Chapter 142: Shrek School Opening Season
August always passes quickly, and amid the chirping of cicadas, time arrived in September. Whether in his previous life or this one, this season was school opening season.
Shrek Academy was no exception; they also began recruiting new students.
Huo Yuhao was in the Enthusiasm Headquarters office at the moment, glancing at the date, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, a flash of imperceptible light in his black eyes.
“Na’er, come to the office.”
Huo Yuhao sent a message to Gu Yue Na via the Magic Net. After Adam repeatedly determined that Gu Yue Na’s mental state was harmless to humans and animals, Huo Yuhao put his mind at ease with her.
He began boldly assigning her various tasks, and she demonstrated super strong execution ability, handling even the most complex tasks properly.
Ever since the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm focused his energy on the Magic Net business, Huo Yuhao was still worried about the mountain of computation documents.
Fortunately, Gu Yue Na came, so Huo Yuhao simply gave her all those unimportant computation documents, and she seemed happy to help process them.
Because of her outstanding work ability, which made a group of Enthusiasm Members feel ashamed, Huo Yuhao had to show some appreciation, so he promoted Gu Yue Na to his assistant secretary.
Mainly responsible for helping him handle some administrative affairs, she was Huo Yuhao’s current chosen workhorse number three.
Similarly, during this time, Huo Yuhao also discovered that Gu Yue Na probably had designs on Enthusiasm.
This silly dragon’s thoughts were all exposed on her face, probing multiple times whether he had any thoughts of stepping down.
But that was fine; if she had no ulterior motives at all, Huo Yuhao really wouldn’t dare to use her.
At this moment, Gu Yue Na was wearing a hard hat and following an Enthusiasm Cadre to inspect the construction site at the south gate of Xilu City.
Because a large number of civilians and Soul Masters flooded into Xilu City, the city was getting a bit crowded.
To solve this problem, Huo Yuhao decided to expand Xilu City to the south.
Under Huo Yuhao’s orders, a large number of earth-attribute Soul Masters and Soul Tools were sent to the south gate, and they immediately got to work.
Gu Yue Na was sent to inspect the construction site. Her spiritual power was explosively strong, so she could spot problems at a glance wherever they were.
“What’s wrong, Secretary?”
The Enthusiasm Cadre ahead saw Gu Yue Na suddenly stop, looking at her with doubt on his face.
At first, he hadn’t paid much attention to this leader, but later he changed his attitude because she had real skills, spotting many problems on the construction site at a glance.
Gu Yue Na saw the message on the Magic Net. Over the past half month, she had grown accustomed to Huo Yuhao’s way of addressing her.
“The boss is looking for me.”
“These marked problems must be dealt with promptly; don’t drag them to later.”
The Enthusiasm Cadre took the design drawing from Gu Yue Na’s hand, saluted her, and then immediately led the surrounding Soul Masters to fix the issues.
Gu Yue Na headed straight to Enthusiasm Headquarters.
“Squeak~”
Accompanied by the sound of the office door being pushed open, Gu Yue Na came before Huo Yuhao and said:
“Boss, what do you need me for?”
Huo Yuhao waved for her to sit in the chair opposite, poured her a cup of tea, and said:
“Shrek Academy is about to welcome school opening season.”
“This year, Xilu City has several children of appropriate age going over.”
“The City Lord’s recommendation letters have been prepared long ago, and you know the people.”
“It’s Bai E, Feng Jin, Ti Bao, and Mademos.”
“Oh, right, and Xia Die. I originally didn’t want her to go; her Martial Soul is somewhat unique.”
“But after thinking it over, I still decided to let her go. Because of these children’s special nature, I plan to arrange a few people to go to Shrek City with them.”
“To ensure their safety while expanding Enthusiasm’s influence inside Shrek City.”
After speaking, Huo Yuhao’s black eyes looked at Gu Yue Na. She met his gaze thoughtfully.
“Boss, you want to arrange for me to go?”
Huo Yuhao nodded and continued:
“You, I, and Roman will all go.”
“Shrek City inside is different from other cities; I need to check the situation.”
“And there’s one thing inside that I want to observe.”
Gu Yue Na nodded and said:
“Okay, when do we set off?”
Huo Yuhao checked the time and said to Gu Yue Na:
“We can go now.”
“Let’s go; head to the orphanage to pick up those children first.”
………..
“Little Di? Is Little Bai not ready yet?”
Ti Bao was currently standing with Mademos, Feng Jin, and Xia Die on the open space in front of the orphanage gate, waiting for Bai E.
Mademos crossed his arms, looking at the dormitory building and saying:
“Here he comes.”
Bai E came rushing down from the dormitory building carrying big bags and small bags, waving to the group with a smile on his face.
“Everyone! I’m here!”
Bai E jogged up to Mademos. Feng Jin sized up Bai E’s outfit today, and her green eyes lost their sparkle.
Because Bai E was wearing a yellow top with purple pants today, making him particularly eye-catching in the sunlight.
Mademos saw it and couldn’t help but complain:
“Is that outfit for the circus?”
“Can’t you wear something normal?”
Bai E retorted immediately upon hearing:
“This outfit is clearly great; Brother Huo wears like this too.”
Mademos clearly didn’t want to continue engaging with Bai E, slapping his forehead and saying:
“Whatever.”
Soon, the roar of an engine came from the orphanage’s underground garage. Roman drove the jeep up to the group and said:
“Get in the car.”
“Uncle Roman is about to take you to school.”
“But we need to wait for two more people first.”
