16 Shrek Academy (2)

As they entered the academy, Dai Mubai looked at Tang San and Xiao Wu and said, "I knew that the two of you would pass smoothly. The later tests should also not be any problem."

Looking at Durand, Dai Mubai couldn't help but feel a slight tinge of recognition and asked, "Have I seen you before?"

Durand let out a small smile and replied, "I passed you when you were heading into the Rose Hotel with those twins. I did hear about your fight with Tang San though. We should also spar sometime."

Dai Mubai's evil eyes looked straight into the younger and taller boy in front of him. After a short moment, he grinned and accepted, "Yes, let's spar sometime."

As he spoke though, he couldn't help but look back toward the Academy entrance.

Unhappily, Xiao Wu said, "What are you looking at? Still thinking of that girl?"

Dai Mubai's brows wrinkled and he said, "You don't understand. I can feel that the atmosphere on that girl's body is similar to mine and it also has a complementing effect feeling. Among spirits, encountering a complementing spirit is extremely difficult. But if you do meet and you team up, one's spirit strength can increase twofold. This ability is called Spirit Harmonization.

Involuntarily laughing, Xiao Wu said, "Then that means, that girl's spirit should be a tigress?"

Dai Mubai coughed in embarrassment and admitted, "It's possible."

As they entered the village, the wooden buildings could only be described as simple and unadorned. They soon reached an open space in the center of the village. There, the previously passed preliminary exam students were lined up. Some distinct spirit power fluctuations made the air shiver irregularly.

Pointing to the line, Dai Mubai said, "You take the second exam here. The teacher will tell you how to do it. I have to go back out to that girl. If her spirit truly agrees with mine, then I'll have to capture her."

Just as Dai Mubai left in a hurry, a soft voice resounded, "Selling sausage, selling sausage. Have a gander, have a look, passing by or passing through you must not miss it. Oscar brand sausage, tastes beautifully fragrant and sweet. Price is convenient and quantity is ample. Only five copper spirit coins for one. Eat Oscar brand sausage! Guaranteed to help you pass the entrance exam."

Inclining their heads to see, Tang San and Xiao Wu a man peddling from a wagon. From it, an aroma of cooked meat burst out. The man standing behind the cart wore simple gray clothes, had neat short hair, and a full beard. His pair of peach blossom eyes had a roaming gaze especially towards the girls in the exam student ranks. Naturally, Xiao Wu was also difficult to escape his scanning gaze. Unbelievably, a soft feminine voice came from such a straightforward adult.

Tang San said to Xiao Wu, "There are still several people ahead of us and you also did not eat much for breakfast. Do you want to eat a sausage?"

Xiao Wu inclined her head saying, "It smells pretty good. Let's try that."

Tang San nodded and letting Xiao Wu stand in line, he and Durand walked in the direction of the cart on his own. Coming close, he was able to see that the sausage salesman's height was not much different from his own. On the cart was also nailed a board which was engraved with two words, 'Sausage Monopoly'.

The salesman seeing a person approach, enthusiastically said, "Come for sausage? Oscar brand sausage offers sincere treatment to all. The flavor is guaranteed."

Durand thought, "So this is Oscar, the second oldest in the original Shrek Seven Devils."

Tag San with a slight smile said, "Uncle, I'll trouble you to give me two."

That salesman's expression suddenly became rigid, and asked "You-, what did you call me?"

Tang San was also stunned and said, "I called you uncle, ah, is there a problem?"

The salesman said with a bitter laugh, "Of course there's a problem, a huge problem. Little brother, this year I am just fourteen years old, yet you call me uncle?"

"Eh..., you are just fourteen?" asked Tang San with a shocked look.

The salesman confirming said, "That's right, I'm Oscar. This year I'm fourteen years old and a Shrek Academy junior student. You can't call me uncle just because my hair is a bit lush."

Tang San was speechless, looking at that large thick beard on Oscar's face, in his heart secretly thought, (someone this hairy could not be described as just a bit lush).

