Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo

Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo

Zhou Sichen now understood the rules of the Inner Court Assessment and turned his gaze to the five portraits before him.

These five were the examiners for their Inner Court Assessment. To make things more accommodating, candidates were usually allowed to choose one of them as their opponent.

After calmly scanning them, Zhou Sichen felt inexplicably disappointed. Elder Sister had entered the Inner Court last year, so why wasn't she among them?

According to Du Wilun, the senior brothers and sisters evaluating them were those who had entered the Inner Court in the previous year.

Yet Zhou Sichen did not see the person he had hoped to find among the five. Still, he had to choose one.

Looking over their profiles, they were all high-level Soul Ancestors, each only a step away from becoming a Soul King.

Suddenly, Zhou Sichen's gaze settled on the portrait of a beauty with long jade-green hair. The introduction beneath it read:

Name: Dugu Xianmeng.

Martial Soul: Jade-Scaled Serpent.

Soul Power Level: Level 48.

Soul Ring Configuration: Two yellow, two purple.

Specialty: Poison.

"Jade-Scaled Serpent?" Zhou Sichen looked slightly puzzled. "There wasn't a Jade-Scaled Serpent Soul Master in the original story, was there?"

Zhou Sichen was quite surprised. Shrek Academy actually had a Jade-Scaled Serpent Soul Master? Given the characteristics of Jade-Scaled Serpent Soul Masters, she should not have remained unknown in the original story.

Of course, this Dugu Xianmeng might not necessarily be Dugu Bo's descendant. After all, Dugu Bo's family was not the only one on the continent to possess the Jade-Scaled Serpent Martial Soul.

But there was no denying that Dugu Bo was undoubtedly the most famous owner of the Jade-Scaled Serpent Martial Soul.

Ten thousand years ago, the Jade-Scaled Douluo, Dugu Bo, had slaughtered a million people by himself. The sight of an entire city dyed green would still be enough to stop children from crying at night.

Zhou Sichen had already chosen his opponent. He wanted to test the strength of this Jade-Scaled Serpent Soul Master.

Although there was a ten-level gap in Soul Power between them, Zhou Sichen was not worried in the slightest. Setting everything else aside, Ah Da's Extreme Ice alone perfectly countered her deadly poison.

As one student after another began their assessments, Zhou Sichen had already seen four of the five handsome men and beautiful women in the portraits. Yet Dugu Xianmeng had not appeared even once.

There was no need to ask. Zhou Sichen knew it was because her poison was too terrifying, frightening the Outer Court students taking the assessment.

But Zhou Sichen paid no attention to any of that. As long as Du Wilun had not called him up, he simply sat in the waiting area with his eyes closed, resting. He did not even have the desire to watch the others duel.

This made him seem completely out of place among the other candidates. Every one of them stared unblinkingly at the Soul Dueling Platform, hoping to learn more about their senior brothers' and sisters' abilities.

That way, when it was their turn, things might be easier. They might even win...

In Shrek Outer Court's history of assessments for entering the Inner Court, there had been cases of Outer Court students defeating Inner Court disciples.

A monstrous genius had appeared just last year...

But Zhou Sichen? He did not even spare them a glance. Even Du Wilun could not help frowning slightly.

Even if the boy's talent was truly that heaven-defying, and even if his Contracted Soul Beasts were incredibly powerful, he was only Level 38. His ability to protect himself was ultimately limited.

And although Beibei had said that Zhou Sichen was most likely a Third-Rank Soul Engineer, there was no reason for him to be this...

The more Du Wilun thought about it, the less confident he became.

Fine. If what Beibei said was true, then this kid really did have the right to be arrogant.

At that moment, several figures stood quietly behind a pane of Soul Tool Glass on the second floor of the training hall, watching Zhou Sichen resting below with his eyes closed.

Beibei introduced him, "Dean Yan, Dean Qian, that's Zhou Sichen."

