Tang San: Please Don't Let Him Be a Soul Elder

"Little girl, you're next."

After speaking with Tang Wulin, Li Yusong seemed to be in a much better mood. He looked toward Xiao Wu and spoke with a smile.

"Mm-hmm."

"Grandpa, I'm not as strong as Wulin, but I'm a Soul Elder too. Can I go straight to the last test?"

Xiao Wu silently held out her hand as she asked.

"Twelve years old, you qualify... You're a Soul Elder?"

"What's your name?"

Li Yusong froze, naturally sensing the fluctuations of her cultivation. There was a hint of curiosity on his face as he spoke.

"My name is Xiao Wu, a level 34 Soul Elder."

Xiao Wu introduced herself earnestly, releasing her Martial Soul as she spoke. Three Soul Rings, two yellow and one purple, appeared in an instant.

"A twelve-year-old top genius!"

"You can go straight to the last test too..."

Li Yusong smiled, though he muttered to himself that he had never heard of her. Still, since she had come with the Spirit Hall Holy Son, she was presumably a Spirit Hall genius as well.

"Thank you."

"Wulin, let's go."

A delighted expression immediately appeared on Xiao Wu's face. She looked at Tang Wulin beside her, then toward Dai Mubai and the others, who had already gone some distance away.

"All right."

Tang Wulin smiled and nodded, going with her.

"As expected of Spirit Hall..."

"With such formidable geniuses, Spirit Hall will have two more top Titled Douluo in less than thirty years!"

Li Yusong watched the two walk away and couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Then again, if he left Shrek Academy and ran off to Spirit Hall now, would he still have a future there?

As he thought about it, he shook his head. Forget it. Shrek Academy was pretty good too. Though he didn't eat or live well, the Dean and the others treated him well enough. He would just stay!

"Wulin, are you really famous in big cities?"

As they headed into the academy, Xiao Wu couldn't help giving him a curious look. Judging by that old man's reaction earlier, it had been like meeting some prince or noble! Unfortunately, at least in Nuoding City, she hadn't heard any news about Wulin.

"Not really."

"I was just lucky enough to make a bit of a name for myself in the Soul Master World."

Tang Wulin shook his head. He had only gained some fame because he had Spirit Hall behind him and was so young. It was nothing much.

At most, word of him had spread among the major powers on the two continents. As for Tang San, Xiao Wu and Tang Hao in Nuoding City, that was anyone's guess.

"Eh..."

"But that was a Soul Emperor! Even someone like that sees you in a different light, so you must be extraordinary!"

Xiao Wu blinked, finding the Wulin before her increasingly unfathomable.

"A Soul Emperor isn't really all that strong."

"Of course you don't think so. You'll be one yourself in a few years, won't you..."

Xiao Wu pursed her lips, but her attention was soon drawn to the surroundings inside the academy.

"Come to think of it, though, how is it even more run-down in here than outside?"

She stared silently at the wooden huts before her, one after another. To put it nicely, they were plain; to put it less nicely...

She really had never seen anything so shabby.

"Maybe these are all tests for the students!"

Tang Wulin smiled and shook his head. Even in a place Xiao Wu considered shabby, the Shrek Seven Devils in the original story had stayed for a long time.

"How did they get here so fast?!"

Not far away, Dai Mubai saw the two of them and couldn't stop the corner of his mouth from twitching. He wanted to pretend he hadn't seen them, but Tang San, who was beside him, waved expectantly.

"Xiao Wu, over here!"

As he spoke, he did his best to ignore Tang Wulin. As long as he couldn't see him, he wasn't there.

"..."

Unlike Tang San, however, Dai Mubai couldn't bring himself to smile. His swollen face twitched, veins nearly bulging. Why the fuck did you have to open your mouth?!

"Dai Mubai, the old gentleman at the first test told us to go straight to the last one."

Tang Wulin immediately walked over with Xiao Wu and looked at him, speaking calmly.

"The last test?"

"All right, then follow me."

Dai Mubai was taken aback, but then he nodded. Judging by how effortlessly Tang Wulin had defeated him, he really could go straight to the last test.

It was the perfect chance to take him directly to Dean Zhao and have the dean avenge the palm strike Dai Mubai had suffered yesterday. Dean Zhao doted on him most.

"We can go straight to the last test?"

"What are the requirements?"

Tang San looked curious as he spoke, as did Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing beside him.

"If you're twelve and your cultivation is above level 25, you can go straight to the last test. But you all qualify."

Dai Mubai gave a brief explanation.

Apart from Tang Wulin and Xiao Wu, he had sensed everyone else's cultivation when they released their Martial Souls earlier. Not one of them was below level 25.

"Then hurry up and take us there, Blondie."

Xiao Wu nodded at once and spoke bluntly.

"My name is Dai Mubai!"

Dai Mubai looked aggrieved as he spoke through gritted teeth.

"Okay, Blondie."

"Pfft..."

Seeing that Xiao Wu had heard him but had no intention of changing, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing turned their attention to her and burst out laughing.

"You..."

Dai Mubai was furious. His fiancée was still here! Did they really think Young Master Dai had no face to lose?

He gritted his teeth and looked at Xiao Wu, both fists clenched tight, as though he might erupt at any moment.

But when he looked at Tang Wulin beside her, he silently unclenched his fists. There was no other reason: he couldn't beat him!

"You..."

"Follow me!"

Dai Mubai got angry for a moment in his anger, then led the way, signaling for the others to hurry after him. At the same time, he went around Oscar, who was selling sausages.

"Blon... um, Dai Mubai, right? May I ask what the fourth test involves?"

On the way, Tang San spoke up.

"The fourth test involves the vice dean. You'll form a group and hold out against him for the time it takes an incense stick to burn."

Dai Mubai spoke slowly without breaking stride.

"What's the vice dean's cultivation?"

Ning Rongrong asked.

"He's a level 76 defense-type Battle Soul Saint. His Martial Soul is the powerful Great Strength Vajra Bear. He's known as the Immovable Wisdom King in the Soul Master World, a renowned expert."

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing and the others all drew sharp breaths. Was this madness? They wanted them to challenge a Soul Saint?

"Don't worry, the vice dean isn't crazy. When facing you, he'll suppress his cultivation to the same realm as yours. Besides..."

"With this man here, you might not lose."

Dai Mubai shook his head. As he spoke, his sharp gaze fell on Tang Wulin. Holding back a smile, he spoke with complete confidence.

If everyone placed their hopes in him and Dean Zhao then dealt with him easily, things would get interesting!

So what if you're stronger than me? You might just become Shrek Academy's laughingstock as soon as you enroll. Let's see you slink out of Shrek Academy with your tail between your legs!

"Hm?"

"Is he that strong?"

Hearing this, everyone except Xiao Wu turned their eyes toward Tang Wulin.

There was even a trace of wariness in Tang San's eyes.

Could he be stronger than me?

Could he have advanced to Soul Elder like Xiao Wu? I just don't know whether my special second Soul Skill and Hidden Weapons could defeat him.

I hope he's not a Soul Elder. Otherwise, the gap between me and them will only grow wider...

Tang San murmured silently to himself. No matter what, he hoped Tang Wulin didn't have three-ring cultivation!

As long as he wasn't a Soul Elder, everything else could be worked out.

P.S. Tang San: Since Tang Wulin isn't a Soul Elder, and I'm already a level 29 Soul Grandmaster with double Soul Power, do I even need to say who's stronger? Look into my eyes. Who's stronger?!