Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Mu En’s long-dormant Dragon Core aura awakens when Gao Ren’s Pure World Overlord’s Leg tries to purify it. The aura fights back, erupting from Mu En as a gigantic, suffering White Dragon.
• Mu En destroys the dragon’s manifestation with a beam of golden light. The Dragon Core’s savage aura is finally purified, and Mu En keeps the Core itself.
• Mu En reveals that the Dragon Core—not Du Bisou’s attack—was what truly ruined his body. Its aura had lain hidden for decades before damaging his spine when he was weakest.
• Though the aura is gone, Mu En’s spine cannot safely be reset: his bones have long since healed incorrectly, and the procedure could kill him. He chooses to remain as he is and continue guarding Shrek.
• Gao Ren offers to seek powerful healing resources for Mu En, including help from an Emerald Swan. Mu En refuses to let him abase himself before Soul Beasts for his sake.
• Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo arrive after the spectacular event. Mu En orders an emergency Sea God Pavilion meeting and tells Gao Ren to attend.

Character developments and interactions

• Mu En is freed from the Dragon Core’s ongoing torment and regains a stronger, more authoritative presence. He accepts that his disability may be permanent, prioritizing his remaining duty to Shrek over personal recovery.
• Gao Ren shows gratitude and loyalty by offering to find a cure, but Mu En firmly protects his dignity and insists that he never sacrifice his self-respect.
• Xuan Zi witnesses the purification and recognizes the Dragon Core. He shares Gao Ren’s hope that Mu En might recover.
• Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo respond with alarm to the citywide display, then obey Mu En’s urgent summons.

Significant themes

• Duty over personal gain: Mu En rejects a potentially life-restoring use of the Dragon Core, intending to preserve it for a younger cultivator.
• Dignity and mutual respect: Mu En refuses to let Gao Ren humble himself before Soul Beasts to heal him.
• Endurance and acceptance: Even after the source of his suffering is removed, Mu En accepts the lasting damage and chooses to keep serving Shrek.
• The cost of power: The Dragon Core’s immense potential comes with a dangerous, persistent aura that nearly destroys its bearer.

Key plot points and events

• Mu En brings Gao Ren to an emergency Sea God Pavilion meeting as an observer, explaining that Shrek needs younger voices.
• Mu En reveals that Gao Ren’s second Soul Skill, Cleansing, removed the Dragon Core’s baleful energy from his body through Gao Ren’s food. The elders are astonished, and they unanimously approve Gao Ren as an observer.
• Mu En announces his retirement as Pavilion Master and appoints Xuan Zi as his successor.
• When asked what he will do first, Xuan Zi turns to Gao Ren for advice. Gao Ren suggests adding public toilets and bathhouses near the dormitories, so students no longer have to share one toilet among hundreds.
• The elders laugh, but Xuan Zi embraces the idea as a practical improvement to student life and makes it his first initiative.
• Meanwhile, in the Star Dou Great Forest, the Auspicious Beast returns with the Scarlet King after an outing. Di Tian learns it exchanged gifts with a human and promised to meet him again, and angrily blames the Scarlet King.
• The Auspicious Beast defends the Scarlet King, admitting the decision was its own, and tries to placate Di Tian with a gift.

Character developments and interactions

• Gao Ren is formally recognized as a promising young voice at Shrek Academy. Though uncomfortable being asked to advise the new Pavilion Master, he offers a grounded suggestion based on students’ daily needs.
• Mu En steps down after a long tenure, showing confidence in both Gao Ren’s abilities and Xuan Zi’s future leadership.
• Xuan Zi takes on the Pavilion Master role and, despite being inexperienced with administration, responds enthusiastically to a concrete chance to help students.
• The Auspicious Beast shows independence and loyalty by taking responsibility for its friendship with a human and shielding the Scarlet King from Di Tian’s anger.
• Di Tian reacts protectively and harshly to the Auspicious Beast’s human contact, while the Scarlet King is left caught between his orders and the Beast’s choices.

