Xiao Wu looked at the scene before her and was slightly stunned.
What's wrong with Zhu Zhuqing?
After Qi Lin glanced inside the shop and saw Dai Mubai with a girl on each arm, not even forgetting to grope the twin sisters, he instantly understood Zhu Zhuqing's current feelings.
"Let's leave first!" Qi Lin said, supporting Zhu Zhuqing.
This girl's eyes looked slightly red, and she was pretending to be calm, but her slightly trembling body exposed her collapsing inner state at this moment.
After hearing Qi Lin's words, Zhu Zhuqing nodded gently, and the three then turned and left.
Inside the shop, Dai Mubai seemed to sense something and turned his head to look at the shop door, but only saw three departing figures.
Looking at the one among the three wearing black, Dai Mubai couldn't help but frown slightly.
Was it an illusion?
Why did the aura of that figure in black give him a feeling of mutual reinforcement?
Just as he was deep in thought, the twin sisters in his arms suddenly leaned into his ear.
"Dai Shao, what are you thinking about?"
Dai Mubai snapped back to reality and laughed heartily.
"This young master is thinking about how to make you two little sluts beg for mercy tonight."
"Oh my, Dai Shao, you're so bad!"
Listening to the twin sisters' seductive moans, Dai Mubai's lips curled up, and a look of enjoyment appeared on his face.
As for the thought from just now, it had long been cast aside.
Dammit, anyway, he couldn't compete with his elder brother in the end, so he might as well indulge himself properly now.
...
On the other side, Qi Lin released Zhu Zhuqing, whom he had been supporting.
"It seems the person you're looking for was inside the shop just now," Qi Lin said.
Zhu Zhuqing nodded gently, but only Xiao Wu looked confused.
"Since the person Zhu Zhuqing is looking for was inside the shop just now, why didn't you go in?"
Qi Lin reached out and slapped his forehead.
"You're hopeless!"
"I'm invincible?" Xiao Wu was bewildered, pointing to herself.
Seeing she still didn't understand, Qi Lin couldn't help but explain, "The Dai Shao inside the shop with the twin beauties in his arms should be the person Zhu Zhuqing is looking for."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu's eyes widened.
"What, he's the person Zhu Zhuqing is looking for?"
"What's his relationship with Zhu Zhuqing? Are they lovers...?"
In an instant, Xiao Wu revealed a look of sudden realization.
No wonder Zhu Zhuqing looked so devastated.
Zhu Zhuqing forced a smile, shook her head, and said, "He is indeed the person I'm looking for, but we are not in a relationship, and this is the first time I've seen him."
"The reason I lost my composure like that is because of other reasons."
"I see..." After hearing this, a hint of disappointment flashed in Xiao Wu's eyes.
"Then Zhu Zhuqing, are you not coming with us to Shrek Academy tomorrow?"
"I..." Zhu Zhuqing was just about to say no, but when she thought about where else she could go back to if she didn't go to Shrek?
She had traveled thousands of miles and endured countless hardships to come from the Star Luo Imperial Capital to Suotuo City.
Was she going to slink back like this?
A look of stubbornness flashed across Zhu Zhuqing's face.
No!
She wouldn't go back!
Since Dai Mubai chose to degenerate, then she would fight fate alone.
"I'm not going back!" Zhu Zhuqing shook her head firmly.
She still wanted to go to Shrek to see if the academy that could attract these two geniuses, Xiao Wu and Qi Lin, had any merit.
If there really was something there, perhaps...
She still had hope!
"That's great, Zhu Zhuqing!"
The two girls talked as they walked, while Qi Lin followed behind them.
Afterwards, the three of them found a hotel in the city. There wasn't any ridiculous plot point like only one room left, as seen in novels.
Time flew by, and soon it was the next day!
Qi Lin found a passerby, inquired about the approximate location of Shrek Academy, and the group of three hurried over.
After leaving Suotuo City, looking at the large expanse of farmland around them, Xiao Wu said with a bewildered look, "So Shrek Academy isn't in the city?"
Zhu Zhuqing, after all, came from a noble background and couldn't help but say, "Some advanced Soul Master Academies have simulated cultivation environments, so it's often not suitable to build the academy in the city."
"Perhaps Shrek Academy is also such an advanced Soul Master Academy."
Xiao Wu suddenly understood and couldn't help but say, "Zhu Zhuqing, you know so much."
Looking at Xiao Wu's expression of longing, Qi Lin was secretly laughing to himself.
He hoped that when Xiao Wu saw the true appearance of Shrek Academy later, she would still have this expression.
As it turned out, they didn't even need to see Shrek Academy. When Xiao Wu saw the few dilapidated villages nearby, she gradually felt that something was wrong.
"Would an academy really be built in these places?"
"Do they have some special preference?"
Zhu Zhuqing shook her head.
She had also never heard of an advanced Soul Master Academy being built in the remote countryside.
Not long after, the three of them stood at the head of a dilapidated village, their eyes looking at the large characters for Shrek Academy on the archway at the village entrance.
Qi Lin knew in advance that Shrek Academy would be very dilapidated, so he was mentally prepared.
But Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing were undoubtedly shocked!
Xiao Wu mumbled, "What kind of academy is this? It's clearly just a small broken-down village!"
"Master is too unreliable, to actually recommend such an academy to us."
Zhu Zhuqing's face also revealed a look of disbelief.
Can such an academy really teach students well?
Just as Xiao Wu was complaining, the middle-aged man sitting on a rocking chair at the village entrance, who was pretending to nap, suddenly stirred.
This person's appearance looked ordinary, but he was highly recognizable because he had a face like a shoehorn and seemed to have the air of a cunning merchant.
His identity was already obvious.
It was the Dean of Shrek Academy, the Level 78 Owl Spirit Soul Sage, Flander!
And the reason he was startled by the three of them was entirely because he heard the words "Master" from Xiao Wu's mouth.
He suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Qi Lin and the other two, a flash of brilliance also fleetingly appearing in his eyes.
"Little girl, some things can't just be judged by their appearance."
As soon as these words were spoken, all three of them looked over.
Xiao Wu was even more unwilling to tolerate it, putting her hands on her hips.
"Are you a teacher here?"
"Since you say things can't just be judged by their appearance, then what commendable aspects does Shrek Academy have?"
At the mention of this, Flander instantly became energetic.
He stood up from the rocking chair and said excitedly, "Since that's the case, then let me give you a little education."
"Shrek is a type of monster, an extremely strange existence even among Soul Beasts, and the reason our academy is called Shrek Academy is precisely because our academy only recruits monsters!"
"Here, we only recruit little monsters no older than thirteen and whose Soul Power level has reached above twenty-one."
After speaking, Flander looked at Xiao Wu with a slightly smug smile and said, "Now, you should know what makes our academy different from other academies, right?"
You could say, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing were genuinely impressed.
In short: They bought it!
An academy that only recruits monsters sounds very advanced just by hearing it.