Boom—
Outside Shrek City's East City Gate, a dazzling golden phoenix descended to the ground and transformed into Yan Shaozhe. A layer of light peeled away, revealing ten exchange students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and their supervising teacher, Old Ma.
"So this is Shrek City..."
"It doesn't seem as prosperous as Mingdu."
"The soul guidance facilities are so outdated!"
Following Yan Shaozhe into Shrek City, the group pointed and commented all along the way, carrying the unmistakable superiority of city folk looking down on the countryside.
The facts were right before them. Mingdu was the largest and most technologically advanced city on the Douluo Continent. Compared to Mingdu, Shrek City naturally seemed somewhat old-fashioned.
"Achoo! Achoo!"
Among the exchange students, Xiao Hongchen sneezed several times in a row. His right eye twitched uncontrollably as he said solemnly to his sister, Meng Hongchen, "A twitching left eye brings wealth; a twitching right eye brings disaster. Meng, I have a bad feeling about this."
"From a medical perspective, that's an eyelid spasm."
Meng Hongchen rolled her eyes at him. Her pretty face wore a dreamy smile as she said, "I'm different. I had a dream last night. Ling Bai was even more handsome than he'd been two years ago—so handsome that he stole my heart. We were alone by the lake at night..."
"Stop!"
Xiao Hongchen cut off his lovestruck sister with a dark expression and lowered his voice. "What's the difference between dreams and superstition? And we came to Shrek to learn their methods of training Soul Masters, not to date! Besides, what did you tell me at the Soul Master Competition finals two years ago? We were enemies!"
In truth, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy was just like Shrek: it guarded its core knowledge