First Nutritionist Lu Xiaoxiao

Sea God Pavilion.

The Golden Log Cabin stood in the very heart of Shrek Academy. Su Wen leaned by the window, taking in the fresh air and the superb view that made all the surrounding peaks seem small.

As for where he would live...

Yan Shaozhe and Xian Liner had argued themselves hoarse at the Sea God Pavilion meeting. After all, wherever Su Wen stayed, that side of the academy would have the advantage in getting close to him, wouldn't it? It would be easier to build goodwill too.

In the end, Mu En had simply waved his hand and settled it. Stop arguing. He would live in Sea God Pavilion.

The current headquarters of Sea God Pavilion was none other than the Golden Ancient Tree itself, carved and shaped by generations of Sea God Pavilion Elders. It was inside the tree, and even the wooden tables and windows here were all made from the Golden Ancient Tree.

Aside from a few Elders, very few others were qualified to live here.

The climate was pleasant, and the atmosphere was quiet.

It was simply the perfect choice.

Su Wen looked at Hurricane, who was gazing at him eagerly from the side, and gave a slight nod. "Fine, go play outside. But only on the island, and remember not to run too far..."

"Roar~!!"

Hurricane thumped his chest, his face full of excitement.

Su Wen opened Hurricane's panel, rubbed his chin, and fell into thought. His base stats had reached 0.41, clearly as a result of Su Wen's own Soul Power increasing.

This meant that he and Hurricane, and most likely all the pets he bound in the future, would "share" cultivation to a large extent. It was just that when they were first bound, if a Soul Beast's level and cultivation were much higher than his, it would instead be scaled down to match his level.

Also, according to his speculation, Hurricane's "wind" attribute would most likely improve along with the next stage of evolution. If it could reach Ultimate Wind, then he would truly make a killing...

After all, an Ultimate Attribute provided an enormous boost to the nature of a Martial Soul.

Ling Luochen only had an ordinary Ice Element, yet she was already a genius of the Inner Courtyard. But if the word "Ultimate" were added in front of it, her strength would absolutely double! Her importance in the Inner Courtyard would approach Zhang Lexuan's!

Ma Xiaotao had the Evil Fire Phoenix, a top-tier Martial Soul on the continent, and it was also Ultimate Fire. But this extreme power was not something ordinary people could suppress, which was why even this once-in-a-century genius of the Inner Courtyard needed to "vent her fire" every so often, and often even risked losing control. Only after paying all sorts of prices did she barely possess this power. (Mu En's original words)

That showed just how rare Ultimate Attributes were.

But if all ten of his pets evolved into Ultimate Attributes...

He could not imagine how astonishing that sight would be.

That was getting a little far afield. Su Wen smacked his lips. He was still quite looking forward to seeing what Hurricane's final form would be like.

It should be pretty cool.

He sat cross-legged on the bed and began cultivating.

Perhaps because of the Golden Tree, his cultivation speed here was at least 1.2 times faster than in the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest. The Spiritual Energy in the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest was already extremely abundant, yet it still could not compare to the Golden Tree. That showed how powerful this ancient tree was...

The Spirit Pill condensed inside his body was only the size of a thumb, but at the core of Su Wen's abdomen, it was like a second heart, continuously supplying Soul Power throughout his body.

By evening, the setting sun was gradually sinking.

Su Wen exhaled a deep breath of turbid air and opened his eyes.

He nodded with a face full of delight. "Not bad. If this continues, breaking through to level fifteen will only take two months."

Strength. In the end, it was still all about strength...

Su Wen stretched lazily and called out to Hurricane.

One person and one baboon ran off to the Inner Courtyard's exclusive dining hall.

There was no dining hall on Sea God Island, nor any bridge or path leading to the academy, but there were small boats by the shore that led to the Inner Courtyard. Su Wen leaped onto a boat, confirmed the direction, then picked up an oar and rowed toward the Inner Courtyard.

The Inner Courtyard dining hall was not very large. Because of missions to eliminate Evil Spirit Masters and because a batch of students graduated and left every year, the Inner Courtyard rarely had more than fifty people at any given time. If something went wrong with this mission, at least one-fifth of the Inner Courtyard's total number would die, making the nature of the incident extremely vile.

"Whose child is this?"

Through the serving window, Lu Xiaoxiao almost failed to spot this little shorty. At first, she had thought he was some newly admitted Inner Courtyard Disciple who was just a little short, but on closer inspection, he was clearly a six- or seven-year-old child who had only just awakened his Martial Soul.

Her expression turned a little blank.

Could it be that two Inner Courtyard Disciples had failed to hold back again and ended up having a child?

But that was normal enough. After all, some of the older ones in the Inner Courtyard were already in their thirties. In Douluo, a world where people matured early, that was fairly normal.

"Ahem, um, Auntie, I just joined Shrek Academy," Su Wen said, looking slightly awkward.

Only after arriving at the dining hall did he realize that the Inner Courtyard required a "meal card."

He secretly complained inwardly. If he had known, he would have gone to find Sister Tao first.

Without a guide, this was still pretty uncomfortable.

"You're a student of Shrek?" Lu Xiaoxiao burst out laughing at that and covered her mouth.

"Shrek only starts recruiting at twelve. Little guy, you're probably not even seven yet, are you? Be honest, who are your parents?"

"Huh... Xiao Wen, why are you here?"

Just as Su Wen was feeling a little embarrassed, a familiar voice rang out from behind him.

Zhang Yi looked utterly surprised as he sized Su Wen up. "Ever since we returned to the academy, I wanted to go to Sea God Pavilion to see you, but I was never allowed in. Mu En also said you were recuperating, and everyone was pretty worried about you. But judging by how you look now, you should be fine?"

"That's right, Senior Zhang Yi. My Martial Soul was repaired and didn't shatter. I can count myself lucky," Su Wen said with a slight nod, secretly letting out a breath of relief. A lifesaver.

"Eh, you two know each other?" Lu Xiaoxiao looked blankly at the two of them standing shoulder to shoulder, her expression surprised. Zhang Yi was one of the top geniuses in the academy. He had advanced to Soul Sage at twenty-seven, and his family background was also quite wealthy, making him rather proud within the academy.

No matter what, he really shouldn't have been calling a six-year-old child his brother, right?

"Oh, right, I forgot to introduce him."

Zhang Yi patted his head.

He grinned. "A formal introduction: this junior here is Su Wen. In the Star Dou Great Forest, he held off that Blood-Eroding Demon Tiger for us for a full minute. Without him, the whole team probably would've been wiped out in the Star Dou Great Forest."

"Huh?!!!"

Lu Xiaoxiao's beautiful eyes widened as she looked at Su Wen in astonishment.

The latter scratched his head shyly.

"Slurp~"

Su Wen swallowed the noodles in great mouthfuls, a stack of emptied plates already piled up in front of him.

He had gone hungry for a month without eating. Although the Golden Ancient Tree had sustained the circulation of energy within his body, the feeling of hunger had been utterly real.

Zhang Yi had left early because he had something to do.

Lu Xiaoxiao, a beautiful middle-aged woman of around thirty, wearing a chef's hat and a white apron, sat beside him, her lovely eyes studying him gently.

As Shrek Academy's number one nutritionist.

Naturally, she couldn't possibly be weak either. Her own Soul Power had reached the peak of Soul Douluo, so she could empathize with what Zhang Yi had just described. If she had been made to face the pressure of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast head-on, her face would probably have turned pale and her legs would have trembled.

"Do you want more?"

Lu Xiaoxiao gently cleared away the empty plates and asked softly.

"Burp... I'm full." Su Wen shook his head.