The distance to Soto City was great, they had to cross many small towns to get there
After half a month, four people entered the western gate of Soto City, two boys and two girls
They were wearing civilian clothes, except that one of them was wearing something similar to official clothes, with a hair tie in a ponytail, black clothes with six gold buttons, and a childish face, with a black robe. He looked as if he was the son of a nobleman.
While others wore clothes made of handmade silk, which were very expensive
One of the girls raised her hand, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and spoke:
"We finally arrived in Soto City, I don't know what the Grandmaster was thinking, there were so many schools that were willing to accept us, we wouldn't have had to come here."
The other girl spoke as she walked beside her:
"I'm sure this school is different, otherwise the Grandmaster wouldn't have suggested it."
The boy smiled slightly as he looked at the sweating girl:
"The teacher asked me to join her, no one forced you to follow me."
These people were Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhang yong, and Yuan Ling
"I think we should find a hotel first, so to cover more ground we should split up."
Zhang yong spoke as he looked at the others as they agreed with him
"Okay, you and Yuan Ling go and Tang San and I will go."
Xiao Wu spoke as she pointed in the direction she was going from
While Zhang yong and Yuan Ling headed in the opposite direction
"Then let's meet in half an hour."
Tang San spoke as he walked with Xiao Wu
The two walked down the street and asked several hotels, but all of them answered that there was no room left vacant
So they stopped searching for a while and entered a ramen restaurant
The two sat on one of the chairs and ordered two plates
"All the hotels are crowded"
Yuan Ling sighed as she looked around the restaurant
"I don't really know, there's not much left for half an hour anyway, maybe Tang San and Xiao Wu found a hotel."
Zhang yong spoke as he looked at the waiter as he placed the dishes
Suddenly a girl with long black hair and black clothes entered, she looked the same age as Zhang yong and yuan ling
"Give me a bowl of ramen."
The girl spoke in an ice cold voice
"Okay, please wait a moment."
The waiter spoke with a slightly trembling voice
Everyone in the restaurant was looking at her, however Zhang yong didn't care and started eating his noodles
"This is really delicious"
Zhang yong smiled as he ate his noodles, not caring about what was happening around him
"You really like attention."
Yuan Ling spoke as she ate from her plate
"Well, it's not my fault everyone is silent."
Everyone ignored Zhang yong and focused on the girl who entered
As the two finished their food, Zhang yong placed twenty copper coins on the table and left the place with Yuan Ling
"Hell Civet huh?."
With these words, Zhang yong left the booth, leaving the girl in a state of stagnation
Zhang yong had recognized her from her appearance and the way she spoke. She was Zhou Ziqing, one of the Seven Future Shrek Beasts.
Zhang yong returned to the place where they parted and found Xiao Wu and Tang San standing waiting for them
"So did you find a place?"
Zhang yong spoke as he headed towards the two
"Yes, at the Rose Hotel."
Tang San spoke with a smile on his face
(The host is requested to go to an isolated place)
"Go ahead of me guys, I will catch up with you soon."
"wait"
Zhang yong left quickly before they could say a word. He left the city and into a nearby forest. Then Zhang yong took the egg out of inventory, placed it on the ground, and it was shaking unusually. Then suddenly it exploded with a slightly dark aura around it. Then the outer shell split and a small bird with black feathers appeared. It barely covers it
"Fortunately, I am out of the city, the aura of the Hundred Year Spirit Beast cannot be hidden."
Although the bird was just born, it was born with the strength of a hundred-year-old Spirit Beast, which was a little unnatural. This was the result of Naoto's experiments with injecting the life energy of his soul into the egg for some time every month.
For four years, Zhang yong injected the bird with some of his life energy so that it could eat. Then Naoto took out a piece of salted meat and gave it to the bird.
"It's probably okay to eat meat even though he was just born."
It was an interesting sight to see the bird eating meat as it struggled with its small beak to chop up some
"Let's see, how about I name you Kuro?"
