Enrollment Gift Pack: Giving Away Soul Tools Just Like That?

In the hall, the Virtual Pods opened one after another. Everyone quickly stepped out, their expressions varied, though most of them clearly had yet to recover from the shock.

Yue Zhengyu stood in the center of the hall, holding a list as his gaze swept over each person emerging from the Virtual Pods.

"Alright."

"The third assessment is over. Everyone still here has passed."

As soon as he finished speaking, many faces swiftly showed relief. The trial in the Virtual Space had taken quite a toll on them.

What everyone encountered in the Virtual Space was different. The Virtual Space Lin Feng had created was specifically meant to test one's character. After all, once students entered the academy, the academy would nurture them, and Lin Feng had no intention of raising ungrateful wretches.

"I passed... I passed!"

"That's great!"

Yue Zhengyu did not interrupt them. He merely stood there quietly, waiting for the new students to calm down.

Ning Rongrong surveyed the people around her. Naturally, she had heard Yue Zhengyu's words as well. It was good that she had passed.

But at that moment, Ning Rongrong's delicate brows furrowed slightly. She realized that Tang San and Xiao Wu were not here. Though the two were young, their Soul Power Levels had already reached level twenty-nine.

Even as someone from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Rongrong had rarely seen anyone reach level twenty-nine at such an age.

"Logically, they should have passed..."

Ning Rongrong muttered to herself and walked toward Yue Zhengyu.

"Hello, I'd like to ask about those two people with level twenty-nine Soul Power."

Ning Rongrong gave a slight bow, her tone polite. At this point, she had yet to reveal her devilish nature and was generally courteous toward everyone.

"One was eliminated. The other withdrew."

Ning Rongrong froze.

"Eliminated? Withdrew?"

Her voice involuntarily rose a little. Several people nearby who had been celebrating their successful assessment were also drawn over and looked toward Yue Zhengyu.

"Someone at level twenty-nine was eliminated?"

"No way? That boy looked pretty formidable..."

"What does withdrew mean? They finally passed the first two rounds, so why would they withdraw?"

The discussions were quiet, but every sentence carried doubt and confusion.

In their eyes, level twenty-nine Soul Power was the mark of a genius any academy would fight to recruit.

Yet now, someone had actually been eliminated. This... was far too strange, wasn't it?

Especially since many of them only had Soul Power Levels of thirteen or fourteen, yet they had passed. Someone at level twenty-nine should not have failed.

Meanwhile, Yue Zhengyu still wore a faint smile, as though eliminating someone at level twenty-nine was nothing of note to him.

"This academy's standards really are extraordinarily high."

Ning Rongrong thought to herself. During the earlier Martial Soul and Soul Power test, Yue Zhengyu had shown absolutely no reaction when he saw her Martial Soul and Soul Rings. Setting everything else aside, that alone showed how high this academy's standards were.

Even the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, the number one Martial Soul on the Douluo Continent, had failed to make him look surprised.

Still... this academy's assessments truly had standards. Even she had suffered quite a bit during them. Of course, what attracted Ning Rongrong most was that slogan: turning ordinary people into monsters.

No academy on the entire Douluo Continent dared to say such a thing. Even the Shrek Academy across the way merely recruited monsters.

Innate Soul Power and Martial Soul quality practically determined a person's upper limit in this world.

Since she was already here, then she would see just how capable this academy truly was.

She looked around, her gaze passing over the others who had also passed the assessment.

Including herself, there were... twelve people in total.

Ning Rongrong counted silently again, making sure she had not miscounted.

Twelve.

There had been sixty-three applicants at registration, and now only twelve remained.

No one had been eliminated during the Soul Power test. The willpower test had removed nearly one-third, and then the third Virtual Space assessment had eliminated most of the rest.

A pass rate of one-fifth.

No, it was even lower than one-fifth.

Just then, a cool voice came from the entrance of the hall.

"Did all of these pass?"

Everyone turned toward the voice and saw a girl with white hair mixed into her red hair walk in from outside.

Her steps were light yet steady, her features beautiful, and her clear eyes cold and calm. It was Wu Siduo.

Yue Zhengyu looked at Wu Siduo and nodded.

She carried a small box in her hands. Walking up before the group, she stopped.

"Congratulations."

Wu Siduo's voice was not loud, and her tone could not be called warm.

"These are the enrollment gifts the academy has prepared for each of you."

She opened the box and took out small silver bracelets, handing one to each person.

The bracelets were not large. They were entirely silver-white, smooth as mirrors, with intricate patterns engraved across their surfaces. They looked quite exquisite.

"Enrollment... gifts?"

Someone accepted a bracelet and turned it over in their hands, looking puzzled.

"I've never seen an academy give enrollment gifts before..."

"What is this? Jewelry?"

Wu Siduo did not keep them guessing.

"These are Storage Soul Tools. Each has an internal space of one hundred cubic meters."

The hall fell silent for an instant.

Then it erupted.

"What? Storage Soul Tools?!"

"One hundred cubic meters? Th-this is way too generous, isn't it?!"

Ning Rongrong's pupils suddenly contracted.

She lowered her head to look at the silver-white bracelet in her hand, her face filled with shock.

A Storage Soul Tool, and one with one hundred cubic meters of space.

Soul Tools were already exceedingly rare, and she had never even seen one with an internal space of one hundred cubic meters. Yet this academy's enrollment gift was directly a one-hundred-cubic-meter Storage Soul Tool. Was its foundation not far too terrifying?

And it was not being given to just one person, but to all twelve candidates who had passed.

Could this academy have unearthed some ancient ruin filled with Storage Soul Tools?

"Thank you!"

"Thank you so much!"

"This gift is far too valuable..."

Voices of gratitude rose and fell throughout the hall. Every face shone with barely concealed joy.

Only after everyone had calmed down somewhat did Wu Siduo continue.

"The girls' dormitory is on the right, and the boys' dormitory is on the left. The academy has arranged rooms for everyone. Bedding and daily necessities are all provided, so you can move in directly."

She paused and glanced at Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the other girls who had passed the assessment.

"Girls, follow me."

With that, she turned and walked out of the hall.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing exchanged a glance before following Wu Siduo out. The other two girls hurried after them as well.

Yue Zhengyu watched the girls' backs disappear through the entrance, then turned toward the remaining boys.

"Boys, follow me."

He walked toward the right at an unhurried pace.

The remaining boys looked at one another before quickly following him.

[Detected increased recognition from key figure Ning Rongrong that Shrek Academy is Monster Academy!]

[Congratulations, Host, you have received the reward: Special Student—Ye Zhi (Ye Zhi's counterpart, fourteen years old, four Soul Rings)]

[Detected increased recognition from key figure Zhu Zhuqing that Shrek Academy is Monster Academy!]

[Congratulations, Host, you have received the reward: Special Student—Dai Ling'er (four-ring Soul Ancestor)]