85: Chapter 83 Commendation? Reversal of Judgment

The members of the Chiyan Team arrived at the square where the assembly point was located. Thousands of people gathered, forming a dense, dark mass. Fortunately, the Starry Sky Base was large enough, and there were quite a few squares capable of accommodating tens of thousands of people.

"Fang Yu, we can catch up in the group chat when we get back to school."

"We're heading to our class assembly area first." Bai Chen, Qin Yang, and the others said their goodbyes to Fang Yu and quickly dispersed. After ten days of rest, Xia Yao had also largely recovered.

For the convenience of management and centralized teaching, senior students were gathered by classes, while freshmen had not yet been assigned classes and were therefore gathered in a separate area.

"Fang Yu is here."

"It's Fang Yu."

"He's Fang Yu? I didn't notice him during the last school assembly."

"His coefficient score reached 1.8, which is way too strong. Yan Hezhou, who is ranked second, only has 1.5. The gap is simply too huge." Many freshmen noticed Fang Yu walking over and began to whisper among themselves.

In this actual combat exercise, among the senior freshman group, the most famous one was undoubtedly Fang Yu. His coefficient score led by a cliff-like margin, making it hard for him not to be noticed.

"Even a coefficient score of 1.8 is useless; he still won't get first place. His eligibility for the bonus has already been revoked."

"What happened? How come I haven't heard anything about it?"

"I heard about it. It's said that he had a conflict with an Earth Academy student, resulting in the other person's death. So he was convicted of excessive self-defense and faced punishment."

"Oh? I remember now, no wonder his coefficient score dropped from 1.9 to 1.8."

"Killing an Earth Academy student only gets a conviction of excessive self-defense? That's shady, right? At the very least it should be manslaughter. Is Fang Yu's background really this strong?"

"He can still be this awesome after killing someone? Don't mess with him in the future!"

"Not entirely sure, but I heard there were even news reports. His background is probably quite substantial."

"Fan Xing was also implicated, received disciplinary action, and also had his bonus eligibility revoked."

"So awesome? Could it be that the two freshmen joined forces to kill an Earth Academy student?" Many freshmen whispered among themselves because the trials of the members of the Chiyan Team and Xuanbing Team were not public, and furthermore, everyone had little interaction during the actual combat exercise.

Therefore, all sorts of speculations abounded.

Fang Yu's skill had reached Inner Scenery, and with his life level exceeding Level 26, his hearing was exceptionally keen. He could hear the whispers of the many freshmen very clearly.

Naturally, he wouldn't bother to argue; it was meaningless.

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He walked straight towards the direction where Wang Mo and Zhang Tao were. The students from Wuling City Martial Arts College were basically all gathered here.

"Fang Yu." Zhang Tao waved at Fang Yu.

"Fang Yu, you're here?"

"Are you okay?" Many people greeted Fang Yu warmly. Fang Yu responded to them one by one. Coming from the same college to an unfamiliar place, they naturally tended to huddle together subconsciously.

However, many people were only enthusiastic on the surface and even took the initiative to comfort Fang Yu.

Yet in their hearts, they were gloating, and some even felt a secret sense of delight.

Ever since the college upgrade examinations, Fang Yu's performance had been too dazzling. Among the students from Wuling City Martial Arts College, he was the only one who obtained the Elite Contract, and the actual combat assessment was also the strongest—back when they were still at the college, although Fang Yu's talent in skills was much stronger, everyone's overall performance was roughly similar.

Naturally, quite a few people envied Fang Yu in private.

Now, hearing that Fang Yu seemed to be facing misfortune, their hearts instead balanced out.

"Old Fang, have you been alright these days?" Wang Mo stepped forward, full of concern, and lowered his voice, "Don't mind what some people say; they're all idiots."

"I'm fine, I'm doing great." Fang Yu smiled slightly.

With his skills stepping into Inner Scenery, how could his mood not be good?

Moreover, ten days of bitter cultivation were not only an advancement in martial arts, but also a transformation of the soul, allowing Fang Yu to be more calm and...

rational in viewing everything.

"Fan Xing." Fang Yu's gaze fell on Fan Xing. The other party happened to look at Fang Yu as well, a trace of evasion flashing in his eyes before he directly lowered his head.

