When Lu Yi had met Nana before, he had changed only his appearance. His voice had still been his own; he had made no effort to disguise it.
So Nana had not recognized Lu Yi when she saw him, but the moment he spoke, that familiar voice told her he was her benefactor.
Lu Yi smiled knowingly at Nana's complete change of attitude.
"Mm. Once things were settled, I came straight back. Have you all been settling in here?"
"We have! Of course we have!"
As Nana looked at Lu Yi's face, she could no longer keep the smile off her lips.
"The food here is so much better than it was at the Royal Soul Engineer Academy. I never imagined a cafeteria could serve something as extravagant as Soul Beast meat!"
The others nodded in agreement.
If an organization based at Shrek Academy could afford such luxury, what must things be like inside the Academy itself?
But they were destined for disappointment!
In Lu Yi's view, Shrek Outer Court's non-Core Disciples were actually treated worse than the Soul Beasts in the Beast Pen.
Even Hundred-Year Soul Beasts had rooms of their own. They had more space, and someone cleaned their quarters every day. They did not have to share one toilet with four hundred other Soul Beasts.
Fish and meat were brought right to them at every meal, free of charge.
As for getting beaten up every so often, did Outer Court students get beaten up any less?
Granted, Shrek did not make much money from its students. Outer Court tuition was only ten Gold Soul Coins a year, though the Academy could recover some of its costs through midrange and high-end meals.
For students who lacked top-tier talent—those unlikely to reach Soul King before twenty or qualify for