I am the son of the Dragon God in Douluo Continent.

After the election for class monitor and vice-monitor concluded, Class 9 of the freshmen officially began their daily life at Shrek Academy. That afternoon, their homeroom teacher, Hibiscus, began teaching them about the history of the continent over the past few years, as well as the reforms that had taken place there.

After the theory classes came the physical training. Although it wasn't as demanding as the class next door, where everyone had to wear a 20-pound weightlifting suit, we had to do more running.

As for those who slacked off during the run, they would be severely reprimanded by Teacher Mujin and then made to run a few more laps. However, after this physical training session, Mujin told them a disheartening fact: they would have to wear the school-issued iron suits for all future physical training sessions, so the students had to prepare for tomorrow's physical training.

Upon hearing this, the vast majority of students let out a painful roar. Running a hundred or two hundred laps and then adding the iron suit was practically killing them! One or two days would be fine, but if they did this every day, could their bodies withstand it?

Fortunately, Mu Jin reassured them that the physical training was only three times a week, not every day. This relieved the students who were physically weaker.

After that, Mu Jin announced that today's class was over and told them to go back to their dormitories, wash up, and get some sleep to prepare for tomorrow's class.

After today's classes ended, Xu Xingyu and Xu Yanxue did not leave the classroom immediately, but went to find Mu Jin right after class. After asking for directions, the two quickly found Mu Jin in her private office.

After knocking, the person inside said "Come in," and the two entered Mu Jin's office. They saw Mu Jin organizing a form on her desk.

With her keen eyesight, Xu Xingyu glanced at the contents of the table and discovered that it represented the individual performance of each student in her class during the physical training.

Mu Jin is a very meticulous person. She marked each person's approximate physical endurance on the form and also divided each student into different physical groups based on their entrance exam scores.

Finally, judging from the content of the table, it seems that Mujin wanted to use this data to find the physical strength group suitable for each person, and then distribute the iron armor of the appropriate weight to the members of that physical strength group.

This made Xu Xingyu, who had just become the class monitor, sigh. In the original work, Mu Jin's overall performance was that of the old lady next door, Zhou, who was a completely unreasonable person.

However, that was only a partial description in the original work. In reality, Mu Jin and Zhou Yi might still not get along, but she did a very good job as a teacher.

In real life, Ms. Mulan is a good teacher who cares about her students. Although she can be a bit strict at times, she is generally very reasonable. This is probably why she is loved by these new students after only one lesson.

Xu Xingyu had reason to suspect that Zhou Yi's college entrance rate was higher than the other party's simply because she eliminated all the people who could drag her down, instead of being as responsible as Mu Jin in teaching her students to the best of her ability.

It's just that Huo Yuhao, a character with extraordinary abilities, appeared in Zhou Yi's class in the original novel, which is why she was portrayed as a teacher full of jealousy and prone to making trouble. This is probably just a classic trope in the novel, used to highlight how outstanding the protagonist's methods are.

At this moment, Mu Jin looked up from her desk and saw that the two people who came in were Xu Xingyu and Xu Yanxue. She asked in confusion, "Xu Xingyu and Xu Yanxue, is there something you need from me?"

"Yes, when my brother and I applied to Shrek Academy, we found that without a teacher's recommendation, we could only take Soul Guidance courses here in our third year. So we wanted to ask Teacher Mu if we could take Soul Guidance courses this year."

Teacher Mu looked at the two of them with surprise and asked, "You want to take courses in the Soul Guidance Department? I'm not trying to criticize you, but everyone's energy is limited. Unless you have really good talent in Soul Guidance Devices, I don't recommend that you take courses in the Soul Guidance Department at this age."

Although Mu Jin, like most martial spirit teachers, completely looked down on the existence of soul tools, after all, the person she liked was a member of the soul tool department, she still believed that at this age, cultivation should be the priority.

