Enrollment, Shrek Academy's Teaching Methods

Yesterday, Jiang Nannan had shown Ye Chen around the academy, so he easily found Class Nine's classroom and walked straight in.

Quite a few students were already in the classroom. Since the term had been underway for some time, some of them had become fairly familiar with one another, forming little groups with good relationships and chatting before class began.

Still, someone noticed Ye Chen.

"Student, this is Class Nine. I think you've entered the wrong classroom."

The speaker was a tall girl with short golden hair. Her gaze held a strange glimmer as she looked at Ye Chen, though she was quite polite.

After all, Ye Chen already had the looks of a pretty boy, and with 999 Charisma, his appeal to the opposite sex was practically maxed out. On a first meeting, favorable impression increased by at least 30%.

"Hello, I'm Ye Chen, a transfer student joining Class Nine. Are there any empty seats?" Ye Chen gave the blonde girl a slight smile.

He swept his gaze around the room. There was only one blonde girl in Class Nine, and Ye Chen remembered that Ning Tian had blonde hair. There was a high chance this was her.

"Ah, a transfer student?"

Ning Tian was clearly surprised. She had not expected Shrek Academy to accept transfer students. Did Shrek Academy even have such a rule?

Though she was puzzled, she did not think he was lying.

After all, there was no need for him to lie. Besides, he was so good-looking that he seemed honest at a glance. How could he possibly deceive her?

At that thought, Ning Tian immediately became more enthusiastic and said with a smile, "Hello, I'm Ning Tian. Sit beside me. There's no one here."

There were two seats beside her. Wu Feng sat on her left, while the seat on her right was empty.

The classroom was large enough to hold over a hundred students, and there were still quite a few vacant seats.

"Wow, look! A handsome guy!"

At that moment, quite a few people in the classroom spotted Ye Chen, immediately causing a commotion.

"Damn, who's this pretty boy?"

"Fuck, why is this guy so handsome?"

"Shit, he's hitting on Ning Tian the moment he gets here. That's too much!"

The crowd began discussing him. The girls were delighted, while the boys were jealous.

Ye Chen's appearance and temperament were simply too striking. Anyone who saw him could not help but comment on him.

"Huh? Who are you?"

Just then, a startled voice sounded.

Ye Chen turned his head and found a red-haired girl with a cold, stern face.

Without even needing to look closely, Ye Chen knew she was Wu Feng, the one who liked Ning Tian.

Yet in the original story, Ning Tian had chosen to become a man...

When Ning Tian's father learned that his darling little girl had turned into a big treasure, would he be happy or upset...

And that also showed that Wu Feng did not like women. She merely liked Ning Tian.

"Wu Feng, this is Ye Chen, the new transfer student," Ning Tian introduced with a smile.

"A transfer student? Shrek Academy has transfer students?" Wu Feng was equally dumbfounded.

Yet her gaze toward Ye Chen also carried a strange light.

The reason she liked Ning Tian was, on one hand, that they had grown up together, which had made her develop feelings for Ning Tian.

On the other hand, Ning Tian was simply too outstanding, which had made Wu Feng's standards extremely high. She looked down on ordinary boys.

But when she saw Ye Chen now, her heart inexplicably skipped a beat...

Hearing this, the other students around them also began discussing it. Every one of them looked at Ye Chen with curiosity.

Ye Chen did not pay attention to the others and simply sat down in the seat beside Ning Tian.

This seat was only next to Ning Tian, not directly adjacent to her. An aisle wide enough for one person separated them.

Not long after Ye Chen sat down, the class bell rang.

Everyone obediently sat in their own seats, behaving themselves and following the rules.

Then, a woman wearing a fitted purple long dress slowly walked in.

The woman looked to be around thirty years old. She wore glasses and had a rather imposing air about her. She was Class Nine's homeroom teacher—Mu Jin.

The moment Mu Jin entered and saw Ye Chen seated in the front row, her eyes instantly lit up.

"Ye Chen, come up here for a moment." Mu Jin beckoned to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen stood up and walked to Mu Jin's side.

