Douluo: Peerless King of Beast Tamer

DD2-Chapter 19: Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo

At this moment, Zhou Sichen understood the rules of the inner courtyard assessment and turned his attention to the five portraits in front of him.

These five portraits belonged to the examiners for the inner courtyard assessment. To make the process more humane, candidates are usually allowed to choose one of them as their opponent.

After Zhou Sichen took a calm glance, he felt a twinge of disappointment. His sister had entered the inner courtyard last year, but why was she not on the list?

According to Du Weilun, the seniors who would assess them were the ones who had entered the inner courtyard in the previous session.

However, Zhou Sichen did not see the person he wanted among these five. Still, he had to choose one anyway.

Looking at the introductions of several candidates, they were all high-level Soul Masters, and were basically only one step away from becoming Soul Kings.

Suddenly, Zhou Sichen's gaze fixed on a portrait of a beautiful woman with long green hair. The introduction read:

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[Name: Dugu Xianmeng.

Martial Soul: Jade Phosphorus Serpent.

Soul Power Level: Level 48.

Soul Ring Configuration: Two yellow and two purple.

Specialty: Poison.]

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"Jade Phosphorus Serpent?" Zhou Sichen mused. "I didn't see any Jade Phosphorus Serpent Soul Master mentioned in the original work."

He was surprised. Shrek Academy actually had a Jade Phosphorus Serpent Soul Master? Given the characteristics of the Jade Phosphorus Serpent, she should not be unknown in the original story.

Of course, Dugu Xianmeng may not be a descendant of Dugu Bo. After all, Dugu Bo's family is not the only one on the continent that possesses the Jade Phosphorus Serpent martial soul.

However, it is undeniable that Dugu Bo is definitely the most famous among those who possess the Jade Phosphorus Serpent Martial Soul.

Thinking back to ten thousand years ago, the Jade Phosphor Douluo Dugu Bo had slaughtered millions of people by himself. The green city was so lush it could even soothe children's cries at night.

Zhou Sichen already had a candidate for the assessment in mind. He wanted to test the strength of this Jade Phosphorus Serpent Soul Master.

Although there was a ten-level difference in soul power between them, Zhou Sichen was not worried at all. Setting aside other factors, just Ada's ultimate ice could perfectly restrain the opponent's poison.

As the assessment progressed, Zhou Sichen watched as four of the five handsome men and beautiful women in the portraits were called, but Dugu Xianmeng never appeared.

Without needing to ask, Zhou Sichen understood it was because her poison was too fearsome, scaring away the external students taking the test.

However, Zhou Sichen did not pay much attention to this; as long as Du Weilun hadn't called him to compete, he sat in the rest area with his eyes closed, resting. He didn't even feel inclined to watch the other battles.

This was in stark contrast to the other assessors, who were intently watching the fighting arena, hoping to learn more about their seniors' abilities.

That would make it easier when it was their turn, and they could even defeat…

In the history of Shrek's outer courtyard assessment for entering the inner courtyard, there had been cases where outer courtyard students defeated inner courtyard disciples.

A demon had appeared in the last session...

But what about Zhou Sichen? He didn't even cast a glance. Even Du Weilun couldn't help but frown slightly.

Even if this little guy's talent is truly extraordinary, and even if his contracted soul beast is powerful, he is still only at level 38, which ultimately limits his ability to protect himself.

And although Beibei claimed that Zhou Sichen was most likely a level three soul mentor, it shouldn't be that serious...

The more Du Weilun pondered, the less confident he felt.

If it were true, as Beibei said, then this kid did have the capital to be arrogant.

At that moment, behind a piece of soul guide glass on the second floor of the training hall, several figures stood quietly, observing Zhou Sichen as he rested with his eyes closed below.

Beibei introduced: "President Yan, Vice-President Qian, this is Zhou Sichen."

The two appeared to be in their 40s or 50s, but in reality, they were both over 90.

Dean Yan, whose name is Yan Shaozhe, is the dean of the Martial Soul Department of Shrek Academy. His martial soul is the Bright Phoenix, and he is a level 95 Super Douluo.

Dean Qian, whose name is Qian Duoduo, is the vice-dean of the Soul Guidance Institute. His martial soul is the Oolong Shield, and he is a level 94 Titled Douluo and a powerful level 8 soul mentor, only one step away from becoming a level 9 soul mentor.

Du Weilun had sent Beibei away to discuss Zhou Sichen with the two deans.

Twelve years old, level 38, three purple soul rings, three 9999-year-old contracted soul beasts, and possibly a level 3 soul mentor?

Du Weilun had never heard of such a genius, let alone seen one, so naturally, he felt the need to call the two deans to examine him personally.

The two Titled Douluo masters, standing at the pinnacle of the continent, observed Zhou Sichen as if trying to peer into his character.

But Zhou Sichen simply closed his eyes and rested without moving. If you only looked at him, nothing seemed out of the ordinary!

Yet, for such a gifted genius, they had the patience to wait.

It also provided them an opportunity to gauge what kind of character this boy possessed.

The inner courtyard assessment progressed bit by bit, from the afternoon into the evening. In the end, only four of the fifteen outer courtyard graduates had passed the assessment and were qualified to enter the inner courtyard.

Ultimately, only Zhou Sichen and the four successful candidates remained in the training hall, while all the others were called away by Du Weilun.

At this point, Du Weilun looked at Zhou Sichen: "Zhou Sichen, it's your turn."

After saying this, the speculations of others were confirmed—this handsome boy had indeed come to participate in the inner courtyard assessment.

"Going through the backdoor?" 

Even with a backdoor, one still needed to be strong enough; after all, the assessment was genuine.

Zhou Sichen nodded, stood up calmly, and strode confidently onto the fighting stage. Like the students who had chosen their examiners before him, he spoke slowly: "The examiner I choose is Senior Dugu Xianmeng."

As soon as he finished speaking, the four students who had successfully advanced to the inner courtyard looked at Zhou Sichen as if he were a fool.

The fifteen of them had been battling for such a long time—who dared to choose Dugu Xianmeng? Was this kid truly foolish, or had he been sleeping all day?

While the four whispered among themselves, Du Weilun's brow furrowed slightly. Wasn't this boy supposed to be a genius? Why did he suddenly appear so foolish?

Or was he genuinely confident in his own abilities?

Du Weilun remained silent, simply picking up the soul guidance loudspeaker to announce: "The last game will be with examiner Dugu Xianmeng."

In the lounge, Li Runrun exclaimed: "This kid must have used up all his IQ on his looks! It's been a long day, and he still doesn't get it?"

Everyone else echoed her sentiments. Each of them had played three games on average, with some even facing four. The reason was simple: no one dared to choose Dugu Xianmeng…

But this kid...

Dugu Xianmeng smiled without speaking, a sense of indescribable excitement glimmering in her green eyes.

In truth, she hadn't expected her brother to select her. She had planned to wait until her brother joined the inner courtyard and then tease him when her elder sister wasn't around. But now…

Dugu Xianmeng stretched and casually left the lounge.

Behind the soul guide glass on the training hall's second floor, Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo exchanged meaningful smiles upon seeing Zhou Sichen's choice.

When they reached their level, they could clearly see that this kid possessed a confidence that ordinary people lacked, intentionally choosing Dugu Xianmeng—someone others didn't dare to pick.

It was worth it for the two old men to stay here for so long without doing anything.

During that half day, they had also learned some basic information about Zhou Sichen from Beibei.

Their astonishment and shock at Zhou Sichen were no less than Du Weilun's, which is why they had chosen to wait until now.

(End of this chapter)