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"What genius? What are you mumbling about?" the clear female voice sounded again near his ear. "Can't you just look down? Are you really a new student? You're so tall!"
Yuwen Tuo was stunned. He subconsciously looked down, and what met his eyes was a little loli with green hair. Her appearance was sweet and lovely, her long hair tied into a side ponytail, with green eyes, wearing a green dress.
Yuwen Tuo instantly had black lines all over his head. He thought it was some incredible master, but it turned out this little girl was just too short, and he hadn't noticed her.
And this appearance reminded him of someone, one of the later Shrek Seven Devils, ranked fifth, Xiao Xiao.
She indeed enrolled in the same year as Huo Yuhao.
Being the same age as Huo Yuhao, she should be around ten to eleven years old now. However, girls of this age were generally at least 1.3 meters tall, but this loli was at most 1.2 meters.
Fortunately, according to the description in the original work, she belonged to the typical late bloomers. After developing, her appearance changed from pure and lovely to gentle, graceful, beautiful, and moving. Her future was still promising.
Importantly, she was also a rare owner of twin martial souls, with great potential.
Yuwen Tuo smiled and deliberately said, "Yes, big brother is about to become a new student at Shrek Academy. Is there anything wrong, little sister? Or do you want to enroll in Shrek too? But I think you're still too young. Come back when you're a few years older."
"I... I'm not a little sister!" Xiao Xiao's little face flushed red with anger. She was just a little petite, not a real child.
"I'm also a new student preparing to register and join Shrek. Seeing that you look good... oh no, it's because you look pleasing to the eye that I came to say hello to you. Don't underestimate me."
Yuwen Tuo smiled slightly. Now he was even more certain that this girl was Xiao Xiao, one hundred percent. Not only her appearance, but her personality was also similar to what he knew.
She originally wanted to say "looks good," right, but changed it to "pleasing to the eye" because she was shy.
Xiao Xiao at this time still had the face control attribute, which was why she would fall in love with the cross-dressing Wang Dong in the original work.
"I see. It seems I misunderstood. Sorry, sorry. My name is Yuwen Tuo, twelve years old, level twenty, one-ring Power Attack type Battle Soul Master. Please give me your guidance," Yuwen Tuo stopped teasing Xiao Xiao; going too far would be counterproductive. Instead, he greeted her seriously.
"Seeing that you're so polite, I won't be angry anymore. Hello, my name is Xiao Xiao, eleven years old, level twenty-two, two-ring Control/Support type Battle Soul Grandmaster. Please give me your guidance too." Xiao Xiao had a good temper. As soon as Yuwen Tuo apologized, her anger dissipated completely. "By the way, you just said you're level twenty, why do you only have one ring?"
"Well, due to some special circumstances, I couldn't get the second soul ring for the time being."
"Special circumstances? Oh, I know! You couldn't make the registration deadline, right? You probably just broke through level twenty recently, but in order to enroll in Shrek, you didn't have time to go to the Star Dou Forest, right?" Xiao Xiao assumed.
"Uh, I guess so..." Yuwen Tuo thought for a moment. At least two parts of Xiao Xiao's answer were correct.
First, he had indeed just broken through level twenty. Second, he indeed couldn't go to the Star Dou Forest. The only thing wrong was that he wouldn't temporarily give up a soul ring just to register for Shrek; he couldn't wait to leave Shrek. However, now, if he wanted to leave, he had to join first. Only then would he have a chance to meet the person who could help him in the future.
"Your thinking is correct. The opportunity to enroll in Shrek is much more precious than hunting for a soul ring." Xiao Xiao nodded. "But your talent is slightly lacking. If it were the Shrek from ten thousand years ago, you wouldn't have met the standard. You wouldn't even pass the first stage."
Ten thousand years ago, when Shrek was first established, one had to reach the second ring before the age of twelve. And this was the minimum standard. Afterward, they would also assess whether the cultivation direction was correct, whether the actual combat ability was excellent, and so on.
In this era, the admission requirements were relaxed to give more people (children of nobles) a chance.
There were two requirements for entering the outer court of Shrek Academy: first, not exceeding twelve years of age, and second, having soul power not lower than level fifteen.
Xiao Xiao wanted to pat Yuwen Tuo's shoulder, but found that she couldn't seem to reach it. Jumping up to pat would be somewhat embarrassing. She quite liked Yuwen Tuo's face and didn't want to lose her ladylike image in front of him. In the end, she could only choose to pat his arm. "But it doesn't matter. Since you're enrolling with me, I'll protect you. How about we participate in the freshman assessment together then?"
Xiao Xiao extended an invitation. She was quite confident and proud, but it was normal. Just based on the strength and talent she displayed on the surface—breaking through level twenty at the age of eleven and reaching the second ring—she could be considered outstanding among all the applicants.
At least, judging by an uninformed person, she was always stronger than Yuwen Tuo, who was twelve years old and only had one ring.
It was precisely because of this talent that the city lord of the city she came from had specifically written a letter of recommendation for her to enroll in Shrek.
"Then thank you very much. Let's go, it will be our turn soon," Yuwen Tuo smiled.
Ahead, Huo Yuhao had already completed the registration. He originally didn't meet the admission requirements, as he had just passed level ten. However, he had joined Tang Ya's Tang Sect. As the sect established by Shrek Academy's legendary student Tang San, the Tang Sect had one quota for test-exempt admission each year.
Now, the Tang Sect only had three members, including the Sect Master Tang Ya. Senior Brother Bei Bei had already enrolled, so this quota naturally belonged to Huo Yuhao, and no one could compete with him for it.
Yuwen Tuo and Xiao Xiao walked to the registration desk.
The registration teacher said to the two, "Extend your arms and show your martial souls."
Extending the arm was to test bone age. This method had been used for more than ten thousand years without change; it was indeed useful.
"Hmm, twelve years old, eleven years old. Both ages are qualified."
Yuwen Tuo and Xiao Xiao's ages naturally couldn't be faked. Yan Shaozhe also didn't want to break the academy's rules, which was why he released Yuwen Tuo when he was twelve years old. Otherwise, in another year, he would exceed the admission age.
The two released their martial souls. Xiao Xiao's was a large cauldron, the Three Life Soul Calming Cauldron, an extremely ancient martial soul whose inheritance had been broken several times. Cauldrons were important national treasures in ancient times. Three cauldrons separated had the strongest attack, and three cauldrons combined had the strongest defense. It could be called a top-tier martial soul.
Two yellow soul rings surrounded it, making the registration teacher's eyes light up. Among the students registered today, Xiao Xiao's aptitude was definitely among the top.
As for Yuwen Tuo, his performance was relatively ordinary. Although it was a rare fire element martial soul, he only had one ring. Although his talent was sufficient for admission, it didn't attract too much attention.