I Think Yan Shaozhe Is Also a Reckless and Unwise Person!

Once Ye Luochen's various attributes had been thoroughly assessed, Lin Yuan dropped another bombshell on the group.

That was the fact that, despite having never touched a soul device before, Ye Luochen had successfully carved a first-level soul core array on his very first attempt.

Such news naturally stirred up another wave of heat in the hall.

As instructors of Mingde Hall, everyone present knew exactly what this meant.

An extremely powerful talent for soul devices!

No one doubted the authenticity of this claim, as there was no need to.

As a senior seventh-level soul engineer at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, if Ye Luochen had not been a blank slate regarding soul devices but had possessed a foundation, it would have been impossible to hide that from Lin Yuan's eyes.

Upon learning this, Elder Ma was already grinning from ear to ear.

Too perfect.

Truly too perfect.

He was simply a natural-born soul engineer.

How could such a perfect specimen have been left in the dust for so many years, only to be found by them now?

Thinking of this, Elder Ma looked at Ye Luochen again and spoke gently:

"Child, where did you study before, and why did you only come to enroll at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy now?"

As Elder Ma's voice fell, the other teachers cast their gazes toward Ye Luochen.

Lin Yuan was no exception.

Although he had been responsible for Ye Luochen's initial assessment, he truly did not know Ye Luochen's specific background.

He only knew that Ye Luochen possessed a recommendation badge gifted by Xuan Wu.

He assumed they must have met.

Facing Elder Ma's question, Ye Luochen remained silent for a moment.

Then, he slowly sighed.

"Sigh..."

Seeing this, Elder Ma raised his eyebrows slightly.

This reaction suggested there was a story here.

After the soft sigh, Ye Luochen finally spoke slowly:

"I am not a person from the Sun Moon Empire."

Hearing this, Elder Ma, Lin Yuan, and the other teachers were not particularly surprised.

It was perfectly normal.

If Ye Luochen had been a native of the Sun Moon Empire and yet had never caught the eye of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, that would have been the strange part.

"I was born in the Star Luo Empire. My parents died when I was young, and I grew up on the charity of my village until I awakened my martial soul at the age of six and gained the qualifications to cultivate."

Ye Luochen recounted his past in detail.

"In order not to let down the village's support and expectations, I cultivated with my life, step by step testing from the village into the town, and then from the town into the county and the city."

Listening to Ye Luochen's words, expressions of emotion appeared on the faces of everyone present.

They hadn't expected him to be such an inspirational child.

However, his next words made everyone feel as if they were on a roller coaster.

"After testing into the city's soul master academy, I gained the favor of the city lord. With a letter of recommendation from him, I went to Shrek Academy and was successfully admitted."

What did he mean he had entered Shrek Academy?

If he had already entered Shrek Academy, why come to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy?

Everyone in the hall wore a look of confusion.

Although they were very reluctant to admit it, in terms of comprehensive strength, the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy was certainly inferior to Shrek Academy.

Especially since, although Ye Luochen had shown extremely high talent in the path of soul devices, all the data proved that he also had outstanding performance in the path of soul masters.

Studying the martial soul path at Shrek meant his future achievements would be almost immeasurably vast.

Under such circumstances, why would he travel thousands of miles from Shrek Academy to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy?

It made no sense at all!

Ye Luochen continued to speak slowly:

"In Shrek, I was the same as before, cultivating desperately, wanting to be like before, and hoping to receive rewards for my efforts."

The group of instructors couldn't help but nod in agreement.

To have entered the continent's universally recognized holy land for soul masters and yet remain humble, without becoming arrogant or complacent, showed a truly excellent character.

"But I discovered that things did not seem to be as I had imagined."

"Am I not working hard enough? No, I work harder than any other student at Shrek; I have shed sweat they cannot even imagine."

"Is my strength insufficient? No, while I cannot say I am without rivals, my strength is absolutely among the best of my peers."

"I possess a competitiveness that others lack, yet there is no place for me among the core disciples, nor is there a spot for me on the Shrek Seven Devils roster."

"I possess a competitiveness that others lack, yet I fail time and time again in the most crucial competitions."

As he said this, a look of profound disappointment appeared on Ye Luochen's face, one he could hardly suppress.

The instructors standing nearby all wore expressions of confusion.

Why?

They had just seen with their own eyes how shocking Ye Luochen's records were, and they understood that he had not exaggerated in the slightest.

Such credentials, even at Shrek, were absolutely outstanding.

There was no reason for him to end up in such a predicament.

"I thought it was because I hadn't done enough, but it wasn't until the night the Seven Devils roster was announced that I learned the true reason."

"Because of what?" Lin Yuan couldn't help but interrupt to ask.

As he spoke, Ye Luochen slowly raised his hand, and his Dark Iron Blade manifested.

"Because of it."

"Because my martial soul is nothing but a mediocre Dark Iron Blade."

"Because my martial soul only has a rank four innate soul power."

"With a common martial soul like mine, I am not qualified to become the most dazzling existence."

"No matter how hard I try, a common martial soul is just a common martial soul..."

Before Ye Luochen could continue, Lin Yuan couldn't help but curse from the side:

"What kind of bullshit is that? Which brainless idiot said it? I'll go curse him out for you!"

"The Dean of the Shrek Martial Soul Department, Yan Shaozhe, said it himself in public."

Lin Yuan: "..."

"Heh, so what if he's the Dean of the Martial Soul Department? In my eyes, that Yan Shaozhe is also a man without wit or wisdom!"

"To be able to reach rank thirty-eight at fifteen years old with only rank four innate soul power, and he could still say such ridiculous things?"

Elder Ma sneered.

"Effort is useless?"

"Absurd!"

"If it were as he said, that martial souls determine everything, then why would soul engineers exist?"

"If it were as he said, that innate talent determines everything, then how could soul tools allow ordinary people to possess the power to slay soul masters?"

"Humanity has walked from the era of drinking blood and eating raw meat to this day, from the weakest race to the pinnacle of the continent, and we have never relied on simple talent."

"It is the effort of ten thousand years!"

"The martial soul is merely a tool; the person is the foundation!"

From Ye Luochen's words, Elder Ma had already guessed the reason he had come to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.

He then continued:

"Child, do not worry. At the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, such an absurd situation will never occur."

"Here, regardless of your background, as long as you are willing to work hard and as long as you are excellent, you will never be buried."

"What is yours, no one can take away!"

"If anyone in this academy dares to say a single word against that, or utters any bullshit about effort being useless, Mingde Hall will never let them off!"