"Young master, the Shrek Academy you asked me to look into is about to start its enrollment," Aunt Xue said as she walked into the dormitory with a stack of documents in her hand. "Why are you so interested in a village-run academy?"
Li Xun chuckled. "Aunt Xue, I heard this academy only accepts monsters, so I was curious."
"Young master, you're not thinking of joining this academy, are you?" Aunt Xue looked puzzled as she spread the documents out in front of Li Xun. "I'd advise you to drop that idea. This academy seems a bit shady. Their motto is, 'Those who don't dare to stir up trouble are mediocrities.' But they probably don't know the next line should be, 'Those who stir up trouble for no reason are fools.'"
"According to the information I've gathered, this village-run academy has a high mortality rate. Since its founding, it has admitted 64 outstanding students, but only 14 have graduated. The rest either died while hunting Soul Beasts or were forced to drop out before the age of 20 because their Soul Power didn't reach level 40."
Li Xun feigned surprise and quickly picked up the documents on the table. "Aunt Xue, with such a high mortality and low graduation rate, why do students still apply to this academy?"
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, intrigued by the conversation, stopped their cultivation and gathered around the table. This was the first time they'd heard of an academy where more than half of the students either died or dropped out. Was this academy raising students like sacrificial lambs?
"Because they engage in false advertising," Aunt Xue replied with a slight frown, pulling out a yellowed page from the stack of documents and handing it to Li Xun. "According to the records, this Shrek Academy hasn't registered its founding qualifications in any kingdom or empire. Moreover, the teachers at Shrek are suspected of deceiving students. They claim that all 14 of their graduates have become world-renowned figures after leaving the academy, with the most outstanding one even becoming the youngest elder of the Spirit Hall, second only to the Pope."
At this, Aunt Xue let out a cold laugh. "Perhaps I'm just ignorant, but I've never heard of any of these so-called 'great figures' from Shrek."
"And do you know what level one must be to hold a position second only to the Pope? At the very least, they'd have to be a Super Douluo. The only ones I know of at that level are Elder Chrysanthemum Douluo and Elder Ghost Douluo."
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing exchanged looks of shock. Wasn't this just a blatant scam academy?
"How can anyone believe such exaggerated claims?" Li Xun frowned, looking puzzled.
"My young master, there are always some people in this world who aren't very bright. They believe whatever they're told," Aunt Xue sneered. "It's only after they've been thoroughly deceived that they realize their mistake, but by then, it's too late. Those who died didn't even get the chance to regret."
Ning Rongrong covered her mouth in shock, then asked after calming down, "Aunt Xue, the graduation requirement for Shrek Academy is to reach level 40, right? At that level, shouldn't the Spirit Rings they obtain be at least a thousand years old? Does this mean the teachers at this academy don't even have the strength to hunt thousand-year Soul Beasts?"
Li Xun was startled by Ning Rongrong's sharp question. When had this girl become so insightful? This wasn't good.
Aunt Xue gave a cold smile and found the faculty list in the documents. "This garbage academy doesn't just rely on false advertising to lure students in; they also use their so-called 'impressive' faculty as a selling point."
"Shrek Academy has three Soul Saints and two Soul Emperors. The three Soul Saints are Flender, the Four-Eyed Cat Eagle at level 78, Zhao Wuji, the Immovable Bright King at level 75, and Shao Xin, the Sugar Bean at level 71."
"The two Soul Emperors are Li Yusong, the Dragon Pattern Staff at level 63, and Lu Qibin, the Star Chess at level 66."
Zhu Zhuqing frowned slightly: "With such a faculty, hunting ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts would be more than enough. Don't their teachers escort the students to obtain Spirit Rings?"
"Miss Zhuqing, if Shrek Academy truly cared about the lives of its students, the mortality rate wouldn't be so high," Aunt Xue sighed. "Alas! These children only realize what they're up against once they enter the academy."
"If they're lucky enough to survive and graduate, congratulations to the fortunate one—they'll be hailed as elite students by the academy!"
Ning Rongrong couldn't help but laugh at the last remark: "So these people are foolish enough to be scammed and still help count the money?"
"Indeed, they're quite foolish," Li Xun nodded at Ning Rongrong. "Don't worry, Aunt Xue, I won't join Shrek Academy. I just have some matters to attend to."
"It's your decision, but I must add one more thing. This academy is appallingly poor; they can't even guarantee proper meals for the students. I wonder how lazy these teachers are," Aunt Xue said with a hint of disdain.
She had said all this to warn Li Xun. After all, young people like him are easily driven by competitiveness, and Shrek's exaggerated propaganda makes it seem as if not joining the academy means you're not a prodigy.
"By the way, young master, here's the information you asked me to collect about the blacksmiths near Holy Soul Village," Aunt Xue handed a stack of documents to Li Xun.
After Aunt Xue left, Li Xun sorted through the materials.
He ignored the blacksmith information, which was just a pretext for his future plans, and instead picked up the documents about Shrek Academy.
His interest in Shrek was mainly due to Tang Hao and his son, Tang San, followed by Dai Mubai.
