In Douluo Continent, what is a martial soul? It's like Luckin Coffee.

Chapter 3 Inner Courtyard Dining Hall, Ye Tian's Past
After awakening his martial soul, Bai Ran went to Shrek Academy.

Given his current age and soul power level, he is not qualified to enter Shrek Academy.

According to Shrek Academy's admission requirements, only those who reach level 15 in soul power before the age of twelve can participate in Shrek Academy's entrance exam.

However, Bai Ran did not enroll at Shrek Academy.

After all, even the Dragon God Douluo Mu En only managed to enroll in Shrek Academy when he was eight years old and his soul power level reached level twenty.

Bai Ran's current level is not high enough, so even if he wanted to join, no teacher would be willing to accept him.

Moreover, even among the academy's freshmen, who are mostly eleven or twelve-year-old boys and girls, Bai Ran, a child who had just awakened his martial soul, would look no different from a little kid among them. In addition, soul masters develop faster than ordinary people, and at the age of twelve or thirteen, he already looks no different from an ordinary sixteen or seventeen-year-old.

Bai Ran came to Shrek Academy mainly to tell his uncle Ye Tian, ​​who works in the academy's cafeteria, the good news that he had awakened a food-type martial soul and that his innate soul power was close to level ten.

Even if Ye Tian wasn't a faculty member of Shrek Academy, given that Bai Ran's parents were both members of Shrek Academy and he showed considerable talent, he would naturally be able to enroll in Shrek Academy when the time was right.

This is Bai Ran's second time visiting Shrek Academy.

When she was four years old, she came to the college to look for her uncle, but she got lost and was surrounded by a group of older girls. Later, she was even taken back to the office by a college teacher and was not picked up by her uncle until school was over.

Since then, Bai Ran has never come to the academy.

There was nothing to it but fear of those older female students. Perhaps it was because they had been cultivating for too long and were feeling repressed, but they were rough and ruthless. If it weren't for the snacks to appease them, and the fact that a young body housed the soul of an adult, Bai Ran would have really wanted to cry on the spot.

Now, on this second visit, Bai Ran is no longer acting rashly; he'll just go straight to the academy cafeteria to find someone.

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Shrek Academy's Inner Court Dining Hall
"Chef Ye's cooking skills are still as good as ever."

"Yes, this ancient earthworm meat is not only delicious, but also retains almost all of its health benefits."

"Master Ye is good in every way, but he cooks less and less often. Even ordinary titled Douluo elders have a hard time getting him to cook."

At the dining table, two old men each held a bowl of earthworm meat soup and chatted idly.

"I heard that Master Ye has a nephew who is also of age to awaken his martial spirit this year. I wonder how he is doing."

"Have you forgotten? Master Ye has an older sister."

"Ye girl?"

"Professors, how was your meal?"

Just as the two elderly people were having a lively conversation, Ye Tian came out of the kitchen.

The inner courtyard canteen is different from the outer courtyard canteen.

The inner court canteen is only for inner court disciples and teachers.

Moreover, the inner courtyard canteen not only has more precious ingredients, but even the chefs working there are food-type Soul Masters, and their cultivation level is at least Soul Venerable.

After all, the customers are all inner court disciples with a soul power level of at least level 50. In addition to ensuring that the food tastes good, it is even more important to preserve the energy in the precious ingredients.

The "food supplements" provided by the inner court canteen are an important resource that is difficult for non-inner court disciples, even core disciples of the outer court, to enjoy.

"Xiao Tian, ​​your cooking skills have improved again. Are you about to break through?"

Five years ago, Ye Tian had already broken through to the Soul Douluo level, becoming one of the few, if not the only, food-type Soul Douluo at Shrek Academy.

"No, breaking through to the Title Douluo level isn't that easy, especially since I'm a food-type Soul Master." Ye Tian shook his head helplessly.

"Were you two just mentioning my sister?"

“Xiao Tian, ​​we two old men are a bit drunk, you…”

"It's alright, professors, I've already let it go."

Upon hearing this, both professors exclaimed, "Who would believe your nonsense?"

If you had truly let go, why would the mission to eliminate evil spirit masters that you posted in the inner courtyard still be there?

As a faculty member of Shrek Academy, Ye Tian is able to post tasks on the academy's task board, and as a high-level food-type soul master, he offers very generous rewards.

It's fair to say that over the years, many inner court disciples have brought the heads of evil soul masters to Ye Tian to receive extra "nutritional supplements."

It is said that the senior disciple of the inner courtyard is most fond of the dishes cooked by Chef Ye.

In order to get Master Ye to bring out his treasured dishes, he once brought back three heads of evil soul masters at the Soul Douluo level after completing a mission.

Ye Tian: Who said that the gluttonous girl is bad? This gluttonous girl is amazing.

"By the way, Xiaotian, your nephew awakened his martial soul today. Aren't you going to watch?"

One of the professors, emboldened by alcohol, suddenly asked a question.

"I still have to cook for my parents. I haven't rested all night because of this earthworm soup."

The two professors exchanged a glance, and the atmosphere became somewhat awkward for a moment.

Oh dear, look at the mess this has made.

"Hey, it's no problem. With a Soul Master specially assigned by the academy, there won't be any accidents."

There was a hint of guilt in Ye Tian's tone.

Well, Ye Tian simply didn't dare to go.

He was somewhat afraid to see his nephew's awakened martial spirit, because according to the theory of martial spirit inheritance, children's martial spirit is inherited from either of their parents.

Whether the child inherited his sister's or his brother-in-law's martial soul, Ye Tian feared that if he saw it, he would be reminded of his sister and brother-in-law who died tragically at the hands of the evil soul master, and he would hate himself for being a food-type soul master, watching helplessly as his sister desperately tried to stop the evil soul master, while he could only desperately run away and could do nothing.

During that mission, he was the only one who survived in the entire team. Because his sister and brother-in-law had left behind a child who was less than a year old, Ye Tian took on the responsibility of caring for the little guy as he grew up.

Before I knew it, my nephew had awakened his martial spirit. Time really flies.

The events of that year still affected Ye Tian's state of mind, causing him to be stuck at level 79 for quite some time.

But then he saw the child calling him "Dad." (There was nothing he could do; at the time, this was the only man who had appeared in Bai Ran's sight multiple times, and he had later corrected himself.)

Ye Tian felt a renewed sense of hope for life. This feeling of having family again gave him the motivation to cultivate once more.

He broke through to the Soul Douluo level in less than a year, and is now an 87th-level Soul Douluo, making him the highest-level food-type Soul Master in the entire Shrek Academy.

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(End of this chapter)