The name Kuro symbolizes the color of its black feathers
After he finished eating, Zhang yong carried him in his arms
(The host wants to buy a pet purse for 4,000 points)
"Okay"
A small knee-length and leg-width capsule appeared in Zhang yong's hands. He picked up the bird and placed it inside it
(The speed of growth of the monsters inside the purse will increase, in addition to their strength increasing, and the host will not have to worry about food. He will reach the age of a thousand years in a short time, but then the purse will not be able to contain him)
"It's like that then"
Zhang yong put the clipboard in the storage room and began to meditate a little so that he could regain some of the energy he had given to the bird. An hour later, Zhang yong returned to the hotel and asked the receptionist about his companions, and entered the room that Tang San had taken.
The room was dimly lit and a red carpet covered the floor with two beds along each wall
Tang San was sitting on the bed meditating, so he didn't want to disturb him. He sat on the bed and entered his soul sea.
"Is he still not awake?"
Zhang yong asked as he walked towards the Ice Empress
"not yet"
The Empress replied with cold eyes
"This is really strange, he looks like me but more like another spirit inhabiting my body."
"I don't know anything about this"
The Ice Empress replied as she looked at Zhang yong
"As it seems that the aura around you has become stronger, you should be able to merge with the Soul Bone soon."
"This is good"
Contrary to his smiling appearance, he was filled with guilt, if it were not for his selfish desire, Yami would not have been injured and fallen into a coma.
Zhang yong came back to reality two days later on the day of the Shrek Academy exam
He got up from his bed and Tang San was already getting ready. The two of them left the room, met Yuan Ling and Xiao Wu, and set off for Shrek Academy.
After eating breakfast, the four headed to the southern gate of Soto City
A wide expanse of agricultural land bordered the eye. The area was spacious, but no building appeared to be an academy, which made it difficult to find.
Zhang Yong was looking at the fields, remembering his time in the fields when he was younger, and his eyes concealed a kind of longing for his simpler days.
The road was a little long, after a while Xiao Wu said that her legs were weak so she asked Tang San to carry her on his back.
They spent nearly an hour searching for it, until they found a small village surrounded by a large wooden wall. A long line of people stood at the entrance. There was a desk behind which an old man of about sixty sat. The queue was made up of children of the same age who came with their parents.
"This place is so shabby, it's impossible for an academy to exist here."
Xiao Wu spoke with a shocked and surprised face
"This might be some kind of test."
Zhang Yong spoke as he looked thoughtfully towards the academy
The idea that this might be a test was spread throughout the class, some thought so and others were disappointed in it and somewhat despised it.
This place was very poor, it was like that in the novel, but later her situation improved, so Zhang Yong had nothing to say about her outward appearance.
The four stood in line, and the people could be heard talking.
Suddenly a commotion erupted from the front
"To come to Shrek Academy to register without knowing the rules, you are wasting the registration fee in vain, and nothing more. Do you know what Shrek means? Shrek is a kind of monster. Even among spiritual beasts, it is still a strange existence. This means that our academy is for monsters only. We do not accept it." Ordinary people, if a person is over thirteen years old or his spiritual strength has not reached the twentieth rank, there is no need to waste time."
The old man stood in front of the long line, his words were loud, he released a loud momentum, then a red light exploded from him and six soul rings appeared, one white, one yellow, three purple, and one black.
It was the number of Soul Emperor rings, it was difficult to reject his words
With this speech, everyone was silent, unable to respond. Who would respond to a Soul Emperor? The strength of this rank is equivalent to a thousand elite warriors.
Then many parents left with faces full of great disappointment
Out of a hundred applicants, only ten applicants remained
Apparently, the old man did not care about the number and returned to his seat and called:
"the next"
The line continued to advance until it was Zhang Yong's group's turn
After they approached Tang San from afar, a boy with long blond hair, a broad body, and purple eyes approached Tang San, and Tang San likewise approached him.
Zhang Yong then took out forty gold coins from the storeroom and placed them in the special box on the table
"Will you four come forward?"
