The Old Man at the Gate

"Zhou Yi is currently teaching Freshman Class One. Don't tell me you want to be assigned to her class? If you're willing, I can arrange it for you directly."

Yu Chen hurriedly waved his hands. "Forget it. I was just asking. Her teaching style is too... 'abstract.' I can't handle it."

Du Weilun froze for a moment, then nodded in deep agreement. Zhou Yi's devilish training truly wasn't something everyone could adapt to.

"Then I'll choose Class Nine."

Du Weilun's expression immediately turned strange as he studied him. "Class Nine's homeroom teacher has always been at odds with Zhou Yi. Don't tell me you chose it because of that?"

Yu Chen casually made up an excuse. "No other intentions. I just heard Class Nine's homeroom teacher is a great beauty. As for Zhou Yi... forget it."

Du Weilun laughed soundlessly and did not press further. He picked up his pen and filled in the class on the registration form before adding, "Dormitories are normally assigned at random, but since you've made up your mind..."

"Let's just draw lots. It'll all be up to luck, and it's fair." Yu Chen became interested. He had always liked this sort of thrill of the unknown.

Du Weilun casually conjured several wooden lots, each marked with a different number. "Fine, draw one. Whatever room you get is where you'll stay."

Yu Chen casually picked up a lot. Before he could see it clearly, a dazzling golden light suddenly burst forth, making them both unable to open their eyes.

"Damn, this lot actually came out gold?"

When the light faded, Yu Chen stared at the number on the lot and went completely dumbfounded.

108.

Wasn't this the dorm room of Tang San's one-third daughter? That irritating face instantly surfaced in his mind, making him shudder all over. Without thinking, he blurted out, "Can I draw again? This room... has bad feng shui."

"Do as you like." Du Weilun found it rather amusing.

Yu Chen took a deep breath and drew another lot. Written on it, clear as day, was: 111.

His eyes lit up. "This number looks good. So lucky! Is this a single dorm room?"

Du Weilun took a look and said in amazement, "Your luck is seriously ridiculous. There's only one single room in the entire building, and it's yours."

He filled in the number on the form and waved a hand. "All right, if there's nothing else, go take care of your business."

Only after Yu Chen stepped out of the office did Du Weilun let out a long breath of relief. Then, as another thought struck him, wild joy surged in his heart. Shrek had welcomed a peerless genius. Over the next century, it would surely enjoy boundless glory!

Inside the dean's office.

"Du Weilun, say that again?"

Yan Shaozhe's voice suddenly rose, filled with disbelief. "Eleven years old, Rank 45, and his martial soul is... the Golden Dragon?!"

He repeatedly muttered that name in his heart. The legendary ancestor of strength, wielding ultimate power, with a physical body invincible among those of the same rank. In terms of grade, even Mu En's Radiant Sacred Dragon was far inferior to it.

"Good! Good!" Yan Shaozhe was so excited that his hands trembled. His gaze fell upon the registration form. "What treatment did you give him?"

"He was allowed to choose his own class and dormitory. He chose Class Nine and drew the single room, 111."

"You handled it very appropriately."

The scene returned to Yu Chen.

He arrived before the pristine white freshman dormitory building and immediately spotted an old man lying at the entrance with his eyes closed, resting.

Yu Chen's heart skipped a beat. A transmigrator's instincts told him that an old gatekeeper like this was definitely no simple man. This was Mu En, the Rank 99 Dragon God Douluo, Shrek's stabilizing pillar!

Mu En had noticed him the moment he entered Shrek. Now, he slightly raised his eyes. "New here?"

"Hello, Grandpa. I'm staying in Dorm 111."

Mu En took the badge and looked it over, then pointed inside the building. "Third room on the left. Remember this: everything above the fourth floor is the girls' dormitory. Boys aren't allowed to enter."

"What happens if someone accidentally wanders up there?"

"If you don't mind being pointed at and called a pervert, go right ahead."

Yu Chen smiled. "I'm a proper man."

After thanking him, he followed the hallway to Dorm 111 and pushed open the door. Though one empty bed had been propped upright against the wall, it was still a space all to himself.

The only problem was that the dust was absurdly thick.

"Well then, looks like I have to do it myself."

After busying himself for quite a while, Yu Chen looked at the spotless dorm and felt refreshed. But when he raised his head, his gaze passed through the crack in the door and landed directly on Dorm 108 at the end of the hallway, making him feel annoyed again.

He patted the dust from his hands and muttered to himself, I wonder how Huo Yuhao is doing these days. I gave his talent a little boost back then.

Yu Chen had just finished tidying his room when a noisy commotion suddenly erupted from Dorm 108 next door.

He knew perfectly well what was happening. Wasn't this the classic scene from the original story?

A few minutes earlier, Huo Yuhao had just finished cleaning the dorm when a youth with long pink-blue hair pushed the door open, brimming with arrogance. Huo Yuhao instantly recalled the days when he had suffered endless bullying at the White Tiger Duke's Estate, and a surge of anger rose within him.

The pink-haired youth crossed his arms, lifted his chin, and spoke down at him. "You're the roommate in this dorm? Seeing as you cleaned the room fairly well, this young master will reluctantly allow you to live with me."

"But there are a few rules that you must obey properly."

"First, you are not allowed to casually bring outsiders back to the dorm.

Second, you are not allowed to go shirtless in the room.

Third, you can't snore when you sleep at night.

Fourth, don't casually disturb my rest.

Fifth, you will be responsible for cleaning the entire dorm from now on, but you are not allowed to touch my bed. Do you understand?"

Huo Yuhao felt like his lungs were about to explode from anger. The other party's overbearing attitude was simply unbearable. He immediately frowned and retorted, "What do you take me for? Your servant? Why should I obey all your arrangements?"

"If you don't obediently listen, I'll beat you straight out of the dorm."

Wang Dong raised her brows and asked arrogantly, "What's your name?"

Huo Yuhao's fighting spirit rose as he replied coldly, "If you're asking someone's name, shouldn't you introduce yourself first?"

Wang Dong curled her lips. "Fine. My name is Wang Dong."

"Huo Yuhao."

"Huo Yuhao, is it? Just wait. Before long, Shrek will never see you again."

"I'll accompany you to the end."

Huo Yuhao was already far from what he had once been. His Innate Soul Power had been raised to Rank Five back then, his martial soul had evolved, and his physique had strengthened as well. The four soul skills Sky Dream Ice Silkworm gave him were each around four hundred years old. As for why they appeared as ten-year soul rings, it was probably because Sky Dream Ice Silkworm no longer had any nutrients left, leaving only spiritual power behind.

The moment the two stepped out of the dorm, they ran straight into a youth approaching them.

When Huo Yuhao saw the outline of that face, he froze on the spot, his voice full of disbelief. "Brother Chen?"

Yu Chen crossed his arms and watched the two's earlier dispute with great interest. Hearing that, he smiled and replied, "It's me, Yuhao. Long time no see."