Scheming Green Tea Teacher

Most of Star Dou Great Forest lay within the Star Luo Empire, with only a small portion extending into the Heaven Dou Empire. Shrek Academy was located northwest of Star Dou Great Forest, not too far from it.

Heading west along the main road, Huo Yuhao emerged from a stretch of woodland and finally caught sight of Shrek City on the plain ahead.

Shrek Academy had been built on the Lima Plain and covered an enormous area. It was itself a city, which was why it was called Shrek City. Shrek Academy held independent administrative authority over the city and did not need to pay taxes to any nation. It could also be understood as a continent-wide gang of outlaws operating beyond the law.

Shrek Academy was not located in the center of Shrek City, but in its eastern district. This side directly faced Star Dou Great Forest, making it convenient for Shrek Academy's strong masters to lead students into the forest to slaughter soul beasts and hunt for soul rings.

Shrek City had roads stretching east, south, west, and north, with transportation reaching in every direction. It was not only the home of Shrek Academy, but also the most important commercial city at the border junction of the three great empires of the original Douluo Continent. Intimidated by Shrek Academy's tyranny, no faction dared cause trouble here. As a result, Shrek City had excellent public security. Trade here was not only fair, but also more reassuring. Therefore, merchants from the three great empires usually chose to conduct cross-border trade in Shrek City.

The south, west, and north gates of Shrek City were open for anyone to enter and leave freely. Only the eastern gate was exclusive to Shrek Academy.

This gate was used solely by Shrek Academy, but it was extremely lively at the moment. At least five thousand people had gathered outside the eastern gate, creating a bustling scene.

In the original story, Huo Yuhao had happened to arrive just as the academy was recruiting new students and successfully joined that year's freshman class. However, ordinary freshmen not only had to pass the assessment, but also needed a letter of recommendation from at least a main city of one of the three great empires.

Few people still remembered that Shrek Academy had once been known as Blue Tyrant Academy, a high-level Soul Master Academy that had been among the rare institutions willing to accept commoner students. If its founder saw that students entering Shrek Academy now needed proof of their background, who knew what they would think.

In this life, Huo Yuhao had no letter of recommendation, nor did he have a Tang Sect quota for admission without examination. To pass Shrek Academy's entrance assessment, he had to demonstrate abilities capable of attracting the examiners' attention.

More than a dozen young Shrek Academy students guarded the eastern gate. Each wore a set of shit-green fitted uniforms, with a green monster emblem on their chests.

When they saw Huo Yuhao trying to enter Shrek City, they immediately stopped him. Still, their manner was fairly polite and gentle.

"Little brother, are you here to register for the entrance assessment?" The leading male student walked over to Huo Yuhao and asked with a smile.

"Yes. I'll have to trouble you, senior, to register me." Huo Yuhao smiled and nodded as well, putting on a nervous expression no different from the other children his age who had come to register for the assessment.

Every one of the new students who came to register carried the boundless hopes of their family or faction. How could they not be nervous?

"Little brother, there are requirements for registering at Shrek Academy. First, you must be no older than twelve. Second, your Soul Power must be at least Rank 15, and you must have a letter of recommendation from at least a main city of one of the three great empires." The male student nodded with a smile. "Please show me your current cultivation. What rank are you?"

Huo Yuhao smiled faintly. His martial soul had been activated at some unknown moment, and his simulated bright silver pupils met the male student's gaze, making the latter shudder.

"What martial soul is that? Eyes? A Body Martial Soul?"

Two purple soul rings rose from beneath Huo Yuhao's feet. Their color had been changed to purple through Huo Yuhao's Simulation Soul Skill. Since Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had not excessively sealed his own energy when he became Huo Yuhao's soul ring, Huo Yuhao's two soul rings were actually both platinum-white.

Platinum-white could easily be mistaken for Ten-Year Soul Rings. After all, there had never been a precedent for bizarrely colored soul rings on Douluo Continent, and it was obviously impossible for white soul rings to pass Shrek Academy's freshman selection.

There was no helping it. Their ancestral school motto was to accept only monsters, never ordinary people. Still, after ten thousand years of accumulation, Shrek truly stood unrivaled on the continent in terms of pure Soul Master teaching strength.

Two Thousand-Year Soul Rings! The surrounding onlookers immediately cried out in shock. For the vast majority of ordinary Soul Masters, the absorption limit for their first soul ring was only a few hundred years. Those who could attach a soul ring of over a thousand years as their first were all people of exceptional talent.

