"Jiujiu, you know that although I maintain an extremely respectful attitude toward Shrek Academy in public, I actually have no great hopes for them."
Xu Jiawei sighed.
"With Shrek Academy's deep foundations, if they truly took Soul Tools seriously, their development certainly wouldn't look like this. I studied at Shrek Academy when I was young. Their research into Martial Souls really is profound. Over ten thousand years of history and the legacies of countless prodigies are the academy's most precious assets."
"But they have always possessed a certain arrogance. I know full well that arrogance will be the greatest obstacle to their future progress. They cannot accept new changes and are sunk in the glory of the past. That's why they are even worse than us at developing Soul Tools."
"..." Xu Jiujiu remained silent.
"To be frank, every year they recruit thousands of talented youngsters from the Star Luo Empire. Forty percent are forced to withdraw for all sorts of reasons. Like a sieve, they sift out the weak. Of the sixty percent left, thirty percent stay in the Shrek Outer Court as teachers or take other positions. In short, they're completely assimilated into Shrek. Ten percent-the truly gifted-enter the Inner Court, and then they go and form that fucking Shrek Academy Disciplinary Corps!"
Xu Jiawei seethed with anger.
"Dozens of true prodigies die every year! Are those Shrek's people? They're fucking subjects of my Star Luo Empire! They send a bunch of fledgling prodigies to deal with notorious Evil Soul Masters? What the hell are all those Sea God Pavilion elders doing? If not for Shrek Academy's reputation, I'd think they were deliberately wasting our talent!"
"Phew..."
Xu Jiawei slumped back into his chair.
"Only twenty percent! Only twenty percent of those prodigies return to serve my Star