Significant themes

• Youth and renewal: Mu En believes Shrek needs younger perspectives, and Gao Ren’s appointment signals a change in how the Academy may be governed.
• Leadership as practical service: Xuan Zi’s first action focuses not on grand strategy but on improving students’ everyday conditions.
• Personal responsibility and loyalty: The Auspicious Beast owns its choices and protects the Scarlet King, even when facing Di Tian’s displeasure.
• Humor and contrast: Gao Ren’s mundane concern about toilets punctures the formality of a major leadership transition, while the Beast’s attempt to calm Di Tian with a present adds levity to the forest scene.

Plot and events

• Di Tian rejects the Auspicious Beast’s gift: Gao Ren’s Overlord Drumsticks, because they are human food obtained at the cost of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast’s life.
• The Auspicious Beast and the Scarlet King begin eating the drumsticks in front of him. The enticing smell gradually undermines Di Tian’s resistance, though he insists he would never touch human food.
• Unable to stand watching them, Di Tian claims the drumsticks as his gift and takes both the pile and the Auspicious Beast’s Storage Soul Tool.
• The Auspicious Beast warns him that an Overlord’s Belly-Filling Leg will make him feel full for ten days. Di Tian scoffs, transforms into his enormous dragon form, and swallows one—only to discover that he really is full.
• Di Tian then asks about the Pure World Overlord’s Leg, which can cleanse negative conditions. He denies having a reason to ask, but the mention of the Evil Emperor’s Light of Time brings his anger back.

Character developments and interactions

• Di Tian moves from disdainful refusal to possessive curiosity and reluctant participation. His confidence in his own size and power is punctured when a drumstick’s effect works on him. His question about cleansing hints that he may still be concerned about a lingering injury.
• The Auspicious Beast tries to cheer Di Tian up with the gift, then turns his refusal into an opportunity to eat more. It knows the drumsticks’ effects and warns him, but he ignores the advice.
• The Scarlet King shamelessly enjoys the food and rejects Di Tian’s appeal to dignity, arguing that being one of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts means he can enjoy such delicacies.
• Their teasing, arguments, and shared appetite turn Di Tian’s solemn rejection into a comic reversal.

Significant themes

• Pride versus temptation: Di Tian’s declarations of disgust collapse under the drumsticks’ aroma and effects.
• Power has unexpected limits: Even a colossal, ancient dragon is affected by a humble Soul Grandmaster’s skill.
• Food and companionship: The drumsticks bring the characters together, though the gift’s origin initially makes it morally unwelcome to Di Tian.
• Unresolved conflict: Di Tian’s anger toward the Evil Emperor suggests that past harm and rivalry remain active concerns.

Key plot points

• The Auspicious Beast urges Di Tian to look after himself and tell Bi Ji if anything is wrong. He reassures her, then goes to the Lake of Life to report a discovery to the Silver Dragon King.
• Di Tian presents a Pure World Overlord’s Leg, a food-type Soul Skill created by Gao Ren. After initially mistaking it for an ordinary chicken leg—and fearing Di Tian has allied with a human—the Silver Dragon King learns it can affect powerful beings and may cleanse harmful conditions.
• She tastes it and recognizes a flavor reminiscent of the Phoenix God, whose battle once gravely wounded the Dragon God. The treat appears to help her lingering injury, though its effect is slight at first.
• Di Tian produces more than a hundred legs. The Silver Dragon King devours them and orders him to bring Gao Ren to her, hoping to secure a long-term supply.
• Gao Ren is connected to Shrek Academy and one of its Sea God Pavilion deputy masters, making force impractical. The Silver Dragon King instead proposes offering Shrek Academy a price for a steady supply.
• Di Tian assigns Scarlet King to negotiate with Shrek Academy because he knows the Auspicious Beast’s human friend. Scarlet King is bewildered that negotiations—not guarding the Auspicious Beast—are now his responsibility.

Character developments and interactions

• Di Tian acts out of loyalty to the Silver Dragon King, bringing her the food and urgently providing more when it shows promise. He also reassures the Auspicious Beast, showing his concern for her.
• The Silver Dragon King shifts from skepticism and suspicion to hope once she experiences the food’s effects. Her desire to recover and restore the dragon race drives her pursuit of Gao Ren’s skill.
• The Auspicious Beast remains close to Di Tian and has formed a potentially consequential friendship with a human.
• Scarlet King is startled by his unexpected diplomatic assignment, providing a comic contrast to the seriousness of the Silver Dragon King’s plans.

