Wu Feng looked at Gu Yuan's nearly perfect profile, his flawless nine-head-tall proportions, and that ice-blue long hair that seemed to have come from a mythical world.
Even she, who despised men, was momentarily stunned.
It was not until Ning Rongrong called to her that she stepped forward.
"What level is your Soul Power, exactly?"
Elsewhere, the student in charge of testing Soul Power asked in terror.
"Level forty-six." Since he intended to seize Shrek, Gu Yuan naturally had no intention of concealing his strength.
Other than his four utterly exaggerated soul rings and his not-yet-formed second martial soul.
He was not really hiding his strength.
"Level forty-six? Good heavens."
The students on duty swallowed hard, their gazes toward Gu Yuan gaining a measure of awe.
They said monsters appeared every year, but there seemed to be especially many this year.
Those two Soul Elders from before had already been geniuses.
Who would have thought this one was even more formidable?
"All right, you can go in. Once you're inside, take this form with you. Someone will naturally lead you to the assessment site."
The person in charge of registration handed Gu Yuan a form.
Gu Yuan asked in confusion, "Don't I need a city lord's letter of recommendation?"
"That was indeed required last year, but starting this year, anyone whose Soul Power exceeds level twenty doesn't need one."
A crisp, pleasant voice approached from afar.
Gu Yuan turned around and saw a brown-haired girl walking over.
She looked to be around eleven or twelve years old. Wearing a simple tea-green dress, she gave off a very clean impression.
She was around 1.65 meters tall, with an exquisitely delicate little face and skin as fair and tender as peeled lychee flesh.
Even Gu Yuan had to admit that she was truly a beauty in the making.
Behind her was a red-haired girl about the same age, equally beautiful and even more voluptuous.
But perhaps it was just Gu Yuan's imagination—when she saw him, she actually seemed a little shy.
It was not the kind of shyness a girl showed upon seeing a handsome boy, but more like the shyness of a wife seeing her future husband.
It left Gu Yuan somewhat baffled.
As expected of the Continent of Romance, huh?
The moment they saw a handsome guy, they were already thinking of names for their future children.
Sigh, this charm of mine has nowhere to go...
Gu Yuan lamented inwardly.
"Hello, my name is Ning Tian. I'm eleven years old, a student of Shrek Outer Court's Elite Class. My martial soul is the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda, and I'm a level thirty-one auxiliary-type tool Soul Elder."
"This is my younger sister, Wu Feng. She's also a student of the Spirit Department Outer Court's Elite Class. She's eleven years old, her martial soul is the Red Dragon, and she's a level twenty-four assault-type Battle Soul Master."
"As it happens, we have nothing to do right now. Why don't my sister and I be your guides?"
Ning Rongrong had seen Gu Yuan's reaction earlier, and the corners of her lips lifted slightly.
Her efforts over the past year to improve her appearance had not been in vain. Not only had she grown out her hair and dyed it the brown color from her previous life, she had even sought out a specialized healing-type Soul Master to remove the freckles she originally had on her face.
She had also taken special care of her skin. Her entire appearance and bearing had long since been completely renewed, no worse than Jiang Nannan's.
It seemed her efforts had been quite effective.
"Ning Tian and Wu Feng?"
"Have they already enrolled?"
"But why were they a year early?"
"And why do Ning Tian's appearance and manner of dress resemble Ning Rongrong from Douluo 1 so much?"
"And what exactly is this Elite Class she mentioned?"
"..."
A great many questions suddenly arose in Gu Yuan's mind. He quietly became wary, but his expression remained unchanged. "Then thank you."
"In that case, I'll have to trouble you two junior sisters."
The students on duty clearly knew Ning Rongrong and Wu Feng. Or rather, any student from the Elite Class was quite famous in the Outer Court.
At the same time, the doubts in their hearts were answered.
No wonder the two of them had been waiting here for two straight days. They had been waiting for a genius like Gu Yuan.
It made sense. As an auxiliary-type sect, the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect had to win over outstanding, powerful genius soul masters like Gu Yuan if it wanted to establish itself in the world of soul masters.
Led by Ning Rongrong, Gu Yuan entered Shrek Academy with her.
Wu Feng silently followed behind them, half a step back, her gaze occasionally stealing glances at Gu Yuan.
Before the three had gone far, a restless commotion erupted behind them.
"Wonderful, Xiao Qi, Mommy finally found you..."
"Bastard, who the hell are you? Get lost..."
The three turned around at once. At the center of the crowd, a stunning woman wearing rabbit-ear hair accessories was clutching the pink-and-blue-haired youth from before, unwilling to let go.
Faced with the youth's shoving, the stunning girl ignored him completely, merely rambling on like an old mother.
"Honestly, why would a perfectly good girl dress up as a boy?"
"Don't you know the academy has two-person dormitories? You're not married yet—you can't just live with boys."
"Even if you're looking for someone, you have to find someone as outstanding as your father. Hurry, think of a way to contact your father. Tell him Mommy is here and have him take Mommy home... Mommy really can't stand this damned life in the lower realm anymore."
The noise was too chaotic, and Ning Rongrong and Ning Tian could not make out what the stunning woman was saying at all.
But after refining God King Tang's fine wine, Gu Yuan's powerful spiritual sense allowed him to hear every word clearly.
Xiao Qi? The lower realm?
When that pink-and-blue-haired youth had announced her martial soul earlier, she seemed to have said Light Goddess Butterfly. In other words, she was Wang Dong.
Or rather, Wang Dong'er.
One-third of God King Tang's daughter, Tang Wutong.
Calling her Xiao Qi was not really a problem.
But how did that rabbit-eared girl know Wang Dong'er's true identity?
And why was she calling her daughter, telling Wang Dong'er to contact her father, God King Tang, and take her home, saying she did not want to remain in the lower realm...
Gu Yuan immediately thought of the cup of fine wine he had exchanged for God King Tang's. Could this woman be Xiao Wu?
Or rather, had this woman swapped bodies with Xiao Wu?
The more Gu Yuan thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
That also explained why Ning Tian looked so much like Ning Rongrong and why she had enrolled early.
She did not merely resemble Ning Rongrong.
She was Ning Rongrong herself—only Ning Rongrong after swapping bodies with Ning Tian.
She had become this way because she drank Masticated Wine with Xiao Wu.
Gu Yuan understood why Xiao Wu was looking for Wang Dong'er.
But why was this Ning Rongrong looking for him?
And besides the two of them, were there others who had also drunk Masticated Wine?
These thoughts flashed through Gu Yuan's mind in but an instant, and the corners of his lips could not help but curl upward.
He had thought enrolling at Shrek would be far too boring this time.
He had not expected both Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu to descend to the lower realm.
Things were truly becoming more and more interesting.
He wondered whether the other five had descended as well. If they had, then he would have plenty of fun.
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