"Old man, this is the last meal, you won't have to look for me for the rest of this time, go to Shrek Academy to study"

"You're going to school?"

"Yes, I won't be back for a long time, wait for the next holiday, I'll be back next time, and you'll come back then."

Lu Ming finished talking to the old man with a calm face, to be honest, he was also a little reluctant, after getting along in the past few years, he had become accustomed to the days when the old man came over to eat every day.

Occasionally, I would ask some inexplicable questions, such as what do you think about the situation on the mainland, what do you think about the world, and so on.

Lu Ming always patiently answered the old man, his views were very novel and advanced to the Douluo Continent.

The old man still remembered the conversation that day, and he asked Lu Ming what he thought of the development of the soul guide and the war.

"Human beings have never been great because they are physically strong and powerful, and the real greatness of human beings is the desire to explore the world and wisdom."

"In my opinion, soul masters are nothing more than a group of monkeys with great powers, who have abandoned the virtues of humans and integrated into the beast world with self-pity."

"As for the war, today's war is nothing more than a ridiculous struggle for hegemony, the emperor of the Sun and Moon Empire wants greater interests, and the same is true of the emperors of the other three kingdoms."

"They despicably propagated their patriotic feelings, preached the legitimacy of this war, and shamefully portrayed their own interests as the interests of the whole country."

"Where did the civilians understand that the victory or defeat of the war had nothing to do with them, but only the slave being handed over to another slave owner"

"As for the ridiculous national feelings you said, let me ask you, is there a contradiction between the civilians of the Star Luo Empire and the civilians of the Sun and Moon Empire? There is a contradiction between the emperor of the Star Luo Empire and the emperor of the Sun and Moon Empire, and the contradiction between the emperor of his own country and the commoners."

"On the contrary, the civilians of the Star Luo Empire are more like the civilians of the Sun and Moon Empire, they are also oppressed and enslaved people."

"Only when civilians all over the world unite can we break this brutal war and shatter one tragedy after another, and this process must be achieved through brutal and violent actions."

"This opportunity is the soul guide, which is to develop the soul guide at a high speed and completely break away from the soul master, and turn it into an item that can be manipulated by civilians and made by civilians, this industry will completely break the privilege of soul masters, and completely limit soul masters to the human level."

......

"Do you go to school?"

The old man muttered a few words to himself, and then seemed to remember something happy, and put on a smile, looking like a chicken thief.

......

The next day, Shrek City became lively, and the streets were full of pedestrians, coming and going, and people from all over the world.

The narrow clothes and narrow sleeves of the Star Luo Empire, the robes of the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Douling Empire, and occasionally some of the Sun and Moon Empire's near-modern clothing, solemn colors and flat cuffs.

There are no civilians in plain clothes, after all, the vast majority of people can't afford to pay the registration fee of ten gold soul coins.

The whole Shrek City seemed to be holding a noble banquet this day, only the richly dressed people were eligible to enter, many parents gathered outside Shrek Academy, discussing with each other some jewelry, family situation, occasionally to see whose child was chosen, and then said a few words of flattery against their will.

Lu Ming walked in the middle as if he was out of place with these people, he only wore plain clothes, just like when he was in Xingluo City, quietly observing the ugliness of a person.

There are generally two assessment points in Shrek Academy, one in the city and one outside the east gate of the city, and Shrek Academy is located in the east of Shrek City, like a half corner, cutting Shrek City.

Lu Ming squeezed through the crowd and came to the reception point in Shrek City, where an old table was placed, with cracks and traces of peeling wood.

Paying money, measuring soul power, filling in names, martial souls, a series of processes is nothing new. When everything is done, a small sign, an ugly newborn coat of arms, with ugly creatures printed on it, the system is rough, and there is no connotation and design beauty.

An old key to a door lock, with a bit of rust, and two sets of school uniforms.

A booklet with the location of the dormitory, which class it was assigned to, what dormitory number it was.

The first class of freshmen, dormitory 108, white dormitory building, Lu Ming can't remember the specific plot of the original plot, but he feels a little familiar, five or six years have swept away the once superficial memories into the trash like floating dust.

The next step is to enter Shrek Academy under the envious eyes and speculative gaze of a group of parents.

Inside, there are all kinds of well-manicured plants and wide square streets, and even the ground is paved with delicate and neat marble, obviously stone, but there is not even a gap at the border.

In the center of the square are several huge statues, the founder of Shrek Academy and the original Shrek Seven Monsters, where many freshmen bow and salute as a sign of respect.

Lu Ming felt very shameful, this was just a few scum who had gone lucky, far from his definition of respect, establishing a heart for heaven and earth, establishing a life for the people, continuing to learn for the saints, and opening peace for all generations, none of these people did it.

