I've Got a Big Sausage

"How is that possible?" The old man stood up, his face full of shock. "How did you achieve such an over-limit Spirit Ring Configuration?"

"That's a secret for now." Gu Chen smiled mysteriously. He did not trust the old man from Shrek Academy.

The old man's expression froze for a moment. However, he knew Gu Chen did not trust him, so he said nothing.

"Next," the old man said.

Gu Yuena stepped forward. The old man squeezed her hand and nodded. "Your age is suitable. Release your Spirit Rings."

Gu Yuena nodded lightly. A Silver Dragon Phantom appeared behind her. Purple, purple, black—three terrifying Spirit Rings rose from beneath her feet and hovered behind her.

At that moment, Dai Mubai hurried forward and whispered into the old man's ear, "Teacher, she's the girl I mentioned before. I just didn't expect Gu Chen to be this powerful as well."

The old man's smile was no longer concealed. "Good, good! Shrek Academy will have two more powerful little monsters this year. No, they should be called monsters among monsters."

Next, the old man tested Tang San and Xiao Wu's ages and Spirit Rings. The two passed smoothly. However, with Gu Chen and Gu Yuena before them, neither of them seemed particularly outstanding.

The smile on the old man's face grew even brighter. "There really are a lot of little monsters this year. Mubai, take them inside."

Under Dai Mubai's lead, the group smoothly entered Shrek Academy—that is, this village.

Dai Mubai said, "With your talent, I knew you'd pass easily. There definitely won't be any problems with the remaining tests either." As he spoke, he could not help looking back toward the academy gate.

"What are you looking at? Thinking of messing around with some girl again?" Having seen Dai Mubai surrounded by girls at the Rose Hotel, Xiao Wu spoke to him irritably.

Dai Mubai frowned. "What do you know? I feel that the aura around that girl is very similar to mine. Not only similar—it also feels like we complement each other. Among Martial Souls, it is extremely difficult to encounter one that complements your own. Once you do, if you join forces, the power of your Martial Soul will multiply. That is what they call a Martial Soul Fusion Skill."

Gu Chen merely watched coldly from the side. Dai Mubai might become a good brother, but he would never make a good husband.

After all, he did not even recognize his own fiancée.

To be honest, the current Dai Mubai was simply not worthy of Zhu Zhuqing.

After walking for a short while, Dai Mubai brought them to an open area surrounded by wooden houses. The clearing was roughly five hundred square meters and sat right in the center of Shrek Academy.

After telling Gu Chen and the others to take the second test here, Dai Mubai hurried off to find Zhu Zhuqing.

Just then, a soft, limp voice rang out.

"Sausages for sale, sausages for sale! Come take a look, don't miss out as you pass by! Oscar Brand Sausages—delicious and sweet, cheap and filling! Only five Copper Spirit Coins each! Eat an Oscar Brand Sausage, and you'll definitely have an easier time passing the entrance exam."

Gu Chen naturally knew that the voice belonged to Oscar, the Great Sausage Uncle.

"There are still several people ahead of us, and you didn't eat much for breakfast. Do you want a sausage?" Tang San asked Xiao Wu.

Gu Chen did not have any prejudice against Oscar's sausages. Although the Spirit Incantation was a little disgusting, the effect was quite good.

Moreover, Gu Chen rather admired Oscar's character. Perhaps he had not been much in the past, but he was still better than Dai Mubai. After meeting Ning Rongrong, he had been fairly devoted.

"Should I get one for the two of you as well?" Tang San asked Gu Yuena and Gu Chen.

The two nodded.

The moment Oscar saw customers approaching, he immediately said enthusiastically, "Want a sausage? Oscar Brand Sausages—honest prices for young and old alike, with guaranteed flavor."

Tang San smiled. "Uncle, please give me four."

Oscar's expression suddenly stiffened. "Y-you... what did you call me?"

Tang San was also stunned. "I called you Uncle. Is there a problem?"

Oscar gave a bitter smile. "Of course there's a problem. A huge problem. Brother, I'm only fourteen this year, yet you called me Uncle."