"You really are only fourteen years old?" Tang San could not help but ask.

Oscar nodded confirmation, saying, "Of course, I am an Academy student, anyone you ask all know I'm fourteen."

(This academy is truly filled with monsters) thought Tang San.

Oscar picked up two bamboo skewers from his cart, piercing two ten centimeter sausages and handed them to Tang San. The two sausages were previously roasting together on a charcoal brazier on the cart, emitting a rich aroma.

Tang San took out a silver coin and handed it to him, "Senior, truly am embarrassed, just now was my lack of manners."

Oscar softly said, "It doesn't matter, you can repay me by visiting my cart many times afterwards."

Tang San straightforward said, "No problem."

"Tang San, what are you doing?" asked Dai Mubai who was bringing the last exam student, who was that ice cold young lady he previously stared at for a long time.

Oscar gave Dai Mubai a look, immediately revealing a painful expression and asked, "Dai Mubai, have you come to eat sausage?"

"Drop dead," said Dai Mubai and gave Oscar an unhappy glare, "You really cause the Academy to lose face. I seem to have warned you many times: do not sell sausage in the academy. It couldn't be you want to make people vomit? Tang San, you can't eat this sausage."

Tang San puzzled asked, "Why?"

Dai Mubai's facial expression became somewhat odd and ordered, "Little Ao, show him how you get your sausages."

Oscar's expression immediately became awkward and said, "Boss Dai, there's no need, right? We even have been fellow students for several years, like this you will let the newly arrived little juniors to have complaints of me."

Dai Mubai coldly snorted and said, "I am only giving Tang San a warning, that's all. Tang San is my younger brother and cannot be your equal. Hurry up, don't make me hit you."

Oscar clearly dared not provoke Dai Mubai, helplessly extending his right hand, somewhat wretchedly using his that soft voice to call out, "I, your father, have a big sausage."

Yellow light suddenly condensed in his hand, two yellow rings of light rose up from under Oscar's feet. Immediately, an exact copy of the sausages Tang San held appeared in his palm.

"Eh….." Tang San looked dumbfounded.

In contrast, Durand burst out laughing. In his previous world, he had been amused reading the line but when he heard it in person, it was truly a hilarious experience.

As Tang San heard Oscar's line, his entire person somewhat froze. This line had too many meanings. Without even trying the sausage, Tang San didn't dare eat it after hearing Oscar's words, especially since this sausage was bought for Xiao Wu.

Sensing Tang San's gaze starting to become angry, Oscar hurried to explain, "There is nothing I can do about this. All food system spirit must say an incantation to summon their spirit. It's not something that I can choose either. And also, the quality of my sausage is by no means an issue."

Tang San quickly returned the sausages in his hand to the stove and said, "I'll let you eat these sausages then. Dai Da Ge, thank you for the warning."

The ice-cold young lady that Dai Mubai brought in coldly looking at Oscar before walking towards the queue.

Dai Mubai glared at Oscar and said, "You be a bit careful. Go sell your sausage outside the Academy. Tang San, I will bring you to pass the exam."

The two returned to within the queue, Xiao Wu looked at Tang San's empty hands, "Where's my sausage?"

Tang San and Durand shared a look with Dai Mubai. The three of them were unable to help it and the three immediately burst into laughter.

The ice-cold young lady stood behind Xiao Wu, in her eyes flashed a trace of a smiling expression, coolly saying in a low voice, "Silly."

Xiao Wu was unable to make heads or tails of their laughter and asked, "So what's the matter? Don't tell me that sausage wasn't tasty?"

Tang San covered Xiao Wu's mouth, pulling her to his side, in a low voice recounting the previous affair next to her ear.

Hearing Tang San's words, Xiao Wu's beautiful face immediately turned a deep red, "You boys, really are mortifying. How could there be this odd spirit."

