Shrek Academy Gone Completely Off the Rails

After hearing Yang Ming's understanding, utterly agreeable words, Oscar looked at his departing back and felt deeply moved for a moment, almost wanting to cry.

Although Oscar usually acted as if he did not care about everyone's disdain for his soul incantations, he was still a talented young Soul Master. How could he truly not care at all about what others thought of him?

Oscar glanced back at Tang San and the others, who had been so intimidated by Yang Ming that they could not even speak, and secretly felt delighted. Then he looked toward Yang Ming again. This was the first time he did not hate his soul incantations quite so much, because they had helped him find a new friend worth making.

Seeing that Yang Ming had already gone far away, Oscar no longer cared about selling sausages. He pushed his little cart and ran after him.

After Yang Ming and Oscar left, the pressure Yang Ming had left behind dissipated into nothingness, and everyone regained control of their mouths. Yet after being suppressed by Yang Ming's imposing presence once, the entire scene fell silent. Not a single person dared make further comments on the matter. Of course, Tang God King was definitely not included among them.

After experiencing Yang Ming's aura, Tang San acknowledged Yang Ming's strength and bearing, but he still believed Yang Ming was inferior to him. He possessed Twin Martial Souls and Tang Sect's Unique Skills, while Yang Ming was merely a native. How could he possibly compare to Tang San? Tang San also agreed with Yang Ming's final remark, except in his heart, Yang Ming and Oscar were merely among the ants as well.

Though Tang San, like Yang Ming, appeared humble on the surface, unlike Yang Ming, he possessed only the arrogance of believing himself superior to others, without the proud integrity to restrain himself. This was clearly shown by how he was always saying that others had "the path to death."

In the end, Ning Rongrong was the first to speak. She cared far too much about Oscar's Innate Full Soul Power and desperately wanted to know whether it was true. She heard herself asking Ma Hongjun.

"Hey, fatty!"

"Is that person a student of your academy? Is he really a Food System Soul Master with Innate Full Soul Power?"

After being scolded by Yang Ming, Ma Hongjun was already full of anger. Hearing Ning Rongrong address him so rudely, he answered her just as impolitely.

"Yes! Firewood Girl!"

"Little Oscar is a student of our academy. He really is a Food System Soul Master with Innate Full Soul Power, a support-type Soul Master with talent greater than yours."

Upon hearing Ma Hongjun's direct confirmation, Ning Rongrong stood there dazedly, not even noticing that Ma Hongjun was mocking her.

Ever since childhood, she had been raised under the protection of her clan. The strongest support-type Martial Soul, coupled with Innate Rank Nine Soul Power, had always made Ning Rongrong believe that she stood at the pinnacle of support-system talent in the Soul Master World. But Oscar's appearance today completely shattered the thing she had been proudest of.

After answering, Ma Hongjun ignored Ning Rongrong and silently led everyone toward the second entrance examination round of Shrek Academy. Ning Rongrong followed the group like a walking corpse, drifting with the current.

Besides those present, the people watching in secret were also extremely shocked.

Ning Rongrong's Guardian, Yang Wutian of the Breaking Clan, and Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao were all somewhat stunned by Oscar's Food System talent with Innate Full Soul Power. What a display for Douluo Continent's number one Food System!

However, Tang Hao was done being surprised after that. A Food System with Innate Full Soul Power was still a Food System. A Martial Soul without combat ability naturally would not catch his attention.

Compared to Oscar, Tang Hao was actually more curious about Yang Ming. Yang Ming gave him the same feeling Tang Hao had in his youth: righteous, at least in his own estimation, proud, powerful, and domineering. He just did not know which family's Disciple he was. Thinking of this, Tang Hao glanced at the other two people hidden in the shadows. Tang Hao only hoped Yang Ming was not from Spirit Hall. Otherwise, Little San would have one less suitable whetstone...

"Wait!"

Hearing Oscar call from behind him, Yang Ming stopped.

Oscar ran up to Yang Ming and sincerely thanked him.

"Thank you for helping me out just now!"

Yang Ming looked at Oscar, whose eyes were filled with sincere gratitude, smiled slightly, and replied.

"I only spoke my mind. Besides, I truly think highly of your talent!"

Then Yang Ming extended a hand toward Oscar and introduced himself.

"Hello, my name is Yang Ming!"

Oscar looked at the hand Yang Ming had extended toward him and felt overjoyed. He felt that he had found a kindred spirit today.

As for Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, who were they? He was not very familiar with them.

Oscar stretched out both hands and tightly clasped Yang Ming's hand, introducing himself excitedly as well.

"Hello, my name is Oscar!"

After the two held hands for a while, Yang Ming saw that Oscar still had not let go and could only remind him.

"Let go."

Hearing Yang Ming's words, Oscar smiled awkwardly and released his hand.

Once Yang Ming saw that Oscar had returned to normal, he asked the question from earlier again.

"Oscar, aside from the first round at the entrance, what are the other admission tests at your academy like?"

Seeing how curious Yang Ming, the confidant he had just found, was, Oscar explained.

