"You want to choose your own class and dorm room?"
Zhang Lexuan tilted her head. Though she found it a little strange, she still smiled and said:
"Of course. I'll let you choose your own class and dorm room when the time comes."
"Thank you, Senior Lexuan!"
Xue Chen thanked Zhang Lexuan gratefully.
Having come all the way to Shrek Academy, he had to take a good look at Wang Dong'er, this fusion material for Tang Wutong.
How should he put it? Choosing to room with a sweet-smelling, soft daughter of a God King had to beat being randomly assigned to some dorm room he knew nothing about, right?
As for Huo Yuhao?
Heh, without the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, whether he even still counted as a child of destiny was up for debate!
Looking at the innocent smile on Xue Chen's face, Zhang Lexuan's heart trembled slightly, and a faint blush rose to her cheeks.
The maternal radiance she exuded grew stronger still.
Amid this subtle atmosphere, the two soon arrived at the Outer Court's director of studies' office.
"Lexuan?"
Du Weilun looked distinctly surprised at the sight of Zhang Lexuan pushing open the door and entering.
When he saw that Zhang Lexuan was also holding the hand of an exceptionally good-looking child of about ten, his expression grew stranger still.
"What wind blew you all the way here?"
Zhang Lexuan held an extremely high position in the Inner Court and rarely appeared in their Outer Court.
As for coming to see him in person, that had never happened before.
"Director Du."
Zhang Lexuan gestured toward Xue Chen beside her and addressed Du Weilun in a gentle yet polite tone:
"This child is called Xue Chen. Mu En personally asked me to bring him to the Outer Court to complete his enrollment."
"M-Mu En?"
Du Weilun's eyes went wide. He abruptly straightened up, his gaze fixed on Xue Chen.
Even when his great-great-grandson Bei Bei had enrolled, Mu En had never stepped in to arrange anything.
Just who on earth was this child?
"Yes."
Zhang Lexuan nodded, then hesitated before saying:
"This child possesses the legendary Five Elements Qilin Martial Soul, as well as the Ultimate Ice attribute."
"The Five Elements Qilin Martial Soul?"
"The Ultimate Ice attribute?"
Du Weilun shuddered, and even his voice trembled.
He was the Outer Court's director of studies, and his understanding of Martial Souls far surpassed that of ordinary Soul Masters, yet he had never heard of a Five Elements Qilin Martial Soul.
Still, Martial Souls possessing an Ultimate Attribute had appeared only three times in all of Shrek Academy's history.
"Mu En wants us to make an exception for this special case and enroll this child as soon as possible."
After a pause, Zhang Lexuan continued:
"If any trouble you can't resolve arises during his enrollment, Director Du, you can come to me at any time."
Hearing this, Du Weilun shook his head repeatedly, a smile blooming across his face like a chrysanthemum.
"Lexuan, don't worry! It's just some enrollment paperwork. What trouble could there possibly be?"
As he spoke, Du Weilun hurriedly pulled a form from his desk and handed it to Xue Chen with a kindly expression.
"Good child, here's the enrollment form. Please fill it out."
"Thank you, Director Du."
Xue Chen glanced at Du Weilun and thanked him before accepting the form.
Wasn't this exactly why you needed connections to get things done?
Judging by Du Weilun's behavior, Xue Chen suspected that whatever he asked for, the man would agree as long as it wasn't outrageous.
After inwardly sighing over this, Xue Chen finally lowered his gaze to the form in his hands.
The information it requested was simple, nothing more than basic details such as his age, Martial Soul, and Soul Power.
"Twelve years old, with rank twenty Soul Power?"
Looking at Xue Chen's completed form, Du Weilun paused briefly, then sighed with feeling.
"For an Ultimate Martial Soul, that's quite fast if you've had no one teaching you."
Even Wang Dong'er, the daughter of a God King, had only had rank twenty-one Soul Power when she first appeared.
Shaking his head, Du Weilun continued:
"Given your talent, you should be assigned to Class One, led by Teacher Zhou Yi..."
Xue Chen said nothing and merely winked at Zhang Lexuan beside him.
Naturally understanding what Xue Chen meant, Zhang Lexuan gave a dry cough and interrupted Du Weilun's introduction.
"Director Du, let's leave which class Xue Chen joins up to him."
"Yes, yes, of course!"
Hearing this, Du Weilun hurriedly nodded and immediately pulled a file from his drawer.
"Only a teacher you choose yourself can truly be the right teacher for you."
Beaming, Du Weilun pointed to the file in his hands.
"This is the list of homeroom teachers in charge of this year's freshman classes."
"These teachers are all elite educators at our Shrek Academy. Teacher Zhou Yi of Class One, in particular, is renowned as an outstanding teacher in our Outer Court."
"Every class she leads also has the most students advancing to the Inner Court!"
Xue Chen's gaze swept over "Zhou Yi" beside "Freshman Class One" on the first line of the file, and he shook his head almost imperceptibly.
He wasn't itching for a beating, wasn't a glutton for punishment, and certainly wasn't an M like Huo Yuhao who got excited whenever he was abused. Why go looking for trouble?
Zhou Yi's teaching methods completely disregarded her students' physical condition, making them put on iron suits and run around the field until they pissed blood at the drop of a hat. That was just fucking abuse!
Ten fucking thousand years had passed, and the neighboring Sun Moon Empire had already invented humanoid Soul Tools, yet Zhou Yi was still using the teaching methods of Yu Xiaogang, that incestuous humanoid creature from ten thousand years ago.
Not to mention how that old woman threatened to expel students for absolutely no reason every few sentences.
What, people had struggled to get into Shrek Academy just so she could use them to establish her authority?
"I think I'll join Teacher Mu Jin's Class Nine instead."
Ignoring Du Weilun, who was still prattling on about Zhou Yi, Xue Chen pointed to the ninth line of the file.
Du Weilun paused briefly, then spoke, unwilling to give up:
"Teacher Zhou Yi may be strict, but all the students she produces are outstanding."
"Xue Chen, would you like to reconsider?"
Even Zhang Lexuan couldn't help looking at Xue Chen.
Despite being in the Inner Court, she had heard plenty about Zhou Yi's reputation.
Xue Chen shook his head.
"Since this Teacher Zhou Yi is so outstanding, if I join her class and achieve something in the future, people will only think it's thanks to her teaching and overlook my efforts."
"On the contrary, only by joining an ordinary teacher's class can I truly prove my talent and hard work."
Those words instantly left Du Weilun speechless, and even Zhang Lexuan's eyes shone.
Xue Chen's thinking was simple. He had remembered what that humanoid creature Yu Xiaogang had said at the very end.
"I raised a god."
What a coincidence. In Xue Chen's eyes, Zhou Yi wasn't even as good as Yu Xiaogang.
At least Yu Xiaogang didn't have a habit of expelling students for no reason to establish his authority, did he?