Chapter 36: Beat Dai Mubai until he called him daddy! (Please collect, recommend, and vote for me!!!)
"Huh? Isn't that Young Master Dai? He's actually being rubbed on the ground by someone?"
Evidently, this spectator recognized Dai Mubai, who was young and wealthy.
"Good heavens, who is this young man? At such a young age, he's already a Spirit Ancestor (4 Rings). No wonder Young Master Dai is no match!"
The person beside him looked at the four spirit rings on Ye Chen's body and couldn't help but exclaim.
Hearing someone recognize him, Dai Mubai, who was being beaten by Ye Chen, immediately covered his face with his hands. He was completely too ashamed to face anyone!
"Tsk~, cover what, a fart!"
Seeing Dai Mubai cover his face with his hands, Ye Chen immediately wasn't having it. If you're like this, how am I supposed to slap your face?
Immediately, Ye Chen pulled Dai Mubai's hands away and continued his relentless assault.
...
After a long while, Ye Chen stopped his movements.
At this moment, Dai Mubai was completely unrecognizable; his head was swollen by a large circle, bruised and purple.
Of course, even though Dai Mubai looked extremely miserable, these were all just superficial wounds. Even without treatment, with a Spirit Master's recovery speed, he would recover in just a few days.
"Quickly tell Papa, do you know you were wrong?"
Ye Chen said with a smile to the 'pig-headed Dai Mubai' lying on the ground.
"Hmph~"
Ye Chen's only response was Dai Mubai's cold snort and hateful gaze.
Dai Mubai was not a magnanimous person. Being beaten into a pig's head in front of so many spectators, it would be strange if he didn't hold a grudge.
"Tsk tsk, it seems he hasn't been beaten enough yet!"
Immediately, Ye Chen resumed his beating.
"Are you going to call out?"
Silence.
Another severe beating.
"Are you going to call out?"
Silence.
Continued severe beating.
"Are you going to call out?"
"Papa~"
This time, Dai Mubai finally succumbed to Ye Chen's fists.
"Hmph~, I don't have a son like you!
However, even though I don't plan to take you as my son, since I'm in a good mood right now, I'll let you off. Little tiger, you're welcome to seek revenge on me in the future!"
At this moment, Ye Chen felt incredibly refreshed. Making Dai Mubai call him Papa, it was delightful~!
However, he was resistant to having a son older than himself and had no intention of taking in this master of time management.
"Ahem, well then, everyone disperse~, go home, go find your mothers!"
Seeing a crowd of spectators gathered around, Ye Chen said, then took Xiao Wu and returned to their room.
As for Dai Mubai, he didn't even return to his room, nor did he care about the two girls. He directly ran out of the Rose Hotel to find a place to be sad and upset.
...
The next morning, Ye Chen got dressed and, with Xiao Wu, set off for Shrek Academy outside Soto City.
Leaving the Rose Hotel and walking down the main street towards the South Gate of Soto City, Ye Chen suddenly saw a special shop.
This shop was related to Spirit Masters. On the signboard at the entrance, a circular mark was engraved, with several special symbols on it.
Others might not understand the meaning of these symbols, but Ye Chen knew that these special symbols represented the Seven Kill Sword, the number one offensive Spirit in the world, the Clear Sky Hammer, the number one Tool Spirit in the world, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, the number one Beast Spirit in the world, symbolizing the Upper Three Sects on the continent.
A shop related to Spirit Masters, needless to say, is generally high-end and classy, but this shop, while not a junk heap, was a bit rundown.
'This should be Flender, that unscrupulous merchant's, small shop in Soto City, right?'
Looking at the dilapidated shop, Ye Chen thought to himself.
Shrek Academy is a rather unorthodox academy. Although it claims to be an advanced Spirit Master academy, it actually doesn't qualify to participate in the Soul Master Competition.
Furthermore, because Dean Flender refused the Balak Kingdom's political aid, Shrek Academy's teaching funds have always been an issue.
Knowing the original story, Ye Chen understood that Shrek Academy's current teaching funds primarily came from two sources.
The first was the registration fees paid by students who came to sign up for tests during Shrek Academy's annual enrollment.
The second was the profits Flender made from his small shop in Soto City, specifically from fleecing unsuspecting customers.
