novelhk Chapter 415 Openly and Honestly Entering Shrek Academy to Watch the Show
Chapter 415 Openly and Honestly Entering Shrek Academy to Watch the Show
Chapter 415 Openly and Honestly Entering Shrek Academy to Watch the Show
Shrek Academy was founded in a small village with about a hundred households outside Soto City, about a mile from the south gate.
The hotel where Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing stayed was in the city center of Soto City, quite a distance from the South Gate.
The two left the south gate of Soto City and headed south along the official road, passing through a large area of farmland. Before long, they saw the small village where Shrek Academy was located.
Both Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing have excellent eyesight and can see the general shape of the village from a great distance.
The small village ahead, like most rural villages on the mainland, was surrounded by a wooden fence, which was used to keep out wild animals.
At the village entrance stands a wooden archway with a slightly tattered plaque hanging above it, bearing five simple characters—
Shrek Academy!
At the very beginning of these five characters is a grotesque green monster head, which is the emblem of Shrek Academy.
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When Ye Qifeng brought Zhu Zhuqing to the village entrance.
A considerable number of people have already gathered here; at a glance, there are about a hundred.
Most of them were teenagers, who formed a long queue in front of a wooden table placed at the entrance of the village.
Those following the queue were mostly the parents or grandparents of the children in line.
Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong were also among them.
Seeing the dilapidated state of Shrek Academy, many people queuing to register couldn't help but frown. Clearly, most of them had begun to doubt whether they had been deceived.
The Shrek Academy before them was clearly not on the same level as the advanced Soul Master academy they had in mind. It looked like an ordinary little village, not a Soul Master academy at all.
Among the people queuing, some began to whisper among themselves, and most of the teenagers and their accompanying relatives wore expressions of deep disappointment.
Even worse, some people left the group altogether, gave up on registering, and planned to find a better college to enroll in, feeling that there was no need to waste time here.
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Just then, a commotion seemed to break out at the front of the line.
Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing looked up at the same time.
At the very front of the long queue, a boy and his father were arguing with an elderly man behind a wooden table who was in charge of accepting registrations.
The old man was dressed plainly and had a lazy demeanor. He was Li Yusong, the teacher at Shrek Academy whose martial soul was the Dragon Pattern Staff and whose cultivation level was a level 63 Soul Emperor.
"Once registered, fees are non-refundable."
When the boy and his father demanded a refund of the ten gold soul coins registration fee, Li Yusong bluntly retorted, then summoned Dai Mubai and drove the father and son away.
Under Dai Mubai's pressure and intimidation, the father and son could only accept their bad luck and quickly left.
The crowd was also frightened, and some people left the group and walked away together.
The number of people queuing to register decreased by a third.
Next, another couple brought their child forward to pay the registration fee, have their bones examined to determine their age, and check their spirit rings. Because the boy only had a hundred-year spirit ring, he was also directly eliminated by Li Yusong.
This prompted questions and doubts from the teenager's parents, and the people in line also began to discuss it.
Li Yusong was impatient. He first scolded everyone for not knowing the rules and rashly coming to give away their registration fees. Then he clearly explained Shrek Academy's extremely strict admission requirements.
This explanation immediately caused a stir among the crowd. Almost everyone showed resentment on their faces. Even Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong felt disappointed with Shrek Academy.
Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Li Yusong suddenly released an incredibly powerful aura of soul power, and a long staff with countless fine patterns appeared in his right hand in the blink of an eye.
It was his martial spirit, the Dragon Pattern Staff.
At the same time, six spirit rings—white, yellow, purple, purple, and black—rose one after another beneath Li Yusong's feet, their dazzling light instantly making him the focus of the entire arena.
Li Yusong slammed his dragon-patterned staff on the ground with a dull thud, startling everyone in line who involuntarily took a few steps back.
The discussions and questions from the crowd immediately ceased.
"Next."
Seeing that everyone was intimidated and the situation was brought back under control, Li Yusong nodded in satisfaction. He then put away his martial spirit and spirit rings, waved to the family of three at the front of the line who were still in shock, and continued his registration work.
Intimidated by Li Yusong's Soul Emperor-level Soul Power aura, the people in line, despite their resentment, dared not utter another word. They fell silent, fearing that offending Li Yusong would bring about their own demise.
Soon, most of the teenagers gave up their plans to sign up and quietly left the group with their relatives. In an instant, the group, which originally had more than a hundred people, was reduced to just a few.
