An enormous convoy traveled along the road.
At the center of the convoy were two exceptionally luxurious carriages.
Riding in those two carriages were some of the most distinguished people in the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect today.
Inside one sat Li Bai, known as the Green Lotus Sword Immortal. At twelve years old, his soul power had already reached rank thirty-five.
His Green Lotus Sword Technique left even the sect's Titled Douluos clicking their tongues in amazement.
He was a genuine genius, and someone the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect devoted particular attention to nurturing.
Li Bai, who was taking small sips of wine, seemed to sense something and smiled.
He raised his wine gourd in a toast toward an empty spot in the air.
"How much longer until you reach Shrek?"
Yang Lin's voice echoed in Li Bai's mind.
"Ah! Probably... uh, I kind of forgot. Hahaha, I just woke up."
Li Bai scratched his head awkwardly. Back at the sect, his drinking had always been strictly controlled.
Now that he had finally left, he naturally intended to make up for all the wine he had missed.
As a result, he had spent practically the entire journey drifting through a drunken dream.
He had long since lost track of day and night, let alone how far they still had to travel to reach Shrek.
"All right, let me know when you arrive. Oh, and hurry up and earn me some Emotional Value. Keep this up, and I might leave you out the next time I swap equipment!"
After issuing that threat, Yang Lin withdrew his consciousness from his Li Bai avatar.
"Ugh, what a pain. I barely get any Emotional Value when I'm not near the Protagonist Group to begin with."
Li Bai muttered to himself.
Fortunately, there were two people here who could earn him quite a bit of Emotional Value.
"Oh, here she comes."
Li Bai smiled faintly and shifted into a comfortable, boneless slouch.
"Hey! You stinking drunk, what are you muttering about?"
Wu Feng pushed open the carriage door and swept inside like a whirlwind.
"You're drinking again! The sect master told you to keep your drinking under control!"
The moment Wu Feng entered, she caught the strong scent of wine and knew Li Bai had been drinking again.
Fortunately, the wine Li Bai drank was his own Peach Blossom Brew, which smelled quite fragrant.
"Want some?"
Li Bai tossed Wu Feng a wine flask.
"Who would want..."
Wu Feng had intended to refuse, but the fragrance from the flask stirred the greedy little worm in her belly.
"Then just a little sip..."
And so the two began drinking, one sip after another.
In the end, Ning Tian twisted an ear of each with both hands and taught them a painful lesson.
"Wow, Bei Bei, you really look a lot more handsome after your haircut!"
Tang Ya kept circling Bei Bei, admiring his freshly cut hair.
Bei Bei had already been exceptionally handsome. After Wu Liuqi's meticulous styling, his looks had gained another five points.
Though he still fell short of Yang Lin's perfect hundred.
"Teacher Xiao Ya, yours looks great too!"
Bei Bei's eyes remained fixed on Tang Ya, charmed by her lively cuteness.
As the two exchanged gazes so sweet they almost stretched into sticky threads between them, an interruption loomed.
A discordant voice shattered the lovely atmosphere.
"Hey, you two haven't paid yet. Small business here, no credit!"
At some point, Wu Liuqi had squeezed in between them.
He addressed Bei Bei with his enormous nostrils facing him.
Bei Bei jumped at the sudden appearance of those huge nostrils. Once he realized it was Wu Liuqi, dark lines seemed to cover his forehead.
This junior looks pretty clean-cut. Why does he always do such bizarre things?
Rubbing his forehead, Bei Bei said helplessly, "Junior Wu, don't pop up out of nowhere next time. You gave me a fright."
"Exactly, exactly!"
Tang Ya chimed in at just the right moment, then turned toward Yang Lin, who was sitting against a large tree with his head lowered in thought.
Sunlight spilled over him, seeming to gild him with a golden outline. Sitting there, he was a picturesque sight all by himself.
Tang Ya couldn't help staring again. It had nothing to do with whether she liked him; it was simply an instinctive response to seeing an exquisite sight.
"Teacher Xiao Ya! Wipe that drool!"
Bei Bei's voice carried a hint of jealousy.
"Ahem! I'm not drooling!"
Tang Ya gave a dry cough to hide her embarrassment, then called toward Yang Lin:
"Hey, little brother Yang, what are you thinking about so intently?"
Yang Lin stood up. "Nothing much. Just thinking about Shrek's entrance exam!"
In truth, he had just turned the Six Eyes' output up to its maximum!
He was constantly monitoring changes in the surrounding spiritual power.
Yang Lin remembered the original story mentioning that when the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm first appeared, his spiritual power had covered every corner of an area a hundred li in diameter almost instantly.
Every creature within that area would experience a certain degree of mental stagnation.
Of course, that wasn't an issue for Yang Lin. He had the Six Eyes, a "supercomputer" so powerful it practically counted as a cheat, serving as his processor.
An unfocused Spiritual Power attack like this wasn't enough to stall his thoughts.
At most, it would leave him dazed for a fraction of a second.
Once he sensed the spiritual power sweeping over him, he would head straight toward its source.
Then he would give that big, chubby worm a fright. That would definitely earn him plenty of Emotional Value.
"With your strength and Wu Liuqi's, the entrance exam will be as easy as drinking water."
Bei Bei spoke with certainty. If those two monsters couldn't get into Shrek Academy, practically no one was qualified to enter.
"It's here!"
Through Yang Lin's Six Eyes, a layer of pale golden spiritual power enveloped their entire group almost instantaneously.
Just as Bei Bei was about to ask a question, his vision went black, and he gently collapsed.
Tang Ya fell at almost the exact same moment.
"Oh boy, boss, I'm going to take a nap!"
Wu Liuqi didn't have a terrifying "computer" like Yang Lin's. He lasted only a second, quickly finishing that sentence before peacefully falling asleep as well.
Sure enough, just as Yang Lin had expected, he experienced no effect at all-not even a fraction of a second of confusion.
"Whoa, ten kilometers. That kid Huo Yuhao ran this far in such a short time! I'd better hurry."
Looking toward the source of the spiritual power eruption, Yang Lin rolled his neck and vanished from where he stood.
The next instant, he appeared in midair a kilometer away. With almost no pause at all, Yang Lin disappeared again.
Teleportation was still a very simple skill for Yang Lin.
Its principle was to manipulate space using Limitless' forward application, [Blue], while using the Six Eyes' calculations to lock onto distant coordinates.
He then forcibly compressed the space between the two locations to achieve teleportation.
When Yang Lin created his Satoru Gojo avatar, he had given him substantial enhancements. After all, he intended to use this avatar as his main body.
This extremely long-range teleportation was one area he had focused on enhancing. The enhancement itself was simple: reduce the soul power consumption caused by teleportation.
As a result, teleporting ten kilometers consumed only a quarter of his soul power.
It was terrifying indeed.
(Hua Mulan)
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