Rabbit Punches the Cushion!

"I guess I got in through connections?"

Du Bei said hesitantly. Yu Xiaogang's letter of recommendation probably counted as a connection too.

Surely Flander would recognize it.

Hearing that, Ma Hongjun visibly relaxed and plopped back down into his chair.

"Phew~ So you're not some big shot."

"You should've said so earlier. You scared Fat Master half to death..."

Ma Hongjun could not be bothered to spout any more nonsense. He simply pointed in one direction.

"Just head that way. The teachers are probably over there getting ready. You'll see them once you go over."

"Just look for the sleaziest one. He's our dean. I won't be accompanying you—I still have to wait for that little ancestor to show up."

By the end, Ma Hongjun was grumbling curses.

He was clearly very dissatisfied with that brat called Tang San, but under the oppressive might of two Titled Douluo, he could only curse under his breath.

"Then, little brother, we'll head in first."

Du Bei gave him a greeting.

Then he led Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing into the so-called Shrek Academy.

Not long after the three entered.

Another three figures approached from this direction.

Having lost every trace of sleepiness long ago, Ma Hongjun immediately gave the two of them a once-over when he saw them.

A plain-looking but exceedingly confident youth, followed by a limping old man...

Did not look like them...

"Welcome! To Shrek Academy!"

"Which one of you is Young Master Tang San? I'm Ma Hongjun, sent by the academy..."

No joke—he still remembered the last beating.

A little flattery would not cost him anything. Over the past few days, he had learned one thing: humility was not a crime!

Speaking nicely was always better than getting beaten up.

Tang San looked at the exceedingly attentive fat man before him.

With his arms folded, Tang San, who was walking in front, did not give him the slightest reaction. Instead, he turned to the limping old man beside him.

His attitude changed completely from before.

"Teacher, is this Shrek Academy?"

"Why does it feel even worse than the Clear Sky Sect's school? Did we come to the wrong place?"

Faced with Tang San's respectful question,

Yu Xiaogang, limping as he was, tried his best to straighten up and forcibly put on the bearing of a master before launching into a round of brainwashing.

"Tang San, you cannot judge people by appearances. How do you know this unremarkable little fatty is a useless person? Do you remember what I told you? Shrek Academy is an academy that only accepts geniuses!"

"Even its students who guard the gate are far stronger than ordinary Soul Masters! Take this person before us, for example..."

Turning his gaze toward Ma Hongjun, Yu Xiaogang asked arrogantly, "Little fatty, what is your martial soul? What level are you...?"

"My name is Ma Hongjun. My level is..."

As Ma Hongjun reported his situation truthfully, detail by detail, Yu Xiaogang nodded in satisfaction, immediately feeling as though he had gained a little more face.

All his effort fooling those idiots in Clear Sky Sect had not been in vain. He had finally tricked Tang San into coming here.

None of it had gone to waste, hahaha!

So what if he was a genius? Had he not still been fooled by a few words from me? Xiao San, just obediently be the stepping stone to my fame!

After all... I am your teacher!!

"..."

In the shadows, two people exchanged glances.

The middle-aged man who had stepped forward to help at the Rose Hotel yesterday was currently lying on a tree branch.

He asked in a muffled voice.

"Still, I feel like there's something wrong with that master. Is it really okay to let Young Master Tang San follow him?"

"The things he says sound like nothing but bullshit."

The other man, slender and long-haired, combed through his lovely hair as he poked the man in the chest with a finger.

His voice was soft and coquettish as he chided him.

"Oh my~ Why are you worrying about so much?"

"We're just bodyguards. How can we interfere in the master's family affairs? Instead of wasting your time on that, you might as well help me tie up a ponytail."

Seeing how effeminate the man beside him was acting,

the middle-aged man instantly shuddered, then shifted aside to put some distance between himself and his companion.

Seeing that, the effeminate man immediately covered his mouth and giggled, shooting the man a sidelong glance.

He teased him in a mocking tone.

"Oh my~ So you're disgusted by me now~"

"Stop worrying about that. We're both just dogs raised by the Clear Sky Sect. Even if we report it, so what? Would anyone listen? Just slack off properly~"

The middle-aged man thought about it and felt that made sense.

His path to promotion had already been blocked anyway. At most, when he broke through to become a Douluo, the main family would grant him the surname Tang. There would be nothing beyond that.

Rather than think so much, he might as well slack off.

With that thought, the man instantly lost all motivation and went off with the effeminate man to find somewhere to loaf around.

"..."

Inside Shrek Academy.

At what seemed to be a plaza.

"I didn't expect you to have been recommended by Xiaogang. If I'd known, I would've given you a discount back then."

"But we're a little busy right now. Just find yourselves a house to stay in. We still need to welcome a student, so it wouldn't be convenient..."

Flander, whose face still bore a few injuries, casually came up with an excuse and sent the three of them aside.

Then he hurried away.

Clearly, he was showing tremendous enthusiasm for this welcoming ceremony, completely unlike the lazy shopkeeper from that rundown little store yesterday.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to the three of them.

Du Bei looked at the two girls behind him and shrugged.

"All right, no one's going to bother with us now."

"In that case, let's find a room and make do for now. From Flander's tone, he probably meant for us to stay in the village..."

Before he could finish, Xiao Wu instantly became unhappy.

Looking at the dilapidated houses all around them, the thought of spending the night here made her whole body feel uncomfortable.

Xiao Wu immediately grabbed Zhu Zhuqing and protested!

"Uncle! Can't we not stay here?"

"I feel like I'll break down if I stay here for even one day! How about we..."

Du Bei did not wait for Xiao Wu to continue.

He directly raised a hand to cut her off!

"Wait! Who said we were staying here? What nonsense are you little rabbit thinking?"

"But didn't you just say..."

"I only said that was what Flander meant, but I never said we had to stay here. Why would I skip a proper interview and choose to wade through mud instead?"

"Isn't the big bed in the secret room comfortable?"

He even reached past Zhu Zhuqing, grabbed Xiao Wu's rabbit head, and turned it one hundred and eighty degrees to make her look at him.

Du Bei looked at her as if she were an idiot.

Before Xiao Wu could react.

Zhu Zhuqing, who had been watching the entire scene from the side, could not help bursting into laughter when she heard that.

"Hehe..."

Realizing her lapse immediately, she hurriedly covered her mouth, but she was still too late.

Breaking free from Du Bei's large hand.

Embarrassed and furious, Xiao Wu charged straight into Zhu Zhuqing's cushion like a runaway rabbit, her hands continuously hammering it lightly from above.

"Don't laugh! Don't laugh!"