Spiritual Power +50! Zhang Lexuan's Token? Sign Up! (Seeking Follow-ups!)

Zhang Lexuan snapped back to reality, her gaze landing on Dai Yu, the interest in her eyes even stronger than before.

This youth had been certain Huo Yuhao could succeed from the very start.

And facing her, he was neither humble nor arrogant, even carrying a calm composure that suggested he had the whole situation under control.

Compared to the gifted but timid Huo Yuhao, this youth named Dai Yu seemed far more inscrutable.

"Of course you can."

Zhang Lexuan smiled faintly, retrieving a black iron token from her Storage Soul Tool and handing it to Dai Yu:

"This is my token.

Take it to the Registration Office and find a director named Du Weilun. Tell him I recommended you for the Entrance Assessment. While you can't avoid the practical combat test, this token will save you a lot of tedious Preliminary Screening procedures."

With that, Zhang Lexuan paused, her beautiful eyes shifting as she looked at Dai Yu with a hint of a smile:

"I've already seen Huo Yuhao's talent.

But you, little brother.

You haven't told me yet—what are your Martial Soul and Soul Power?

To bring such a 'potential stock' to Shrek, surely you're no slouch yourself?"

Dai Yu took the iron token, tossing it casually in his hand, feeling its heavy weight, and his smile deepened.

Instead of answering directly, he countered:

"Since Senior Sister is so curious, how about...

I tell you in person after I win the Freshman Assessment Champion?"

"Freshman Assessment Champion?"

Zhang Lexuan was taken aback, then couldn't help but laugh out loud:

"Hehehe... Little brother, your ambition is really something.

Do you know how many monsters there are in each freshman class at Shrek? But..."

Zhang Lexuan's tone shifted, a glint of appreciation in her eyes:

"I'm looking forward to it."

"In that case, I'll be waiting for good news from you two in the Inner Court."

With that, Zhang Lexuan gave them both a deep look, then turned and walked toward Shrek City without lingering.

Only when her figure disappeared into the city gates did Huo Yuhao let out a long sigh of relief, feeling his back soaked with cold sweat.

"Yu Ge, that scared me to death...

That Senior Sister's aura was so strong!

But she was really nice, giving us a recommendation token!"

Huo Yuhao looked at the iron token in Dai Yu's hand, his face full of relief.

Dai Yu put away the iron token, gazing in the direction Zhang Lexuan had left, silently calculating the initial bond reward he had just obtained—[Spiritual Power +50].

"Nice?"

Dai Yu chuckled lightly, patting Huo Yuhao on the shoulder:

"Yuhao, remember this.

In Shrek, there's no kindness without reason.

She valued your potential.

If your Soul Skill had really been useless just now, she would have just smiled and walked away without giving us a second glance."

"Is... is that so?"

Huo Yuhao nodded, half-understanding.

"Let's go."

Dai Yu started walking.

Shrek City.

"Wow... Yu Ge, there are so many people here, and everyone looks really strong."

Huo Yuhao was like a country bumpkin entering a grand garden, his eyes darting everywhere, sticking close to Dai Yu's side, afraid of getting lost.

Dai Yu's expression was calm as he swept his gaze around, unimpressed by the bustling scene.

"Shrek City is the holy land for soul masters across the continent; its prosperity is only natural."

Dai Yu explained casually as he walked:

"Besides, right now is Shrek Academy's enrollment period. Young geniuses from the Three Empires are all gathered here—how could it not be crowded?"

Across the street, outside Shrek Academy's east gate.

It was even more crowded here, with thousands of people gathered outside the massive archway, most of them parents bringing their children to register.

A cacophony of noisy discussions and shouts rose and fell, making it even livelier than a vegetable market.

Behind the archway stood ten enormous statues, symbols of Shrek Academy's ten-thousand-year glory.

The first generation of the Shrek Seven Monsters, and the Golden Iron Triangle who had laid the foundation for the academy's revival.

Huo Yuhao gazed at the statues, his eyes filled with boundless longing and reverence.

Dai Yu, however, showed no change in expression.

His gaze toward Tang San's statue was slightly strange.

Then, looking at Dai Mubai's statue, Dai Yu sighed softly in his heart.

'Both were Shrek Seven Monsters, and Dai Mubai was even "Boss Dai" at the start.'

'Yet after becoming gods, he was completely reduced to a background prop. Otherwise, he could have at least held his ground against Tang San's pressure.'

'Dai Mubai is just a Second-Class God of War in the God Realm. Tang San never consults him on anything.'

'Forget about me—even Huo Yuhao, as Dai Mubai's descendant, is being trained like a dog by Tang San.'

'I still have to rely on myself. Lucky for me, I bound the Background Suppression System, this ridiculously overpowered cheat.'

As for the White Tiger Duke's Mansion?

'White Tiger Duke's Mansion... the Dai family...'

Dai Yu sneered coldly in his heart.

One day, he would crush that rotten family under his feet with absolute dominance.

"Yu Ge, there are so many people lining up over there. Should we get in line too?"

Huo Yuhao's voice interrupted Dai Yu's thoughts.

Dai Yu snapped back to reality and followed the direction Huo Yuhao was pointing.

At the academy's entrance, dozens of tables were set up, each with a teacher wearing Shrek's uniform seated behind it, conducting preliminary bone age and Soul Power tests.

Every line stretched out like a long dragon. At this rate, they wouldn't get their turn even by nightfall.

"Line up?"

Dai Yu's lips curled slightly as he gently rubbed the cold Black Iron Token in his hand.

"Silly kid, that's the path for ordinary people."

"Since we have this token, we take the 'privilege' route."

With that, Dai Yu completely ignored the long lines and led Huo Yuhao straight to the frontmost table.

A middle-aged teacher in his thirties sat there, frowning impatiently as he scolded a chubby kid who couldn't release his martial soul due to nerves.

"Next!

Hurry up!

Stop dawdling!"

The middle-aged teacher waved his hand, about to call the next number, when he found two youths cutting straight to the front of the table.

"What do you think you're doing?

Don't you know the rules?

Get to the back of the line!"

The teacher's brows shot up, and the pressure of a Soul Emperor instantly burst forth, intending to scare off these clueless line-cutters.

Huo Yuhao's face paled from the pressure, and he instinctively stepped back half a pace.

But Dai Yu stood as still as a mountain, as if the pressure didn't exist at all.

He calmly looked at the teacher and gently placed the Black Iron Token, engraved with strange patterns, on the table.

"Teacher, we're here to register."

"Then go register at the back of the—"

The middle-aged teacher was about to lose his temper, but the moment his eyes landed on the Black Iron Token, they froze abruptly.

The token was pitch-black, made of a special material, with only a crescent moon pattern carved into it, emitting a faint, cool aura.