Douluo: The Peerless King of Beast Tamers

Chapter 281 Physical Test Results
After Zhou Sichen, it was a long time.

The blue light of the metal detector swept across the girl's tall and slender figure, and Lin Jiayi's fingers unconsciously tightened around the pen.

Among these ten exchange students, only Xu Jiujiu and Ye Xiaosheng possessed cultivation levels above the Soul Emperor realm.

Xu Jiujiu's strength and talent in soul tools were both superior to Ye Xiaosheng's. The values ​​displayed by the instrument at this moment made the recording teachers present look at each other in bewilderment.

Half a month ago, under Zhou Sichen's guidance, Xu Jiujiu successfully created her first level-six soul tool.

Although she has not yet taken the Level 6 Soul Master assessment, her Soul Master level is already a genuine Level 6 Soul Master.

Compared to Zhou Sichen's terrifying data, Xu Jiujiu's data seemed more normal, but only relatively speaking.

"Xu Jiujiu, Physical Strength: Level 60, Physical Resilience: Level 63, Soul Power: Level 63..."

Lin Jiayi's voice unconsciously rose as his gaze swept over the girl's fair and delicate face.

"Bone age: 18 years old, height: 1.70 meters, weight: 50 kilograms, additional soul bones: left arm soul bone, right leg soul bone..."

When the word "soul bone" was mentioned, gasps filled the room. After all, in the entire Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy, only a handful of students possessed two soul bones.

As the recording continued, Ye Xiaosheng's rugged face, Mo Xuan's refined demeanor, and He Caitou's honest smile were successively captured on the instrument's display screen.

Ye Xiaosheng, Physical Strength: Level 58, Physical Resilience: Level 61, Soul Power: Level 62…

"Bone age: 22 years old, height: 1.91 meters, weight: 880 kilograms, soul bone attachment: none."

Mo Xuan, Physical Strength: Level 50, Physical Resilience: Level 52, Soul Power: Level 52…

"Bone age: 20 years old, height: 1.88 meters, weight: 75 kilograms, soul bone attachment: none."

He Caitou, Physical Strength: Level 52, Physical Resilience: Level 51, Soul Power: Level 47…

"Bone age: 15 years old, height: 1.90 meters, weight: 90 kilograms, soul bone attachment: left arm soul bone."

When Huo Yuhao's name was read, the teacher's pen slammed heavily on the paper: "Huo Yuhao, Physical Strength: Level 28, Physical Resilience: Level 29, Soul Power: Level 27..."

"Bone age: 14 years old, height: 1.70 meters, weight: 60 kilograms, soul bone attachment: left arm soul bone."

The boy's slender figure stood out conspicuously among the group of high school students, but the ancient soul bone that shone with a ghostly blue light caused the pupils of all the teachers present to shrink sharply.

This is a priceless treasure that even titled Douluo would envy! And it's actually in the possession of a Great Soul Master?!

Just how wealthy is Shrek Academy?
Apart from Zhou Sichen, the remaining nine students of Shrek Academy all had normal stats.

Lin Jia's gaze swept over everyone behind his gold-rimmed glasses. As the academy's dean of students, he knew very well that Shrek Academy was the number one academy on the continent that focused on cultivating martial spirits, so it was normal for the students to have strong physical qualities.

But those few soul bones, especially Huo Yuhao who only had two soul rings and possessed a ten-thousand-year soul bone, still made him secretly marvel. Shrek Academy was truly rich and powerful.

His gaze inadvertently fell on Xu Jiujiu.

Princess Jiu Jiu, the younger sister of the Star Luo Emperor and known as a genius princess in the Star Luo Empire, was currently talking quietly with Zhou Sichen with her head tilted to the side. The curve of the girl's lips was completely different from the stern and unsmiling genius in the rumors.

Lin Jiayi pushed up his glasses, understanding dawning on him.

The political implications of sending the most beloved princess of the Xingluo royal family to study abroad are self-evident.

Moreover, among the entire exchange student group, Xu Jiujiu was inseparable from Zhou Sichen, and occasionally he would exchange a few words with the honest He Caitou. It was difficult for the others to even get close to him.

"Alright, that concludes today's test." Lin Jiayi forced himself not to look at Zhou Sichen's face, which seemed to be favored by the creator, and tried his best to keep his voice steady.

"Later, the teachers will lead you to your dormitories. The college has arranged a private room for each of you."

He emphasized the word "alone," his gaze sweeping intentionally or unintentionally over Xu Jiujiu and Zhou Sichen's close figures.

"We hope that you will come to love this place over the next three years. Your school uniforms will be distributed to you tomorrow."

