Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 34 This kid is terrifying

Although the information from the academy's teachers wasn't particularly valuable to Huo Yuhao, he was ultimately going to enroll at Shrek Academy. Even if the information he gathered didn't yield much benefit, it was still better to know more than nothing.

That's why Huo Yuhao immediately looked puzzled, scratching his head as he asked Tang Ya, "Sister Xiaoya, why do you say that?"

Hearing Huo Yuhao's question, Bei Bei gave a helpless smile and shrugged, saying, "If your class had a homeroom teacher who would kick students out of school before the exam for various reasons just to ensure a high pass rate, I bet you would have cursed them even more harshly than Xiao Ya."

"Of course, we can just say this to each other in private. If it weren't for the fact that you, Brother Huo, are most likely to be admitted through the Soul Guidance Special Recruitment, to be honest, I really wouldn't dare to say this to you directly, for fear of scaring you away."

Huo Yuhao's lips twitched involuntarily upon hearing Bei Bei's explanation. He couldn't help but feel somewhat fortunate that he had accidentally made up a story about a special admission to the Soul Guidance Department. After all, although many teachers and students at the school knew about this kind of news, unless one was truly in this circle, it was not necessarily possible to find out.

Huo Yuhao's visit to Shrek Academy didn't last long, because both Tang Ya and Bei Bei had already completed their duties of welcoming new students and needed to hurry up and conduct upgrade tests.

Only by passing the test can they advance to the second year; otherwise, even if they don't end up dropping out, they will at least have to repeat a year.

Although he only had a brief visit to Shrek Academy and didn't have time to go inside many of the buildings, Huo Yuhao was still quite satisfied with the visit.

Bei Bei and Tang Ya were just casual acquaintances to him, and it was already a pleasant surprise that they were willing to show him around Shrek Academy. When he saw the two of them and suddenly remembered the upgrade test, Huo Yuhao sensibly took his leave.

Huo Yuhao didn't do anything else, such as visiting other buildings on his own. Instead, he went straight back the way he came, in order to avoid causing any trouble for Tang Ya and Bei Bei. After all, it was the two of them who brought him into the school.

Leaving Shrek Academy through its east gate, Huo Yuhao glanced back at the academy with a touch of nostalgia. Although he was much more experienced than his peers, he couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.

His trip to Shrek may seem like he didn't gain any substantial benefits, but in reality, he gained quite a lot.

First of all, there's the matter of Shrek Academy's admissions. Huo Yuhao was completely unaware of the special admissions policy for Soul Masters within Shrek Academy, as it wasn't mentioned in any intelligence reports.

Although the intelligence suggests that Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department may be in a precarious position, as a department that is on par with the Martial Soul Department on the surface, Huo Yuhao felt that if there was really no other choice, it was perfectly acceptable to directly enter Shrek Academy through the special recruitment policy for Soul Guidance Department teachers.

In addition, Huo Yuhao also carefully discovered that although Shrek Academy occupies a large area, it seems that there is only one student dormitory building in the entire outer academy, which means that Shrek's dormitory is actually a mixed-gender building.

According to Tang Ya and Bei Bei, the first to third floors of Shrek Academy's dormitory building are for boys, and the fourth to sixth floors are for girls. Each floor has nearly a thousand students, and there is a large public toilet at each of the east and west ends. This made Huo Yuhao scratch his head.

For Huo Yuhao, no matter how bad the dormitory environment at Shrek Academy was, it was definitely better than when he was doing commissioned work outside. However, as the number one academy on the continent, the rather ordinary dormitory environment did indeed surprise Huo Yuhao.

Not only was there no private bathroom in the dormitory, but every day Huo Yuhao had to compete with four or five hundred other students for the toilet. Even though Bei Bei said that the toilet was big enough for a hundred people to use at the same time, Huo Yuhao still felt that something was not right.

Perhaps this is Shrek Academy's teaching style? Hmm, the teaching style of the continent's top academy is indeed unexpected. Perhaps the school's leadership believes that a hardworking and simple lifestyle is better for tempering students' willpower or something.

Huo Yuhao silently defended Shrek Academy in his heart, but when he thought about the "glorious deeds" of the old witch Zhou Yi, he felt that something was not quite right. But Shrek's teaching methods and his own judgment must be wrong, right? If he was right, then wouldn't the number one academy on the continent be wrong?

"Can't you be a little more confident and admit that Shrek is in the wrong?"

Within Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, Qian Daoliu's voice sounded somewhat helplessly. He was very clear about Huo Yuhao's thoughts, since Huo Yuhao's spiritual fluctuations were completely undetectable to him. Even if Qian Daoliu wanted to, it would be difficult for him not to know.

"Hmm"

Huo Yuhao gave an awkward "uh," unsure of what to say. Despite his expertise in intelligence gathering and analysis, he was indeed a complete novice when it came to being a student and evaluating teaching quality.

After all, Huo Yuhao's previous teachers were all ruthless, and learning skills under their tutelage meant always being prepared to be cut in two at any moment.

For Huo Yuhao, being chopped up by his teacher in a few strokes meant that he hadn't mastered the art yet. If he could chop up his teacher in a few strokes, it would mean that he had learned all of his teacher's true teachings.

This is precisely why Huo Yuhao is a complete novice when it comes to real teaching and how a real teacher should deliver lessons.

Huo Yuhao's mental fluctuations naturally did not escape Qian Daoliu's eyes. It was precisely because of this that, after sensing those bloody, life-or-death moments that flashed through Huo Yuhao's mind, even with Qian Daoliu's more than a hundred years of experience, he had to gasp and exclaim that this kid was terrifyingly powerful.

"Yuhao, I know you've been away studying for a while, but this place isn't the Ashina you're thinking of. The relationship between students and teachers isn't a life-or-death one. So when you enroll at Shrek Academy, don't be impulsive. Don't just grab a knife and rush up to fight any teacher you think is highly skilled, even if it means a fight to the death. Understand?"

"Oh, okay, I'll listen to you, old man."

Hearing Huo Yuhao's obedient reply, Qian Daoliu silently wiped away non-existent cold sweat from his forehead.

Originally, he just felt that Huo Yuhao was a bit too insecure and wanted to use the example of the Spirit Hall Academy to encourage Huo Yuhao to boldly trust his intuition. However, the few fragments that flashed through Huo Yuhao's mind made him insecure. For a moment, he didn't care about finding an opportunity to despise Shrek Academy's terrible living conditions and the black sheep in the teaching team. He hurriedly advised Huo Yuhao not to bring the Ashina way of studying to Douluo Continent.

(End of this chapter)