Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, who was kidnapped to another world

"I can grant you one condition that does not go against my own will."

Xiao Yan felt that Ning Rongrong was too happy too soon. How could he possibly obey a girl's every word and let her beat and scold him just because he saw her naked body?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Although at this moment Xiao Yan thought of his cousin with alluring and sexy legs, and even felt a little flustered because of it, he still shamelessly made a harsh statement in his heart.

Chapter 27 Shrek Academy?

"Conditions that don't go against your wishes?" Ning Rongrong was speechless. "What constitutes not going against your wishes?"

"It is my personal decision, including but not limited to restricting my personal freedom and harming people I do not wish to harm..."

"How about I send you to the same college as me?"

Ning Rongrong interrupted Xiao Yan as he was rambling on.

“Normally, it doesn’t count,” Xiao Yan said nonchalantly, shrugging. “It’s just that I made an agreement with someone beforehand that I would go to Blazing Fire Academy.”

"With whom?" Ning Rongrong's reaction made Xiao Yan even more certain that this woman simply had her eye on him.

"It's none of your business."

"...Are you a freshman at Canghui Academy?"

Although Xiao Yan's expression didn't change, Ning Rongrong seemed to have already confirmed that the person who "made the promise" with Xiao Yan was a freshman from Canghui Academy.

"Tell me about your situation first. Why would you, the young lady of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, come to a small place like Soto City?"

Before Ning Rongrong could steer the conversation toward Canghui Academy and its new students, Xiao Yan interrupted her: "The only famous academy in the Barak Kingdom is the Beast Academy. You wouldn't say that a Soul Master with a Weapon Martial Soul wants to join the Beast Academy, would you?"

During his travels over the past few days, Xiao Yan also learned about the most famous Beast Academy in the Barak Kingdom, an academy that only accepts Soul Masters with Beast Martial Souls. Furthermore, because plant-type Martial Souls are also considered Weapon Martial Souls, Soul Masters with Plant Martial Souls are also rejected by the academy.

“…Shrek Academy.” After a moment of silence, Ning Rongrong slowly uttered a name.

"Shrek Academy?" Xiao Yan pondered for a moment, realizing he shouldn't have heard of the name before. "Is it a very famous academy?"

"No, but that academy has a food-type Soul Saint who is ranked among the top ten in the entire continent."

Ning Rongrong ultimately did not reveal the academy's bizarre admission criteria: being twelve years old or above, level twenty or above, possessing a powerful martial spirit, and having a promising future.

As for reaching level 40 at age 20...

For Soul Masters who are twelve years old or above and have powerful Martial Souls, this is not a problem at all. All five Elemental Academies have such students. However, for the Soul Master Competition held every five years, very few students choose to graduate before the age of twenty.

"Are food-type Soul Saints... very rare?"

As he was not a native of Douluo Continent, Xiao Yan completely failed to understand the significance of a food-type Soul Saint.

“That Soul Saint’s Martial Soul is Candy Bean, which is more geared towards logistical support and amplification, and cannot represent the vast majority of food-type Soul Masters,” Ning Rongrong pursed her lips. It seemed that unless Xiao Yan became interested in food-type Soul Saints, she would have no way to stop him.

"If it is a food-type soul master who eats meat, a soul saint-level food-type soul master can guarantee the food supply for an entire army."

"I'd like to ask, how many people does this 'entire army' refer to?"

"More than 100,000 people." Ning Rongrong exaggerated the abilities of food-type Soul Masters as much as possible.

"One hundred thousand Soul Masters?" Xiao Yan blinked.

“Of course they are ordinary people. Soul Masters belong to the aristocratic class no matter which country they are in. Moreover, even the Spirit Hall might not be able to find 100,000 Soul Masters.” Ning Rongrong shook her head.

'That's pretty ordinary... there's no difference...' Xiao Yan muttered to himself.

