"Uh, yes, registration is still open!"
Li Yusong, who had just been about to pack up, immediately turned around and answered. With money to be made, staying a little later was naturally no problem.
"Oh?"
Li Changsheng's eyes lit up when he saw the newcomer. Were they going to gather all the Shrek Seven Devils today?
She had soft pink hair cut short to her shoulders, with fine golden headband lines adorning its edges. Her skin was fair, her eyes were amethyst, and a beauty mark sat at the corner of one eye.
At that moment, a bright, sweet smile curved her lips, and her little face held a touch of charm and confidence.
She wore a yellow-and-white dress, her shoulders decorated with layers of unfurling yellow petal-like feathers. A white gauze cape draped down, and she carried herself with all the noble bearing of a young lady from a wealthy household.
Ning Rongrong!
Li Changsheng confirmed at first glance that this was Ning Rongrong as she appeared in the comic. This look really was much more pleasing to the eye.
Shrek's seven students each had their own distinctive traits, something Li Changsheng liked very much.
"Brother, why are you staring at her?"
"Nothing. This young lady has an extraordinary bearing. I imagine she's no ordinary person!"
Tang San's attention was not on her playful cuteness. Instead, he focused on observing her bearing.
That sort of nobility was not something just anyone could possess.
His teacher, Li Changsheng, was much the same. Li Changsheng gave the impression of being melancholy, yet at the same time, there was something exceptionally intelligent about him.
Everyone had a different bearing.
"Oh, yes, I think so too. This girl really carries herself well!"
Knowing what Tang San was like, Xiao Wu nodded. She knew that if Tang San said he was studying someone's bearing, that was truly what he was doing.
Dai Mubai merely glanced at her before looking away. Compared to this young lady, he was more concerned about when they would return to the academy.
"The registration fee is ten Gold Soul Coins. Let me make this clear first: if you're over thirteen or your Soul Power Level isn't at least twenty-one, you won't pass this stage."
"No problem!"
Ning Rongrong first let Li Yusong check her bone age, then released her Martial Soul.
Buzz-
As her Martial Soul Avatar Armor manifested, a small, crystal-clear pinkish-purple seven-story pagoda appeared.
At the same time, two yellow Soul Rings rose and circled around her, putting her Soul Grandmaster Soul Power on full display.
"Gasp! Does your family know you've come here?"
"Let's not discuss that. As long as I meet the requirements, that's enough, right?"
"Of course, of course!"
Flender looked at the little pagoda in Ning Rongrong's hand, a hint of anticipation in the dark eyes behind his glasses. How interesting. Shrek Academy had actually managed to recruit so many monsters on the same day!
Glancing at Li Changsheng, who seemed to be thinking about something beside him, Flender's eyes filled with even greater anticipation. With this good brother of his joining them, perhaps helping these Little Monsters grow would not be so difficult!
"All right, let's head inside first!"
Flender called to them, and Li Changsheng and the others immediately followed. Seeing this, Ning Rongrong stepped forward to follow as well.
Her beautiful amethyst eyes studied Li Changsheng and the others ahead with curiosity. For a moment, she could not quite tell which of them was a teacher.
"Little San, do you know who she is?"
On the way, Li Changsheng casually asked Tang San about Ning Rongrong.
Hearing this, Tang San nodded without hesitation. He had already formed a guess when he saw her Soul Mark.
A Soul Mark was an intrinsic patterned mark imprinted directly onto a Soul Master's skin at the moment of Martial Soul Awakening, the equivalent of an "identity brand" left on the person by their Martial Soul.
This, too, came with the comic template.
Tang San had a Blue Silver Grass symbol on the back of his right hand and a Clear Sky Hammer symbol on the back of his left, though he could forcibly suppress them with Soul Power to keep outsiders from seeing them.
As for Xiao Wu, her Soul Mark was on the outside of her lower leg, while Ning Rongrong's had appeared at her wrist when she used her Martial Soul just now.
The amethyst-colored little pagoda had allowed Tang San to recognize at a glance that she was a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
"This young lady is named Ning Rongrong. She is the daughter of Ning Fengzhi, the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect! She is also currently the most talented person in the sect."
Her Innate Soul Power was a full nine levels, making her the most talented of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's direct descendants.
"The sect master's daughter!"
Tang San was astonished. He had not expected Ning Rongrong to be not only a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but also its heir?
Teacher Changsheng's choice really was right! Shrek Academy might look run-down, but even a heavyweight like her had come. It truly was a place of crouching tigers and hidden dragons!
Their conversation was not very loud. Ning Rongrong herself had no idea that her personal information had been dug up.
After everyone headed inside, Li Yusong, still at the registration point, welcomed his last applicant of the day.
"Registration."
Flender quietly led the way, walking straight past the second and third stages. For these children, the routine assessments were no longer necessary. They could proceed directly to the final assessment.
"Although all of you meet the admission requirements perfectly, I still want to see your combat abilities!"
"Though I'm the dean here, your examiner won't be me, but..."
"Me!"
Before Flender could finish, Dai Mubai impatiently stepped forward, pointing his thumb at himself with a face full of confidence.
"Examiner, my foot! See that boy? He's level thirty-four. And that little girl-she's level thirty-two."
Flender pointed at Tang San and Xiao Wu, his tone full of teasing and a playful glint in his eyes.
What?
Dai Mubai looked at Tang San and Xiao Wu. These two only looked eleven or twelve, didn't they? They were actually close to surpassing him?
At the back of the group, Ning Rongrong likewise covered her mouth in disbelief, her beautiful eyes widening slightly. She had not expected these two to already possess Soul Elder-level combat strength.
Where no one noticed, a black-clad figure quietly took her place behind Ning Rongrong.
"Incidentally, both of them are disciples of Teacher Li Changsheng here!"
Even then, Flender had not forgotten to praise Li Changsheng some more. Where else could one find a brother like this?
Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, and the black-clad figure all looked toward Li Changsheng at the side, curiosity and a trace of excitement in their eyes.
With teaching talent like his, surely they could reap abundant rewards under his guidance?
Tang San and Xiao Wu, meanwhile, wore proud expressions. Li Changsheng had taught them for many years, and how well he taught was naturally reflected in them.
"Oh, fellow student, are you also new to our academy?" Finally noticing the girl behind her, Ning Rongrong asked with a gentle smile.
"Yes. My name is Zhu Zhuqing, a level twenty-seven agility-type beast Soul Master. My Martial Soul is the Hell Civet."
Her long, jet-black hair fluttered in the wind. Her narrow, amber-gold eyes held no emotion, and her expression was cold and indifferent. She wore a red combat outfit beneath a small black suit jacket, leaving her slender, athletic figure in full view.
With that, apart from Oscar and Ma Hongjun, all the future Shrek Seven Devils had gathered.