"Brother Yichen, would you like to join our Shrek Academy?"
Flander wore a placating smile, but Lin Yichen saw straight through the cunning behind it.
"Shrek? Never heard of it. What kind of no-name academy is that?"
Flander's smile instantly froze. His anger told him that this man had insulted Shrek and needed to be taught a lesson.
But Flander could not bring himself to let go of such a genius. Maybe he really had never heard of it?
Besides, Lin Yichen's attire did make him look like a young master from a wealthy family.
"Our Shrek Academy is an advanced soul master academy here in Soto City. Our motto is: We only accept monsters, not ordinary people."
"I am the dean of Shrek Academy, Flander the Four-Eyed Cat Eagle."
Flander had already explained as patiently as he could. Normally, he would never say such things to others.
"Oh~ So you're Dean Flander. My apologies, my apologies!"
"Not at all, not at all. These three are students of Shrek. The one you beat up earlier is Dai Mubai. The one with him is Oscar, and this little fatty beside me is Ma Hongjun."
Lin Yichen pretended to give them a once-over.
The three immediately stated their martial souls and soul power levels.
"Not bad. Your foundations are decent. Keep working hard, but you'd better keep an eye on their behavior~ Otherwise, I might punish them for you~"
The three exchanged looks, cold sweat instantly breaking out down their backs.
How did he even know about that?!
By then, the waitress had arrived, her pretty face flushed red.
She respectfully handed the juice to Lin Yichen.
"Please enjoy."
"Thank you~ Off you go~"
The waitress left with her face completely red.
It was destined to be another sleepless night, fingers moving nonstop amid wild entanglements.
Meanwhile, Dai Mubai's lips curled up slightly.
"So he's like me, a young man of romance. Though he really is good-looking, and he doesn't seem to be from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. Could he be the young master of some hidden clan?"
Dai Mubai carefully studied Lin Yichen, and the favorable impression he had held of him had already dropped considerably.
Moreover, surrounded by Lin Yichen's seductive aura, Dai Mubai had developed a strange desire to "conquer" him.
But Lin Yichen knew nothing of this.
Oscar, meanwhile, had stared at Lin Yichen's face from beginning to end.
He was a support-type soul master, so his resistance was naturally much weaker than Dai Mubai's.
Thus, even though Lin Yichen's Eye of Guanghan had not directly affected him, it had indirectly caused him to develop some goodwill toward Lin Yichen.
No, wait! I'm a man! Why am I acting so gay?!
Oscar subconsciously looked at Ma Hongjun beside him and found that his gaze was even less restrained.
It was like he was staring at a woman...
Terrifying!
Just as Oscar's thoughts ran wild...
"Little Ao, give me two sausages. I need to replenish my soul power."
Oscar looked toward Flander. Seeing him nod, Oscar summoned his sausages.
"I've got a big sausage!"
Even though Lin Yichen had known beforehand that Oscar's chant was incredibly lewd, he still could not help laughing.
"Mine might be bigger than yours."
Everyone was holding back laughter. This young master had quite the contrast to him.
Only Flander's face darkened.
This guy... can he really be trusted...?
Lin Yichen wolfed down the big sausage and could not help letting out a full belch.
"It's pretty filling. I'm going to fight a match. See you next time!"
He left Flander standing there with a blank look on his face.
"Tell me, is he worth bringing into Shrek?"
Flander turned back to look at his three disciples.
They were all staring at Lin Yichen's retreating figure with infatuated expressions, giving Flander the fright of his life!
My disciples aren't gay!
But Lin Yichen still paid no attention to their inner thoughts. All he knew was that he had gotten Oscar's sausage supply, and his soul power was now abundant.
It was time for an exciting match!
Registration!
The staff member looked at the personal information Lin Yichen handed over, his expression turning bitter.
"Sir, with this, you can only be randomly matched against opponents above level sixty, and they're all Gold—"
"No need to say more, no need to say more. The guild master already told me all that. Just put me in the rotation pool. One match is enough."
Seeing this, the staff member did not hesitate further.
"Sir, before the match, please choose a codename so that your real name will not be exposed."
Lin Yichen hesitated for a moment.
"Then... Guanghan. Guang as in vast, han as in cold."
"Alright. Congratulations, you have successfully registered. Please wait in the resting area."
"Sir, if someone actively challenges you, you may choose to accept. If you refuse, you will have to accept the system's random match."
Lin Yichen waved without looking back.
Meanwhile, in the resting area.
Several veterans who had just obtained Gold Badges were chatting and laughing there.
"Did you hear? Someone with an Iron Badge just registered in the intermediate division. He's a pretty fair-skinned fellow."
"An Iron Badge? How did he get in here?"
"No idea. Maybe that pretty boy is fighting in the Soul Arena for the first time."
"A pretty boy?!"
A burly man over two meters tall stood up, his sinister face full of a lewd grin.
His codename was "Bear King."
His martial soul was the Earth-Splitting Giant Bear. He was a level sixty-eight assault-type Battle Soul Emperor.
He was also a veteran of the Grand Soul Arena, known for his ruthless attacks.
But everyone in the circle knew he had a particular hobby.
He was interested in men, especially fair-skinned ones.
It was said that any woman who fought him would be beaten to death on the spot.
Any man defeated by him would be dragged away, never to be seen again.
Only a few depraved screams could be heard.
By the time they were found, they were already dead.
He was infamous both inside and outside the circle.
"Well, well? Has our Bear King been triggered? Can't even walk straight after seeing a pretty boy?"
Bear King licked his lips, his eyes darting around.
"I'll go meet him!"
Everyone in the resting area was naturally one of Bear King's drinking buddies, and they knew his conduct all too well.
Some watched with mocking anticipation, while quite a few silently mourned for the rising star, "Guanghan."
Over here, a staff member brought Lin Yichen a plate of oranges.
He also informed Lin Yichen that Bear King had issued him a challenge.
"Bear King?"
Lin Yichen sneered inwardly. While resting earlier, he had heard people discussing this infamous bastard.
He had even been worried that he would not get matched with Bear King. Yet now, the man had delivered himself right to his door.
Just as Lin Yichen finished the last orange segment in the resting area, the announcement rang out.
"Intermediate division one-on-one Soul Arena match: Iron Badge 'Guanghan' versus Gold Badge 'Bear King.' Both contestants, please proceed to Arena Seven."
Lin Yichen put away the oranges and leisurely headed toward the arena.
Bear King was already standing on one side.
His lewd grin made Lin Yichen feel sick to his stomach.
In the audience, Flander and the other three watched the match without blinking.
They had originally wanted to see how an Iron Badge had ended up in the intermediate division.
Then they discovered that the Iron Badge belonged to Lin Yichen.
Which meant...
At such a young age, he was already at least a Soul Emperor!
A fiery light appeared in Flander's eyes!
This person had to join Shrek!
He absolutely had to!
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