"Elder Xuan, what did you say?" Zhou Yi lost her composure for a moment, wondering whether she had misheard.
"Didn't you hear me? I said that Huo Yuhao cannot become a core disciple. Leave him out." Xuan Zi calmly took a sip of wine, changing a student's fate with a few casual words.
"Why?" Feeling indignant on Huo Yuhao's behalf, Zhou Yi blurted out the question, even forgetting that this decision worked in their favor.
Fan Yu and Vice Dean Qian Duoduo, however, were inwardly overjoyed.
Heaven itself is helping us!
Xuan Zi said indifferently, "There's no particular reason. His level is too low, and his only ring is merely a ten-year ring. His talent is too poor."
"But Elder Xuan, you saw his strength yourself. He defeated a Soul Elder in one fell swoop!" Wang Yan, who had been standing beside them, said urgently. "And he has a body martial soul!"
At the words "body martial soul," the other teachers all turned their gazes toward them.
A rare and powerful body martial soul had actually appeared at Shrek Academy?
Tsk, blabbermouth.
Seeing Wang Yan expose Huo Yuhao's secret in front of everyone, Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu frowned slightly and cursed inwardly, but quickly concealed the displeasure in their eyes.
Xuan Zi said mildly, "Did he really defeat that Soul Elder opponent? I don't think so. He merely exploited the rules to force his opponent out of the arena. His opponent wasn't injured at all."
Wang Yan countered, "But he has a powerful body martial soul. Doesn't that make him worth nurturing?"
Xuan Zi remained unconvinced. "You should all know what matters most for a body martial soul: potential, mutation, and awakening. Yet aside from using his first soul skill for Spiritual Detection, that Huo Yuhao showed nothing related