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.
Sitting behind the dilapidated wooden table was Li Yusong, the teacher in charge of Shrek Academy.
Tang San walked forward obediently and placed the ten gold coins registration fee into the wooden box nearby.
After Li Yusong received Tang San's ten gold coins registration fee, he didn't even look up. He reached out with a calloused hand, squeezed Tang San's right arm, and tested his bone age.
"Hmm, bone age is exactly twelve years old, no problem," Li Yusong said indifferently. "Place your hand on the crystal ball to test your specific spirit power Rank."
Tang San nodded, pressed his palm against the transparent testing crystal ball on the table, and slowly injected the Internal Energy of the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
In an instant, the crystal ball erupted with a dazzling and eye-catching light, which almost completely filled the entire crystal ball, appearing exceptionally piercing.
Li Yusong suddenly looked up, his eyes filled with surprise. Then the crystal ball accurately determined that the spirit power of the young man before him was actually Rank twenty-nine!
Twelve years old, with spirit power reaching Rank twenty-nine Spirit Grandmaster—he definitely qualified as a true Little freak!
According to the rules of Shrek Academy, spirit power as high as Rank twenty-five or above was enough for Tang San to skip the second and third tests and go straight to the final stage.
Subsequently, the indifference on Li Yusong's face instantly vanished, replaced by a warm smile as he asked curiously, "Very impressive spirit power, young man. What is your Spirit?"
Tang San's expression stiffened slightly upon hearing this. He took a deep breath and said calmly, "Teacher, my Spirit is Blue Silver Grass."
"What? Blue Silver Grass?!"
Hearing this answer, Li Yusong was immediately filled with astonishment, even wondering if his ears had misheard.
"Blue Silver Grass, a Spirit publicly recognized as a trash Spirit, can actually be Cultivated to this extent at your age of twelve? This is truly rare!"
Li Yusong said, "Quickly release it for me to see."
Hearing the teacher's request, a deep sense of embarrassment rose in Tang San's heart.
Every time he displayed his Spirit, his ridiculous second spirit ring would become the focus of everyone's attention. However, this was a mandatory rule for academy registration, so he could only bite the bullet and proceed.
Tang San endured the embarrassment, raised his right hand, and slowly released his Blue Silver Grass Spirit. Clusters of tough grass blades with a faint blue glow surged from his palm.
Immediately after, a bright yellow hundred-year spirit ring slowly rose from beneath his feet.
When Li Yusong saw that this first spirit ring was a standard yellow hundred-year grade, he nodded with great satisfaction.
However, in the very next second!
When Tang San's second spirit ring rose following the yellow spirit ring, Li Yusong, who had been full of praise, suddenly stared with eyes as wide as copper bells!
It was actually a white ten-year spirit ring emitting a pale light!
Under the sunlight, this white ring appeared so glaring and out of place!
Looking at that bizarre combination of yellow and white spirit rings, Li Yusong's view of the World seemed to receive a massive shock.
This unbelievable scene left him completely stunned where he stood, his mouth half-open, unable to say a word.
On the side, Dai Mubai was momentarily stunned when he saw the white ten-year spirit ring rising from beneath Tang San's feet.
Then, as if he had seen the greatest joke in the World, he clutched his stomach with both hands and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Li Yusong, the elder in charge of registration, also furrowed his brows deeply. Filled with confusion, he couldn't help but ask, "Young man, your first spirit ring is clearly a hundred-year one."
"Logically, your physical fitness is completely sufficient, so why on earth did you go and absorb a white spirit ring for your second spirit ring?"
Li Yusong shook his head repeatedly, then let out a heavy sigh and said, "Originally, your bone age and spirit power Rank met our academy's standards perfectly."
"However, this ridiculous spirit ring configuration of yours is simply too poor. it doesn't meet our academy's rules at all."
Li Yusong coldly issued an order for him to leave: "So I'm sorry, the registration fee is non-refundable. This old man cannot let you join Shrek Academy. You may leave."
Hearing these words, Tang San's expression changed instantly, a thick sense of unwillingness and humiliation welling up in his heart.
He couldn't help but take a step forward and questioned loudly, "With my level as a twelve-year-old Rank twenty-nine Spirit Grandmaster, I still can't enter your Shrek Academy?"
"Is it just because of a small accidental problem with my spirit ring configuration that you're going to completely negate my Genius and effort?!"
Facing Tang San's questioning, Li Yusong snorted mercilessly, his eyes full of arrogance.
"What? You're still not convinced? Do you know what the name Shrek means?"
Li Yusong said in a deep voice, "Shrek represents an absolute monster. Our academy only recruits true monster Geniuses!"
"And you? Even your most basic spirit ring configuration isn't the optimal one. With a ten-year spirit ring, how can you call yourself a monster?"
Facing such merciless public mockery, even Tang San, whose Heart-Nature was usually steady, couldn't help but clench his fists.
He looked around at the dilapidated village surroundings and sneered back, "But I see that your Shrek Academy's environment is also just so-so."
"There are dilapidated thatched cottages everywhere. With these shabby conditions, where do you get that blind confidence to shamelessly say you only recruit monsters?"
While speaking, a cold killing intent flashed in Tang San's lowered eyes. He thought to himself, "This old man has humiliated me so; you already have a way to seek death!"
Seeing this, Dai Mubai smiled flippantly, stepped forward, and said, "Kid, although our academy's hardware configuration looks very ordinary..."
"But our academy's teaching faculty is definitely top-tier. The teachers in our academy have a minimum cultivation of Rank sixty or above, all Spirit Emperor experts!"
Dai Mubai boasted with pride, "And our Dean and Vice-Dean are even Rank seventy-plus Spirit Saint level experts!"
"Our Shrek Academy is arguably the only academy in the entire continent where the number of teachers exceeds the number of students!"
"Here, there are no extra trivial matters; the teaching will definitely be more focused and rigorous."
Dai Mubai went on a spree of extravagant praise, describing all the so-called advantages of Shrek Academy in vivid detail.
And these words, a mix of bluffing and deception, naturally completely hoodwinked the ordinary parents and children lining up for registration.
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