The Three Beauties Arrive at Shrek

The next day, at the first light of dawn.

In the Douluo Chat Group, a message accompanied by a short video shattered the silence.

[Pagoda Suppresses River Demon: @All Members We've arrived at Shrek Academy! [Video]]

[Pagoda Suppresses River Demon: Family, who can relate? Is this really an academy? It's too dilapidated! I feel like the villages near our sect are more impressive than this!]

The camera in the video shook, focusing on a seemingly crumbling village gate. Hanging on the gate was a weathered wooden plaque with the words "Shrek Academy" carved in a bold, sweeping calligraphy. It was full of history—or rather, full of poverty.

As soon as the video appeared, the group exploded.

[I Am Not Yanzi: Pfft! Are you sure you didn't go to the wrong place? This looks like a poverty-stricken village about to be demolished!]

[Begonia Blossoms: Ahem, you can't put it that way. This is called... returning to simplicity, full of the raw, natural atmosphere of the wild.]

[I Am Not Swallow: High EQ comment from the person above.]

[Heavenly King Covers Earth Fox: A place like this can be called an academy? Any branch of our Spirit Hall is a hundred times better than this, right?]

Inside the Spirit Hall palace, Bibi Dong glanced at the video, a sneer curling the corner of her lips.

[Most Beautiful Pope: The dilapidated state is secondary; the real issue is its philosophy.]

[Most Beautiful Pope: "Only accepting monsters, not ordinary people"—that sounds impressive, but in reality, it's just an excuse for a lack of educational resources and poor teaching capabilities.]

In the Crown Prince Residence, Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, saw Bibi Dong's message and gave a rare nod of agreement.

[6G Sky Wing: Well said. True education is the ability to polish a mediocre talent into a genius, and to successfully mold a genius into a peerless monster. It is not about sitting around waiting for geniuses to come to your door and then stealing the students' achievements as your own credit. An academy like this has too small a vision to be taken seriously.]

[I Am Not Yanzi: Wow, your insights are truly profound!]

Just as everyone was heatedly discussing this "Monster Academy," Xiao Wu suddenly remembered something.

[First Cute Bunny: Wait! Sisters, don't you think this is magical?]

[First Cute Bunny: The Shrek Academy in the Group Owner's video yesterday is exactly the same as the one Ning Rongrong filmed!]

These words instantly reminded everyone.

That's right! The video from yesterday featured the same raggedy village!

[Pagoda Suppresses River Demon: Oh, true! The Group Owner is simply divine! A super prophet! @Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero Group Owner, who exactly are you? Come out and tell our fortunes!]

[I Am Not Yanzi: @Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero +1, Group Owner, if you don't come out, I'm going to your house to kidnap you!]

[Heavenly King Covers Earth Fox: @Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero +2, Group Owner, please acknowledge us~]

However, no matter how they called out, the avatar with the ID "Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero" remained gray.

What they didn't know was that at this moment, Ye Qiong was lying in the soft wheat fields of Aedes Elysiae, holding a pink, fluffy ball—the pink puppy Mimi—in his arms. He was sleeping soundly, enjoying the breeze and the warm sunshine, completely unaware of the commotion in the group.

At the gates of Shrek Academy, the assessment was proceeding in an orderly fashion.

An elderly man who appeared lazy served as the examiner for the first round. He suddenly released the formidable aura of a Spirit Emperor, six spirit rings spiraling upward, instantly suppressing the entire crowd.

"Those over thirteen years old, or those whose spirit power hasn't reached level twenty-one, you may leave."

The old man's cold voice caused more than half of the hundred-person queue to leave instantly.

Ning Rongrong filmed this scene in its entirety and sent it to the group members.

[Pagoda Suppresses River Demon: Family! Look! It's exactly the same as the video the Group Owner posted yesterday! Even the old man's lines are word-for-word!]

[I Am Not Swallow: My god! The Group Owner is too divine!]

[Begonia Blossoms: This isn't just a prophet anymore; is this person fate itself?]

Exclamations of shock echoed one after another in the group. Waves of emotional points, like a trickling stream, flowed continuously into Ye Qiong's system backend.

"Ding, ding, ding..."

In his sleep, Ye Qiong was awakened by the persistent system notification sounds.

He opened his eyes groggily and rubbed his temples, muttering unhappily, "Who is it? Launching a mental attack this early in the morning..."

Opening the system panel casually, Ye Qiong instantly sobered up.

[Total Emotional Points: 8668]

Looking at this number, Ye Qiong was stunned. After a nap, it seemed... enough to completely unseal the Void Archives?

Curious, he opened the chat group and looked at the 99+ messages, finally understanding what was happening.

Good grief, it turned out the plot had begun.

Seeing the messages still tagging him, Ye Qiong cleared his throat and replied slowly.

[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: Ahem, heavenly secrets must not be leaked. When the time is right, you will naturally know the identity of This Seat.]

This line, dripping with prestige, once again drew a chorus of gasps from the group.

Ye Qiong ignored them and directly tagged the three people currently at the scene.

[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: @First Cute Bunny @Pagoda Suppresses River Demon @No Petting Cats, if you encounter any trouble you can't solve at Shrek, you can tag me in the group at any time.]

[First Cute Bunny: Received! Thank you, Group Owner!]

[Pagoda Suppresses River Demon: Group Owner, you're such a good person!]

[No Petting Cats: Mmh.]

The three girls' responses made the other young ladies in the group feel a bit "jealous."

[I Am Not Yanzi: Group Owner brother is so biased, only caring about those three~]

[Heavenly King Covers Earth Fox: Exactly, exactly! Group Owner, I want your special attention too~]

Looking at these slightly provocative words on the screen, Ye Qiong felt so awkward he could have dug a three-bedroom apartment out of the floor with his toes.

"Eww, how terrifying. Time to bolt."

He decisively closed the group chat, deciding to attend to business first.

Another small wave of emotion points had been credited to his account.

Looking at his balance of over eight thousand emotion points, Ye Qiong decided to unseal the Void Archives immediately!

Following his command, a brilliant light erupted from the palm of Ye Qiong's left hand. An exquisite golden cube slowly emerged, radiating a sacred and ancient aura.

Seven thousand five hundred and thirty-two emotion points surged into the golden cube like a tide. It began to vibrate violently, and the golden light flowing across its surface grew brighter and brighter, emitting a dazzling radiance.

Meanwhile, inside Shrek Academy.

The three girls successfully passed the first round of testing and, led by Dai Mubai, entered the village.

They hadn't walked more than a few steps when they heard a soft, drawling voice hawking wares not far away.

"Sausages for sale! Oscar-brand sausages, delicious and sweet!"