Fang Yu had already heard that the surviving members of the Xuanbing Team had all received heavy punishments due to the previous plundering incident.

"Hmm."

" "

Fang Yu suddenly sensed something, turned his head to look in the direction of the senior students not far away, and immediately saw a handsome man around 1.9 meters tall staring directly at him with sharp eyes.

From the other party's posture, temperament, and gaze, Fang Yu instantly made a judgment.

An expert!

The stronger the Martial Artist, the more their vigorous blood Qi and powerful Mental Energy combine with each other, unknowingly influencing their surroundings. This is also what is commonly referred to as a "life magnetic field" or "Aura".

Seeing Fang Yu look over, the tall young man remained very calm and directly turned his head away.

"That's Wanjin. They should have rushed over from other subsidiary bases," Wang Mo beside him whispered.

"Wanjin? Third on the total score ranking?" Fang Yu muttered to himself.

With Fang Yu's memory, even if he didn't deliberately try to memorize it, it was very easy for him to remember the top ten students on the total score ranking.

"Hmm."

"These past few days, my dad has been secretly investigating Xia Kaishan's background and data, and he also sent me a copy," Wang Mo whispered. "In our school, there are quite a few people who have close or distant relationships with Xia Kaishan. But from the information we can find, the two you really need to pay attention to are: one is a teacher who had a deep friendship with Xia Kaishan, named Professor Lu Min. She was a Martial Artist signed by Xia Kaishan when he served as the general manager of Huanchuan City, and she received financial support from Xia Kaishan multiple times."

Professor Lu Min? Fang Yu made a mental note of it.

"The other one is this Wanjin."

"His family is a wealthy family in Huanchuan City, and they shouldn't be much worse off than ours. It's said that his family spent one hundred million to have him become Xia Kaishan's disciple." Wang Mo said, "He is an Inner Sect Disciple of Xia Kaishan, and is already a Senior Martial Artist."

"Inner Sect Disciple?" Fang Yu was deep in thought.

In this era, taking Masters and apprentices was very common.

Many wealthy families, as long as their children had a little bit of martial arts talent, would find ways to have them become disciples under some Earth Martial Artists—of course, their martial arts talent couldn't be too poor either.

Being able to rank third on the senior total score list meant Wanjin's talent should be considered quite good.

With good personal talent, a wealthy family, and guidance from a top Earth Martial Artist like Xia Kaishan, he had a very high hope of becoming an Earth Martial Artist in the future.

Shortly after, all the students assembled.

Many teachers from Huguang Martial Arts University, as well as a vice president, arrived at the scene successively, and the "Senior First Semester Actual Combat Summary Conference" was officially held.

"In this actual combat exercise, there were many casualties, with 166 students killed in action." Associate Professor Tang, serving as the senior director, delivered a speech with a cold and powerful voice: "They are glorious; they sacrificed on the Primal Star in the identity of a Civilization Warrior—I hope you remember that when you fight on the Primal Star, you are fighting for all of humanity and making your own contribution to the evolution of the entire civilization."

The square was silent.

Hearing this death toll, none of the students experienced too much turbulence. Long-term education, coupled with repeated battles with wilderness beasts, made every student aware of what they were facing.

The treatment received by martial arts undergraduates was dozens of times that of cultural undergraduates.

Why?

The reason lies right here.

"The classmates who survived performed very excellently in this actual combat, with an assessment completion rate of 99.6%, among which the excellence rate reached 16.5%." Associate Professor Tang continued, "Some students performed even more exceptionally. Next, I will commend the top ten students in total scores. They are——. All of the above students will receive a school scholarship of 1 million Star Coins as encouragement."

The top ten students in total scores were all students from the Earth Academy. Except for Wanjin, Fang Yu didn't know a single one of them.

The first commendation concluded.

Wanjin and the others stepped off the stage one by one.

Among the freshman group off the stage.

"Yan Hezhou, it's your turn."

"Number one among the freshmen." Many people stood next to Yan Hezhou. A trace of anticipation also flashed in Yan Hezhou's eyes. According to the procedure, after the commendation of the senior students came the commendation of the freshmen.

In terms of strength, he was originally only ranked third among the senior freshmen.

Never would he have thought that Fang Yu and Fan Xing would meet with mishaps one after another.

In today's commendation, it seemed it was going to be his turn.

However.

