Douluo: Dragon King's Divine Elegy

Chapter 81 Shrek Academy Running Training Method, Yuan En Ye Hui Faints
The first rays of dawn.

On a standard 400-meter track in the outer academy, over a hundred first-year students, who had only been enrolled for half a year, were running slowly, clad in heavy metal armor. Although the sun wasn't yet scorching, the weight of the armor and the core array within it constantly increased the consumption of their soul power, leaving these boys and girls under the age of fifteen drenched in sweat.

Some trainees with weaker constitutions were pale, looking malnourished and almost collapsing.

What's most frustrating is that with the advancement of technology, the armor can record how far the trainees have run, making it impossible for them to even take a break secretly. It truly achieves the ability to determine whether trainees have seriously completed their running tasks even without teacher supervision.

But the first-grade homeroom teacher and assistant homeroom teacher naturally wouldn't really not come to supervise. Right at the edge of the playground, a male and a female figure stood together.

Although their gazes were fixed on the miserable students, the two were actually talking to someone else.

"I remember Nan Liujing is starting school today, right?" Han Hua, the first-grade homeroom teacher, asked the assistant homeroom teacher in a low voice, her arms crossed.

"Yes. Some of the younger students in the inner courtyard have been itching to get started for a while now."

The deputy head teacher's name is Ye Qingci, and her martial soul is the Azure Jade Vine. Both of them are Soul Emperors.

"Making the academy issue a public apology is unprecedented in ten thousand years. This kid has made history," Han Hua remarked.

Ye Qingci said calmly, "It's more than just making history. Haven't you noticed that the academy and the outer city have been unstable in the last six months?"

Speaking of this, Han Hua's smile quickly faded. Leaving aside the outer city, where they had little contact, let's take the inner academy for example. It is said that four elders were taken down. Although the academy did not do anything to them, they were directly stripped of their elder titles.

As for some of the internal faculty advisors and the heads of various departments within the academy, they have also been replaced.

There are many theories about the origin of the whole thing, but most people believe it started with a question posed by the boy in the stadium.

"Who told you to slack off?"

As the two were chatting, some students noticed that the two class teachers were talking and their attention was not on the playground. Immediately, some of them changed their exercise mode from running to walking.

However, they hadn't taken more than a few steps when Han Hua and Ye Qingci caught them at the same time. The two immediately scolded them and then unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, 'Farmer'.

The next moment, a scene that widened the eyes of hundreds of students appeared. The two class teachers each lit up with a faint glow of soul power. Then, a long whip of lightning crackling with electric arcs and a jade-green vine whip twisted in the air and extended dozens of meters away, landing accurately on the lazy students.

"Crack! Crack!" After two crisp cracks of the whip, the lazy student let out a howl, clutching his buttocks and jumping up and down.

"Hahaha!" The onlookers burst into laughter instantly, which also relieved their fatigue.

Just then, several figures walked over from the other side of the playground, witnessed the farmer's actions, and froze on the spot.

"Yali, the teaching methods at Shrek Academy are quite unique." A stunningly beautiful woman with fiery red hair couldn't help but say to the elegant and beautiful woman beside her, who was wearing a light green dress.

Watching the two homeroom teachers whip the students, Ya Li's lips twitched, and she forced a smile, saying, "It just so happens that the martial souls of these two homeroom teachers are both whips, and the overall teaching at the academy is not like this."

dong dong dong.

Heavy footsteps approached, and Nan Liujing subconsciously looked over, his gaze pausing slightly.

To the left front, a thin, red-haired boy with his head down, his face obscured, slowly ran towards them. He seemed extremely tired, and when he reached Nan Liujing, he suddenly stumbled and fell forward.

"Be careful."

With a swift movement, Nan Liujing reached out and caught the boy.

"Huff, huff, huff." Leaning against Nan Liujing's chest, the boy was panting heavily, his body radiating heat.

"Are you alright?" Nan Liujing subconsciously looked down and then froze.