Because whether one becomes a Soul Master or a Soul Instructor, insufficient cultivation will inevitably prevent them from achieving great things in their respective fields. Moreover, it would be a waste of such promising talents as Xu Xingyu and Xu Yanxue not to be placed in the Martial Soul Department.

In Mu Jin's opinion, as long as Xu Xingyu and Xu Yanxue cultivate diligently over the next few years, they should be able to consider advancing to the inner courtyard and joining the core of Shrek Academy around their third or fourth year. This was her biggest regret back then!

Xu Xingyu wasn't too surprised by Mu Jin's reaction, since what she said made a lot of sense. But that was only a principle that applied to ordinary people. Were Xu Xingyu and Xu Yanxue ordinary people?

It is obvious that they are not ordinary people, but monsters who are superior to their peers, and could even be said to be the kings of monsters.

After Mu Jin finished explaining her thoughts, Xu Xingyu and Xu Yanxue took out two badges from their pockets. These were Soul Master badges, representing the Soul Masters' identities.

To Mu Jin's great surprise, this was actually a Soul Master badge recognized by the Star Luo Empire Soul Master Association!

The badge in Xu Xingyu's hand is a Level 3 Soul Master badge, while the badge in Xu Yanxue's hand is a Level 2 Soul Master badge!

This means that these two siblings are geniuses in cultivation as well as in soul tools. In that case, it would be a waste of their soul tool talents if their request was not granted.

However, what troubled Mu Jin was that it would be fine if they were just minoring in it, but if the two children were poached by the Soul Guidance Department in the future, she would definitely be scolded by the leaders of the Martial Soul Department.

Although the Martial Soul System and the Soul Guidance System are both departments of Shrek Academy, there are still many disputes between the two factions.

The Martial Soul system genuinely looks down on the Soul Guidance system. Because the Soul Guidance system lacks geniuses who can change the status quo, it has been trying to undermine the Martial Soul system.

Unless it's an event concerning the survival of the academy, the two factions rarely cooperate.

Therefore, if I recommend these two genius-level students to the Soul Guidance Department, they might be poached by the Soul Guidance Department, and then it would be a problem whether I could keep my job afterwards.

Xu Xingyu seemed to sense her homeroom teacher's predicament and stepped forward, saying, "Teacher Mu, although I want to cultivate soul tools, I will mainly focus on the martial soul system. Therefore, I will choose Shrek Academy's martial soul system as my main path in the future. I will only consider focusing on soul tool courses if I cannot be accepted by the martial soul system."

Hearing this, Mu Jin's expression softened considerably, and she looked at Xu Yanxue, asking, "So, Xu Yanxue, what are your thoughts?"

Xu Yanxue replied, "My thoughts are somewhat different from Xingyu's. I've been very interested in Soul Guidance Department courses since I was a child. So, personally, I still want to go into the Soul Guidance Department for my future."

Mu Jin would be lying to say she wasn't disappointed by Xu Yanxue's answer, but every student has their own aspirations, and as a teacher, she could only offer them some appropriate guidance.

Ultimately, their final choice rests in their own hands, not with her, their teacher, making the choice for them.

Thinking of this, Mu Jin sighed and said, "I understand your wishes. I can give you a chance to apply to the Soul Guidance Department. I've just finished my work, so I'll take you to the Soul Guidance Department's teaching building."

"Thank you, Teacher Mu!"

Looking at the young men and women before her, Mu Jin couldn't help but think of her own youth. She too had such wonderful times, but unfortunately, she hadn't been able to win in the end.

I wonder if I'll see him again when I go to the Soul Guidance Department this time? Even though he doesn't care about me, it's still my lost youth!

Thinking of this, Mu Jin picked up Xu Xingyu and Xu Yanxue and then released her spirit rings to quickly head towards the teaching building of the Spirit Guidance Department.

However, what Mu Jin didn't know was that after coming to the Soul Guidance Department, she would not only meet the man she could never have, but also the woman she hated the most.