**Chapter 363: Breaking the Rules**

**Chapter 363: Breaking the Rules**

While they were chatting, Yu Xiaogang walked in from the door and smiled at Tang San.

"Xiao San, I discussed the matter you mentioned to me before with Dean Flanders. He thinks that if the three people you mentioned are indeed as you said, the college can consider accepting them."

"Really? I'll go find Dean Flanders now."

After hearing this, Tang San couldn't help but show joy on his face and immediately ran toward Flanders' office.

He had mentioned to Yu Xiaogang before that there were only four people at Shrek Academy now, which was really too few. There weren't even enough people to go to the Soto City Soul Fighting Arena or participate in the high-level soul master competitions.

Based on the experience from his previous life, if their number didn't reach at least seven, Shrek Academy would soon be disbanded.

In their previous life, the academy was too poor to provide students with a simulated training environment, and they were unable to participate in high-level soul master competitions. Dean Flanders had simply chosen to join Tiandou Royal Academy with Qin Ming.

Unexpectedly, although the three members of the teaching committee at Tiandou Royal Academy were willing to accept them, they were stopped by Prince Xuexing and Dugu Bo. They ultimately transferred to the Blue Tyrant Advanced Soul Master Academy, which was founded by Liu Erlong, thus achieving rebirth through a backdoor listing.

Otherwise, Shrek Academy would have closed down long ago.

In this life, for some unknown reason, Liu Erlong's Lanba Academy had become an all-girls academy. Not only did she not recognize her own teacher, but she didn't even recognize Dean Flanders.

Therefore, if Shrek Academy faced the threat of dissolution, they might not be able to be reborn through a backdoor listing.

Thus, Tang San hoped that Shrek Academy could recruit more students, with candidates naturally being selected from those in Dormitory 7. It is said that one can always pick the tallest among the shortest. In the past five years, under Tang San's training, Wang Sheng and his group in Dormitory 7 had started with a much higher baseline than in the original story.

Of course, individuals like Wang Sheng, who had been in Dormitory 7 alongside Tang San, were six years older. However, since he couldn't even beat the six-year-old Tang San, there was absolutely no way he could gain admission into Shrek Academy.

Therefore, after they graduated from Notting Soul Master Academy three or four years ago, Tang San arranged for them to go to Canghui Advanced Soul Master Academy.

Although Canghui Academy wasn't as prestigious as the five elemental academies, it was still an advanced soul master academy. The most important thing was that under Tang San's training, Wang Sheng and the others had become much stronger than before, and their hidden weapon skills were about 40% to 50% of Tang San's level.

Tang San hoped that Wang Sheng and his group would make a name for themselves at Canghui Academy. This was a backup plan he had arranged for himself.

Wang Sheng and the others did not disappoint Tang San's expectations. After arriving at Canghui Academy, in just three or four years, their strength had improved significantly.

Take Wang Sheng, for example. His soul power had now reached level 32. Although his age and soul power level were still pitifully low compared to many characters in the original story, his skills in using various hidden weapons were so refined that many stronger opponents dared not face him directly.

Now, Wang Sheng was considered a top figure among the students of Canghui Academy. He had founded an organization called Tangwang Pavilion, where any students from Canghui Academy who joined could learn the entry-level Xuantian Gong and be taught how to use hidden weapons.

At this time, Tang San hoped that Shrek Academy would recruit three students, all of whom were around fifteen or sixteen years old, with soul powers of around level 26 or 27. These students were all personally trained by Tang San after he entered Notting Junior Soul Master Academy, and their proficiency in hidden weapons was even better than Wang Sheng's.

According to Shrek Academy's rule of only recruiting geniuses, these three students obviously did not meet the admission requirements. However, Tang San felt that if these three younger brothers he had trained could be recruited by Shrek Academy, it would be a huge help.

After all, they were quite skilled in using hidden weapons, and in most cases, they could crush many opponents. Especially against teams with more auxiliary soul masters, the three of them using hidden weapons to launch sneak attacks simultaneously could definitely gain the upper hand in team competitions.

Now that he heard that Dean Flanders had agreed, Tang San was naturally very excited and happily went to Flanders' office.

Flanders looked at Tang San, treasuring this super genius who was only twelve years old but already possessed a spirit power of level 33. A genius like him was hard to find, even at Wuhun Academy, Tiandou Royal Academy, or Xingluo Royal Academy, yet he had come to them on his own.

Had this not happened, Flanders would never have believed it. Now, this young fellow wanted to bring three classmates, all around fifteen or sixteen years old, with soul powers of about 26 or 27 to Shrek Academy.

Although Flanders didn't want to break his own rule of only recruiting geniuses, he was willing to make an exception. The most important thing was that during this period, Tang San had demonstrated the skills of using the so-called hidden weapons in front of him.

He had also heard about these hidden weapons at the Soto City Auction House. Those hidden weapons were mostly mechanism-based, and they could cause considerable damage to the enemy just by pulling the trigger.

However, the cost of purchasing such mechanical hidden weapons was quite high; each one cost five or six hundred gold coins, or even thousands of gold coins or more. Shrek Academy was already extremely poor, so it couldn't afford those hidden weapons.

But Tang San was able to use ordinary stones, ceramic fragments, metals, and other inconspicuous objects to unleash considerable power. The three students he suggested recruiting also knew this trick.

Although their skill level was far from Tang San's, it was more than enough to deal with opponents of the same level. Therefore, Flanders was willing to allow them to come and take a look at Shrek Academy.

If they truly had the ability, then he could choose to make an exception and bypass the rule of only recruiting one student this year.

After Tang San had settled the matter with Flanders, he wrote a letter and sent it by carrier pigeon. The three students had already enrolled in other colleges.

However, as soon as they received the news from their boss, they dropped out of the colleges they were attending and set off toward Soto City overnight.

For these three, what the boss says is the golden rule. If it weren't for their eldest brother's earnest guidance, it would probably take them another two years to graduate from the Junior Soul Master Academy based on their qualifications.

Moreover, now each of them was very skilled in using hidden weapons, making many people who were stronger than them dare not directly challenge them. All this was thanks to their boss. Now that the boss had given the order, how could they refuse?

(End of this chapter)