"Alright, let me introduce everyone. This is our class's new member—Ye Chen. He is a level 41 Soul Ancestor."

Mu Jin spoke with a smile, unable to suppress the grin on her lips.

Good heavens, a level 41 Soul Ancestor freshman. In the Freshman Competition two months from now, Class Nine had basically secured the championship!

Zhou Yi had always been so lucky, getting genius students every time and achieving some results because of it, yet Zhou Yi treated all that as her own accomplishment. How shameless.

Mu Jin had always been extremely jealous.

Today, the goddess of luck had finally smiled upon her, assigning a super monster to her class!

"What?! A level 41 Soul Ancestor...?!"

"He must be over twelve, right? Otherwise, how could he possibly be a Soul Ancestor?"

"Even if he is over twelve, he can't be much older. Where did this monster come from...?"

The entire Class Nine instantly erupted into an uproar. Everyone began discussing it, and most of the boys found it hard to believe, raising one doubt after another.

The female students, on the other hand, all believed in Ye Chen without question, their eyes practically shining.

He was so young yet so gifted, and he was also so handsome, looking like someone easy to get along with. Who wouldn't like him?

"Student Ye Chen is about the same age as all of you. From now on, you must learn from him properly. I hope that during the time ahead, you will all get along well and strive for good results in the Freshman Tournament..."

As a teacher, Mu Jin naturally had a way with words. She went on and on with a long string of encouraging remarks, leaving many students fired up.

However, some of those words had been directed specifically at Ye Chen.

Shrek Academy currently had only three types of classes: theory, practical combat, and physical training.

Among them, physical training and practical combat made up the largest proportion.

Physical training was considered a Shrek Academy tradition. Every class had to undergo it.

As Ye Chen listened to Mu Jin's explanation, he felt rather speechless.

In Ye Chen's view, these three months of teaching were completely useless.

Because cultivation still depended on resources and talent.

Back in the era of the first Douluo, cultivation resources had been scarce. But in this era, there was no shortage of them.

For example, after Huo Yuhao took the Mysterious Water Pill and the Soul Ascension Pill, his cultivation rose by five whole levels.

Without resources, what student could raise their cultivation by five levels in three months through training alone?

Even the first generation of Shrek Academy couldn't do that, alright?

Just like a famous saying from his previous life: "Why do you think your ten years of studying can compare to my family's three generations in business?"

Why would Shrek Academy's three months of cultivation be able to surpass someone else's six years of arduous training before the age of twelve?

What could three months even accomplish?

It was fucking useless.

Even Huo Gua, whose luck defied the heavens, could only rise six levels. The Mysterious Water Pill gave him two levels, the Soul Ascension Pill gave him three, and Huo Yuhao himself trained painstakingly twenty-four hours a day to gain one level.

Even with cheats, he could only gain six levels in three months. What the hell could those without cheats possibly improve?

Shrek Academy's eliminations did not merely eliminate students with insufficient talent. They also eliminated students without strong enough backgrounds, because those students lacked sufficient cultivation resources as well and were destined to achieve little in the future.

Those who had barely made it in at the passing line already came from poorer families and lacked talent. Forget three months of cultivation—even if they were given another year, they would still be eliminated.

There were over a thousand freshmen, and fifty percent would be eliminated. That fifty percent had been doomed to elimination from the moment they entered.

Of course, there might be one or two exceptions, people like Huo Yuhao, who could win in team battles. But that proportion would never be high.

Such exceptions were also what Shrek Academy hoped to see. If they truly had potential, then resources could be invested into cultivating them.

If they were merely lucky, they would be kicked out sooner or later. Shrek Academy would not waste time on ordinary people.

Of course, that was all Ye Chen's own view.

To the freshmen, Shrek Academy was still a sacred land.

They looked forward to soaring to greatness in the Freshman Competition after three months of training.

After explaining for a while, Mu Jin waved her hand. "Alright, to the training ground. Today, we'll be doing practical combat training."

"Yay~"

At once, the students cheered.

All Soul Masters were naturally combative. Although practical combat classes could sometimes be even more exhausting than physical training, they were every student's favorite classes.