Douluo: The Fallen Garuda, Feathers Crossing the Mortal Realm

The surrounding gossip and malicious mockery came rushing in.

Seeing this, Li Hu frowned slightly, raised his hand to suppress the surrounding noise, and looked at Fu Yu to explain.

"What you said is indeed correct. The Soul Master Academy does teach the creation of Soul Tools, but this is the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, the number one Soul Master Academy in the Empire."

"Of course, we need to screen the students who apply, otherwise no matter how big the academy is, it won't be able to accommodate all the students from the entire empire."

"Alright, come with me and take a look." Li Hu said, gesturing for Fu Yu to follow him as they walked towards the house next to the registration area.

Fu Yu nodded in agreement, and the two walked to the side together, followed by a large group of adults and children who were watching the excitement.

At this moment, Fu Yu also saw the scene inside through the glass window.

In a spacious room of over 100 square meters, six worktables are arranged evenly, each with many identical metal carving tools and engraving knives. They are spaced far apart from each other so as not to interfere with each other.

Behind each workbench sat a child of six or seven years old, looking tense and serious, with fine beads of sweat on their foreheads, carving on a square piece of metal with a carving knife provided by the academy.

The sharp blade of the engraving knife carved lines on the smooth, hard metal surface, producing a continuous, extremely subtle sizzling sound, gradually outlining a basic soul-guiding magic array.

At the very front of the six workstations, a senior student was scanning the area, supervising the exam.

Fu Yu seemed to understand something as he watched this scene.

This is roughly similar to an entrance exam for college admissions; only qualified individuals can actually enter the college to study.

While Fu Yu was pondering, his teacher Li Hu spoke up, "Now you see, this is the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy's assessment for students who come to apply."

As Li Hu spoke, he pointed with his finger at the trainees who were taking the exam inside.

"Just like Shrek Academy has various selection methods such as recommendation letters from the main city and soul power level, we also have the same mechanism. However, we don't pay much attention to soul power, but we do pay attention to the talent of soul masters. This is true even for the actual control soul guidance department."

However, at this moment, Fu Yu stared intently at the examinee closest to him and asked with some confusion.

"Isn't that unfair? After all, some people are older and some are younger, and some people have already been exposed to the basics of soul guidance before."

"You're absolutely right," Li Hu said with a smile. "There will indeed be such a difference, which is why the assessment questions we chose are the most basic of the basics."

"Generally speaking, you can learn it in about ten days if you study hard, but our real test is through other aspects revealed by the inscription on the magic array."

"Within a limited time, the speed, completeness and accuracy of the inscription of the magic array can reflect a person's steady eyes, steady hands and steady mind. These three qualities are essential talents for every soul master, but they cannot be learned in a short time, let alone for a six-year-old child."

At this moment, Li Hu patted Fu Yu on the shoulder and said somewhat helplessly, "It's not that I don't want you to study at the academy, it's just that it's the academy's rule."

"And this is only the basic level assessment. If you use your recommendation token to register for the intermediate or advanced levels, it will be even more impossible."

"Moreover, only by advancing to the advanced level can one be considered to have truly entered the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. As for the primary and intermediate levels, they are merely considered to be directly trained."

Li Hu looked at Fu Yu with regret in his eyes. He really wanted to take this child in and prove to the soul masters of the three kingdoms of the original continent that soul tools were no worse than soul masters.

Unfortunately, rules are rules, and he was just an ordinary teacher. If he wanted to get someone into the academy, the dean would have to speak up.

Fu Yu ignored Li Hu's words, his eyes fixed on the movements of the people inside the room.

Li Hu didn't urge him on purpose; it was just a basic inscription process for a magic array.

However, the surrounding whispers began to rise again.

About three minutes later, after the magic array inscription inside the room was completed, Fu Yu spoke to Li Hu.

"Teacher Li Hu, once this magic array is successfully inscribed, can I apply to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy?"

Seeing Fu Yu's serious gaze, Li Hu paused for a moment: "It can't be said that way, but for the junior division, array inscription is indeed the highest-scoring item, while the others are just minor details."

Looking at the many students gradually getting up in the room, Fu Yu pointed to the empty worktable and said.

"I'm going to take the magic array inscription test!"

As soon as Fu Yu finished speaking, not only was Li Hu stunned, but even the surrounding crowd who were still discussing stopped talking.

But the moment of suppression was met with even more intense ridicule.

"Overestimating yourself!"

"Who does he think he is? Confucius?"

"Did you think you could inscribe a magic circle just by looking out the window? If it were that easy, I would have passed the Soul Master's exam long ago!"

Numerous negative comments abounded, while positive support was almost nonexistent; no one had a high opinion of Fu Yu.

Li Hu looked at Fu Yu with a complicated expression, hesitating as if he wanted to say something to persuade her, but in the end he said instead: "Okay, you and I will go in together in a while."

As people came out of the room one by one, Li Hu led Fu Yu inside and gestured to the proctoring students.

At a worktable, the test materials on the table had been replaced with brand new ones by the proctors. Li Hu said, "Don't be too nervous. I'll be proctoring for you from now on. Just treat it as a unique experience."

Fu Yu looked at the neatly arranged carving knives and metal materials on the table, then turned to thank Li Hu.

"Thank you, Professor Li Hu, for giving me this opportunity."

Upon hearing this, Li Hu chuckled and patted Fu Yu on the shoulder: "No, you were entitled to this opportunity. All applicants have the opportunity to be assessed. Even if you don't know anything, I'm just following the rules. But if you don't pass, there's nothing I can do."

At this moment, the sight of a large crowd surrounding the assessment point also caught the attention of a group of teenagers.

The boy had silver-white hair and heterochromatic eyes; he was rather handsome.

The girl had unusually long, wine-red hair, the color of which resembled fine wine, shimmering softly in the sunlight. She had a pair of large, clear, bright, aquamarine eyes, like the deep blue ocean. Her features were delicate and exquisite, perfectly showcasing the sweetness of youth.

At that moment, the girl nudged the silver-haired boy next to her, who had his hands behind his head, and said, "Hey, why are there so many people gathered over there? Want to go check it out?"

The boy called Laugh suddenly clutched his stomach, gritting his teeth: "Dream, fine, go ahead, but why did you elbow me!"