First the Nine Treasures, then the Blue Silver, then the Spirit Cat and White Tiger. So many talents in this academy?

Ning Rongrong sat in her seat, her ears buzzing. The sounds around her seemed to pass through a film, reaching her muffled and indistinct.

She heard Wu Zhangkong call out a few more names, heard people stand up and introduce themselves, heard the scrape of desks and chairs being moved, but all of it seemed to come from very, very far away, unable to enter her mind no matter what.

All her attention was fixed on that name: Ye Zhi, Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, rank forty-five.

Ning Rongrong took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.

The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda was the number one support-type martial soul in the world. No other support martial soul could surpass it.

But behind that glory lay a fatal limitation: those who possessed the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda could never break through to eight rings in their lifetime. Seven rings was the limit.

There was only one way to break through that shackle: to evolve the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda into the legendary Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Only a nine-tiered treasured pagoda could bear the power of nine rings, and only then could one touch the realm of a Title Douluo.

But that was only a legend, a legend that generations of sect masters of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had spent their entire lives unable to reach.

And now, someone named Ye Zhi was sitting in this classroom, casually saying that her martial soul was the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Ning Rongrong almost failed to hold herself back from rushing over and demanding an explanation, but in the end, she still forced herself to calm down.

"Ye Zhi... her surname is Ye, not Ning."

"If she isn't from the Ning family, then how could she have the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda?"

A thought popped into her mind. Could she be some child that good-for-nothing playboy father of hers had left outside?

At that thought, the corner of Ning Rongrong's mouth twitched slightly.

It really was not impossible. Ning Fengzhi had a whole pile of female confidantes outside, and the disciples of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect all knew it perfectly well in private.

If an older half-sister suddenly appeared one day, Ning Rongrong felt that she would not be too surprised.

"Once class is over, I have to go ask her."

Ning Rongrong made up her mind, her gaze falling on Ye Zhi's back and lingering there for a long time.

Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuqing, who was sitting not far away, was also in a state where she found it hard to calm down.

A trace of shock surfaced in her beautiful eyes.

Rank forty-five.

Someone in the same class as her was actually a four-ring Soul Ancestor, while she, Zhu Zhuqing, had trained with everything she had, yet was only rank twenty-seven now.

Zhu Zhuqing thought of her innate soul power: rank seven.

Rank seven innate soul power was already considered decent talent for ordinary people. In a commoner family of the Star Luo Empire, a child with rank seven innate soul power would be treasured like a precious gem.

But she had not been born into a commoner family. The blood of the Star Luo Empire's imperial clan flowed through her veins.

In that imperial household, rank seven innate soul power... was far from enough.

She had trained desperately, tempering her soul power and combat skills day and night, fleeing all the way here from the Star Luo Empire.

She had thought she was already working very hard, had thought her rate of improvement was already fast enough.

But today, Ye Zhi sat there and told her a cruel truth with one phrase, rank forty-five: she was still not strong enough. Far from it.

Zhu Zhuqing lowered her eyes, a trace of unwillingness reflected in those black pupils. She had to become stronger, strong enough to control her own fate.

Aside from Ye Zhi, there were also several students she had never seen before sitting toward the back of the classroom, and their soul power ranks could all be called very high.

Just then, Wu Zhangkong called out another name.

"Tang Wulin."

A boy stood up from his seat.

He looked about the same age as Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, with bright eyes and an honest smile.

"My name is Tang Wulin. My martial soul is Bluesilver Grass. I'm a rank twenty-eight control-type Battle Soul Master."

When Ning Rongrong heard the words Bluesilver Grass, she could not help but freeze for a moment.

The Tang San from yesterday also had Bluesilver Grass as his martial soul, and his soul power rank was even one higher than this Tang Wulin's.

At that moment, Ning Rongrong also noticed something else. Tang Wulin's surname was Tang, and Tang San's surname was Tang as well. Their soul power ranks were close, and they both had Bluesilver Grass martial souls. She had the feeling that Tang Wulin and Tang San had some kind of connection.

She could not say what it was. It was just intuition.

Wu Zhangkong continued taking attendance.

One unfamiliar name after another was called, and one internal student after another stood up to introduce themselves.

Their soul power ranks were generally above thirty, and some were even close to forty.

The more Ning Rongrong listened, the more startled she became, and her evaluation of this academy rose another level in her heart.

"Wu Siduo."

Wu Siduo, who was sitting beside Ning Rongrong, stood up.

Ning Rongrong turned her head and looked at that familiar face, a little expectant inside. She had long felt that Wu Siduo was not simple, but she had never known exactly how strong she was.

Now she finally had a chance to hear it.

Wu Siduo stood straight, her expression still cold. Her gaze looked levelly ahead, and her tone was unhurried.

"Wu Siduo. Twin martial souls: Evil Eye White Tiger and Nether Civet. Rank forty-four agility-attack battle soul master."

After hearing Wu Siduo's self-introduction, everyone could not help freezing outright. Twin martial souls? They had basically never seen that before, and they were the Evil Eye White Tiger and Nether Civet at that.

Zhu Zhuqing suddenly lifted her head. In those black eyes that had always been cold and indifferent, an unprecedented light burst forth, her face filled with disbelief.

She stared at Wu Siduo, her lips parting slightly, then closing again.

Evil Eye White Tiger. Nether Civet.

She was far too familiar with these two martial souls.

The Evil Eye White Tiger was the inherited martial soul of the Star Luo Empire's Dai Family. The Nether Civet was the inherited martial soul of the Star Luo Empire's Zhu Family.

For generations, the two families had been joined by marriage, jointly controlling the core power of the Star Luo Empire. In every generation, the inheritor of the Evil Eye White Tiger would become partners with the inheritor of the Nether Civet.

But now, someone stood in front of her and said she possessed both martial souls at the same time.

Zhu Zhuqing's heart was in chaos. She looked at Wu Siduo's cold face, her mind completely blank.

How was that possible? How could two different martial souls appear in one person at the same time?

Zhu Zhuqing could not understand it. She lowered her head and looked at her hands resting on the tabletop, her fingers trembling slightly.

Her own strength was completely nothing in this academy. And... she wanted to learn more about this young girl named Wu Siduo. She... what connection did she have to the Star Luo Empire?

Ning Rongrong, meanwhile, focused her attention on the surnames of Wu Siduo and Wu Zhangkong. The two of them had the same surname, but they did not look alike, so it was probably a coincidence.

Very quickly, Ning Rongrong's attention landed on Ye Zhi.

[Detected that key figure Ning Rongrong's recognition of Shrek Academy as a monster academy has increased!]

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[Detected that key figure Zhu Zhuqing's recognition of Shrek Academy as a monster academy has greatly increased!]

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