In Douluo Continent, the Pope used me as a substitute for my first love.

Chapter 358 Entrance Exam

"Brother Li Ming, I'm going to join the queue."

"Okay, sure."

At this moment, Zhu Zhuqing greeted Wang Zhao first, and then walked towards the end of the line that was standing at the entrance of the village.

Wang Zhao watched Zhu Zhuqing's retreating figure, then turned around to look at Ning Rongrong's side, only to see that she had also walked towards the end of the queue, though her gaze was subtly glancing in his direction.

This little girl...

Wang Zhao's lips curled slightly, he shook his head, and his figure suddenly disappeared.

Not far away, Ning Qingyun's pupils shrank, clearly shocked. Then she turned her gaze back to the end of the queue, where Zhu Zhuqing was already standing. Without hesitation, she walked over.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Qingyun stood one in front of the other, both remaining silent.

At this moment, Dai Mubai, sitting next to Li Yusong behind the table, seemed to sense something, suddenly stood up and looked out, then a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes.

As if he had suddenly thought of something, his face darkened again. He turned and looked around, then a strange light appeared in his eyes.

Just then, Xiao Wu and the other two arrived at Li Yusong's table. After checking that Xiao Wu's bone age was fine, Li Yusong directly gestured for Xiao Wu to place her hand on the crystal ball on the table to test her soul power cultivation.

Because Shillake Academy has been unable to deceive people in recent years... no, I mean, it has declined. Every year, it only attracts a few arrogant students who are newly attracted by the promise of "becoming an Imperial Viscount upon graduation." So Shillake Academy simply combined the preliminary test and the second round of soul power test into one.

As soon as Xiao Wu placed her hand on the crystal ball, it began to shine brightly. As if suddenly wanting to display her power, she simultaneously summoned her martial spirit phantom behind her, and two yellow spirit rings rose from beneath her feet.

"Huh!"

Li Yusong's eyes lit up, and then he suddenly stood up.

"Level 29, two century-old yellow spirit rings... Little girl, what kind of spirit do you have?"

"My martial spirit is called the Soft-Boned Rabbit!"

Xiao Wu crossed her arms and proudly raised her rabbit ears.

"The Soft-Boned Rabbit..."

Upon hearing this, Li Yusong's expression became somewhat strange for some reason, but after thinking that "Xiao Wu is a Soul Master and not a real Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Beast," he quickly put on a kind and benevolent look.

"Good, young lady, you've passed the preliminary test. Please stand to the side for now."

Xiao Wu immediately walked away.

Next to step forward was Huo Yuhao. He soon placed his hand on the crystal ball, thought about Xiao Wu's actions, and then followed suit by activating his martial soul. As the crystal ball shone brightly, Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up, and two soul rings, one white and one yellow, rose from beneath his feet.

"Also a level 29 Great Soul Master?!"

Li Yusong's expression turned to shock again, but the next moment he looked puzzled.

"But why are your spirit rings white and yellow? Hiss..."

Li Yusong paused for a moment, then, remembering that Shileike Academy didn't require students' first spirit ring to be at least a hundred years old, he waved for Huo Yuhao to stand aside and suddenly asked:

"Wait, what's your martial soul again?"

Huo Yuhao pointed to his bright eyes with two fingers.

"Spirit Eye!"

"Eyes? That's rare..."

Hearing Li Yusong's murmurs, Huo Yuhao smiled without saying a word.

In fact, he had already reached level 30 not long ago, which was a level higher than Tang San. However, he chose to keep a low profile for the time being and had not yet purchased the inner core to condense his third soul ring.

It is worth mentioning that his mental strength and soul power cultivation are progressing in tandem. Just now, he controlled the output of soul power to the crystal ball by his exquisite use of mental strength, which is why he appeared to be only level 29.

What Huo Yuhao didn't notice was that just as he stood next to Xiao Wu, his familiar yet unfamiliar "good ancestor" Dai Mubai looked him up and down several times, his expression changing slightly before quickly returning to normal.

At this moment, Li Yusong, in high spirits, had already finished testing the bone age of Tang San, the last member of the trio. Tang San placed his palm on the crystal ball, and it quickly shone brightly again.

"The third level 29?!"

Seeing this, Li Yusong's eyes widened even more. He glanced at Xiao Wu and Huo Yuhao beside him, then looked at Tang San, only then noticing that Tang San hadn't released his martial soul like Xiao Wu and Huo Yuhao had before. He then asked in a slightly gentle tone:

"Young man, what is your martial spirit?"

"Blue Silver Grass".

"Oh, Blue Silver Grass, not bad... Wait, you said Blue Silver Grass?!"

Li Yusong was nodding with a happy expression when he suddenly paused.

"Um."

Seeing the astonished look in Li Yusong's eyes, Tang San sighed inwardly. Originally ashamed to release his Blue Silver Grass martial soul, he figured he couldn't hide it anyway, so he raised his right hand anyway.

The next moment, Blue Silver Grass, emitting a foul odor, slowly emerged from Tang San's right palm, followed by two spirit rings, one white and one yellow.

"...You can stand to the side for now."

Li Yusong didn't know how to evaluate Tang San, so he could only wave his hand at Tang San as per the rules.

After Tang San left, several more Soul Master youths who didn't meet Li Yusong's standards came forward, and he ruthlessly dismissed them all.

"Tch, snob. You weren't like this with those three just now..."

As the young Soul Master being led away by his father muttered to himself, Li Yusong's face darkened, but he managed to suppress his rage.

If it were a few years ago, he would have summoned his Dragon Pattern Staff Martial Soul on the spot, displaying his Soul Emperor power and teaching these arrogant brats a lesson.

However, ever since he was lectured by Qian Renxue, he has become much more restrained, for fear of encountering someone again who would challenge him to stand up for what is right.

Soon after, it was finally Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong's turn. When Li Yusong saw the two girls with extraordinary temperaments, his eyes lit up. He felt that today was a lucky day for him and Shrek Academy. It seemed that two more little monsters had arrived.

Zhu Zhuqing quickly displayed her soul power level through the crystal ball: level 28 (she was one level higher than in the original story thanks to Wang Zhao's occasional guidance these days). Then, without waiting for Li Yusong to inquire about her martial soul, she stood directly to the side.

Li Yusong opened his mouth, but the question he wanted to ask remained unspoken. He thought that it wasn't impossible to give a genius a little freedom, so he temporarily focused his attention on Ning Rongrong, who had already placed her hand on the crystal ball.

Swish!

Before long, an incomparably dazzling light of soul power surged up, followed by a sound as if something had shattered.

(End of this chapter)