Significant themes

• Unexpected power in ordinary forms: A seemingly simple food can affect even an ancient, wounded dragon ruler.
• Trust and human–beast relations: The Auspicious Beast’s friendship with Gao Ren opens a path between the beasts and Shrek Academy, but also raises concerns.
• Pragmatism over force: Because Gao Ren is tied to Shrek Academy, the Silver Dragon King chooses negotiation and exchange over abduction.
• Recovery and obligation: Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King’s actions are shaped by the long-term goal of healing her and reviving the dragon race.

The Scarlet King traveled to Shrek City under the pretense of fetching Overlord Drumsticks for the Auspicious Beast, while secretly pursuing Di Tian’s plan to restore their lord. At the Sea God Pavilion, Gao Ren realized the visit was really about negotiations and agreed to leave any gift until he next visited the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Di Tian sent the Scarlet King to Shrek City to negotiate for Overlord Drumsticks, claiming the Auspicious Beast had requested them.
• Mu En intercepted the Scarlet King outside Shrek City, questioned him, and invited him to the Sea God Pavilion.
• Xuan Zi brought Gao Ren to meet the Scarlet King, where several elders gathered to pressure their visitor.
• Xuan Zi asked what gift the Auspicious Beast had sent Gao Ren, leaving the Scarlet King scrambling to answer.
• Gao Ren proposed that the Auspicious Beast give him any gift in person during his next visit, relieving the Scarlet King and disappointing the elders.

Gao Ren helped the Scarlet King secure a long-term supply of Overlord Drumsticks, hoping to preserve goodwill between Shrek Academy and the Star Dou Great Forest. When the Scarlet King returned, the Auspicious Beast caught him sneaking back from Shrek and demanded to join his next trip to Shrek Academy.

• Gao Ren told Mu En that helping the Scarlet King could discourage the Star Dou Great Forest from launching a beast tide, and Mu En praised his foresight.
• The Scarlet King negotiated a daily supply of 2,500 Overlord Drumsticks and 2,500 Pure World Overlord's Legs, after Shrek Academy's needs were met.
• The Scarlet King returned to the Star Dou Great Forest pleased with his deal and eager to report to his sovereign.
• The Auspicious Beast confronted the Scarlet King for disappearing and smelled Overlord Drumsticks on him.
• The Scarlet King offered the Auspicious Beast his drumsticks, and it agreed to forgive him if he took it along on his next trip to Shrek Academy.

The Auspicious Beast demanded that the Scarlet King take it to Shrek Academy, but he caught it and brought it to Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King instead. After the Silver Dragon King granted it a reprieve, the Scarlet King reported that Shrek Academy had agreed to supply drumsticks regularly and explained that Gao Ren had helped him negotiate.

• The Auspicious Beast threatened a hunger strike to make the Scarlet King take it to see Gao Ren, but gave up and ate when he teased it with Overlord Drumsticks.
• The Scarlet King explained that his trip to Shrek Academy had been ordered by the Silver Dragon King to obtain food that could help her recover, then caught the Auspicious Beast when it tried to flee.
• The Scarlet King brought the Auspicious Beast to Di Tian, who proposed breaking its legs as punishment, but the Silver Dragon King let it off with a warning.
• The Scarlet King told the Silver Dragon King that Shrek Academy had agreed to provide 2,500 Overlord Drumsticks and 2,500 Pure World Overlord's Legs each day.
• The Scarlet King said Gao Ren had helped him during negotiations, and the Silver Dragon King concluded that he wanted to be friends with the Auspicious Beast.

The Auspicious Beast persuaded the Silver Dragon King to let it visit Shrek Academy with the Scarlet King to secure more Pure World Overlord's Legs. The next day, it arrived in human form and met Gao Ren, who suspected the Silver Dragon King had sent it because she needed his drumsticks to heal.