Dai Mubai smiling said, "This is Monster Academy. Spirits naturally have fantastic oddities of every description. However, Oscar is actually quite extraordinary among the students at this academy. Even though his spirit is unable to attack others, it's considered as top quality among food system spirits. The only issue is that those incantations are too disgusting. People who are familiar with him absolutely won't eat the sausages he produces. I do not know whether it is because of the food system spirit, but his hair is also much lusher compared to ordinary people. In fact, that beard is the result of not shaving for one day. Therefore, he is also nicknamed Big Sausage Uncle. He runs a sausage selling business called Sausage Monopoly. ."

This time, even Xiao Wu could not help but laughing, "Big Sausage Uncle, it truly is an interesting spirit."

Dai Mubai clapped Tang San's shoulder, saying, "Come on, I will bring you to pass the test. No need to line up."

Tang San said, "That is no good. How can we skip through the entry requirements?"

Dai Mubai said, "Don't worry, this isn't special treatment. This is due to your ability."

While speaking, he brought the three towards the front of the line.

Dai Mubai walked up to that teacher's side, muttering several lines next to his ear and indicated Tang San and Xiao Wu.

The teacher nodded, saying, "All right, you can bring them directly to the fourth hurdle. If they pass that, they will be enrolled."

Dai Mubai returned to Tang San and Xiao Wu's side and was about to bring the pair to go inside the Academy. However, the lined up examinees were not satisfied.

One male exam candidate said, "Teacher, what's going on? Why can those people avoid the tests to enter the fourth exam?"

The senior teacher calmly said, "If your spirit power is also over twenty fifth rank, then you can also directly enter the fourth exam and do not need to waste time here with me. But if you haven't cultivated to that rank, then you need to stay with me to test.

Unconvinced, the male student unconvinced said, "Their spirit power is over twenty fifth rank? That's impossible. We all are just twelve years old, how can such high spirit power appear?"

All of the students here were considered geniuses at their respective academies. They did not believe that there were others better than them.

Dai Mubai snorted coldly, "You won't do, but don't think other people also won't do. When I entered the Academy, my spirit power was twenty fifth rank. Tang San, give them a look at your spirit power."

While speaking, he picked up a white crystal from the desk and tossed it to Tang San. The testing crystal was different based on level and this kind of white crystal tested only the thirtieth rank or lower. If spirit power exceeded thirtieth rank, then the crystal would immediately burst.

Now, Tang San understood why Dai Mubai said that this test was below their status. Of course, this test was to measure the candidate's precise spirit power. At that moment, he also did not speak, holding the white crystal and directly infusing it with his Mysterious Heaven skill internal strength.

In a split second, only saw a brilliant white light released in Tang San's hand, white crystal became as resplendent as a diamond, the intense brilliance filling every corner of the crystal, this clearly was evidence of spirit power on the verge of reaching thirtieth rank.

The teacher in charge of the test showed a pondering smile, "See, our Shrek Academy has received a pretty good little monster this year."

Tang San wore a slight smile, handing the crystal in his hands to Xiao Wu. He did not want others to complain about Xiao Wu and had absolute confidence in her. An equally bright white light once again shone, thoroughly shutting the other exam candidates' mouths. They looked at Tang San and Xiao Wu like they were monsters. They had reached the twenty ninth rank at only twelve years of age. How far would they be able to cultivate?

However, this monster title did not only appear among the two Tang San and Xiao Wu.

A melodious voice rose behind them, "Teacher, I think I should also be excused from the second and third tests."

The speaker was the young lady who before Tang San and Xiao Wu registered to test, had caused the first teacher bewilderment. Now, Tang San and Xiao Wu were able to see her appearance. With short hair, cut to ear length, extremely fair delicate skin, and a thin figure, her entire person looked to give people a kind of earthy feeling. The impression others felt as they looked at her was that of a young noble lady. She was like a warm spring wind: her gentle and beautiful smiling expression infected everyone in her surroundings.