Li Xun was the same age as Tang San. If he remembered correctly, Tang San entered Shrek Academy at the age of twelve. Li Xun wasn't concerned about Tang San or Shrek; his main targets were Tang Hao and the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
In Li Xun's memory, this was around the time Tang Hao first left the vicinity of Holy Soul Village. Tang Hao escorted Tang San to school and beat up Zhao Wuji.
Li Xun planned to take advantage of the gap when Tang Hao was escorting Tang San to search the wilderness for an unclaimed hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone.
"Brother, are you really going to Shrek Academy?" Ning Rongrong's big, watery eyes stared at Li Xun.
Even Zhu Zhuqing looked at him curiously. After learning about Shrek's many flaws, they couldn't understand what could possibly attract Li Xun to the academy.
"Take a look at this," Li Xun smiled and handed a document to Zhu Zhuqing.
Zhu Zhuqing took the document with a puzzled expression, and after reading it, her brows furrowed.
Ning Rongrong, unable to contain her curiosity, leaned over: "Huh? Dai Mubai? Isn't he the prince who's engaged to Zhuqing?"
"Tsk tsk, what a playboy prince! And this Ma Hongjun is no good either!"
The document clearly listed the current prodigy students of Shrek Academy: Yu Tianheng, Ye Lingling, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and others.
Ye Lingling and the others didn't care much, but the other three members of Shrek Academy successfully caught their attention.
Among them, Dai Mubai stood out the most. The records showed that he was already a notorious playboy in Suotuo City, known for his extravagant spending on women and never clinging to them after a breakup.
In his own words, women weren't counted as people but as resources. If you ran out of resources, you just had to find more.
The records also revealed that Dai Mubai averaged three dates with different beauties in a single day and was a regular VIP guest at the city's Rose Hotel.
No matter how fully booked the hotel was, they always reserved a room for him. Recently, he had even managed to date a pair of sisters, and the three of them had been seen together for over a week.
As for Ma Hongjun in the records, his situation was downright bizarre.
It stated that his Martial Soul was called the Evil Fire Phoenix, which came with a significant flaw—he was frequently plagued by evil fire. The method to release this evil fire from his body was, surprisingly, to engage in intimate activities with women in the dark.
This had turned him into a regular at brothels.
Up to this point, the records were still somewhat understandable, as it involved matters of life and death, and no one could really blame him.
However, perhaps due to premature maturity, he had developed a taste for it. Whenever he saw a woman, he would approach her with flirtatious words and wandering eyes.
What's more critical is that his Soul Saint mentor seemed to tacitly condone his behavior, which only made him even more reckless in the surrounding areas.
(End of Chapter)
"Young master, the Shrek Academy you asked me to look into is about to start its enrollment," Aunt Xue said as she walked into the dormitory with a stack of documents in her hand. "Why are you so interested in a village-run academy?"
Li Xun chuckled. "Aunt Xue, I heard this academy only accepts monsters, so I was curious."
"Young master, you're not thinking of joining this academy, are you?" Aunt Xue looked puzzled as she spread the documents out in front of Li Xun. "I'd advise you to drop that idea. This academy seems a bit shady. Their motto is, 'Those who don't dare to stir up trouble are mediocrities.' But they probably don't know the next line should be, 'Those who stir up trouble for no reason are fools.'"
"According to the information I've gathered, this village-run academy has a high mortality rate. Since its founding, it has admitted 64 outstanding students, but only 14 have graduated. The rest either died while hunting Soul Beasts or were forced to drop out before the age of 20 because their Soul Power didn't reach level 40."
Li Xun feigned surprise and quickly picked up the documents on the table. "Aunt Xue, with such a high mortality and low graduation rate, why do students still apply to this academy?"
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, intrigued by the conversation, stopped their cultivation and gathered around the table. This was the first time they'd heard of an academy where more than half of the students either died or dropped out. Was this academy raising students like sacrificial lambs?
"Because they engage in false advertising," Aunt Xue replied with a slight frown, pulling out a yellowed page from the stack of documents and handing it to Li Xun. "According to the records, this Shrek Academy hasn't registered its founding qualifications in any kingdom or empire. Moreover, the teachers at Shrek are suspected of deceiving students. They claim that all 14 of their graduates have become world-renowned figures after leaving the academy, with the most outstanding one even becoming the youngest elder of the Spirit Hall, second only to the Pope."
At this, Aunt Xue let out a cold laugh. "Perhaps I'm just ignorant, but I've never heard of any of these so-called 'great figures' from Shrek."
"And do you know what level one must be to hold a position second only to the Pope? At the very least, they'd have to be a Super Douluo. The only ones I know of at that level are Elder Chrysanthemum Douluo and Elder Ghost Douluo."
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing exchanged looks of shock. Wasn't this just a blatant scam academy?
"How can anyone believe such exaggerated claims?" Li Xun frowned, looking puzzled.
"My young master, there are always some people in this world who aren't very bright. They believe whatever they're told," Aunt Xue sneered. "It's only after they've been thoroughly deceived that they realize their mistake, but by then, it's too late. Those who died didn't even get the chance to regret."
