The number of applicants dwindled rapidly. Soon, Ning Rongrong arrived in front of Li Yusong.
Looking at Ning Rongrong, Li Yusong felt a headache coming on. "Uh, you came here—does your family know?"
Ning Rongrong wore an angelically sweet smile and spoke softly. "Everyone says education should be open to all. As long as I meet the academy's requirements, you have no reason to turn me away, do you?"
Li Yusong hesitated for a moment, then waved to Dai Mubai. "Take her inside."
Dai Mubai led Ning Rongrong into the academy, then escorted several more qualified students inside.
The line continued to move forward.
By now, Dai Mubai had also noticed Zhang Tianyu. His eyes immediately lit up, and he gave Zhang Tianyu a kind smile and a polite nod.
Zhang Tianyu, of course, returned the greeting politely, considering the hundred thousand gold soul coins.
Just as the line finally reached Zhang Tianyu's group,
Dai Mubai looked past Zhang Tianyu, his eyes suddenly widening!
Tang San and Xiao Wu were drawn by his gaze and turned around to look.
Zhang Tianyu didn't even need to turn around to know: Zhu Zhuqing had arrived.
Sure enough, the moment they saw Zhu Zhuqing, both Xiao Wu and Tang San froze. Tang San was staring dumbstruck—and even Xiao Wu, a girl herself, couldn't look away!
The reason was simple—it was huge!
Xiao Wu looked at Zhu Zhuqing's chest, then lowered her gaze to her own, and immediately felt a little inferior!
But then she noticed that Zhang Tianyu had only glanced back, without the slightest change in his expression or gaze. Her heart bubbled over with delight!
Tianyu was still the best. He wouldn't be fooled by the seductive looks of a coquettish hussy like that.
Then there was Tang San beside her, staring with his eyes practically popping out of his head. What a disappointment!
Zhu Zhuqing noticed their gazes. She was already used to them.
Those stinking men had nothing but filthy, messed-up thoughts in their heads.
It was truly hard to find a pure, decent man in this world!
She had noticed that Zhang Tianyu looked at her only once, then withdrew his gaze without a flicker of emotion.
But in her eyes, that was just an act.
Men were all the same, no matter how you looked at them!
Li Yusong looked up at Zhang Tianyu, a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes.
Hmm, this young man looked sharp, with a dignified bearing and handsome features. Not bad, not bad.
"Hold out your hand."
Zhang Tianyu held out his hand.
Li Yusong felt his wrist and immediately froze, his eyes widening in an instant!
The next second—
Whoosh!
He sprang to his feet, staring at Zhang Tianyu in utter disbelief as he cried out:
"A Soul Elder?!"
His shout was so loud that everyone present turned to look, Zhu Zhuqing included.
Dai Mubai smiled in satisfaction.
He'd known Zhang Tianyu's arrival would leave Teacher Li stunned!
"A Soul Elder?!"
"My heavens! Is that for real?"
"He's about our age, and he's already a Soul Elder?"
"T-that can't be!"
"If it's true, that's terrifying!"
"So this is what a monster looks like! He really is a monster!"
Whispers spread through the crowd.
Zhu Zhuqing's attention was now completely fixed on Zhang Tianyu.
Her beautiful eyes swept over him as she studied him without blinking.
She hadn't expected this handsome young man to be a Soul Elder!
How was that possible?
"This surging Soul Power! There's no mistake, absolutely none!" Li Yusong was so excited that he was trembling.
A twelve-year-old Soul Elder! What the hell did that even mean?
He could very well be the youngest Soul Elder in history!
Normally, he could only determine whether a student met the enrollment age requirement by feeling their bones and estimating their bone age.
But the Soul Power inside Zhang Tianyu was simply too immense.
And Zhang Tianyu hadn't tried to hide it. He let it show openly, so Li Yusong could sense it at once while checking his bone age!
"Quick! Release your Martial Soul and Soul Rings so I can see!" Li Yusong said excitedly.
Zhang Tianyu nodded and spread his hands.
Yellow Springs, wreathed in wisps of Black Death Aura, appeared silently before Zhang Tianyu's chest, hovering there.
At the same time,
the three Soul Rings that the system had disguised as yellow, yellow, and purple emerged from Zhang Tianyu's body, bobbing up and down!
The crowd erupted in astonishment!
Strength was the best pass!
Those three Soul Rings were irrefutable proof of his strength!
Now, no one could doubt that Zhang Tianyu was a Soul Elder!
"It's true! He really is a Soul Elder!"
"My heavens! Amazing!"
"So strong!"
"How could someone this young be a Soul Elder?!"
"And he's so handsome, too!"
"My heavens! I'm dying!"
"I want a boyfriend like him!"
"A genius... a genius! He's an unquestionable super-genius! A super-genius!"
In the eyes of the parents who had come to enroll their children, their own kids had been geniuses—super-geniuses.
But compared to the Soul Elder before them,
their children were practically trash!
At that moment, Zhu Zhuqing truly believed that the handsome young man before her was indeed a Soul Elder!
So impressive!
Her girlish heart was deeply shaken!
Could it be that when he'd looked at her without a flicker of emotion earlier, he hadn't been putting on an act? Could he really be uninterested in women and focused only on cultivating and growing stronger?
It was possible! Very possible!
Only someone so single-minded, with their whole heart set on cultivation and becoming stronger, could reach this level at such a young age!
Compared to him, Dai Mubai was far behind!
Dai Mubai was several years older than him, yet he was only a Soul Elder, too!
"Do you want to enroll in our academy?" Li Yusong regretted asking the moment the words left his mouth.
Why the hell had he even asked? The boy had come all this way and waited in line for ages. Of course he wanted to enroll!
What if the question made him change his mind?
No way! He was already here. He wasn't allowed to change his mind. If he dared to back out, Li Yusong would just have to personally make sure he stayed!
Zhang Tianyu's answer brought Li Yusong some relief. "Yes, teacher. I want to enroll at Shrek Academy."
"Excellent!" Li Yusong rose to his feet. "On behalf of the academy, I welcome you!"
This was the first student Li Yusong had ever welcomed so enthusiastically!
"Thank you, teacher. Now it's my two companions' turn."
Li Yusong sat back down, filled with delight. With such an impressive monster enrolling this year, the other teachers would probably be grinning in their sleep!
Xiao Wu and Tang San passed the test as well.
Blue Silver Grass gave Li Yusong another small shock,
but compared with Zhang Tianyu, the Soul Elder, that was nothing.
"Come on, come on, Mubai. Hurry and take them inside!" Li Yusong urged.
Tang San and Xiao Wu were one thing, but Zhang Tianyu had to be kept here! He had to be enrolled right away! Otherwise, other academies might hear about him and try to poach him!
"Come on," Dai Mubai said happily. Having a monster like Zhang Tianyu as a classmate could only help him improve his strength.
"I knew you'd pass without a problem. The rest of the tests probably won't be an issue, either!"
As Dai Mubai spoke, he kept glancing behind them.
Dai Mulu, what are you looking at?
Zhu Zhuqing is mine!
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