• The Auspicious Beast proposed telling Shrek Academy that Di Tian wanted drumsticks too, and argued that it needed to go along because Gao Ren might otherwise refuse to increase the order.
• The Scarlet King warned that the Auspicious Beast's presence among humans could endanger the Star Dou Great Forest, but the Silver Dragon King permitted the trip and threatened retaliation if humans harmed it.
• The Scarlet King brought the Auspicious Beast to Shrek Academy's cafeteria, where Gao Ren recognized it despite its new human appearance.
• The Auspicious Beast proudly showed Gao Ren its appearance, and he guessed that the Silver Dragon King had sent it to obtain drumsticks for healing.

The Auspicious Beast visited Gao Ren with the Scarlet King, traded Ten Thousand Year light-attribute Soul Bones for a larger daily supply of his Overlord Drumsticks, and explored Shrek City. Six months later, Gao Ren was preparing to visit the Star Dou Great Forest as an invited guest, while Ma Xiaotao remained secluded after quarrelling with the Auspicious Beast over him.

• The Auspicious Beast explained Zi JI and the other female ferocious beasts to Gao Ren, then told him that Di Tian liked his Overlord Drumsticks.
• The Auspicious Beast gave Gao Ren a set of six Ten Thousand Year light-attribute Soul Bones and asked him to supply more drumsticks.
• Gao Ren agreed to double his daily supply, and he and Xuan Zi showed the Auspicious Beast and the Scarlet King around Shrek City.
• After six months, Gao Ren reached soul power level thirty and prepared to visit the Star Dou Great Forest at the invitation of the Auspicious Beast and Di Tian.
• Ma Xiaotao stayed in her room cultivating after she and the Auspicious Beast had argued over Gao Ren.

Xuan Zi took Gao Ren into the Star Dou Great Forest, where Xiong Jun mistook them for enemies and attacked. Xuan Zi protected Gao Ren from the Sky-Rending Claw, and Gao Ren eyed Xiong Jun as a possible source of bear paws.

• Ma Xiaotao challenged the Auspicious Beast after learning who she was, but the Auspicious Beast easily defeated her.
• Xuan Zi flew with Gao Ren to the Star Dou Great Forest, where the Scarlet King guided them through the forest.
• Xiong Jun sensed Xuan Zi and Gao Ren behind the Scarlet King and assumed they were hunting him.
• Xiong Jun attacked with his Sky-Rending Claw, and Xuan Zi transformed into his Godly Taotie Bull avatar to shield Gao Ren.
• The Scarlet King argued with Xiong Jun after explaining that Gao Ren and Xuan Zi were invited guests, while Gao Ren confirmed he was unharmed and looked at Xiong Jun's paws.

Xiong Jun attacked Xuan Zi and Gao Ren, prompting Di Tian to apologize and punish him for assaulting his guests. After Gao Ren accepted Di Tian’s handling of the incident, Di Tian sent Xiong Jun to the Lake of Life and ordered the Scarlet King to summon Bi Ji.

• The Scarlet King apologized to Xuan Zi and Gao Ren, and Xuan Zi criticized the Star Dou Great Forest for failing to protect its guests.
• Di Tian arrived, heard the Scarlet King recount how Xiong Jun had attacked the visitors, and condemned Xiong Jun for assaulting his invited guests.
• Di Tian used his authority to pin Xiong Jun beneath his pressure and threatened to serve his paws to Xuan Zi and Gao Ren.
• Xiong Jun begged Di Tian for mercy, and Di Tian asked Xuan Zi and Gao Ren whether they were satisfied with his response.
• Gao Ren accepted the proposed punishment, so Di Tian released Xiong Jun, kicked him toward the Lake of Life, and told the Scarlet King to summon Bi Ji.

Di Tian brought Gao Ren and Xuan Zi to the Lake of Life, where the soul beasts prepared food for their guests. Xiong Jun sacrificed one of his paws to spare his offspring, but Gao Ren’s drumstick smelled even better than the honey-roasted bear paw, leaving Xiong Jun stunned.

• Di Tian guided Gao Ren and Xuan Zi through the Star Dou Great Forest to the Lake of Life, where the Auspicious Beast and Xiong Jun waited.
• The Scarlet King arrived with Bi Ji, and Di Tian sent him to retrieve food for the guests.
• Xiong Jun pleaded with Di Tian to spare his bear offspring and offered one of his own paws instead.
• Di Tian severed Xiong Jun’s paw, Bi Ji healed him, and the Scarlet King roasted the paw with honey.
• Xiong Jun smelled Gao Ren’s drumstick and exclaimed in disbelief that it smelled better than a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s paw.