As far as Xiao Yan knew, ordinary people's armies were already useless in front of Dou Wang level experts. Only Dou Wang, Dou Huang, or even Dou Zong could be the decisive force of a country.

'Never mind, I'll just do something random.'

"You went to Shrek Academy to help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School recruit that food-type Soul Saint?"

"You could say that..."

Actually, I came here simply because I was bored and didn't want to go to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. I can't say that now!

"Alright, then I'll go with you to Shrek Academy for a while," Xiao Yan shrugged indifferently. "After you successfully recruit them, I'll go to Blazing Fire Academy."

Xiao Yan had heard of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. The title of the strongest support-type Soul Master in the world was held by the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and there were also two Title Douluo. With such conditions, recruiting a Soul Saint would be a piece of cake.

“Okay, let’s go!” Ning Rongrong nodded excitedly, and then continued walking in the opposite direction from Soto City.

"Hmm? Is that academy in the suburbs?"

Is it an academy with many plant-type soul masters? Is Shrek Academy the name of a plant-type soul beast? Xiao Yan was filled with curiosity.

"No, it's in a village."

"...In the village?" Xiao Yan's expression twisted slightly. "Are you sure?"

“I’m pretty sure that the academy is more of a retirement home for a few Soul Emperors and Soul Saints than an academy,” Ning Rongrong thought for a moment. “I learned about this academy when I received a mission from the sect not long ago.”

"There are five Soul Masters in total... They can be considered teachers at Shrek Academy. The academy's dean is a level 78 Soul Saint with an owl martial soul, and he was once nicknamed 'Flying Horn'."

"The vice dean's martial soul is the Mighty Vajra Bear. He was a Soul Emperor ten years ago, and should be a Soul Saint now. His nickname is Immovable King."

'Immovable King?' Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes slightly; he seemed to have heard this name somewhere before.

"Then comes the Soul Emperor of the Dragon Pattern Staff Martial Soul, the Soul Emperor of the Star Luo Chess Martial Soul, and the last one is the Soul Saint of the Candy Bean Martial Soul that our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School wants to recruit."

"Where did the title 'Immovable King' come from?" Xiao Yan asked, feigning curiosity.

"It seems to be because of his first soul skill?" Ning Rongrong didn't care much about the information about people from more than ten years ago, so she wasn't very clear about it. "It is said that ten years ago, he had a grudge against the Spirit Hall. At that time, the Spirit Hall dispatched sixteen bishops to besiege him, but he still managed to escape."

However, she had heard her father tell her quite a few stories about these celebrities.

"Sixteen bishops..." Xiao Yan was somewhat surprised. "Even the white-robed bishops are at the Soul Emperor level, right? How could that Immovable King survive being attacked by sixteen Soul Masters of the same level?"

Sixteen Grandmasters...

Xiao Yan thought about it and realized that if it were him, he should be able to fight back with just his mental power, and running away should not be an option for him.

“Yes, if possible, we could bring all the teachers from the academy into the sect. That would be a hidden mission.” Ning Rongrong smiled sweetly, worried that Xiao Yan might not be interested in the academy at all.

The faction has two Dou Wangs, and has recruited three Dou Lings and two Da Dou Shis...

Only one little girl was sent?

Xiao Yan found this whole thing utterly ridiculous. Either Ning Rongrong's status within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was incredibly high, or...

They're definitely lying to me. What am I thinking?

Rolling his eyes, Xiao Yan made up his mind to leave whenever he had a free moment. There was no need to play house with Ning Rongrong here. Of course, if this academy had a genius like Lin Dong...

Even if it's a little weaker... no, as long as it's a twelve-year-old at level thirty with two yellow and one purple spirit rings, I'll be interested.

Chapter 28 Shrek Academy is even worse than expected

After walking for about another kilometer, a small village came into view.

Judging by appearance, the village has about a hundred households, much larger than Baiyun Village where Xiao Yan once lived. The village is surrounded by a wooden fence, which seems to be used to keep out wild animals.

