The seemingly unremarkable old man was anything but ordinary. He had merely concealed his aura, making himself look like an ordinary elderly man.
This was Shrek Academy's strongest expert, the Sea God Pavilion Master, and one of the three Limit Douluos-the Dragon God Douluo, Mu En.
Dragon God... heh.
Gu Yunxiao chuckled inwardly, swept past the old man, and entered Room 108.
Only after Gu Yunxiao disappeared did Mu En open his eyes from his reclining wicker chair. A trace of surprise surfaced in his cloudy eyes.
"Interesting. I actually couldn't see through him."
Mu En murmured to himself.
In his perception, an extremely powerful, mysterious force concealed Gu Yunxiao. His spiritual power had been utterly ineffective.
This was the first time he had encountered such a situation.
"I'm getting old, getting old..."
Mu En shook his head with a smile, then closed his eyes again and leisurely rocked his wicker chair in the sunlight, looking perfectly content.
Yet this pose did not last long before his eyes snapped open again. Their cloudiness receded, and a cold glint flashed through them.
"Two experts are secretly guarding him, too. They actually dared to release their auras deliberately. Are they warning me not to probe that child without permission?"
Mu En frowned slightly, his gaze sharpening.
The two secretly protecting Gu Yunxiao were powerful, at the level of Super Douluos.
But what truly made Mu En wary was that, despite being a Limit Douluo, he had failed to detect them immediately.
Only when they deliberately revealed a sliver of their auras did he notice them.
Clearly, they had done so on purpose.
If those two had remained hidden, no one in all of Shrek Academy would have detected them.
Moreover, they surely knew his identity and strength, yet still dared to release their auras as a warning. Clearly, they were not afraid.
The force behind Gu Yunxiao... also had a Limit Douluo!
In a mere instant, Mu En deduced that Gu Yunxiao had an extraordinary background.
"They're only Super Douluos, yet they can evade a Limit Douluo's perception. Do they possess special martial souls? Or high-grade soul tools?"
Mu En instinctively considered those two possibilities.
Little did he know that Bi Ji and Zi JI represented a third possibility: they carried means left behind by a deity.
"That old bastard actually dares to call himself the Dragon God Douluo. I really want to wipe him out right now."
High in the sky, Zi JI watched Mu En below, her gaze gradually turning icy. The longer she looked, the more displeased she became, and the more she wanted to kill him.
"Zi JI, our duty is to protect the young master's safety and attend to him personally. We must not meddle in anything else without permission."
"Unless the young master orders it, we cannot interfere with his training."
"Besides, the means our lord left us can only be used when we face a life-or-death crisis."
Like Zi JI, Bi Ji also wanted to seize this opportunity to eliminate Mu En.
However, without Gu Yunxiao's orders, they could not act on their own.
"Mm, I know."
Zi JI nodded and smiled coldly. "We warned Mu En just now. He should restrain himself and stop probing the young master without permission."
They indeed could not defeat a Limit Douluo.
However, the means their lord had left behind were enough to easily annihilate a healthy Limit Douluo.
An old man like Mu En, whose life flickered like a candle in the wind, would undoubtedly die.
Bi Ji cast a brief glance down and said calmly, "Mu En is shrewd. He must have guessed that the young master has an extraordinary background, with a Limit Douluo backing him."
"As Shrek Academy stands now, it cannot afford to make an enemy of a Limit Douluo."
"He'll restrain himself."
To uphold an academy that had firmly held the title of the continent's best for years, Mu En possessed not only exceptional strength, but considerable intelligence as well.
Mu En understood what he should and should not do.
"Mm."
Zi JI nodded and stopped paying attention to Mu En. Instead, she focused on Gu Yunxiao in the dormitory, a faint smile rising at the corners of her lips.
Beside her, Bi Ji watched this with a helpless expression.
As she looked at Gu Yunxiao in the dormitory, she could not help smiling a little herself, her eyes brimming with tenderness.
Under the two women's watchful gazes, Gu Yunxiao had already finished tidying his room.
"This dorm is seriously shabby. It doesn't even have a private bathroom."
Gu Yunxiao surveyed the room and shook his head.
Still, it did not really matter.
First, he had lived in the Star Dou Great Forest for decades, mostly using the sky as his blanket, the ground as his mat, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion as his pillow.
Second, this situation would not last long. Within a month, Shrek's higher-ups would make their move.
Finally, he could stay at a hotel outside.
"Ultimate Ice and three ten thousand year soul rings should be enough to make those people convene a Sea God Pavilion Meeting."
"When that happens, it'll be time for this lion to open his jaws wide-oh, no, for this little kitten to yawn."
Gu Yunxiao's lips curled into a mischievous smile.
Once his status as Shrek's "crown prince" was secure, he would take an extended leave and head to the Heaven Dou Empire to claim the two treasure sites.
That was his plan for what came next.
Knock, knock, knock-
Just then, a series of knocks sounded, accompanied by a clear voice. "Gu Yunxiao."
"Coming."
Gu Yunxiao went to the entrance and opened the door. Xiao Xiao stood before him.
"Barging into the boys' dormitory? Aren't you afraid of danger?" Gu Yunxiao teased.
"Not at all."
"You're not afraid, but now I'm worried I might be in danger."
"Pfft~"
Xiao Xiao burst out laughing. As though a wonderful idea had struck her, her eyes darted around, flashing with mischief. "That's right, you're in grave danger. I'm going to visit you in the dead of night."
"What a coincidence. I was planning to visit your room, too."
Gu Yunxiao grinned wickedly. "Especially when you're asleep. I'm planning to stand beside you and..."
"Huh?"
Xiao Xiao's little face flushed bright red, her expression bashful.
Was this something she was allowed to hear?
"Tell you to get up and go back to sleep," Gu Yunxiao continued.
"Get up and go... go back to sleep?" Xiao Xiao's mouth twitched. She immediately puffed out her cheeks and glared angrily at Gu Yunxiao.
She had already braced herself, and that was all Gu Yunxiao had to say?
Honestly, she had thought Gu Yunxiao was planning something improper in the middle of the night.
"Xiao Xiao, your mind went somewhere dirty." Gu Yunxiao chuckled, then asked meaningfully, "Could you be a dirty-minded girl?"
"You!"
Xiao Xiao was both angry and embarrassed.
"Hahaha, I'll stop teasing you." Gu Yunxiao laughed and walked ahead, then looked back to add, "Hurry up. I want five meat dishes."
"Gu Yunxiao, are you a pig? How can you eat so much!"
"What, feeling sorry for your little wallet?"
"Not at all! Eat me out of house and home if you can. Then I'll stick to you."
Xiao Xiao smiled and followed behind Gu Yunxiao.
The two left the dormitory building, chatting and laughing. Watching them from the entrance, Mu En smiled faintly and sighed. "It's wonderful to be young."
Gu Yunxiao and Xiao Xiao headed to the academy cafeteria. As for the lack of seats, since taking food away was not forbidden, it posed no obstacle whatsoever.
Neither of them was particularly rule-abiding. After collecting their meals, they dashed off and ate while chatting beneath the shade of the academy's trees.
A gentle breeze blew, and the branches and leaves swayed with a soft rustling.
Beneath a large tree, a boy and a girl ate on a bench. The boy leaned back casually, while the girl was bashful one moment and indignant the next.
The sight surprised quite a few students.
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