The assessment for the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy will also take place in the next few days.
The success or failure of the assessment will determine the Shrek group's chances of entering Mingde Hall to study.
Mingde Hall is the most important part of the academy and the highest hall for learning about Soul Tool. Every Soul Engineer's greatest wish is to be able to enter it to study.
However, this wasn't too difficult for He Caitou, since they were already around level six Soul Engineer, and the threshold for the assessment wasn't ridiculously high.
Cao Yu, however, has given Jing Hongchen a bit of a headache. He's been pondering this matter lately, and his face is increasingly clouded with worry as he spends his days thinking about how to resolve this troublesome issue.
At this moment, Xuan Ziwen walked in from outside, holding a file in his hand. When he saw Jing Hongchen pacing back and forth in front of him, he spoke respectfully.
"Master, is there something you need from me?"
The short, stout man didn't turn his head this time; instead, he turned half his face to the side, glancing at Xuan Ziwen out of the corner of his eye, and asked, "Has Cao Yu been seriously learning soul guidance knowledge from you?"
Xuan Ziwen paused for a moment, then coughed twice. Jing Hongchen could clearly see the slightly embarrassed expression on his face. Then, Xuan Ziwen's lips twitched, and he said, "Sect Master, I have failed in my duty as a mentor. Please punish me!"
"Alright, I understand." Jing Hongchen waved her right hand to stop Xuan Ziwen from speaking, then turned her face away, saying with her back to him, "It seems that Cao Yu has no hope of passing the assessment. But if we don't let him learn something, it won't be good to explain to Shrek Academy."
Xuan Ziwen also gave a wry smile, "It seems that Cao Yu has become a troublesome matter."
A moment later, the short, stout man sat down in the chair, which creaked and groaned, seemingly unable to bear the weight.
However, Jing Hongchen calmly picked up her teacup and took a small sip.
"Since he can't pass the formal Soul Engineer assessment, then arrange for several Soul Engineer to fight him tomorrow. If they win, it will count as him passing the assessment."
"Take him to the Mingde Hall to study later." Jing Hongchen's expression was somewhat helpless, but he still instructed Xuan Ziwen. Xuan Ziwen was quite surprised by this, after all, this was the first time he had seen the hall master break the academy's assessment rules for someone.
Just as Xuan Ziwen was about to leave, Jing Hongchen waved to him. As he approached, Jing Hongchen whispered in his ear, "Don't take this too seriously, understand?"
Xuan Ziwen exchanged a glance with him, and instantly understood the meaning behind Jing Hongchen's words from his eyes.
This is going easy on Cao Yu! He originally planned to go back and take this matter seriously, but the hall master gave him a huge surprise.
However, Xuan Ziwen still agreed, saying earnestly, "I understand, Hall Master. Everything will be taken care of."
Seeing that he understood, Jing Hongchen didn't say anything more.
However, Xuan Ziwen was indeed puzzled by the hall master's attitude towards Cao Yu.
Was the sect leader really just trying to give Shrek a satisfactory explanation?
Xuan Ziwen thought it over and over and decided that probably wasn't the case, but what was the hall master up to?
Unable to understand, Xuan Ziwen could only scratch his head as he left Mingde Hall and rushed back to the classroom.
Seeing that everyone was still there, he tapped the table with his finger to wake them up.
Everyone looked up at him, Xuan Ziwen slowly said, " Cao Yu, after the hall master's decision, your assessment mode has been changed to a battle against other Soul Engineer. As long as you win, you will pass this assessment, and of course, you will be able to enter the Mingde Hall to study."
After a pause, Xuan Ziwen continued, "Of course, to avoid wasting time, the Soul Engineer responsible for fighting Cao Yu will be chosen from among you."
"Is there anyone willing?"
A fight? That means I can fight Cao Yu! Upon hearing this news, Zi Mu and Wang Shaojie's eyes lit up.
Great! I was just looking for a way to vent my anger. They definitely wouldn't dare to fight one-on-one, since there's a significant difference in their Soul Power Level. But Teacher Xuan didn't say that a group fight was out of the question.
However, just to be on the safe side, Zi Mu still asked him, " Teacher Xuan, I'd like to ask if it's possible for two against one?"
At this moment, Xuan Ziwen looked at Cao Yu and asked, "Can you accept this? Don't force yourself if you can't."
After all, the leader had promised him to go easy on him; if he messed things up, he wouldn't be able to explain it to the leader.
Before Cao Yu could say anything, Ju Zi and Ke Ke, who were standing nearby, also became interested and said cheerfully, " Teacher Xuan, we want to participate too!"
"You guys?" Cao Yu looked at them with some surprise, which made Ke Ke a little indignant. She raised her little fist and said, "What? You look down on us girls? I'll punch you until you cry, hmph!"
Ju Zi smiled and said, "Yes, little brother Little Yu, we definitely won't go easy on you."
How cruel! Cao Yu's lips twitched before he said to Xuan Ziwen, "No problem, teacher, please make the arrangements."
Xuan Ziwen nodded. "Okay, then let's divide it into three matches. In the first match, you'll face Zi Mu and Wang Shaojie. In the second match, it'll be Ju Zi and Ke Ke. As for the third match, how about you take on four opponents? Of course, if you win the first two matches, then you'll consider yourself a winner."
I want to see your limit in the next match too.
"Okay." Cao Yu readily agreed, and after arranging things, Xuan Ziwen left, seemingly to attend to something else.
As for Ju Zi and the others, they were discussing their battle strategy for tomorrow, speaking very softly as if afraid that Cao Yu would hear them. Seeing this, Cao Yu smiled helplessly, then closed his eyes and sat down to cultivate.
It was as if none of this concerned him.
The next day, Xuan Ziwen led them to the assessment area early in the morning.
Not far away, you can see many students engraving Soul Tool arrays, with a proctor standing next to each of them.
However, Cao Yu and his group were rather unusual. After arriving at the battle area and both sides took their positions, it was Xuan Ziwen's turn to act as the referee.
"The assessment begins!" Xuan Ziwen gave the order, and then Zi Mu and Wang Shaojie each drew their close-combat Soul Tool.
They were more skilled at using melee-type Soul Tool, so neither of them held back.
Both of them possessed level six Soul Tool. Although their actual strength was only at the fifth ring, they had already earned the Glory badge of Level 6 Soul Engineer.
Therefore, the two of them were still capable of fighting Cao Yu to some extent, but this was only what they thought.
"Clang!"
The sharp sword in Zi Mu's hand made a piercing sound in the air, and then slashed at Cao Yu's arm first. This sword was able to break through the defense of the Ten Thousand Year Earth-Splitting Bear, so Cao Yu did not dare to underestimate it. He quickly bent down and dodged the attack.
Seizing this opportunity, Wang Shaojie swung his giant hammer down fiercely, shouting, "Where do you think you're going to hide!"
Judging from the way he attacked, he wasn't holding back at all. Xuan Ziwen, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but wipe a bead of sweat from his brow.
(End of this chapter)