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

Chapter 99 Wang Yan

After watching the first two rounds of the freshman assessment, Luo Chen left. He had only come to the outer academy today to catch up with Tai An and the others; the so-called freshman assessment was nothing to him.

To put it bluntly, even if all the second and third ring outer court students attacked him together, they wouldn't be a match for him. In just a moment, Luo Chen was confident that he could turn these students into nourishment to replenish himself.

However, Luo Chen was, after all, a disciple of a prestigious sect, and he wouldn't do something that only evil soul masters could do. Extracting the life force of this group of outer court students was of course very simple for him. However, the energy that this amount of life force could provide him was not as efficient as him going to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a monster.

This freshman assessment was a piece of cake for him with his current strength. If he hadn't wanted to see how much Tai'an and Huo Yuhao had improved, he wouldn't have bothered to come to the outer academy to watch the competition.

However, the progress of Tai'an and Huo Yuhao was still beyond Luo Chen's expectations. Originally, Luo Chen estimated that Huo Yuhao would be able to achieve the strength to contend with a Soul Master, but he did not expect that the other party could defeat a student at the level of a three-ring Soul Master without breaking a sweat.

All of this relied solely on his own spiritual power. A Soul Master with only one ring and a mere white soul ring was able to defeat a Soul Venerable with three rings. This was astonishing not only to the students watching but also to the teachers watching the match in the classroom area.

No one could have predicted that a one-ring Soul Master would actually be able to defeat a three-ring Soul Venerable with a thousand-year Soul Ring in a one-on-one fight. This was even more astonishing than when Luo Chen defeated Xu Sanshi, a high-level Soul Venerable, when he was at the two-ring level.

However, this is only how it appears to teachers at the Soul Emperor level. Teachers at the seventh-ring Soul Saint level, or inner court students, can see the extent of his spiritual power and how he defeated the third-ring Soul Venerable.

After all, although Huo Yuhao had concealed the age of his soul rings, he had not concealed his soul power fluctuations and mental power fluctuations at all. With only one ring of cultivation, he was able to possess the mental power of a five-ring Soul King, which was enough to surprise the Shrek Academy's higher-ups.

Just as Huo Yuhao won his first match and was about to leave, a figure suddenly appeared from below the stage and blocked his way.

Wang Dong wanted to say something when he saw Huo Yuhao being stopped, but he shut up after sensing the soul power fluctuations and aura of the newcomer. The strength of the newcomer was faintly at the level of his homeroom teacher.

"Huo Yuhao, is that right? My name is Wang Yan. I am a theoretical instructor in the outer academy of Shrek Academy. Could you please tell me how you defeated that three-ring Soul Master? I am really curious about it."

In Huo Yuhao's eyes, the young man in front of him, who looked incredibly young and was dressed in the uniform of an outer academy teacher, was asking him questions in a very polite manner.

With Huo Yuhao's mental strength, he could naturally sense the strength of the man in front of him. The man's soul power fluctuations had reached the level of a five-ring Soul King, which meant that his mental strength was no less than Huo Yuhao's.

However, Huo Yuhao was still stunned when faced with the very young-looking man in front of him. He did not expect that there would be a Soul King-level instructor in Shrek Academy.

In his mind, to become a teacher at Shrek Academy, even in the outer academy, one should at least have a Soul Emperor level Soul Power, because Shrek Academy's assessment standard for teachers has always started at the Soul Emperor level.

Soul Emperor-level teachers instruct first, second, and third-year students in the outer academy. Once they become seventh-ring Soul Saints, they can advance to teach in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades, with their salaries and qualifications increasing accordingly.

After reaching the level of an eight-ring Soul Douluo, one can become a headmaster like Du Weiren, whose strength has grown and whose qualifications are sufficient. Once one successfully breaks through to the level of a nine-ring Title Douluo, one can become a teacher in the inner academy and eventually become a senior member of Shrek Academy.