Gao Ren fed Xiong Jun and the other guests Overlord Drumsticks, while the Silver Dragon King secretly stole food and hypnotized everyone to hide it. After the feast, Di Tian brought up the real reason Gao Ren had come to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• The Auspicious Beast explained that Gao Ren’s arrival meant delicious food, and Gao Ren offered Xiong Jun an Overlord Drumstick.
• Xiong Jun devoured the drumstick and demanded more, then cut off his own paw to trade it for additional food; Bi Ji healed him afterward.
• Gao Ren conjured piles of Overlord Drumsticks, and everyone gathered beside the Lake of Life to eat.
• The Silver Dragon King secretly stole drumsticks through a spatial rift, then hypnotized the group after Xuan Zi noticed the food disappearing.
• After everyone had eaten, Di Tian raised the real reason Gao Ren had come to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Gao Ren obtained a ten-thousand-year Emerald Swan as his third Soul Ring after Bi Ji and the other Soul Beasts arranged for one to volunteer, raising his soul power to level thirty-five. As he prepared to test his new Soul Skill, the Auspicious Beast eagerly anticipated tasting an Emerald Swan drumstick.

• Gao Ren asked Bi Ji for an Emerald Swan, but when she pretended that her clan was too rare, he offered to settle for his second choice, surprising her, Di Tian, and the Silver Dragon King.
• Xiong Jun and Di Tian persuaded Bi Ji to let one of her kin make a sacrifice, and Gao Ren promised to repay her with more Overlord Drumsticks.
• Bi Ji brought a docile ten-thousand-year Emerald Swan to Gao Ren, who absorbed her as his third Soul Ring and broke through to level thirty-five.
• Xuan Zi praised Gao Ren's Soul Ring configuration and noted that he would enroll at Shrek Academy next year, the same year Huo Yuhao was due to enroll.
• The Auspicious Beast urged Gao Ren to try his third Soul Skill because she was curious about Emerald Swan flavor, and he promised to prepare a new drumstick flavor.

Gao Ren used his Healing Overlord Leg Soul Skill, which filled everyone who ate it with life force and granted a powerful temporary recovery effect. Di Tian abandoned his plan to test Bi Ji’s improved healing by making Xiong Jun lose another paw, and said they would test her abilities after Gao Ren and Xuan Zi returned to Shrek Academy.

• Gao Ren summoned seven Healing Overlord Legs, and Xuan Zi, Di Tian, Bi Ji, Xiong Jun, the Scarlet King, and the Auspicious Beast quickly took them.
• The Silver Dragon King watched from her small plane and envied everyone who could immediately taste the new flavor.
• After eating the legs, Xiong Jun found his regenerated paw had recovered its full ease of movement, while Bi Ji sensed that her healing abilities had grown stronger.
• Di Tian proposed using Xiong Jun’s bear paws to test Bi Ji’s improvement and provide gifts for Gao Ren and Xuan Zi to take to Shrek Academy.
• Gao Ren explained that the Healing Overlord Leg gave its eater a temporary second health bar and rapid regeneration, so Di Tian decided to test Bi Ji’s healing after they returned.

Nearly a year after visiting the Lake of Life, Gao Ren returned to Sea God Pavilion to tell Xuan Zi and Mu En that his two Martial Souls were moving toward each other on their own. With their encouragement, he let them merge, producing a wine vat full of Overlord Drumsticks.

• Gao Ren and Xuan Zi asked Di Tian for life water before returning to Shrek Academy, hoping it could help extend Mu En's lifespan.
• Nearly a year later, Gao Ren had reached level thirty-nine and swam across Sea God Lake to seek out Xuan Zi and Mu En after noticing a strange change in his Martial Souls.
• Gao Ren told Xuan Zi and Mu En that his Immortal's Drunk and Overlord Drumstick Martial Souls had appeared together and seemed to be drawing toward each other.
• Xuan Zi and Mu En suggested Gao Ren let the Martial Souls touch, and he allowed them to merge into one.
• Gao Ren's merged Martial Souls formed an enormous wine vat filled with Overlord Drumsticks.

