Two days later.
On a road leading to Nuotuo City, Mo Hui was walking with Bobo, a backpack on his back.
Mo Hui had now left Fasinuo Province and entered the territory of the Bararak Kingdom. His first goal was to visit Heaven Dou City, and Suotuo City happened to be a necessary stop on his journey.
"Sigh~ it would be great if I had a storage soul tool."
Mo Hui looked at the backpack on his back and couldn't help but think.
However, Mo Hui could only dream of it for now. Soul tools were expensive, and a storage soul tool would cost at least tens of thousands of gold soul coins, which Mo Hui couldn't afford at the moment.
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In the evening, Mo Hui and Bobo finally arrived at Suotuo City.
"It truly lives up to its reputation as one of the two richest cities in the Bararak Kingdom. Its prosperity is far beyond what Nuoding City can compare to."
After entering Suotuo City, Mo Hui couldn't help but exclaim.
Compared to Nuoding City, Suotuo City was significantly larger and much more prosperous. Both the number of shops and the bustling crowds on the streets attested to this.
Furthermore, since Suotuo City was not a border city, there was no curfew here. The prosperity at night was even greater than during the day.
"Let's go to the Spirit Hall in Suotuo City to collect the subsidy first."
After briefly experiencing the prosperity of Suotuo City, Mo Hui found a passerby to confirm the location of the Spirit Hall, then headed in the direction of the Suotuo City Spirit Hall.
Upon arriving at the Spirit Hall, the doormen were about to stop him, seeing he was just a ten-year-old child, but then they saw the Soul Master badge on Mo Hui's chest.
He was actually a two-ring Great Soul Master!
The two doormen immediately became solemn. One of them even half-knelt down and said softly, "Lord Great Soul Master, are you here to collect your subsidy or do you have other matters?"
"I'm here to collect the subsidy," Mo Hui replied.
"In that case, please go that way, but this one beside you..."
At this point, the doorman looked at Bobo on Mo Hui's shoulder, unsure if it was a soul beast, and a troubled expression appeared on his face.
The Spirit Hall was a sacred place. If he let a soul beast in, his sin would be great.
"Bobo is my martial soul."
Mo Hui naturally knew what the doorman was troubled about, so he immediately retrieved and released Bobo on the spot.
Seeing this, the doorman breathed a sigh of relief and then said to Mo Hui, "In that case, please come in."
Subsequently, Mo Hui entered the Spirit Hall.
After Mo Hui walked away, the two doormen immediately started talking.
"I never expected this lord to be a Great Soul Master at such a young age."
"Exactly, this is the first time I've seen a Great Soul Master this young. He's even better than those monsters from Shrek."
Mo Hui couldn't hear their discussion. At this moment, he had already reached the place to collect the subsidy. Two hundred-year soul rings, one yellow and one yellow, appeared. Under the test of the soul power testing crystal, his identity as a Level 22 Great Soul Master was revealed without a doubt.
"What a monster. Are you also here to apply for Shrek this year?"
Seeing this scene, the Soul Master in charge of the test was full of admiration. While handing Mo Hui the 10 gold soul coin subsidy, he asked Mo Hui.
"Shrek?"
The Soul Master's words made Mo Hui slightly stunned. Speaking of which, the location of Shrek seemed to be in a small village near Suotuo City.
"You don't know about Shrek? Their dean is a Soul Sage powerhouse, and once you graduate from Shrek, you can directly obtain the title of Viscount in the Bararak Kingdom. Every year, many talented young people specifically come to Suotuo City to take Shrek's entrance exam."
Seeing Mo Hui's expression, the Soul Master knew that he didn't know about Shrek and quickly explained.
Hearing this, Mo Hui stroked his chin. He seemed to understand why Shrek, which seemed so trashy to him, still had so many people applying every year.
The noble ranks on the Douluo Continent, from high to low, were Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, and Baron.
And because of the scarcity of Soul Masters, especially high-level Soul Masters.
Generally speaking, in kingdoms and duchies other than the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires, a Level 30 Soul Elder could obtain the title of Baron, and a Level 40 Soul Ancestor could obtain the title of Viscount.
And Shrek's graduation standard was to reach Level 40 before the age of twenty. This meant that as long as you could graduate from Shrek, if you were willing to accept recruitment, you would inevitably obtain the title of Viscount in kingdoms and duchies like the Bararak Kingdom.
"Reversing cause and effect, Shrek has a good scheme."
Understanding this, Mo Hui couldn't help but marvel at Flander's methods. It was truly difficult for him to run a 'pheasant' academy, which wasn't even officially recognized, in such a way, and still occasionally receive peerless geniuses.
However, Shrek wasn't entirely without merit.
Due to Shrek's outrageous admission requirements, the number of students at Shrek was extremely small. Therefore, if Shrek students wished, they could receive one-on-one guidance from at least a Soul Emperor, or even a Soul Sage. This was something other academies couldn't provide.
Of course, even so, Shrek was still trash compared to other advanced Soul Master academies.
Anyone who could pass Shrek's abnormal admission requirements was a top-tier genius. Would such people be afraid of not having someone to teach them if they went to other advanced Soul Master academies?
What's more, Shrek not only lacked a simulated training ground, but the food the students ate was also poor, which would inevitably affect the students' cultivation speed.
In Mo Hui's own opinion, if those students who joined Shrek had joined other advanced Soul Master academies, even the most ordinary ones, their future achievements would not be worse than at Shrek, only better.
Not to mention, Shrek had even experienced malicious incidents where students died while hunting soul beasts.
Taking the gold soul coins handed over by the Soul Master, Mo Hui left the Spirit Hall.
After leaving the Spirit Hall, Mo Hui started looking for a hotel to stay in, preparing to find a safe place to begin his meditation for the day.
However, Mo Hui underestimated the prosperity of Suotuo City, or perhaps it was because it was close to the time for academy admissions. Mo Hui searched many inns and hotels, but they were all full.
Helpless, Mo Hui could only come to the most expensive hotel in Suotuo City, the Rose Hotel, hoping they still had a room available.
Although he knew the prices here were relatively high, Mo Hui had no choice. After all, he couldn't meditate on the street with his backpack, could he?
"Guest, you've arrived at a truly opportune time. We only have one room left in our hotel. If you were any later, there wouldn't be any left."
At the counter of the Rose Hotel, the service staff said with a smile to Mo Hui.
Hearing this, the corner of Mo Hui's mouth twitched slightly. Another single room?
"How much is this room per night?"
Mo Hui didn't care if it was truly the last room. He just wanted to find a safe place quickly and start cultivating.
"It's not expensive, just 5 silver soul coins."
The service staff said with a smile.
"Five silver soul coins isn't expensive? That's half of a Soul Master's monthly subsidy, alright?" Mo Hui couldn't help but complain in his heart.
Of course, although Mo Hui was extremely speechless internally, his expression remained unchanged. He nodded to the service staff and said, "Alright, then I'll take this room..."
However, just as the service staff was about to process the procedures for Mo Hui, a voice appeared, causing both of them to be stunned.
"Wait, I'll take that last room!"