Outer Court Entrance Examination

"You certainly have ideas, but for you right now, it is still too early."

Yun Ze did not pull away from Yun Ming's hand, but instead looked at him and said, "Then, Father, you see that I am already a Spirit Elder now. I am qualified to walk around in ordinary cities, so can I be allowed to go out on missions or something?"

Yun Ming looked at Yun Ze and said, "And have me specifically assign an elder to watch over you while you run around, all while having to worry about you from time to time, right?"

Yun Ze clicked his tongue and said, "But Father, you know about my spirit soul. For me, the most suitable way to cultivate right now is to slaughter those criminals who deserve to die."

"Furthermore, since you want me to shoulder the heavy responsibilities of Shrek Academy in the future, I cannot be a coward who never steps out of the gate. I need to go out and gain experience and see the world, don't I?"

Yun Ming waved his hand, and a surge of spirit power pushed Yun Ze out of the room, then said to him, "Stop pestering me here. For this assessment, you will go with Yuezheng Yu and Yuanen Yehui. I will see how you perform before deciding."

Yun Ze "..."

The door to Yun Ming's office was already closed. As someone who had been coming in and out of here since childhood, Yun Ze naturally knew how ridiculously soundproof this door was, so he didn't say anything else that would be futile.

At the very least, it counted as progress; the old man had finally relented and given him the possibility of going out to do things.

After Yun Ze returned to his room, inside Yun Ming's office, this man who was the strongest on the continent was looking at the night sky, the tea in his hand having been replaced by a wine glass.

While sipping the wine, he pondered Yun Ze's recent proposal.

He naturally knew the uniqueness of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion inheritance spirit soul. For this spirit soul containing the power of fate, the fastest way to grow was through battle, plundering luck to grow.

The main reason Yun Ming gave Yun Ze this spirit soul at the time was actually because he wanted to add a layer of protection for his hard-won son.

He just didn't expect that after his son obtained this luck-based spirit soul, he would grow so rapidly.

In just two years, he had reached level 35, and according to his current cultivation progress, he was approaching level 40.

His spiritual power had even reached the lower-middle stage of the Spirit Sea Realm.

Yun Ming was actually hesitating in his heart: was it better to let Yun Ze go out for training while he was still in his prime, so he could provide a safety net for him?

Or should he conservatively keep him in the academy until his cultivation reached a high enough realm before letting him go out?

After three glasses of wine, Yun Ming finally chose the former. Firstly, because below him, the strongest on the continent, there were a few existences whose strength was very close to his own.

If he waited until his own strength waned in the future before letting Yun Ze out, what if one of those existences with strength close to his own had maintained themselves better than he had?

He might not be able to protect this child then.

Secondly, Yun Ming thought about the different scenery one sees.

The things one sees at a high cultivation level are completely different from what one sees at a low cultivation level. It could be said that high-level spirit masters and low-level spirit masters lived in two completely different worlds.

With Yun Ming having made his decision, Yun Ze on the other side was not idle either. He took out the special nutritional meals allocated to him by Shrek Academy.

As Yun Ming's son, Yun Ze also had a small portion of special food similar to that of the elders, though the quantity was much smaller than that of a regular elder.

After Yun Ze broke through to become a Spirit Elder, he didn't continue eating this stuff, saving it for a moment like this to make a push.

After consuming the few black steamed buns he had in stock, Yun Ze sat cross-legged on the bed and began to cultivate.

Boundless battle energy swirled around his body, and a hint of purple gradually emerged behind him.

As Yun Ze opened his eyes, that special purple aura vanished from behind him.

Feeling the sensation in the surroundings that made even breathing somewhat difficult, Yun Ze couldn't help but wonder, "Was my cultivation this time that intense? I drained the heaven and earth spirit power in this vicinity?"

However, this night was not without gains; Yun Ze's cultivation had reached the peak of level 36.

His spirit seemed better than before, but without professional equipment to measure it, he couldn't give a specific value, though there must have been some progress.

Looking at the sun just rising on the horizon, Yun Ze straightened his collar and muttered to himself, "Since that's the case, let's go first."

"Just do it, let's go!"

"This is the feeling of fighting for freedom!"

After giving himself a triple-pep talk for such a strange assessment requirement, Yun Ze walked out of the room.

When he arrived at the outer courtyard, it was much livelier during the day than at night. Today was the time for the assessment. Looking at the crowd in front of him, Yun Ze stepped forward.

Yun Ming probably hadn't rested much last night and had finished giving all these instructions in advance. No one questioned Yun Ze's identity, and the examiner silently arranged him into a group with Yuezheng Yu and Yuanen Yehui.

The moment they saw Yun Ming, the two possessors of angel martial spirits, who had been attacking each other with their gazes, couldn't help but look sideways in unison.

Yun Ze smiled and said, "Sorry to you both, I'm adding a bit of trouble by crashing the assessment list."

Yuanen Yehui looked at Yun Ze in confusion, then stepped forward and asked in a low voice in his ear, "What do you mean? Is the number of people not enough this year?"

Yun Ze smiled, then said, "You must be joking. No matter how things are at Shrek Academy, we wouldn't struggle to scrape together a few people; it's not like it was twenty thousand years ago."

"I am a special student of the Inner Court. Due to some unique reasons, it's basically no different from being trapped inside."

"Today's assessment is my stepping stone to getting out. If the results are ideal, I can leave; otherwise, I'll have to keep squatting in this place."

Yuezheng Yu and Yuanen Yehui exchanged a glance. Although they still couldn't stand each other and wished they could hack the other to death on the spot, they both read a hint of a bitter smile in each other's eyes.

They finally understood what Yun Ze meant by "causing a little trouble."

Since this match involved the conditions for Yun Ze to leave, there was no need to ask—the difficulty of their assessment would certainly be a huge leap above everyone else's.

Yun Ze smiled slightly. Watching their faces twist into expressions of misery, he smoothed back his bangs and said, "Having this encounter with me isn't a loss for you. Logically speaking, wanting to see me should have been a very difficult thing for you to achieve."

Yuezheng Yu retorted indignantly, "I know you're a special Inner Court student, but my Southern Legion isn't just for show."

Yun Ze chuckled at this, then tapped his own chest with his finger and said, "Let me reintroduce myself. My name is Yun Ze, the Yun of white clouds."

"Also, here is a little piece of inside information: the current Pavilion Master of the Sea God Pavilion at Shrek also has the surname Yun..."