"You, you are?" Tang San looked at Tianlin's face, seeming somewhat familiar, but after all, six years had passed, and it was only a brief encounter. He couldn't quite remember, but when he saw the blue sword in Tianlin's hand, he was deeply impressed. "That sword, you are, the child who saved me and my teacher in the Soul Hunting Forest six years ago?"
Tianlin nodded. "Not bad, at least you remember your savior. Let me introduce myself, I am Jun Tianlin!"
"Xiao San, you know each other?" Dai Mubai retracted his Spirit and asked. He wasn't injured; Tianlin had held back. It was just that he had used three Spirit abilities in a row, and his Spirit power was somewhat depleted. He would be fine after meditating for a while.
"Yes, he is kind to me. Why were you fighting?" Tang San didn't deny it. Although he was vengeful, he wouldn't forget those who had helped him, but he wouldn't necessarily repay the favor. It depended on whether Tianlin had any value to him.
Coincidentally, Tianlin thought the same way. Tang San still had some value to him for the time being. One of the purposes of his visit was for some of the good things on him.
"It's a misunderstanding." Tianlin stepped forward to explain. "He only heard me say that this Academy was dilapidated and couldn't restrain his anger. Little did he know that outstanding people make a place outstanding. Whether a place is excellent is not determined by its luxury, but by the kind of people it can produce. After all, it's not about how deep the water is, but whether there is a dragon."
"Shrek Academy has Four-Eyed Cat Eagle Flander, Immovable Bright King Zhao Wuji, and Shao Xin, one of the top five food-type Soul Masters on the continent, guarding it. In terms of teaching staff, it can be considered excellent."
"Damn, why didn't you say so earlier? I thought you were here to challenge us, and I got beaten for nothing!" Dai Mubai couldn't help but complain. If he had understood Tianlin's meaning earlier, he wouldn't have attacked.
"Since it's a misunderstanding, let's just consider it a case of 'no discord, no concord'." Tang San acted as a peacemaker. Seeing that he couldn't beat Tianlin anyway, Dai Mubai wasn't the type to stubbornly refuse to admit defeat, so he agreed to let it go.
Hearing this, Tianlin also retracted the Demon Sword. Tang San walked up to him and asked, "Brother Jun, may I ask what brings you to Shrek Academy? If you're here to enroll, the enrollment period is already over, but with Brother Jun's qualifications, the Dean might make an exception. If so, Tang San is willing to recommend you!"
"I'll have to disappoint Brother Tang this time. I've already joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy. I'm here this time just to see my little devil who ran away from home." Tianlin smiled.
As soon as he finished speaking, a beautiful girl in green clothes ran over. It was Ning Rongrong, who had arrived one step behind Tang San.
"Sword Brother!" Ning Rongrong excitedly threw herself into Tianlin's arms. "Why are you here?"
Seeing this scene, Oscar was completely heartbroken. Ning Rongrong's excitement when she saw this young man couldn't be faked. She really had someone she liked. It seemed his first love had ended before it even began.
"Why am I here? Of course, I came to find you. You suddenly ran away from home. Do you know how worried I was?" Tianlin stroked Ning Rongrong's hair, scolding her in a gentle tone.
Mentioning running away from home, Ning Rongrong suddenly remembered something. She left Tianlin's embrace, turned her back to him, and put her hands on her hips. "Hmph, Sword Brother, why are you here to find me? Don't you have many beautiful senior sisters to accompany you?"
This girl was still jealous. Tianlin said helplessly, "It's all a misunderstanding. Even if all the senior sisters in the Academy are added together, none of them are as important as you in my heart. That's why I came to find you without even caring about the team matters."
Hearing this, Ning Rongrong immediately smiled. Tianlin being able to find her so quickly was enough to prove his concern for her, which made her quite satisfied.
In fact, she had already stopped being angry when she saw Tianlin appear, but girls need to be coaxed, especially a Little Princess like Ning Rongrong who had been spoiled since childhood.