Bai E and the others familiarly opened the doors and got into their seats. Mademos sat next to Bai E and was squeezed against the door by his luggage.
A “well” shape appeared on his forehead as he said to Bai E:
“Why did you bring so much stuff?”
“Xilu City to Shrek City is only forty kilometers.”
“You could walk there in an hour.”
Bai E said apologetically, holding his luggage above his head:
“Sorry, better safe than sorry.”
While they were talking, Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na appeared at the orphanage entrance and came to the jeep.
“Brother Huo?!”
“Father?”
The group was quite surprised to see Huo Yuhao.
Bai E and Ti Bao happily waved at Huo Yuhao, and Mademos also nodded in greeting.
Surprise appeared on Xia Die’s indifferent exquisite face, and her body began to sway slightly.
“Brother Huo and Yue Bao?!”
“Are you here to see us off too?”
Feng Jin was very happy, her tone especially lively.
Gu Yue Na nodded and said:
“Yes, and I’ll be working in Shrek City later.”
Excitement shone in Feng Jin’s green eyes.
“Great!”
“Now I can still go shopping with Yue Bao.”
Roman stuck his head out the window and said to Huo Yuhao:
“The big shot is finally here. Get in the car; we’re heading out.”
Xia Die immediately opened the car door for Huo Yuhao. Her amethyst-like eyes looked at him expectantly. Huo Yuhao smiled, sat next to her, and patted her head.
Xia Die looked blissful, her fingers tightly clutching the corner of Huo Yuhao’s clothes.
Gu Yue Na was sandwiched between Feng Jin and Xia Die, with Feng Jin excitedly chatting with her.
“I wonder what Shrek Academy is like?”
“What good food is there, and what are the teachers like?”
“Once we’re there, we have to take a bath first and stroll around the campus properly.”
Hearing Feng Jin’s words, Huo Yuhao held back from laughing out loud.
She would soon find out what it was like there.
The accommodation conditions at Xilu City Orphanage—Huo Yuhao wasn’t bragging—could really outshine Shrek Academy by ten streets!
Gu Yue Na’s spiritual power was very sensitive; she sensed her boss seemed like he wanted to laugh and looked at him doubtfully.
Huo Yuhao held back his laughter and said, “You’ll know when we get there.”
“Also, Roman! Don’t you know where the accelerator is? Drive faster!”
Roman started the jeep with the key, looked at Huo Yuhao helplessly in the rearview mirror, and said:
“Got it!”
“We’re off!”
Soon, the jeep sped out of the orphanage, drove on Xilu City’s main avenue, left Xilu City, and headed toward Shrek City.
On the road to Shrek City, many carriages could be seen, their decorations indicating the passengers inside were either rich or noble.
Only a few people carried simple luggage, walking to Shrek City.
These were all new students joining Shrek Academy.
Gu Yue Na looked curiously at the scenery along the road from the window. She was quite curious about Shrek City too, after all, the Magic Net said it was the continent’s number one city.
She wondered how it compared to Xilu City.
Huo Yuhao gently stroked Xia Die’s little head, smoothing her hair.
At first, Huo Yuhao hadn’t planned to let her go to Shrek Academy; if her Martial Soul was deemed an Evil Soul Master’s, it would be trouble.
But then he thought Xia Die’s Martial Soul was death, yet without evil or corrupt aura, and with the Xilu City City Lord and Enthusiasm’s endorsement, she shouldn’t be labeled an Evil Soul Master.
Moreover, Gu Yue Na would be going too, and with her relationship to Xia Die and Feng Jin, she wouldn’t let them be bullied.
In Gu Yue Na’s eyes, Feng Jin and Xia Die were not only her friends but also Dragon Clan blood descendants and juniors!
Gu Yue Na wasn’t Chicken Leg Douluo!
If anyone dared to act against Feng Jin and the others under her watch, he’d be number one (thumbs up).
If Gu Yue Na let them get away, she’d be that one (thumbs down)!
If others found out the majestic Silver Dragon King couldn’t even protect her own juniors, she wouldn’t need to hang around on the Douluo Continent anymore.
Actually, during this time, Gu Yue Na had been a bit puzzled. A while ago, she clearly sensed divine power from the God Realm scanning her, lingering for a long time.
That divine power was from the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction.
Gu Yue Na had been prepared to fight for her life then, but found they ignored her completely.
They directly turned their attention to Bai E, who was injured from training.
Gu Yue Na’s spiritual power clearly sensed the Goddess of Life’s power healing Bai E, while the God of Destruction was probably giving Bai E special treatment in his dreams.
She was directly ignored, and in the end, the Goddess of Life used residual divine power to gently stroke Gu Yue Na, healing some of her injuries.
The God of Destruction gathered the remaining divine power into a bundle of information, which Gu Yue Na pondered for days before deciding to accept.
The result was that the information contained all sorts of Dragon Clan inheritances from the past.
Though not complete, they were indeed Dragon Clan items.
This left Gu Yue Na confused. Based on her understanding of the Dragon God War, these God Kings should want to kill her.
Why didn’t Destruction and Life do so, and instead help her?
The Goddess of Life’s stroke at the time clearly carried nostalgia, like seeing an old friend.
Since that day, Gu Yue Na had been searching through Enthusiasm for information on the Dragon God War, even offering high rewards on the Magic Net.
She was a bit inexperienced, even innocent.
But she wasn’t stupid; she quickly realized her understanding of the God Realm seemed to have some misconceptions.
At least Life and Destruction harbored no malice toward her, even goodwill.
