Live stream ongoing.
As the camera focused on the gates of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, a group of people soon arrived from the mountainside where the academy was located, heading straight toward the entrance.
Wait a minute...
When viewers saw the group approaching the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, many of them were immediately taken aback.
Because within this group, there were several familiar faces.
The first one, of course, was none other than the infamous "trash master," Yu Xiaogang. Dressed in a scholar's robe with hands clasped behind his back and a calm expression, it seemed like he was getting by quite well in the live stream world.
As for the older men accompanying Yu Xiaogang…
Only a few viewers recognized these folks: the four-eyed owl, Flender, the immovable king Zhao Wuji, along with Spirit Emperor Li Yusong, Lu Qibin, and Soul Saint Shao Xin.
And right behind Yu Xiaogang…
Leading the pack, the tallest figure was the scumbag, Dai Mubai.
Due to previous scandals, Dai Mubai had become a well-known face across the entire Douluo Continent.
Standing next to him was none other than Tang San, who had been exposed by Lin Yu and was now on the Spirit Hall's wanted list, widely despised.
Following them were Xiao Wu, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.
Out of these, aside from Zhu Zhuqing, most of the others were unfamiliar to many of the viewers.
However, upon seeing that there were exactly seven young men and women in the group, many people immediately understood.
So, these seven must be the ones represented by the statues behind Yu Xiaogang in Shrek Academy. All seven of them supposedly became gods, right?
If they all managed to ascend to godhood, then aside from Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing, the other four must also have incredible talent.
If they could be recruited into a family or sect early on, it would be a guaranteed win!
This thought crossed the minds of many viewers, including those from Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, the Heaven Dou Empire, and the Star Luo Empire.
As for Ning Rongrong, both the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, Spirit Hall, and the Heaven Dou Empire already recognized her and had no intention of trying to recruit her. Instead, they quickly dispatched people to seek out Oscar and Ma Hongjun.
In the live stream, although Oscar and Ma Hongjun had already joined Shrek Academy, that might not yet be set in stone!
But, also, it was too late.
In the original story, Oscar and Ma Hongjun officially joined Shrek Academy one and two years later, respectively, but there's a major plot hole here!
Oscar, a food-type Spirit Master with innate full spirit power, and Ma Hongjun, with extremely high innate spirit power but possessing the mutated Evil Fire Phoenix spirit—there's no way the Spirit Hall would have let these two slip through their fingers!
Yet, in the original plot, they both somehow managed to avoid detection until they joined Shrek Academy.
That simply couldn't have happened!
If Oscar's and Ma Hongjun's parents had any sense, they would've realized sending their sons to Spirit Hall would give them far greater futures.
Thus, in the real Douluo Continent, both Oscar and Ma Hongjun were discovered by Flender while he was making extra money as a stand-in spirit awakener in a remote village. He accidentally stumbled upon these two while taking Spirit Hall's place.
As for why he was able to snatch them up—well, that ties into a rumor circulating Douluo Continent.
The rumor goes that the higher the spirit rank of the one performing the spirit awakening, the greater the chances that the children being awakened would become Spirit Masters.
Because of this, villages with some wealth would always try to hire high-rank Spirit Masters to perform their spirit awakenings.
Of course, not everyone knew about this rumor. For instance, the Holy Spirit Village didn't know.
But in many of the villages around Suotuo City, this rumor was well-known. As a result, they always hired high-level Spirit Masters to awaken the spirits of the children in the village.
That's how Flender got lucky and picked up Oscar and Ma Hongjun.
So, trying to snatch Oscar and Ma Hongjun early on was no longer possible! Even though they hadn't officially joined Shrek Academy yet, they were already training there and were essentially part of the academy's future team.
Meanwhile, the live stream continued.
Upon seeing herself in the broadcast, Xiao Wu, who was currently in the back mountains of Nuoding Academy, widened her eyes in disbelief, her cute little face full of shock.
"How could this be? How am I in this live stream? Does that mean I'll join Shrek Academy in the future?"
"But why am I standing so close to that disgusting Tang San? That vile, deceitful, and repulsive guy! He has the blood of our spirit beast clan in his veins, and he dares to plot against the Beast Lord!"
"The nerve! I should be staying far away from him, not standing so close! Ugh, this is awful! The version of me in the live stream must've been tricked by that deceitful scumbag!"
Seeing her future self being so friendly with Tang San in the livestream, Xiao Wu was so furious she could stomp her feet.
Beside her, Ah Yin seemed to pick up on something but chose not to say anything. Of course, given her current state, she couldn't speak anyway.
At the same time, with a quick mental check-in with his real body, Shangqing's clone understood what was being broadcast and comforted Xiao Wu.
"The future you saw in the live stream belongs to that timeline. Now that you've realized Tang San's true nature, just make sure not to fall for his tricks in the future. No need to get mad over something that hasn't even happened yet."
However, in stark contrast to Xiao Wu, upon seeing the adorable girl with the scorpion-tail braid chatting excitedly behind "himself" in the stream, Tang San's heart began to race.
That girl…
For a moment, Tang San felt his heart skip a beat, and his face flushed.
Though inexperienced, Tang San could tell he was beginning to have feelings for her. Was this love at first sight?
But because of that despicable Lin Yu, his fate had been entirely altered. He hadn't even met this girl yet and didn't know if he ever would.
With this thought, Tang San sighed, feeling a sense of regret and loneliness.
Meanwhile, the live stream continued.
The Shrek Academy group eventually reached the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, only to be confronted by Xue Beng and his lackeys, who had been lurking nearby.
Seeing the Shrek Academy group, Xue Beng and his goons arrogantly approached, mistaking them for beggars and trying to drive them away.
Inevitably, a conflict broke out.
Dai Mubai was the first to strike, landing a punch that sent Xue Beng flying.
Then, the rest of the Shrek students joined in, easily taking down Xue Beng's lackeys.
Shortly after, a teacher from Heaven Dou Royal Academy arrived. Xue Beng tried to play the victim, but the teacher, Sun Buyu, reprimanded him instead and escorted the Shrek group into the academy.
Xue Beng was left standing there, beaten black and blue, shouting angrily that he would seek revenge!
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