As Lin Jiayi watched the young figures gradually disappear into the distance, he suddenly realized that this seemingly ordinary entrance exam might become the prologue to rewriting the history of soul tools.

As you walk through the long corridor covered with wisteria, the outline of the dormitory area gradually becomes clear in the night.

Compared to Shrek Academy's compact layout, the dormitory area of ​​Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Equipment Academy resembles a well-arranged palace complex, with its silver-gray metal buildings gleaming coldly in the moonlight.

The ten people walked along the stone path engraved with intricate soul-guiding array patterns, their electronic maps flashing continuously, marking the locations of infrastructure such as gyms and energy replenishment stations.

As exchange students, they were assigned to the top floor of the sixth-year dormitory area.

As the elevator slowly ascended, Zhou Sichen noticed the energy crystals embedded in the interior walls of the car. This material, which was only used in some high-level soul tools, had become a common decoration here.

The moment you push open the door, the 20-square-meter space is filled with a soft blue glow from the floating bed, and the intelligent temperature control system automatically adjusts the room temperature.

Zhou Sichen's gaze swept across every corner like a hawk's, activating his mental detection; even the slightest energy fluctuations were imperceptible to him.

After confirming that there were no listening devices, he took out specially made soundproofing material from his storage soul tool and set up an invisible barrier around the room.

Only then did he sit down at his desk, his quill pen moving swiftly across the paper, the ink spreading out intricate geometric patterns.

The structure of soul guides gradually came to life in his writing.

The core components of the Level 6 Soul Conductor Side Instrument, the amplification device of the Level 5 Strength Tester, and the Level 4 Reaction Ability Tester.

As he finished the final stroke, Zhou Sichen's pupils gleamed. He wrote a note on the edge of the drawing: "The energy conversion rate of the Level VI instrument can be increased by 20%, and the overload protection of the Level V device has a fatal flaw..."

After recording the information on all three soul tools, Zhou Sichen leisurely walked into the bathroom.

Before long, the steam from the bathroom had even dissipated, a knock suddenly sounded on the door.

Zhou Sichen tightened the belt of her bathrobe. Outside the door, Xu Jiujiu's hair was still dripping with water after her bath, and her light purple silk nightgown outlined the girl's exquisite curves.

After entering Zhou Sichen's room, he sat directly on the bed, the water droplets from his hair spreading dark stains on the bedding: "Where is Senior Sister?"

"The instructors' dormitory building is on the west side of the academy." Zhou Sichen put the blueprints into his soul tool, and with a flick of his finger across the table, a holographic map of the academy appeared out of thin air:

"Let's check on things tomorrow. After that, we'll use studying as an excuse to practice with our senior sister in the evenings." ...

"How's it going?"

Inside an office, Jing Hongchen asked Lin Jiayi, who was standing in front of her.

Lin Jiayi was still reeling from the shock Zhou Sichen had given him when he heard Jing Hongchen's words and finally came to his senses.

Lin Jiayi said, "Master, that guy is a monster. A soul power of level 58 at the age of fourteen is simply unheard of!"

"Most importantly, not only is his soul power level ridiculously high, but in all three tests, all his data reached the limits of the testing equipment. He has at least one, or even several, external soul bones that are over 100,000 years old..."

Inside Jing Hongchen's office, Lin Jiayi's voice trembled slightly with excitement as he gave his report.

The crystal chandelier cast his shadow on the wall, which swayed violently with his gestures: "Master, have you ever seen someone who can effortlessly unleash power comparable to a level 70 Soul Saint with their bare hands?"

Jing Hongchen stroked the jade thumb ring in his hand, his deep gaze piercing through the office's floor-to-ceiling windows, looking towards the exchange student dormitory.

When Lin Jiayi mentioned the 100,000-year-old external soul bone, his pupils suddenly contracted, and the ring on his finger emitted a faint hum in his palm.

Lin Jiayi's Adam's apple bobbed violently as he pushed the crystal box containing the test data toward Jing Hongchen with both hands.

The metal table emitted a faint hum, and the runes flowing on the surface of the box suddenly lit up, as if forcibly activated by some kind of pressure.

Jing Hongchen's fingers, adorned with a white jade thumb ring, brushed across the surface of the box, and the seal broke instantly. In the suspended holographic projection, Zhou Sichen's various data points were as dazzling as burning crimson flames.

“This is impossible…” Jing Hongchen subconsciously gripped the armrest, the patterns on the gilded chair back twisting and deforming under his palm.

Jing Hongchen gazed at Zhou Sichen's indifferent face in the projection and suddenly recalled the look in her granddaughter Meng Hongchen's eyes when she described this person.

