"Shrek Academy?"
Jiang Yan was slightly taken aback by the topic. As a member of the Spirit Pagoda, neither he nor his teacher would particularly yearn to go to Shrek.
Yet she had brought it up anyway.
Clearly, she wasn't trying to probe him for some reason. Most likely, this matter had a considerable connection to Shrek Academy.
"Teacher, Shrek Academy does have an excellent reputation in the Soul Master World. It's even hailed as the destination for the world's greatest geniuses."
"But in my eyes..."
"It's more like a sect wearing an academy's name, and an old-fashioned, antiquated sect at that."
Jiang Yan spoke slowly, his tone calm.
"So if you ask me to judge Shrek Academy, I can only say that it's the continent's foremost longstanding power, with an immensely rich foundation, but one that doesn't quite live up to the word 'academy.'"
He wasn't embellishing anything, merely speaking the truth. Perhaps once, ten thousand years ago, Shrek Academy had possessed some characteristics of a sect without taking them to such extremes.
But now...
Shrek Academy's students and protégés were spread across the continent.
There was no need to mention the teachers who stayed at the academy or the Tang Sect's disciples, since those two were essentially one family. But beyond them, there were the Spirit Pagoda, the War God Temple, the Federation, the various military corps...
Shrek Academy's reach...
Had long since seeped into every corner of the Soul Master World.
It would have been fine if every disciple were purely a student. Yet every graduate took pride in Shrek Academy and placed its interests first...
This was no longer merely an academy, but more like a distinct power-an academy that could openly "plant its pieces," yet insisted on calling it placing students.
"Senior Tianfeng, I agree."