Regardless of what Dai Hao was thinking, he could neither influence nor change the images displayed on the Sky Screen.
The scene continued to shift. The young boy packed his bags alone, took one last look at the gates and plaque of the Duke's Mansion with eyes full of hatred at dawn, and then headed toward the Star Dou Great Forest without looking back.
"Is he going to... the Star Dou Great Forest?"
"A child so young, going to the Star Dou Great Forest? Isn't that just throwing his life away? Soul Beasts won't show mercy under their claws."
"Sigh. But if one doesn't become a Soul Master, how can one change their fate? This is the lot of us common folk!"
Across the Douluo Continent, countless ordinary people sighed with emotion. As they watched the boy in simple clothing, they seemed to see themselves in their youth—full of spirit, dreaming of changing their own ordinary destinies.
Even if the path they walked led to the claws and fangs of Soul Beasts, or into a bottomless abyss.
There were also countless people who had never even been able to awaken their Martial Soul in their entire lives, and they looked on with envious eyes.
If, if someone had helped them awaken their Martial Soul back then, would they have made the same choice to change their own destiny?
Unfortunately, in this world today, no one was willing to help ordinary people awaken their Martial Souls for free.
In the scene, the boy had only just stepped into the Star Dou Great Forest when he was attacked by a ten-year Soul Beast!
Under the tense gazes of the crowd, the boy miraculously used a Soul Tool to strike the fierce beast's vital point at the very last second, and a white soul ring floated up, swaying gently!
"Will he absorb this white soul ring?"
Countless people began to speculate. Many ordinary people put themselves in his shoes, feeling deeply conflicted.
This white soul ring was not only the lowest quality possible, but the attribute and type of the Soul Beast were clearly incompatible with the boy's Martial Soul. It could be said that if one had a choice, this would almost certainly be the worst possible option.
But that was assuming one had a choice! By absorbing this soul ring, he would become a Soul Master and step through the door to another world.
Could one really expect such a stroke of luck between life and death to happen a second time? Therefore, for an ordinary person... there was actually no choice at all!
One could only say that a white soul ring, symbolizing mediocrity and weakness, seemed like the final arrangement of the God of Fate!
"No, don't do it!"
What no one knew was that inside the Body Sect, Du Busi was staring fixedly at the Sky Screen, his eyes splitting with rage. At this moment, not only Du Busi, but countless bigwigs of the Body Sect were wearing masks of agony!
It was as if they were watching a flawless piece of jade about to be smeared with excrement!
If this boy were at the Body Sect, they would first nourish his body to ensure his physical condition reached its peak.
Then, they would take him to hunt a yellow hundred-year soul ring that pushed the limits of his capacity, and they would find him a spirit-type Soul Beast that perfectly matched his Martial Soul—it had to be perfect!
At this moment, Du Busi wished he could jump into the Sky Screen himself and slap that damned white soul ring into oblivion!
Fortunately, at this moment, a sudden change occurred. The ground shook and then suddenly split open. A White-Gold Fat Worm, covered in golden rings, crawled out from the fissure in the earth.
"Hahaha! If Brother could shed tears, Brother would be weeping rivers right now..."
Across the continent, everyone saw the massive golden-ringed worm transform into a mist and then, with a whoosh, dive straight into the boy's body!
"That... that's a Soul Beast? And it can speak human language?"
"Speaking human language—isn't that the mark of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast? A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast actually entered this kid's body?"
Countless shocks and discussions erupted in every corner of the continent.
At this very moment, in the Sea God Pavilion, Mu En nearly crushed the armrests of his wheelchair.
"No, that is not a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, it is not a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!"
Mu En's voice trembled.
"Not a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast? What do you mean?"
Xuan Zi and the others were all stunned.
"You will know if you keep watching."
Mu En shook his head, his expression grave.
In the scene, the figures of a young man and a young woman appeared next. At this moment, Tang Ya and Bei Bei, who were also watching the Sky Screen, both had strange expressions on their faces.
So the Sky Screen was just broadcasting what had just happened? This kid had pulled off such a stunt while they weren't around?
"If you join my Tang Sect, you must abide by my Tang Sect's rules!"
"Greetings, Teacher Xiao Ya!"
However, what made Tang Ya somewhat happy was that, at least in the scene on the Sky Screen, Huo Yuhao had agreed to her invitation without much hesitation, becoming the Tang Sect's youngest disciple.
Then, in the scene, the boy logically entered Shrek Academy under the recommendation of the Tang Sect. Countless Soul Masters, and even ordinary people across the continent, looked on with endless envy.
That was Shrek Academy! In the hearts of countless people, it was a unique holy land for Soul Masters, just like Martial Soul Hall had been in the past.
Entering Shrek Academy was like obtaining a ticket to step into another world; one would never be an ordinary person again for the rest of their life!
There was no telling how many families had spent countless resources just to secure a spot at Shrek Academy, even in the outer courtyard—it was something that could be sought but never found!
After all, besides the exorbitant registration fees, tuition, and the extremely harsh requirements for Soul Master talent, one also needed a recommendation letter from a city-lord-level figure!
How many people across the entire continent could even hope to reach such a threshold? It could be said that every student at Shrek Academy, aside from possessing outstanding martial soul talent, was almost without exception either wealthy or noble!
As for commoner soul masters, no matter how excellent or gifted they were—much like the once world-renowned Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao—they could never set foot inside the gates of Shrek Academy!
However, the situation that unfolded next within the projection left the onlookers increasingly astonished.
"Is this really the kind of living condition Shrek Academy provides for its students?"
"They have to share a restroom with that many people?"
"The cafeteria doesn't even provide a place to sit?"
Within the projection, the youth's roommate appeared; he was a boy of extreme, delicate beauty with powder-blue hair, yet his attitude was incredibly bossy. He immediately began warning the youth as if he were barking orders at a servant!
Seeing this, countless grassroots commoner soul masters clenched their fists. How often had they suffered such indignities at the hands of noble soul masters?
Even more bizarre events were yet to come! The youth and his roommate got into a fight, though they reconciled the very next day. When they arrived in class, an elderly female homeroom teacher walked in and immediately asked who among the class had engaged in a fight since arriving at the school.
As it turned out, aside from the youth and his roommate, not a single other person stood up. The homeroom teacher then declared that those who didn't even dare to fight after arriving at the academy were nothing but a bunch of trash! Had they never heard that those who dare not stir up trouble are mediocre?
The entire class was punished, ordered to head outside immediately and run fifty laps around the academy!
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