Oscar said, "Our Shrek Academy entrance assessment has four rounds in total. The first round eliminates applicants over thirteen whose cultivation has not reached two rings. This round filters out the most people. The second round evaluates Soul Power and Martial Souls. Merely possessing powerful Soul Power is not enough to prove one's future potential. This round mainly tests Martial Souls. Only Soul Masters whose previous cultivation demonstrates sufficient potential and the correct direction of development can enter the third round. Of course, exceptionally unusual and strange Martial Souls are also acceptable. That was how I passed back then."

Oscar continued, "The third round tests how well examinees can use their own Martial Souls. Merely possessing Soul Power and development potential is not enough; they must also have strong enough control over their Martial Souls. The higher a Martial Soul's grade, the harder it is to control, and problems can easily arise. If one's control over a Martial Soul cannot reach a certain level, it proves that the Soul Master is not diligent enough. We do not accept students like that either."

"The Fourth Round tests actual combat experience. Some students possess excellent Martial Souls and soul skills but cannot use them well. We do not accept those students either."

After hearing Oscar's explanation, Yang Ming gained an understanding of Shrek Academy's high standards for accepting students and continued asking.

"Then how many students does Shrek Academy currently have? How many students can it recruit each year?"

A bitter smile appeared on Oscar's face.

Oscar said, "Since its establishment, Shrek Academy has admitted a total of sixty-two students over the past twenty years. Before this, the academy had not accepted a single student for two years. At present, including me, there are only three students studying at the academy."

A trace of respect appeared on Oscar's face. "The dean has said that it is better to lack than to accept the inferior. Even if Shrek Academy has to close down, it will never accept trash. We only accept monsters. Do you know what our academy's graduation requirements are? We are neither an intermediate Soul Master Academy nor an advanced Soul Master Academy, because our requirements differ from theirs. We only accept students under thirteen, and they must possess extraordinary talent. To graduate, they must reach the Soul Ancestor rank before turning twenty."

"The academy has admitted sixty-two students in total, but only fourteen actually graduated. After leaving the academy, all fourteen became famous figures in the Soul Master World. The most outstanding among them has already become Spirit Hall's youngest elder, with authority second only to the Pope. Of those who failed to graduate, aside from seven students who died while hunting Soul Beasts, the rest simply failed to cultivate to the Soul Ancestor rank within the required time. The dean once said that if they had not reached Rank Forty-One, they should not go out and embarrass him."

Because of his limited experience and his respect for Flender, Oscar failed to notice the problems reflected in his own words. But Yang Ming had received a comprehensive Soul Master education.

Setting aside that Spirit Hall elder used to spin lies.

Those admitted started at Rank Twenty-One. They needed to break through to Soul Ancestor within eight years. Even if they needed to raise twenty ranks at most, that averaged out to two and a half ranks a year. For these little geniuses, as long as they meditated properly every day at fixed times, that should have been a task with a very high chance of completion!

And only fourteen graduated? Shrek Academy's teaching level was terrible! Where did Flender get the confidence to bet against him on Shrek Academy's teaching standards?!

And the deaths while hunting Soul Beasts?!! Based on what Yang Ming knew so far, Shrek Academy's teachers included two Soul Saints and one Soul Emperor.

With that kind of strength, could anyone die while hunting Soul Beasts below five thousand years old? Even if they were unlucky enough to encounter a small-scale Soul Beast riot or a high-level Soul Beast, there should only be two or three isolated cases at most! No more than that! And there had been seven?!!

What exactly was Shrek Academy doing?!!

Yang Ming was furious now, with the combined anger of both his past and present lives. Shrek Academy twenty thousand years later also had many flaws: arrogance, self-proclaimed righteousness, self-importance, obsession with Shrek's glory, and so on.

But one thing could not be denied: the later Shrek Academy truly possessed the continent's greatest Soul Master cultivation resources and the broadest, most comprehensive Soul Master knowledge. They recruited geniuses and had the capital and ability to nurture them.

This Shrek Academy's high standards for accepting students were not the problem. The problem was that at the very least, the other aspects had to improve alongside them! Never mind anything else—at least they needed to take Soul Beast hunting seriously!

Even if Soul Master cultivation depended more on the individual, teachers still had to fulfill their responsibilities! Were they just expecting everyone to teach themselves?!!

The foundation of Shrek Academy's later accumulation had, in essence, all relied on Tang San's reputation. As for Shrek Academy itself, it had truly left nothing but ideological dregs for later generations. Among them, the Sea God Pavilion Master twenty thousand years later, Xuan Zi—also known as Holy Spirit Cult's Supreme Elder Xuan Zi—was the culmination of inheriting the worst of both sides!

By the time of Yang Ming's era twenty thousand years later, these toxic remnants had become a chronic disease embedded deep in Shrek's bloodline. Combined with the Demon Empress's revenge caused by Tang God King and the rise of the Holy Spirit Cult, they became the death knell of the later Shrek Academy, including Yang Ming himself!!!

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