The two men appeared to be only in their forties or fifties, but in truth, both were already over ninety years old.

The one called Dean Yan was the dean of Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Department, Yan Shaozhe. His Martial Soul was the Radiant Phoenix, and he was a Level 95 Super Douluo.

Dean Qian was named Qian Duoduo, the vice dean of the Soul Tool Department. His Martial Soul was the Black Dragon Shield. He was a Level 94 Titled Douluo and also a powerful Eighth-Rank Soul Engineer, only one step away from becoming a Ninth-Rank Soul Engineer.

Du Wilun had sent Beibei away precisely to invite these two deans over.

Twelve Years Old, Level 38, Three Purple Soul Rings, three Contracted Soul Beasts at the 9999 Year level, and possibly even a Third-Rank Soul Engineer?

Forget seeing such a genius—even Du Wilun had never heard of one. Naturally, he had to summon the two deans to examine him personally.

The two Titled Douluo powerhouses standing at the pinnacle of the continent now observed Zhou Sichen as though they were peeping at him.

But Zhou Sichen simply sat there with his eyes closed, motionless. Just by watching, they could not tell anything at all!

Still, for such an extraordinarily gifted genius, they had all the patience in the world.

They could also use this opportunity to see what kind of temperament the boy possessed.

The Inner Court Assessment continued bit by bit, from afternoon until night. Of the fifteen Outer Court graduates, only four passed the assessment and qualified to enter the Inner Court.

In the end, only Zhou Sichen and the four who had passed remained in the training hall. Everyone else had been called away by Du Wilun.

Only then did Du Wilun look at Zhou Sichen. "Zhou Sichen, it's your turn."

The moment those words were spoken, everyone else's suspicions were completely confirmed. This handsome little boy really had come to take the Inner Court Assessment.

"Pulling strings?"

Even pulling strings required sufficient strength, since the assessment was the real deal.

Zhou Sichen nodded, rose calmly to his feet, and walked unhurriedly onto the Soul Dueling Platform. Like the students before him who had chosen their examiners, he slowly said, "The examiner I choose is Senior Sister Dugu Xianmeng."

The instant he finished speaking, the four students who had successfully advanced to the Inner Court looked at Zhou Sichen as if he were an idiot.

The fifteen of them had fought for so long—who had dared to choose Dugu Xianmeng? Was this kid truly stupid, or had he slept through the entire day?

As the four whispered among themselves, Du Wilun also frowned slightly. Wasn't he supposed to be a genius? Why did he seem like an idiot?

Or was he truly that confident in his own strength?

Du Wilun did not waste words. He merely picked up the Soul Tool Amplifier and announced, "Final match. Examiner: Dugu Xianmeng."

Inside the waiting room, Li Runrun's mouth fell open. "Did this kid put all his intelligence into his looks? You've all been resting for an entire day, and he still hasn't figured it out?"

The others quickly agreed. Each of them had fought an average of three matches, and some had even fought four. There was no other reason—no one dared choose Dugu Xianmeng...

But this kid...

Dugu Xianmeng merely smiled without speaking. An indescribable excitement flickered in her jade-green eyes.

In truth, she had not expected this little brother to choose her. She had originally planned to secretly tease him after he entered the Inner Court, while Big Sister was away. But now...

Dugu Xianmeng stretched lazily and leisurely left the waiting room.

Behind the Soul Tool Glass on the second floor, Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo both revealed meaningful smiles upon seeing Zhou Sichen's choice.

At their level, they could naturally see that the boy possessed a confidence ordinary people lacked. That was why he had deliberately chosen Dugu Xianmeng, whom no one else dared choose.

Their long wait here instead of attending to other matters had not been in vain.

Over the course of the afternoon, the two of them had also learned some basic information about Zhou Sichen from Beibei.

Their surprise and shock toward Zhou Sichen were no less than Du Wilun's. That was why they had been willing to wait until now.

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