Gao Ren tested the Overlord Drumsticks created by his Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Xuan Zi and Mu En, but they found no special effect beyond modest boosts to vitality and Spiritual Power. The Auspicious Beast and Scarlet King also tasted them without noticing anything unusual, leaving Gao Ren puzzled when an enormous bovine bellow suddenly sounded beside him.

• Gao Ren used Xuan Zi's Soul Power to recover after creating the wine vat, and said he would need to become a Soul Ancestor to fully control his Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xuan Zi, Mu En, and Gao Ren ate the Overlord Drumsticks and found only limited increases to vitality and Spiritual Power; Xuan Zi ate most of them while testing for further effects.
• Gao Ren used Pure World Overlord's Legs to clear the effects of Immortal's Drunk from Xuan Zi, who explained that drinking a whole vat would still put someone to sleep.
• The Auspicious Beast and Scarlet King arrived at the Sea God Pavilion, learned the drumsticks came from Gao Ren's Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and tasted them.
• The Auspicious Beast and Scarlet King reported no unusual effects, and an enormous bovine bellow suddenly sounded beside Gao Ren.

Gao Ren’s chicken drumsticks turned Xuan Zi’s eighth Soul Ring into a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and increased the Scarlet King’s cultivation. The Auspicious Beast then vanished inside a giant golden cocoon, leaving Gao Ren and the others worried about what was happening to her.

• Xuan Zi’s Soul Ring transformed into a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring after he ate Gao Ren’s chicken drumsticks.
• Xuan Zi celebrated his newfound strength, while Mu En considered how Gao Ren’s ability could benefit Shrek Academy.
• The Scarlet King discovered that two drumsticks had added two years to his cultivation and suggested Gao Ren produce them in large quantities.
• Gao Ren explained that he could use his Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill only about once a week, and the Scarlet King joked that beast tides could attack other places instead.
• The Auspicious Beast suddenly showed pain and disappeared inside a giant golden cocoon whose aura suppressed Mu En and Xuan Zi’s martial souls.
• Xuan Zi slapped the panicked Scarlet King back to his senses, and Gao Ren asked Mu En what was happening to the Auspicious Beast.

Mu En identified the Auspicious Beast’s transformation into a golden cocoon as a bloodline evolution, and Di Tian arrived at Shrek to take her back. Gao Ren explained that she had eaten a chicken drumstick created by his Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving Di Tian to suspect her power of destiny had caused the evolution.

• Mu En said the golden cocoon was suppressing him and that the Auspicious Beast’s bloodline might now rival Di Tian’s.
• Gao Ren and the Scarlet King discussed how to care for the cocoon, and the Scarlet King decided Di Tian should take the Auspicious Beast back to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Di Tian opened a spatial fissure into the Sea God Pavilion and explained that the Auspicious Beast’s Reverse Scale had helped him bypass the Golden Tree’s spatial interference.
• Gao Ren told Di Tian that the Auspicious Beast had eaten a chicken drumstick produced by his Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill and revealed that the wine vat was his second martial soul.
• Di Tian considered the drumstick’s possible benefits, then concluded that the Auspicious Beast’s power of destiny likely caused her bloodline evolution.

Di Tian brought the cocooned Auspicious Beast back to the Lake of Life, where the Silver Dragon King learned that her bond with Gao Ren was helping her recover and decided to watch over the Beast. As Shrek Academy’s new term approached, Gao Ren struggled to manage his expanding food business and posted a notice seeking two kitchen assistants, which caught the attention of an upper-year student.

• Di Tian returned to the Lake of Life with the cocooned Auspicious Beast, and the Silver Dragon King briefly mistook her for the Golden Dragon King.
• After hearing Di Tian’s account of what happened at Shrek Academy, the Silver Dragon King realized Gao Ren’s bond with the Auspicious Beast was accelerating her recovery and vowed to watch over the Beast.
• As students returned to Shrek Academy, Gao Ren realized his growing menu and orders would be difficult to manage alongside his classes.
• Gao Ren asked Gao Wei to lend him two cafeteria workers, but Gao Wei refused.
• Gao Ren posted a notice seeking one first-year and one upper-year kitchen assistant, and a fourth- or fifth-year female student stopped to read it.