Because Flender was a Soul Sage, in Soto City, where there were no Spirit Douluo experts, he wasn't afraid of running into trouble while engaging in deceitful practices.
"Xiao Wu, let's go check out that shop."
Ye Chen pointed to Flender's small shop.
"Brother, aren't we supposed to go to that Shrek Academy?"
Xiao Wu asked with curiosity.
"No rush for that~"
Since Flender's small shop was still open, it meant Flender was still in Soto City, so they didn't need to rush to Shrek Academy.
The shop's interior was a bit dim. As soon as Ye Chen walked in, he felt a special energy fluctuation.
He knew this was due to spirit tools.
spirit tools all possess spirit power fluctuations. If they haven't been used by someone and bound to their own spirit power, they will exhibit outward spirit power.
Inside the shop, a person sat on a wooden reclining chair, eyes closed, swaying with the chair.
He looked to be around fifty years old. Although not young, his build was very sturdy. The seemingly solid reclining chair creaked under his weight as it swayed.
This person's face had very distinctive features: a slightly protruding chin, wide cheekbones, a flat face, and a hooked nose—a classic shoehorn face.
Wearing stiff, black-rimmed glasses, even with his eyes closed, he still exuded a cunning feeling.
'This is Flender? No wonder Liu Erlong didn't choose him and went for Yu Xiaogang instead.'
Looking at Flender's shoehorn face, Ye Chen thought to himself.
To be honest, Flender's appearance was indeed not great.
He had seen Yu Xiaogang. Although the man was entirely disheveled and exuded an aura that warned people to stay away, it had to be said that Yu Xiaogang, with his buzz cut, while not exceptionally handsome, was indeed much better looking than Flender.
Adding to that, Yu Xiaogang was also somewhat of an intellectual, which made him more attractive to women than Flender, so it was normal.
After all, both Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong were completely smitten with Yu Xiaogang.
"Brother, are these all spirit tools?"
Looking at the many artifacts in the shop that emitted special spirit power fluctuations, Xiao Wu asked Ye Chen.
"Mm."
Ye Chen nodded. What the shop sold were indeed spirit tools, but Flender was not a legitimate businessman.
Even though these spirit tools still emitted spirit power fluctuations, they were actually all gilded on the outside but rotten on the inside. They wouldn't last more than a few days, perhaps even breaking on the same day.
In the original story, Tang Little San, in Flender's unscrupulous merchant's small shop, stumbled upon a great find, acquiring the natural Hidden Weapons, Dragon Beard Needle, causing Flender, the unscrupulous merchant who didn't know its value, to suffer a hidden loss.
However, Ye Chen didn't use Hidden Weapons, and that value wasn't even worth his attention, so he had no intention of finding a hidden gem.
After all, the current Ye Chen was a rich man who could save hundreds of thousands of gold coins in a single day!Chapter 37 Shocked Flanders
'What a fat sheep!'
Upon seeing Ye Chen and Xiao Wu's attire, Flender's eyes immediately lit up.
The fabric of their clothes was all top-grade, and Flender, a seasoned old fox, naturally recognized at a glance that these two were definitely rich people!
With a fat sheep at his door, Flender, who plucked feathers from every goose that passed, felt that if he didn't ruthlessly slaughter them, he would be letting down the opportunity given by heaven!
"Two young friends, may I ask what you need?"
Flender shed his previous laziness and spoke to Ye Chen and Xiao Wu with great enthusiasm.
"All your stuff is junk, what's good to buy? We're not buying anything."
Looking at the enthusiastic Flender, Ye Chen, of course, knew what he was thinking. Clearly, Flender was treating him like a fat sheep.
"Not buying anything?"
Flender's eyes widened. If you're not buying anything, why did you come in? Wasting my emotions~!
However, what puzzled Flender was how this young man knew that everything he sold was junk. Could it be that he had been scammed by him before?
"Hmm, not buying anything, but we're going to Shrek Academy."
Nodding, Ye Chen stated his purpose.
"Oh? You're going to Shrek Academy?"
Flender, who was about to lie down again, immediately perked up.
"That's right."
"I am Flender, the dean of Shrek Academy. May I ask what your spirit power levels are?"
Adjusting his glasses, Flender spoke.
Flender knew that the two were rich and still young, probably not over 12 years old.
