Douluo Continent: I am a biologist, and I have awakened a weapon spirit?

"We also have to thank Fudo Myoo for his help back then; the venom of this human-faced spider is still quite beneficial to Yiran," the snake woman said with a smile.

"Oh, Sister Chao, you're too kind. Just call me Old Zhao," Zhao Wuji said with a smile.

He's the type of person who responds better to kindness than force; since people are treating him so well, he naturally won't put on airs.

Upon hearing this, the Snake Woman's attitude softened even more. "Then I'll call you Brother Zhao. Brother Zhao, what brings you here today?"

As she spoke, the Snake Woman glanced at the three boys below Zhao Wuji.

They're all handsome young men, and they're a perfect match for Yi Ran, she thought to herself.

"Sister Chao, it's like this, your granddaughter's excellence impressed me deeply when we met last time, so I've come this time to invite her to join our Shrek Academy." Zhao Wuji didn't mince words and went straight to the point.

"Is this your own idea, Brother Zhao, or..." Long Gong asked at this moment.

"It's both my idea and our dean's idea," Zhao Wuji said.

“I see. But Tianxiang and I have already enrolled Yiran in the Beast Academy. What irreplaceable advantages does Shrek Academy have compared to the Beast Academy?” Long Gong said slowly.

“We have better teaching staff,” Zhao Wuji said.

“That’s an advantage. I’ve heard of Flander’s reputation, but that’s not enough. I can make up for the lack of teaching staff at the Beast Academy,” Dragon Lord said, shaking his head.

“We have many geniuses, as Sister Chao has seen last time. I can say with certainty that those children’s talents are no less than your granddaughters’. Competing and exchanging ideas with more geniuses will surely benefit your granddaughters more.” Zhao Wuji offered his second bargaining chip.

"Hmm..." Lord Long was somewhat tempted. He glanced at the children below Zhao Wuji and said:

"But words are not enough, Brother Zhao, could you show me?"

Oscar instinctively tried to look at the others, but Zhao Wuji patted his shoulder with his large hand.

"This kid is a food-type Soul Master, but his innate Soul Power is level nine."

Long Gong's eyes lit up, "A food-type soul master with innate soul power level nine?"

“That’s right.” Zhao Wuji nodded. “The other children are also geniuses at this level, and some are even more outstanding. I’m not exaggerating when I say that.”

Long Gong looked Oscar up and down and said:

"Child, let me see your spirit rings."

Oscar turned to look at Chen Feng and his two companions below him, and Chen Feng gave him a thumbs up.

"Keep going, don't be afraid."

“That’s right, Xiao Ao, show me your spirit rings,” Xiao Wu added.

This scene made Long Gong raise an eyebrow. His gaze swept over Chen Feng and the other two, but he remained expressionless.

Encouraged, Oscar stood up, took a deep breath, and released his spirit ring.

Three soul rings, two yellow and one purple, pulsed around him, indicating his current Soul Master realm.

“Not bad.” Dragon Lord left his seat and walked over. “Child, let me see your hand.”

Oscar did as he was told. The Dragon Lord squeezed his hand a few times, nodded, and said:

"Not even fourteen years old, that's quite good."

He then looked at Chen Feng and the other two and asked:

"Brother Zhao, could you please introduce these children to me?"

"This is Chen Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu. They are all Soul Masters, and their ages are about the same as Oscar's," Zhao Wuji introduced them briefly, but didn't say anything more.

"Dean Flander is truly skilled at recruiting so many outstanding children," Long Gong exclaimed.

Zhao Wuji smiled and said:

"The dean has a wide network of connections."

Long Gong returned to his seat, exchanged a glance with Chao Tianxiang, and said:

"Brother Zhao, I have a question that may be a bit presumptuous. I wonder if you could answer it for me?"

"Of course, please feel free to ask any questions you may have, Lord Long."

"Hmm..." Long Gong pondered for a few seconds, then asked a question that surprised everyone from Shrek Academy.

"Are all the children in your institution already married?"

Zhao Wuji was stunned for a moment, while Chen Feng quickly reacted and said:

Oscar is not married.

"Hmm." Lord Long nodded in satisfaction, then looked at the servant beside him and said:

"Go and call the young lady over."

"Yes." The servant withdrew from the hall.

A moment later, Meng Yiran, dressed in a tight-fitting outfit, entered like a gust of wind.

"Grandpa and Grandma, what do you need me for?"

After entering, she saw that there were still a few guests in the lobby.

"Oh? It's you guys. Did you find the crested snake later?"

“Found it. My third spirit ring was given to me by the Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent. Thank you so much,” Oscar said.

"It's nothing, it's nothing. You all helped me too. We should all help each other out," Meng Yiran said with a smile.

"Ahem, Yiran," Dragon Lord coughed lightly, "What do you think of the Beast Academy?"

"The Beast Academy?" Meng Yiran thought for a moment and said, "It's nothing special, Grandpa. Why did you suddenly ask about this?"

"How about we switch you to another academy?" Long Gong asked kindly.

"Change to another academy?" Meng Yiran glanced at the Shrek academy students beside her and said in a sudden realization:

"Grandpa wants me to go to Shrek Academy?"

"That's right, do you still want to go?"

Meng Yiran considered for a moment, then looked at Tang San and asked:

"Why did you want the venom of the human-faced spider last time? Do you know anything about poisons?"

"Yes, I can make a little bit of poison," Tang San nodded and said.

"You know how to make poison?" Meng Yiran's eyes lit up. "Do you have any finished poison products?"

"I don't have any herbs to make poison," Tang San said, shrugging.