With a slight smile, she walked up in front of Xiao Wu and nodded towards her. Xiao Wu subconsciously handed her the crystal. Bright white light once again appeared, although it did not have the intensity of Tang San and Xiao Wu. Still, it absolutely surpassed the twenty fifth rank spirit power level, appearing to be about twenty sixth rank or so.

Just when she thought to inquire from the testing teacher whether she also could directly go to the fourth test, she suddenly discovered that the crystal in her hand was missing. Another figure had already quietly appeared at her side. Immediately, another shining white light once again radiated from the white crystal. This time, the light was slightly stronger, demonstrating twenty seventh ranked spirit power. Exactly, this person was the ice cold young lady that was last to follow Dai Mubai into the academy.

On the side, Durand coughed and asked, "May I try as well? This one measures up to the thirtieth rank right?"

Taking the crystal into his hand, Durand quickly injected his spirit power. Suddenly, the entire area lit up and the other students were nearly blinded by the crystal in Durand's hand. Everyone except for Tang San and Xiao Wu stared in shock. (Thirtieth rank spirit power! He only needs to get a ring and he'll be able to become a spirit elder! And he's only twelve!!) thought the people around Durand.

The testing teacher's face completely covered in surprise, "Monsters one after another. This year is especially fruitful. All of a sudden there are five. Good, good. Mubai, you can bring these four together to the fourth test."

"Yes," Dai Mubai respectfully answered.

His evil eyes had a complex expression looking at the ice cold young lady before turning around and walking towards the inside of the academy. This time, no students raised an issue. Strength was sufficient proof.

Among the four exam candidates, only Tang San and Dai Mubai had a relationship regarded as pretty good and as he followed him inside, asked, "Dai Dage, the entrance exam altogether only has four tests?"

Dai Mubai nodded, saying, "Altogether, there are only four tests. The first you already went through. This is to reject those that don't even pass our minimum requirements. This filters out most people. The second test is conducted to appraise the spirit power and spirit. As you can see, we were measuring spirit ranks in the previous test. Merely having strong spirit power is not sufficient to prove one's future growth potential. This test will also only be passed by spirits possessing sufficient growth potential. Furthermore only spirit masters who have cultivated in a proper direction can enter the third test. Of course, if the spirit is extremely extraordinarily freakish, one is also able to be chosen. This was how Little Ao (Oscar) passed."

Listening to Dai Mubai's words, Durand easily understood. Grandmaster had instilled this knowledge in him. Even if two people had the same spirit, by choosing different cultivation directions, they would have very different results. This second test filtered out people who had chosen spirit rings that would create conflicts in their future cultivation.

"Dai Dage, but my spirit is blue silver grass. It should belong to the least growth potential spirits. Why..."

Dai Mubai smiled straightforwardly, saying, "You do not need to be modest. You were able to force me to bring out my third spirit ring even without a third ring. The Academy has a rule that if an applying exam candidate's spirit power exceeds the twenty fifth rank, then regardless of what their spirit is, they can directly pass the second and third trials.

Xiao Wu could not help asking, "What is the third test?"

Dai Mubai replied, "The third is to test the examinee's own spirit application level. Having spirit power and potential aren't enough to be a Shrek. An examinee needs to be able to simultaneously control their own spirit's strength. The higher the rank of a spirit, the more difficult it becomes to control. This very easily becomes an issue. If a candidate is unable to control their spirit sufficiently, this proves that the spirit master is insufficiently diligent. We don't accept students like this either."

Without waiting for someone to ask, Dai Mubai continued to explain the fourth test, "The fourth is to test the examinee's actual combat experience. Some students have decent spirit power, a good enough spirit and their spirit control is also not bad. However, they had lived their entire childhood living in a noble family and became accustomed to a privileged environment. They fundamentally lack any understanding of the outside world, let alone fighting. We absolutely won't accept these students. Like the Dean said, 'pampered and spoiled since childhood are absolutely refused'."