysterious Heaven Skill after reincarnating on the Fairy Continent. But the Mysterious Heaven Skill cultivated by the Tang Sect of the Douluo Continent was not the original version. It had been weakened several times over.

Even the most fundamental Eight Extraordinary Meridians Unblocking Method had become incomplete and vanished, while the Poison Manual and Medicine Manual had been directly thrown by Tang San into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

The Mysterious Heaven Skill in the Tang Sect's hands was merely a meditation method that accelerated cultivation. It was practically a castrated version of the genuine Mysterious Heaven Skill. Though it did boost Soul Power cultivation, the effect was ultimately limited. Qiangu Qitian was somewhat interested in it, but he did not believe those things could bridge the gap between Beibei and himself.

He firmly believed himself invincible. Even without the Tang Sect's cultivation method, he would remain invincible in this era!

Besides, the Indomitable Staff Technique he had integrated with Reign Over the World was hardly weak!

Even if Beibei could truly grow stronger through the Mysterious Heaven Skill and even threaten him, Qiangu Qitian could only say that he was not good enough—that he was simply too weak.