If their spirit power levels were above 21 and they had the best spirit ring configuration, then Flender decided he would accept them.
If it were anyone else, reaching the Spirit Grandmaster advancement level would only be passing the first test. They would have to reach a 25th-level Spirit Grandmaster to pass without examination and proceed directly to the final combat assessment.
But Flender couldn't help it! Shrek Academy was so poor that it couldn't even make ends meet. If he didn't find a way to get some extra income, it would really have to close down.
So Flender decided to relax the conditions a bit. If these two little rich kids became part of Shrek Academy, Flender was confident he could extract a lot of money from them. Wouldn't the Academy then have funds?
"Ye Chen, Spirit: Ink Jade Divine Bamboo Staff, a 45th-level control system Spirit Ancestor."
Saying this, Ye Chen released his Spirit, displaying two yellow and two purple spirit rings after disguise, and reported his spirit power level.
"Xiao Wu, Spirit: Soft Bones Rabbit, a 46th-level attack system Spirit Ancestor."
Xiao Wu, like Ye Chen, also disguised the color of her spirit rings, only revealing two yellow and two purple.
"Four-ring Spirit Ancestor?!"
Listening to the spirit power levels they reported, plus the eight spirit rings (four yellow, four purple) that appeared in the shop, Flender was shocked.
He never expected that Ye Chen and Xiao Wu, looking so young, were already four-ring Spirit Ancestors? And not just newly advanced Spirit Ancestors, but 45th and 46th level.
"How old are you two this year?"
Adjusting his glasses, Flender said excitedly.
"Xiao Wu and I are both 11 years old."
"11 years old?! My goodness, there are 11-year-old Spirit Ancestors on the continent?"
"Making a fuss over nothing~"
In Ye Chen's view, an 11-year-old Spirit Ancestor, while considered peerless, was not impossible on the current continent.
For example, Qian Renxue of Spirit Hall. She had innate level 20 spirit power. Cultivating for five or six years, plus the first, second, and third spirit rings could at least increase her spirit power by 3 levels, and with abundant resources, would it be difficult for her to reach a four-ring Spirit Ancestor at 11 years old?
Absolutely no difficulty! Moreover, when Qian Renxue's level was not high, she refined a 99,999-year-old Angelic Inheritance Head Spirit Bone. That should have increased her spirit power by several levels, at least, right?
In the original work, when Qian Renxue was 29, her level was only a Soul Sage. This was definitely a delay; otherwise, with her powerful talent, becoming a Titled Douluo at 24 was not impossible.
Even Bibi Dong and Little San, who had innate full spirit power and twin spirits, could not compare to Qian Renxue in terms of talent and cultivation speed.
It's just that twin spirits have a greater advantage in the later stages compared to single Spirits.
"Are you two really willing to join Shrek Academy?"
Flender was a bit curious. With their powerful talent, they should also have formidable elders, right? No one understood the situation of his own Shrek Academy better than him. Would their elders agree to them enrolling in Shrek Academy?
It wouldn't be good if a master came to demand them back later.
"Hmm, although your Shrek Academy is a bit run-down, we'll make do."
Shrek Academy and such were not within Ye Chen's scope of concern. As long as Da Mao Mi arrived next year, that would be enough!
'Would this be too scummy?'
Ye Chen thought to himself.
'No, this isn't scummy. I'm just more broad-minded! That's right, that's it!'
Flender: "..."
Couldn't he say 'run-down' a bit more euphemistically? Like 'simple and unadorned,' or 'not very luxurious'?
"Ahem, in that case, welcome to Shrek Academy!"
Since Ye Chen actively requested to join Shrek Academy, Flender naturally wouldn't let go.
If their elders really disagreed and came to demand them back later, then they could deal with it then.
Unfortunately, Flender had no idea that Ye Chen had no powerful elders or backing. Xiao Wu, however, had two powerful subordinates in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Actually, it wasn't surprising that Flender thought this way, mainly because Spirit Masters value inheritance.
For Ye Chen and Xiao Wu to cultivate to a four-ring Spirit Ancestor at such a young age, their talent was absolutely extraordinary. And Spirit Masters with extraordinary talent generally have elders who are also not weak.
