The next morning, sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Bright Mirror Pavilion and fell across the desks, gilding the entire classroom with a faint golden sheen.
Tang Wulin was talking quietly with Gu Yue, discussing some problems they had encountered during yesterday's cultivation.
Just then, a faint stir arose at the classroom door.
"Huh? Who's that?"
"What a beautiful girl! Her hair is such an unusual color!"
"Gray-white hair? Could it be a mutated martial soul?"
Tang Wulin raised his head and followed his classmates' gazes.
A tall, slender young woman stood at the classroom door. Her long, snowlike gray-white hair fell smoothly to her waist, shimmering with a faint silver glow in the sunlight. She wore a well-cut, fitted dress that seemed tailor-made for her, perfectly outlining her graceful figure. Her exquisite curves were not inferior to Gu Yue's.
"Hello, everyone."
The young woman stepped up to the lectern, her cool voice carrying a hint of gentleness. "My name is Long Yuxue. I've come to Shrek Academy for further study."
She paused, then continued, "I'm a Level 5 Soul Engineer. My soul power level is... Five-Ring Soul King."
The classroom instantly filled with whispers.
"A Level 5 Soul Engineer? That's pretty impressive."
"But a Soul King? At her age... she looks a few years older than us, doesn't she? And she's only a Soul King?"
"Exactly. Even the weakest people in our class are Soul Kings now, and Wulin is already a Seven-Ring Soul Sage! That's a huge gap!"
Their gazes held doubt and puzzlement, but above all, curiosity.
After all, Shrek Academy was the Monster Academy. Which of its students was not a genius among geniuses?
Even the weakest members of Tang Wulin's group, such as Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan, had already broken through to the