199 The Students of Shrek (1/2)

Tang Wulin smiled. “Then I should be about half a year older than you. What’syour name?”

The little fatty said, “My name is Xu Lizhi, but everyone just calls me LittleGlutton. You can call me by that nickname too.”

A bitter laugh escaped from Tang Wulin’s lips. “We still don’t know for surewho’s the real glutton between the two of us, so I’ll just call you by yourname. Are you here to participate in the competition too?”

Xu Lizhi nodded. “Yeah, that’s right! It’s really nice here. This is my firsttime seeing the sea so I’m planning on going for a swim later. Can you tell mewhat sorts of delicious seafood there are?”

He really is a glutton! Activating his storage ring, Tang Wulin retrievedanother piece of dried fish for him.

“There are tons of delicious seafood here like briny sea urchins, tasty seacucumbers, and the bluefin tuna is pretty good too. Oh right, there are alsoeels that taste as sweet as honey. If you want crab try the goldhair crab; itbeats the king crab at taste by a long shot. Even the meat is more tender. Ifyou want lobster though, I still feel that our Eastsea City’s eastsea lobsteris the best. It might be a bit pricy, but the meat is simply delicious. Theskysea lobster has firmer meat, but its nutritional value is quite lacking. Notto mention, it’s a pain in the butt to chew.” Tang Wulin explained effortlesslylike a food connoisseur.

Xu Lizhi’s eyes grew brighter as he listened to Tang Wulin’s summary,swallowing down a gulp of saliva. “Great! This is great! So, after thecompetition is finished, do you mind showing me around? I’m already itching totry them all.”

Tang Wulin said helplessly, “It’ll depend on the time, but here’s mycommunicator number. You can call me about this later.” He doubted the SkyseaAlliance Tournament could have prepared a meal big enough to satisfy him andalready assumed he would need to hit the streets later for some grub.Therefore, having a fellow foodie tag along was not a hassle.

Just as the two finished exchanging soul communicator numbers, an icy butpleasant voice called out. “Little Glutton, how did you run all the way overhere? All you know is how to eat. Hurry up and come back.”

Tang Wulin and the Little Glutton, Xu Lizhi, turned toward the voice. Thespeaker was a girl around Xu Lizhi’s age, dressed in the same green exerciseclothes as him. In comparison to Xu Lizhi’s fat-filled form, her clean-cutsilhouette brought out the best in the clothes. Her golden hair was combed upinto a ponytail, accentuating her large, bright, blue eyes framed by longeyelashes. They were nearly on par with Tang Wulin’s. Her skin glistened underthe light, tender, and white.

Although she was likely Tang Wulin’s age, her face was a mask of stonecompared to his, as if she were a little adult.

Upon the sight of her, Xu Lizhi was like a mouse facing a cat. He stoodstraight and said earnestly, “Big Sister Xinglan, I know I made a mistake butI’m still starving! You know right? If I don’t eat enough, then I won’t haveany strength!”

“Let’s go.” As the girl was waving Xu Lizhi over she noticed Tang Wulinnibbling on dried fish beside him. Disdain colored her words. “Don’t just eatanything you get from a stranger! Don’t you know how many bad people there arenowadays?”

Xu Lizhi’s chubby face twitched for a moment before he turned back to faceTang Wulin, gesturing that he would call him later. He swiftly ran off,obediently following the girl.

Tang Wulin rubbed his face absentmindedly. Do I look like a bad guy?

“Who was that just now?” Xie Xie asked as he walked over. With just oneglimpse of the blonde girl, his breath had nearly been taken away.

Shrugging his shoulders, Tang Wulin replied. “I don’t know either. I was justchatting with Xu Lizhi about food.”

Suddenly, an announcement was broadcasted.

“Today marks the start of the Skysea Alliance Tournament. We have invited ateam specially from Shrek Academy to exchange pointers with last year’schampions. Accounting for the gap in strength, this match will be held betweendifferent age groups. The contenders are last year’s youth division championsof the seven-man team competition and Shrek Academy’s seven-man team from thejunior division. Now, will both sides please come on stage.”

The youth division against the junior division?

Tang Wulin’s eyes shifted to stare at Xu Xiaoyan. Everything was goingaccording to her predictions. Sure enough, the higher-ups of the SkyseaAlliance had considered the difference in strengths and came to thisconclusion. However, if the youth division lost to the junior division…

What happened next shocked Tang Wulin even further.

The representatives of the Skysea Alliance arrived on the platform. Since theywere the winners of the previous tournament, they were now all over twentyyears old and should be placed in the adult division.