Seeing this, Ye Qifeng shook his head slightly. As expected, this was Shrek Academy's style of doing things, specializing in ripping off students by charging them registration fees.
The registration fee is non-refundable and the conditions for recruiting students are extremely harsh, but this is not stated beforehand. Only after a student has paid the registration fee of ten gold soul coins, been eliminated after passing the test, and raised questions, does the school impatiently reveal this.
And then they turn around and blame others for not knowing the rules and giving away their registration fees for nothing. Haha, isn't this just blatant robbery?
It should be noted that ten gold soul coins are a huge sum of money for an average family.
Many of the teenagers rejected by Shrek Academy came from families that were not wealthy. Some were even from impoverished backgrounds and relied on the monthly Soul Master allowance provided by the Spirit Hall to support their studies.
Even with the monthly allowance from the Spirit Hall, it's not easy for them, who are only at the Soul Master level, to come up with ten gold soul coins to pay the registration fee at once.
It would take them at least ten months, and only by living frugally and without spending a single penny of their Soul Master monthly allowance, to accumulate enough.
This loss of ten gold soul coins at Shrek Academy is a huge blow to these teenagers from impoverished families. They may not have enough funds to enroll in other soul master academies in the future.
These young people's academic careers may be cut short as a result, making it difficult for them to make further progress in their cultivation.
It is obvious that Shrek Academy's practice of ripping people off is tantamount to ruining their future and cutting off their livelihood.
From this perspective, Shrek Academy was never friendly to ordinary commoner soul masters from the very beginning.
No wonder that if things had continued as they were, after the Spirit Hall was destroyed and Shrek Academy became the most powerful force on the Douluo Continent, the treatment of commoners and even commoner spirit masters would have been so miserable, with almost no chance of getting ahead and no right to stand up for themselves!
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Seeing this, Zhu Zhuqing frowned deeply, her pretty face instantly turning icy cold. She felt that Shrek Academy's actions were utterly shameful.
Of course, part of the coldness on her face was directed at that filthy Dai Mubai.
After being thoroughly beaten by Ye Qifeng, Dai Mubai received treatment from a healing-type Soul Master, returned to Shrek Academy, ate a few sausages from Oscar, and then rested for a whole day.
His injuries had mostly healed by now, but he was still wrapped in bandages all over his body, and he walked with a limp, like a zombie.
But this did not stop him from releasing his martial spirit and spirit rings to threaten and intimidate the father and son from earlier.
As the crowd dispersed, leaving only a few people in the room, and the view became clearer, Dai Mubai seemed to sense something and suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck, making his hair stand on end.
There's a murderous aura about him!
Dai Mubai felt a chill run down his spine. Following his senses, he looked in the direction he was looking and, sure enough, saw a pair of incredibly cold eyes.
"Is it her?"
Dai Mubai's evil eyes suddenly contracted.
"Why is she here? Is she also here to register for Shrek Academy? Does that mean I have another chance?"
Dai Mubai's eyes lit up instantly, and he felt a surge of excitement. Suddenly, his expression froze, as if he had thought of something:
"No, she must have come here specifically to see me."
"After all, her fate was already sealed; she could only be bound to me for life. Without me, her only fate would be death."
Upon thinking this, Dai Mubai immediately let out a cold laugh:
"Heh, Zhu Zhuqing, you can't escape my grasp after all. In the end, you'll still have to obediently come back to me, won't you?"
Dai Mubai suddenly felt confident.
Just as he was about to walk up to Zhu Zhuqing, he suddenly noticed Ye Qifeng standing next to her, a creepy smile on his face, looking at him calmly. He immediately stopped in his tracks.
"Damn it, what's that pretty boy doing here?"
Dai Mubai's expression changed, instantly turning gloomy.
Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed into his mind. He seemed to have come up with a good idea and whispered a few words in Li Yusong's ear.
Li Yusong, who was registering and testing the remaining boys and girls, suddenly looked up at Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing, not knowing what Dai Mubai had said.
After carefully examining Ye Qifeng, Li Yusong frowned slightly, seemingly puzzled, and couldn't help but glance at Dai Mubai beside him.
That look seemed to say:
"Are you kidding me?"
"You're saying the injuries you had a couple of days ago were inflicted by him?"
"But I don't see any soul power fluctuations on that boy; he's clearly an ordinary person. How could he possibly be your match?"
"Is it fun to lie to an old man like me? Are you asking for a beating? Or have you sunk so low that you can't even beat an ordinary person?"
