Chapter 31: Shrek Seven Freaks

The two flew across the glittering lake surface and arrived at the island in the lake's center.

Upon arriving, one can notice that perhaps because it is built at the very center of the lake, the air here is a bit more humid than outside.

Su Yun Tian thought that the island in the lake is the area for inner‑court students of Slake Academy, and even core disciples from the outer courtyard have no chance to go there.

Strictly speaking, only the inner courtyard can be called the true Slake Academy.

After all, everyone inside is a genius, each a prime candidate for the title Douluo.

This alone shows how great Slake Academy's reputation has become.

Of course, the death rate is high and the graduation rate is absurdly low.

After reaching the island, Yan Shaozhe led Su Yun Tian to his office, and when the door was opened, Su Yun Tian saw that someone was already seated inside.

It was an elderly man in a white robe, his face full of wrinkles, smiling warmly as he stared at them.

"Dragon God Douluo Mu En!"

However, Su Yun Tian did not point it out directly; instead, he looked at Yan Shaozhe with puzzlement.

He still hasn't figured out why Yan Shaozhe brought him here.

"Yun Tian, this is my teacher, the current director of Slake Academy; just call him Old Mu." Yan Shaozhe said with a slight smile.

"Your teacher, the director of Slake Academy?!" Su Yun Tian pretended to be shocked, exclaiming in disbelief.

"Hehe, you don't know me, but I'm very familiar with you," Mu En laughed.

After all, Su Yun Tian is one of the very few who greets him every day.

"But I'm still curious, what exactly did you bring me here for?" Su Yun Tian asked the two, suspiciously.

"Kid, you should know the Shrek Seven Freaks, right?" Mu En said slowly.

"Shrek Seven Freaks?" Su Yun Tian narrowed his eyes. "I know; it was Tang San, one of the original Shrek Seven Freaks, who defeated my ancestor Angel God."

Could it be that this old fellow Mu En is deliberately mocking me, or warning me?

Seeming to have read his mind, Mu En just chuckled and said: "I want you to become one of the next generation's Shrek Seven Freaks."

Hearing that, Su Yun Tian was stunned—becoming one of the Shrek Seven Freaks?

No kidding, right?

Seeing Su Yun Tian's bewildered stare, Mu En chuckled, "Our Slake Academy has always taught without discrimination, absolutely fair; if your talent is good enough, what do old grudges matter?"

Besides, those grudges are ten thousand years old.

Mu En does have his own ulterior motives.

This matter was addressed back when Su Yun Tian first entered school, with a special Sea God Pavilion meeting.

The discussion centered on how to handle Su Yun Tian.

In the end, Mu En gave the final verdict, deciding to make Su Yun Tian one of the Shrek Seven Freaks.

On one hand, his talent is indeed formidable; with a bit of brainwashing and a few incentives, the Slake Academy could gain another peerless strongman.

That would secure the academy's future for at least a hundred years.

On the other hand, it's about Slake's reputation.

If outsiders learned of this, they'd think Slake Academy has great capacity, a win in both fame and profit.

But no amount of scheming anticipated that Su Yun Tian already harbored thoughts of destroying Slake.

That's what you call taking someone's benefit and then turning it against them.

"Old Mu, there must be other conditions to become a Shrek Seven Freak, right?"

Su Yun Tian asked.

"Hmm, after the advancement exam, the academy gathers all fourth‑year core disciples for an internal contest; the seven who survive become the pre‑selected members of this generation's Shrek Seven Freaks," Mu En said, nodding as he explained the rules.

"Are you so sure I can be one of the remaining seven? There are seniors with higher soul power levels, aren't there?"

"If they band together to besiege me, wouldn't I have no chance?"

That was Su Yun Tian's worry, after all he wasn't familiar with those people.

If it came to a real fight, probably only Wang Dong would stand by him.

"That depends on you," Mu En laughed, "Which core disciple wouldn't want to be a Shrek Seven Freak?"

Indeed, which disciple wouldn't want to be a Shrek Seven Freak!

Mu En's words truly awakened them like a dream.

As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend; he could rally others, and then the seven of them would have a big advantage!

Su Yun Tian immediately came up with a plan.

"Thank you, Old Mu, I understand now."

"Hehe, good, then let's head back. I look forward to the day you step into the inner courtyard."

Su Yun Tian nodded and returned to the outer courtyard.

As for the candidates, he already had some ideas in mind.

Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu both possess the Soul Weapon Fusion Technique, top‑grade martial souls, and outstanding talent.

Ning Tian, whose Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul is of high value—any soul master would know that.

There are also the Lan sisters; their primary martial souls and soul power levels show their talent is no weaker than Dai Huabin's and Zhu Lu's.

They also have the Soul Weapon Fusion Technique; its control is extremely strong, and even a Soul Ancestor would find it hard to break free when fully unleashed.

And Xiao Xiao's twin martial souls.

As for Jiang Nannan, honestly, Su Yun Tian thinks her talent may be good, but in front of others she seems a bit lacking.

Xie Huan Yue is also decent; Pipi Elephant's defense is definitely among the continent's best.

Indeed, it's rather troublesome…

"Fine, we'll discuss it after Wang Dong returns." With a day left before school starts, given Wang Dong's temperament, he likely won't arrive until tomorrow evening.

Let's go take care of Ning Tian and the Lan sisters first.

Although it's already evening, women's shopping ability knows no age; going to Shilaike City will surely let us run into them.

……

Shilaike City, commercial street.

After pushing through the bustling crowd, Su Yun Tian finally spotted the Lan sisters he had been searching for a long time in the distance.

The two wore blue dresses, white stockings on their legs, their pure faces flushed, looking exactly like two little lolitas.

Seeing this, Su Yun Tian quickened his steps and stepped forward to block them.

The two looked up, saw it was Su Yun Tian, and the smiles on their mouths vanished instantly.

They still remember how Su Yun Tian burned their hair back then.

"Hey, what are you stopping us for?" Lan Luoluo asked, the words "I hate you" practically written all over her face.

Su Yun Tian scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Um, I came to discuss something with you."

The somewhat aloof Lan Susu frowned slightly, displeased, and said, "We probably have nothing to talk about, right?"

Su Yun Tian glanced at the surrounding crowd, lowered his voice, and said, "It's crowded here, not convenient to talk; follow me, this is definitely important."

The two sisters exchanged a glance, hesitated a moment, then followed him.

Having reached a corner of Shilaike City, Lan Susu asked, "Spit it out—what exactly do you want to do? I and my sister still have things to do."

"Have you heard of the Shrek Seven Monsters?"

(End of chapter)