Soul Engineer Test

The old man glanced at the sword in the martial soul and chuckled softly. Then he gestured for it to be retracted while picking up the personal information document he had placed on the table earlier.

This was his usual habit during evaluations.

In the Spirit Master evaluations, candidates were always asked to release their martial souls first. If the martial soul did not meet the required standards, there was no need to continue reading the documents.

Earlier, five or six students were redirected to test soul devices for the same reason, only to be eliminated after failing.

"Martial soul: Unlimited Sword Domain, with a mental attribute... Physical bone age: nine years old, spirit power... ten, seven, seventeen?!"

The old man's hand, which was stroking his long beard, suddenly tightened and pulled down sharply, almost pulling his beard off. But he had no time to worry about the pain; his originally casual expression turned serious. He widened his eyes and carefully checked the evaluation sheet again.

Bone age: nine years. Spirit power: level seventeen.

There were no signs of tampering on the test data.

Is this boy truly nine years old with level seventeen spirit power? Or did he achieve this level by taking some pills?

Thinking of this, the old man's expression paused. He said in a deep voice, "Boy, extend your arm!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he grabbed Su Luoheng's right hand. A powerful spiritual force flowed through his arm and into his body, examining it meticulously.

Throughout the process, Su Luoheng did not resist. Facing a level six Spirit Emperor-level Soul Engineer, his own spiritual power was insignificant and incapable of resisting.

Moments later, the old man withdrew his spiritual power, and Su Luoheng finally felt the release from the constraining sensation.

But the old man was utterly shocked.

The boy's spirit power was indeed at level seventeen, but more importantly, there were no traces of medicinal residue in his body.

This indicated that his level seventeen spirit power was achieved purely through his talent, not by sacrificing his potential through pill consumption.

"Boy, is your spirit power really at level seventeen?" Despite the test results and his own inspection confirming the spirit power level, he still couldn't help but ask one more time.

"Yes."

Su Luoheng slightly frowned and retracted his arm. Although he was displeased by the old man's actions just now, he still nodded in acknowledgment. After all, he needed to join the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy.

Receiving Su Luoheng's affirmative answer again, the old man still seemed to be immersed in shock, his expression shifting uncontrollably for a moment.

Eventually, it turned into a broad smile.

A nine-year-old with a spiritual attribute martial soul, spirit power reaching level seventeen, and most importantly, without having taken any pills—such a talented candidate was rare! It had been a long time since their Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy had seen such a genius join.

Even the two younger members of the Hongchen Hall Master's family from two years ago couldn't match up to this child at the same age.

There were some things they had to admit: although the Sun Moon Empire had an edge in soul devices, they were far behind the original three Douluo empires in the quality of Spirit Masters.

In Shrek Academy, there would be at least seven or eight new students with such spirit power every year.

That was why, despite its isolationist stance, Shrek Academy still held the title of the continent's number one academy. Even though the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy had been working hard, the gap in innate talent remained so vast that even in a hundred years, they would not be able to shake Shrek Academy's standing.

"A nine-year-old at level seventeen spirit power, good boy!"

The old man patted Su Luoheng's shoulder forcefully, his appreciation evident in his eyes. "Not bad, not bad! You've passed my evaluation. On behalf of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy, I welcome you to join us!"

"Huh?"

Su Luoheng was taken aback for a moment, pointing to the soul devices nearby. "Teacher, isn't there still a test?"

"No need. Your spirit power talent is already sufficient. You can directly enter our academy."

The old man waved his hand. If an outstanding student like Su Luoheng couldn't pass the evaluation, then the other candidates waiting in line could be eliminated immediately.

"Teacher, I wasn't referring to the Spirit Master evaluation, but the Soul Engineer test." Su Luoheng explained.

"Soul Engineer? Kid, you know how to use soul devices?"

The old man was even more surprised. He then patiently explained, "At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy, we assign grades based on the level of the soul engineer. If you only know the basics, you will still be placed in the first grade in the end. Don't waste time here."

"Teacher, I am already a level-one soul engineer," Su Luoheng replied seriously.

"Boy, you shouldn't joke about things like this." The old man frowned slightly, clearly not believing that Su Luoheng could reach the level of a level-one soul engineer while also cultivating to level seventeen spirit power.

"Teacher, you can test me," Su Luoheng responded calmly and confidently. If not for his limited spirit power, he might have already reached the level of a level-two soul engineer.

Unfortunately, he had been learning about soul devices at home with his mother, so he didn't have the corresponding soul engineer badge, which would have been more convincing.

"Good boy~"

Seeing the confident look on the boy's face, the old man chuckled.

"Here, take a look."

The old man took out a blank piece of paper, waved his hand, and wrote down several core formations: including the acceleration formation, power formation, reflux formation, and so on.

"I've drawn thirteen level-one formations here, and I'll give you five minutes to select at least three of them to combine into a soul device."

"With your level-one soul engineer abilities, you should be able to do this, right?"

Of course, this wasn't the academy's official examination method; he was just intrigued and wanted to give the boy a little test.

For students typically choosing the soul engineer exam, it was usually enough to ask a few questions about soul device knowledge and have them identify the names of the core formations.

However, the old man was careful with his approach. If this kid truly was a level-one soul engineer, he should be able to find the correct formation combination.

Upon hearing this, Su Luoheng didn't show any sign of hesitation. He glanced at the core formations and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

What a coincidence! Just yesterday, he saw the construction of a soul device in the marketplace, which perfectly matched the core formations given!

Thinking of this, he calmly took the pen and paper handed over by the old man and quickly began to draw.

Five minutes passed, and Su Luoheng stopped writing.

"Boy, if you—"

"Teacher, I'm done," Su Luoheng interrupted.

"Hmm?!"

The old man's eyes were filled with both surprise and curiosity as he quickly took the paper.

He saw that a combination of core formations for a soul device had already appeared on the paper. The overall structure and the way the core formations were combined had no flaws, and he even had time to sketch the outer casing!

Good heavens…

Nine years old, level seventeen spirit power, and already a level-one soul engineer. What kind of genius had their Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy just welcomed?

The old man was once again deeply shocked, his gaze toward Su Luoheng becoming incredibly enthusiastic.