The color system of Shrek Academy's school uniforms corresponds to the age of the spirit rings.
Freshmen wear white, second and third years wear yellow, fourth and fifth years wear purple, sixth years wear black, and the legendary Inner Court Disciples wear red uniforms, symbolizing a hundred thousand year spirit ring.
The arrival of Caelus and his two companions quickly drew a great deal of attention from the surrounding crowd.
Caelus's striking short silver-white hair, his exceptionally handsome face carrying a steady temperament unbefitting his age, and those deep, fragmented golden eyes made him stand out like a crane among chickens even in a sea of people, naturally becoming the focal point of everyone's vision.
The identical twin sisters following beside him, Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, with their sweet appearances, added even more to their eye-catching presence.
The yellow-clad students responsible for registration also noticed them, looks of surprise flashing through their eyes.
With their discernment, they could naturally see that these three possessed extraordinary temperaments, especially the silver-haired boy leading them; his composure and calmness were far beyond what the nervous peers around him could compare to.
"Let's go, time to register."
Ignoring the gazes directed at him, Caelus spoke softly to the twin sisters beside him and took the lead toward the row of registration points.
Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo followed obediently, the three of them forming a unique scenery as they moved through the crowd to the end of the line.
The entrance examination process was fast, and the line in front of Caelus's group was moving forward steadily.
Just then, another simple-looking carriage stopped outside the East City Gate.
The carriage door opened, and the blonde girl he had encountered once at the relay station—Ye Guyi—jumped down nimbly.
She was as bright and moving as ever. Her azure eyes scanned the vast crowd curiously before her gaze locked on, and she walked straight to the position behind Caelus to join the queue.
Caelus naturally noticed her as well, a hint of hard-to-detect surprise flashing in his eyes.
He subconsciously glanced at the carriage but did not see that heart-palpitating black-robed figure step out.
However, as the factual source of the "myriad karma true blood," even if the ability mainly resided with Castorice, he could vaguely sense that the terrifying aura of the Nirvana Corpse was still dormant within the carriage, not far away.
Soon, the carriage turned around and drove away silently, seemingly possessing absolute confidence in Ye Guyi passing the assessment.
'It seems I really was mistaken back then.'
Caelus laughed inwardly at himself.
'This blonde girl isn't some emergency food; instead, she seems to be the one protected by that Nirvana Corpse.'
Ye Guyi was clearly not an introverted person. Noticing Caelus's gaze on her, she immediately flashed a brilliant smile and took the initiative to greet him:
"Hello! I'm Ye Guyi. What a coincidence, I didn't expect you all were also here to register for Shrek Academy."
Hearing the three words 'Ye Guyi', Caelus's thoughts came to a sudden halt for a moment, a sense of absurdity welling up inside him.
But he was, after all, a person of extremely resilient will. Showing no abnormality on the surface, he quickly adjusted his state and returned a gentle smile:
"Hello, Ye Guyi. I'm Caelus, and these two are Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo. It is indeed a coincidence. I hope we can all successfully enroll."
However, his heart was far from being as calm as his appearance suggested.
Ye Guyi... if his memory served him right, in the original story, Ye Guyi shouldn't have appeared until six years later, during the period when Huo Yuhao participated in the Radiant City Soul Master Competition. At that time, she represented the Ordinary Alliance in the Underground Spirit Tool Competition, already a Spirit Emperor powerhouse under the age of twenty.
But now... she actually appeared here, applying for Shrek as a freshman?
This sudden variable was indeed beyond his expectations.
But Caelus's mind worked extremely fast, immediately connecting the clues to that powerful Nirvana Corpse.
'That's it. It must be because of the existence of that Nirvana Corpse that Ye Guyi's original life trajectory has been altered.'
And tracing it back to the source, the "cause" of all this was exactly the "myriad karma true blood" possessed by himself and Castorice.
'The variables I brought have already begun to snowball, affecting the fates of more and more people.'
Caelus clearly realized that this was just the beginning of a butterfly effect sweeping across the continent.
Ye Guyi's early appearance was merely the start.
Regarding this, although he was somewhat surprised, he had long been psychologically prepared and quickly accepted this fact calmly.
Just as Caelus and Ye Guyi were having their brief conversation, a slight commotion occurred in the crowd.
A refined-looking young man wearing Shrek's purple school uniform and a pretty girl in purple were seen leading a somewhat thin-looking boy with black hair and black eyes. They bypassed the long queue of freshmen and walked directly to the senior students in charge of registration.
Upon seeing the refined young man, those senior students in yellow uniforms immediately showed respectful expressions and took the initiative to greet him.
"It's Senior Brother Bei Bei."
"And Senior Sister Tang Ya."
Someone among the dozen or so Outer Court Disciples whispered.
Bei Bei was quite famous in the Outer Court, hailed as the "Outer Court's Number One Attacker." Possessing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, which was once the world's number one Beast Spirit, he had already cultivated to the level of an Advanced Soul Elder at the age of thirteen. He was only one step away from becoming a Spirit Ancestor and had long been earmarked as an Inner Court Disciple.
Such a Genius naturally commanded attention and respect.
Bei Bei exchanged a few words with the students in charge of registration and pointed to the thin black-haired boy beside him.
The senior students immediately nodded, showing no intention of stopping them.
Soon, Bei Bei and Tang Ya led the black-haired boy directly through the East City Gate and into the academy's interior under the gaze of countless curious, envious, and even somewhat confused eyes.
"How can they just go straight in?"
"That black-haired kid looks about the same age as us, right?"
Whispers broke out among the queuing freshmen, but no one actually stepped forward to question it.
Most people who could come here had some level of worldliness; they knew the purple uniform represented fourth and fifth-year seniors whose strength far exceeded their own.
Furthermore, making trouble at the gates of Shrek Academy was not a wise move.
Caelus's gaze calmly fell upon the black-haired boy being led inside by Bei Bei and Tang Ya.
'Huo Yuhao...'
He silently repeated the name in his heart.
This was the child of destiny of this era.
However, he only took a few more glances before withdrawing his gaze.
At this time, even though Huo Yuhao had already fused with the Heavenly Dream Ice Worm, his Soul Power level was only a mere Rank 11. In Caelus's eyes, he was indeed incredibly weak.
If not for the Tang Sect recommendation slot provided by Tang Ya, with Huo Yuhao's apparent Aptitude, he wouldn't even have the qualifications to stand in this line.
'The road is still long.'
Caelus stopped paying attention and focused back on the registration point ahead.