However, the seemingly simple upgrade standard is actually extremely difficult. Even in Shrek Academy, there are not many teachers who can possess the soul power cultivation level of an eight-ring Soul Douluo.

Even within this outer courtyard, apart from Du Weiren, the senior headmaster, there wasn't a single eighth-ring Soul Douluo to be seen.

After all, an eight-ring Soul Douluo is an absolute peak power even on the continent, only one step away from a nine-ring Title Douluo. Such a powerful person would not be dependent on others unless they truly love the teaching profession.

Not to mention the titled Douluo at the ninth ring level. Currently, in Shrek Academy, whether in the outer or inner courtyards, there are probably only about ten powerhouses at the ninth ring level, including most of the elderly elders of the Sea God Pavilion.

The number of young Title Douluos is extremely small; otherwise, Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Department wouldn't still be without a vice dean, with only Yan Shaozhe as the dean.

However, it is likely that once Du Weilun breaks through to the ninth ring titled Douluo level, he will be able to fill the vacancy. When a new eighth ring Soul Douluo appears, he will be able to smoothly take over his current position.

However, while the idea is appealing, putting it into practice is quite difficult. Now that Du Weiren is over forty years old, the possibility of him breaking through to the ninth ring is very low.

Normally, the period when a Soul Master's Soul Power cultivation improves the fastest is before the age of forty. A Soul Master who breaks through to the eighth ring before the age of forty has a high probability of becoming a Title Douluo, while a genius who can break through to the eighth ring at the age of thirty has an extremely high probability of becoming a Title Douluo.

This is common knowledge in the Soul Master world. However, although Du Weilun is not far from becoming a Title Douluo, his improvement in Soul Power cultivation is becoming increasingly slow.

Therefore, Du Weilun may never be able to break through to the ninth ring titled Douluo in his lifetime, only able to touch the threshold but unable to break through, which is very sad.

However, regardless of the circumstances, when the time comes, even if Du Weilun doesn't break through to the level of a nine-ring Title Douluo, Shrek Academy is still confident that it can forcibly raise his cultivation to the level of a Title Douluo.

This is something that Shrek Academy, with its tens of thousands of years of history, can still accomplish. However, this is only possible for Shrek Academy. Apart from Shrek Academy, it would be extremely difficult for any other force on the continent to achieve this.

Du Weilun has made great contributions to Shrek Academy, and Shrek Academy will naturally not be stingy. They will do everything they can to help him break through to the Title Douluo realm, and even if it costs some rare and precious materials, it will be tacitly approved by the higher-ups of Shrek Academy.

After all, what truly matters to Shrek Academy is an individual's contribution and position. If a Soul Douluo powerhouse who has a strong sense of belonging to Shrek Academy can be helped to break through to the ninth ring Title Douluo level, then that would be a great blessing for Shrek Academy.

Even a newly broken-through nine-ring titled Douluo is not comparable to an ordinary Soul Douluo. A nine-ring titled Douluo truly possesses the capital to stand firm in Shrek Academy, and even on the entire continent. They are absolute powerhouses that can be counted on the entire continent!

Therefore, even if Du Weilun is unable to break through to the Title Douluo level on his own, Yan Shaozhe will step in and forcibly promote him, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, grant him the position of Vice Dean of the Martial Soul Department of Shrek Academy's Outer Court.

If Du Weilun himself wasn't capable, then Yan Shaozhe wouldn't have been able to keep such a dean of students by his side at all times to handle various matters within the academy.

However, there are still many powerful individuals within Shrek Academy who are qualified to serve as the dean of Shrek Academy. For example, Zhang Lexuan from the inner court of Shrek Academy is now an eight-ring Soul Douluo and naturally has the qualifications.

However, from the academy's perspective, Zhang Lexuan is still just a student, and she is too young. Without much experience, she is simply not qualified to hold such an important position at Shrek Academy.

