Douluo Unrivaled: The Beginning Materializes the Black Abyss and White Flowers

Chapter 8 St. Freya College
The establishment of St. Freya's College also brought hope to civilians who could not even afford the cost of awakening their martial spirits.

During the Peerless Tang Sect period, if commoners wanted to awaken their martial spirits, they had to pay a certain fee. After all, setting up the awakening array and hiring a spirit master to be responsible for the awakening cost money.

Thousands of years ago, the Spirit Hall once helped civilians awaken their spirits on a large scale for free, thereby recruiting most of the civilian spirit masters in the Douluo Continent.

At that time, the number of soul masters in the Spirit Hall even exceeded the total number of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Xing Luo Empire.

However, ten thousand years later, although the overall number of soul masters has increased significantly and the strength of the major empires is far from what it was ten thousand years ago, the channels for civilians to advance have become increasingly narrow.

For some ordinary families with poor financial conditions, the cost of a martial soul awakening is enough to bankrupt them.

Take Shrek Academy, which is now known as the number one academy on the continent. The requirements for studying there are extremely harsh.

Students not only need to possess extraordinary talent, but also must obtain letters of recommendation from the mayors of the main cities of major empires to be eligible to register.

For ordinary people, just awakening their martial souls is already extremely difficult, not to mention getting to know the mayor of the main city and obtaining a letter of recommendation.

To take a step back, even if a child of a commoner showed great talent, those powerful city lords would often prefer to recruit him or her for their own use rather than recommend him or her to Shrek Academy.

After all, it is not difficult for a city lord to control a genius who comes from an ordinary civilian background, as long as the city lord is not incompetent.

In today's Douluo Continent, students who can enter Shrek Academy to study more or less have a certain background, and there are very few who come from purely civilian families.

There are two main reasons why those prominent students flock to Shrek Academy.

Firstly, it is naturally due to the well-known reputation of Shrek Academy. After thousands of years of development, Shrek Academy has established a very high prestige in the world of soul masters. Its teaching quality and the outstanding talents it has cultivated have made it a holy place in the hearts of countless soul masters.

The second reason is to make connections in the academy. The admission standards of Shrek Academy are extremely strict. Even the students from other colleges are the elite among the elites. If you pick one at random, he or she will either come from a wealthy family or a powerful family.

In this way, the outer courtyard of Shrek Academy naturally formed a huge and high-end upper-class social circle.

Think about it carefully, can the students who go to Shrek Academy to study really learn anything substantial from teachers at the Soul Emperor and Soul Saint level?
You know, martial souls are something that is inherited through blood. These students of noble birth, their families have often spent hundreds or thousands of years researching their own martial souls.

During the long process of exploration, the family has already formed a unique and complete training system.

Therefore, their primary purpose in going to Shrek Academy is not to acquire knowledge, but more to expand their network, make friends with like-minded people, and pave the way for their future development.

Of course, it would be great if I were lucky enough to join the inner courtyard of Shrek Academy and truly become a core member of the academy.

Establishing close ties with Shrek Academy will only benefit the family forces behind them.

After all, Shrek Academy has a profound foundation and many Titled Douluo, which is undoubtedly a powerful force.

However, in such a large Shrek Academy, how many students can actually enter the inner courtyard?
Because of this, Lu Jingming had no intention of sending Zhang Lexuan to Shrek Academy from the outset. In his opinion, this was completely unnecessary; he didn't need to deliberately build connections, especially since Zhang Lexuan had Jingliu, a master of exceptional skill, to guide her attentively.

How could Jingliu's strength and experience be compared to those ordinary Soul Emperors and Soul Saints of Shrek Academy?

Lu Jingming himself also had no intention of studying in other academies. Not to mention that Jingliu, Changli and Heita were all people with extraordinary abilities, which one of them was not qualified to be his teacher?

Furthermore, in terms of personal connections, with Heita and others around, relying on their abilities, those knowledgeable people will sooner or later take the initiative to come to him and make friends with him, and he doesn't need to go to great lengths to actively cater to them.

The Spirit Hall’s past experience made Lu Jingming realize that the civilian population has enormous potential.

With such a huge base, there will always be a few gifted geniuses emerging.

As long as he can discover such talents and the other party is not ungrateful, then all his efforts will not be in vain.

Moreover, thanks to the soul guides manufactured by the Black Tower, Lu Jingming is financially well-off.

For him, helping the civilians of Haiyuan City awaken their martial spirits for free, and then hiring a few teachers to teach them soul master-related knowledge for free, was not a difficult task.

Take Jingliu for example. Even though she is busy with her work on weekdays, she still takes time out in her spare time to teach the students of St. Freya Academy two-handed swordsmanship.

You know, Jing Liu is a genuine Titled Douluo. With her guidance, these students enjoy treatment that is no less than that of Shrek Academy students.

According to Jingliu, as long as someone wants to learn her swordsmanship, she is willing to teach them everything she knows, and she does not care about the talent of her disciples.

Because of this, most of the students at St. Freya's Academy have learned swordsmanship from Jingliu.

However, it must be admitted that the talents of these students are indeed limited. Whether it is their martial spirit talent or swordsmanship talent, they are all too mediocre, and none of them can be compared with Zhang Lexuan.

St. Freya's College has a unique architectural style. The overall color is white, and it is matched with modern glass curtain walls and metal structures, which makes it look stylish and elegant.

This style is completely different from the traditional architectural style of the Xingluo Empire, but is quite similar to the Sun and Moon Empire across the sea.

Although the college was built not long ago, it has all the necessary infrastructure and the teaching building is spacious and bright, providing students with a good learning environment.

The dormitory area is warm and comfortable, allowing students to get enough rest after studying. The training ground is well-equipped to meet the students' daily training needs. The simulated training room is a highlight of the college. It is a top-level training equipment that only high-level colleges are equipped with.

The cafeteria provides a rich variety of food to ensure the students' dietary needs. It also has a picturesque scenic area, which provides a good place for students to relax in their busy study life.

(End of this chapter)