Under the pressure emanating from Li Yusong, the line of over a hundred applicants dwindled to barely a dozen in the blink of an eye.
In the queue, Zhu Zhuqing was actually ahead of the others, followed by Ning Rongrong, then Tang San and Xiao Wu, and finally Qian Chongling, who had come to collect a debt.
A few minutes later, an incredulous cry escaped Li Yusong's mouth. It sounded more like a cry of fright, as though he had seen a ghost.
"How... how did you achieve that soul ring configuration?"
Hearing this, Tang San and the others turned toward the sound. Li Yusong had abandoned his earlier languor and stood up, staring slack-jawed at the three soul rings around Zhu Zhuqing-one yellow and two purple.
"So I passed the preliminary test?" Zhu Zhuqing glanced at Li Yusong and asked listlessly.
Zhu Zhuqing had no affection whatsoever for this lousy academy that swindled commoners out of their Gold Soul Coins. Had Ye Mengwei not sent her a message yesterday ordering her to enter the academy and await instructions, she would never have come.
In Zhu Zhuqing's eyes, Shrek Academy was already exceedingly "outstanding" for having produced such a "thrifty and frugal" model student as Dai Mubai.
"Yes, yes. Ma Hongjun, take her inside. She can skip the second and third tests."
At Zhu Zhuqing's words, Li Yusong's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly answered.
As soon as he finished speaking, a chubby boy roughly Zhu Zhuqing's age jumped down from the tree that shaded him. The boy's most striking feature was his short, fiery-red hair. This was the Ma Hongjun whom Li Yusong had called.
After jumping down from the tree, Ma Hongjun casually glanced at Zhu Zhuqing and the other girls, and his little eyes immediately lit up.