114: Chapter 114 Freshman Ranking! The Recruitment Begins!
On the high platform, Principal Zhu Hexuan began his speech, though he was only speaking some standard opening remarks.
However, the freshmen below, sitting in their seats, nodded repeatedly as if they were hearing some peerless classic that enlightened them instantly.
"The Principal is right! I feel like my martial path has improved again!"
"As expected of a Zhenxing Realm martial artist; a few words are worth more than studying thousands of books."
"I must record this and listen to it repeatedly before bed; these are the teachings of a Zhenxing Realm martial artist."
Even Liu Hao, sitting next to Su Lin, opened his phone's voice recorder and silently recorded Zhu Hexuan's plain and simple opening remarks.
Out of respect for a top-tier powerhouse, no one in the venue dared to use their phones to film directly, so they could only record audio secretly.
Su Lin drank his milk tea and shook his head, feeling that this was a bit too exaggerated. Even if the man was a Zhenxing Realm powerhouse, did that mean even his farts smelled like flowers?
But judging from the crowd's reaction, maybe it really was? If Zhu Hexuan actually farted, surely a huge crowd would scramble over to smell it; that was, after all, the fart of a Zhenxing Realm martial artist!
Su Lin felt a bit bored and shifted his gaze toward the group of instructors in the back. He saw that those instructors seemed accustomed to Zhu Hexuan's speech and were chatting in low voices behind the scenes.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he noticed that quite a few instructors seemed to be looking at him.
Su Lin thought he was overthinking it, so he withdrew his gaze and listened to the speech again, while Principal Zhu Hexuan began introducing the various leaderboards in the university at this moment.
Shenglong University has leaderboards such as the freshman leaderboard, the dragon ranking, and the Shenglong ranking.
Each leaderboard has one hundred spots; as long as you can make it on, you can receive generous rewards, and the higher your rank, the higher the rewards!
The Principal raised his hand, pointed to the sky on the right, and said.
"Students, when you entered Shenglong University, the school gates already performed a preliminary analysis on you."
"The freshman leaderboard is out; you can check to see if you made it onto the list."
"This leaderboard is updated in real-time. The current ranking is merely on paper and does not truly represent your actual strength."
"Improving your rank is very simple. Aside from working hard on your cultivation, the fastest method is to defeat an opponent ranked higher than you, which will allow you to take their place."
As Zhu Hexuan spoke with a smile, a clear light screen appeared in the air where his right hand was pointing, and a golden leaderboard manifested.
Shenglong University, freshman leaderboard!
First place, Gu Tianming, Divine Aperture Realm stage seven.
Second place, Jiang Chen, Divine Aperture Realm stage six.
...
Su Lin actually spotted his own name at a glance: 46th place, Su Lin, Divine Aperture Realm stage one.
Liu Hao, sitting beside him, also became excited and patted Su Lin, saying.
"Brother Su! You made the list!!"
"46th place! You made the top fifty!"
"Even Zhou Wei and Xu Kexin didn't make this freshman leaderboard. Although Sun Pengfei made it, he's in 87th place; he's nowhere near you!"
However, many people were unconvinced when they saw Su Lin's ranking.
Because even the 100th place on the freshman leaderboard was at the Divine Aperture Realm stage four.
And most of those who could make it into the top fifty were at the Divine Aperture Realm stage five or six.
On the entire leaderboard, Su Lin's name was the most conspicuous because he was actually at the Divine Aperture Realm stage one!!
The crowd began to whisper to one another.
"Did that leaderboard make a mistake? A Divine Aperture Realm stage one can make the list, and in the top fifty!? If that's the case, I should be able to make the list too!"
"A Divine Aperture Realm stage one making the list is just too absurd. Could there be some behind-the-scenes manipulation?"
The instructors in the seats on the stage looked at the leaderboard, but their eyes were not on the first-place Gu Tianming; instead, they were fixed on the 46th-place position.
"Su Lin, he really made the list. 46th place, not far from what I guessed."
"He must have opened more than eight Divine Apertures. His Divine Aperture Realm stage one can even easily insta-kill a stage four."
"Hehe, I've been watching this kid just now. I assume everyone has heard the news about him, right?"
The group of instructors discussed Su Lin on stage without any concealment, their eyes even drifting towards Su Lin from time to time.
"He killed Jiang Qing of Tiannan Province; for such a young age, his ability is truly not small. If he can come to our academy, our academy will definitely stand out this year!"
"Even I still don't understand what method he used, but if such a talent comes to my academy, I wouldn't mind taking him as my closing disciple."
The various instructors of Shenglong University held extraordinary status throughout the entire Shenglong Kingdom and were themselves super-strong martial artists; the channels through which they obtained information were beyond what ordinary people could imagine.
They knew very well that the rumor about Su Lin was true; relevant personnel from the Tiannan Province college entrance exam had already disclosed it to them long ago.
They were extremely shocked when they found out back then, and before Su Lin had even enrolled, they had already noted this name in their minds.
At this moment, both below and on the stage, the focus of everyone's discussion was on Su Lin, which made the group of imperial capital geniuses sitting in the front row quite unhappy.
They were equally extraordinary in strength and far surpassed Su Lin in terms of realm, with most of them already at the Divine Aperture Realm stage five or six. Yet, at this moment, all the attention in the venue was on that Divine Aperture Realm stage one?
"What is Su Lin's background? Isn't he just someone from an outer province? Why do so many people care about him?"
"A mere Divine Aperture Realm stage one, and he can still steal the limelight?"
"Unbelievable, I think I just heard the voices of those instructors on stage; they are also chatting about Su Lin!?"
Gu Tianming, sitting in the first seat, had an ugly expression on his face at this moment, his arms crossed over his chest, grinding his teeth.
He was clearly the one who took first place, yet not a single person was discussing him? Was this world sick?
That Su Lin in 46th place, whom he felt he could crush with one hand, was actually overshadowing him at this moment!?
"I, Gu Tianming, have never been reduced to being beneath others like this before!"
"Besides, my ranking is clearly higher than his!!"
The Principal above finally finished his somewhat long-winded speech.
The Principal signaled to the instructors behind him, and the various instructors picked up their microphones.
Now it was time for the instructors' speeches.
The crowd below also wiped their eyes clean, looking forward to the instructors saying something that would give them great insight.
A man wearing a white robe with a long sword hanging at his waist stood up.
"Students, welcome to the school."
"I am the Dean of the Sword Dao Academy, Duan Changkong, and I welcome everyone to join the Sword Dao Academy."
"That is all for my speech, but I would like to add a few more words."
Duan Changkong on stage suddenly beckoned toward the back of the seating area.
"That student, Su Lin, are you interested in joining our Sword Dao Academy?"
"If you come, I am willing to be your instructor, how about it?"
What!?
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole venue was in an uproar. The crowd below looked toward Su Lin's position, unable to believe it.
A Heavenly King Realm instructor, the Dean of the Sword Dao Academy, was actually so impatient to invite Su Lin to join his academy at the opening ceremony!?
Not only those below, but the group of instructors on stage also slapped their thighs.
"Oh! Old Duan, what are you doing! You're snatching people up so quickly!"
"So you're snatching people, huh! Old Duan, I want this Su Lin too!"