Sausage Vendor

"Don't miss it as you pass by! Oscar's Sausage Vendor! Cheap prices and generous portions! Guaranteed to help you pass the entrance exam!" A cart was hawking sausages not far away. The smell had already drawn people into a line to buy them.

Roar--

Xiao Bai sniffed and let out a soft cry.

"Su Xiao, Xiao Bai wants to eat sausages," Xiao Wu reminded him.

Looking at the person running the stall, whose hair was thick and a complete mess, Su Xiao thought that he must be Oscar.

Tang San asked Xiao Wu, "Want one? They smell pretty good."

Xiao Wu nodded. "Then let's have one. It won't hurt Xiao Bai to eat one less, right?"

When Oscar saw Su Xiao and Tang San approach, he greeted them enthusiastically. "Five copper coins per sausage. Two?"

Su Xiao looked over the cart and said, "I'll take the whole cart. How much?"

Oscar's eyes immediately lit up. "Two gold coins will do. I'll pack them up for you right away."

Tang San smiled. "Uncle, just wrap three separately. Send the rest over there."

Oscar's originally cheerful face suddenly froze. "Who—who are you calling uncle? I'm only fourteen!"

Dai Mubai came over and introduced him. "His name is Oscar. He's also a student at Shrek."

Xiao Wu brought Xiao Bai over as well. "Really? This old man is a student at Shrek too?"

Oscar's eyes widened as he argued, "I'm still a youthful, handsome young man!"

"Before you say that, shave your beard clean!" Dai Mubai scolded him, smacking Oscar hard on the head.

At the same time, Su Xiao picked up the sausages from the stall and tossed them one by one into Xiao Bai's mouth. It loved eating this way.

Just then, a black blur passed through the gaps between the thrown sausages. By the time everyone got a clear look, it had become a cold and aloof girl dressed in black.

Looking at the girl's back and figure, Dai Mubai seemed to savor the sight as he muttered to himself, "Act properly!"

"Right," Oscar agreed.

Su Xiao and Tang San could not help taking a few more glances as well.

"Xiao Wu, why did you step on Xiao San?"

Su Xiao asked. Xiao Wu tilted her head and whistled a little tune to herself, clearly unwilling to pay him any attention.

After meeting Oscar, Dai Mubai led the three of them and one dragon straight past the second test and toward the academy grounds.

"What's going on? How can there be special treatment during the exam?" the examinees waiting for the second test shouted indignantly.

The teacher in charge of this test said casually, "Anyone with Soul Power above level twenty-five can go straight to the fourth test. If you don't meet that standard, just take the exam properly!"

"Impossible." The examinee looked incredulous. "How could someone be over level twenty-five at only twelve years old?"

Su Xiao took the initiative to call out to Tang San and Xiao Wu. "Let's test it anyway, so no one can gossip."

Seeing this, Dai Mubai snorted at the doubtful examinee. "Watch closely. Don't assume that because you can't do it, no one else can either."

Dai Mubai picked up a white crystal. He had initially wanted to hand it to Su Xiao, but after thinking it over, he gave it to Tang San instead.

After taking the crystal, Tang San infused it with his Soul Power. In an instant, it radiated an intense white light. Anyone could tell that this symbolized his Soul Power nearing the crystal's testing limit.

"This crystal can test Soul Power below level thirty," the teacher in charge explained. "Not bad. His Soul Power has already reached level twenty-nine. When Mu Bai enrolled back then, he was only level twenty-six."

Tang San smiled and nodded, then handed the crystal to Xiao Wu. The result was another level twenty-nine. The doubtful examinees could only obediently shut their mouths.

Dai Mubai then wore a disdainful expression and continued forward with the three of them. Suddenly, another jarring voice rang out.

"There's still one person who hasn't been tested!"

It was obviously referring to Su Xiao.

He paused slightly, took twenty Gold Coins from his money pouch, and placed them on the table.

"He's actually bribing the teacher in broad daylight! I could tell at a glance that he's only getting in through connections!"

Su Xiao ignored them. Instead, he slowly picked up the white crystal. Suddenly, the white light flashed. Although it lasted only an instant, the light radiating from the crystal was even more dazzling than the light Tang San and Xiao Wu had produced.

The next second, the white crystal slowly shattered.

"Th-this is... Soul Power above level thirty!" The examinees who had been waiting to watch him make a fool of himself all gaped in astonishment.