"Uh... you're only fourteen?" Tang San looked at the man before him in surprise.

Oscar said firmly, "That's right. My name is Oscar, I'm fourteen this year, and I'm a first-year student at Shrek Academy. You can't call me Uncle just because my hair is a little thick, can you?"

Tang San was speechless. Looking at Oscar's thick, bushy beard, he thought to himself, Your hair is more than just a little thick.

"Tang San, what are you doing?" Since Tang San had introduced himself at the academy gate, Dai Mubai knew his name. At that moment, he walked over with the last registered student—Zhu Zhuqing.

"Dai Laoda, want a sausage?" The instant Oscar saw Dai Mubai, his face filled with misery.

"Go to hell!" Dai Mubai glared at him irritably. "You're embarrassing the academy. I seem to have warned you more than once not to sell sausages inside the academy. Do you want everyone to throw up? Tang San, Gu Chen, you can't eat those sausages."

Tang San asked in confusion, "Why not?"

Dai Mubai's expression turned strange. "Xiao Ao, make a fresh sausage."

Although Oscar was reluctant in every possible way, under Dai Mubai's pressure, he still made a fresh sausage.

Yellow light suddenly gathered in his palm. Two yellow halos rose from beneath his feet, and then a sausage identical to the one in Tang San's hand appeared in his palm.

"I've Got a Big Sausage!"

That was Oscar's Spirit Incantation. Tang San immediately stiffened. The phrase was far too strange. Never mind whether the sausage was good or edible—just hearing Oscar say that made him afraid to eat it.

Oscar hurriedly explained, "There's nothing I can do about it. When a Food System Spirit is used, different Spirit Incantations are needed to make the food change. That sentence is the incantation, not something I want to shout. Besides, there is absolutely no problem with the quality of my sausages."

Tang San quickly put the sausage in his hand back onto the cart and declined Oscar's sausage.

Gu Chen, however, looked completely unconcerned. He took the sausage and, amid Tang San and the others' astonished gazes, directly put it into his mouth.

The moment it entered his mouth, the sausage turned into a stream of energy that lingered in his Dantian, warm and comforting.

Gu Chen silently marveled at the wonder of Food System Spirits.

"When you're starving to the limit, forget sausages—you might even be able to eat shit. The Spirit Incantation for these sausages is a little disgusting, but they taste pretty good, and they can replenish Soul Power," Gu Chen said.

Although Dai Mubai and the others did not know what "shit" was, they could tell from the sound of it that it was not anything good.

"Brother!" Oscar's eyes filled with tears as he tried to pounce on him. Gu Chen sidestepped and dodged, and Oscar immediately crashed to the ground, landing face-first in the dirt.

Seeing Gu Chen act like this, Tang San felt too embarrassed to keep looking down on Oscar's sausages. He took one from the cart and ate it as well, then nodded at Oscar. Oscar gave him a grateful look.

After they finished eating the sausages, Dai Mubai said, "Come on. I'll take you to the test. No need to line up."

After showing off in front of several disgruntled students and putting them in their place, Gu Chen and the others headed straight for the fourth test site.

"Teacher Zhao, I've brought people for the fourth test."

"Hmm? People have reached the fourth test this year? And there are six of them?" A middle-aged man who had been dozing in a chair opened his bleary eyes and looked at the six young men and women before him in surprise, as though he had encountered something unbelievable.

"Yes. Not only have all six of them reached the fourth test, they were also exempted from the second and third tests," Dai Mubai nodded.

Thus, just as in the original story, Zhao Wuji's eyes lit up. He rose from his chair and decided to personally test Gu Chen and the others.

"Ding!"

"Your current situation has been detected. Mission selection is now available:

Mission A: The six of you join forces and beat up Zhao Wuji.

Reward: Manual—Sound Transmission into Strings; Secret Technique—Shrink the Ground to Inch.

Mission B: Request to be tested in groups, join forces with Gu Yuena, and beat up Zhao Wuji.

Reward: Manual—Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission; Secret Technique—Shinra Tensei."

There had still been no contract offer so far. It seemed he could only wait until fifty thousand words and apply for a contract himself.