If they encountered one, it could be explained by a beneficial Spirit mutation, but encountering two beneficial Spirit mutations, that probability is almost zero.
With two highly talented and powerful students newly joining his Academy, Flender naturally couldn't stay guarding the small shop in Soto City.
Immediately, Flender closed the shop door and, taking Ye Chen and Xiao Wu, headed to Shrek Academy outside the city.
...
Not long after, under Flender's lead, the two arrived at the main entrance of Shrek Academy.
At the village entrance, on a wooden archway, hung a somewhat dilapidated plaque with five simple characters carved on it: Shrek Academy.
Additionally, on that plaque, there was also a green monster's head portrait.
Hmm, it must be said, Flender's taste was quite heavy~
Ye Chen had long anticipated Shrek Academy's dilapidated state, but he never expected it to be so run-down.Chapter 38 Excellent Advice
"Dean Flender, why is our Shrek Academy so dilapidated?"
Ye Chen pointed at the academy's gate, unable to help but ask curiously.
On the Douluo Continent, there couldn't be an academy more dilapidated than this, could there?
"Exactly! And they call it an advanced Spirit Master academy. Even Nuoding City's junior Spirit Master academy is better than this!"
Xiao Wu also said with an incredulous expression.
"Ahem, that's because I didn't accept the political aid funds from the Balak Kingdom~"
Flender said awkwardly.
"Dean Flender, you're a Soul Sage after all, can't you go earn some extra money?"
Ye Chen was a bit speechless about Flender, who seemed stubbornly unwilling to adapt.
"Earn extra money?"
Flender was a little puzzled.
"It's about robbing the rich to help the poor! There are so many bad people on the continent; taking some gold coins from them is called eliminating harm for the people!"
Well, to put it simply, it's a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Given that Xiao Wu was nearby, Ye Chen didn't mention having Flender hunt Spirit Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest to sell for money.
"Huh? Why didn't I think of that?"
Hearing this, Flender's eyes lit up.
Although the continent was generally peaceful at the moment, there were still professions like bandits. And Flender wouldn't feel any psychological burden about dealing with such people, plus he could gain some good reputation!
As for running into tough opponents? That was impossible!
A Soul Sage, even in the Spirit Hall with its many Titled Douluo, was a minor expert with a respectable status. He wouldn't stoop so low as to commit murder and robbery.
"Also, also, Soto City is a big city after all, so there must be gangs in the city, right?
You're a Spirit Saint-level expert; borrowing some gold coins from them and returning it when you have money, isn't that reasonable?"
Let alone a society similar to ancient times like the Douluo Continent, even in Ye Chen's previous life, such situations existed in a big city.
And Flender's strength in Soto City's territory was considered top-tier. What's wrong with asking these gangs for some money?
As for when to return the money? Money borrowed by skill, why should it be returned?! Refuse to lend? I'll wipe you out!
"Hmm, not bad, not bad~"
After hearing Ye Chen's suggestion, Flender quickly praised it, clearly tempted.
'Damn it, why didn't I think of this before?'
Thinking of his Shrek Academy, which was on the verge of closing, and the years of unpaid wages to Zhao Wuji and others, Flender at this moment wished he could immediately take action.
However, Ye Chen and Xiao Wu had just arrived, and as the dean, it wouldn't be right to just leave them. Flender planned to arrange things for them first.
Subsequently, Flender led Ye Chen and Xiao Wu into Shrek Academy.
Shrek Academy was dilapidated on the outside, and equally so on the inside.
Throughout the academy, Flender's dean's office was a wooden house, the students' dormitories were also wooden houses. As for a teaching building? Shrek Academy didn't have such a thing; it was open-air, open-style teaching.
However, in two aspects, Shrek Academy could compare to, or even surpass, Notting College.
The first was Shrek Academy's land area, which was not smaller than Notting College's.
After all, Shrek Academy was in a small village, and land wasn't valuable there.
The other was that Shrek Academy's teachers were significantly stronger than Notting College's, all starting at Six-Ring Spirit Emperor, and there were even three Spirit Saints.
As for Notting College, its strongest individual, the dean, was only a Four-Ring Spirit Ancestor.
It's worth mentioning that among Shrek Academy's three Spirit Saints, there was also an extremely rare food system Spirit Saint.
