Yu Xiaogang's Face Turned Green—Tang San Didn't Even Pass the First Test?

"This year, the Academy only admitted four students, and all of them have already begun their regular training."

Zhao Wuji shook his head. Without the slightest regard for Yu Xiaogang's ugly expression, he continued, "Although I was fully responsible for this year's entrance examination, I only tally the final results. The entire examination consists of four tests, and I am only responsible for the final one."

"The only ones who passed the fourth test were the four students currently at the Academy. If Master is certain that your disciple came to take the entrance examination, then he presumably failed to pass all the tests."

At this point, Zhao Wuji paused and gave Yu Xiaogang a rather meaningful look before continuing, "At the very least, I did not see any student named Tang San at the final test."

After hearing Zhao Wuji's words, Yu Xiaogang's face turned even greener.

This guy had been talking all cool for so long, but Ta Ma, it was the same as saying nothing.

So he'd come up with something he'd never heard of?

Didn't see him? If I knew everything that clearly, would I need to come ask you?

He had just been about to state his request in simpler terms when Zhao Wuji beat him to it.

"The one in charge of the Academy's first entrance test is Teacher Li Yuesong. Every student who comes to take the entrance examination, so long as they have registered, goes through his careful screening."

"However, there are many applicants, and most of them are completely unremarkable. He probably cannot remember them all."

"If Master's disciple has any outstanding traits, perhaps he might have left an impression on Li Yuesong."

"For example, his martial soul? His Soul Power?"

With his hands clasped behind his back, Zhao Wuji looked down at Yu Xiaogang.

The latter held his forehead and hesitated for quite some time before slowly speaking.

"Tang San's martial soul is Blue Silver Grass. Does that count as distinctive?"

"Gasp—!"

"Well..."

Zhao Wuji sucked in a cold breath and turned to look at Flender.

Their eyes met, and both were somewhat surprised.

They were not surprised by how special Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial soul was.

Rather, they were surprised that the disciple taken in by the famed Master of the soul master world possessed the useless martial soul Blue Silver Grass. That was truly rather unreasonable.

Flender was still alright, but Zhao Wuji in particular had all sorts of thoughts racing through his mind.

As far as he knew, Yu Xiaogang's martial soul was also a useless one.

Though he did not know exactly what it was.

Could it be that Master, who possessed a useless martial soul himself, wanted to prove that useless martial souls could also cultivate, which was why he had taken Tang San, another owner of a useless martial soul, as his disciple?

However, now was clearly not the time to dwell on that question.

He nodded, making his expression look more normal. "In that case, it does indeed count as unusual."

"Teacher Li Yuesong may remember him. Master, please wait a moment while I bring Teacher Li Yuesong here."

After saying that, without waiting for Yu Xiaogang to react, Zhao Wuji turned and pushed the door open before walking out.

A short while later, he returned to the room with an old man in his sixties.

On the way, Zhao Wuji had already briefly explained Yu Xiaogang's situation to Li Yuesong.

But the latter wore a look of disdain.

He really did have some impression of this Tang San.

The reason Tang San had left an impression on him was not because his Blue Silver Grass martial soul was particularly special.

It was because, after Tang San had been rejected, the fellow stubbornly refused to leave and insisted on getting back the ten Gold Soul Coins he had paid as an application fee.

Because of that, he had nearly been beaten up by Dai Mubai.

Otherwise, how could a mere Blue Silver Grass martial soul have left such a deep impression on him?

Ever since Li Yuesong had joined Shrek Academy as a teacher, he had always followed the rules.

Tang San simply did not meet the Academy's admission standards. He was merely following the rules.

Even if the former was the disciple of the friend of Flender, the Academy's dean.

He had still prepared those words.

Upon entering, Yu Xiaogang had already risen to his feet and was looking at Li Yuesong with a face full of anticipation.

This time, he actually smiled and proactively extended his left hand.

"Hello, Teacher Li Yuesong. I am Yu Xiaogang."

"Hahaha, this is Teacher Li Yuesong. His martial soul is the Dragon Pattern Staff, and he is a level sixty-three Soul Emperor."

Zhao Wuji laughed heartily before introducing him.

Li Yuesong, on the other hand, remained calm and merely replied briefly.

"So you are Master. I have long heard of you."

He did not bring up Tang San, even though Zhao Wuji had already explained the matter to him clearly.

But he certainly could not be the first to raise something so likely to offend someone.

Yu Xiaogang had to bring it up himself, so that Dean Flender could see clearly. Only then could he take the initiative.

Just then, Yu Xiaogang recounted Tang San's matter from beginning to end.

After listening, Li Yuesong nodded and spoke directly.

"To be honest with you, Master, the disciple you mentioned, Tang San, did indeed participate in the Academy's entrance examination that day."

"However, he did not pass the first test and then left."

Li Yuesong's voice was extremely calm, and his expression did not change in the slightest.

It was as though he were discussing something utterly ordinary.

Yu Xiaogang, in contrast, had completely darkened by now.

With Tang San's outstanding talent, coupled with his relationship with Flender.

Though he admitted that Tang San could not compare to the four students he had seen before, he still should not have been eliminated in the very first test.

"May I ask, Teacher Li Yuesong, why did my disciple Tang San fail to pass the entrance examination?"

Yu Xiaogang still refused to give up, his blazing gaze fixed on Li Yuesong.

Though his words were polite, his eyes were anything but.

Flender was the dean. Why should he be polite to an ordinary teacher?

So what if the other party was a Soul Emperor in his sixties?

Hadn't he heard that a rank higher could crush a person to death? "Because Tang San did not meet the Academy's admission standards. According to the rules, the Academy chose to reject him."

Li Yuesong's voice was firm and forceful, neither servile nor overbearing.

He would not change his mind just because the man before him was Yu Xiaogang.

"You—"

Yu Xiaogang's expression darkened. His stiff face twitched, and he dropped heavily back into his chair.

After asking for so long, he could only confirm that Tang San had indeed come to take the entrance examination.

But he had failed the very first test and left.

Other than that, he knew nothing.

Not only had he failed to obtain any useful clues, but Li Yuesong had also angered him half to death.

He completely disagreed with Li Yuesong's approach.

With Tang San's talent and strength, shouldn't entering Shrek Academy have been incredibly easy?

At the very least, he should not have been stopped at the first test.

Seeing that the situation was turning bad, Zhao Wuji looked at Flender, revealed an honest smile, and spoke.

"Now that everything has been cleared up, we'll be leaving first. You two can catch up, hahaha."

After saying that, he directly dragged Li Yuesong out of Flender's room.

He did not want to remain in this place for even another moment.

He and Li Yuesong were now on the same side.

That Yu Xiaogang truly made it impossible for them to feel even the slightest bit of goodwill toward him.

He really did not know how the dean had managed to get along with him for so long when they were young.