Time flew by, and at last, the day of Shrek Academy's admissions had arrived.
Every hotel near Shrek Academy had long since filled up, with young Soul Masters taking the exam, as well as their teachers and parents. Together, they formed a massive crowd.
Countless merchants had also seized the opportunity to profit from the Shrek Academy entrance examinations. Some sold past exam questions and test rules, some sold spiritual items, and others took the chance to sell Soul Tools.
Shrek Academy had three application requirements. First, applicants had to be recommended by major cities. Second, they could not be older than fifteen. Third, their Soul Power Level could not be below Rank 25.
Those were merely the basic requirements. The more important rule had been set down when Shrek Academy was founded twenty thousand years ago.
This place accepted only monsters, never ordinary people.
Simply being able to come to Shrek Academy for the examinations was already a source of pride for countless young Soul Masters. There was even a saying in the continent's Soul Master world: any Soul Master qualified to apply to Shrek Academy could enter a higher academy without an exam even if they failed.
Yet even among those elites, only a small number could pass the assessment and join Shrek Academy—and that was only the outer court.
Every three years, Shrek Academy recruited no more than two hundred outer court students. Of those two hundred spots, fifty were reserved for those who had failed the inner court entrance examination. The remaining one hundred and fifty spots were generally never filled either; fifty recruits was already about enough.
There were only fifty spots for the inner court examination each year. Naturally, passing was best, but those who failed could still enter the outer court and retain