However, overall, compared to those famous advanced Spirit Master academies on the continent, Shrek Academy certainly couldn't compete.
For example, the Four Element Academies and Tian Dou Royal Academy, each had an Eight-Ring Spirit Douluo overseeing them, and there were quite a few Spirit Saint-level teachers. They had numerous students, and all aspects of their conditions could crush Shrek Academy.
Most importantly, Shrek Academy did not have a simulated training environment.
Because building a simulated environment training ground would cost a considerable amount of money, and Flender couldn't afford it.
However, Ye Chen planned to create a small simulated training ground within Shrek Academy himself.
His Spirit was Bamboo Staff, so he thought that planting a bamboo forest in his living area should be able to serve as a simulated training ground.
As for Xiao Wu, her Spirit was Soft Bones Rabbit, so her simulated environment would be a grassland?
Hmm, perhaps planting a large number of Blue Silver Grass within the bamboo forest would suffice?
Although simulated training grounds were very expensive, that was for large and various types of simulated training grounds. Ye Chen only needed one that could assist himself and Xiao Wu in their cultivation. This way, the cost wouldn't be as high.
At the entrance of Flender's dean's 'office,' the three met a middle-aged man who wasn't tall but was very robust.
'This should be Zhao Wuji, right?'
Looking at the sturdy middle-aged man, about 1.7 meters tall, Ye Chen thought to himself.
Speaking of which, Spirit Masters generally tended to be taller than ordinary people due to their Spirits.
Logically, Zhao Wuji's Spirit was the Vigorous Vajra Bear, so he should be a tall, burly, muscular brute. But he had the muscles, so why was his height so short?
If Zhao Wuji were an ordinary person, a height of about 1.7 meters wouldn't be considered very short, but among Spirit Masters, 1.7 meters was indeed considered short.
Even among pretty girls, those over 1.7 meters were commonplace.
Currently, Ye Chen and Xiao Wu were only 11 years old, and their height was almost catching up to Zhao Wuji. It's estimated that by next year, they might even surpass Zhao Wuji in height?
"Flender, who are these two?"
Zhao Wuji looked at Ye Chen and Xiao Wu following behind Flender and asked him.
"Haha~, Old Zhao, these are two new students. Ye Chen, Xiao Wu, this is our Shrek Academy's vice dean, Zhao Wuji."
Flender introduced the three.
"Greetings, Teacher Zhao!"
"Hmm, hello! Flender, it's not time for enrollment yet, is it?"
Zhao Wuji nodded at the two, then asked Flender.
"Old Zhao, these are my special recruits!"
Flender said proudly.
After all, Ye Chen and Xiao Wu were already Four-Ring Spirit Ancestors at such a young age. Without any accidents, they were sure to become Titled Douluo in the future, and by then, Shrek Academy would definitely be honored.
Although it was claimed that among Shrek Academy's graduates was the youngest Elder of the Spirit Hall, this was all Flender's bragging.
The Elders of Spirit Hall started at Titled Douluo, and Shrek Academy had only been open for about twenty years, recruiting students no older than 12. How could they become Titled Douluo?
However, Flender was confident that Ye Chen and Xiao Wu would definitely be able to achieve the bragging he had done in the past.
Perhaps they wouldn't become Elders of the Spirit Hall in the future, but they would definitely become the youngest Titled Douluo on the continent!Chapter 39 Impossible! Absolutely Impossible!
"Special enrollment?"
Zhao Wuji widened his eyes, looking at Ye Chen and Xiao Wu in surprise.
"That's right, they are both only 11 years old and have already become Spirit Ancestors with four rings. They are definitely two super Little freaks!"
"Hiss~, an 11-year-old Spirit Ancestor with four rings."
Zhao Wuji immediately gasped, almost causing the glaciers of the extreme north to melt and flood the Douluo Continent.
Because of the disguise necklace, Zhao Wuji had not been able to discern their spirit power levels before, but he never expected their spirit power levels to be so high.
Even with innate full spirit power, it shouldn't be possible to cultivate this fast, right? What kind of feed did they grow up on?
Shrek Academy wasn't without innate full spirit power users; Oscar was one, but Oscar was a Food-type Soul Master who cultivated relatively slowly. He was already 13 years old, and his spirit power level was still that of a Spirit Grandmaster.
