Dai Mubai returned to his position and released his Martial Soul. Two yellow and one purple Soul Rings revolved around him.
"If you want your tuition back, just defeat me." The Evil-Eyed White Tiger's dominance was on full display.
After seeing the Soul Rings on him, the parents and students finally quieted down.
Seeing that no one was causing trouble anymore, Li Yusong said, "Shrek Academy only accepts monsters, not ordinary people. Before coming here, you'd better understand our admission rules, or you'll only be giving us Gold Soul Coins."
"Ah, yeah, yeah. You only accept monsters under twelve with Soul Power above level twenty-one, right?" Tang Liu muttered softly, though he also felt a strange sense of solemnity in his heart.
Checking in! Shrek Academy.
He just did not know whether this Shrek, which gave all the protagonists such an intense sense of belonging, could make him feel the same way.
Tang Liu was very curious, and very much looking forward to it.
At this point, most of the parents who had been harboring hopes of getting lucky left with their children after Li Yusong displayed the strength of a Soul Emperor.
The originally long registration line suddenly became much shorter.
Tang Liu let out a deep breath and said, "They finally left..."
After watching Ning Rongrong register, Tang Liu walked straight over and stood behind Zhu Zhuqing, who was at the very end of the line, waiting quietly.
What depressed him was that Zhu Zhuqing, the youngest of the Shrek Seven Monsters, was actually over 1.6 meters tall—much taller than him.
Ah, hurry up and let me grow to seventeen or eighteen. Let me have my original height of 1.8 meters!
His act of coming over to join the line drew quite a bit of attention.
Dai Mubai and Tang San, whose gazes had originally been fixed on Zhu Zhuqing, turned to him instead.
Of course, they did not look for long, because it was Tang San and Xiao Wu's turn to register.
After they released their Martial Souls, Dai Mubai led them inside.
Not long after that, it was Zhu Zhuqing's turn.
After successfully registering, Tang Liu watched as she turned into an afterimage and vanished through Shrek Academy's gates.
Now, Tang Liu was the only one left outside.
He pulled back the hood of his black robe and, with great ceremony, took out the ten Gold Soul Coins Tang Hao had given him. After paying the registration fee, he looked at Li Yusong and said, "Grandpa, I've also trained a Soul Skill with my hands, but this table is a bit too high, and I'm not very flexible, so... how about you pinch my skull instead?"
Li Yusong: "..."
Seeing the utterly serious expression on Tang Liu's handsome little face, Li Yusong was rather speechless, but he still said, "No need. Roll up your sleeve, and I only need to check the bones in your arm."
Mm, indeed. Mysterious Jade Hand only turned the forearm and palm as hard as cold jade; it had no effect on the upper arm.
Tang Liu briskly rolled up his sleeve, revealing fair skin.
Li Yusong reached out and gripped his upper arm. As he confirmed Tang Liu's bone age, he said, "I didn't expect you to really be twelve already."
"I just developed late." Tang Liu smiled. "So, should I release my Martial Soul now?"
Li Yusong nodded. "Release it and let me see."
Tang Liu raised his left hand, and the Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor grew forth. Then, one yellow and one purple Soul Ring rose from beneath his feet and settled around the Blue Silver Emperor in his left hand, no longer moving.
At that moment, Little Funi inside his clothes had faint light glowing in her eyes as she concealed the black third Soul Ring that should have appeared.
"Oh, your second Soul Ring is already at the thousand-year level." Li Yusong looked at the two Soul Rings on Tang Liu's Martial Soul in surprise.
"Mm, my father gave me quite a few heavenly treasures that improved my physique, so I was able to absorb a thousand-year Soul Ring as my second one. Especially that Whale Rubber—I nearly ate myself sick of it." Tang Liu calmly made up nonsense.
Li Yusong: "..."
He somehow felt like his face had been slapped by wealth.
Still, the academy had welcomed quite a few little monsters this year.
After coughing lightly, Li Yusong said, "You've passed the first test. I'll take you to the second test to examine your Soul Power. If your Soul Power exceeds level twenty-five, you can go directly to the fourth test."
"Oh, then I'm fine. I'm level twenty-nine." Tang Liu withdrew his Martial Soul and deliberately understated his Soul Power so people would not pay too much attention to him.
He did not like trouble.
"Oh? Not bad, not bad." Li Yusong gave him a surprised look and smiled.
Soon, Li Yusong brought Tang Liu to the site of the second test and took a Soul Power-testing crystal ball from the supervising teacher.
"Come, give it a try." He held the crystal ball out before Tang Liu.
Tang Liu took it and calmly poured in Soul Power at the level of twenty-nine.
Six years of compressing his Soul Power had given him incomparably precise control over it. A situation like the one during his Martial Soul Awakening could no longer happen.
"Good, good. Another little monster." Seeing the crystal ball shine with the light of level twenty-nine Soul Power, Li Yusong smiled and patted Tang Liu on the shoulder. Then he turned toward Dai Mubai in the distance, who was leading Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing toward the fourth test, and shouted, "Dai Mubai, wait! There's another student here. Take him directly to the fourth test as well!"
Tang Liu had put his hood back on when entering the academy, so he was not afraid of Tang San seeing him.
"Go with them. I still need to see whether anyone else is registering. Good luck." After saying that, Li Yusong turned and left.
Tang Liu ignored the envious looks of the academy students waiting for the second test and slowly walked toward Dai Mubai and the others, who had stopped to wait for him.
Naturally, he had to pass Oscar's sausage stand on the way.
Tang Liu stopped and said, "Senior, how much are the sausages?"
Seeing that he had business, Oscar, who had been somewhat dejected, immediately perked up.
"Junior, my big sausages are absolutely delicious, and eating one will definitely make it easier for you to pass the test. Just five Copper Soul Coins each—fair prices for young and old alike! So, want one?" Oscar enthusiastically promoted them.
"Mm, one Recovery Big Sausage, and one Detoxification Small Sausage too," Tang Liu said.
"Hm?" Oscar was stunned by what he said.
"Stop humming. You only have big sausages here, so hurry up and make me a small sausage. I need it, and I'm in a hurry." Tang Liu held back a laugh and urged him on.
"Ah? Oh, alright. I have a small sausage..."
As the Soul Incantation was spoken, a Detoxification Small Sausage was created.
Tang Liu took bamboo skewers himself and strung the big sausage and small sausage together. After paying one Silver Soul Coin, he ignored the bewildered Oscar and left.
But after taking only two steps, he stopped, turned back to Oscar, and said, "Oh, right, Senior. Do you have Cute Fragrant Tender Tofu and Delicious Fragrant Garlic Clove?"
Oscar: "???"
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