"Yuhao, you..."
Seeing Xuan Zi's face suddenly turn pale, then somewhat blue, Wang Yan hurriedly pulled Huo Yuhao back a little. Yet Huo Yuhao only sneered repeatedly, refusing to yield an inch before Xuan Zi as soul power surged around him.
"Huo Yuhao, what audacity! You dare question me? I..."
Xuan Zi's expression shifted rapidly, and at last he could not resist reaching out. Just then, however, a soft cough and a cold snort rang out from the air nearby, instantly making his body go rigid.
Resuming his usual languid expression, Xuan Zi acted as though nothing had happened and once again launched into his pyramid-scheme-style speech to the surrounding Shrek students.
"Don't think becoming a core disciple guarantees you a place in the Inner Academy. And even if you become an Inner Academy disciple, that isn't necessarily an honor. It means you've only just stepped through a gate of life and death. Do you know the first thing students must do after becoming Inner Academy disciples? Sign a life-and-death waiver! To pursue the pinnacle of soul masters, you must put life and death out of your mind. Only then can you achieve what others cannot."
"Whatever your background, once you enter Shrek Academy's Inner Academy, you become a true part of Shrek, branded with its mark for the rest of your life. But at the same time, you will face enormous dangers at every moment and could lose your lives at any time. While you're in the Outer Academy, the academy will do everything possible to ensure your safety. But if you enter the Inner Academy, what awaits you will be the cruelest trials."
"How has Shrek Academy remained the continent's foremost academy, standing unshaken for ten thousand years? Through the tireless struggles of the Shrek Inner Court's disciples!