"Senior, I don't have any letter of recommendation. This is my personal registration file. Could I trouble you to make an exception?" As he spoke, Huo Yuhao handed over his identity document pouch.

The Duchess had long tampered with Huo Yuhao's background. This allowed him to reveal the official personal identity information recorded by the empire without any worries.

"Wait here." The leading male student exchanged a glance with his companions, then hurried off to seek instructions from the academy's higher-ups.

For students stationed on the outskirts to handle admissions, recruiting even one monster-level freshman would earn them substantial extra credit in their academic evaluations. That was why every student responsible for admissions treated children registering for the entrance assessment so well. After all, one careless mistake could cause the academy to lose a genius and cost them a chance to improve their graduation results.

His companions attentively brought Huo Yuhao drinks and snacks, practically ready to worship him like an ancestor. The other freshmen taking the assessment could not help casting envious looks at Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao leisurely found a place to sit and enjoyed the exceptional treatment at Shrek's admissions office. During his year in the Holy Spirit Cult, he had eaten nothing but highly nourishing soul beast flesh and blood, but the taste had truly been terrible.

Before long, the male student returned, accompanied by a young and beautiful woman.

"Hello, little friend. My name is Mujin, and I'm an ordinary teacher at the academy. May I take a look at your martial soul?"

Standing before Huo Yuhao, the woman introduced herself with a professional smile.

Mujin, that female teacher? Huo Yuhao's heart skipped a beat. Recalling the original plot, this woman was more or less a green tea type—a scheming woman who had always dreamed of inserting herself into someone else's marriage. Judging by her age, she should be somewhat older than Zhongli Yu.

It could not be said that she was inferior to Zhou Yi. In terms of actual looks and theoretical research, she might not have much of an advantage, but when it came to training students, she undoubtedly did far better than Zhou Yi, who, like Grandmaster, only knew how to make students run laps.

After all, according to the original story, Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, whom Zhou Yi had thrown into Class Two, had still become Shrek Inner Court students through Mujin's guidance. One had to know that, before this, Dai Huabin had already been blacklisted by the Inner Court for attempting to assassinate Huo Yuhao.

This was no longer merely a matter of Dai Huabin's own talent. As a teacher, Mujin's teaching methods had also been crucial.

Don't believe it? In the original story, whenever the members of Huo Yuhao's protagonist group went out to compete and had not returned, the class led by Zhou Yi would obediently be suppressed by Mujin's class.

Objectively speaking, scheming was scheming, but her teaching philosophy undoubtedly crushed Zhou Yi's. Otherwise, how could Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and the others—who had officially been declared unqualified for the Inner Court—break through the academy higher-ups' prejudice and regain the opportunity to enter the Inner Court?

"Hello, Teacher Mujin." Huo Yuhao returned her greeting with a polite smile. Then two purple soul rings rose beneath his feet, and his deep blue pupils instantly turned bright silver.

"It really is a Body Martial Soul! And you're already a Rank 29 Soul Grandmaster!" Mujin's beautiful eyes lit up. Judging from Huo Yuhao's identity file, a child born into an impoverished slave household who could achieve this much before turning twelve had already surpassed Shrek's definition of a genius. He could only be described as a monster.

Of course, Huo Yuhao's true strength was far beyond what could be seen on the surface. Only he himself knew that the reason he had not reached Rank 30 yet was because Bibi Dong was still preparing the God-bestowed Soul Ring he wanted.

"Very good. We'll waive the letter of recommendation for you. I'll take you to the freshman entrance assessment." Mujin grabbed Huo Yuhao's little hand and started to lead him inside, only to immediately notice something strange. She could not help glancing at his hand from the corner of her eye.

Compared with others his age, Huo Yuhao's muscle tissue and bone density had already far surpassed that of most humans after being tempered in the Blood Pool. His hand was therefore remarkably weighty and as hard as refined steel.

"Little friend, once you pass the entrance assessment, remember to join Teacher's class, okay?" Mujin felt as though she had found a treasure. The delight on her face could no longer be concealed. Leaning close to Huo Yuhao, she spoke with breath as fragrant as orchids.

No little boy at this age disliked gentle, beautiful older sisters. Moreover, Mujin believed that Huo Yuhao had likely never even interacted with beautiful women before, so she was confident that she could draw this genius into her class.

We're entering Shit Lake now. I'll be sharing some of my own views on this place later on. What kind of story, different from the original, will Yuhao in his second life encounter here? Stay tuned!!

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