Is the difference in cultivation speed between Food-type Soul Masters and other system Soul Masters really that great? Or are these two not ordinary innate full spirit power users?
Actually, Zhao Wuji and Flender didn't know that while Xiao Wu could be considered to have innate full spirit power, Ye Chen's innate spirit power was only level 3, and he was already over 9 years old when he broke through to a one-ring Spirit Master.
Now, Ye Chen's ability to become a four-ring Spirit Ancestor was all thanks to being a cheat-using favorite son. If he hadn't cheated, Ye Chen would still be hovering around the one-ring Spirit Master stage!
"Oh, by the way, Old Zhao, there's something tonight, don't leave the Academy."
After thinking for a moment, Flender said to Zhao Wuji.
"What's wrong?"
"You'll know tonight!"
"Tch~, if you don't want to say, then don't."
Seeing Flender's mysterious expression, Zhao Wuji pouted.
Ye Chen: "..."
Ye Chen felt that the 'something' Flender mentioned was definitely preparing to 'earn extra money'.
To do bad things, don't you have to do them at night? If you do them during the day, it always feels a bit out of place?
...
Inside Flender's office, Flender greeted Ye Chen and Xiao Wu to take a seat.
Hmm, there was nothing special to sit on, just ordinary wooden chairs.
"Ahem, well then, two new students, it's time to pay tuition, isn't it?"
"Dean Flender, that's not very fair of you. Aren't you preparing to earn extra money tonight? All of this was my idea, so let's consider it as offsetting the tuition!"
Although Ye Chen wasn't short on this small amount of money, there was no way Flender, this great scoundrel, would get money from his pocket! And Ye Chen estimated that Flender would most likely demand an exorbitant price, treating him as a fat sheep to be slaughtered.
Besides, his suggestion was very valuable, wasn't it?
"One thing is one thing; how can students enroll in the Academy without paying a registration fee?!"
Flender said to Ye Chen with a smile.
The extra money for tonight was still up in the air! And Ye Chen also looked like a rich person, so Flender felt that this tuition fee must be collected! And he had to really cut deep.
Besides, who said that if he earned extra money, he couldn't collect tuition from Ye Chen and Xiao Wu? These two things don't conflict at all, do they?
'Damn scoundrel! I curse you to have a son without an anus!'
Looking at Flender's smiling, shoehorn-shaped face, Ye Chen cursed inwardly.
But it seemed Flender was an old bachelor and didn't have a son?
"Xiao Wu, do you still have money in your pocket?"
Ye Chen turned to Xiao Wu and said, winking as he spoke.
"Ah~, I don't have any money!"
Xiao Wu instantly understood and immediately cooperated, saying.
"Dean Flender, you see we don't have any money left, so how about we don't pay the tuition?"
Ye Chen was preparing to get it for free.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Want to get it for free? How could that be?! Flender would absolutely not be taken advantage of, especially not by a rich person like Ye Chen!
"Tsk~, that's really a shame! Xiao Wu, let's go, we'll go to Tian Dou Royal Academy. I imagine with our talent, Tian Dou Royal Academy will definitely waive our tuition fees!"
Ye Chen said to Xiao Wu with a regretful expression.
"En, Brother, I'll listen to you!"
Xiao Wu quickly nodded in cooperation and said.
Immediately, Ye Chen was about to lead Xiao Wu out of Flender's office.
"Wait a moment~"
Seeing that the two seemed genuinely about to leave, Flender couldn't sit still.
"Dean Flender, we really don't have money, please don't try to persuade us!"
"..., Kid, you're ruthless!"
Flender glared at Ye Chen.
Ye Chen and Xiao Wu have no money? Flender wouldn't believe it even if he died!
With rosy complexions and well-dressed, how could they not have money?! There must be some in their spirit tools, but Flender couldn't directly expose them.
Fortunately, Shrek Academy was about to become rich thanks to Ye Chen's previous suggestion, so they weren't really short on the two's tuition fees.
It was just that being taken advantage of for free made Flender very annoyed. He had always been the one to trick people; he had never been taken advantage of for free.
"Haha, then thank you very much, Dean Flender!"
Ye Chen knew that Flender would definitely be reluctant to let the two of them leave.
