With Lin Wan'er using the immensely valuable Teleportation Array, the group quickly crossed the Star Dou Great Forest and arrived at Shrek Academy to the northwest.
Calling it an academy would be less accurate than calling it Shrek City.
After the Sun Moon Empire's invasion years ago and the emergence of the Heaven Dou Empire, Shrek Academy learned from its past lessons and developed what had already been a massive academy into a major city with a permanent population nearing three million.
That way, even if students graduating from the academy lacked talent, they could still work under Shrek's watchful eye, while also giving outsiders something to chew on so they would not badmouth Shrek behind its back.
Along the way, worried that Huo Yuhao might be bored, Lin Wan'er deliberately told him a few things about Shrek Academy.
These were all things outsiders could learn about, mostly amusing anecdotes and gossip, with very little negative news leaking out.
Thus, Huo Yuhao, whom the Heaven Soul Sect had not told about Shrek's darker side, still felt a yearning for the legendary holy land that cultivated Soul Masters.
In his eyes, every Soul Master who graduated from Shrek Academy held an exalted position and could bring glory to their ancestors.
All the Soul Masters here believed that Shrek Academy's prestige was something no other empire or academy could shake.
Moreover, not long after Shrek Academy was founded, it truly had produced seven gods who defeated the evil Spirit Hall. Most people who knew nothing of its dark side were willing to praise Shrek.
Perhaps Shrek had arranged this to indoctrinate its new students, but near the academy gate on the southeastern side, two unknown Soul Masters were eating skewers and loudly discussing the rumors they knew.
"I heard it's really difficult