Is Ye Qingyuan Also a Pervert?

Bei Bei suddenly spotted a blind spot.

If Yang Jian could gain a power of an Ultimate attribute for every soul ring of that nature he absorbed, did that not mean Yang Jian currently possessed three Ultimate attributes?

Hearing Bei Bei's question, Tang Ya finally realized it too.

After all, the two of them had not witnessed the battle between Yang Jian and Zhou Yi with their own eyes; they had only heard that Yang Jian had displayed the power of the Ultimate Water attribute. According to Yang Jian's own words, he should possess three Ultimate attributes now!

"My first soul ring granted me the attribute of Ultimate Gold, the second was the Ultimate Water you already know about, and the third is Ultimate Earth."

Hearing this, Bei Bei and Tang Ya instinctively exchanged a glance and spoke in unison: "Monster!"

A monster?

Actually, was it really that bad?

Although his martial soul sounded heaven-defying, it did have its drawbacks. The Ultimate Chaos attribute was also an Ultimate attribute, so he faced the same issues as other soul masters with Ultimate attributes—before the seventh ring, his cultivation speed would be relatively slow, and only after reaching the Soul Saint level would his speed far exceed that of an ordinary person.

Moreover, as his cultivation level increased, the number of Ultimate attributes he could acquire would become fewer and fewer, meaning that every subsequent soul ring would be even harder to obtain than the last.

By the time he reached the Soul Douluo or even Title Douluo level, Yang Jian even suspected that searching the entire continent might not yield a single suitable soul beast with an Ultimate attribute to serve as a soul ring.

Bei Bei had completely extinguished any thoughts of competing with Yang Jian.

When he first enrolled, he might have harbored some desire to challenge Yang Jian, but that notion had now vanished into thin air.

With one Ultimate attribute, he might have had a slim chance of catching up with hard work. But three Ultimate attributes... he would likely never be able to see his back, let alone catch up.

Zhou Yi walked into the classroom right on time.

Seeing Yang Jian still sitting in the middle of the classroom with Ye Qingyuan, a flash of surprise crossed Zhou Yi's eyes.

Ever since she was defeated by Yang Jian that day, she had been prepared for him to leave the first grade at any moment to advance to a higher grade or even the Inner Court.

But to her surprise, the academy had taken no action, leaving Yang Jian in her class.

To be honest, Zhou Yi felt immense pressure.

Setting aside the rumors circulating in the Outer Court and the questioning gazes, Zhou Yi truly felt she had nothing left to teach Yang Jian. Having Yang Jian, who could defeat her, remain in the first grade and in her class was a complete waste of time.

However, she could not question the academy's arrangements, so she had no choice but to let Yang Jian stay among a group of two-ring soul masters.

"Today's lesson is to train your practical combat abilities. Everyone, follow me!"

With that, Zhou Yi didn't waste any more breath and marched out of the classroom, taking the lead.

The students in the classroom looked at each other, unsure of what the old woman was up to, but they had no choice but to follow in her wake, marching in a grand procession to the Beast Fighting Zone of Shrek Academy.

As the largest exclusive area in all of Shrek Academy and its biggest building, the Beast Fighting Zone occupied an area that could rival the sum of all the Spirit Department's teaching buildings, dormitories, and Shrek Plaza combined.

Long ago, Shrek Academy began using its own resources to raise soul beasts. Many academies followed suit, but only Shrek Academy could achieve this scale. Even the royal families of the various empires would not go to such lengths for such a thankless task.

First, the risks were extremely high, and it was difficult to reap rewards proportional to those risks; second, the costs were astronomical.

The annual tax revenue of Shrek City went entirely to Shrek Academy, and one-third of this massive sum was poured into the Beast Fighting Zone, which spoke volumes about the investment.

Looking at the magnificent beast-fighting arena and then at the students, whose faces had turned pale upon sensing the aura of those soul beasts, a faint smile appeared on Zhou Yi's face:

"This is your classroom for today."

"To become a powerful soul master, it is useless to just blindly cultivate soul power; practical combat training is an indispensable part of your growth. Your task today is to defeat a soul beast."

"Work in groups of two or three. Pair support-type soul masters with power-attack types, control-types with agility-attack types... in short, all your groupings have been rationalized based on your current performance. Your goal is to successfully defeat a soul beast that has reached a thousand years of cultivation through your cooperation."

"Don't worry, all the soul beasts have just barely broken through the thousand-year mark—no more, no less. Any group that fails will be kicked out!"

"Now, I will call out the names of those in the same group."

After stating the rules, Zhou Yi ignored the reactions of the students and began reading their names.

"First group, Li Leping, Feng Quan."

"Second group, Guo Fan, Liao Fan, He Tianxiong."

"..."

"Finally, Ye Qingyuan in a group by herself, and Yang Jian in a group by himself."

When she finished reading, the students present were all stunned.

It was normal for Yang Jian to be in a group by himself, but Ye Qingyuan... why was she also alone? Having one monster like Yang Jian was already stressful enough; could it be that Ye Qingyuan, who stayed by his side, was also a monster?

Are monsters appearing every year, and especially many this year?

However, Ye Qingyuan herself had no objections.

If she needed to be in a group with Yang Jian just to deal with a thousand-year soul beast, how could she ever stand side-by-side with him?

"Quiet!"

"Every soul beast you face is only a thousand-year soul beast. The only difference is the species, and you won't know what it is until the gates of the beast pens open. This means the tactics you've pre-determined may very well fail. This is also a form of training, because the abilities of soul masters are always strange and varied; you must possess the ability to cope with any enemy."

"I will say it again: any group that fails will be expelled!"

With that, Zhou Yi turned around and began talking to the person in charge of the Beast Fighting Zone.

Zhou Yi's voice, filled with authority yet exceptionally cold, echoed in everyone's ears, causing the vast majority of those present to feel a sense of nervousness.

Admittedly, they had hunted and absorbed soul rings before. But for the vast majority of them, the hunting had been done with the help of elders from their families or teachers before they enrolled.

Facing a soul beast in person like this was definitely a first for most of them.

It was foreseeable that after this lesson, Class One would have many fewer faces.