Chu Feng arrived at the east gate of Shrek City. The other three gates belonged to Shrek City, but the east gate alone belonged to Shrek Academy, and it faced the Star Dou Great Forest.
If the Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest ever went on a rampage, Shrek Academy would bear the brunt.
The other gates belonged to Shrek City and could be entered and exited freely. To enter through the east gate, however, one needed credentials from Shrek Academy.
But since it was currently the date of Shrek Academy's admissions, Chu Feng was able to enter the city without a hitch using the city lord's letter of recommendation provided by the system.
What greeted him was a bustling scene, with crowds coming and going and carriages streaming along the streets.
Though it was still early in the morning, countless vendors had already claimed spots in the trading areas on either side of the street. They called out their wares nonstop: breakfast, all sorts of local specialties, and all kinds of weapons. It was a lively scene.
As soon as Chu Feng entered the city, he drew many strange looks.
[You shocked Ma Fei. Reward: 1 Gold Soul Coin]
[You shocked Sha Qima. Reward: 1 Gold Soul Coin]
[You shocked Shi Yongkang. Reward: 1 Gold Soul Coin]
[You shocked...]
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Chu Feng noticed the many rewards the system had given him and felt rather speechless.
However, he had discovered a small shortcoming of the Shock System. It seemed that within a certain period, he could only receive rewards for shocking a maximum of five targets, and each target could only be shocked once...
Still, even with that limitation, the rewards he had received so far were already enough to make him invincible. Anything more would just be icing on the cake, shortening the time it took him to become invincible.
He entered the city and noticed dozens of gazes sweeping over him, yet he had received only five notifications. That proved his point. Besides, the strength of the people he shocked was what determined the rewards.
Putting those thoughts aside,
Chu Feng hurried into a clothing shop and picked out a suitable outfit.
His animal-skin clothes and the bedraggled state he was in after crossing mountains and rivers really did look rather strange. It was only natural that they would shock people.
After tidying himself up a little, Chu Feng quickly found the admissions office for Shrek Academy's freshmen.
The admissions office had been set up outside Shrek Academy's gates. It was nothing more than a simple wooden hut, completely out of place beside the enormous academy behind it.
An old man who looked to be in his seventies or eighties sat in front of the hut. He wore a white robe and had a white beard, and an air of otherworldly grace about him. He looked quite gentle.
Behind him stood several instructors and students from the academy, helping out with odd jobs.
The admissions requirements for Shrek Academy were common knowledge, so 99 percent of the people who came here met them. On top of that, admissions lasted a full month—the same time each year as the school holidays—so the line was short, with only a dozen or so people waiting.
After waiting for a quarter of an hour, it was Chu Feng's turn.
"Hold out your hand and relax..."
The old man spoke with a gentle smile, his soft voice putting people at ease.
"Okay."
Chu Feng nodded. He knew they were testing his bone age, but he couldn't help feeling speechless.
Shrek Academy was far too old-fashioned. The Sun Moon Soul Engineer Academy used machines for this kind of thing, while Shrek Academy had been around for ten thousand years and was still testing people by hand. It was complete garbage.
And Soul Tools had developed so rapidly in recent years, yet the higher-ups at Shrek Academy pretended not to see it. Plenty of instructors even brainwashed their students, constantly denigrating Soul Tools.
This trash academy had become completely warped.
If it weren't for Huo Yuhao, the child of destiny, Shrek's good fortune would probably have run out by now.
"Twelve years old. Very good. Release your Martial Soul and Soul Rings." After examining him, the old man nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile.
Although Chu Feng hadn't released his Martial Soul, the old man could sense the surging Soul Power within him. His level was clearly no low one.
"Mm, my Martial Soul is my body. As for my Soul Rings..." Chu Feng couldn't be bothered to hide them and released them at once.
"Weng—"
A low hum came from Chu Feng, and even the space seemed to tremble slightly.
The next moment,
Two dazzling Soul Rings slowly rose from beneath Chu Feng. One was deep purple, the other deep black, so dark it was tinged with red...
"A thousand years! Ten thousand years!!"
"How is this possible—"
The old man's gentle smile shattered on the spot, replaced by an expression of utter shock. His eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets, as if he had seen something unbelievable. His whole air of otherworldly grace crumbled beneath the impact of Chu Feng's Soul Rings.
