Kapitel 54: Descendant Of A 100.000-Years-Old Soul Beast

Sheng Feilong had crawled out of the ninth trial's capsule and calmly stood in front of the three Elder's with a nonchalant expression. Jian Wang, Tang Wulin and the others soon joined him upon seeing Shen Yi and the two, powerful old people. Meanwhile, the respectable Elders and Teacher of Shrek Academy were still staring at Sheng Feilong with incredulous expressions, not even bothering to hide their shock.

Tang Wulin and the others, including Jian Wang, still didn't quite realize what had happened to them inside the simulated forest. While they had followed Sheng Feilong out, their hearts were still beating rapidly, not calming down in the slightest. A few seconds after everyone had lined up, Sheng Feilong faked a few coughs, pulling Sheng Yi and the Elder's out of their stupor.

Shen Yi put her indifferent expression and didn't really now what to say. It took her a moment longer before she started speaking.

"I have been overseeing the entrance exams for many years now, but I still remember when I took mine. You might not know this, but you just took the hardest level of the ninth trial. The challenges presented to you were the most difficult that we had available. This trial tested your patience, your ability to survive, and most importantly, your moral character."

Everyone showed a look of surprise of varying degrees and Shen Yi continued in an unhurried tone.

"Your first test in this trial determined whether or not you had the patience to find the valley. The second test checked if you could recognize the power of the Three-eyed Golden Lion and the Duskgold Dreadclaw Bear, both of which were of over 10.000-years-of age and way above anything your team could handle even if you fought to the death. To pass the third test, you needed to have the courage to enter the cave. This is the most important test of the three, and you needed to pass it in order to get any points."

At that point, the old man interjected and continued with the explanation, his focus shifting between Sheng Feilong and Tang Wulin.

"The fourth test was the encounter with the juvenile golden lion. Originally, you were supposed to fight it like you did in the beginning. Depending on your results, you would have gotten points for winning or you could have failed by losing to it. The most important test should have been acquiring the Soul Ring and Soul Bone after defeating it – a test that made a lot of teams fall apart – but what you did was completely different from that."

He paused, still looking at Sheng Feilong, seemingly awaiting a reaction, however, Sheng Feilong remained silent. A few moments passed and Tang Wulin looked at the old man, confused.

"Then, we were actually supposed to win the fight and give someone of our team the Soul Ring?"

The old man glanced at Tang Wulin and answered in a monotonous voice.

"Instead of fighting – and later deciding whether to kill the lion cub to obtain the rewards or not – you befriended it in a never before seen manner and actually calmly left the cave. Not only that, but you even survived an encounter with the adult lion, something that we never thought possible."

Tang Wulin nodded in understanding. His mood brightened as he looked at Gu Yue and the others. Sheng Feilong's interjection led to them surpassing Shrek Academy's standards! How could they not be awarded full marks for this trial? It's a shame they couldn't obtain the Soul Ring or Soul Bone, but entering Shrek Academy was more important for now.

Just as they were rejoicing, the old man spoke up again.

"The Three-Eyed Golden Lion had only appeared once in the last 20.000 years. Even if Shrek Academy possesses many detailed records of it, it's impossible for us to recreate two of them perfectly, muss less to the point where we could allow examinees to absorb their Soul Rings or Bones; They were illusions, nothing more. We were merely testing your moral character. Though surprising, it's even better that you didn't kill it as there was no immediate need to; Shrek Academy has never advocated mindless slaughter of Soul Beasts!"

This time, everyone was stunned. Illusions? They made a huge simulated forest, copies of 10.000-years-old Soul Beasts, recreated a ground breaking fight between beast overlords and orchestrated for the examinees to fight a juvenile Three-Eyed Golden Lion just for the sake of testing their moral character? This... Isn't this a bit too excessive?

They glanced at Sheng Feilong, silently thanking him in their minds. Not only would they get full marks because of him, but he even saved them from losing some points. This was really a win-win situation for them!

Before they could voice their opinions, the old lady, who had stayed silent for the whole time now, coldly stared at Sheng Feilong and spoke with a indifferent tone.

"The 'Radiant Emperor's Phantasmagoric Eyes'. What are they? How were you able to trick the lion cub – even the adult, 10.000-years-old Three-Eyed Golden Lion – into not attacking you? Even if they're illusions, they're not something that a mere Soul Elder could deceive; Even Titled Douluo's would be unable to do so without prior knowledge!"