Crossing the square, looking around at the roadside signs and the map on the pamphlet, after getting lost a few times, Lu Ming finally arrived at the dormitory area.

The dormitory buildings of different colors are strange to say, the scientific and technological development of the Douluo Continent has always stayed in the feudal era of the earth, but it can explore the structure of unearthed cement concrete and steel bars. However, it is estimated that it should be expensive and not widely used.

Lu Ming walked around and walked to the front of a white dormitory building, which looked quite old and felt like a dangerous building, and a large area of wall skin had fallen off outside, leaking gray concrete and blue-gray masonry inside, and it was not even as good as the high school dormitory.

An old man was sitting in the doorway, lying on a chair.

Lu Ming was stunned for a moment and rubbed his eyes. Make sure you're not mistaken.

"Hey, old man, why did you run to Shrek Academy"

Lu Ming ran up quickly and patted the old man's head.

"Go, go, can't my old man come out to find a job, as soon as you go to school, I have no money, and I starve to death on the street?"

"Also, you kid should pay attention, I'm the official doorman of Shrek Academy, if you look like me like this, I'll report to the school and expel you."

"Cut, you love to report to the newspaper, Shrek Academy is a bureaucracy, you are an ordinary person, you can't even hear a splash when you throw a stone", Lu Ming pursed his lips and said sarcastically.

"Where is my 08 dormitory", Lu Ming took out the pamphlet and asked the old man.

"Look for it yourself, the old man doesn't know anything, maybe it's on the fifth floor, you don't want to go to the fifth floor to take a look", the old man closed his eyes directly, humming and chirping in his mouth, looking like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.

"You are blind to me, this booklet says that the fourth floor and above are girls' dormitories, and you are uneasy and kind-hearted."

"Yes, I'll find it myself", Lu Ming pursed his lips, looked at the old man with his eyes closed, and said no more.

"Hey, old man, I'll go back to the tavern with me after I've packed up my things, and get Hei over."

Lu Ming entered the dormitory building and said another word to the old man.

"Fuck off, I'll leave here to work, you kid just thinks of bad ideas, go back with you, what if you get caught and fire me?"

There was no response in the dormitory, and the old man opened his eyes and looked at the back, with a little smile on his face, and he looked cheap.

The appearance of the dormitory was not much different from Lu Ming's former high school dormitory, dim and damp, and there was a strange smell in the collective toilets on the left and right sides.

The ground was made of some kind of gravel mixed with earth cement, which looked dirty, and in some places the wall skin had fallen off, leaking the gray color of the interior.

There is still a little bit of standing water on the ground, which is estimated to have been dripped by some people when they received water from a basin.

I searched carefully through the room number and found the old door, made of iron sheets, with a small window at the top of the door, and an old embroidered brass lock.

There is also a heavy sluggishness when inserting the key, and it is inconvenient to twist it, and you can hear a screeching sound when you push the door.

A heavy, obscure air stream gushed out with a damp, cloudy smell.

Lu Ming opened the window and dispersed the airflow of the entire room, and the movement of the airflow caused a gust of wind.

There was a thin layer of dust in every part of the room, two beds, a frosted concrete floor, and two iron cabinets with paint peeling.

There was also a spirit lamp on the roof, which was the only thing in the room that looked neat and high-class.

"Did Shrek Academy spend all its money on the face project?"

Lu Ming looked at the dormitory of the ten Golden Soul Coin tuition fees and was speechless for a while, this dilapidated environment was not even as good as some cheap small inns.

Lu Ming took out a cloud of water from the air, enveloped every inch of dust in the room, and then threw the dirty water into the bathroom in the corridor.

Take out your futon from the bracelet and spread it neatly on the bed, and even take out some wooden floors and spread them on the ground, which looks much more comfortable.

With wooden floors, clean rooms, and neat beds, it looks like a decent place to live.

"Old man, I'll go back to pick up Xiao Hei, do you have any snacks? I'll bring you some", Lu Ming poked his head out of the window and shouted loudly.

"Bring me some osmanthus cake and add more sugar"

The old man outside was talking to a little blue-haired boy who looked familiar.

Lu Ming almost bumped into the boy in the narrow corridor, and quickly apologized.

"Boy" looked at Lu Ming's face, and was suddenly stunned, just as he wanted to say something, Lu Ming had already walked away.

"Old man, you eat a lot of food, and you put more sugar, you're not afraid of getting sick, right?"

Familiar and unfamiliar voices came in from outside, vibrating the air with a little echo.

"Maybe it's an illusion," the boy muttered, touching the warm pendant around his neck.