The boy in his arms had pale lips, devoid of any color. When he looked up at him at the sound, his eyes were still somewhat unfocused. But inexplicably, as sweat slid down his face, the boy's slightly yellowish skin turned into a snow-white complexion.

Yuan En Ye Hui?

Upon seeing the boy's face clearly, Nan Liujing's memories suddenly flashed back several years, overlapping with those of the extremely beautiful and aloof girl.

Perhaps it was because of the disguise, the two were somewhat different, but the aura could not lie.

"Your Holiness the Holy Spirit!"

The unexpected incident quickly attracted the attention of the students running on the playground and the two homeroom teachers.

Han Hua and Ye Qingci rushed over.

Ya Li frowned slightly. Yuan En Hui's disguise as a man couldn't fool her.

Even without using her mental powers, she could clearly conclude that Yuan Enhui's body was exhausted to its limit.

She's a Titan Giant Ape Soul Master, how could she get this tired from running?
The students running on the playground also stopped, staring in astonishment at their class monitor leaning against Nan Liujing's chest.

Seemingly not expecting that the first one to collapse during the run would be the previously incredibly brave squad leader, whose arm could even support a horse race.

When Han Hua and Ye Qingci arrived, they also noticed Yuan Enye's condition. A look of surprise flashed in their eyes. They were clearly also surprised that the most outstanding student in the class could fall down.

"Let me do it."

Yali flipped her hands over, and the gentle, pure life energy blew out like a breeze, landing on Yuanen Yehui's body.

In just one second, Yuanen Yehui's aura stabilized, and his energy and spirit returned to their peak.

Yuan Enhui's previously dazed eyes cleared, and she stared blankly at Nan Liujing.

When those familiar dark blue eyes and face came into view, she was clearly stunned.

"It's you."

The voice was pleasant, yet carried a hint of melancholy, which clashed sharply with the man's attire he was currently dressed in.

“You almost fell, but His Holiness the Holy Spirit healed you,” Nan Liujing explained.

Upon hearing this, Yuanen Yehui noticed the elders surrounding her. She quickly broke free from Nan Liujing's embrace and respectfully bowed to Yali, saying, "Yuanen greets Your Majesty the Holy Spirit."

“You are exhausted,” Yali said in a deep voice. “If I hadn’t helped you recover today, continuing like this would have damaged your body’s very foundation, which would have slowed down your cultivation speed.”

Yuan Enhui was taken aback, and smiled bitterly to herself. How could she not be tired? The academy, the milk tea shop, the mecha repair association, the various cleaning tasks for the work-study students... It was only because her main martial soul gave her a strong enough physique that she would have collapsed long ago and wouldn't have been able to last until today.

She could have taken this opportunity to complain to Ya Li, but Yuan En Hui felt that Shrek Academy was already quite good at accepting her, a fallen angel soul master, and that she should be content.

She thanked them again, saying, "Thank you for your help. I will be more careful in the future."

Yali looked at her, patted her on the shoulder, and whispered through her voice, "Like I said before, if you have any difficulties, just say so."

Yuan Enhui maintained a respectful smile, but didn't listen.

She doesn't necessarily refuse help from others, but her philosophy is to repay it double. If she can't repay it, she'd rather not accept help at all. Human relationships are the deepest and most fragile things, and repaying them is very troublesome.

She even understood why Shrek Academy took her in: they were using her as a reference to secretly observe the changes in the Fallen Angel Martial Soul.

"Stop running. Take my token and ask a top-level instructor from the Inner Court's Healing Department to give these kids a physical exam," Ya Li instructed Han Hua and Ye Qingci as she turned around.

"Yes, sir." The two responded immediately, and Han Hua then accepted a green-gold token adorned with angel feathers.

"We've been delayed a bit too long, let's go," Ya Li said to Leng Yaozhu and Nan Liujing.

"Ah."

Leng Yaozhu glanced thoughtfully at Yuan Enyehui. The words "It's you" hadn't escaped her ears. A female student disguised as a male student was actually connected with her beloved disciple.

