Douluo Continent: Not enough bloodline? Make up for it with brains

Chapter 26 Shrek's Test

Even after leaving, Xu Yuan didn't forget Mu Ye and told him about his application to Shrek Academy.

When Mu Ye found out, he did not stop him. It was acceptable for the Body Sect to allow a disciple of the Body Sect to study at Shrek Academy at the same time. The Body Sect had similar cases in the past, but not many.

After Xu Yuan left Tianhai City, Mu Ye also left.

"I should go see my eldest disciple."

Riding in Xu Shengqun's mecha, the two soon saw the outline of Shrek City.

Shrek City.

I've been away from here for two years.

"Two years have passed, and I'm back." Xu Yuan sat in his mecha, looking at the faintly visible Shrek City through the screen, a sense of anticipation rising in his heart.

"Take these few days to adjust your mindset. I can't reveal the details of Shrek Academy's assessment, but it's also a good experience for you." Xu Shengqun stopped at his villa to let Xu Yuan start adjusting his mindset.

"Shrek's entrance exam is still quite difficult. You should rest and recuperate these next few days to get used to your evolved soul spirit state."

Xu Yuan nodded without refuting.

He was familiar with the Shrek Academy entrance exam process, although it was a bit hazy, he remembered the more important steps, so he wasn't too flustered.

Shrek Academy's assessments often test one's true nature, requiring Soul Masters to make choices from the heart. Therefore, many assessments incorporate illusion techniques. Even if one knows some assessment information in advance, it will be temporarily blocked by illusions, and many miscellaneous thoughts will be guided and ignored by the illusions, allowing the examinee to only make answers from the heart regarding the assessment content.

Even if you know some of the exam content in advance, it's still difficult to make more effective preparations beforehand.

All you can do is adjust your mindset and prepare for battle; that's all.

The day for Shrek to recruit students arrived quickly.

Xu Shengqun simply escorted Xu Yuan to the entrance of Shrek Academy.

Shrek Academy, or Shrek's inner city, is a city in itself, no smaller than a medium-sized city in the outside world, and its facilities are even more complete than those of a large city.

Strictly speaking, the entire inner city belongs to the real Shrek Academy, but the academy is still the academy, and the actual teaching area only occupies a small part of the inner city.

But this is already quite astonishing.

Xu Yuan set off from the inner city on his own and, following his uncle's directions, found the Spirit Ice Plaza.

At this moment, a large number of young men and women have gathered outside Lingbing Square.

Every three years, Shrek Academy holds an enrollment period. Although the number of places is limited, there are still a large number of outstanding Soul Masters. Each academy can recommend a few students to come to Shrek to participate in the so-called exam.

It's not uncommon for those who actually get into Shrek Academy to be Great Soul Masters with a minimum Soul Power of only level 23 or 24 every three years.

In this era, there was no shortage of Soul Masters who could cultivate to level 23 or 24 before the age of thirteen. In fact, it could be said that every intermediate Soul Master academy had the ability to cultivate students at this level.

However, the difference in levels is also extremely obvious.

What's truly rare are the spots for applying to the Inner Academy. This means applying directly to the Inner Academy and passing the exam. Once you've passed, you can enter Shrek Academy's Inner Academy as a specially recruited disciple and become an Inner Academy disciple after meeting the Inner Academy's requirements.

Of course, this ratio is extremely low. There are only about a hundred places available for the Inner Academy each year, and no more than a handful of students can be specially recruited into the Inner Academy.

Most of the special recruitment slots for the inner academy are used as a backup plan; even if you don't pass the special recruitment, you still have a lower chance of entering the outer academy for cultivation.

The exam was held in a circular building behind Lingbing Square. The building had about six floors and was very grand and imposing, giving people a sense of antiquity and elegance.

As Xu Yuan passed through Lingbing Square, he also saw the many statues standing in the square.

The most prominent statue is of the Golden Iron Triangle, the original Shrek Seven Devils, and the Shrek Seven Devils of the era of Lingbing Douluo Huo Yuhao.

Xu Yuan could sense that the statues of Tang San and other legendary figures also subtly revealed a special artistic conception. He didn't know if it was due to the carving technique, the artistic conception given by a Soul Master, or the result of the convergence of faith.

Beyond the group of statues, the young men and women applying for the exams began to crowd around.

Xu Yuan developed rapidly due to his cultivation, but he was still only seven years old. He stood out among the group of teenagers and attracted the attention of many people.

Upon arriving in front of the circular building, Xu Yuan waved.

"Teacher, I took the special admissions exam."

The person in charge of guiding them was a young man. He glanced at Xu Yuan and said, "Come with me."

There were so many applicants that they were assessed in batches in the building, but the special recruitment exam could start directly with the other applicants in the same batch.

The young man led Xu Yuan into the building, explaining, "You're quite young, you can't be only seven or eight years old, right? Although age is an advantage and will give you extra points in some assessments, it still means you'll need to perform at the same level as the regular assessments to pass, since the special recruitment assessment for the inner academy is inherently more difficult."

Xu Yuan nodded silently, without making any boastful remarks.

The young man looked at Xu Yuan in surprise, not expecting such a young child to have such good composure.

He led Xu Yuan through two corridors to a circular hall with murals on the dome.

There were fifty teenagers in the hall, and they all looked up, their eyes filled with fear.

Xu Yuan followed their gaze and looked at the mural on the wall.

It was a huge black dragon with golden eyes and enormous wings spread out, its whole body shrouded in a dark purple halo.

Although it is just a mural, it is vivid and lifelike. Most importantly, there is a real sense of oppression emanating from the mural. Anyone who looks at it will be subjected to double pressure from both body and mind.

Dragon's Might!

This was the first time Xu Yuan had directly experienced the might of the dragon.

Any description in any source material is pale and powerless; only by truly experiencing it can one know what a terrifying sense of oppression it is.

The reason why dragon-type martial souls are so powerful, and why the pressure of a true dragon martial soul on lower-level dragon-type martial souls is so unsolvable, and even has a deterrent effect on non-dragon-type martial souls, is because of the dragon's might!

"This is oppression of will!"

It originates from the spirit, yet it is not purely a form of spiritual oppression.

Facing the dragon's might head-on, Xu Yuan, whose ambitions were sky-high, was the most intimidated. His face turned slightly pale, and his body swayed slightly before he managed to steady himself.

Although he was greatly affected, and Xu Yuan felt that his resistance was extremely low, he was not discouraged. Instead, he breathed a sigh of relief.

There was no sense of oppression from those in power, only pure pressure based on strength.

(End of this chapter)