"Yao Shi awakened Innate Full Soul Power at the age of six in a small border town of the Star Luo Empire. At twelve, he enrolled in Shrek Academy with twenty-fourth-rank Soul Power. His Martial Soul was a tree branch, which could summon vines in battle. He won the freshman championship during the first-year assessment, yet did not receive the status of an outer court core disciple... He left the academy at the end of the term and vanished without a trace..."
Within a day, Jing Hongchen had used his intelligence network to investigate Yao Shi's background. This dossier had been sent back by one of the hidden lines he had planted in Shrek City.
After reading through the information, Jing Hongchen leaned back in his chair and let out a heavy breath.
"Innate Full Soul Power, a native of the Star Luo Empire, and he even attended Shrek Academy. Could that little brat be a spy sent by Shrek Academy? I knew it—how else could such a monstrous genius student suddenly appear?"
Jing Hongchen closed his eyes tightly and slowly sank into thought.
He was torn between allowing Yao Shi to remain at the academy and study, or killing him on the spot before he had the chance to grow.
"No!"
Jing Hongchen seemed to have thought of something. He suddenly opened his eyes and muttered under his breath.
"He won the freshman assessment tournament, and both his teammates and the defeated opponents received core disciple status, yet he alone did not. Doesn't that prove Shrek Academy never valued him? Is that why he came running to my academy?"
As he thought of this, Jing Hongchen grew increasingly excited. "And the dossier only mentioned a tree branch Martial Soul, while Yao Shi claimed his Martial Soul was the Snow