At the entrance of the village, a wooden archway hangs a somewhat tattered plaque with five simple characters engraved on it: Shrek Academy.

The sheer “rudimentary” state of Shrek Academy made Xiao Yan momentarily doubt whether he was seeing things.

A surge of spiritual energy seeped out, allowing Xiao Yan to see reality clearly—

The tattered plaque did indeed bear the five characters "Shrek Academy," and in front of these characters was a humanoid soul beast pattern... quite ugly. Behind the table under the plaque sat an old man, whose chest badge also bore the same soul beast pattern. It seemed that this pattern must be the Shrek Academy's school emblem.

As for the old man...

'Around six stars of a Great Dou Master... around level sixty-two? His spiritual power hasn't reached the low-level of the Mortal Realm...'

"Is that the village where Shrek Academy is located just ahead?" Retracting his spiritual energy, Xiao Yan looked at Ning Rongrong. "Are you sure that academy is here?"

Is Shrek Academy, with its faculty of three Soul Saints and two Soul Emperors, really located in this ridiculously small village?

"Um... that should be it..."

Ning Rongrong was about to lose her smile. She knew that the academy was 'poor', but she never expected that the academy wouldn't even bother to maintain its sign properly!

Even the receptionist at the admissions office was just an old man...

If it were an elderly person full of energy and dressed in a dignified manner, that would be fine, but this receptionist was dressed simply and looked like an ordinary village elder!

An awkward atmosphere spread between Xiao Yan and Ning Rongrong.

"The registration fee is ten gold soul coins; just put it in that box."

In silence, the two had already walked to the table. The old man's lazy voice rang out before they could speak, and he himself still had his eyes closed, enjoying the sunlight.

'This isn't how you perform a public display of divine power!'

Even Ning Rongrong knew at this moment that this old man was no ordinary person, but he only spoke when everyone had already approached him, and when he did speak, it was to ask for payment... This kind of trick can only fool soul masters from ordinary families, right?

"Twenty gold soul coins, for both of us."

While Ning Rongrong was muttering to herself, Xiao Yan had already taken out twenty gold soul coins from the Awakening Flame Ring and put them into the box made of a few wooden planks.

Extend a hand.

Hearing the sound of the gold soul coins falling into the box, the old man finally opened his eyes, sat up straight, and looked at Xiao Yan.

Ning Rongrong and Xiao Yan both stretched out their hands.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yan thought to himself: Is there something wrong with this continent? Why do they all like to measure a person's age based on bone age? It was one thing when I said I didn't have a Soul Master certificate, but normally, when discussing age, shouldn't we first check the Soul Master certificate issued by the Spirit Hall?

"Yes, the age is suitable."

In the midst of Xiao Yan's吐槽 (tu cao, meaning to complain or criticize), the old man squeezed Ning Rongrong's right wrist, nodded, and then grabbed Xiao Yan's right arm.

"Huh?" The old man holding Xiao Yan's right wrist had a strange expression on his face. He squeezed it again, still not believing it. Finally, he looked up at Xiao Yan and said, "Ten years old? Are you sure you won't come back in a few years?"

"I came with her, but she didn't want to wait." Xiao Yan spread his hands innocently.

"I see..." The old man glanced at Xiao Yan, then at Ning Rongrong, and nodded with a strange expression, as if he understood something.

Xiao Yan's clumsy scar was still there. Perhaps in the old man's eyes, it meant that the woman was taking advantage of a younger man and wouldn't allow him to leave her side.

"You're both of age, release your martial spirits."

A dazzling seven-colored light rose from Ning Rongrong's body, and then condensed in her right palm, summoning a seven-colored pagoda with two hundred-year soul rings hovering above it.

In contrast, Xiao Yan simply had a two-finger-wide flame ignite on his right hand, with three spirit rings—two yellow and one purple—encased on the flame, without any special effects.

The old man's expression gradually softened, and he frowned: "You two..."