Chapter 4: Freshman Enrollment

"Huo Yuhao, what are you looking at?" Bei Bei walked over and asked.

Huo Yuhao shook his head. "Nothing, just curious what kind of person could be surrounded by a crowd on the first day of school."

"Ah... Qiye!"

Bei Bei also noticed Chen Qiye in the crowd at that moment.

"Senior Brother, do you know him?"

But Bei Bei seemed not to have heard Huo Yuhao's voice, and instead called out to Chen Qiye, "Qiye, over here!"

Just now, Bei Bei had thought Huo Yuhao was looking at someone; unexpectedly, it was an old acquaintance of his.

"Bei Bei, is that you!" Chen Qiye walked over and said.

"It's not Qiye, how many times have I told you? You need to add 'ge' after my name."

Chen Qiye clicked his tongue. "Tch, you're not even a few years older than me, yet you want to call me brother; Le Xuan sister is fine, but you..."

Chen Qiye looked at Bei Bei and said, "Wait until your soul power exceeds mine by five ranks before saying that!"

"Bei Bei, he's the grandson your grandfather adopted that you mentioned, Chen Qiye."

Bei Bei nodded toward Tang Ya.

"Who is he?" Chen Qiye looked at the silent Huo Yuhao beside them.

Although Chen Qiye had already guessed who this person was! But since saying he knew him would be strange, Chen Qiye still pretended not to know him.

"Oh, look at my memory—I haven't introduced you yet."

After saying that, Bei Bei introduced Chen Qiye: "This is Huo Yuhao, our newly accepted junior disciple of the Tang Sect, and this is Tang Ya, the sect leader of the Tang Sect."

"You're that Tang Sect sect leader..." Chen Qiye gave Bei Bei a sly look, "No wonder since you joined the Tang Sect, Sister Le Xuan has been a bit unhappy; turns out..."

Bei Bei immediately jumped over to cover Chen Qiye's mouth, speaking in a voice only the two could hear: "You know, there's nothing between me and Sister Le Xuan; on the contrary, Sister Le Xuan is actually..."

"Bei Bei (Senior Brother), what are you two talking about?" Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao asked doubtfully.

"Hahaha, nothing much—just haven't seen this junior brother for a few months, catching up, learning about our private affairs."

"Isn't that right!" Bei Bei said, also giving Chen Qiye a glance while speaking.

"Yeah! Oh right, looking at you two, is your junior disciple also planning to enroll this year?"

"Yes!"

"It's perfect that Qiye and you are in the same year; in the future I'll have to trouble you to look after this junior disciple more."

Chen Qiye glanced at Bei Bei, then at Huo Yuhao, "Alright!" But Bei Bei and the others didn't notice that Chen Qiye's gaze toward Huo Yuhao was so intriguing.

Afterwards, the four walked together; along the way, Bei Bei—more accurately, gave Huo Yuhao an introduction to Shrek's facilities. Bei Bei pointed to the teaching building on the other side of the plaza and said: "The color of the teaching buildings represents different grades, divided according to soul ring colors. White is the freshman teaching building, like the lowest ten-year soul ring; yellow is the outer institute second- and third-year teaching buildings; purple is the fourth- and fifth-year teaching buildings. Black is the sixth-year teaching building. Being able to walk out of the black teaching building already means you can obtain the outer institute graduation certificate from the academy."

"Those gray teaching buildings in the distance belong to the Soul Tool Department. In terms of area, the Soul Tool Department occupies about one-third of the main teaching zone, while the Martial Soul Department takes up two-thirds. Besides those front teaching buildings, there are many specialized teaching facilities further back, such as the Battle Soul Arena, assessment area, dormitory area, faculty office area, etc."

The white freshman teaching building is located at the southernmost side, also closest to the lakeside path; Chen Qiye, Bei Bei, and the others walked from the south side of Shrek Plaza and arrived at this teaching building.

Since it's the period for recruiting freshmen, the freshman teaching building is especially lively; some freshmen who have passed the assessment are registering here.

With Bei Bei and Tang Ya leading the way, Huo Yuhao's registration and enrollment went smoothly. The tuition was paid by Bei Bei; a year's tuition actually requires ten gold soul coins. Moreover, it does not include meal fees. If one fails the assessment and withdraws midway, the tuition is not refunded.

After receiving the dormitory key, two sets of uniforms, and a white freshman badge, Huo Yuhao followed Tang Ya and Bei Bei out of the freshman teaching building.

Meanwhile, Chen Qiye also collected his uniform and paid the registration fee.

Tang Ya said: "Little Huo, the dormitory is right behind the teaching building; that building is the largest in the whole academy. You can go there yourself later. The new school year officially starts in three days; these few days you can first get familiar with the environment."

"We've paid your first-year tuition; after that, it's up to you. The academy has various competitions, all with prize money. Moreover, you are already a Soul Master; after registering at the academy, you can receive a monthly stipend issued by the three great empires. Used frugally, it should be enough for meals."

Huo Yuhao kept Tang Ya's words firmly in mind.

Meanwhile, Chen Qiye was pulled by Bei Bei, who said, "That thing I mentioned—are you really not going to consider it?"

"Forget it." Chen Qiye waved his hand, "You know, I'm naturally carefree, I don't follow conventions; you want me to go develop in a sect—I'd rather go back and lie down to sleep."

"Sigh, fine then."

Just as they were preparing to say goodbye to the two, Bei Bei glanced at a notice not far away on the bulletin board and slightly furrowed his brow.

Although Chen Qiye does not belong to the mental-type martial soul, over six years of time, Jingliu has not only taught him swordsmanship.

Chen Qiye belongs to an all-around enhancement of body, technique, soul, and spirit; even without activating his martial soul, he can see clearly from over a hundred meters away characters only a few centimeters wide.

Only saw that the notice read: "Freshman Class 1 homeroom teacher, Zhou Yi; Freshman Class 2 homeroom teacher..."

"Zhou Yi? I seem to be in Freshman Class 1!" Huo Yuhao, having registered early, was directly assigned to Freshman Class 1.

Tang Ya also noticed what Bei Bei was paying attention to, and exclaimed in a low voice: "Ah? How could it be Zhou Yi, that perverted old hag? She isn't supposed to teach third year, right? How did she get assigned to the freshman teaching side?"

Tang Ya gave a wry smile: "I heard that Teacher Zhou, when teaching third-year students, was overly strict, resulting in only one-tenth of her class advancing to fourth year."

"Furthermore, having been repeatedly complained about by students to the academy, that's why she was demoted to the freshman class. Little junior brother, you'd better be careful—while there aren't many monster students in Shrek Academy's outer institute, there are plenty of monster teachers, and this Teacher Zhou is the worst of them."

Although Tang Ya said that, Huo Yuhao still felt a bit of admiration; being called a monster teacher at Shrek, 'teaching talent absolutely belongs to the top tier.'

Meanwhile, Chen Qiye rolled his eyes, sneering at the so-called monster teacher...

Although Chen Qiye has grown up at Shrek, that doesn't mean he harbors any fondness for it.

(End of chapter)