Moving In

"You passed."

Zhao Wuji left with a dark expression, the shoe print on his face glaringly obvious.

Li Yusong and Lu Qibin struggled to hold back their laughter. It was rare to see the unruly Zhao Wuji get put in his place.

The only shame was that Shao Xin and Flender weren't around.

Come to think of it, there were still people taking tests over at Shao Xin's place, right?

"Old Zhao, there might be more people who want you to test them in a bit," Lu Qibin teased.

"If you want to test them, you do it!" All Zhao Wuji wanted now was to take a good bath. He was covered in dust from head to toe.

Li Yusong laughed even harder. Those two old men were wicked.

Over by Jiang Jiu, Ning Rongrong let out an excited "Yes!" She, Ning Rongrong, was amazing.

Xiao Wu came over to Jiang Jiu and massaged his calves through his pants with both hands.

"Xiao Jiu, are your legs okay?"

The force Jiang Jiu had unleashed just now had been terrifying. It was the combined power of his and Xiao Wu's Chaotic Cloak Leg Technique. They had started working on it back at the Blacksmith Shop, and had been practicing it together for years.

Their leg technique could be stacked together in perfect sync, and they could also pass their force to each other. It was a small-scale combo move that required them to coordinate their timing and positioning.

Chaotic Cloak was effective and powerful, but the strain it put on the body was just as great.

"I'm fine. Years of leg training weren't for nothing."

"Mm, you really aren't hurt." After checking, Xiao Wu nodded. Her worry eased, and she began taking advantage of him a little.

Jiang Jiu's muscles were still engorged with blood. His quadriceps looked especially explosive, and his posterior-chain muscles were no less impressive. But it was all normal—he'd simply exerted himself too much.

"Wow, you're amazing! Can I touch them?"

"Uh, never mind if I can't."

Of everyone on the field, Ning Rongrong was the most relaxed. She'd used a fair bit of Soul Power, but hadn't faced much resistance, so she was still full of energy.

So she naturally ran over to Xiao Wu, whom she considered a close friend. Then Jiang Jiu's legs caught her attention, and she wanted to poke them—which earned her a deeply oppressive glare from Xiao Wu.

Maybe they weren't such good friends after all.

Nearby, Zhu Zhuqing, whom Xiao Wu had left aside, quietly got to her feet.

In truth, she was the one who'd been hurt the most in the test, followed by Tang San, whose Blue Silver Grass had all been snapped. But Zhao Wuji had shown restraint, and their injuries weren't serious. She could recover on her own after resting for a while.

What had hurt her most, though, was her own performance.

She couldn't accept how weak she was.

She looked over at Jiang Jiu and the others, who had already returned to their cheerful banter.

"That should be enough, right?"

As he noticed more and more people looking their way, Jiang Jiu rapped Xiao Wu on the head. The way she was touching him was getting more and more inappropriate.

"Hehe."

Seeing Xiao Wu's sweet smile, even Ning Rongrong began to wonder if what she'd just seen had been her imagination.

Just then, the two teachers, Li Yusong and Lu Qibin, came over.

"From now on, you're all students of Shrek Academy. Classes officially begin tomorrow."

"Xiao Ao, take them to their dorms."

Seeing that Xiao Wu and the others had no objections and agreed to enroll, Li Yusong silently breathed a sigh of relief.

He left Oscar in charge of showing them to their rooms, then the two of them headed straight for Shao Xin. How could they not share such an exciting test with their colleagues?

And when Flender got back tonight or tomorrow, they'd have to tell him all about it too.

There.

"Ladies, and, uh, the young man too—I'll take you to the dorms."

After watching the test from start to finish, Oscar had become a lot more sensible.

Xiao Wu's Martial Soul Possession had revealed two yellow Soul Rings and one purple one, which had been dazzling. She and Jiang Jiu were clearly a violent duo. Just look at how they'd tossed Teacher Zhao around—not to mention Oscar's own scrawny frame.

He'd better hold off on the cheeky remarks for now. He could try again once they knew each other better.

"These wooden cabins are the girls' dorm area. Pick two rooms," Oscar said, pointing to a section of the grounds.

"Can girls only room with girls?" Xiao Wu asked, blinking.

"Who else would you room with, boys?"

Oscar replied without thinking, but then realized something was off.

Weren't questions about living with the opposite sex the sort of thing people like him or Ma Hongjun were supposed to ask?

Why was a girl like Xiao Wu asking? Was she planning to live with some guy?

"Then where do the boys live?" Xiao Wu asked next.

Oscar pointed to the wooden cabins several dozen meters away on the right.

"The boys' dorms are over there. Hey, you—I happen to live alone, so we'll be roommates from now on." Oscar raised his chin at Tang San.

Tang San looked at Jiang Jiu.

It wasn't that he didn't want to share a dorm with Oscar, but if two boys were going to live together, he'd obviously rather share with Jiang Jiu.

"Xiao Jiu~" Xiao Wu began to push her luck.

She was even more confident than Jiang Jiu. He could move into the girls' dorms without anyone noticing a thing. After all, he had enough credibility to be led by every saleswoman in a lingerie shop to buy a camisole.

And judging by how things were going, there'd been none of that uproar over Xiao Jiu's looks, so they were in the clear.

They just had to put up with a little inconvenience. Once they moved in, everything would be fine.

But Jiang Jiu had his own idea.

"Can we rent one of these cabins?"

"Rent?" Oscar scratched his head. Why rent a place when they had perfectly good dorms? The dorm fee was already included in tuition.

Living in a dorm was one thing, but asking to rent a place would get Flender excited.

"Yeah. I like blacksmithing, so I need a forge."

"Uh, that's a pretty unusual hobby."

No wonder he was so strong.

As for Jiang Jiu's question, Oscar didn't even need to think. "From what I know of our dean, as long as you pay, you can do whatever you want."

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up. In that case, why stay in the dorms? She and Xiao Jiu could just rent a room together again.

"Come on, let's go find the dean!"

Xiao Wu took Jiang Jiu by the hand and was about to run.

"Do you know where the dean is?"

Xiao Wu had barely sprung forward before she spun back into Jiang Jiu's arms.

"Oh, right." Xiao Wu had no choice but to act cute.

"You can rent your own place? But I'd rather have a roommate and experience dorm life."

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were both well-off. They'd brought their Storage Soul Tools with them when they left home, so they were much richer than Jiang Jiu and the others.

Although money was no object to her, Ning Rongrong still quite wanted a girl as a roommate.

For all her arrogance, Ning Rongrong did want to make friends with the girls around her. After all, they were all talented, and they'd be equals on the path of Soul Masters in the future.

Xiao Wu would be the best choice, but she was practically joined at the hip with Jiang Jiu.

That left Zhu Zhuqing.

Actually, living alone sounded pretty nice too.

"Let's go find the dean together!" Ning Rongrong quickly changed her mind.

Zhu Zhuqing silently nodded as well. She actually preferred being alone; she'd feel a little awkward rooming with any girl.

"But the dean isn't here right now."

Oscar was starting to get a headache. They were just moving into the dorms—how had such a small matter suddenly become so complicated?!