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Here is the next chapter, continuing the journey to Shrek Academy.
Chapter 6: The Masks of Shrek
The journey from the Star Dou Great Forest to Shrek Academy was a week-long lesson in deception.
Ayush, now masquerading as a brand new Spirit Master named Huo Yuhao, perfected his role. He played the part of an overwhelmed, grateful, and slightly awed boy. He asked Bei Bei and Tang Ya innocent questions about Spirit Masters, about Shrek, about the world—questions whose answers he already knew from future-Huo Yuhao's memories. His performance was flawless because it was layered with genuine curiosity; he wanted to see how their present answers matched the "script" he had read.
Inside, his spiritual sea was a council chamber. Three entities now resided there.
The Heavenly Dream Iceworm was the most vocal, a being of immense spiritual power but childlike wonder and fear. It babbled about its million years of eating and sleeping, about the terrifying beasts that had kept it captive. It was thrilled with its new home, constantly poking at the edges of Ayush's consciousness, amazed by the Black Book's presence and the sheer depth of his spiritual foundation. To Ayush, it was a useful mask—its million-year spiritual aura was the perfect cover for his own anomalies. He would let it be the "intelligent spirit ring" that explained any unusual spiritual feat.
The Black Book was the silent library and mission control. Its interface was constantly updating with analysis: Divine Scan Detected - Frequency: Moderate. Recommended Response: Maintain baseline emotional output. Project 'Gratitude' and 'Fatigue'. Ayush followed its prompts to the letter.
And then there was Electrolux.
The Necromancer Holy Magic God spoke rarely, but when he did, his words reshaped Ayush's understanding. In their first private communion, as the others slept, Electrolux's avatar—the old man in magnificent robes—stood before him.
"You wear many veils, child," Electrolux said, his voice like dust settling in an ancient hall. "The worm is a veil of power. Your meekness is a veil of intention. But the truest veil must be woven from the fabric of this world's own energy."
He taught Ayush the first lesson: Spiritual Obfuscation. It was not enough to hide his power; he had to make the hidden power look like something else. Electrolux guided him to take a minuscule thread of the Ultimate Ice energy from the sealed Frozen Marrow jewel and braid it with a wisp of the Heavenly Dream Iceworm's spiritual power. The result was a new, hybrid energy signature that felt ancient, icy, and profoundly spiritual—the perfect, believable signature for a boy who had fused with a strange ice-attribute spirit beast.
When Tang San's divine sense swept over them again—and it did, frequently—it would detect this signature. It would fit the narrative: Boy fused with unknown ice-attribute spiritual beast. Gains unique spiritual-ice hybrid power. It was an anomaly, but a neat, explainable one. Tang San's suspicion, Ayush noted through the Black Book's logs, began to slowly decrease from "High Alert" to "Monitored Interest."
On the fifth day of travel, Tang Ya made her formal offer.
"Little Yuhao," she said, her usual exuberance tempered with uncharacteristic seriousness. "You have a spirit now. A strange and wonderful one. The Tang Sect is not what it once was... but it still stands for something. It stands for the legacy of the great Ancestor Tang San, for protecting the common people, for opposing evil. Would you... would you join our Tang Sect?"
Ayush looked at her, then at Bei Bei. He let the conflict play on his face—the humble boy unsure of his worth. Inside, he felt nothing but cold calculation. This was the leash. This was the first institutional bond Tang San had designed to control Huo Yuhao's destiny. To refuse would be suspicious. To accept was to put on the collar voluntarily.
He thought of his mother's smile. He thought of the mission timer.
He lowered his head, then raised it with eyes shining with manufactured hope. "Sister Tang Ya, Brother Bei Bei... you saved me. You've given me this chance. If you think I'm worthy... I would be honored."
He bowed, the picture of respectful acceptance. Tang Ya whooped with joy. Bei Bei clapped him on the shoulder, a genuine, warm smile on his face.
The hook was set.
Two days later, they stood before the gates of Shrek Academy.
The city of Shrek was a marvel, but the academy itself was a testament to power and tradition. As they walked through the grand gates, Ayush felt the weight of history and expectation. This was the crucible where the script demanded he be tempered into a loyal weapon.
His admission, thanks to the Tang Sect's recommendation, was a formality. He was placed in the freshman class of the Martial Soul Department. His official assessment read: "Huo Yuhao. Spirit: Variant Spiritual Eyes (Ice-attribute symbiosis suspected). First Spirit Ring: Unique white-gold, age undetermined. Innate Spirit Power: 1. Evaluation: High spiritual potential, weak foundational spirit power. Requires observation."
It was the perfect bureaucratic label: interesting enough not to be dismissed, weak enough not to be a priority.
He was assigned to a simple dorm room. His roommate, a boisterous boy with a cannon for a spirit, barely gave him a second glance after learning his "innate level 1" status. Ayush was invisible, just another face in the crowd of geniuses and nobles. Exactly as he needed to be.
That night, alone for the first time since his fusion, Ayush sat on his bed in meditation. He opened the Black Book's interface.
> LOCATION: SHREK ACADEMY - NEXUS OF FATED EVENTS.
> PRIMARY COVER ESTABLISHED.
> NEW MISSION PHASE: 'FOUNDATION & RECONNAISSANCE'.
> OBJECTIVES:
> 1. MASTER PUBLIC SKILL SET: Develop visible spirit abilities from the 'Heavenly Dream Iceworm' suitable for a Level 11-20 Spirit Master.
> 2. MAP SOCIAL & POWER STRUCTURES: Identify key players, cliques, and instructors.
> 3. SECURE RESOURCE STREAMS: Gain legitimate access to cultivation resources without drawing high-level attention.
> 4. PREPARE FOR 'FRESHMAN ASSESSMENT': This event is a key social and plot nexus. Must perform adequately, not exceptionally.
He then opened the Multiversal Chat Group. A private message from Ancient_One_Theorist was waiting.
Ancient_One_Theorist: Your anchor point has stabilized within a high-density narrative locus. Fascinating. The local causal weave is… highly directed. Almost artificial. Your 'veiling' protocol is effective. A suggestion: use your position to gather raw data on local energy manipulation principles. A comparative analysis with [Theoretical Foundations] channel axioms may reveal useful inefficiencies in their system—doors they have overlooked.
Ayush sent a simple reply. Nexus_Prime: Acknowledged. Data gathering initiated.
He closed the interfaces. In the quiet dark of his dorm room, he began the real work. Not the flashy cultivation, but the patient, meticulous construction of a persona. He would be Huo Yuhao, the hard-working, kind, slightly weak boy with a unique spirit. He would make friends, he would struggle in class, he would look up to his teachers.
And through it all, he would be listening, learning, and building. Not just his power, but his network. His understanding. His escape routes.
He looked out the small window at the towering silhouettes of Shrek Academy's buildings, lit by moonlight and spirit lamps. Somewhere in this vast academy was the classroom of a certain pink-haired girl. A daughter, a weapon, a key part of the script.
He was inside the lion's den. The first, most dangerous phase was over. Now began the long, silent war of infiltration.
He would wear their colors, learn their secrets, and from within, learn how to break their chains.
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The next chapter could detail his first days at Shrek Academy, the development of his "public" spirit skills (like Spiritual Detection and Sharing), his first encounter with key characters like Wang Dong, and his first covert withdrawal from the Black Book's Vault to accelerate his real cultivation. Shall we continue?