However, what Ye Chen said earlier was not wrong. With their talent, if they enrolled in Tian Dou Royal Academy, wouldn't the three teaching committee members and Old Man Xue Ye of Tian Dou Royal Academy be overjoyed?
After all, the Heaven Dou Empire's official side was not lacking in Soul Masters of other ranks; they even had quite a few Spirit Douluos, but they were precisely short of Titled Douluo-level experts.
With such good talent, if they went to Tian Dou Royal Academy, let alone waiving tuition fees, they would even pay them to come!
Being able to get it for free made Ye Chen feel very refreshed, and getting it for free from Flender, that old scoundrel, filled Ye Chen with a sense of accomplishment.
"Alright, alright, here, that house is for you two to live in!"
As he spoke, Flender pointed to a wooden house not far from the window.
He also realized that Ye Chen and Xiao Wu seemed to be a young couple, and there were no other female students in Shrek Academy, so he just let Xiao Wu live with Ye Chen.
"When it rains, that house won't leak, will it?"
Ye Chen looked at the somewhat dilapidated wooden house in the distance and said with some uncertainty.
"Don't worry, that house was only repaired the year before last!"
Flender patted his chest and guaranteed.
'Only' repaired the year before last? Which means, it really does leak?
"I say, Dean, no matter how hard things get, you can't make it hard for the children; no matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education! After you and Teacher Zhao earn extra money tonight, it's time to renovate the Academy!"
"Hmm, that makes sense, but we don't know the specific gains yet, so we'll see then!"
No matter how hard things get, you can't make it hard for the children; no matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education. Flender found this saying very insightful. How could he not want to? It was just that there weren't enough golden little darlings~
"Ahem, well then, Dean Flender, I wish you a fruitful night. We'll be leaving now~!"
"Go, go, go, just looking at you is an eyesore! Oh, by the way, here's the key. Also, there are three other students in the Academy; you can get to know each other."
"Got it~!"
Waving his hand, Ye Chen took the dormitory key and led Xiao Wu out of Flender's Dean's office.Chapter 40 Oscar
After leaving Flender's office, the two headed straight for the dormitory.
Opening the dormitory door, Ye Chen found that the room was not large, only about ten square meters.
Perhaps because no one had lived there for a while, the floor and bed were covered in a lot of dust, and there was a musty smell.
"Brother~, are we going to live here?"
Xiao Wu looked around the room and said with a slight hint of disdain.
"..."
Looking at the scene in the room, Ye Chen was also a bit speechless, only to say, this truly lives up to Shrek Academy's reputation?
If he were living alone, that would be fine, but living with Xiao Wu, Ye Chen always felt that the quality of this broken house was a bit low.
Immediately, Ye Chen opened the System Shop, preparing to look for any simple houses for sale.
However, he quickly discovered a new target.
[Soul Guidance Small Villa]Price: 100,000 gold coin. PS: A life-type spirit tool, it comes with various soul guidance formations, an essential item for home and travel!
As the name suggests, this thing was a convenient small villa, and Ye Chen, who was not short on money, bought it directly.
"Let's go, Xiao Wu, we're not living in this broken house anymore!"
With the small villa, how could Ye Chen still fancy this broken house?
"Not living here? Then where will we stay tonight?"
"Hehe, come with me!"
Immediately, Ye Chen pulled Xiao Wu out of the wooden house, walked around Shrek Academy, found a suitable spot, and took out the [Soul Guidance Small Villa].
When the [Soul Guidance Small Villa] was not expanded, it was just a foot-sized model, but as long as spirit power was injected, it could automatically gather the spirit power from the surrounding world and transform into a small villa.
And the various soul guidance formations within it could be activated by the automatically gathered spirit power.
Placing the [Soul Guidance Small Villa] on the ground, Ye Chen began to infuse spirit power.
Before long, a uniquely designed, white-bodied, two-story small villa appeared before the two of them.
"Wow~, Brother, can you even conjure houses?"
At this moment, Xiao Wu's eyes, as she looked at Ye Chen, were full of little stars.
"Of course! What can't your brother do, besides giving birth to children?"
"Braggart~"
Xiao Wu rolled a cute white eye.
After going in and checking around, Ye Chen found that the small villa did not cover a large area, only seventy or eighty square meters.