The old lady had cut to the crux of the matter, stunning everyone for a moment before they all turned around to look at Sheng Feilong once more. Only now did they notice that his face was ghastly pale, his body lightly heaving up and down from exhaustion and his eyes, while still radiating the same confidence and determination as before, were sunken and heavy.

Sheng Feilong looked at the old lady, still as eerily calm as ever, and spoke with indifference, not even trying to hide his contempt for the old lady.

"According to what Teacher Shen and the Senior next to you said, all of us should have passed the test on our moral characters already, so who are you to still question me? And since when did Shrek Academy pry into the personal matters of their examinees?"

Tang Wulin's and the others' eyes widened. Even the indifferent Gu Yue couldn't help but throw Sheng Feilong a respecting glance. They knew who this old lady was. Not only was she an Elder of Shrek Academy, but she was also a Titled Douluo as well! She was the Silver Moon Douluo, Cai Yue'er.

Six years ago, she had a reputation throughout the continent as a heaven-shaking eccentric, yielding to no one and always doing as she pleased. Her common rampages had flipped the entire Soul Master's world upside down. Peace only returned to the continent when Shrek Academy dispatched people to retrieve her. After which she disappeared from the public's eyes only to become known as a teacher at Shrek Academy afterwards! If, back then, someone dared to speak to her like Sheng Feilong did just now, they would most certainly have their heads cut off!

The old man's eyes widened, while Shen Yi silently cursed Sheng Feilong in her mind while cold sweat covered her back as Cai Yue'er's face darkened and the pressure she radiated slowly increased. She looked at Sheng Feilong in anger for a while, before the anger was suddenly replaced with a smile.

"Good, I really didn't judge you incorrectly before, little boy."

Just as they were about to question her words, her smile abruptly turned cold and her eyes fierce.

"You really are an insolent and arrogant little bastard, who doesn't understand the ways of the world at all and thinks of himself as someone special. You want to know who I am? Fine, I'll tell you. My name is Cai Yue'er and my title is Silver Moon. I am the headmaster of Shrek Academy's outer court and an Elder of the Sea God's Pavilion. Now tell me, do you think I have the qualifications to question the cheating methods you used in this trial?!"

Sheng Feilong looked surprised and even shocked at the revelation, that this old lady was Titled Douluo as well as a member of Shrek Academy's top echelon! The shock quickly vanished when he heard her last question and his face turned into a disdaining sneer.

"That's the imposing and awe-inspiring behaviour of a Titled Douluo? At our first meeting, you insult me and my Master, detain my demeanor as unbased arrogance and failed me without giving me a fair chance. Now you suddenly accuse me of cheating in the ninth trial, while saying that even Titled Douluo's would be unable to do so. Fine, let me tell you how I was 'cheating' and 'deceiving' the Three-Eyed Golden Lions: I am the descendant of a 100.000-years-old Three-Eyed Golden Lion. And I have integrated with an Artificial Soul Bone made from the true Soul Bone of another 100.000-years-old Three-Eyed Golden Lion, that mutated, evolved and led my Spirit Eyes to undergo their Second Awakening; That's what my Radiant Emperor's Phantasmagoric Eyes are. My way of 'cheating' was using my bloodline connection to lead the golden lions to not attack me!"

Sheng Feilong's sudden outburst had silenced anyone in the room. The descendant of a 100.000-years-old Three-Eyed Golden Lion? A Soul Beast even more powerful than the Auspicious Emperor, who was only a 10.000-years-old Three-Eyed Golden Lion? And a Three-Eyed Golden Lion's Soul Bone? Even Cai Yue'er was completely silenced, unable to comprehend the bomb that Sheng Feilong just dropped.

Only after a long silence was everyone awakened by the slow clapping sound that came from the entrance of the room. They turned their heads around and saw two people walk into the room; an old man and a young man. Sheng Feilong knew the old man; it was Elder Li who gave him the Hundred Herbs Liquid. However, he had never seen the young man besides Elder Li. The young man was clad in white robes and had long, black hair, loosely hanging down his shoulders. He was slowly clapping his hands with a gentle smile on his lips.

Cai Yue'er and the old man, that had arrived with her, were stunned to see Elder Li and the young man and stared at them with complicated expressions, while Shen Yi stood by their side, stupefied and staring at the young man with an indescribable expression, as she slowly muttered.

"Elder Li and... Pavilion Master...?"