Tang San and the others realized from their conversation that Tianlin was the Sword Brother that Ning Rongrong had always mentioned, and the reason why Ning Rongrong came to Shrek Academy was not to become stronger, but purely because she was jealous and ran away from home. The psychology of this kind of rich young lady was indeed difficult to grasp.
As guests, Tang San and the others invited Tianlin into the Academy. The inside of this Academy was even worse than the outside. Apart from an open space in the middle and a few rooms for sleeping around, there were no teaching facilities at all. It was hard to imagine that this was the place where seven gods would emerge in the original story.
Of course, the key to their becoming gods, the superb Immortal Herb, had already been intercepted by Tianlin. It was likely that most of the people here no longer had the possibility of becoming gods.
If there was anyone who still had hope, it would only be Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar.
Tang San's talent was top-notch even if he didn't take the Immortal Herb. Even if he couldn't bear the dual god positions like in the original story, it was still possible for him to inherit an ordinary god position.
Ning Rongrong's Immortal Pill was still being kept by Ning Fengzhi. When she went back to take it next time, her talent would be even better than in the original story.
As for the final Oscar, although he didn't have the Immortal Herb, he still had hope of becoming the God of Cookery. After all, he was the only food-type Soul Master on the continent who could become a Titled Douluo, but compared to the original story, the time it would take for him to become a god might be a little later and more difficult.
There was no need to talk about the other four. Xiao Wu was a Soul Beast. According to the rules of the God Realm, the difficulty for her to become a god was unimaginably high, infinitely close to zero. Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were now just ordinary Titled Douluo.
As for Ma Hongjun, without the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, not to mention becoming a god, it was possible that he would one day die from the backlash of his own evil fire, or he would completely submit to his desires and become an Evil Soul Master under the influence of the evil fire.
Tianlin's purpose in coming here, besides seeing Ning Rongrong, was also for a few of them. Some of them needed to be used and suppressed, such as Tang San. As the protagonist of the original story, his luck was too strong. Although Tianlin didn't hate him and wouldn't take his life, he couldn't sit idly by and watch him grow to the extent of the original story. Otherwise, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was likely to be marginalized like in the original story.
Although Tianlin was confident that his potential was far greater than Tang San's, he never liked to gamble.
Therefore, Tang San can be strong, but the extent of his strength must be within Tianlin's control. As for the dual god positions like in the original work, forget about it.
Tianlin had already thought of a plan to restrict him, and this time he was here to execute it.
In addition, there were a few others who needed to be won over. If they were willing to follow him, he wouldn't mind giving them Immortal Herbs again.
Entering Shrek Academy, he saw a middle-aged man with glasses sitting on a recliner, resting. The Shrek Seven Devils' class time today was in the evening, so Flander had absolutely nothing to do right now.
"Dean Flander, hello, I am Jun Tianlin. I have long admired the name of the Golden Iron Triangle!" Tianlin stepped forward to greet him.
Flander opened his eyes, turned his head, and said, "Oh, you are Sword Sovereign Jun Tianlin. You are here to see Rongrong, right? The academy is simple, please make yourself at home."
He had no intention of entertaining Tianlin at all. As expected, he was a very stingy guy, but Tianlin didn't care about such trivial matters.
"Dean, this is a letter from our Sect Master for you to read." Tianlin took out a letter from his bosom.
Just like in the original work, Ning Fengzhi gave Flander an imperial decree, which was to tell him not to worry about Ning Rongrong's identity, and to educate her as he should, treating her the same as other students.
Flander took the letter, read it, and nodded, "I understand. You can go back and reassure Sect Master Ning. Since Rongrong has become my student, I will naturally fulfill the responsibilities of a teacher."
"Then thank you, Dean!" Tianlin said with a smile.
From here on, there will be a brief period of following the group, about a dozen chapters. After tricking all the people who should be tricked, the protagonist will have his own adventures, that is, continue to do his own thing.
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