I've Seen Many Geniuses, But They All Call Me a Genius

A miscalculation.

Just as Yao Shi was fretting, a white-haired middle-aged man suddenly walked over from the side.

"Jing..."

Upon recognizing him, the registration teacher hurriedly rose to greet him, only to be stopped by a shushing gesture.

"Little girl, you're here to enroll at this academy, aren't you?"

The white-haired man came to Yao Shi's side and asked.

Yao Shi was still pondering how he could successfully enroll. Hearing someone ask him, he answered without even raising his head, "Yeah, but unfortunately, I'm over the age limit."

"I think I heard you say that your martial soul is the Snow Woman. May I ask what your soul power rank is now?"

The white-haired middle-aged man continued.

"Rank 41." Yao Shi blurted out without looking up.

The white-haired man froze at those words. Then, a startled cry suddenly rang out.

"Impossible!"

The speaker was not the white-haired man, but the teacher in charge of registration.

Seeing that the white-haired man did not stop him, the young teacher said with great disdain, "Little girl, don't think you can falsify your soul master rank just because you're pretty. You're over the age limit and don't meet the enrollment requirements, so leave already. You actually dare to make up your soul power rank? You say you're Rank 41, and that makes it true? Do you believe there's such a thing as a thirteen-year-old Soul Ancestor?"

The white-haired man actually nodded slightly in agreement. He had been rather interested when he heard that this child's martial soul was the Snow Woman, but he had not expected him to lie about his soul power just to join the academy.

He shook his head in disappointment and was about to turn away.

Boom!

The white-haired man suddenly felt a chill coming from behind him. He immediately turned around and saw a jaw-dropping sight.

An icy aura burst forth around Yao Shi, while four soul rings—yellow, purple, purple, purple—floated behind him.

A Soul Ancestor! This girl hadn't lied?

And his second ring was a thousand-year ring!

And that aura... it was an ultimate attribute!!!

Not only was the registration teacher left dumbstruck, even the white-haired man was deeply shaken.

"Well? Do you believe I'm really a Soul Ancestor now? If you're not good enough yourself, don't blame the road for being uneven." Yao Shi looked at the two of them with a smug expression.

"F-fake, right? How could there be such a young Soul Ancestor?"

Even after seeing Yao Shi's soul rings with his own eyes, the young teacher still could not believe it. At twenty-nine, he was only Rank 43 himself. Now, a thirteen-year-old Soul Ancestor had suddenly appeared, as if he were being told, "Hey, old man, are these seven years of mine your whole lifetime?" How could he possibly accept that?

"Little girl, come with me for a test. If the results are genuine, I'll personally approve your admission to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy!"

The white-haired man stepped forward and said excitedly.

Yao Shi gave him a suspicious glance. "Really?"

"Of course. Let me introduce myself first. I am the dean of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, as well as the master of Mingde Hall in the Sun Moon Empire, Jing Hongchen. So, little girl, will you come with me now?"

Jing Hongchen spoke confidently. As he introduced himself, his gaze flickered toward Yao Shi, as though he wanted to see a shocked expression on his face.

Who knew that Yao Shi was completely unimpressed by his identity? He said indifferently, "Oh. Then let's go."

At that moment, the registration teacher jumped in again. "Dean Jing, this child is already over the age limit. He doesn't mee—"

Before he could finish, Jing Hongchen raised a hand to stop him.

"It's fine. He's only one year over. For geniuses, our academy should always offer a few special privileges."

"Oh, right. Actually, I don't know much about soul tool theory yet."

Yao Shi suddenly added.

The young teacher immediately jumped out again. "Dean, our empire's junior academies already begin teaching soul tool theory, and some students even become first-rank soul engineers before graduation. This little girl only has high soul power and knows nothing at all about soul tool theory. Does he really meet our academy's admission requirements?"

Hearing Yao Shi's words, even Jing Hongchen could not help feeling a little awkward.

Kid, how the hell did you dare come to enroll at the continent's number one soul engineer academy when you don't even understand soul tool theory?

His expression stiffened for only a moment before he gave a light cough. "It's fine. If your soul power cultivation is truly high, you will surely learn soul tool knowledge quickly as well. You can study it gradually after enrollment. Come, I'll take you for the test first."

As he spoke, Jing Hongchen grabbed Yao Shi by the arm and immediately flew with him to a room with "Physical Testing Room" written above its entrance.

"In a moment, just step onto that soul tool body-testing device and undergo a physical examination."

After the two entered, several teachers inside respectfully greeted Jing Hongchen. He nodded in acknowledgment, then pointed at the machine ahead and spoke to Yao Shi.

"Tang Shan, step forward for testing."

A student at the front had just been called over. He entered the machine, and a few seconds later, the device reported his various physical data.

"Male. Bone age: twelve. Soul power fluctuation: Rank 16. Physical strength: Rank 11... Overall evaluation: C-rank soul master."

Without question, he was a mediocre talent. However, the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy placed greater emphasis on soul engineer development. Reaching Rank 16 at twelve years old... was barely acceptable.

Since Yao Shi had been brought by Jing Hongchen, before the new students ahead had even finished testing, Jing Hongchen directly brought Yao Shi before the machine.

Yao Shi slowly entered the body-testing device. A beam of light swiftly began scanning him, and before long, his data was announced outside.

"Male. Bone age: thirteen. Soul power fluctuation: Rank 41. Physical strength: Rank 67. Physical resilience: Rank 73. Height: 1.75 meters... No soul bone enhancements. Overall evaluation: Beep... beep..."

"Device malfunction! Device malfunction!"

The soul tool body-testing device failed to announce Yao Shi's overall evaluation and instead began emitting strange beeping sounds.

The teachers in the testing room and the students waiting to be tested were all dumbfounded. Quite a few students grumbled inwardly. They were all twelve or thirteen years old, so why was he three whole major realms ahead of them?

Upon learning Yao Shi's test results, Jing Hongchen's body jolted, and his breathing became rapid from sheer excitement.

A thirteen-year-old Soul Ancestor! And he hadn't built that cultivation up by overdrafting his body with medicine! His physical attributes even rivaled those of a Soul Emperor or Soul Sage!

A monster. This little fellow was a true monster!

He quickly stepped forward, grabbed Yao Shi by the shoulders, and said excitedly, "Little fellow, as dean, I formally invite you to join the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy. You'll officially enroll tomorrow!"

As the dean of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, he had seen many geniuses, but without exception, none of them could compare to the Yao Shi before him.

For a moment, Jing Hongchen even wanted to accept Yao Shi as his disciple immediately. But considering that he had not yet learned any soul engineer theory, he decided to wait and see how talented he was in soul tools before taking him as a disciple.

Another thing that surprised him was that this child, whose looks surpassed even his own granddaughter's, was actually a boy.

"Dean, should this student still undergo a strength test?"

Even though Jing Hongchen had publicly announced that Yao Shi was now a student of the academy, a teacher still stepped forward to ask. Admission was one thing, but the procedure still had to be completed.

"Right, right, test his strength too, litt—" Only after the teacher's reminder did Jing Hongchen recall that there was one final test. He was about to call Yao Shi over when he realized that he did not seem to know his name.

Yao Shi saw his confusion as well and said calmly, "My name is Yao Shi."

"Good. Then, Student Yao Shi, take the strength test as well. Don't worry, even if you don't meet the standard, you can still enroll normally."