After a full two and a half years away, he actually felt as though he had come home.
"Everyone, go back and rest. Chen Ping, you'll stay at the Sea God Pavilion for now. Once the events over the next few days are over, we'll arrange a place for you to live along with everyone else," Xuan Zi told Chen Ping.
Events? What events? Chen Ping wondered.
Yan Shaozhe saw what he was thinking and smiled. "Silly boy, you've forgotten, haven't you? It's time for our Academy's assessment for Outer Court students seeking admission to the Inner Court."
Only then did Chen Ping understand.
Shrek Academy's Inner Court held an admissions assessment once a year. It was primarily intended for senior Outer Court students.
However, outstanding students from other academies who wanted to enter Shrek Academy's Inner Court could also come to take the assessment at this time with a recommendation letter from their own academy.
If they passed, they too could become members of Shrek Academy's Inner Court.
But because Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Department was already the best on the continent, it was extraordinarily difficult for students from other academies to pass its Inner Court's rigorous assessment. Having even one or two pass in a year was already quite good; more often, not a single outside student passed.
Yan Shaozhe's words immediately jogged Chen Ping's memory.
If he remembered correctly, in the original story, Shrek had admitted a Soul Master with a Snow Woman Martial Soul who had graduated from another academy through this very assessment.
She was a genuine Ultimate Ice Martial Soul wielder, just like one with the Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul-practically a budding Super Douluo delivered right to their doorstep.
Yet that girl seemed to have vanished completely after appearing just once at the