3: Boss, I really want to get promoted!

Looking at the calm Fang Bai in front of him, Gao Wang felt a wave of frustration.

Damn it! I've run into a regular!

He was a student of the Martial Academy. To ordinary people, they were beings to be looked up to, but only those on the inside knew that there was a set of strict laws restraining them as Martial Artists.

They could not take action against ordinary people!

Gao Wang looked at Fang Bai with a gloomy face and said, "Don't get cocky! Although I can't lay a hand on you, if I want to mess with you, I have plenty of strength and methods!"

"Oh? You want to mess with my student? Why don't you try it?"

Just then, a grim voice rang out.

Fang Bai looked back and immediately smiled. "Old Qin, are you off work?"

The newcomer was his homeroom teacher, Old Qin.

Seeing him, Shen Lin also became well-behaved and greeted him politely, "Hello, Teacher Qin."

Old Qin glanced at Shen Lin, then his gaze fell on Gao Wang, his tone cold. "Is this the quality of students from the Martial Academy? Only capable of taking their anger out on ordinary people?"

Gao Wang's face instantly turned ugly. "Who do you think you are?! What right do you have to talk to me like that?!"

He was a student of the Martial Academy, after all! How could he be lectured by a teacher from an ordinary middle school?

Fang Bai remarked indifferently, "Ahem... Let me say a few words. The person standing before you is a veteran who retired from the battlefield. Um, his former identity was a Rank 4 Wood Element Martial Artist."

"What?!"

Upon hearing this, Gao Wang's face turned pale instantly!

Holy crap! I've kicked a titanium alloy plate!

Old Qin glanced at Fang Bai, then looked at Gao Wang and said, "Go back where you belong. If I see you again, face the consequences!"

Gao Wang wiped away his sweat and scurried away with Shen Lin in a sorry state.

Old Qin looked at Fang Bai and said gloomily, "When did you kid offend someone from the Martial Academy?"

Fang Bai spread his hands. "Heaven and earth be my witness, Old Qin, I didn't do anything. Maybe he was jealous of my strikingly handsome face and found me an eyesore? Sigh! Being handsome is also a kind of trouble!"

Old Qin's mouth twitched. "Cut the crap! Come with me!"

He finished speaking and walked away without waiting for Fang Bai to react.

Fang Bai was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up, and he followed with a chuckle.

Soon, Fang Bai was brought to the principal's office by Old Qin.

The principal had a typical balding 'Mediterranean' hairstyle and a portly build. At this moment, he was sitting opposite a Middle-aged Man, drinking tea.

Old Qin knocked on the door.

"Come in."

After entering the office, Old Qin said to the principal, "Principal, I've brought Fang Bai."

The principal looked up, beckoned to Fang Bai, and said with a smile, "Come, Xiao Bai, take a seat."

Fang Bai could be considered a regular here; after all, his grades consistently remained at rank one, and he was on familiar terms with the principal.

Fang Bai sat down naturally, his gaze inadvertently sweeping over the Middle-aged Man across from the principal.

The man was wearing a sharp black suit. The watch peeking out from his cuff had a cold, hard metallic luster. He sat straight as a pine tree, and his entire being radiated an aura of natural authority.

Not only that, but Fang Bai felt a sense of suppressed power from him.

"Student Fang Bai, Old Qin has told me everything about you." The principal picked up his teacup, took a small sip, and said slowly, "The person in front of me is Director Liu from the personnel department of the Magic City Martial Academy. After learning that a Martial Artist had awakened in our school, he rushed over."

Fang Bai nodded politely. "Hello, Director Liu!"

Director Liu sized him up curiously and then said, "Release your Alien Energy."

Fang Bai nodded, opened his palm, and with a thought, a ball of lightning appeared on it.

Director Liu stared at the ball of lightning for a long time before nodding. "That's enough."

Fang Bai withdrew his Alien Energy.

Director Liu said to the principal, "This child has indeed awakened a Lightning Element Ability."

The principal's expression shifted. "Then the Martial Academy's intention is..."

Director Liu said slowly, "Three months have already passed since the Martial Academy's enrollment for this year. In principle, we cannot squeeze any more people in."

The principal and Old Qin's expressions relaxed.

"?"

Fang Bai's mouth twitched.

Wait, isn't this bad news? What's with the look of relief on your faces?

Director Liu's tone changed as he smiled. "However, I took a look at Fang Bai's records. Both of his parents are currently guarding the human race on the other side of the 'Wall.' They have rendered service to humanity, so an exception can be made."

"Really?!"

A look of excitement appeared on Fang Bai's face.

Director Liu nodded with a smile. "So the question now is, is Student Fang Bai willing to join the Martial Academy?"

Then his smile vanished, and he said seriously, "You don't need to answer in a hurry, because this is indeed a very important choice! In the Martial Academy, it's impossible to enjoy peace! The competition inside is cruel, the training is strict, and many people even lose their lives before graduating! In the future, you'll also have to face the endless Beast Tides!"

"Of course, there are benefits. By becoming a Martial Artist, you can do many things ordinary people cannot, and enjoy benefits ordinary people cannot. In the eyes of ordinary people, you are like a god!"

"Whether you want to live peacefully in a comfortable protective circle under the shelter of your ancestors, or if you want to fight on the front lines and accept the test of the Reaper—you must think this through!"

Director Liu looked at Fang Bai meaningfully. "In this chaotic era, there are many geniuses, but very few ruthless people. I've seen too many geniuses torn apart and dying in the bellies of Demonic Beasts, and I've also seen many commoners carve out a bloody path through the Beast Tides, one blade at a time."

"Right now, you might think Martial Artists are high and mighty beings, but if you stand on the 'Wall,' you will deeply feel that Martial Artists are also like mere blades of grass."

The office was silent as everyone waited for Fang Bai's decision.

Fang Bai, however, asked a question: "I want to ask, after joining the Martial Academy, how long will it be before I can kill Demonic Beasts?"

"Huh?"

Director Liu and the others were momentarily stunned by his question.

Old Qin covered his forehead. This kid had an obsession with killing Demonic Beasts. He didn't know what the Demonic Beasts had done to him to make him want to send them to the afterlife so badly.

After Director Liu recovered, he replied, "Theoretically, only when a student's strength reaches Rank 1 can they participate in actual combat. Currently, only Second Year Students possess such ability."

Fang Bai asked sincerely, "Then if I join the Martial Academy, what grade will I be in?"

"First year, of course."

"..."

Treating me like a primary schooler, are you?

"The Martial Academy has three grades in total. The first year consists of newly awakened Quasi-Martial Artists. After a year of tempering, they will have an assessment to move up to the second year."

"Those who fail the assessment will repeat the grade. After reaching the second year, the academy will regularly distribute cultivation resources and open corresponding cultivation sites. To pass the assessment and become a Third Year Student, there is only one requirement: to kill one hundred Demonic Beasts..."

Slap!

Fang Bai suddenly slapped his thigh. "Leader! Please send me directly to the front line! I want to progress so badly!"

Everyone: "..."