[Congratulations, Host, you have gained +100% Comprehension! ]
[Congratulations, Host, you have gained +100 Gold Soul Coins!]
[Congratulations, Host, you have gained +100% Strength!]
[Congratulations, Host, you have gained +100% Spiritual Power!]
[Congratulations, Host, you have obtained your Martial Soul—Blue Silver Emperor!]
"That feels great! I finally got my second Martial Soul!"
On a mountain peak north of Thomas City, a young boy clenched his fist tightly, his youthful face filled with joy.
The boy's name was Bai Zhou, a transmigrator who had transmigrated into the body of the son of the White Horse City Lord. He had been in this world for 11 years.
Bai Zhou had good talent; at the age of 11, he was already a level 21 Great Soul Master. Unfortunately, his Martial Soul was the Wishing Tree, possessing only one ability—wishing.
As long as he silently thought of what he wanted, such as wanting a cake, he could instantly condense a cake or other items by consuming soul power.
The prerequisite was that he could imagine it, and the item had to be extremely simple, common, and free of spiritual energy. For example, wanting a soul bone was definitely impossible.
No matter what soul rings are attached to the Wishing Tree, it won't increase soul skills; it can only increase the number of wishes and slightly increase the complexity of the wished items.
Therefore, this martial soul is suitable for appeasing children…
Just a month ago, Bai Zhou's transmigrator perk activated, granting him a "Wishing System," which merged with his Wishing Tree.
The sole function of the "Wishing System" is to make his Wishing Tree bear fruit. For each fruit picked, Bai Zhou receives a reward.
The rewards are diverse, including pills, rare and precious herbs, cultivation techniques, martial arts, weapons, various items that increase the age of soul rings, soul tools, and more—everything imaginable. Moreover, one can obtain a specific type of reward by making a wish, but it's not guaranteed.
The Wish System is essentially a "blind box" system, but with a guaranteed reward and one chance per day...
Bai Zhou performs a 10-pull every 10 days, finally obtaining his long-awaited second martial soul, the Blue Silver Emperor!
Actually, Bai Zhou wished for the 'Golden Dragon King' as his second martial soul, though slightly off, he was still satisfied...
As the reward was distributed, Bai Zhou's body underwent a significant change.
A strange power surged into his body, transforming it; this was likely due to the Blue Silver Emperor martial soul beginning to fuse with his body.
Half an hour later, Bai Zhou had fully digested the reward.
"It's about time, time to set off for Shrek Academy..." Bai Zhou took a deep breath and began planning for his future.
He joined Shrek Academy not to increase his strength, but to increase his luck. The stronger his luck, the more accurate the "designated reward" effect of the Wish System would be; if it were powerful enough, it might truly grant his wishes.
Shrek Academy can be considered the most fortunate force on the continent at present, and it even boasts Huo Yuhao, the chosen one of this world.
Of course, Bai Zhou wouldn't fawn over Huo Yuhao.
Compared to Huo Yuhao, Bai Zhou would rather try to ride on Wang Dong'er's luck...
One month later, Shrek City.
Outside Shrek City, people come and go, the ancient city walls bathed in the morning light, quietly guarding the prosperity of this ancient capital.
At the east gate, a young man in white slowly walked over, gazing up at the enormous city.
"It's so big~"
Bai Zhou looked at the massive Shrek City and couldn't help but sigh, it was much bigger than his hometown.
Putting everything else aside, Shrek Academy is truly wealthy. After all, Shrek City doesn't pay taxes and is independent of the three kingdoms.
Bai Zhou, holding his father's letter of recommendation, slowly walked towards Shrek Academy.
Only those with a city lord's recommendation are qualified to be assessed by Shrek. Depending on the city's size, each city lord only has 5-10 recommendation slots.
And 99% of these slots end up in the hands of nobles; for commoners, obtaining a slot is virtually impossible.
For example, Bai Zhou is a noble. Even though his soul power level is far inferior to some of the city's geniuses, his father is the city lord, so he naturally secured a slot.
Shrek is aware of this unspoken rule but tacitly approves of it. After all, the resources Shrek invests in nurturing commoners are different from those invested in nurturing monsters.
Nurturing commoner students, while guaranteeing a loyal Shrek student, requires a huge investment.
Nurturing noble students, on the other hand, with the support of their families, only requires simple guidance from Shrek, with negligible resources.
If the entire academy were composed of commoners, Shrek would go bankrupt sooner or later.
It was the start of the new semester at the academy. Because the students came from all over the continent, and there were so many, the admissions process lasted three days.
Bai Zhou didn't know when Huo Yuhao would arrive, but regardless, Bai Zhou knew Huo Yuhao's dormitory; he could just take it.
Bai Zhou strolled into the gates of Shrek Academy, followed the signs, and arrived at the admissions office, presenting the city lord's recommendation letter.
The person in charge of the testing was an elderly man with graying temples. He glanced at Bai Zhou's recommendation letter, nodded, and continued, "Extend your right hand; I need to test your bone age."
Bai Zhou complied, and then they tested his soul power level and martial soul.
Bai Zhou possessed level 21 soul power, and both of his Blue Silver Emperor soul rings were over 900 years old—a hundred-year soul ring—making passing the test a breeze.
Shrek knew he had the Wishing Tree martial soul, but because it was so weak, they ignored it, since Bai Zhou's Blue Silver Emperor martial soul was sufficient to pass the test.
After passing the first level of testing, the second level, similar to a combat power test, followed.
Because the outer academy doesn't only accept "monsters," the assessments are quite lenient.
After all, the minimum admission standard is level 15 soul power, and most of the students are nobles who are there to gain experience, with an average strength of around level 17.
With Bai Zhou's strength, he naturally passed all the subsequent assessments with ease, successfully enrolled, and obtained his dormitory number—107.
"Sigh, I'm still too early..."
Bai Zhou was a little annoyed when he saw his dormitory number.
However, he quickly thought of a solution—to snatch a dormitory.
Because he had to share a dormitory with Wang Dong so he could get lucky every day, but everyone's dormitory was assigned, so he could only fight for it.
To paraphrase Shrek Academy's famous saying—those who don't cause trouble are useless.
Fighting upon entering the academy is also a Shrek tradition; they feel uncomfortable if they don't fight.
Bai Zhou followed the signs to the location of the dormitory building, and upon entering, he saw an old man dressed in cloth, lying on a recliner, basking in the sun.
Bai Zhou glanced at the man and instantly recognized him—Dragon God Mu En.
However, Bai Zhou was in a hurry to secure a dormitory room and didn't bother talking to the other person. Instead, he entered the dormitory building, found his own room, and if he remembered correctly, Huo Yuhao's room was right next to his...
Sure enough, half an hour later, he heard heavy, laborious noises coming from the next room, clearly Huo Yuhao, the poor fellow, cleaning his room...
(End of Chapter)