Special Student

"This kid has some skill."

Li Yusong, who had been waiting to collect money, suddenly narrowed his eyes and looked at Feng Xinglie with interest. Among the people present, besides Tang San, who possessed the Purple Demon Eye, only he, a Rank 60 Soul Emperor, could clearly see Feng Xinglie's movements.

Fist Pulling Technique, a martial art similar to Sword Drawing Technique and Gun Drawing Technique. It utilizes a sinking and twisting motion of the waist to rapidly draw a fist held in readiness within a pocket, launching an attack at the earliest moment. It is a counter-attack fist technique that strikes first by striking later.

"Third Brother, look, it's the person we met yesterday. He actually knocked down that perverted tiger with one punch!"

At the back of the group, Xiao Wu excitedly shook Tang San's arm. This rabbit, whose greatest hobby was fighting, was clearly very interested in Feng Xinglie's strength. However, Tang San's attention was drawn to the movement that he himself had almost failed to see:

"Such speed, is he an agility-type Soul Master? No, he didn't use any Soul Skills just now, and there wasn't even enough time to summon his martial soul in that moment. What kind of technique was that?"

Unaware that both the male and female protagonists had already taken an interest in him, Feng Xinglie walked directly to Li Yusong, picked up the wooden box on the table, and handed it to the father and son beside him:

"Take the money and keep it safe. Be careful in the future, and don't get scammed again."

"Yes, yes, thank you, sir."

Facing Feng Xinglie, who was about the same age as his son, the man repeatedly called him "sir." It was no joke; on the Douluo Continent, strength reigned supreme. For helping him and knocking down a Soul Elder with one punch, the father and son were so moved that they bowed repeatedly.

"You brat, who are you calling a scammer?"

Seeing the harmonious scene before him, Li Yusong's beard bristled with anger. Feng Xinglie merely glanced at him indifferently:

"You collected money without explaining the enrollment conditions, then drove people away if they didn't meet the standards, but kept the money. Isn't that fraud? Shouldn't academies at least publicize their requirements in advance?"

His words immediately stirred up discussion among the crowd, and the parents' gazes towards Li Yusong gradually became less friendly. Seeing that the situation was starting to get out of his control, Li Yusong immediately stood up, summoned his martial soul, the Dragon Patterned Staff, and slammed it hard onto the ground:

"All of you, shut up!"

With his roar, six soul rings—white, yellow, purple, purple, purple, and black—appeared beneath his feet, scaring everyone into silence. This unassuming old man was actually a Soul Emperor.

Seeing that the scene had quieted down, Li Yusong snorted coldly:

"Our Shrek Academy is a Monster Academy. This means we only accept monsters here, not ordinary people. If you are over thirteen years old and your Soul Power has not reached Rank 21 or above, don't waste your time here."

Upon hearing this, more than half of the crowd dispersed. Some knew their children didn't meet the conditions, while others couldn't stand Shrek's arrogant demeanor. However, to everyone's surprise, Feng Xinglie was among those leaving.

"Hey? Brat, where are you going? Aren't you enrolling in the academy?"

Seeing Feng Xinglie about to leave, Li Yusong immediately panicked. Dai Mubai was currently their academy's strongest student, and he had just been defeated by Feng Xinglie, who hadn't even used his martial soul. Such a genius couldn't be let go.

"I'm over thirteen years old and don't meet your enrollment requirements. What's wrong?"

His words left Li Yusong speechless. Of course, he knew Dai Mubai was fifteen, so how could someone who defeated him be under thirteen? But to avoid losing a rare little monster, he still spoke up to persuade him:

"Heh heh, didn't you just defeat the most outstanding student of our Shrek Academy? So, we'll give you a special privilege and allow you to join Shrek as an exception. How about it? By the way, child, what's your Soul Power Level?"

Hearing this, Feng Xinglie sneered, and four soul rings—yellow, purple, black, and black—reappeared beneath his feet, shocking Li Yusong into stammering:

"Thousand... a thousand-year second ring, ten-thousand-year third and fourth rings? This... how is this possible?"

Seeing this, Feng Xinglie shrugged: "The martial souls in this world are myriad and strange. My martial soul just happens to be able to absorb soul rings of higher ranks. Is there a problem?"

"Good, good, good! You are the most terrifying little monster I have ever seen! Only our Shrek Academy is qualified to teach a child like you. Age is not a problem, and we won't charge tuition. We will mobilize the academy's best teaching staff to cultivate you with all our might!"

Li Yusong no longer cared about enrollment conditions. Missing out on such a once-in-ten-thousand-years talent would be the greatest loss for the entire academy, and they had to recruit him by any means necessary.

"Alright, since you say so, old sir, let me see if your academy has the ability to guide me. Let me say this first: if Shrek's strength is insufficient, I will leave at any time."

"Agreed. I promise on behalf of the dean. But rest assured, on the entire Douluo Continent, there is no better academy than ours!"

No matter what, the priority was to get him enrolled. Seeing Feng Xinglie agree, Li Yusong breathed a sigh of relief and quickly beckoned him towards the academy.

"Mubai, Mubai! Wake up, no sleeping here."

After slapping the dazed Dai Mubai awake a few times, Li Yusong looked at the disoriented Evil Eyed White Tiger and instructed:

"Snap out of it and take your new junior schoolmates to participate in the subsequent exams. Remember, get to know them well."

"What? Teacher Li, this guy passed the first round!?"

Dai Mubai protested indignantly, rubbing his groggy head upon hearing the bad news as soon as he woke up.

"He knocked you out with one punch without even using a Soul Skill. Do you think he's qualified? Stop talking nonsense and take them inside!"

Watching as Dai Mubai reluctantly led Feng Xinglie and Zhu Zhuqing, who had just finished her test, inside under Li Yusong's threat, Xiao Wu, who had witnessed the entire spectacle, had her eyes light up:

"This academy looks very interesting, especially that sentence the teacher said about only accepting monsters and not ordinary people. It was so cool."

Tang San smiled and said, "Now you won't doubt the teacher's instructions, will you? This Shrek Academy is definitely not ordinary. It's just... how did that person's soul rings break through the theoretical limit proposed by the teacher?"

For Tang San, Yu Xiaogang's theories were absolute and unshakeable "iron laws." Therefore, upon seeing Feng Xinglie's unconventional soul rings, his surprise quickly turned into doubt, though his target of doubt was Feng Xinglie.

After the commotion, there were very few people left at the registration area. Besides Zhu Zhuqing, who was following behind Feng Xinglie, and Ning Rongrong in a green robe, there were only the two new students, Tang San and Xiao Wu, who quickly followed them into the academy after passing the test. However, after only a few steps, they saw Feng Xinglie and the others ahead stopped at a stall, talking about something.