Chapter 21 Genius and Mediocrity
Chapter 21 Genius and Mediocrity
"Are you mistaken? My son is an eighteenth-level soul master, how could he fail?" The boy's father looked at the old man with a look of lack of confidence on his face. His son's talent was considered good enough for him to attend the Soto Junior Soul Master Academy, but how come he couldn't even get into such a shabby academy?
"We won't accept anyone whose strength is less than level 20. You should find another job." For some reason, the old man seemed to be in a good mood. He explained with a smile on his face.
"Okay, then the registration fee should be refunded to us, right?"
When the boy's father heard this, he didn't argue any further. After all, every place has its own rules. He couldn't do anything about this shabby academy's insistence on setting a high threshold. However, ten gold soul coins were not a small amount of money. He should at least return it to them, right?
When he heard that he wanted to refund the money, the old man's face suddenly darkened, and he said unceremoniously: "Once you register, there will be no refund."
Hearing this, the boy's father finally couldn't help it. He showed him a look and ten gold soul coins were gone? His face flushed instantly, and he said angrily: "We came all the way here, and you sent us away with just one sentence. Is this worthy of our ten gold soul coins? Damn it, give us back!"
The old man glanced at him, and did not show any emotion because of the insults. He just said calmly to the side: "Mu Bai, someone wants to return the registration fee, you deal with it."
Hearing this, a burly young man standing behind him took two steps forward, clenched his fists, and said with a wicked smile: "Want to return the registration fee? Beat me and I'll return it in full!"
As soon as he finished speaking, three yellow and purple soul rings rose behind him. The muscles on his body suddenly swelled several times, and his hair turned black and white. There was a mark of the word "king" on his forehead, and a pair of claws stretched out from his hands. He looked majestic and imposing, and his aura was very scary.
As soon as Leng Xiyao saw this configuration, she immediately knew that this was Dai Mubai. She had to admit that this playboy was quite handsome. If she hadn't already had someone in her heart and had never been in love in her previous life, she would inevitably think of finding a protagonist to have something happen to her and have a taste of the bitterness of love.
When the boy's father, who had been aggressive at first, saw this situation, he immediately became timid and took his son away without saying a word, fearing that he would be robbed by this rogue school.
"Next!" Seeing the troublemaker run away, the old man shouted again. However, after what happened just now, nearly half of the applicants who were not very determined to apply began to back off. Many of them came here because they heard from the people in the Spirit Hall that this academy was good, but who knew it would be so difficult to get in!
The old man didn't care when he saw that half of the people in the queue had been reduced. In fact, his tough attitude was also to remind the people behind him, so that no one would come and waste his time, making it seem like he was really trying to cheat people out of money.
However, Soto City is a big city after all, and there are many people who meet the requirements in terms of strength and age. In addition, these strong boys and girls have good family backgrounds, and most of them will not care about the mere ten gold soul coins.
As the team became more streamlined, the old man's testing efficiency increased a lot, and more than a dozen people passed the first round of testing, but most of them were not strong enough. Most of them were level 19 or 20, and they tried to get away with it, but what they got in the end was nothing but a ruthless rejection.
Considering the overall level of those people before, the old man couldn't help but shook his head. Although they could pass his level, it was estimated that no one would be able to pass all the subsequent levels. It seemed that no one would be able to meet the standard this year.
Thinking of this, the old man looked up at the little girl with two yellow spirit rings in front of him, and rejected her without hesitation: "Not qualified, next one!"
The little girl was confidently waiting for the old man to let her in, but she was rejected. She immediately said unconvincedly: "Why? Why? My soul power is already level 22, why can't you let me in?"
"Hmph, let me explain our rules to you so that you don't waste your registration fee! The so-called Shrek Academy is a monster academy. We only accept monsters. If you are less than level 21 or over 13 years old, don't waste your money!"
"Remember, the strength of a monster cannot be measured by the word 'excellent'!" The old man said, and summoned his big black iron stick martial spirit, and six spirit rings appeared at the same time. A powerful momentum burst out, and the people around were all shocked and couldn't help but retreat.
Then, the old man glanced at the little girl whose face had turned very ugly, and asked calmly: "Are you under thirteen years old?"
When the little girl heard what the old man said, she stamped her feet in anger and ran away.
The rest of the people didn't expect that even an old gatekeeper at Shrek Academy was so powerful. Everyone adjusted their views on this academy. It must be that someone so arrogant must be quite capable.
However, more people showed regret. It was obvious that the children they brought were all over thirteen years old. It would have been fine if they didn’t know how powerful Shrek Academy was, but now that they knew it, they couldn’t enroll their children. Isn’t this torment?
Soon, there were only a dozen people left in the entire team. However, they were all confident that they could meet the old man's requirements. However, they only met the standards, and basically their soul power was level 21 or 22.
This made Leng Xiyao feel extremely ashamed. She was a time traveler, but her cultivation speed was not as fast as that of a group of local people whose talents were not very high.
"You two have been standing there for quite a while, do you want to take the test first?"
Seeing that the line was almost at the end, the old man did not continue with the queuing test. Instead, he extended an invitation to Leng Xiyao and Qin Menglan who had been sitting aside for a while.
As a Soul Emperor, the old man can naturally sense the soul power level of the people around him. Therefore, compared with the remaining talented boys and girls, the girl in front of him who is only level 21 seems too ordinary. He might as well let her in first and then slowly test the geniuses behind her.
Leng Xiyao heard this and thought that she was being treated as a spectator and not allowed to watch the show. However, she did not say much and simply walked forward and extended her hand. After all, she was too inexperienced, so it was normal for others to look down on her.
The old man gently squeezed Leng Xiyao's hand, and then said: "Both her age and spirit power have met the requirements, Dai Mubai, take her in."
Leng Xiyao couldn't help but be stunned. She was originally preparing to activate her martial soul and explain the special situation of her martial soul, but who knew that this old man didn't even go through the procedures and just let her go based on her soul power and age?
(End of this chapter)