Ning Rongrong covered her mouth in shock, then asked after calming down, "Aunt Xue, the graduation requirement for Shrek Academy is to reach level 40, right? At that level, shouldn't the Spirit Rings they obtain be at least a thousand years old? Does this mean the teachers at this academy don't even have the strength to hunt thousand-year Soul Beasts?"
Li Xun was startled by Ning Rongrong's sharp question. When had this girl become so insightful? This wasn't good.
Aunt Xue gave a cold smile and found the faculty list in the documents. "This garbage academy doesn't just rely on false advertising to lure students in; they also use their so-called 'impressive' faculty as a selling point."
"Shrek Academy has three Soul Saints and two Soul Emperors. The three Soul Saints are Flender, the Four-Eyed Cat Eagle at level 78, Zhao Wuji, the Immovable Bright King at level 75, and Shao Xin, the Sugar Bean at level 71."
"The two Soul Emperors are Li Yusong, the Dragon Pattern Staff at level 63, and Lu Qibin, the Star Chess at level 66."
Zhu Zhuqing frowned slightly: "With such a faculty, hunting ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts would be more than enough. Don't their teachers escort the students to obtain Spirit Rings?"
"Miss Zhuqing, if Shrek Academy truly cared about the lives of its students, the mortality rate wouldn't be so high," Aunt Xue sighed. "Alas! These children only realize what they're up against once they enter the academy."
"If they're lucky enough to survive and graduate, congratulations to the fortunate one—they'll be hailed as elite students by the academy!"
Ning Rongrong couldn't help but laugh at the last remark: "So these people are foolish enough to be scammed and still help count the money?"
"Indeed, they're quite foolish," Li Xun nodded at Ning Rongrong. "Don't worry, Aunt Xue, I won't join Shrek Academy. I just have some matters to attend to."
"It's your decision, but I must add one more thing. This academy is appallingly poor; they can't even guarantee proper meals for the students. I wonder how lazy these teachers are," Aunt Xue said with a hint of disdain.
She had said all this to warn Li Xun. After all, young people like him are easily driven by competitiveness, and Shrek's exaggerated propaganda makes it seem as if not joining the academy means you're not a prodigy.
"By the way, young master, here's the information you asked me to collect about the blacksmiths near Holy Soul Village," Aunt Xue handed a stack of documents to Li Xun.
After Aunt Xue left, Li Xun sorted through the materials.
He ignored the blacksmith information, which was just a pretext for his future plans, and instead picked up the documents about Shrek Academy.
His interest in Shrek was mainly due to Tang Hao and his son, Tang San, followed by Dai Mubai.
Li Xun was the same age as Tang San. If he remembered correctly, Tang San entered Shrek Academy at the age of twelve. Li Xun wasn't concerned about Tang San or Shrek; his main targets were Tang Hao and the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
In Li Xun's memory, this was around the time Tang Hao first left the vicinity of Holy Soul Village. Tang Hao escorted Tang San to school and beat up Zhao Wuji.
Li Xun planned to take advantage of the gap when Tang Hao was escorting Tang San to search the wilderness for an unclaimed hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone.
"Brother, are you really going to Shrek Academy?" Ning Rongrong's big, watery eyes stared at Li Xun.
Even Zhu Zhuqing looked at him curiously. After learning about Shrek's many flaws, they couldn't understand what could possibly attract Li Xun to the academy.
"Take a look at this," Li Xun smiled and handed a document to Zhu Zhuqing.
Zhu Zhuqing took the document with a puzzled expression, and after reading it, her brows furrowed.
Ning Rongrong, unable to contain her curiosity, leaned over: "Huh? Dai Mubai? Isn't he the prince who's engaged to Zhuqing?"
"Tsk tsk, what a playboy prince! And this Ma Hongjun is no good either!"
The document clearly listed the current prodigy students of Shrek Academy: Yu Tianheng, Ye Lingling, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and others.
Ye Lingling and the others didn't care much, but the other three members of Shrek Academy successfully caught their attention.
Among them, Dai Mubai stood out the most. The records showed that he was already a notorious playboy in Suotuo City, known for his extravagant spending on women and never clinging to them after a breakup.
In his own words, women weren't counted as people but as resources. If you ran out of resources, you just had to find more.
The records also revealed that Dai Mubai averaged three dates with different beauties in a single day and was a regular VIP guest at the city's Rose Hotel.
No matter how fully booked the hotel was, they always reserved a room for him. Recently, he had even managed to date a pair of sisters, and the three of them had been seen together for over a week.
As for Ma Hongjun in the records, his situation was downright bizarre.
It stated that his Martial Soul was called the Evil Fire Phoenix, which came with a significant flaw—he was frequently plagued by evil fire. The method to release this evil fire from his body was, surprisingly, to engage in intimate activities with women in the dark.
This had turned him into a regular at brothels.
Up to this point, the records were still somewhat understandable, as it involved matters of life and death, and no one could really blame him.
However, perhaps due to premature maturity, he had developed a taste for it. Whenever he saw a woman, he would approach her with flirtatious words and wandering eyes.
What's more critical is that his Soul Saint mentor seemed to tacitly condone his behavior, which only made him even more reckless in the surrounding areas.
(End of Chapter)