(Kids, Lao Ye hasn't stopped updating. I've just been a little dead. I got dizzy on the night of the tenth, started running a fever on the eleventh-39 degrees-and spent all of yesterday and the day before in bed. Only today have I finally recovered a little.)
(Posting one chapter first. Three updates today; the other two will come this afternoon.)
Su Yuan sensed the gentle, rich power of light within the wooden token, then glanced at Mu En, who had already lain back down and clearly had no intention of continuing their chat.
"I'll take my leave, then." He smiled, slipped the wooden token into his Soul Tool, and headed into the dormitory.
Simply carrying a wooden token made from the Golden Tree could calm the mind and focus the spirit. It could also gather some of the surrounding Heaven and Earth Essence around its bearer.
In other words, it indirectly accelerated cultivation.
Of course, a Golden Tree token only half the size of his palm probably wouldn't provide much of a boost.
But Su Yuan wasn't interested in the cultivation boost this token offered. He wanted what it represented.
Now that he was at Shrek, Su Yuan's lofty status, comparable to that of the Star Luo Empire's crown prince, naturally wasn't much use anymore. After all, Shrek claimed that even an emperor had to bow when meeting Yan Shaozhe.
What could a measly "crown prince" like him count for?
Even invoking Wang Xian'er's name probably wouldn't do much good here. These Shrek bastards had no shortage of excuses to fob him off with.
Forget anything else. All they needed was, "You've come to Shrek to study, so shouldn't you take your studies seriously? This is how we teach. It's not like we're targeting you."
What could he say to that?
If he really made a scene, wouldn't that just mean he had a terrible temper and couldn't even accept Shrek's "orthodox education"?
Most importantly, Su Yuan knew Wang Xian'er would be willing to tear off all pretense and confront Shrek for his sake. Shrek, however, wouldn't believe she would oppose their ten-thousand-year-old institution over a junior.
It was a matter of perspective.
Mu En certainly wouldn't make things difficult for an old friend's junior, but the same couldn't necessarily be said for Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi.
The King of Hell was easy to deal with; his little devils were the troublesome ones. The main purpose of Mu En's token was to let Su Yuan leap up and slap little devils like Yan Shaozhe in the face if they tried to trip him up or throw a sack over his head.
With Mu En's token in hand, however reckless Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi might be, they would have to think carefully before trying to sabotage Su Yuan.
They might not fear Wang Xian'er, far away in Star Luo City, but if Su Yuan went to complain to Mu En right here at Shrek, he really could put them in their place.
The old geezer basked in the sun beneath the freshmen's dormitory every day. How hard could it be to find him and complain?
That was another reason Su Yuan had a favorable impression of Mu En.
The old geezer was simply far too normal in how he conducted himself, far too fitting for a powerful expert of his age. He was so normal that he barely seemed to belong to Shrek's faction. Even saying Gangzi's blood flowed through his veins felt like an insult to him.
Could Gangzi really have a descendant like this?
Su Yuan racked his brains but couldn't figure it out.
Forget it. Too much trouble to think about.
In short, with this token, most of the trouble that might have befallen Su Yuan had effectively lost any chance of happening.
As for small fry like Zhou Yi, who didn't even qualify as little devils and weren't worthy of Mu En knowing they existed?
Su Yuan thought about it. If he unleashed a full-power Profound Ice Dragon Soars, he would probably have to drop to his knees and beg Zhou Yi not to die.
"Hmph, who dares kill me? Who can kill me!" Su Yuan flashed a crooked grin and pushed open the door to Room 110 with a smack.
Dormitory: Surprise attack!
A great cloud of dust showered all over Su Yuan while he wasn't paying attention.
"Pfft, cough, cough, cough..."
"Fuck!" Su Yuan's face turned green, and he hastily darted several steps away.
Someone had once told him not to casually throw around memes from Legends of the Three Kingdoms and New Three Kingdoms, or misfortune would follow.
Back then, he hadn't cared. Now, all he wanted was to live his life over again and frantically flood Legends of the Three Kingdoms with positive reviews.
Long live Three Kingdoms!
With his mind elsewhere for a moment, Su Yuan had completely forgotten that Shrek's dormitories were practically latrines, and so he had fallen for the same trick as Huo Yuhao.
This stuff wasn't dangerous and couldn't trigger his danger sense, but it was disgusting!
Only after several minutes did the dust-filled dormitory clear up a little. A thin haze still hung in the air, while most of the dust had settled onto the bed boards, wardrobe, and floor.
There was certainly no shortage of cobwebs in any corner, either, some shriveled and some fresh.
The place was a disaster.
"You really outdid yourselves..." Su Yuan silently gave a thumbs-up.
And then?
Then it was time for a thorough cleaning!
Three Soul Rings rose beneath Su Yuan's feet. After Martial Soul Possession, his third Soul Ring lit up, and a translucent ice dragon's head gradually formed before him.
Ice Dragon Annihilation Breath!
Su Yuan gave a quiet shout. The ice dragon's head let out a low draconic rumble, opened its jaws, and exhaled a faint blue-white breath. A closer look revealed a barely perceptible hint of pink-white hidden within it.
Su Yuan's Ice Dragon Annihilation Breath swiftly blanketed Shrek's already small dormitory, and a layer of frost rapidly formed over every surface.
The blue-white represented temperature: the deeper the color, the lower the temperature.
The pink-white represented annihilation power: the deeper the color, the stronger the annihilation power.
Su Yuan used ordinary low temperatures to condense moisture from the air, freezing all the dust within the ice before using a trace of annihilation power to erase it completely.
After his recent training, Su Yuan's control over his Soul Power was already excellent. He could also adjust his Soul Power output while unleashing a Soul Skill.
For instance, the Ice Dragon Annihilation Breath he was using now could annihilate only the dust without damaging the furnishings.
Similarly, Profound Ice Dragon Soars' minimum consumption had dropped from seventy percent of his Soul Power to forty percent, while its maximum output remained his entire reserve.
Without that level of control, Su Yuan really would have had to imitate Lao Huo and fetch water to clean the dormitory himself.
Or wait for his unlucky roommate to arrive, then pressure him with the will of overlord and make him serve as the cleaner.
With Ice Dragon Annihilation Breath, all he needed to do was exhale once like this, knock off the larger chunks of ice, and toss them outside the dormitory.
He didn't even need to worry about overlooked corners, because no dust or garbage could stubbornly survive annihilation power-except wild dog healers.
Garbage feared annihilation power, while annihilation power feared wild dog healers.
While Su Yuan was cleaning, Mu En opened his eyes again downstairs.
"His Martial Soul is strong, and this degree of control over his Soul Power and Soul Skills is quite rare. He's not even twelve, yet his cultivation is already close to Bei Bei's. Truly, every generation brings forth gifted people!" Mu En murmured softly, a trace of melancholy in his eyes.
If Su Yuan had only just entered the Soul Elder rank, he wouldn't have deserved such praise from Mu En.
With Wang Xian'er backing him, becoming a Soul Elder by the time he enrolled could only be called perfectly ordinary.
But if he was rank thirty-six...
Even Bei Bei, who was two or three years older than him, was only rank thirty-seven now!
Geniuses were the one thing this world never lacked.
Unfortunately, even now, Mu En hadn't found a single person who could succeed him and become Shrek's pillar once more!
"Our Shrek... (choking up) what will become of it...?"
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