Nan Liujing smiled gently at Yuan Enyehui, then followed Yali and Leng Yaozhu.

"and many more."

Yuan Enhui suddenly spoke up.

The group paused, puzzled, when Yuan Enhui walked up to Nan Liujing and earnestly asked, "Could you tell me your contact number?"

“Okay.” Nan Liujing didn’t refuse. He hadn’t forgotten the strangeness of the appearance of the Devil Gummy Candy. He planned to find out the truth from Yuanen Yehui in the future. “Will you scan me, or will I scan you?” He took out his latest high-end mobile phone.

Yuan Enhui's yellowish skin, now partially flushed under her disguise, blushed slightly as she said awkwardly, "I'm not using a smartphone."

"?" Nan Liujing was taken aback, but then saw the other party take out a mobile phone that looked like a PHS phone.

Yuan Enhui noticed that Nan Liujing's expression was a little strange, her face flushed, and she lowered her head awkwardly.

It wasn't that she didn't want to buy the latest model of mobile phone, it was just too expensive. She hadn't even raised enough money for her second soul spirit, so she didn't dare to have any extra expenses.

Anyway, we can just make phone calls for daily communication, right?

Nan Liujing fell silent. It was truly unique in the Douluo Continent series that a genius with twin martial souls could achieve such success.

What? The fifth installment? It's not even in Douluo Continent anymore, what kind of five-part series is this?

"All right."

He snatched her mobile phone and skillfully entered his own contact number, and the two were now connected.

"I'd like to invite you to dinner. Is that alright?" Yuan Enhui quickly said.

Nan Liujing smiled faintly and said, "I'll call you when I'm done with things here."

"Hmm." Yuan Enhui felt relieved. For several years, she had wanted to thank the other party for their help. Otherwise, the pain of the Fallen Angel Martial Soul condensing its own Soul Ring would not have been so easy to endure.

This time, he's really gone.

In front of over a hundred students in Class 1 of Grade 1, Nan Liujing followed the two big shots toward Poseidon Island.

Once the three figures disappeared from sight, some students who had been watching the commotion quickly gathered around, asking all at once, "Teacher, was that guy Nan Liujing?"

"It's him." Han Hua nodded casually. "Alright, everyone gather and return to the classroom."

The students didn't dare ask any more questions and left in groups, but they kept talking about Nan Liujing, after all, he was the first person in ten thousand years to make Shrek Academy issue a public apology.

"Yuan En, are you alright?" Ye Qingci asked with concern.

"I'm fine." Yuan Enhui gripped her phone tightly. "I'm going back to the classroom now."

The trainees hadn't gone far; once he rejoined the group, laughter spread again.

This is how class cohesion is achieved.

...

In general, the inner courtyard of the Dragon King Legend era encompassed the outer courtyard and Seagod Island together, dating back ten thousand years.

So after the three of them passed through the unguarded gate, they followed the winding road and soon arrived at a square built along the shore of Poseidon Lake.

Ten statues stand in the square.

The original Shrek Seven Devils from 20,000 years ago, and the Golden Iron Triangle led by Yu Xiaogang.

Nan Liujing's gaze did not fall on the statues, but on a group of figures standing below them.

There were both men and women, and the number of people exceeded fifteen.

The men and women were handsome and beautiful, with an impressive presence, but their faces did not look as mature as the two homeroom teachers from Class 1 that they had met before, probably because they had only recently become students in the inner academy.

Just as Nan Liujing guessed, unlike Li Qiankun and Mo Jue who climbed up step by step from the outer academy, these people were already reserved for the inner academy students from a very early age. Once they reached a sufficient level of cultivation and Battle Armor Master, they didn't need to take any assessments and directly became inner academy students.

At a distance of several dozen meters, the air seemed to freeze suddenly, and the dozen or so people all looked at Nan Liujing with different expressions.

