Douluo Continent: Starting with a Void Treasure Trove

Chapter 127 Onboarding Turmoil

Hearing someone call her name, Ma Xiaotao snapped out of her daze.

It was that student who had just entered the inner academy and was in charge of managing the new students' admissions. Ma Xiaotao forgot what his name was again.

"Sister Xiaotao, there's someone here who wants to interview for a teaching position at Shrek Academy."

The student's voice grew softer as he spoke.

It's obvious that Ma Xiaotao being called one of the two active volcanoes of the Inner Court is already a basic requirement for every new student entering the Inner Court.

Ma Xiaotao looked in that direction and saw an unfamiliar face, but for some reason, that smile made her feel like she had seen it somewhere before.

"So you're the one interviewing teachers?"

Ma Xiaotao was in a bad mood. She was already unable to cultivate, and now this big trouble had come knocking on her door, making her even more upset.

"It's simple. If you beat me, you can enroll in the school and become a Soul Master. I can make the decision."

Xu Yang knew all too well what Ma Xiaotao was planning.

The teachers in Shrek Academy's outer court are generally around the Soul Emperor level, so beating an elite Soul Emperor like Ma Xiaotao is basically like sending her to her death. Therefore, this woman has no idea what she's up to again, wanting to vent her anger on him.

However, Xu Yang wasn't annoyed, since his purpose in coming here was to teach Ma Xiaotao anyway.

"I want to emphasize that I'm here to interview for a teaching position in the Soul Guidance Department, so this approach doesn't seem appropriate."

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Xu Yang smiled, his gaze towards Ma Xiaotao pure and natural.

Hearing that the person in front of her was actually a teacher who had come to interview students for Shrek Academy, Ma Xiaotao was taken aback. She hadn't really listened carefully to what the student was saying before.

Even though Shrek Academy has spent a lot of money recruiting teachers for the Soul Guidance Department over the years, apart from Fan Yu, none of the rest are qualified.

Moreover, when recruiting Fan Yu, he also had to bring his wife Zhou Yi along to receive a share of royal rations at Shrek Academy.

Furthermore, Ma Xiaotao had heard Yan Shaozhe complain a lot about Zhou Yi, saying things like she fired so-and-so today, or someone got injured due to her excessive training the day before yesterday.

Fortunately, her class had a decent college entrance rate, so Yan Shaozhe tolerated her for that reason.

On the other side, at the admissions office of the Soul Guidance Department, a middle-aged man was also surprised to hear that someone had come to Shrek Academy to apply for a position as a teacher in the Soul Guidance Department. Having been at Shrek Academy for so long, he knew exactly how bad the Soul Guidance Department was.

He was exploited by his superiors every day and was not understood. They wouldn't give him any funding when he asked for it, and they kept urging him to give them the experimental results of the soul guide device.

They even hoped he could discover new, Shrek Academy-owned technologies from the soul tools that had been encrypted countless times by the Sun Moon Empire's soul masters. If it weren't for his wife still being there, and the fact that he couldn't leave and had no choice in the matter, he would have quit long ago.

This middle-aged man is Fan Yu, the only eighth-level Soul Master at Shrek Academy besides Qian Duoduo, the dean of the Soul Guidance Department.

Although Qian Duoduo considers himself an eighth-and-a-half-level Soul Master, that's mostly due to his powerful Soul Master cultivation.

Title Douluo also cultivates soul tools. In the Sun Moon Empire, there is no one who is not a level nine soul master. Therefore, Fan Yu thinks that Qian Duoduo's level eight and a half is greatly exaggerated.

In the Sun Moon Empire, the ratings of these Soul Masters would generally be lowered by half a level. Because if you slander the Sun Moon Empire as nothing in terms of advanced Soul Masters, they can't find fault with you. But if you say that the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Guidance Devices are of poor quality, then they'll have to demonstrate to you what the foundation of a nation is.

Every time Fan Yu disassembled the soul tools purchased from the Sun Moon Empire, he felt he gained something new. Therefore, within the entire Shrek Academy, he had the greatest understanding of the gap between the two sides, and at the same time, he felt the most despair.

Fortunately, since more than four years ago, Shrek Academy has started to pay more attention to the Soul Guidance Department, and the resources allocated to it have increased accordingly.

His prized disciple, He Caitou, is now a Level 3 Soul Master. Even in the Sun Moon Empire, a Level 3 Soul Master at the age of thirteen is considered a genius, one in ten thousand.

Fan Yu stepped forward and stopped Ma Xiaotao from getting angry.

His impression of Ma Xiaotao was limited to her being the disciple of the dean of the Martial Soul Department, who was quite talented and was said to be a Soul Emperor-level expert before she was even twenty years old.

With this talent, he'll eventually become a Title Douluo and inherit Yan Shaozhe's position; it's only a matter of time. Therefore, there's no need for him to provoke this person.

"You said—you want to come here for an interview to be a teacher, or a teacher in the Soul Guidance Department?"

Fan Yu looked at Xu Yang. With his eyesight, he could tell that Xu Yang had at least five level six or higher soul tools, including the storage soul tool in his hand, which should be level seven.

As for what's inside, that's beyond his imagination.

When Ma Xiaotao saw someone blocking her way, she glanced at them. She also had some impression of Fan Yu.

The reason is that Fan Yu is the one in the Soul Guidance Department who is most willing to ask for money, besides Qian Duoduo. Ma Xiaotao also learned of this name from Yan Shaozhe because of the gold soul coins.

Shrek Academy collects a large amount of taxes each year, a significant portion of which goes towards the maintenance of the arena. The remainder is divided between the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Guidance Department.

The Martial Soul Department is a large and wealthy organization, so it always receives a lot of gold soul coins. However, this situation changed more than four years ago, forcing the already not-so-wealthy Martial Soul Department to tighten its belt and live frugally.

Yan Shaozhe's nagging increased day by day, and over time she remembered the name Fan Yu.

Xu Yang knew that a real person in charge had arrived, because he noticed that the other person's attire was somewhat out of place with the surrounding Soul Masters, and his hands had calluses from years of holding carving knives. Moreover, judging from his age, he was clearly a teacher, and most likely a teacher in the Soul Guidance Department.

He smiled politely at Fan Yu.

"That's right, teacher. I'm here to apply for a teaching position in the Soul Guidance Department. This is my Soul Guidance Master badge."

Xu Yang took out a uniquely styled Soul Master badge from his pocket. It was surrounded by a sun and a moon and adorned with seven stars.

"This is----"

Fan Yu was knowledgeable; he had only ever seen this kind of badge on the Soul Masters of the Sun Moon Empire. Moreover, the seven stars represented the rating of a Level 7 Soul Master.

"This person is so young, yet he's already a level seven Soul Master?"

"What's wrong with him? Why would he leave the promising Sun Moon Empire and come to Shrek Academy, a place where the Soul Guidance Department is just a roadside stall?"

Of course, Fan Yu only made a slight internal complaint; he was actually quite happy to have such an excellent new colleague. After all, if Xu Yang really joined the company, there would be another person to help him share the burden.