Fancy Testing

Along the broad path across campus, Qiangu Wuji and the others soon arrived at the classroom for Class One-One, led by Lu Renjia.

Red Mountain Academy might not have the best Soul Master instructors, but its financial resources were nothing to scoff at.

Even a classroom in a mere elementary academy covered an area of well over a hundred square meters.

Despite its size, the classroom held only a dozen or so students, leaving it looking almost empty.

As soon as the group arrived, the room fell silent. A dozen pairs of eyes turned toward them.

Qiangu Wuji scanned the room and soon spotted his target in a corner by the window.

Just as the original story described, Tang Wulin had a pair of strikingly beautiful eyes.

At that moment, he was gazing at Qiangu Wuji with the wide-eyed curiosity of a child.

According to the original story, Tang Wulin had only just awakened his Martial Soul at this point and had yet to reveal the power of the Golden Dragon King.

Qiangu Wuji glanced at him, then lost interest.

Without the Golden Dragon King as a cheat, Tang Wulin couldn't hold his attention.

While Qiangu Wuji was looking around, Lu Renjia was busy too. He found Lin Ximeng and explained why they had come.

"Teacher Lin, these two are about to join your class. You're a Soul Master too, so could you perhaps..."

Lin Ximeng was a young woman of about twenty-five or twenty-six. Her hair was pulled into a neat ponytail, and she wore thick black-framed glasses. She looked exactly like the stern, no-nonsense female teachers often seen in films and television.

In fact, she really was strict. The moment Lu Renjia explained their purpose, she frowned and objected.

"Principal Lu, are you serious? Soul Power tests are usually conducted by a Spirit Transmitter. How could an ordinary Soul Master like me possibly do it?"

"Teacher Lin, I'm not asking you to hold an Awakening Ceremony. I just want you to do a simple test to see whether these two children have Soul Power."

The two did not seem to be getting along. By the end, their conversation had even taken on an edge of hostility.

"Principal Lu, students' admission to the Soul Master Class is decided at the start of the school year. You've suddenly brought two people to me halfway through, without even giving me a heads-up, and said they're joining my class. What am I supposed to make of that?"

"Teacher Lin, what kind of thing is that to say? I didn't just bring anyone along. You should know, this person is..."

"Ahem."

Just as Lu Renjia was about to reveal Qiangu Wuji's identity, Leng Yaozhu gave a soft cough.

Lu Renjia immediately broke into a sweat and hurriedly stopped. Then, his face flushed as he said, "At any rate, Teacher Lin, just do as I say. If you're unhappy with it, you can resign."

"You!"

Lin Ximeng glared at him, clearly taken aback. In the end, though, she said nothing more. She walked toward the three of them, then fixed her gaze on Leng Yaozhu and spoke stiffly.

"I don't know who you are, but since you deliberately skipped the Martial Soul Awakening test, I assume these two children aren't Soul Masters. If that's the case, insisting on putting them in the Soul Master Class serves no purpose."

She had clearly decided that Qiangu Wuji and Gu Yue had gotten in through connections.

It made sense, after all. The Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony had been held not long ago, yet they had shown up at this particular time. Wasn't that just pulling strings?

Hearing her, Lu Renjia turned deathly pale. He silently pleaded, My goodness, please watch what you say! Do you know who she is? How dare you talk to her like that?

Qiangu Wuji also looked at her in disbelief. Did this woman have any idea what she was saying?

Leng Yaozhu was taken aback too. She clearly hadn't expected anyone to speak to her like that.

But Lin Ximeng took her silence as confirmation, and her brows drew together in a tight frown.

This time, she turned to Qiangu Wuji, her expression extremely stern.

"Let me make one thing clear. This is the Soul Master Class, so we don't accept ordinary people. If the test shows that you have no Soul Power, you'll have to leave."

She was clearly saying this not only to Qiangu Wuji and the others, but also to Lu Renjia.

By now, Qiangu Wuji had gotten a sense of Teacher Lin's character.

She was somewhat forceful, but at heart, she was upright and principled.

After a moment's thought, he nodded and said respectfully, "Please go ahead with the test, Teacher Lin. What should I do?"

"It's simple." Lin Ximeng walked a couple of steps toward the middle of the classroom, then said coolly, "Bring out your Martial Soul and attack me with all your strength."

Low-level Soul Masters couldn't detect the strength of someone else's Soul Power. A direct fight really was the quickest way.

Qiangu Wuji thought it over and decided it was a pretty good method, so he nodded in agreement.

"All right, then. Please instruct me, Teacher."

With that, he stepped forward.

The students watching below grew excited at the sight.

They were just a bunch of little kids, after all. How often did they get to see something like this?

Lu Renjia, however, was extremely anxious. His eyes kept darting to Leng Yaozhu, clearly hoping she would step in.

But Leng Yaozhu only smiled without a word. Not only did she make no move to stop them, she folded her arms and went to the side to watch the show.

That only made Lu Renjia more worried. He had even decided that if things got out of hand, he would forcibly intervene. No matter what the test showed, he would make sure Qiangu Wuji and Gu Yue got into the Soul Master school.

Under everyone's watchful gaze, Qiangu Wuji slowly walked to the center of the room.

Across from him, Lin Ximeng summoned her Martial Soul. It was a huge blue-green wolf, and three Soul Rings hovered around her: one white and two yellow.

The moment the students saw her Martial Soul, excited cheers rang out. Quite a few of them began cheering her on.

Now it was Qiangu Wuji's turn.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Then he abruptly opened them. A golden glimmer flowed through his eyes, and at the same time, a yellow Soul Ring rose from beneath his feet.

The sight of the Soul Ring sent a wave of sharp gasps through the room.

"He-he's already a Soul Master? How old is he? Isn't he the same age as us?"

Lin Ximeng froze for a moment before suddenly coming to her senses. As if she'd realized something, she blurted out, "You have Innate Full Soul Power?"

"Innate Full Soul Power? So it's really possible for someone to have that?"

"He's obviously the same age as us, but he's already become a Soul Master!"

The girls in the class lit up at once, gazing at Qiangu Wuji as if he were some kind of treasure.

Qiangu Wuji didn't think much of it. After summoning his Martial Soul, he said to Lin Ximeng, "Teacher, I'm starting now."