107 Shrek Academy's Exchange Students

Hey there, Yozuka here!

I'm really not sure how to tell you this, but... this is the last chapter.

Well, jokes aside, I'm really sorry that there was no chapter yesterday! There were a few problems at work and I had to remain behind for more than three hours, so I didn't have time to write a chapter. D:

There'll be a double release today to make up for that!

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"It's really you..." Yue Zhengyu was the same as Xie Xie; Both of them just standing in the hallway with a shocked expression. A moment later, the next people arrived and Tang Wulin quickly pulled Xie Xie and Yue Zhengyu into the room before the same thing happens again.

Little by little, all of the students from Shrek Academy came to the room. Upon seeing Sheng Feilong, all of them showed various degrees of shock. Though the only two who cried where Xu Lizhi and Xu Xiaoyan, while Gu Yue and Ye Xinglan were the most composed.

To Sheng Feilong's surprise, the students who came from Shrek were mostly composed of Tang Wulin's team which he was originally a part of and the only other students were Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu from the second grade.

While everyone slowly calmed down, Sheng Feilong turned towards Tang Wulin with a smile. He really liked that Tang Wulin would always remain calm no matter what happened. And he was mostly pleasant to talk to. "You've all been chosen to represent Shrek Academy in the exchange program?"

Tang Wulin nodded his head with a calm expression. "The Academy chose us for the program and we're supposed to join another academy on the Star Luo Continent. Yuanen and Zhengyu are the top students and class monitors of the second grade, so they are supposed to represent their grade."

"And the rest of the team is made up of first years? What about the rest of the second grade? And the third grade?" Sheng Feilong asked, a bit confused about the choice. Tang Wulin smiled wryly and Yue Zhengyu chimed in. "The rest of the second grade can't compare with Wulin and the others. We don't know why they didn't sent anyone from the third grade, but I guess they just opted for the rest of us since they recently beat the third grade in a match."

Yuanen Yehui said nothing, but she was clearly displeased that Yue Zhengyu so openly said that the rest of their grade can't compare to the first grade. Still, she couldn't deny that this generation's first years are all exceptionally strong. After the decision was made, she requested for another duel between the first and second grade because she wasn't satisfied with the result.

Although she knew the first grade's strength and that they had lost against the first grade at the start of the year, Yuanen Yehui still firmly believed that that was because Sheng Feilong had tied her down. Now with him out of the picture, she didn't believe that they were still their equal.

Unfortunately, her request was turned down by the teachers, but that didn't stop her from leading her team to challenge Tang Wulin and the others to an informal competition. The result was devastating; She and Yue Zhengyu were the only ones able to tie their opponents down while everyone else was disposed of relatively quickly. Then, with the support of the rest of their team, Tang Wulin and Ye Xinglan dealt with her and Yue Zengyu respectively. It was a total defeat.

Sheng Feilong seemed surprised. "You guys actually beat the third grade..? Aren't most of them around 20 years of age? And you still won?" Tang Wulin nodded and explained a bit about the third grade. Apparently they just had the advantage of their age and weren't actually as talented as the top students from the second and first grades.

Yuanen Yehui clenched her fists lightly when she heard Sheng Feilong accepting the fact that the second grade was weaker than the first grade like nothing. She had accepted the teachers evaluation, but for Sheng Feilong to be so arrogant to not even put them in his eyes; This was just too much. "You think the second grade is so weak that you don't even need to mention them?"

Sheng Feilong flinched, not expecting her suddenly speak up while he talked to Tang Wulin. He wanted to say something, but seeing Yuanen Yehui's angry expression, he hesitated for a moment before speaking up with a calm expression. "I never cared for who's stronger or weaker. I only cared about cultivating at Shrek and the only reason I joined the competition was to apologize to you to begin with. I don't think the members of the second grade are weak; They are students at Shrek, that alone already says enough. But... they are weaker compared to the first grade."

