At the entrance to Shrek Academy.
Wen Xiyue looked at the shabby plaque hanging from the wooden archway, then glanced inside the academy at the run-down village houses. Her delicate brows furrowed slightly. "This is Shrek Academy?"
Duan Fan smiled. "Doesn't the plaque say so?"
As he spoke, he had already started walking inside.
Wen Xiyue followed. Though she was usually a woman of few words, she always found herself talking more whenever she was around Duan Fan.
"This is far too different from what I imagined Shrek Academy would be like."
"Shrek Academy had a certain reputation in Suotuo City, at least. I never expected it to look like this."
Duan Fan asked with a smile, "Compared with our Spirit Hall Academy, is it much worse?"
Wen Xiyue nodded. "Yes, there's no comparison at all."
Judging by the academy's environment alone, Shrek Academy probably could not even compare to an ordinary Elementary Spirit Master Academy.
Even if Shrek Academy had some teaching resources, they were still nowhere near those of Spirit Hall Academy.
The two of them followed the path deeper into Shrek Academy.
They barely encountered anyone along the way.
The occasional person they did meet was dressed like a villager.
They seemed long accustomed to people coming to Shrek Academy. They merely gave Duan Fan and Wen Xiyue a brief look before returning to their work.
Duan Fan and Wen Xiyue did not stop to speak with the villagers. They continued walking deeper into Shrek Academy.
Before long, they finally saw one of Shrek Academy's teachers.
He was an old man in his sixties, plainly dressed, with a green circular badge hanging from his chest that appeared to be Shrek Academy's school emblem.
Duan Fan and Wen Xiyue saw the old man, and naturally, he saw them