Douluo Continent: Reincarnated as Huo Gua, yet a Manjusaka Flower

That's just ridiculous.

Helping students hunt for spirit rings is not something to be taken for granted.

Why do I need to pay to get to Shrek Academy?

That's really crazy.

After establishing their own academy, they also need to expand their influence.

Furthermore, the cultivation methods in Douluo Continent are too simplistic. Most people rely on meditation to enhance their spiritual and soul power, and there are very few cultivation methods with other special effects.

This is precisely why the Mysterious Heaven Technique passed down by a certain God-King has not been eliminated even after tens of thousands of years of trials.

He possessed a Mysterious Heavenly Skill and continued to consume it until he reached the fifth level of the Douwu (a martial arts technique).

He created his own original cultivation technique, which was based on the Xuan Tian Gong but with modifications.

A kind of integration and abundance.

It not only enhances mental and spiritual power, but more uniquely, it also tempers the body and strengthens physical strength.

Furthermore, it increases comprehension, which is of great significance to Soul Masters. After all, before absorbing a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, the number of years a Soul Master can withstand and absorb depends largely on their own physical qualities.

It's called Above the Sky.

The Douluo Continent of today is different from before. If ordinary people want to awaken their martial souls, they need to pay a certain fee, since setting up an awakening array and hiring a soul master to be responsible for the awakening both require money.

Ten thousand years ago, the Spirit Hall helped ordinary people awaken their spirits on a large scale for free, thereby recruiting most of the commoner spirit masters in the Douluo Continent.

At that time, the number of Soul Masters in the Spirit Hall even exceeded the total number of those in the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire.

However, ten thousand years later, although the total number of Soul Masters has increased significantly and the strength of the major empires is far greater than it was ten thousand years ago, the path for commoners to rise in rank has become increasingly narrow.

For some ordinary families living in poverty, the cost of a single martial spirit awakening is enough to bankrupt them.

Take Shrek Academy, now hailed as the number one academy on the continent, for example; the requirements for entering it are extremely stringent.

Students not only need to possess extraordinary talent, but also must obtain recommendation letters from the lords of major imperial cities in order to be eligible to apply.

For ordinary people, even awakening their martial soul is extremely difficult, let alone getting to know the city lord of the main city and obtaining a letter of recommendation.

Even if commoners displayed extraordinary talent, powerful city lords would often prefer to recruit them for their own use rather than recommend them to Shrek Academy.

After all, for the lord of a provincial capital, it is not difficult to control a genius from an ordinary commoner background, as long as the lord is not incompetent.

In the Douluo Continent today, students who are able to enter Shrek Academy all have some kind of background, and those who are truly from purely ordinary families are very few and far between.

Those privileged children from powerful and influential families have always flocked to Shrek Academy, and the reasons for this are nothing more than two major ones.

Firstly, there's the immense prestige that Shrek Academy has built up over millennia. Tempered by countless years of history, this academy has long established unparalleled prestige throughout the entire Soul Master world. Its top-tier teaching standards and the endless stream of extraordinary talents have made Shrek a sacred pilgrimage site that countless Soul Masters aspire to visit but cannot attain.

Secondly, they coveted the elite network within the academy. Shrek Academy's entrance requirements were extremely stringent; even students from the outer academies were the cream of the crop. Anyone randomly selected was either from a wealthy or powerful family.

Over time, Shrek Academy's outer courtyard has transformed into a massive, top-tier social circle.

A closer look reveals the truth: do these privileged children really need to rely on mentors at the Soul Emperor or Soul Saint level to learn any real cultivation essence?

It should be understood that martial spirits are rooted in one's bloodline and are innate. These aristocratic families have been researching and exploring their own inherited martial spirits for hundreds or even thousands of years. Over the long years, each family has already developed its own unique and extremely complete cultivation system.

Therefore, their primary purpose in going to Shrek Academy was never to seek knowledge and enlightenment. Rather, it was to broaden their network, make like-minded friends, and lay the most solid foundation for their future family plans and their own future.

If one were to be fortunate enough to enter the inner courtyard and join the core circle of Shrek Academy, that would be an incredible opportunity.

For the families who hold sway over the region, being firmly bound to and deeply connected with this prestigious historical school is entirely beneficial.

Shrek is indeed full of "talented people".

There was Zhou Yi, who abused her status to bully the weak and arbitrarily dismissed people.

A hypocrite, Yan Shaozhe is the grandson of Ye Xishui, the Death God Douluo of the Holy Spirit Cult of the old era.

The leader who can wipe out an entire team is Xuanzi, an unofficial Supreme Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult.

Overall, there are indeed quite a few talented people.

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

However, in such a vast Shrek Academy, how many students can actually enter the inner courtyard?

With a "hellish dungeon"—Xuanzi leading the team, how many can survive?

Given such a huge disparity in the number of applicants, a few exceptionally talented geniuses will eventually emerge.

As long as such a gem can be carefully discovered and nurtured, and the other party is kind-hearted and grateful, then all the effort previously put in will not be in vain.

The entire campus of Abundance College is based on pure white, complemented by modern glass curtain walls and finely crafted metal frames, making it elegant and magnificent with a natural and harmonious style.

This simple and modern architectural style is completely out of step with the ancient palace style that the Star Luo Empire has followed for thousands of years, but it is in perfect harmony with the construction methods of the Sun and Moon Empire across the ocean.

Although the academy is newly built and brand new, its facilities are extremely comprehensive. The teaching buildings are spacious and bright, with clean windows and desks, laying a solid foundation for students' studies; the dormitory area is warm and quiet, comfortable and livable, allowing everyone to enjoy rest after their studies; the martial arts training ground is fully equipped and well-organized, fully meeting the needs of daily arduous training; and the exclusive simulated training room is the academy's trump card—such top-notch secret realm equipment is only available to the top universities on the entire continent.

The canteen offers a wide variety of delicious and plentiful meals, providing comprehensive support for students' daily food and accommodation needs. The campus also features scenic areas where students can relax and unwind after a period of intense study.

This renovation and construction cost an astronomical sum, amounting to hundreds of millions of gold coins.

As for where this huge sum of money came from...

The Treasure Thieves: We have a method to acquiring wealth, and we act with a conscience.

Ultimately, most of the academy's rare building materials were procured from the Sun Moon Empire at great expense through clandestine channels.

In particular, the core simulated cultivation room, with its extravagant construction and top-notch secret techniques, is a priceless treasure.

Without exaggeration, in terms of campus layout and infrastructure alone, this Fengrao College is no less than any of the top prestigious universities in mainland China.

However, the civilization and technological foundation of this world are too shallow.