92: Elf Girl
He opened his eyes, somewhat surprised.
His first thought was that Meng Li and the others had come to find him.
After all, he had only parted ways with them both recently yesterday, and only they knew where he lived.
But when Song Ming opened the villa door, what greeted his eyes was a young girl as beautiful as an elf.
He came back to his senses and said, somewhat surprised, "Jiang Rong, why are you here?"
Outside the door, Jiang Rong heard him and smiled playfully, "What, you don't welcome me?"
Song Ming shook his head.
It was a happy thing to see an acquaintance at Divine Xia Academy.
"Hmph, hmph, I didn't expect you to come to Divine Xia Academy so early. Let's go, let's go, I'll take you around the Academy to get familiar with the environment!"
Jiang Rong spoke as uninhibited as ever.
Song Ming also nodded.
He quickly tidied up and followed her out.
On the way, Jiang Rong teased, "You're doing well, moving into a villa as soon as you arrived. I'm still living in a double room dormitory!"
Song Ming said indifferently, "It only costs one hundred credit a month, not much!"
Jiang Rong heard this and felt a bit helpless.
Although she knew that Song Ming might genuinely not think one hundred credit was much.
But no matter how she heard it, she felt like this person was showing off.
One had to know that she might not even earn one hundred credit in a month.
However, Jiang Rong was used to this kind of thing.
After all, when she followed Song Ming through the hidden dungeon before, this guy had shocked her quite a bit.
Now, this kind of thing was quite normal.
Next.
Jiang Rong first took Song Ming to the cafeteria for breakfast.
Then she took him to familiarize himself with various areas of the Academy.
The first place they went was the teaching area.
This was where the students of the Academy attended classes.
However, since the students were still on summer vacation, there weren't many students attending classes in this area.
After the new students started school.
The teaching area would also become lively.
Every professor at Divine Xia Academy was at Rank one hundred or above.
And they covered various Domains.
Main combat professions, support professions, and some special professions.
Even some Life professions had professors offering courses.
The teaching resources were incredibly rich, something other academies simply couldn't compare to.
The teaching area also had more than a dozen large skill training grounds.
These were for students to use to familiarize themselves with or deepen their application of skills.
Of course, these were not free and required credit.
Then there was the library of Divine Xia Academy.
This place covered books and materials in almost every Domain, and was recognized as the Great Xia Country's most richly stocked library, as well as the largest in terms of area.
Most of the books here were freely available to students of the Academy, while the remaining special materials required credit to borrow.
Divine Xia Academy also had a practical combat base.
This was a place to help students improve their combat skills and team coordination.
It included 1v1 solo combat platforms, a PvP arena, and some specific dungeons for beginners to improve their practical combat abilities.
Of course, these all required credit to activate.
The practical combat base had a combat power Rank based on each student's performance and Rank, including both individual and team rankings.
The top ten on the Rank would receive certain credit rewards, so the practical combat base was also a relatively good place to earn credit.
Finally, Jiang Rong took Song Ming to the Academic Affairs Office to complete the final enrollment procedures.
As the Top National Scorer, the Academy still attached great importance to him, coupled with God Yi's regard.
Most of the procedures had already been completed for Song Ming in advance.
He only needed to complete a few simple steps.
Song Ming quickly completed the enrollment procedures, and Jiang Rong then took him towards an Academy within the campus.
The two had been wandering around Divine Xia Academy for about half a day.
They had only covered less than one-tenth of the Academy's area.
The places they visited were all public areas within the Academy, not restricting anyone from entering or exiting.
The Academy actually had some non-public areas.
These were often the grounds of various academies.
For example, the most famous Supergod Academy within the Academy, or the four major academies: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.
Of course, there were many other academies, but none were as powerful as the ones mentioned above.
Jiang Rong was taking Song Ming to Azure Dragon Academy.
"Uncle Gu already told me, don't worry, there will definitely be a spot for you in the Trial Grounds!" Jiang Rong said.
Song Ming suddenly understood.
The person Gu Changhui mentioned finding to guide him was Jiang Rong.
What a coincidence.
"What exactly are the Trial Grounds?" he then asked.
Jiang Rong replied, "I'm not too sure either. I heard people say it's a Forbidden Ground controlled by our Academy, but I don't know much more than that!"
"Like the Contaminated Land?"
"Something like that, but it's much, much more dangerous than the Contaminated Land!" Jiang Rong's expression was clearly solemn as she said this.
Song Ming nodded.
Since the Trial Grounds were very dangerous, then it was the right place for him to go.
Very dangerous meant there would also be many rewards.
His Rank would then be able to improve rapidly.
Inside Azure Dragon Academy.
A group of people were gathered there.
And they were subtly divided into two factions.
One faction had more people and a stronger aura.
The other faction had fewer people, and some even had nervous expressions on their faces.
Jiang Rong smiled and greeted someone, "Sister Ning, I brought him to you!"
The woman she called Sister Ning wore black-rimmed glasses and had a very gentle demeanor.
Ning Hua then looked at Song Ming and smiled, "Is he this year's Top National Scorer, Song Ming?"
Jiang Rong nodded.
Ning Hua then extended her hand to Song Ming, introducing herself, "My name is Ning Hua, a fifth-year student at Divine Xia Academy, Rank 72, profession Berserker Swordmaiden."
Song Ming was clearly startled when he heard this.
He hadn't expected Ning Hua, who outwardly looked like a well-bred young lady, to have the profession of Berserker Swordmaiden.
Wasn't this contrast a bit too great?
Ning Hua seemed to see his confusion and smiled, "What, you don't believe it?"
Song Ming shook his head, "No, I'm just a little surprised."
Ning Hua didn't mind, as many people had expressed surprise after learning her profession.
She was already used to it.
"I heard from Rongrong that your profession is Aura Master. You should have completed your class transfer quest by now, right?" she then asked.
Song Ming nodded.
Just as he was about to speak, a proud-faced young man walked in from outside the Academy and impatiently said to Song Ming, "He's just a new student. It's good enough if he doesn't drag us down. Go wait over there and don't interfere with our discussion of tomorrow's tactics."
Jiang Rong heard this and said angrily, "Guo Jun, please show some respect!"
Guo Jun sneered, pointed to the new student team nearby, and said, "So what if he's the Top National Scorer? He's still just here to drag us down.
If you ask me, you new students should go somewhere cool and wait. The Trial Grounds aren't for kids like you!"