Douluo Continent: I, an evil soul master, work nine-to-five in the Tang Sect.

Chapter 17 New Student Enrollment

In the blink of an eye, another week has passed since Tang Ya obtained her third spirit ring.

Shrek City, which was originally rather deserted with few people coming and going, was now packed with carriages and horses.

There were Soul Master geniuses introduced by major cities, scholars applying for teaching positions at Shrek Academy, and many tourists visiting Shrek City.

Meanwhile, Luo Chen and Huo Yuhao were sitting at a tea table on the second-floor balcony, leisurely sipping afternoon tea and watching everything below with interest. They were even chatting idly, though their conversation was somewhat off-topic...

"Yuhao, look at that girl in the short skirt down there. Isn't she alright-looking? I know you like girls who look innocent and well-behaved. Do you want me to go ask her for you?"

"Haha, no need to trouble you, Brother Luo. I still have five training tasks to complete today, so I don't have time for romance. Besides, isn't dating not allowed in the academy?"

"Well, rules are rules, but people are flexible. If your talent and strength are so great that the academy has to take you seriously, then these rules are meaningless in front of you. But seeing how much you care about cultivation, I'm relieved."

Looking at Huo Yuhao, whose physique had become noticeably more robust and whose demeanor had also undergone a transformation, Luo Chen couldn't help but nod and say with a smile.

In the past few days, he would call Huo Yuhao almost every night to go to the depths of the Soul Beast Forest for training. Although it wasn't always a near-death experience, there were several times when they were on the verge of death, which even he found very troublesome.

From merely battling hundred-year-old soul beasts a month ago, Luo Chen, with Huo Yuhao's soul skills, is now able to directly confront offensive thousand-year-old soul beasts without relying on soul skills!

This means that his current combat level is no lower than that of a typical offensive three-ring Soul Master. Moreover, if he relies on his extremely powerful Soul Skills and additional abilities, Luo Chen can easily kill a thousand-year-old Soul Beast.

Long before, with the help of Bei Bei and Xiao Ya, Luo Chen's martial soul had evolved once again after successfully killing the first thousand-year-old Shadow Leopard. Its sharpness was enough to easily break through the defense of a thousand-year-old soul beast.

Now, with the assistance of Huo Yuhao's shared mental detection, Luo Chen can easily kill any defensive soul beast, unless it is over two thousand years old, by relying on his accumulated combat experience.

In addition to the evolution of his own martial soul and the improvement of his combat experience, Luo Chen's soul power and spiritual power are also increasing by leaps and bounds!

In just about a week, with Huo Yuhao's help, he hunted down twelve hundred-year-old soul beasts and two thousand-year-old soul beasts! His soul power level also skyrocketed from the peak of level twenty-five to the peak of level twenty-seven.

Hunting century-old soul beasts no longer provides him with much improvement, but the vitality of two thousand-year-old soul beasts has allowed him to jump two levels of soul power, reaching the level of a high-level Great Soul Master, and he is not far from becoming a three-ring Soul Venerable.

This is why thousand-year-old soul beasts are hard to find in the remote Soul Beast Forest, and why Luo Chen was worried that Huo Yuhao's stamina wouldn't hold up. Otherwise, Luo Chen's current level could have been improved even further!

However, he will probably have to use the Mysterious Heaven Skill to cultivate for a period of time after enrolling.

Students from the outer academy of Shrek Academy are generally not allowed to go out without the permission of the dean, which dashed Luo Chen's hopes of going to the Soul Beast Forest for training.

However, his talent in cultivating soul power was already quite high. According to Luo Chen's estimate, if he cultivated at the speed of circulating the Mysterious Heaven Technique every night, plus the assistance of some pills, he would be able to break through to the third ring Soul Venerable in about three months!

During this period, the one who made the most progress was Huo Yuhao, who had always followed behind him. It was because Huo Yuhao almost encountered a desperate situation that Luo Chen realized that his ability to absorb life force could not only affect himself, but also others!

Life Absorption can not only draw life force to heal injuries, but also convert this life force into energy, thereby greatly increasing the soul power level. Originally, Luo Chen thought that this effect could only be applied to himself.

It was only after the experiment on Huo Yuhao that it was discovered that life absorption could also be applied to others, but its effect was much weaker than when applied to Luo Chen himself, at about 30%.

However, don't underestimate this 30% effect. Ever since he discovered this, after each hunt of a hundred-year-old soul beast, Luo Chen would always convert its life force into energy and infuse it into Huo Yuhao's body, and personally solidify Huo Yuhao's soul power level.

With the combined help of the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Luo Chen, Huo Yuhao's soul power level soared from just breaking through level eleven to level fifteen!

Even though every time he went out to train with Luo Chen, there was a risk of being on the verge of death, Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth and persevered. In the face of huge benefits, the risk of death was insignificant!

Even Luo Chen himself didn't expect that Huo Yuhao would actually stick to his cultivation method, which was almost like trading his life for his life. Not only that, he even specially set more than a dozen cultivation tasks for himself, leaving himself no free time at all. He was truly a cultivation maniac!

It was only after Luo Chen told Bei Bei and Tang Ya about this matter, and after the two scolded him in a bad mood, that Huo Yuhao changed the original dozen or so cultivation tasks to the current six, which corresponded to the six Tang Sect's unique skills such as the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the Purple Demon Eye.

Under Luo Chen's tireless guidance, even Huo Yuhao, whose talent was relatively weak compared to ordinary people, has made steady progress. This is the true meaning of diligence making up for lack of talent!

Looking at Huo Yuhao, whose eyes had become much more resolute and confident, Luo Chen secretly praised him in his heart. He felt that his efforts had not been in vain, as Huo Yuhao had made such a huge change in just one week.

"Brother Luo, today is the day Shrek Academy welcomes its new students, but I feel like quite a few of these new students haven't even broken through to the Great Soul Master level yet. Isn't it said that Shrek Academy doesn't accept students with soul power below level 25 before the age of twelve?"

Looking at the people coming and going below, Huo Yuhao observed them for a while using his mental detection sharing, and then asked Luo Chen with some doubt.

However, Luo Chen smiled and gave an explanation:

"That was thousands of years ago. After the three great empires launched their war, Shrek Academy, under pressure from the empires, divided the academy into an outer and an inner academy. We freshmen are going to enter the outer academy of Shrek Academy."

"Otherwise, the requirements of the continent's number one academy would be extremely strict. How could there be thousands of people who could meet the conditions of thousands of years ago? There are only a few dozen people in the inner academy who truly have such talent."

(End of this chapter)