[Silent and Reserved (White): You will become a silent and reserved person, poor at communication, but able to improve your concentration to a certain extent.]
As for this first talent, Wu Ming crossed it out directly.
He already had the “Affable” talent.
Wouldn’t choosing this “Silent and Reserved” conflict with it?
Besides, the “Clever” talent had already reached Yellow rank, making his thoughts quick and allowing him to infer one thing from another.
He did not need such a useless effect that merely improved concentration.
[Indomitable (Yellow): Possessing tenacious willpower, no difficulty can knock you down.
Your meridians will also be tougher than ordinary people’s, allowing you to cultivate one double-hour longer than ordinary people, and after resting for only two double-hours, you can continue cultivating.]
Seeing this talent, Wu Ming’s eyes lit up.
The cultivation methods of Douluo Continent were extremely primitive.
Although great sects and great clans had figured out simple methods to circulate Spirit Power through the body.
For example: the cultivation method Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San in the original work.
Most people still relied on meditation to refine the natural energy of heaven and earth into Spirit Power.
However, the cultivation process could not continue endlessly.
Even for a Martial Soul awakener with Innate Full Spirit Power, after cultivating for one double-hour, a sore and swollen feeling would appear throughout the body.
If they continued cultivating beyond that, not only would they be unable to improve their Spirit Power, they might even leave hidden injuries in their body.
If Wu Ming possessed the “Indomitable” talent, then combined with his “Innate Full Spirit Power” talent, as well as the “Big Eater” talent that allowed him to recover quickly as long as he ate enough, his cultivation speed would absolutely be able to catch up to a Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul!
“No rush…”
Wu Ming suppressed the excitement in his heart and shifted his gaze to the final talent.
[Nine Dragons True Qi (Purple): From the moment of your birth, you retained nine wisps of innate qi.
Further influenced by a strand of true dragon aura from the Dragon God of Douluo Continent, they transformed into Nine Dragons True Qi, entering the nine apertures of the host’s body, nourishing the meridians and strengthening the physique.
As long as you calm your mind, it can autonomously circulate through the heavenly circuit.]
A cultivation cheat!
Faced with this purple talent, Wu Ming’s mind shook, and he chose it without the slightest hesitation.
In an instant.
Wu Ming’s heart let out a sound like thunder.
Nine streams of dragon-shaped true qi flowed with his blood through the blood vessels, organs, brain, bones, skin, and membranes of his entire body, before finally splitting into nine and entering the nine apertures that governed the Ren and Du minor heavenly circuit, respectively transforming into nine illusory dragon-shaped qi masses.
At this moment.
Wu Ming felt that if he erupted with the Nine Dragons True Qi, he could punch a Spirit King to death!
If not for the fact that he had to maintain his affable character setting right now, and was still helping Teacher Li Yusong register the students who had passed the first stage, he would definitely be laughing wildly without end!
[Nine Dragons True Qi (Purple) and Born with Divine Strength (Purple) can fuse.
Fuse them?]
“Mm?”
With the help of the Clever (Yellow) talent, Wu Ming instantly calmed the excitement in his heart, placing all his attention on the system panel.
Talents could even fuse?
This was the first time!
“Fuse.”
Wu Ming chose to confirm.
[Fusion complete.
A brand-new talent has been born: Innate Nine Dragons True Qi (Black).
Once you reach adulthood, your fleshly body will possess the strength of nine dragons.
Combined with your own Martial Soul, Spine, you can evolve nine dragon souls.
They can take beast form, transform into weapons, and autonomously protect their master.]
Feeling the blood in his body surging like rivers, as well as his strength soaring once more, Wu Ming could no longer suppress the corner of his mouth, and it curled into a slightly arrogant arc.
Tang San!!!
“I said, can you register me now?”
At this moment.
A cold, clear voice interrupted Wu Ming’s excitement, and he hurriedly looked at the newcomer.
It was a girl.
She wore all black, and her figure… was extremely well developed, causing Wu Ming to be unable to resist looking twice before asking with a perfectly serious expression, “This junior schoolmate, what is your name?”
“Zhu Zhuqing.”
Wu Ming’s brows rose imperceptibly.
He wrote her name down in the booklet, then pointed at the waiting area sign to one side and said, “Go wait there for a little while first.