The layout of the first floor was a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom. The second floor had two bedrooms and a bathroom.
Ye Chen discovered that the soul guidance formations indicated in the description were not offensive or defensive formations, but rather life-type soul guidance formations such as lighting, temperature control, ventilation, fire and smoke extraction in the kitchen, and water collection in the bathroom.
"Hmm, it's quite convenient, no wonder the price is so expensive."
If Ye Chen wasn't rich, he wouldn't have spent 100,000 gold coin to buy it.
Although for Ye Chen, who had a cheat-like 'son' to honor him, 100,000 gold coin was nothing, just a few hours of saving.
But for others, this was a huge sum of money. Even a three-ring Spirit Elder who could receive Spirit Master subsidies from Spirit Hall would have to collect them for more than eighty years to afford it.
Subsequently, Ye Chen busied himself again, adding a lot of furniture to their new home.
"Eh? How did a new house appear in the Academy?"
Suddenly, a surprised voice sounded from the doorway.
Hearing the commotion at the door, Ye Chen, who had just finished his work and was lying on the sofa, immediately looked over.
He saw a young man appear, dressed in simple gray clothes, with neat short hair, a full beard, but with peach blossom eyes.
Yes, he was indeed a young man. Although he had a full beard, a closer look would reveal that this person was definitely not old, only a few years older than Ye Chen.
'Oscar?'
Looking at this bearded young man, Ye Chen knew that this must be Oscar.
Spirit Masters with innate full spirit power were rare, and Food-type Soul Masters with innate full spirit power were even rarer, less common than twin spirits.
At least on the continent, besides Bibi Dong and Tang Little San, there were clear records of twin spirits.
However, there were no clear records of Food-type Soul Masters with innate full spirit power. Perhaps, besides Oscar, none had ever appeared! Even in the original novel, the Food God of the God Realm personally offered his God Position to Oscar.
"Who are you?"
Oscar looked at Ye Chen and Xiao Wu inside the house, a little confused.
"We are new students who just arrived at Shrek Academy today. My name is Ye Chen."
"My name is Xiao Wu, Uncle, who are you? Are you a teacher at the Academy?"
Looking at Oscar's full beard, Xiao Wu thought Oscar was quite old.
"Uncle? You actually called me Uncle?"
Oscar's expression stiffened. Although Ye Chen and Xiao Wu did look a bit younger than him, heaven help him, he was only 13 years old, how did he inexplicably become an uncle?
"Uh, is there a problem?"
Xiao Wu was stunned, a little confused.
"Of course there's a problem, and a big one! I'm only 13 years old this year!"
Oscar said with a wry smile.
"No way?! You're only 13 years old?!"
Xiao Wu's eyes widened, her face full of disbelief.
"That's right, my name is Oscar, I'm 13 years old this year, and I'm also a student at Shrek Academy. You can't just call me Uncle because my facial hair is a bit dense, can you!"
"Sorry, sorry, I didn't realize~"
Xiao Wu was a little embarrassed, but was this Oscar really only 13 years old? With that full beard, saying he was 23 would still be calling him young!
"By the way, I clearly remember that yesterday there was no such house in the Academy, so how is there one now?"
Oscar was a bit puzzled.
"This house is a spirit tool, not newly built."
"A spirit tool? There are even house-type spirit tools?"
Oscar's eyes widened as he looked at Ye Chen.
"Hmm, but this spirit tool house isn't much different from a regular house, it's just more convenient."
"Is that so~"
Oscar raised his eyebrows.
Just then, another voice came from outside.
"Damn it~, how did a new house appear in the Academy? Did Dean Flender change his ways?"
Hearing the voice, the three inside quickly looked over.
They saw a tall man appear, but his originally handsome face was now covered in many bruises, clearly having been badly beaten not long ago.
It was none other than Dai Mubai, who Ye Chen had beaten into calling him 'dad' last night.
However, because Dai Mubai had sought treatment from a healing-type Spirit Master in Soto City, he was no longer sporting a big pig's head, though there were still some lingering bruises on his face.
"Boss Dai, this isn't an ordinary house, it's a spirit tool! Uh, Boss Dai, what happened to your face?"
Oscar, who had arrived earlier, was about to explain to Dai Mubai, but then noticed the injuries on Dai Mubai's face.