The other freshmen and academy instructors nearby were just as dumbstruck, their jaws practically dropping to the ground.
What had they just seen?
The First Soul Ring was a thousand years old!
The Second Soul Ring was ten thousand years old!
Who was this kid?
This completely overturned everything people understood about Soul Masters!
Even Evil Soul Masters wouldn't dare pull something like this!
Was he a monster?!
[You shocked Yan Shaozhe. Reward: cultivation technique Heavenly Derivation Scripture]
[You shocked Lu Yuanming. Reward: cultivation technique Ice Skin Jade Bone Technique]
[You shocked ***. Reward: 100 Gold Soul Coins]
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When he saw the notifications pop up from the system, Chu Feng was shocked too. He didn't know Lu Yuanming; he was probably some instructor. But he had never imagined that Yan Shaozhe would show up here!
He had never met Yan Shaozhe, but now he knew: it was the seemingly otherworldly old man in front of him.
He was a Titled Douluo at level 95, for goodness' sake. Why would a level 95 Titled Douluo come all the way here to help test the freshmen's Martial Souls and Soul Rings?
Did the head of the Spirit Master Department have nothing better to do?
"Y-young man, how did you do that?!"
Yan Shaozhe was in the grip of a storm of emotions. He had completely lost his usual calm and composure.
His gaze was fixed firmly on Chu Feng, desperate to hear a reasonable explanation.
Even with Twin Martial Souls, no one Chu Feng's age could possibly withstand Soul Rings of such ages!
Chu Feng clearly possessed some kind of secret technique, and if it could be spread...
The entire Douluo Continent would undergo an unprecedented transformation! It might even usher in an unprecedented golden age for Soul Masters!
Naturally, Chu Feng had no idea of the wild thoughts racing through Yan Shaozhe's mind. Even when faced with the terrifying pressure Yan Shaozhe had unintentionally released, he remained completely unafraid. He simply withdrew his Soul Rings, then smiled and said, "Teacher, it has to do with my Martial Soul. You're too worked up."
"Martial Soul... a Body Martial Soul... just like Du Busi!
"Could he be from the Body Sect? Is he connected to Du Busi?"
A flicker of doubt crossed Yan Shaozhe's mind, but he quickly dismissed it.
He knew all too well what Du Busi's Body Sect was like.
Whenever someone awakened a Body Martial Soul, they would stop at nothing to recruit that person into the Body Sect. They were even more overbearing than bandits.
For someone as peerlessly gifted as this, Du Busi would have to have been kicked in the head by Di Tian to send such a genius to Shrek!
In other words, this kid was a peerless genius who had sprung up in the wild!
Though he had a Body Martial Soul, the strength of his Soul Rings, coupled with Shrek's training, meant he was destined to stand at the pinnacle of the continent!
Pushing his thoughts aside, Yan Shaozhe reached out with a trembling hand and patted Chu Feng on the shoulder. He laughed repeatedly. "Good, good, good... What a good kid! You're accepted! Come with me. I'll help you complete your enrollment."
"Huh?"
"Don't I need to take any other assessments?"
Chu Feng raised an eyebrow and asked. He remembered that Shrek's entrance assessment was quite strict. Soul Power Level and age were only the first tests; there were still some smaller assessments afterward, which seemed to test one's character.
"Haha, no need." Yan Shaozhe laughed heartily, then stood and pulled Chu Feng toward the academy. He strode along with a spring in his step, clearly in high spirits.
Before leaving, though, he glanced at an instructor standing nearby and said, "Teacher Lu, I'll leave things here to you. I'm taking my disci—cough, this student to complete his enrollment."
Yan Shaozhe hadn't expected that he had just been killing time by helping test freshmen because he had nothing better to do—and had ended up discovering such an overwhelmingly powerful new student. If he didn't take him as a disciple, it would be an affront to heaven and reason.
"Y-yes, Dean Yan!"
The instructor called Lu Mingyuan hurriedly lowered his head in acknowledgment. He watched Yan Shaozhe and Chu Feng walk away, his expression complicated.
It seemed a truly peerless genius had arrived among this year's freshmen...
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