The Ancient Greek God of Everything Shrek Academy Ate, Drank, and Excreted!

"A-Ren, you come too."

Gao Ren pointed at himself, hardly able to believe it. "Me? Great-Granduncle, this is an emergency Sea God Pavilion meeting, not a regular meeting like last time."

"From now on, you'll be an observer at the Sea God Pavilion," Mu En said with a smile. "Shrek Academy can't be ruled solely by us old fellows. It needs to hear the voices of the young.

"Perhaps hearing them will give it new vitality."

Gao Ren could only agree. Mu En's intention to nurture him was obvious.

After that, he accompanied Mu En and Xuan Zi to Sea God Island.

Everyone else had already arrived at the Sea God Pavilion's meeting hall.

After all, Mu En had caused an enormous commotion when he expelled the Dragon Core's baleful energy from his body.

As Gao Ren entered the hall behind the Pavilion Master and his deputy, every gaze swung toward him at once.

The elders exchanged glances, plainly puzzled to see Gao Ren there.

An emergency Sea God Pavilion meeting concerned matters far more important than those at its annual regular meetings. Gao Ren had no business being there.

But Mu En had yet to speak, so they could hardly ask.

"I've called you here today to announce two things."

The first concerned the strange phenomenon Mu En had just caused.

He began by telling everyone the true reason for his disability, then turned the discussion to Gao Ren.

"Fortunately, Shrek Academy has Gao Ren. His second Soul Skill Cleansing expelled the Dragon Core's baleful energy from my body after I ate his food."

The hall erupted in astonishment.

They all knew Gao Ren's second Soul Skill had purified Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire.

But Ma Xiaotao was only a Soul King, so the gap between her cultivation and Gao Ren's was not unimaginably vast... Who would have thought his second Soul Skill could already purify something even a Limit Douluo had been unable to resolve?

"Therefore, I intend to make this child an observer at the Sea God Pavilion. Let's vote by a show of hands." Mu En raised his hand first.

Xuan Zi raised his second. Everyone else followed. The motion passed unanimously!

Almost no one dared say no to this.

Such was Mu En's standing at Shrek Academy.

"The second matter."

Mu En looked at Xuan Zi, encouragement in his eyes.

"I've held the position of Sea God Pavilion Master for far too long. Now it's time to pass on this burden.

"Xuan Zi, from today onward, you are the new Master of Shrek Academy's Sea God Pavilion."

Xuan Zi jolted and instinctively straightened his back.

"I hope you'll take Shrek Academy to greater heights."

Xuan Zi fell silent for a moment, then nodded firmly.

"Mu En, rest assured! Under my leadership, Shrek Academy will flourish more than ever!"

"If you don't manage it, I'll have to discipline you on behalf of your late senior brother."

Mu En smiled with satisfaction, then asked Xuan Zi a question:

"Xuan Zi, you're the Sea God Pavilion Master now. As the saying goes, a new official lights three fires upon taking office. How do you plan to light the first?"

Xuan Zi froze. He genuinely hadn't thought about that.

Ordinarily, he concerned himself only with eating, drinking, and the Shrek Inspection Corps. He had barely involved himself in managing the academy. At most, he had previously reformed the dining hall so everyone could sit at a table to eat.

Now that he was suddenly asked what he wanted to do, his mind went completely blank.

They might as well have asked him what he wanted for lunch.

Xuan Zi instinctively glanced back at Gao Ren.

The boy's last suggestion had done wonders for his reputation among the Outer Court students.

"A-Ren," Xuan Zi called out.

"Teacher, I'm here."

"Tell me, now that I'm Pavilion Master, what should I do first?"

Gao Ren: ?

When I type a question mark, it doesn't mean there's something wrong with me. It means there's something wrong with you!

I'm only here to observe. You're the Sea God Pavilion Master, and you're asking a little kid like me? Is that appropriate?!

You're the one who became Sea God Pavilion Master, not me!

Looking at Xuan Zi's earnest expression and the gazes the other elders had turned on him, Gao Ren felt that if he didn't answer, the meeting might grind to a halt.

Children spoke without restraint. The grand pronouncements of the younger generation could sometimes reveal what Shrek Academy was really like.

"Um... Teacher, I'll just throw out an idea. If it's a bad one, please don't take it seriously."

"Go on."

Gao Ren took a deep breath and cautiously raised the question that concerned him most right now:

"Could we... build a few more big public toilets and bathhouses beside the dormitory buildings? I don't want to fight four hundred people for one toilet when I officially enroll."

The meeting hall fell silent for a moment.

Then one elder couldn't hold back a snort of laughter.

More laughter followed, until even Mu En was shaking his head with a smile.

Xuan Zi froze at first, then slapped his thigh and burst out laughing.

"Good! Good! That's a good one! I thought the same thing when I was in the Outer Court!

"Why should four hundred people have to fight over one toilet? Half the time, you'd walk in and see a strawberry tower. It put me right off my food!

"Then it's settled! The first thing I'll do as Pavilion Master is improve the Outer Court students' living conditions!"

For some reason, seeing Xuan Zi so full of vigor made Gao Ren smile too.

My teacher seems to have become the Ancient Greek god in charge of everything Shrek Academy eats, drinks, and excretes!

The Star Dou Great Forest.

Having eaten to its heart's content while out roaming, the Auspicious Beast was finally willing to return to the Great Ferocious Land with the Scarlet King.

After they had ventured some distance into the Great Ferocious Land, a figure suddenly appeared before them.

He was a black-robed man with stern, rugged features.

Among the long black hair falling loose down his back, two conspicuous golden locks hung quietly beside his face.

It was Di Tian in human form.

"Little one, you came away from this outing with quite a haul. You even got a human Soul Tool, and a fairly high-grade one at that."

Di Tian glanced at the Storage Soul Tool Xuan Zi had given the Auspicious Beast, then turned to the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff sitting obediently beside it.

"Scarlet King, tell me what the little one did while it was away."

With Di Tian demanding an answer, the Scarlet King dared not disobey. He hurriedly recounted everything that had happened over the past few days.

"What?! The Auspicious Beast exchanged gifts with a human?! And made a private promise to have him visit next time?!" Di Tian thundered. "Scarlet King, how were you looking after the Auspicious Beast?! How did you let it come into contact with a human?!"

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"Di Tian, don't take it out on Uncle Scarlet King. I insisted on doing it." The Auspicious Beast stepped in front of the Scarlet King and gave Di Tian an ingratiating look. "We even brought you a present. For the present's sake, could you stop being angry?"