Shrek Academy

The spring breeze drifted gently, and the dawn light was infinitely soft.

On a sunny, pleasant morning, two handsome youths walked out together from the residence bearing the plaque "Mu Residence."

Both wore neat, fitted outfits.

Bei Bei wore azure, while Lin Yan wore black.

They were nearly the same height and equally refined and handsome. Of course, if one had to distinguish between them, Lin Yan was clearly better-looking.

"Cousin, are just the two of us going to register?" Lin Yan asked casually as he walked alongside Bei Bei.

"Mm, don't worry. I've lived here since I was young, so I know Shrek City very well," Bei Bei said with a smile.

Lin Yan nodded and said nothing more.

Although Shrek Academy was within Shrek City, the two were not connected.

To reach Shrek Academy from inside Shrek City, one first had to leave the city, make a long detour to Shrek City's eastern gate, and enter from there, as that was Shrek Academy's only entrance and exit.

"Cousin, why doesn't Shrek Academy open a gate inside the city? Wouldn't that be much more convenient?" Lin Yan could not help asking.

The academy was clearly inside the city, yet its entrance was outside. It could not even be accessed from within the city. What an indescribable piece of urban planning. He had no idea which genius had come up with such a design.

What was the point of it?

"I don't know about that either." Bei Bei shook his head.

The two left through the southern gate and, after walking for around fifteen minutes, finally arrived at Shrek City's eastern gate.

Because the enrollment season had begun, the place was extremely lively. Small vendors who had spotted a business opportunity had long since claimed spots in the open area outside the city gate, selling various daily necessities.

There were no shops within Shrek Academy, which meant that new students who wanted to buy daily necessities had to go to Shrek City.

By setting up stalls outside the city gate, they were naturally much more convenient than going into the city. Moreover, since they had no rent to pay for their stalls, their goods were at least twenty percent cheaper than those inside the city. Thus, business was especially booming every enrollment season.

Lin Yan and Bei Bei had naturally prepared everything in advance, so they did not linger outside the city and headed straight for the gate entrance.

Although it was still early, the line before the gate entrance had already stretched like a long dragon.

These people were dressed differently, but they were all about the same age, around ten years old. They were clearly all new students here to register.

At the front of the line, more than a dozen official Shrek students wearing yellow uniforms were checking their admission qualifications one by one.

Lin Yan followed Bei Bei and began lining up with the crowd.

"Shrek Academy's registration requirements are that you must be under twelve years old, have soul power above level fifteen, and possess a letter of recommendation from a city lord of one of the three great empires' main cities," Bei Bei said.

"Before the admission test begins, you must present a letter of recommendation at the main-city level."

"Mm."

Lin Yan nodded. He had known that already.

Naturally, he had a letter of recommendation as well. When he left Nine Treasure City, Lin Yuhuan had obtained it from Nine Treasure City's lord.

After waiting for around an hour, it was finally Lin Yan and Bei Bei's turn.

A young girl in a yellow uniform looked at Lin Yan and Bei Bei. Their handsome appearances made her eyes light up. After confirming that their letters of recommendation were in order, a warm smile immediately spread across her face. She volunteered eagerly, "Two junior brothers, let your senior sister take you to Shrek Square for your admission test."

Lin Yan and Bei Bei exchanged a glance.

Lin Yan asked strangely, "Senior sister, don't you have work to do here?"

The girl in yellow immediately replied, "It's fine. There are so many people here; they won't miss just one person."

As she spoke, she boldly grabbed Lin Yan and Bei Bei and headed straight through the city gate.

"Two junior brothers, my name is Yu Feifei. I'm a third-year student in the outer academy. What are your names?" the girl in yellow asked with a grin as they walked.

"Senior sister, my name is Bei Bei."

"My name is Lin Yan."

The two answered in turn, both very politely.

"Where are you from?"

"I'm from Shrek City."

"I'm from Nine Treasure City."

"How old are you?"

"Ten!"

Yu Feifei was brimming with interest, firing off one question after another like a machine gun, leaving Lin Yan and Bei Bei both speechless.

However, since she had taken the initiative to guide them, they could not very well ignore her. Besides, she was not asking anything private or confidential, so the two patiently answered every question.

After entering the gate and walking only around two hundred meters forward, their view ahead was blocked by several enormous statues.

The statues stood in the middle of the road, surrounded by a flowerbed in full bloom. When the road reached the flowerbed, it split and curved around both sides in a circle before joining together again behind the statues, becoming a straight road once more.

From this position, everyone entering Shrek Academy, whether students or visitors, would inevitably see these statues. This showed just how important they were.

Lin Yan subconsciously raised his head and looked at the statues before him.

There were ten statues in total, each around ten meters tall and carved from hard granite.

Of the ten statues, three stood in the front row, while seven were positioned in the second row.

Among the three statues in the first row, an elderly man stood in the middle, with a man and a woman on either side of him.

Yu Feifei smiled and said, "Two junior brothers, let me introduce the origins of these statues."

At those words, Bei Bei smiled and shook his head. "Senior sister, I know this. These three statues are Shrek Academy's founders. The man in the middle is Flender, Shrek Academy's first dean."

"The man on his left is Yu Xiaogang, known as the Master, a highly knowledgeable scholar. The woman on his right is Liu Erlong, also one of Shrek Academy's founders and the Master's wife."

"Ten thousand years ago, they were known as the Golden Iron Triangle and were also renowned powerhouses across the continent."

"Senior sister, am I right?"

Hearing that, Yu Feifei looked at Bei Bei in surprise. "Junior Brother Bei Bei, how do you know so much about these statues?"

Lin Yan shook his head imperceptibly beside them.

By relation, Bei Bei was Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong's descendant. How could he not know?

At the same time, a strange thought surfaced in Lin Yan's mind.

Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong were cousins. Because of that, they had even separated for a time. After weathering countless trials, they had ultimately come together, but only as spiritual husband and wife.

Since they were a spiritual couple without a physical relationship, how had Bei Bei's lineage been passed down?

Had Yu Xiaogang failed to keep his gun under control and eventually done something improper to his cousin?

Or had he found a mistress and thus left behind this line of descendants?