A Stir at the Academy, Ning Rongrong's Favorability

[Ding! Goddess Ning Rongrong meets the conditions for bonding. Bond with her?]

[Ding! Goddess Zhu Zhuqing meets the conditions for bonding. Bond with her?]

The system's prompts sounded one after another.

Lin Xiao had expected it.

After bonding with Xiao Wu first, he certainly wasn't going to miss Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.

What skills could he draw after bonding with them?

"System, bond with them!"

[Ding! Successfully bonded with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing. Initial favorability: 10.]

[Ding! Ning Rongrong's and Zhu Zhuqing's favorability has reached 10. Draw a skill for each of them?]

"Draw!"

A golden wheel appeared before him. He started it without hesitation!

[Ding! Congratulations, host! You drew the Soul Skill Attribute Amplification!]

[Ding! System enhancement activated. Attribute Amplification has been enhanced to Full Attribute Amplification. It can be used on yourself or others. Current amplification: 100%. Increases by 50% every ten levels.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host! You drew the Soul Skill Netherworld Shadow Clone!]

[Ding! System enhancement activated. Netherworld Shadow Clone has been enhanced to Sword Immortal Clone. You can summon multiple Sword Immortal Clones, each possessing 50% of your original body's power. You can currently summon three clones. Every ten levels grants one additional clone and increases their power by 10%.]

With both Soul Skills drawn, the golden wheel became two illustrated entries that sank into the space between his brows.

The entries held details on the people they corresponded to.

These two Soul Skills are incredible.

Lin Xiao was secretly delighted.

For now, both skills were formidable.

After their enhancements, they were practically heaven-defying.

By the time he reached Titled Douluo, Full Attribute Amplification could provide a 450% boost.

At Titled Douluo, he could summon ten Sword Immortal Clones, each possessing 120% of his own attributes!

If he used Full Attribute Amplification before summoning them, the clones' attributes would probably go through the roof.

He had three Soul Skills in total now.

Invincible Golden Body, Full Attribute Amplification, and Sword Immortal Clone.

All in all, it was an excellent set.

And every one of them was a Self-Created Soul Skill, so none occupied a Soul Ring skill slot.

For him, this was an absolute windfall.

He could keep drawing Soul Skills in the future!

He would have far more Soul Skills than anyone else.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing looked at Lin Xiao at the same time.

They had just felt something strange.

Before, they had only thought there was something unusual about him.

Awakening with level-twenty Innate Soul Power was certainly heaven-defying.

But now, they found him inexplicably pleasant to look at.

It was a strange feeling.

Li Yusong returned not long after entering the academy.

Several others came with him.

Zhao Wuji, Shao Xin, and Lu Qibin.

Before Zhao Wuji arrived, his booming voice rang out.

"Let me see this freak with level-twenty Innate Soul Power! Where is he?"

Zhao Wuji came running, then stopped and looked around until his eyes locked on Lin Xiao.

"Not bad, not bad. You've only just awakened, but level-twenty Innate Soul Power really is monstrous."

"I'll make the call. You can skip straight to the final test."

Zhao Wuji stared at Lin Xiao and threw an arm around his shoulders, as if afraid he might run away.

When he had first heard Li Yusong's news, he had thought it was a lie.

But Li Yusong had assured him again and again, and even shown him the certificate from Spirit Hall.

So Zhao Wuji had rushed over without delay.

Missing out on a freak with level-twenty Innate Soul Power would be a tremendous loss for Shrek Academy.

When Flender returned, he would probably beat Zhao Wuji half to death for it.

"I'm Zhao Wuji, a teacher at Shrek Academy. I'm in charge of your final test."

"And those two are level twenty-nine?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Tang San and Xiao Wu.

Level twenty-nine at twelve years old—they were certainly impressive Little Monsters.

But compared with Lin Xiao, they still fell a little short.

If Lin Xiao had awakened at six and studied at a proper Soul Master Academy,

then after six years, he would at least be a Soul Elder by now, perhaps even a Soul Ancestor.

A genius started so far ahead that the gap could easily drive everyone else to despair.

If Lin Xiao joined the academy, its other students might be in for a life of despair.

"Old Li, you keep testing the applicants. I'll take these three little ones..."

Zhao Wuji was still speaking.

But before he could lead them away, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing stepped forward.

"Teacher Zhao, can we go straight to the final test too?"

"Oh? You haven't been tested yet, have you?"

Zhao Wuji grinned broadly. These two girls did not look ordinary either.

Li Yusong stepped forward to test them.

The moment his hand touched Ning Rongrong, his expression changed.

"Does your family know you came here?"

He knew exactly what the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul meant.

Ning Rongrong smiled until her eyes narrowed. "So, did I pass?"

"Of course. Go with Old Zhao for the final test."

Only then did Ning Rongrong walk over to Zhao Wuji. She turned and gave Lin Xiao another look.

He seemed like an interesting young man, and he was remarkably good-looking.

She had always been confident in her own looks.

Yet now she felt a boy had outshone her.

"Hello, I'm Ning Rongrong."

Ning Rongrong held out her hand first.

Lin Xiao was a little taken aback.

She wants to shake my hand?

That can't be right. Her initial favorability is only ten.

Given her personality, she should not have been talking to him at all.

But she had already offered her hand, so he could not be rude.

"Hello, I'm Lin Xiao."

[Ding! Ning Rongrong's favorability +5. Current favorability: 15!]

That raised it by five points?

Lin Xiao was genuinely puzzled.

He had not even had time to read Ning Rongrong's details, much less work out how to win her favor.

Yet somehow, without knowing what he had done, he had gained five points.

"You said you used to live deep in the mountains. Where was that?"

"Was living there the reason you hadn't awakened your Martial Soul?"

Ning Rongrong sounded like a child brimming with questions.

Born into a distinguished family, she had lived amid the utmost luxury in Seven Treasure City.

She truly had no idea what life deep in the mountains was like.

Lin Xiao thought for a moment. "Somewhere remote and far away, without a soul in sight."

"That's why I hadn't awakened my Martial Soul. I only awakened it after coming to Heaven Dou City."

Ning Rongrong nodded in sudden understanding.

"I see. Your Martial Soul is the Four Swords of Zhu Xian? Can I see it?"

A Four Swords of Zhu Xian Martial Soul—she had never heard of one before!

"Sorry, I haven't added any Soul Rings to my Martial Soul yet. There isn't much to see."

Ning Rongrong nodded. That made sense.

He had only just awakened, so of course he had not added a Soul Ring yet.

"Then shall we find a time to hunt for Soul Rings together?"

"Sure. Thanks."

Lin Xiao found it a little hard to believe.

The Little Demoness actually wants to help me?

Isn't she supposed to be a spoiled princess?

Just then, Zhao Wuji said, "All right, follow me to the final test site."

At that, Lin Xiao turned to look.

Zhu Zhuqing had finished her test as well.

Her Soul Power met the requirement, so she could go straight to the final test.