Before long.
Jing Hongchen arranged for the group from Shrek to take the Illustrious Virtue Hall entrance assessment.
To avoid arousing their suspicions, the Academy did not go easy on them in the assessment.
However, the people from Shrek Academy had deeply rooted prejudices against Soul Tools.
So, during nearly a year of exchange studies, most of them had spent three days fishing and two days drying their nets.
They had never seriously studied Soul Tools.
The assessment soon ended.
Of the dozen or so Shrek exchange students.
Only four ultimately qualified to study at the Illustrious Virtue Hall.
Fan Yu, Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, and Bei Bei.
"Congratulations to the four of you on passing the assessment."
"Your identity information has already been entered into the Illustrious Virtue Hall database."
"From now on, you may use your Identity Cards to enter the Illustrious Virtue Hall to study and research the most advanced Soul Tools."
"Those who did not pass should not lose heart. Keep working hard."
"As for the four who passed, I will personally take you on a tour of the Illustrious Virtue Hall to familiarize you with the surroundings."
Jing Hongchen then led Huo Yuhao and the other three toward the Illustrious Virtue Hall.
Soon.
They arrived outside a magnificent building.
Fan Yu glanced over the building and asked, "Dean Jing, weren't you taking us to the Illustrious Virtue Hall? What is this place?"
After Qian Duoduo returned last time.
He had told Fan Yu that the Illustrious Virtue Hall, the legendary holy land of Soul Engineers, was actually built underground!
And the entrance to the Illustrious Virtue Hall was extremely inconspicuous.
Jing Hongchen naturally understood what Fan Yu meant.
But he did not explain anything.
Instead, he pushed open the building's doors.
Inside, apart from a