The old man asked as he looked at the four standing in front of him
"Okay"
Tang San spoke as he turned his head to the side towards the blond boy
Then Tang San and Xiao Wu extended their hands. There was no problem with Xiao Wu, but when the old man tried to examine Tang San, the bones were soft, which prevented him from knowing the age, so he touched his foot bones to find out, then ordered them to release their fighting spirit.
Rabbit ears appeared and fluffy white fur grew on the backs of Xiao Wu's hands, enhancing her agility, and in Tang San's hand silvery blue grass grew, and hundred-year spirit rings surged simultaneously.
The old man glanced at Xiao Wu fleetingly, his gaze falling on Tang San's body.
"Is this silver blue grass, how can it be cultivated so quickly?"
Tang San smiled and said faintly:
"Don't you only accept monsters? Aren't you a monster?"
"naturally"
The old man smiled and waved to the blond boy who was standing to the side
"Mobai, bring them in."
"Yes"
Tang San and Xiao Wu walked towards Mobai, where another girl was standing on their side, and they stood, waiting for the rest to pass.
Zhang Yong and Yuan Ling stood in front of the old man and put their hands in front of him. The old man grabbed their wrists. It was easy to confirm Yuan Ling's age, but after the old man touched Naoto's wrist, it was a little difficult.
"How can your bones be so hard?"
The old man frowned as he grabbed Zhang Yong's wrist
It was a result of the dose he took
"Is there a problem?"
Zhang Yong spoke as he looked at the old man
"Your bones are twelve years old, but I'm not entirely sure because of their thickness."
The old man sighed as he let go of his wrist and then ordered him and Yuan Ling to bring out their martial spirit
A white light emanated from Yuan Ling's body, her arms were covered in white scales that shone like jade, and her feet merged into a thick snake tail. Then, Zhang Yong opened his hand and a white light with a blue touch appeared, from which a small tree emerged.
"I can recognize the White Python, but what kind of spirit is this?"
The old man was a bit surprised by Zhang Yong's spirit, it was a spirit he had never seen before let alone known it work
"I call her Little Tree, she's a wizard-type martial spirit."
Everyone was looking at Zhang Yong, a Healing Soul Master was in high demand in their current times, in a world where you could meet death a Healing Soul Master could save you, so they were in high demand.
"Not bad, you two can show off your spiritual rings."
Zhang Yong didn't want to attract attention so he only showed the two Hundred Year Rings. Suddenly everyone's eyes turned to a certain person. They were all looking at Yuan Ling. Right behind Yuan Ling were two rings, one yellow and the other purple.
"H-Thousand Year Soul Ring!"
The old man's eyes widened until they were close to popping out of their sockets. Not only him, but everyone standing there opened their mouths until they almost fell. Even Tang San and Xiao Wu were surprised. You can be considered a genius if you have two hundred-year rings, but there is a thousand-year ring and so on. It seems to be less than two thousand years old
Under normal circumstances, a second soul ring older than seven hundred years cannot be absorbed. Of course, it was different for Zhang Yong, but for Yuan Ling, she didn't even exist in the story so how could she bypass the laws? Her body was supposed to explode by now, but she did. the rules
"Did we succeed?"
Yuan Ling asked as she looked at the elder with a gentle and calm smile on her face
"Yes, you two are truly monsters!"
Then the old man turned to Mobai
And he's smiling
"Die Mubai, accompany them to the next stage, our academy has obtained good talents."
"Good"
Dai Mubai replied as he greeted the sheikh to leave
Led by Mopay, all those who passed the assessment followed suit
The area was small so it didn't take them much time
Zhang Yong took the opportunity to ask Yuan Ling
"You hid your talent well, why didn't you tell me?" Zhang Yong said as he approached Yuan Ling
"You didn't ask, if you did, I would have told you." Yuan Ling replied with a shy smile
"Everyone has their secrets." Zhang yong raised his hands helplessly