At the time, he thought it was just a young girl's admiration for a male genius, but now he had to face a fact.

The power this young man displayed was enough to shake the entire world of soul tools.

“He did it on purpose.” Jing Hongchen suddenly spoke, his aged voice carrying an icy chill.

The crystal box creaked under the strain on his fingertips: "He revealed all his cards to both intimidate the villains and force me to vouch for his safety. This cunning is more terrifying than his soul power."

Lin Jiayi felt a cold sweat instantly break out on his back. He suddenly realized that today's test site might have been Zhou Sichen's game from the very beginning.

When those astonishing statistics are released, the entire academy and even the highest levels of the empire will be caught in a dilemma—to kill him would mean incurring Shrek's wrath, to let him go would mean having to watch such a genius continue to grow.

"Pass down the order," Jing Hongchen said, putting the crystal box into his sleeve, the metal cuff scraping against the table with a sharp swishing sound: "All participants in the test must sign a soul contract. Anyone who dares to divulge even a single word will be punished for treason."

He got up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the dormitory area where the lights were gradually coming on in the distance. The top floor of the building where Zhou Sichen lived was emitting a faint blue light from the soul tool.

"During the three-year exchange period, Zhou Sichen received individual tutoring for his courses, and Xu Jiujiu... is also included in this list."

Lin Jiayi's pupils contracted slightly.

Jing Hongchen's move not only placed two of the most threatening geniuses under his nose, but also announced to everyone else in the empire that these two were under his personal protection.

“What about the others?” Jing Hongchen suddenly turned around, his aged face casting half a shadow in the setting sun.

Lin Jiayi continued his report: "Xu Jiujiu of the Star Luo Royal Family has exceptional talent. She reached the sixth ring level at the age of eighteen. The other students are also quite talented. Even that Great Soul Master with only two rings of cultivation possesses a left arm soul bone..."

Lin Jiayi reported everyone's test results to Jing Hongchen and also handed over the data to Jing Hongchen.

When Lin Jiayi mentioned Xu Jiujiu's sixth-ring cultivation level and He Caitou and Huo Yuhao's ten-thousand-year soul bones, his fingers unconsciously tapped on the windowsill, making a rhythmic tapping sound.

"Understood," Jing Hongchen replied calmly.

His gaze remained fixed on the words "extraordinary talent" on Zhou Sichen's file. Suddenly, he chuckled softly. This young man from an enemy country might become a key figure in driving the revolution of soul tools.

Lin Jiayi placed his fingertips on the crystal tabletop, his hesitant expression flickering in and out of focus in the floating holographic projection.

Lin Jiayi asked, "Master, should we impose some restrictions on those exchange students during teaching?"

Jing Hongchen twirled the jade ring on his finger: "No need. The reputation of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy is more important than anything else."

He got up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the brightly lit college buildings under the night sky.

"So what if those Shrek kids devour all the knowledge from the classroom?" Jing Hongchen's lips curled into a mocking smile. "Our core technology is hidden in our underground laboratory; they can't even get close to the door."

Lin Jiayi subconsciously touched his chest, where a badge belonging only to core members was hidden.

He understood, of course, that even many high-ranking officials in the empire had no right to question the academy's most advanced research achievements: "You're right, no matter how strong Shrek Academy is, they're nothing more than a bunch of closed-door brutes..."

“They’re not just martial artists.” Jing Hongchen suddenly turned around, his eyes burning with fanaticism. “They are conservatives living in the past. Even though they are making changes now, it’s too late.”

"And we are the pioneers leading the advancement of soul-guided technology! Let alone whether they can learn it, even if they could, so what?"

"The gap between Shrek Academy and us in terms of soul tools cannot be bridged by a few exchange students."

"They also have no access to the core secrets. More importantly, Shrek Academy is ultimately just an academy, while we are the research institute of the Sun Moon Empire."

Lin Jiayi replied, "I understand. The Hall Master is indeed farsighted."

After thinking for a moment, Lin Jiayi couldn't help but ask, "By the way, Hall Master, Zhou Sichen has a soul tool called 'Red Dust Blessing,' which he said you gave to him..."

Jing Hongchen glanced at Lin Jiayi. Of course, he couldn't say that he had no choice but to hand it over when he was threatened by Dragon God Douluo.

Jing Hongchen said without changing her expression, "This is my private matter."

Lin Jiayi instantly understood: "I understand, Master."

After learning all the information, Jing Hongchen casually waved her hand and said, "Go ahead and do your work. Keep an eye on them while I'm gone. I don't want any accidents to happen."

Lin Jiayi respectfully replied, "Yes."

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