Therefore, Shrek Academy kept him in the inner courtyard to teach the inner courtyard students who were still in the process of cultivation and training. When his qualifications improved and he truly had the strength to stand on his own, the academy's higher-ups would promote him to be an elder of the Shrek Academy Sea God Pavilion.

Skipping over Du Weilun's position as Dean of Studies, or even the position of Dean of Shrek Academy, and becoming an elder in charge of inner court affairs at the Sea God Pavilion would be extremely beneficial to Zhang Lexuan's own growth.

The reason why Shrek Academy's higher-ups, and even Mu En, kept Luo Chen, who was only a first-year student in the outer academy, on Seagod Island for cultivation was for the same reason.

This is both to rapidly improve his strength and to protect him as much as possible before he has fully developed his abilities, nurturing him into someone like Zhang Lexuan, who can soar through the skies while ordinary geniuses are still in the early stages of their development!

This is the expectation that the higher-ups of Shrek Academy have for Luo Chen. After all, the Sea God Pavilion elders, all of whom are titled Douluo, have witnessed just how terrifying Luo Chen's talent is. With such a terrifying rate of progress, no one thinks that he is incapable of achieving this.

It's not impossible that he might even surpass Zhang Lexuan in the future, considering that when Luo Chen was his age, Zhang Lexuan was far from possessing the strength Luo Chen has now.

To become a four-ring Soul Master in the first year of the outer academy, and even to fight against ordinary six-ring Soul Emperors, is something that even Mu En could never have done when he was young.

However, Luo Chen truly did it, and even improved by one step every day. Such a terrifying rate of progress made not only the talented students in the inner courtyard who were valued by the elders of the Sea God Pavilion, but even a strong person like Yan Shaozhe feel a little sweaty.

After all, given Luo Chen's cultivation speed of advancing two major realms in just three months, it's hard to imagine what level he will reach and what kind of power he will possess once he truly enters the inner courtyard!

Normally, it is already quite remarkable for a Soul Master to be able to increase their Soul Power by one level in three months. After all, if you calculate it this way, it would take more than two years to advance to a major realm!

However, Luo Chen completely defied this situation. In just three months, he was promoted from a second-ring Great Soul Master to a fourth-ring Soul Grandmaster. Not only did his Soul Power level increase, but his overall strength also improved.

At first, Luo Chen had to spend a lot of effort to deal with Xu Sanshi, who was at the high-level Soul Venerable level. However, now, he is not afraid of Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, who have grown up and reached the level of a six-ring Soul Emperor.

It was precisely this terrifying speed of progress that led him to repeatedly violate the rules set by Shrek Academy, and the Shrek Academy's high-ranking officials, as well as the elders of the Sea God Pavilion, had no objections to this.

For monsters, rules are actually a kind of constraint and restriction. Therefore, under Mu En's instructions, apart from Zhang Lexuan, who was ordered to guard him, none of the other elders of the Sea God Pavilion were allowed to interfere with Luo Chen's affairs or affect his cultivation.

Such extraordinary treatment is perhaps unprecedented in the history of Shrek Academy. Only Luo Chen, whose talent astounds even the titled Douluo, could achieve this.

However, in Luo Chen's eyes, his current progress is still too slow. The level of a four-ring Soul Master is nothing special even within Shrek Academy, let alone on the entire continent. He still has a long way to go.

However, Huo Yuhao felt the same way at this moment. He was quite surprised to see Wang Yan, who was only at the fifth-ring Soul King level.

"Huo Yuhao, could you tell me about your martial soul? I think your martial soul must be extraordinary, otherwise it would be impossible for you, a one-ring Soul Master, to defeat a student with the cultivation of a three-ring Soul Venerable. This is quite unusual!"

Although there was a strange look in Huo Yuhao's eyes, Wang Yan didn't care at all. For him, who had always been studying martial soul knowledge, anything related to martial souls could attract his attention.

Not to mention the illogical situation of Huo Yuhao, who was able to defeat a three-ring opponent with only one ring, which was enough to arouse his curiosity.

(End of this chapter)