Heading to Shrek Academy

With a dull thud, Dai Mubai crashed straight into the stairs, falling miserably. Yu Xiaofeng was just about to strike again.

Xiao Wu grabbed Yu Xiaofeng and said, "Brother Feng, this hotel is about to collapse! Let's get out of here!"

At that moment, Hu Liena stepped up to Yu Xiaofeng and said, "Let's go, you dumb idiot. If you keep fighting, you'll probably destroy all of Suotuo City."

Yu Xiaofeng said, "So you're saying I've become a demolition crew?"

Hu Liena asked, "What does demolition crew mean?"

Yu Xiaofeng blankly replied, "Someone who tears down buildings."

"Giggle, giggle, giggle, giggle."

"Yes, you're a dumb idiot who tears down buildings."

"Giggle, giggle, giggle, giggle, giggle."

Yu Xiaofeng glanced at Dai Mubai on the ground and helplessly allowed the three girls to drag him out of the hotel.

A moment later, Dai Mubai crawled up from the ground and punched the floor with his right fist. "Brat, just you wait."

Tang San and Xiao Wu left on their own. Yu Xiaofeng led Hu Liena out of Suotuo City, and neither of them spoke a single word along the way.

Beyond Suotuo City lay the outskirts of Star Dou Forest. Yu Xiaofeng finally asked, "Nana, what exactly happened?"

Hu Liena froze for a moment. "What do you mean, what happened? Didn't you say you were taking me to eat something delicious?"

Yu Xiaofeng frowned. "Godmother wouldn't let you run off alone so easily. Just now, I noticed someone following us. Tell me, what happened?"

Hu Liena hemmed and hawed for a long time. Finally, she gritted her teeth and stamped her foot. "That bastard Chen Hao is already a level forty-five Sword Soul Sect Master. In Spirit Hall, he gets whatever he wants and acts unbearably arrogant."

"A few days ago, he tried to molest me, so I fought him. I never expected that brainless fool to suddenly wise up for some reason and actually... actually..."

Seeing Hu Liena hesitate, Yu Xiaofeng cut in, "You didn't expect him to defeat you, right?"

Hu Liena nodded resentfully. Yu Xiaofeng saw it, but his heart was filled with shock.

For the past five years, he had focused on strengthening his body and had not properly cultivated at all. His level could not be too high when entering Shrek Academy. Besides, he needed to get close to Old Poison and seize all the herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye to improve his physical condition, so he had been suppressing his strength all along.

Once he collected the herbs, he could leave. He wanted to enter the City of Slaughter before Tang San did. Those had all been part of his plan, but he had never expected Chen Hao, whose martial soul was his clone, to cultivate so quickly. That was beyond his expectations.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two black shadows suddenly landed on the ground, standing not far from them.

The black-clad man on the left, his face covered, bowed and said, "Greetings, Holy Son Highness. We have come to take Hu Liena back."

Yu Xiaofeng nodded and raised a hand to signal him to rise. Then he looked toward the forest on the right and said, "Old Wu, I'll trouble you to escort Nana back to Spirit Hall."

The black-clad man turned toward a large tree on the left. A figure emerged from behind it, and Old Wu smiled. "Xiaofeng, don't worry about that. I'll definitely get her back safely. But you... you haven't cultivated these past five years. It's time you made the most of your time."

Yu Xiaofeng nodded. "Nana, tell Godfather and Godmother that when I return, my cultivation will definitely catch up to theirs."

Hu Liena was somewhat surprised. Even the two black-clad men opposite them felt that Yu Xiaofeng was boasting too much.

Hu Liena said, "I'll give you five years. You have to come back within five years."

Yu Xiaofeng smiled. "It won't take five years. Don't worry."

Old Wu left with Hu Liena. Yu Xiaofeng felt somewhat troubled. Whether it was Chen Hao or Tang San, one was a historical figure and the other might have become a villain because of him. To Yu Xiaofeng, that was nothing short of a thunderbolt.

His formerly lazy state of mind immediately tightened.

Two days later, in front of Shrek Academy, those taking the entrance examination had formed a long line. The registration fee was twenty Golden Soul Coins, and the examiner was an elderly man who looked kind and benevolent. But without what had happened before, who would have guessed that this old man was actually a level-sixty Soul Emperor?

The disturbance had only just settled when Xiao Wu spotted the blond man behind the elderly examiner—Dai Mubai. Dai Mubai glanced at her and Tang San but said nothing.

Dai Mubai's gaze continued searching through the crowd. Naturally, the person he was looking for was Yu Xiaofeng.

At that moment, Xiao Wu muttered softly to Tang San, "Little San, look, that's Dai Mubai. I wonder where Brother Feng went. He still hasn't arrived."

"Do you think some fox spirit took him away?"

(Hu Liena called Xiao Wu a rabbit spirit, while Xiao Wu called Hu Liena a fox spirit.)

Tang San felt like his head was splitting in two. He shook his head and said, "Brother Feng has always been elusive. He definitely won't miss this entrance examination."

"Maybe he'll show up soon."

Tang San said that aloud, but inwardly, he worried, Brother Feng, Dai Mubai—the man you sent flying—is one of the examiners. You're in big trouble now.

At that moment, Ning Rongrong was speaking with the elderly examiner nearby when she suddenly heard a shout from afar...

In the distance, Yu Xiaofeng slowly walked toward Shrek Academy. When he saw Tang San and Xiao Wu entering the academy together, he smiled and called out, "I heard Shrek Academy only accepts monsters. I wonder if you'd accept a monster like me."

Yu Xiaofeng's words drew everyone's attention. Xiao Wu immediately turned around with a cheerful grin. "Brother Feng, you finally came! I thought some fox spirit had lured you away."

Hearing that, Ning Rongrong turned to look. The young man's long hair flowed around him like an immortal's, and his handsome face was framed by a pair of striking blue, star-like eyes.

Ning Rongrong only took one look before her heartbeat accelerated. She stared at Yu Xiaofeng in a daze as he released his soul rings.

When three soul rings rose, Ning Rongrong exclaimed in shock, "One four-hundred-year limit soul ring, one eight-hundred-year limit soul ring, and another over eighteen-hundred-year limit soul ring?"

"How is that possible?"

Ning Rongrong's words struck like thunder. With every soul ring she named, the elderly examiner's heart trembled along with her words.

But that was not all. When Yu Xiaofeng reached the entrance of Shrek Academy, Xiao Wu suddenly added, "Brother Feng is only twelve years old. He's one year older than Little San and me."

Everyone's mouths fell open, their pupils filled with shock. The elderly examiner's eyes nearly popped out of his head as he looked at Yu Xiaofeng like he had found priceless treasure. "Accepted! Accepted! As long as you're willing to join Shrek Academy, the academy will waive all your tuition!"

Yu Xiaofeng smiled awkwardly. "Teacher, wouldn't that be inappropriate? I'm a good kid, after all. I can afford twenty Golden Soul Coins."

The elderly examiner's expression hardened as he roared, "Let me see who dares object!"

"Even if the Heavenly King himself came today, he couldn't stop me from admitting you into Shrek Academy!"

Dai Mubai's eyes turned cold as he said to Yu Xiaofeng, "It's about time we settled our score from before, isn't it?"

(Am I, Dai Mubai, someone who can't afford to give recommendation votes?)