Shrek Academy would soon begin recruiting new students again.
Any power that wished to remain strong needed fresh blood, and Shrek was naturally no exception.
Yet Shrek Academy had never seemed to need to worry much about its supply of students. After all, with its reputation as the continent's foremost power, aspiring students flocked to Shrek like ducks to water. Naturally, Shrek could pick and choose, and set stringent standards.
Its general admissions process imposed extremely high soul power requirements from the outset, essentially eliminating anyone whose innate soul power was below rank seven or eight. After enrollment came a succession of brutal assessments, which forced many students out during their first year. The same happened every year thereafter.
Moreover, applicants needed letters of recommendation and credentials issued by the leader of a major sect or someone at the level of a major city's city lord. For young Soul Masters without powerful backing, admission was nothing more than a distant dream. Only those fortunate enough to attract a city lord's attention through outstanding results at a Junior Academy had a chance to enter Shrek.
Apart from general admissions, there was also a special recruitment route that allowed students to enter Shrek without an examination. Only major powers possessed these exceedingly scarce places.
Work at Shrek's admissions office was not complicated. Whichever major city its recruitment teachers visited, they received the city lord's warm hospitality. The same held true in the imperial cities, where their reception was even more lavish.
Whenever Shrek's recruitment teachers visited the imperial cities, dukes and ministers competed to invite them to their mansions, hoping to pave the way for their younger generations. Even a recruitment teacher who was merely a Soul Emperor received the grandest welcome.
This year's recruitment work was somewhat different. The importance of