Once the number of people who have passed the test reaches ten, I’ll bring all of you together to the location of the second test.”
Zhu Zhuqing had an aloof personality, but toward Wu Ming, who trained diligently, she still had some favorable impression.
After thanking him, she walked over to the waiting area and sat down.
[A strong-willed girl.
Unfortunately, she met the wrong person…]
“Unqualified.”
Li Yusong’s words pulled Wu Ming’s thoughts back from Zhu Zhuqing.
Behind Zhu Zhuqing in the line was a child from a commoner background.
His Spirit Power had reached rank nineteen, his Martial Soul was a vine, and his first Spirit Ring was also a hundred-year ring.
Among commoners, his talent and strength were both rather good.
If this were the later Shrek Academy, perhaps they would have accepted him, but the current Shrek had limited resources and could only take the elite route.
Better to lack than to accept the unqualified.
“Teacher, my son has already reached rank nineteen, and his first Spirit Ring is even a hundred-year ring.
Is he still not qualified to join your esteemed academy?”
The parents beside this commoner youth pleaded.
“A hundred-year Spirit Ring is not bad, but what we at Shrek want are monsters.
Children who have not cultivated to Great Spirit Master before the age of twelve are not qualified.”
Li Yusong stated the requirements for joining the first stage of Shrek Academy’s entrance test, discouraging quite a few students behind them who had not reached rank twenty.
Then he took out the child’s registration fee from before him, twenty gold spirit coins, and returned fifteen of them to the child’s parents.
“Registration failed.
Fifteen gold spirit coins are returned.
I’ll keep five as the price for feeling your son’s bones and testing his bone age.”
“Let me also give you a suggestion while I’m at it.
Your son had best adapt to independent living as quickly as possible.
Ordinary commoners would be one thing, but he is already close to rank twenty, yet even registering requires you to accompany him… Even if he joined our academy, I’m afraid he would have trouble adapting to the academy’s cultivation life.”
The reason Li Yusong acted like this was because when Wu Ming came to the academy with Li Yusong at the age of six, he had suggested to Dean Flender that they slightly alter the rules of the entrance test, and they had already been implementing it for six years.
There were still four tests—
The first test assessed age and checked Martial Soul and Spirit Rings.
Anyone who had not reached rank twenty-one before the age of twelve would be eliminated.
The second test assessed Spirit Power, eliminating those who had not reached rank twenty-five or above.
The third test assessed personality.
If one’s nature was too cowardly, they would also be eliminated.
After all, at this stage, Shrek had no way to act as a nanny for its students.
The fourth test assessed actual combat.
A Spirit Master’s most important ability was combat.
Even auxiliary-system, food-system, and healing-system Spirit Masters had to at least learn how to run away.
But an option to refund the registration fee had been added—
Those who failed the first test would be refunded fifteen gold spirit coins.
Those who failed the second test would be refunded ten gold spirit coins.
And so on.
If they failed at the final test, then not a single coin would be refunded.
In addition, for every student who came to register, the teachers in each test would offer some small suggestions.
This could spread a good reputation while also allowing them to examine their own teaching talent, killing two birds with one stone.
In the past, that model of not refunding a single coin had been one of Shrek Academy’s main sources of income, but in the end, it damaged their character.
It could not last long, and it was also the reason Shrek Academy was often criticized.
Although Shrek Academy had indeed publicly advertised that “registration fees would not be refunded upon test failure,” they had not erected a stele or written it into any book.
It could be considered a money-making method tacitly accepted by the academy’s teachers, one that walked along the edge of morality and had scammed quite a few commoner Spirit Master students who came from other regions.
After Wu Ming’s suggestion, however, as this rule was gradually implemented, Shrek Academy’s reputation instead grew better and better, and their income also increased year by year.
Especially the matter of spending twenty gold spirit coins to receive guidance from Spirit Emperor and Spirit Sage level experts.
It was absolutely a huge bargain!
Wu Ming’s Clever talent had advanced from White to Yellow because of this.
Of course.
The number of students, including Wu Ming himself, was only four.
They maintained the tradition of preferring lack to accepting the unqualified.
At this moment.
Tang San and Xiao Wu stepped forward…