This change surprised all the Heaven Luo Academy teachers standing behind. Lan Xuanyu’s stature was average in the Elite Junior Class and looked of age, but his bone age was actually a year younger.
Upon hearing the result, Ji Hongbin’s expression turned into one of excitement. He was originally worried about some issues occurring in the test if Lan Xuanyu surpassed the age of twelve with his Soul Power only at rank 20, but it was completely different if he was not even eleven! The difference in one year would greatly improve his overall results. He had personally experienced it and naturally knew the ins and outs of the test. Just how was this child’s age misreported by a year?
Chen Yilei did not dwell much on it. His task was only to evaluate if the children were qualified to participate in the selection after.
“Being younger, you’ll suffer slightly more. Soul Power, rank 20. Eh, why isn’t it at rank 21? Did you obtain your second soul ring?” It was yet another strange situation.
“En, En, I did.” Lan Xuanyu quickly nodded his head.
“Spiritual Power, 499…” Upon seeing his Spiritual Power, Chen Yilei could not help but be startled. The level of Spiritual Power was truly something else! The child was not even 11 years old yet, but his Spiritual Power was already reaching the Spirit Sea Realm? Could he be a spirit-type Soul Master?
“Please release your martial soul to prove that you have your second soul ring,” Chen Yilei continued.
“Alright.” Lan Xuanyu quickly unleashed the silver patterned Blue Silver Grass in his left hand, and two yellow soul rings appeared.
Chen Yilei nodded his head. “Good, you’ve passed.”
Not to mention that he obtained his second soul ring, the crucial fact was that his original 10-year soul ring actually evolved into a 100-year soul ring. This was definitely out of the norm!
It was especially so for Lu Qianxun, whose eyes immediately turned prudent while looking at Lan Xuanyu.
With the increase in disparity between their Soul Powers over the past two years, he had no longer come to view Lan Xuanyu as a worthy opponent. But who would have thought that Lan Xuanyu’s Soul Power had actually strengthened alongside his martial soul and soul rings? And, what was that about his Spiritual Power reaching 499? That meant that there was only another step before Lan Xuanyu would be in the Spirit Sea Realm.
Spiritual Power at the spirit sea realm was another added level of power. Spiritual Power had become even more prominent in the modern age soul guidance technology as well as amongst battle armor masters. Lan Xuanyu’s results had undoubtedly caused Lu Qianxun to tense up.
After the test, Headmaster Zhang Zekai perseonally accompanied Chen Yilei away. Ji Hongbin immediately called out to Lan Xuanyu.
“What’s up with your age?” Ji Hongbin questioned strictly.
By his side, Yin Tianfan stood there with a face full of shock. The only word to describe his teachings to Lan Xuanyu was torturous, to the extent that Ji Hongbin initially thought he was spoiling the seedling through excessive enthusiasm.
But that was under the consideration that Lan Xuanyu was older than his actual age!
Shrek Academy had the most advanced soul guidance technology and would absolutely not mistake bone age. This meant that Lan Xuanyu truly had not reached the age of 11!
For a child that had yet to hit his 11th birthday to control an actual space warship and destroy two mechas, despite them not being extremely powerful, was an astonishing and shocking feat.
Lan Xuanyu scratched his head awkwardly and spoke up. “If I recall correctly, mum and dad were the ones who registered me. I don’t know how this happened.” That was the truth; he was, in fact, in the dark about what had happened!
Ji Hongbin frowned and said, “Then you have two choices in front of you. You can give up on taking the test this year and instead try again next year; with the additional time, your certainty will be much higher. Or you can continue to try it this year. I suggest that you give it a go. Even if you don’t pass, you’ll have another opportunity next year, with some experience, to boot.”
Although Lan Xuanyu was suddenly a year younger, it was not that great of a deal for Yin Tianfan, as opposed to Ji Hongbin, who found it to be a hidden blessing.
“Then let me continue to try,” said Lan Xuanyu.
Ji Hongbin nodded his head. “Go, continue to take the test.” With that said, he pulled Lan Xuanyu, without even looking at Yin Tianfan.
This time, Yin Tianfan had no intent of stopping them. He was a year younger! There were plenty of opportunities for Lan Xuanyu. Under the generous time circumstance, he was not anxious at all. If Lan Xuanyu continued to train with him for another year, who knew how much stronger he would grow by then.
For Lan Xuanyu, the next year would continue to be an abyss of suffering…
Three days passed in the blink of the eye and the selections for the entire Heaven Luo planet came for the Elite Junior Class students of Heaven Luo Academy.
Ji Hongbin stood behind the podium and stared intently at the students before him. “Firstly, as the capacity of a teacher, I would like to congratulate all of you for passing the preliminary test. I think that some of you should already guess what the next tests will entail. That’s right, the reason that this Elite Junior Class was established was solely for the upcoming test.”
“All of you should have noticed that after all of you, the academy did not recruit any more new students for the Elite Junior Class. That is because the resource consumption for an Elite Junior Class is truly too huge. If there are no results, the academy will not be able to support this. The next test will be extremely important, not only for the school, but especially so for all of you as the test class. So all of you must ingrain these following words.
“I was not allowed to divulge any information or the purpose for the test before passing the preliminary test. It has been four years since all of you have entered the Elite Junior Class, and I have watched all of you grow from being young and experienced children to youths. The teachers have witnessed your hard work. Your goal is not only to become the most outstanding of your generation, but also to become true elites amongst your peers.
“That’s right, our Heaven Luo Academy is Heaven Luo planet’s top Soul Master Academy, and all of you were able to learn plenty here. But even after graduating, you will only be hailed as elites of Heaven Luo planet and not the entire federation, much less, true peak existences. If it was merely for that reason, the Elite Junior Class would be pointless, as all of you guys’ original tracks would allow you to grow to that extent as well.
“The reason for the Elite Junior Class is for the sake of providing all of you the opportunity to touch the very peak of this extremely tall ivory tower.”
At this point, it was as though a pure and holy light had shone down on Ji Hongbin’s face as he paused before speaking softly. “All of you must have heard of its name before. The existence that has withstood history alongside the federation for 30 thousand years. The place where every Soul Master yearns to go. That place is Shrek.”
Despite their fear of the great demon king, the instant the name Shrek was mentioned, the Elite Junior Class students immediately flew into an uproar.
Aside from a few that had roughly guessed the aim of the test, the majority had still been left in the dark. But who didn’t know of Shrek Academy?
30 thousand years ago, Shrek Academy was only established with seven students, but in that generation, the academy came up with its school motto of only accepting monsters and not the ordinary. They took it upon themselves to groom the cream of the crop. And those seven students eventually became known as the first generation Shrek Seven Devils, which passed down for 30 thousand years.
According to history, all seven of the Shrek Seven Devils became gods and reached the peak cultivation of God rank. This was especially so for the Sea God Tang San, who established the Tang Sect, the strongest Sect that thrived alongside Shrek Academy and passed down its legacy for 30 thousand years.
This name was a household name and the aspiration of all Soul Masters, even on par with the federal government. In some sense, it was an existence above the federation.