Li Yusong glanced dangerously at Dai Mubai, as if he was about to give him a good beating at any moment.
That's not how it works.
Upon seeing this, Dai Mubai immediately wore a pained expression and shook his head repeatedly. Then, he leaned close to Li Yusong's ear and whispered the reason.
Are you sure?
Li Yusong looked at Dai Mubai with a mixture of belief and doubt.
"Sure."
Dai Mubai nodded quickly.
Li Yusong didn't say anything more, and once again gave Ye Qifeng a deep look, but still couldn't see anything.
She quickly turned her gaze away from Ye Qifeng and towards Zhu Zhuqing, who was standing next to him.
The moment Li Yusong noticed the aura of soul power emanating from Zhu Zhuqing, his expression changed instantly, his eyes froze, and he felt a surge of excitement.
It was obvious that he had already noticed that Zhu Zhuqing's soul power level was unexpectedly high.
Moreover, it's several levels higher than what Dai Mubai just described.
However, Li Yusong was not in a hurry, and his expression quickly returned to normal. Since the little girl had appeared here, she must be going to enroll in Shrek Academy.
Just let her come and register on her own. There's no need to be too eager, lest she think Shrek is begging her to enroll and become arrogant and complacent.
Seeing that Li Yusong glanced at Zhu Zhuqing but then made no further comment, Dai Mubai couldn't help but feel anxious.
If Zhu Zhuqing hadn't successfully enrolled in Shrek Academy, how would he have had the chance to win the heart of his youthful-looking, busty fiancée?
Wouldn't that just be a free win for that pretty boy Ye Qifeng?
Dai Mubai wanted to persuade Li Yusong to recruit Zhu Zhuqing into Shrek Academy, but Li Yusong glared at him and he could only smile awkwardly.
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Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing naturally noticed the gazes directed at them by Li Yusong and Dai Mubai.
Seeing that Li Yusong's expression changed noticeably as he scanned Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Qifeng glanced at the pretty but cold-faced Zhu Zhuqing beside him and suddenly said softly:
"Zhu Qing, that old man should have sensed your soul power level by now, and seems quite interested in recruiting you to Shrek Academy."
"Why don't you sign up too?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing's icy expression immediately froze, and she quickly shook her head in refusal.
"Huh? Brother Ye, I don't want to go to this damn Shrek Academy! I want to go to Spirit City with you, don't leave me behind, okay?"
As she spoke, Zhu Zhuqing reached out and hugged Ye Qifeng's arm tightly, puffing out her cheeks and looking up at Ye Qifeng's face, as if she was really afraid that Ye Qifeng would abandon her.
Seeing Zhu Zhuqing's nervous yet adorable expression, Ye Qifeng paused slightly, then gently tapped her forehead:
"What are you thinking? I didn't say I was going to abandon you."
"I just asked you to sign up for fun, I didn't mean for you to actually enroll in this so-called Shrek Academy."
"You're now one of our Spirit Hall members, how could I possibly leave you here? Don't worry, I'll definitely bring you back to Spirit City."
Zhu Zhuqing didn't mind Ye Qifeng tapping her on the forehead; in fact, she felt relieved and patted her bulging chest, sending ripples through it.
"That's good."
Ye Qifeng nodded slightly and continued to explain:
"The reason I asked you to register is actually so that you can take me with you into Shrek Academy later."
"Yes, all of this is for the sake of watching the show better!" Ye Qifeng added in his mind, then continued:
"As you just heard, Shrek Academy only accepts genius students who are twelve years old and have reached level 20 or above in soul power. They do not accept those who are over twelve years old or whose soul power level is below level 20."
"I definitely can't do it, after all, I'm just an 'ordinary person' with no soul power."
"You're different. You're a Great Soul Master with a Soul Power of Level 30, and you're only twelve years old. You're a top genius among geniuses. Shrek Academy would be eager to take you in."
"Just make a request when the time comes, and bring me in. I'm sure Shrek will grant your request in order to keep you here."
"Otherwise, I'll have to take you with me and sneak in."
"But this way, it always feels like something is missing. It's not as enjoyable as going in to watch a play openly and honestly."
Zhu Zhuqing understood.
It turns out that Brother Ye wanted him to pretend to join Shrek Academy and then bring him in with him.
I wonder what kind of show Brother Ye wants to watch?
Could something interesting be about to happen at Shrek Academy?
(End of this chapter)