Associate Professor Tang's next action did not continue the commendation as many senior students and freshmen had anticipated; instead, her tone turned serious: "During this actual combat exercise, some extremely vile events with extremely serious consequences occurred among our school's students."

Vile impact? In an instant, many clueless and impatient students became interested.

"The most serious one."

"It is the Xuanbing Team, led by the Earth Academy student Xia Tao, who repeatedly robbed classmates of their treasures, repeatedly plundered societal Martial Artists during the actual combat, and ultimately caused a vicious incident indirectly leading to the deaths of multiple societal Martial Artists." Associate Professor Tang's expression was stern.

An uproar ensued.

Mind you, although various gossips had been circulating these past few days, most students still did not know about these matters.

Off the stage, Wanjin, who was originally chatting and smiling with the classmates next to him, couldn't help but change his expression.

What was going on?

The people were already dead; according to his Master Xia Kaishan's intention, Xia Tao's offenses would be handled in a low-profile manner—how could he still be directly and publicly criticized at the summary conference?

A trace of foreboding flashed through his heart.

"Fortunately!"

"Among our school, there are still students who harbor justice and uphold the heart of martial valor." Associate Professor Tang's voice was clanging and resolute: "When Xia Tao once again attempted to rob in the Wilderness Area, they put up a brave counterattack. Although it ultimately indirectly led to Xia Tao's death—yet the action was righteous and brave! It is worthy of commendation!"

Complete shock.

Teachers like Teacher Jiang Wei, Teacher Li, and others were all stunned, unable to help looking towards Vice President Qing and Professor Xu, who was representing the president.

What was the situation?

The case had already been tried and characterized; why would they commend Fang Yu again?

Vice President Qing smiled, waved his hand, and motioned for everyone to keep calm and not be impatient.

"Next, I will make an announcement."

"The former leader of the Xuanbing Team, Xia Tao, is dead, but punishment cannot be avoided. An additional disciplinary action is added: his Earth Contract is rescinded, his student status is expelled, and he is listed on the front page of the school's disciplinary and legal violations column to warn those who come after." Associate Professor Tang slowly said.

"Former Xuanbing Team members Fu Wen and Shao Yihui: their Elite Contracts are rescinded and their student statuses are expelled."

"Former Xuanbing Team member Fan Xing: his Elite Contract is rescinded, and he is given a serious warning. If he commits offenses again in the future, his student status will be directly expelled." Associate Professor Tang's voice even carried a hint of Killing Intent.

Instantly.

Off the stage, the complexions of Fu Wen and Shao Yihui turned pale. Expelled student status?

Although strength was the most important thing for a Martial Artist.

But being directly expelled by the school was an indelible blot on their personal records. Unless they became Tier 4 Civilization Warriors or even Earth Martial Artists in the future—otherwise, it would be hard for them to find a good job in society.

"Rescind the Elite Contract?" Fan Xing felt equally bitter in his heart.

The only thing he was thankful for was that he wasn't directly expelled.

Associate Professor Tang's voice turned gentle again: "At the same time, to commend the Chiyan Team led by Fang Yu for their outstanding contribution in purifying the school ethos and discipline—"

"Chiyan Team members Bai Chen, Qin Yang, Xiong Meng, and Xia Yao are each rewarded with 500,000 Star Coins."

"Chiyan Team member and freshman Fang Yu is rewarded with 2 million Star Coins, and for his outstanding performance in actual combat, is awarded the Earth Contract as encouragement."

"Here!"

"I once again warn all students."

"You are not ordinary cultural undergraduates; you are Martial Artists."

"The reason Martial Artists possess privileges in civilization is not simply because of their powerful strength," Associate Professor Tang said seriously. "It is because of the huge contributions Martial Artists make to civilization."

"On the Primal Star, in order to compete for treasures and for one's own future development, appropriate competition among Martial Artists is allowed, but it does not mean you can do whatever you want, nor does it mean you can kill each other. These are not allowed by the school or even the entire Blue Moon Alliance."

"I hope you do not forget the first lesson taught by the school: "The responsibility of a Martial Artist.""

"Forge swords for civilization, whet blades for mankind, Martial Artists are the Great Wall." Associate Professor Tang's gaze swept over the thousands of Martial Artists below: "A Martial Artist's blade should always face outward."