Chapter 206: Tang San Rejected from Enrollment?
The queue moved forward slowly, and Tang San didn't know how long he had been waiting.
Finally, the wait was over, and it was Tang San's turn to step forward and register.
Seated behind a battered wooden table was the teacher in charge of admissions at Shrek Academy, Li Yusong.
Tang San stepped forward properly and placed ten gold soul coins into the wooden box beside him as the registration fee.
After taking Tang San's ten gold soul coins, Li Yusong did not even lift his head. He extended his calloused hand and pinched Tang San's right arm, testing his bone age.
"Hmm, bone age exactly twelve. No problem," Li Yusong said indifferently. "Place your hand on the crystal ball and test your exact soul power rank."
Tang San nodded and placed his palm on the transparent testing crystal ball on the table, slowly channeling the internal energy of the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
In an instant, the crystal ball erupted with a dazzling, blinding light. The glow nearly filled the entire sphere, making it exceptionally glaring.
Li Yusong suddenly raised his head, his eyes filled with astonishment. The crystal ball accurately displayed that the young man before him had soul power at rank twenty-nine!
At twelve years old, reaching rank twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster was undoubtedly the level of a true little monster.
According to Shrek Academy's rules, having soul power above rank twenty-five was enough for Tang San to skip the second and third tests entirely.
Li Yusong's cold expression instantly vanished, replaced with a gentle smile. Curious, he asked, "Very impressive soul power, young man. What is your martial soul?"
Tang San's expression stiffened slightly. He took a deep breath and said calmly, "Teacher, my martial soul is Blue Silver Grass."
"What? Blue Silver Grass?"
Hearing this answer, Li Yusong's face filled with shock, even doubting whether he had misheard.
"A publicly acknowledged useless martial soul like Blue Silver Grass, yet at your age of twelve, you've cultivated it to this level? This is truly rare!"
Li Yusong said, "Quick, release it and let me take a look."
Hearing the teacher's request, Tang San immediately felt a deep sense of embarrassment.
Every time he displayed his martial soul, his ridiculous second soul ring would become the center of attention. However, this was a mandatory rule for academy enrollment, so he could only brace himself.
Suppressing the embarrassment in his heart, Tang San raised his right hand and slowly released his Blue Silver Grass martial soul. Clusters of tough grass blades with a faint blue glow surged from his palm.
Immediately after, a bright hundred-year yellow soul ring slowly rose from beneath his feet.
Seeing that the first soul ring was a standard hundred-year yellow, Li Yusong nodded in satisfaction.
But in the very next second!
When Tang San's second soul ring rose alongside the yellow one, Li Yusong, who had been full of praise just moments ago, suddenly widened his eyes like bells!
It was actually a ten-year white soul ring!
Under the sunlight, the white ring appeared glaring and completely out of place.
Looking at the bizarre combination of yellow and white soul rings, Li Yusong felt as if his entire worldview had been shaken.
This unbelievable sight left him completely stunned, his mouth half open, unable to say a single word.
Beside him, Dai Mubai was momentarily stunned when he saw the white ten-year soul ring rising beneath Tang San's feet.
Then, as if witnessing the greatest joke in the world, he clutched his stomach and burst into loud laughter without any restraint.
Li Yusong frowned deeply, full of confusion, and could not help but ask, "Young man, your first soul ring is clearly a hundred-year one."
"Logically, your physical condition is more than sufficient. So why did you absorb a white soul ring for your second one?"
Shaking his head repeatedly, Li Yusong let out a heavy sigh and said, "Originally, your bone age and soul power rank fully met our academy's standards."
"But your absurd soul ring configuration is simply too poor. It does not meet our academy's requirements at all."
Li Yusong coldly issued an order to leave. "So, I'm sorry. The registration fee is non-refundable. I cannot allow you to join Shrek Academy. You may leave."
Hearing this, Tang San's expression changed drastically, and a surge of unwillingness and humiliation rose in his heart.
He stepped forward and loudly questioned, "With my rank twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster at twelve years old, I still cannot enter your Shrek Academy?"
"Just because of a slight issue with my soul ring configuration, you're going to deny my talent and effort completely?!"
Facing Tang San's questioning, Li Yusong let out a cold snort, his eyes filled with arrogance.
"What? Are you not convinced? Do you even know what the word 'Shrek' means?"
Li Yusong said in a deep voice, "Shrek represents an absolute monster. Our academy only accepts true monster geniuses!"
"And you? You don't even have the most basic optimal soul ring configuration. With a ten-year soul ring, how can you be called a monster?"
Faced with such merciless public ridicule, even Tang San, who was usually calm, could not help but clench his fists.
He glanced around at the dilapidated village surroundings and sneered in rebuttal, "But from what I see, your Shrek Academy's environment is quite ordinary."
"Broken thatched huts everywhere. With conditions as poor as yours, where does this blind confidence come from, daring to boast about only accepting monsters?"
As he spoke, a cold killing intent flashed through Tang San's lowered eyes. He thought to himself, 'This old man dares to humiliate me like this. You already have a path to death!'
At this moment, Dai Mubai chuckled frivolously and stepped forward. "Kid, although our academy's hardware does look quite average—"
"Our teaching strength is absolutely top-tier. The weakest teacher in our academy is at least a rank sixty-plus Soul Emperor!"
Dai Mubai boasted proudly, "And our two head and vice-head deans are both over rank seventy, Soul Saint-level powerhouses!"
"Our Shrek Academy can be said to be the only academy on the entire continent where the number of teachers exceeds the number of students!"
"Here, there are no unnecessary distractions. Teaching is absolutely more focused and rigorous."
Dai Mubai launched into an over-the-top pitch, vividly listing all of Shrek Academy's so-called advantages.
And this mix of exaggeration and bluffing naturally fooled all the ordinary parents and children waiting in line, completely winning them over.
End of Chapter
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