The mood in the room turned somewhat weird and it was clear that Yuanen Yehui was angry about Sheng Feilong's answer; even Yue Zhengyu didn't have a good expression. Tang Wulin wanted to say something to stop them, but Yuanen Yehui was faster to speak up. "You still think they're weaker? While you played dead for half a year, all of them trained like mad to become stronger and challenged their limits time and time again. Who are you to say they're weaker?"

Sheng Feilong remained silent and his expression became somewhat frosty. He stared at Yuanen Yehui and released his Soul Power. The faces of the people in the room quickly changed when they saw five Soul Ring's pop up behind Sheng Feilong's back. Three purple and then two more, black and black!

They were shocked to see that Sheng Feilong broke through rank 50 when they struggled to just reach rank 40 after this half a year. After a long moment of silence, Sheng Feilong spoke up with a cold voice matching his gaze. "They trained like mad? Congratulations; You've done what was expected of normal students of Shrek Academy. Then, how far have they reached? How strong have they become? Can they match the first grade's students now?"

While speaking, he began to take of his jacket and then his shirt, showing his bare upper body and the horrendous scar that went up all the way from beneath his ribcage over his shoulder. He pointed at the scar with a finger and continued to speak in the same frosty tone. "Does this look like playing dead to you? Do you think the Soul Train accident was a joke? Do you think my Master, Song Weihan, attacking Shrek Academy out of hatred is a joke?"

No one spoke – No one dared to speak up now. They all thought Sheng Feilong was dead until today and they naturally knew about the Soul Train accident. For Yuanen Yehui to speak of it as 'playing dead' was already close to the limit they could accept, but they hadn't imagined what Sheng Feilong had gone through while he was 'dead'. What in the world would lead to him receiving such a scar?

Sheng Feilong sighed and put his shirt back on, ignoring the shocked stares of the others. He looked at Yuanen Yehui who didn't dare to match his gaze anymore. "You asked for my opinion on the matter. I didn't intend to insult you or anyone from the second grade... The Soul Train didn't have an accident and it wasn't just any terrorists attacking it, but was evil Soul Masters. And I nearly died fighting their leader, a Soul Saint, back then. If it wasn't for my Master, I would have died without a doubt."

After some time of silence, Tang Wulin looked at Sheng Feilong with a strange expression. He hesitated for while longer before speaking up. "Will you return to Shrek Academy..?" Everyone else looked at Sheng Feilong now as well. All of them were eager to hear his decision, but Sheng Feilong slowly shook his head. "No. At least not for now. I don't know about the future, but for the moment, I have no intentions of going back."

Just after he finished, his Soul Communicator rung. It wasn't a call, but a message and seeing that it was from She Meixiao, Sheng Feilong quickly looked at it. It was a simple line saying 'One minute is already up.' and ended with a cute smiling emoji.

He had forgotten that She Meixiao was still waiting for him to try the suit on and return! Sheng Feilong's face change and he jumped up from the bed. Grabbing his jacket, he run over to the door and left in a hurry. "I really have to go now! I'll see you later! Right, you'll join the banquet won't you? See you then!"

Tang Wulin and the others were stunned. The heavy mood had completely disappeared, but everyone was still just staring at the door. Sheng Feilong didn't have the leisure to concern himself about what they might think and quickly returned to his own room. He pulled out the suit and carefully placed in on the bed before undressing, throwing his clothes on the ground.

In the room next to his, She Meixiao was still looking at her Soul Communicator. Hearing the noise and chaos coming from the other room, she smiled lightly and just waited for Sheng Feilong to come over. This was the thing she didn't want to tell Sheng Feilong before; She knew that students from Shrek Academy would join the delegation.

She also knew that they would be on the same floor as them. And, from Song Weihan's words after she got a hold on the list of people Shrek Academy would sent, she also know that they were Sheng Feilong's friends.

The chaos in the room next door quieted down and She Meixiao assumed that Sheng Feilong had finished. He smiled lightly again, waiting for him to come knocking on her door. A moment later, the awaited knock came. "Well, he didn't spout any nonsense about his secrets, so I guess it's okay. He also got to meet his friends, which should be good for his mind... Enter!" She mumbled the first pat to herself before asking Sheng Feilong in with the last word.