"I have met His Holiness the Holy Spirit and His Holiness the Heavenly Phoenix."

As the three approached, a group of people bowed respectfully.

After the ceremony, the group stared at Nan Liujing with burning passion.

Xu Cang deserved to be killed, but the killer's demand for an apology from the academy angered these geniuses who considered the academy the most important.

In particular, half of these students come from various Soul Master families or even sects that are affiliated with Shrek Academy.

Yun Ming's paternalistic and forceful purge caused heavy losses to their family, and some elders who held senior positions in the Sea God Pavilion were even purged, making it difficult to recover for many years to come.

Nan Liujing glanced at them and thanked Qingmei for the gift; he was sure he recognized these people.

Three of them harbored the deepest animosity towards him.

Nan Xiaxia from the Inner Courtyard, male, with the martial soul Rouge Dragon, is nineteen years old, a level 52 Soul King, and a one-word Battle Armor Master.

Feng Jing'er of the Inner Courtyard, female, with the martial soul Phantom Falcon, is nineteen years old, a level 51 Soul King, and a one-word Battle Armor Master.

Yan Jin of the Inner Court, male, with the Martial Soul of the Blazing Sun Hammer, is nineteen years old, a Soul King of level 52, and a One-Word Battle Armor Master.

The three individuals are from the Earth Dragon Gate, the Wind Whisperer Family, and the Blazing Sun Valley, respectively.

The Earth Dragon Gate became an affiliated force of Shrek Academy ten thousand years ago, originating from Nan Qiuqiu. The Wind Whisperer Family and the Flame Sun Valley joined seven thousand and four thousand years ago, respectively.

Among them, the elder of the Wind Whisperer family is in charge of Shrek Academy's external intelligence network, making him the second person in charge. It can be said that, besides Yali, he is the one who has the most normal contact with the Federation's high-level officials.

The elder of Yanyang Valley is another newly promoted eighth-level Saint Craftsman in the Shrek Academy Blacksmith Association. With his ancestral martial soul, the Blazing Sun Hammer, and the secret technique, the Flaming Heart Tempering Method, he is definitely the second best after Feng Wuyu.

As for why the elders of the three factions were removed from their positions, that remains a secret.

Yali smiled and asked, "Don't you have any classes today?"

"Your Majesty, we heard that Lei Hun Nan Liujing, who ranks ninth on the list of young geniuses, has come here and would like to get to know him," Nan Xiaxia explained.

Since the battle at Tianhai Stadium, Nan Liujing has been promoted to ninth place on the genius list by Leng Yaozhu. His nickname was chosen randomly. It was originally Thunder Dragon, but Nan Liujing felt that it would easily remind people of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, so he changed it to Thunder Soul.

The first eight were all people aged 15 and above.

Nan Liujing himself wasn't interested in this genius ranking; he knew all too well how many geniuses on the continent disdained such a list.

His great-grandfather and eldest uncle often warned him that the Genius List was just a gimmick created by the Spirit Pagoda, and that it could only be used as a reference and not taken completely seriously.

Yali kept smiling and said, "It's fine to get to know him, but let's talk about it after I help him complete the enrollment procedures."

"Yes." The crowd responded respectfully and immediately made way for them.

Walking behind the two elegant and aloof mature women, Nan Liujing met the gazes of the group of students and said calmly, "When we get to know each other later, will you all get to know me together, or one by one?"

Ya Li and Leng Yaozhu walked without stopping, their faces showing no emotion.

Upon hearing Nan Liujing's indifferent words, the students who had just entered the inner courtyard were clearly taken aback, and it took them a while to understand the meaning behind his words.

The group's expressions instantly turned cold.

Getting to know each other = I'll beat you all up.

Getting to know each one individually = a one-on-one duel.

Damn, that's a bit too arrogant, isn't it?

Everyone stared angrily.

"I have to go complete the enrollment procedures. You can figure it out yourselves." Nan Liujing smiled slightly and strode away.

(End of this chapter)