In reality, he didn't think much of the common herbs sold on the market, because those herbs couldn't be used to make any good poisons.

Tang San didn't know where to find better herbs, so he hadn't seriously made poisons before, and his skills had become somewhat rusty.

"It's alright, I have a lot of herbs here. Let me take you to see them." Meng Yiran said and started to walk out.

Tang San also became interested and stood up, wanting to go with Meng Yiran to see her herbs.

But Chen Feng coughed lightly at this moment and said:

“Miss Meng Yiran, there’s no rush to make poison. You can bring all the herbs with you back to the academy. You can study the poison slowly once you get there.”

After saying that, he winked at Tang San.

Tang San suddenly realized that the main character of this trip to the Meng family should be Oscar, not him, Tang San.

What's the point of him following Meng Yiran to look at herbs now? This is somewhat of a case of the guest overshadowing the host.

“Xiao Feng is right. There’s no rush to make the poison. Miss Meng Yiran, you can take the herbs with you. We can talk later,” Tang San said to Meng Yiran.

“That works too.” Meng Yiran wasn’t one to procrastinate, so she immediately went to pack her things.

Chapter 123 The Golden Triangle

Seeing Oscar's somewhat dejected expression, Chen Feng sighed softly.

He felt that Tang San was Oscar's nemesis.

In the original novel, Oscar is in love with Ning Rongrong, or more accurately, he is in love with pretty girls.

Ning Rongrong was the only single and beautiful girl among the Shrek Seven Devils at the time, so Oscar took a liking to her.

But at first, Ning Rongrong didn't think much of Oscar; she preferred the outstanding Tang San.

This also reveals Ning Rongrong's romantic inclinations; she likes outstanding and excellent boys.

If Xiao Wu and Tang San's relationship hadn't been so stable, and if Tang San hadn't shown any signs of falling for someone else, their complicated love lives alone could have filled a million or two words.

It's not even certain that I'll be able to finish writing it.

In this world, because of Chen Feng's existence, Oscar fell in love with Meng Yiran, and now Meng Yiran is more interested in Tang San.

This left Chen Feng somewhat at a loss for words.

Tragedy. Oscar. Tragedy.

Seeing their granddaughter happily packing her things, the Dragon Grandfather and Snake Grandmother were relieved.

Although they all felt that Shrek Academy was better than Beast Academy, ultimately, it was up to their granddaughter to agree.

If Meng Yiran is still unwilling, neither the Dragon King nor the Snake Queen can force their granddaughter to transfer schools.

Now, my granddaughter is happily going to Shrek Academy, a place with many talented young people.

If their granddaughter could find an excellent husband there, the Dragon King and Snake Queen would feel their lives would be complete.

While Meng Yiran was packing her things, the Dragon Lord and the Snake Lady chatted with Zhao Wuji to pass the time.

At the same time, they also began to inquire about the specific situation of Shrek Academy.

Previously, they were considered outsiders, so it was inconvenient for them to ask too many questions. But now that they are students' parents, it is only natural for them to learn about the students' situation.

Zhao Wuji did not hide anything about the academy's situation and frankly spoke about the inadequacy of the academy's hardware facilities.

After hearing this, Long Gong expressed his desire to sponsor Shrek Academy, but Zhao Wuji declined with a smile.

"Brother Meng, you may not know this, but our dean never accepts financial assistance from students' parents, except for tuition fees."

"Dean Flanders has great ambitions," Meng Shu commented.

Zhao Wuji hesitated for a moment, then said:

"In fact, our dean has recently noticed the academy's shortcomings. Because of insufficient hardware conditions, our academy has not been registered in any country, and therefore does not qualify for the All-Continent Soul Master Academy Elite Competition."

"But in order to enable students to participate in this competition, the dean is currently working on this issue, and the success rate should be quite high, at least that's what I think."

"Not qualified to compete?" Meng Shu asked in confusion, as he really didn't know about this.

However, he didn't really care about that. If he wanted his granddaughter Meng Yiran to win a good ranking in the Soul Master Competition, he wouldn't have sent her to the Beast Academy.

Instead, they would try every means to send their granddaughter to a better academy, such as one of the two royal academies or the Spirit Academy of the Spirit Hall.

With Meng Yiran's talent and the influence of the Dragon God and Snake Goddess, she could definitely accomplish this.

But they didn't do that. Instead, they sent their granddaughter to the Beast Academy because it was close by and convenient to take care of her.

Therefore, this deficiency of Shrek Academy is not actually a problem for Meng Shu.

But out of curiosity, Meng Shu still asked a question:

"How Dean Flander plans to handle this problem is no simple matter. There is only one year left until the Soul Master Competition. It may be too late to improve the academy's facilities at this time."

“That’s right.” Zhao Wuji nodded. “So our dean is planning to take a different approach.”

"how to say?"

"I wonder if Brother Meng knows about Blue Tyrant Academy?" Zhao Wuji asked.

"Of course I know. This higher academy in Tiandou City has a very rigorous teaching style, but it has one unique feature: it only admits commoner soul master students."

As Meng Shu spoke, he suddenly raised an eyebrow and asked, "What, what's the connection between Blue Tyrant Academy and Dean Flander?"

Zhao Wuji nodded and said:

"The dean of this Blue Tyrant Academy is named Liu Erlong, and he is a good friend of our dean."

“Liu Erlong? That name sounds familiar, like I’ve heard it somewhere before.” Meng Shu’s face showed a look of recollection.

Chaotianxiang, standing to the side, recalled for a moment, then looked surprised and said:

"The Golden Triangle?"