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Chapter 37: Scam?
🕑 Added 2025-03-06 10:29:51 +0000 UTCSoon, Dai Mubai brought them to an open space.
There were wooden houses all around, and the open space was about 500 square meters, right in the center of Shrek Academy. The candidate who had passed the preliminary exam was right in front of them, and the obvious soul power fluctuations made the air tremble irregularly.
Dai Mubai pointed at the candidates lined up in front and introduced them to the two women, “As long as your spirit power is above level 25, you can go directly to the fourth level exam without wasting time here. The person whose spirit was the golden grass went directly to the fourth level.”
“Oh, I’m level 26. So I should be able to go directly to the fourth level.” Ning Rongrong nodded, then turned to look at Zhu Zhuqing and said, “Zhuqing, what about you? What level are you?”
Zhu Zhuqing replied calmly: “I have level 27 soul power.”
“In that case, I will take you two to the fourth level directly.” Dai Mubai nodded after listening to the two people’s levels. Then he turned around and led the two people to the inside of the academy.
As they walked, Dai Mubai introduced the two girls to ease the tension, “There are four levels in total for the entrance exam to our academy. You have already gone through the first level. It is to eliminate candidates whose spirit power is less than level 21 or who are over 13 years old. This level filters out the most people. The second level is to evaluate the spirit power and identify the martial spirit. Having a strong spirit power alone is not enough to prove the potential for future development. This level is mainly to test the martial spirit. Only spirit masters whose martial spirits have sufficient development potential and whose development direction in previous training is correct can enter the third level. Of course, if the martial spirit is extremely special and weird, they can also be selected.”
After hearing what Dai Mubai said, Zhu Zhuqing remained calm on the surface, but in fact, she had a little more expectation for this college in her heart. After all, they dared to use such strict screening methods to recruit students. So this college itself must be quite capable, right? Maybe there is some exclusive secret to train students.
Dai Mubai continued, “The fourth level is to test practical experience. Some students have good martial spirits and good control over their martial spirits. But they have lived in aristocratic families since childhood and have grown up in a honeypot. They have no understanding of the outside world, let alone fighting. The academy will not accept such students. The dean said that spoiled students are not accepted.”
Ning Rongrong listened to his words, and inexplicably felt that he was talking about her. She couldn’t help but ask, “Are you selecting students or wives? You are too strict. No wonder the teacher at the door said that you only accept monsters. I’m afraid that only monsters can pass these four exams. I would like to ask, how many students does Shrek Academy have now? How many students can be recruited every year?”
Hearing her soul-searching question, Dai Mubai couldn’t help but smile bitterly and said, “Since our Shrek Academy was founded, in the past 20 years, we have admitted a total of 42 students. That’s an average of a little more than two students per year. Before this, the academy hadn’t accepted any students for two years. Currently, there are three students studying in the academy, including me.”
“Three?”
Upon hearing this, Ning Rongrong couldn’t help but exclaim.
Zhu Zhuqing also frowned slightly, obviously very surprised by this number. Is a college with only three students still a college? This college doesn’t seem reliable at first glance!
Dai Mubai said somewhat awkwardly: “In the entire Douluo Continent, we are the only academy with more teachers than students. Even after you are admitted, the number of students in our academy will never exceed the number of teachers.”
Ning Rongrong frowned and said, “How can the college survive in this case? Without students, there should be no income.”
Dai Mubai said, “Why do you think our academy is in such a small village? It’s because of lack of funds. If my family hadn’t sponsored some of the money, the academy would have closed last year. If we can’t recruit any more students this year, then the three of us who are studying here will be the last batch of students at Shrek Academy.”
“Then why doesn’t the college relax some of the entrance examination requirements? I see that there are quite a few people who have signed up.” Ning Rongrong said puzzledly.
Hearing this, Dai Mubai immediately became excited. A trace of respect appeared on his face, and he said, “The dean said that it is better to have nothing than to have something of inferior quality. No matter when, even if Shrek Academy closes, we will never accept trash. Only monsters. Do you know what the graduation requirements of the academy are? We are neither an intermediate spirit master academy nor a high-level spirit master academy. Because our requirements are different from theirs. We only accept students under the age of thirteen, and they must be gifted!
The graduation requirement of the academy is to be above level 40, and to be above level 40 before the age of 20, and to reach the level of Soul Sect to be allowed to graduate. “
“The academy has admitted a total of sixty-two students, but only fourteen have actually graduated. After leaving the academy, these fourteen people have all become world-renowned figures. The most outstanding one among them is now the youngest elder in the Spirit Hall, and his authority is second only to the Pope!
The others who did not graduate were unable to complete the fortieth level of training before the age of twenty or died while hunting soul beasts. The dean said that if you are not at level forty-one, don’t go out and embarrass him.” At the end, Dai Mubai became visibly excited, his face full of admiration.
Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong both looked at Dai Mubai, who was completely fooled, in silence. From his words, and then thinking of Shrek’s recruitment advertisement, they could become an imperial viscount upon graduation.
That’s right, this college is not a scam.
It’s just a substitution of concepts.
“Before you turn 20, you can’t graduate if you are not at level 41?!”
Ning Rongrong couldn’t help but said sarcastically, “No wonder your academy dares to claim that you can become an imperial viscount upon graduation. Indeed, at the age of 20, a level 41 soul master, it’s not easy to get a title.”
In this world, the status of soul masters is very high. Especially high-level soul masters, they are the focus of the imperial nobles. With the level of soul master, plus the potential shown by these graduates, they have reached the level of soul master at the age of 20, which is really promising!
Seeing the potential of these soul masters, the empire will definitely be very happy to reward them with a title without fiefdom to win over these talented soul masters.
So in summary, it can be confirmed that Shrek Academy’s operation is completely a scam. They are using the rewards that the students will definitely get in the future as a favor.
“You can’t say that. If it weren’t for the school’s cultivation, they wouldn’t have achieved such great success…” Hearing this, Dai Mubai, who had been completely fooled, immediately became unhappy.
Seeing Dai Mubai opening his mouth to refute, Ning Rongrong interrupted him before he could finish, “Also, you said that among the students who graduated from the Spirit Hall, there is already the youngest elder in the Spirit Hall, whose authority is second only to the Pope?”
“Don’t you know that all the known Spirit Hall elders have at least the level of Titled Douluo?” When she said this, the contempt in Ning Rongrong’s eyes almost overflowed.
