"What's your name? Come, let me feel your hands and bones!" Li Yusong truly began to take Tie Xiong seriously.
"Teacher, my name is Tie Xiong!" He held out his hands.
Li Yusong carefully felt over both of Tie Xiong's hands, then pinched his arms as well, examining him with great thoroughness.
A look of realization appeared on his face.
"His bone density and muscle resilience are indeed far more developed than those of children his age! Could he really break the established laws?" Even Li Yusong was starting to believe it.
After thinking for a moment, he said to Tie Xin.
"We'll take your son. The annual tuition is one hundred Gold Soul Coins!" Just as the boy had said, even if he failed, the academy could still collect several years of tuition.
Besides, for a child his age to stack his hammer technique up to the fifteenth strike, he truly counted as a Little Monster.
Tie Xin was overjoyed upon hearing this. It seemed his son had made the right gamble.
He took out a bag of Gold Soul Coins from his pocket and placed it into the nearby box.
At the same time, he took out another bag of Gold Soul Coins and stuffed it into Tie Xiong's hands.
"I don't understand this thing you mentioned about breaking the limit to absorb Soul Rings, but it surely won't be easy. Be careful, and come home often!" Tie Xin instructed Tie Xiong.
"Don't worry, Father. Your son is a monster!" Tie Xiong said, patting his chest.
Tie Xin smiled faintly and turned to leave for Suotuo City. His son had always been mature for his age, so there was not much for him to worry about.
"Your circumstances are rather special. Stay here for now. Once all these children have finished testing, enter the academy with me. You won't need to take the remaining tests!" Li Yusong said to Tie Xiong.
"Okay, Teacher!" Tie Xiong replied with a cheerful grin.
The parents and children all looked at Tie Xiong with envy.
Li Yusong's earlier outburst, revealing the strength of a Soul King, had shocked everyone present.
Now, they were certain that Shrek Academy truly had substance.
Unfortunately, by the time the testing ended, not a single child who had come to enroll besides Tie Xiong had qualified.
With a wave of his right hand, Li Yusong made the table, the box, and the Gold Soul Coins inside it vanish.
That's a Storage Soul Tool, Tie Xiong thought enviously.
Although the Tie Family was doing fairly well financially now, they still could not afford a Soul Tool.
At the Auction House, a storage bracelet Soul Tool was worth at least forty or fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
Based on the profits of a Blacksmith Shop, it would take eleven years to afford one.
Cheat King Tang San had been directly gifted a Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges by the Grandmaster. That was the importance of having a master.
Li Yusong led Tie Xiong toward the village.
Along the way, they ran into two more teachers: Lu Qibin, whose Spirit was Star Luo Chess, and Shao Xin, whose Spirit was Sugar Bean.
Li Yusong stepped forward and whispered a few words into Lu Qibin and Shao Xin's ears before continuing onward with Tie Xiong.
"There are five teachers in the academy altogether. The dean and another teacher have gone to help the students hunt Soul Beasts, so they aren't in the academy. Come with me. I'll take you to meet another student!" Li Yusong said.
There should not be many students in the academy right now. Since Tie Xiong knew the plot, he had no questions.
"Selling sausages! Sausages for sale! Take a look, have a look! Don't miss out if you pass by! Oscar-brand sausages, five copper coins each!" Tie Xiong suddenly heard a peddler's cry.
Turning his head, he saw a child not much older than himself pushing a cart through the village and hawking his goods.
Isn't that Oscar?
Based on Tie Xiong's estimation, Oscar should have been a little over a year older than him. He also had Innate Full Soul Power and should currently have been at level twelve or thirteen, with his first Soul Ring already acquired.
"Xiao Ao, come here!" Li Yusong called.
"Teacher, would you like a sausage? This little brother looks unfamiliar. Is he a new student joining the academy?" Oscar, with short hair and simple cloth clothes, came over to the two of them.
"Cut the nonsense. I'm not eating your sausages. This is Tie Xiong, a new student. He'll be sharing a room with you!" As he spoke, Li Yusong handed Tie Xiong over to Oscar.
Then he turned and left.
"Finally, a junior! I've been bored to death here all by myself. Come on, brother, have one of my sausages. They're cheap, only five copper coins." Oscar said enthusiastically.
Tie Xiong smiled, picked up a sausage, and wolfed it down in a few bites.
During the test at the village entrance just now, he had swung fifteen hammer strikes, nearly exhausting all his Soul Power.
Besides, he would have to eat Oscar's sausages sooner or later, so he did not stand on ceremony.
Oscar's first Soul Skill, Recovery Big Sausage, provided comprehensive recovery. It could quickly restore stamina and Soul Power, heal injuries, and ease fatigue and pain. It was a simple yet practical little divine skill.
As the sausage entered his stomach, Tie Xiong felt his spirits rise. His Soul Power rapidly recovered, and his body felt much lighter as well.
He took twenty Gold Soul Coins from his pocket and made as if to hand them to Oscar. "A year's worth of your sausages. How about it?"
When Oscar saw the gleaming coins, his eyes immediately went wide.
He could not make that much even by selling sausages for an entire year.
After all, he still had to cultivate, and with only level thirteen Soul Power, he could not make many sausages in a day.
He reached out to take them.
Tie Xiong was quicker and tucked the Gold Soul Coins away again.
Then he slung an arm around Oscar's shoulders. "Come on, let's talk once we get to the dormitory!"
Oscar reluctantly tore his gaze away. Having been taught and influenced by Flender, he had developed a somewhat money-grubbing personality too. He had also been poor for too long.
Oscar felt somewhat uncomfortable with Tie Xiong casually throwing an arm around him, but for the money, he endured it.
Before long, the two arrived at a wooden house less than twenty square meters in size, with very simple furnishings.
Inside were two beds, several cabinets, and a desk.
"I sleep on this side, and you sleep on that side. You can use this cabinet for your things." Though Oscar was young, he was quite independent.
He explained these everyday matters to Tie Xiong.
"Oh, right, Junior. Let me formally introduce myself. I'm Oscar, seven years and three months old, a level thirteen Tool Soul Master. My Spirit is Sausage. That sausage you just ate was created by my first Soul Skill. It can restore stamina and Soul Power and heal injuries. You can call me Senior!" Oscar said with a grin, his tone carrying a hint of pride and teasing.
He seemed to be waiting for Tie Xiong to be shocked.
"My name is Tie Xiong. I'm six years old, and my Spirit is the Heaven Breaking Hammer. Xiao Ao, have you ever heard this saying? In the world of Soul Masters, whoever has the bigger fist is the boss!" Tie Xiong said calmly.
Oscar's eyes widened. "You called me Xiao Ao? You want to be my boss?"
This junior was really interesting.
"What, you unwilling?" Tie Xiong stretched out his right hand, and the Heaven Breaking Hammer appeared in his palm.
The Soul Power that had just recovered within him flowed into the Heaven Breaking Hammer, and black light immediately flickered across it.
Oscar jumped in fright. "My Spirit is a Food Tool Spirit! How can we compare the size of our fists? I'm older than you, and my Soul Power is higher than yours. I'm your senior!"
"When it comes to fighting for your life, no one cares what kind of Spirit you have. We're in the same dormitory. If you don't agree, I'll hammer you once a day. Don't worry, I'll control my strength. Your sausage Soul Skill can heal injuries too, so the teachers won't be able to tell you were hurt."
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