Entrance Examination

To be honest, the Sun Moon Empire did not really mind the existence of people similar to immigrants.

The simplest example was Ju Zi, a certain War God from the original work who preferred to remain anonymous. Her teacher, Xuan Ziwen, could be considered a second-generation Sun Moon Person.

After all, Xuan Ziwen's parents had not been Sun Moon People. They had merely immigrated to the Sun Moon Empire later on.

Thanks to his accomplishments and talent in creating soul tools, Xuan Ziwen not only became a teacher at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, but also a researcher at Mingde Hall. Since the Sun Moon Empire centered around soul engineers, he actually lived quite comfortably.

The soul engineers at Shrek Academy, on the other hand, did not have it nearly as good. Since Shrek Academy placed greater importance on the Martial Soul Department, the students admitted by the Soul Tool Department each year were basically the ones the Martial Soul Department had passed over. Otherwise, Qian Duoduo of the Soul Tool Department would not have spent every day trying to poach Yan Shaozhe's students.

As everyone knew, soul tools had one agonizing characteristic—the more powerful the soul tool, the more powerful the Soul Master required to control it.

Yet compared with the students of the Martial Soul Department, the Soul Tool Department's students were mostly a motley bunch when it came to martial soul cultivation. To a certain extent, this also limited the development of Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department.

It had to be said that Shrek Academy had indeed been somewhat set in its ways regarding soul tools at first. After all, in the eyes of many Sea God Pavilion Elders, soul tools were nothing more than clever tricks. Rather than spend a great deal of time becoming a soul engineer, it was better to devote that time to cultivation and become a powerful Soul Master.

Later, when the elders changed their minds, they still had to rely on Huo Gua secretly copying a vast number of Mingde Hall's soul tool Core Arrays to develop the academy's Soul Guidance Technology. However, it had to be said that one did one's duty according to one's position. Huo Gua was in that position, and he was a child who had lacked affection since childhood, so it was perfectly normal for him to do things for Shrek.

Of course, it had to be acknowledged that our Shrek Academy was simply too amazing!

In this regard, Shrek Academy truly inherited God King Tang San's legacy.

After all, before God King Tang San transmigrated, he had merely been an outer disciple of the Tang Sect and had not been qualified to study the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. Yet in order to learn it, God King Tang San simply chose to steal it outright. When the Tang Sect elders questioned him, he only said, "Although I, Tang San, stole the knowledge, I never passed it on to outsiders!"

Perhaps this was a legacy passed down through fate.

"Yes, of course. From today onward, you are a proud Sun Moon Person! And you will receive the Sun Moon Empire's protection!

"As long as you remain at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, no one can harm you. That is one of the safest places in the entire Sun Moon Empire." Zhang Jin looked at Huo Yuhao and spoke with complete conviction.

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao was somewhat speechless.

He thought that many people would die at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy later, so the place was not actually all that safe.

After all, in the original work, the Body Sect directly attacked the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to seize the Snow Empress Embryo, focusing their assault on Mingde Hall. This resulted in heavy casualties among Mingde Hall's soul engineers.

If Huo Gua had not been clever and had not possessed cheats, he likely would have died in the Body Sect's attack long ago.

Still, he forced a smile and said, "Thank you, Uncle Zhang! When are we leaving?"

"We'll leave tomorrow morning. Don't worry, I've already informed the higher-ups about you. They value you quite highly. When the time comes, I'll take you near the Mingdou Mountain Range, and someone will bring you to Mingdu!"

Within the Sea of Consciousness.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked somewhat doubtfully, "Yuhao, why are you going to the Sun Moon Empire? The Sun Moon Empire is much farther away than Shrek Academy.

"Shrek Academy is the number one academy on the continent. Since those two humans invited you before, wouldn't it be better to leave with them and enroll directly at Shrek Academy?"

Huo Yuhao said, "Brother Sky Dream, my Spiritual Eye is a spiritual-attribute martial soul. According to Zhang Jin, I am actually very suited to becoming a soul engineer, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy is undoubtedly the holy land of soul engineers.

"Besides, my Innate Soul Power is only rank one. Even if I entered Shrek, I would not be valued at first.

"So, I might as well choose an academy that places more importance on spiritual-attribute Soul Masters. That way, I can receive more resource support in the early stages."

Of course, the main reason was to avoid God King Tang San putting a curse on him.

"Fine, then. But honestly, I've been trapped in the Star Dou Great Forest for so many years, and I've never seen a powerful soul engineer!

"Forget it, little Yuhao. No matter which path you choose, you must cultivate diligently and raise your soul power to rank twenty as soon as possible.

"When that time comes, I'll take you somewhere and give form to your ice-attribute martial soul.

"But I'm going to sleep now. Wake me when we reach the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said.

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao felt rather helpless. He thought Sky Dream Ice Silkworm really slept too much. He slept whenever there was anything to do or nothing to do, and sleeping in his Sea of Consciousness could not increase his cultivation anyway.

Five days later.

Sun Moon Empire.

Mingdu.

Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

Led by an academy teacher with a square face, Huo Yuhao walked into the academy. Zhang Jin had indeed kept his promise and arranged for someone to bring him to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

However, it had to be said that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's admission requirements were rather simple. As long as one possessed a soul ring before the age of twelve, one could become a student of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

Compared with Shrek Academy, such admission requirements were extremely easy. After all, Shrek Academy required students to reach rank fifteen before the age of twelve!

"Huo Yuhao, according to the rules of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, I need to conduct an entrance examination for you! My surname is Tang, so you can call me Teacher Tang.

"Once you pass the examination, you will become a new student of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy! But don't worry, for you, this examination is merely a formality. After all, you have already met the admission requirements." As Teacher Tang spoke, he led Huo Yuhao toward the first-year teaching building within the academy.

The so-called examination was actually just a physical test. For every new student who had just entered the academy, this was a mandatory procedure. After all, the academy needed to understand each student's current condition in order to teach them better.

Before long, the two entered a classroom in the teaching building. There were many large soul tools inside.

Teacher Tang brought Huo Yuhao beside one of the soul tools and said with a smile, "This is a Soul Tool Body Tester. It can conduct a physical examination on you. However, to prevent errors during the test, if you have any soul tools on you, please temporarily remove them."

Huo Yuhao nodded. "All right, Teacher Tang."

He then removed the White Tiger Dagger from his body and placed it on a nearby table.

"Good. Now I'll activate the Soul Tool Body Tester and conduct your physical examination." As Teacher Tang spoke, he had Huo Yuhao stand before an instrument.

At that moment, a beam of white light emerged from the instrument and enveloped Huo Yuhao's entire body.