Chapter 42: Because It Is Too Strong, It Is Not Very Convenient
"This is Shrek Academy?"
Xiao Wu opened her mouth wide, stating in a dumbfounded manner: "This is clearly a broken village!"
Ning Rongrong, standing to the side, was equally incredulous.
The reason she ran away from home to come here was that her father, Ning Fengzhi, was quite appreciative of Shrek.
However, everything before her eyes made her doubt life somewhat.
"Since we have come, let us make the best of it; let us take a look first."
Zhou Chen jumped off the carriage and said faintly.
Next, when they walked closer, they discovered that quite a few youths of similar age were gathered at the village entrance, with accompanying parents beside them.
Among the five of them, apart from Tang San whose appearance was slightly ordinary, the other four were all handsome men and beautiful women. Such a high-attractiveness combination instantly attracted numerous gazes present.
"That boy is so handsome!"
"Yes, look, his skin is even better than a girl's; it is simply as if he is glowing."
"Also that beauty in black clothes, her figure is truly good."
"The girl wearing the rabbit ear headband is really cute."
"That beautiful young girl in the azure-white skirt looks like a young lady from a noble family at first glance..."
The youths and parents lining up for enrollment began to whisper, and for a time, the atmosphere at the scene was somewhat chaotic.
"Everyone be quiet for this old man! If you disturb the enrollment site again, get out immediately!"
Suddenly, an astonishingly imposing, aged, angry shout rang out, instantly scaring the entire village into silence.
One could see a table placed at the village entrance, and behind the table sat an elder over sixty years old.
The elder was dressed simply and looked just like a farmer in the village. If not for the badge with a green slime head worn on his chest, no one would regard him as a Spirit Master.
"This old man speaks with such arrogance."
Xiao Wu complained indignantly.
"What did you say?"
The elder's gaze looked over, instantly scaring Xiao Wu into hiding behind Zhou Chen and Tang San.
Seeing the elder's unkind gaze, Zhou Chen took a step forward and smiled gently: "Why must you, sir, bicker with a small child?"
"Twelve years old is not small."
The elder smiled faintly, then immediately waved his hand and said: "However, this old man will not go so far as to get angry over a single sentence. Continue the enrollment."
Saying that, the elder sat down again.
Soon, the somewhat silent crowd began to continue the enrollment; however, more than ten youths went up in succession, yet all were rejected by the elder.
The key point was that the elder did not refund the enrollment fee of ten Gold Spirit Coins per person!
Now the parents were not having it!
Ten Gold Spirit Coins; that was enough money for an ordinary family to live on for several years!
Not accepting students and not refunding the fee; was this not fraud?
For a time, the parents created an uproar. Those with irascible personalities had already activated their Spirit Rings and squeezed to the elder's side, preparing to use force!
"Presumptuous!"
Slapping the table, the elder suddenly stood up, and an incomparably tyrannical fluctuation of Spirit Power suddenly erupted from his body.
Immediately after, a rich red light suddenly lit up from the elder's body, and a long staff carved with countless exquisite patterns appeared in his hands!
The most terrifying thing was that one white, one yellow, three purple, and one black—a total of six dazzling Spirit Rings—were slowly rising from beneath his feet!
"Hiss~~"
Instantly, sounds of sucking in cold air rang out. Almost everyone stared in shock at those six Spirit Rings on the elder's body!
Spirit Emperor! The elder was actually a Spirit Emperor above Level 60!
Such an expert capable of rivaling an army of a thousand was considered extremely rare even in the entire Balake Kingdom!
Moreover, if the person responsible for enrollment was a Spirit Emperor expert, then exactly how powerful was the faculty strength of this Shrek Academy?
Instantly, almost everyone became as silent as a cicada in winter!
Seeing that the scene was awed, the elder then said faintly: "Before coming to enroll, you should have inquired about the rules. Our Shrek Academy has always been non-refundable."
"In addition, do you know the meaning of Shrek? Shrek is a kind of monster, and the meaning of our Shrek Academy is a Monster Academy. We only accept monsters here, which is to say, geniuses. Those over thirteen years of age with Spirit Power below Level 21 can leave!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the vast majority of people could only leave while sighing. In the blink of an eye, only a few dozen applicants remained.
Moreover, soon it was the turn of the five people in Zhou Chen's group.
"The five of you are together, right? Display your Spirit Rings, then come to my side to test your bone age, and you can pass the first round." The elder said coldly.
Hearing this, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong went forward in turn to test their bone age. After qualifying, they displayed their Spirit Rings together.
Eight Hundred Year Spirit Rings instantly caused the people present to pale with shock.
Even the elder, who had remained as calm as usual, stroked his beard with some excitement and said: "Not bad, not bad. It seems that our Shrek Academy will be able to recruit people this year."
But in the next moment, the elder discovered something was wrong. He looked at Zhou Chen, frowned, and said: "Why do you not display your Spirit Rings?"
"It is not very convenient."
Zhou Chen smiled; he did not dare to release his three God Level Spirit Rings in front of so many people.
Although the vast majority of people did not recognize God Level Spirit Rings and would only think they were deep yellow Hundred Year Spirit Rings, there might be people who knew the ropes!
For example, this Level 63 Dragon Pattern Staff Spirit Emperor before him, Li Yusong, might know.
In case the old fellow could not help but let it slip in front of others and it spread, it would likely not take a few days before the Titled Douluos of Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire came to assassinate him.
"Not convenient?"
Hearing this, Li Yusong frowned and incidentally glanced at Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing beside Zhou Chen.
Just now, when he tested their bone age, he also looked at their Martial Souls. These two girls, one was from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the other from the Star Luo Zhu family, both possessed extraordinary identities.
Perhaps this handsome boy, like those two girls, also had some powerful identity, so there was a secret regarding his Spirit Rings that was inconvenient for others to see?
Thinking of this, the elderly Li Yusong did not insist. Instead, he nodded and said: "Fine, you can just use the Spirit Power Crystal to test your Spirit Power level."
Saying that, Li Yusong took out a blue Spirit Power Crystal ball from beneath him and placed it on the table.
"This..."
The corners of Zhou Chen's mouth twitched, and he said with some difficulty: "That is also not very convenient."
What a joke; the last time he used this kind of blue crystal to test Spirit Power was six years ago.
At that time, he had almost shocked Su Yuntao and Tang San into a faint.
The current Zhou Chen had Spirit Power that was stronger and more condensed than back then. If he used the Spirit Power Crystal to test it, it was estimated that within a hundred meters, all Spirit Masters below Level 40 would instantly have to lie down!
(End of Chapter)
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