23 Chapter 23

The Martial Soul Hall Academy is located in a vast complex to the east of the Pope's Hall, surrounded by picturesque scenery of mountains and water. Compared to Shrek Academy, the architectural environment is like night and day.

Following behind Hu Liena, Ye Chen arrived at the edge of a massive city wall, where a group of middle-aged soul masters dressed in dark clothing stood guard at the gate, all of them at the level of Soul Saints, causing people to look on with surprise.

After showing a token, Hu Liena led Ye Chen inside.

Upon entering the city, Ye Chen's view was filled with bustling streets, where merchants were vigorously promoting their goods, and customers in front of the shops were mostly young people dressed in similar clothes.

"Hey, Liena, where have you been? We wanted to invite you to go admire the flowers in the west of the city."

A group of women wearing white tops and purple collars walked over in groups, and they started chattering to Hu Liena incessantly, inviting her for tea, then for dinner, all with smiling faces, but Ye Chen sensed something amiss.

Sure enough, after a while, Hu Liena's face turned sour, and she shook her head, rejecting them directly, "You go ahead, I have things to do."

"Oh, come on, junior sister, what could be more important than our sisters getting together? You're always busy cultivating, never coming out to socialize with your senior and junior sisters."

As they spoke, the group of women noticed Ye Chen following behind, seeming to have found something interesting. They all turned towards Ye Chen and laughed teasingly.

"Oh junior sister, is this your little sweetheart? He's not bad-looking. Can we play with him too?"

"Shut up."

Hu Liena stood in front of Ye Chen, her eyes showing obvious disgust.

The woman named Su Mei was tall and beautiful, though not as much as Hu Liena, but still attractive.

Seeing Hu Liena being firm, Su Mei couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle, "You're allowed to bring a wild man back to the academy, but we can't say a few words? You know, the Martial Soul Hall Academy isn't just your playground. Don't think you can act recklessly just because you have the Pope backing you up. There are rules to follow."

Su Mei's words grew more and more harsh, and the reason she didn't consider Hu Liena's identity was that in the Martial Soul Hall Academy, everyone competed on equal footing. The weak were supposed to be bullied, and moreover, Hu Liena's master was the Pope, which would cause jealousy and exclusion among most people.

Ye Chen didn't know all this, but hearing the woman's words, he couldn't help but grow angry. His woman was to be respected by him alone.

With a slight glint in his eyes, Ye Chen raised his hand and delivered a resounding slap to Su Mei's face.

With a loud smack, Ye Chen put all his strength into that slap, sending Su Mei flying through the air, flipping several times before crashing heavily to the ground.

This move immediately frightened the other women, who retreated several steps in fear, then looked at Ye Chen with disbelief.

Ye Chen didn't care about their reactions. Instead, he took a step forward, his tone icy as he said, "My senior sister is not someone you can slander. If I hear any more rumors, you'll disappear from this world."

With that, Ye Chen took Hu Liena's hand and walked towards the nearby huge European-style building, which he assumed was the Martial Soul Hall Academy.

As they walked away, Hu Liena suddenly pulled back her hand and whispered, "Ye Ye Chen, be careful of Su Mei. She's very popular in the academy, and she might seek revenge against you."

"Always welcome. For my senior sister, I can be enemies with the whole world."

Ye Chen chuckled lightly, showing no concern, but the sincere look in his eyes made Hu Liena stand still.

Thinking back to the scene in the Star Dou Forest, Hu Liena's face blushed uncontrollably, and her eyes became evasive, unable to meet Ye Chen's gaze.

After entering the Martial Soul Hall Academy, Hu Liena brought Ye Chen to the instructional office and simply said, "This is my junior brother," before hurriedly leaving.

The head of the instructional office was a middle-aged man with a square face, who always had a serious expression, giving off a difficult-to-get-along-with vibe.

"I'm Fang Zheng, your instructional head. Now, tell me your name, age, innate soul power level, and current level."

As Ye Chen had expected, this instructor named Fang Zheng seemed like an emotionless robot, taking a long time to say anything.

"Hello, I'm Ye Chen, 12 years old, innate soul power level 1, and I've just reached level 40."

Not in a hurry to advance his soul power, Ye Chen had started suppressing it again after reaching level 40 a few months ago, in order to absorb higher-level fourth soul rings.

"Innate soul power level 1? Currently level 40?"

With a hint of surprise on his face, Fang Zheng looked up at Ye Chen, then remembered what Hu Liena had said, and his expression returned to normal as he handed Ye Chen a data card, saying, "Here, this is your class assignment."

"Thank you, instructor."

Just as Ye Chen was about to politely bow, he found himself already being ushered out of the office. But in that instant, he felt an extremely powerful surge of soul power, not inferior to a Soul Douluo, maybe even stronger.

Shaking his head, Ye Chen thought to himself that the Martial Soul Hall was truly a hidden dragon and crouching tiger. No wonder the forces of the entire Douluo Continent were struggling to contain it.

"High-grade Class 3, Dorm 103!"

Looking at the display on the data card in his hand, Ye Chen learned that the students of the entire Martial Soul Hall Academy were divided into low, middle, and high classes, and the students in his high-grade class were all at least level 50.

Ye Chen didn't know what this assignment meant, but when faced with the unknown, he would always choose to explore.

After asking for directions to the male dormitory, Ye Chen headed towards the west building.

After a day of being tossed around, he wanted to rest, but halfway there, he was stopped by five burly men blocking his path.

"You're the newcomer Ye Chen, right? The one who injured Sister Su?"

"Sister Su?" Ye Chen scratched his ear and yawned, "If you mean Su Mei, then yes, I did. What about it?"

"Arrogant brat! Can you afford to offend Sister Su? Her beautiful face was almost ruined. You damn kid, do you know you're asking for death?"

At this, Ye Chen's eyes flashed with coldness, and he smiled faintly, "I slapped her, what's it to you? Does that woman have something to do with all of you?"

"Shut up! If you dare say another word, I'll tear you apart."

Flexing the muscles on their arms, the five burly men were surging with soul power, all at levels above 40, though they looked a bit older than Ye Chen by ten years or so.

"Getting angry?" 

Seeing Ye Chen raise his little finger and smirk, along with his malicious smile, the five burly men erupted in fury, pounding their chests like raging gorillas.

Ye Chen couldn't help but think that they resembled brainless apes.

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