107: Freshman Assessment

The next morning, as soon as Jiang Yuan finished his cultivation, he received a message on his phone.

Zhongyuan Academy: All new students, please arrive at the New Student Welcome Plaza as soon as possible.

There was only that one sentence, but Jiang Yuan still got up, tidied himself, and then walked towards the New Student Welcome Plaza with Mu Qianshan.

When they arrived at the New Student Welcome Plaza, there weren't many people yet.

However, roughly looking around, there were already about four or five hundred people.

"Speaking of which, are there really so many people?" Jiang Yuan was a little surprised.

"Hmm, around a thousand people, I'd say."

Mu Qianshan nodded, "There are three hundred and sixty-five cities in Daxia, and roughly three to four people can be selected from each city."

"After all, the four top academies are all vying for people, and a city only has about ten talented individuals."

"Indeed, it's not easy for our Zhenhai City to have six people selected at once."

A familiar voice sounded, and at the same time, Jiang Yuan's shoulder was patted.

Jiang Yuan turned his head to see Jiang Lingyun, her face adorned with a sweet smile.

Beside Jiang Lingyun, Bu Qiuyuan, with her high ponytail, also nodded at them, as a greeting.

"Speaking of which, how's your small villa? The two of us are in the same dorm."

"It's alright, the small villa is quite spacious."

"That's great, too bad the small villa is too expensive."

Jiang Lingyun's eyes lit up, then she said with some disappointment.

Jiang Yuan curiously turned to look at Mu Qianshan, but Mu Qianshan nodded, "Hmm, it is indeed a bit expensive."

Jiang Yuan understood; something Mu Qianshan called expensive was clearly not cheap.

After Jiang Lingyun and her companion arrived, the other two from Zhenhai City also quickly came over.

After the new students had all arrived one after another, several people took their seats on the stage.

"Everyone, I am one of the Vice Principals of Zhongyuan Academy. Now, all new students, please quiet down and listen to me."

After checking the time, a plump, pot-bellied middle-aged man stood up and began to speak to the crowd.

"I assume everyone has read about the academy's various rules and requirements in the student handbook."

"Since that's the case, I won't say much more and will get straight to the point: let's talk about the new student assessment."

"There are a total of one thousand and eighty people present here. Although I don't know if anyone is absent, you, these over a thousand people, will soon enter a certain place."

As the Vice Principal spoke, a large screen appeared behind him.

On the large screen, there were one hundred small screens.

Each small screen showed one person, a total of one hundred people.

"Inside here are the last one hundred students from the previous year, your seniors, and they will now act as hunters to hunt you."

The Vice Principal's face showed a harmless expression: "Their goal is all of you. If they can take care of all of you within these ten days, then they won't have to take a make-up exam."

"Similarly, if they successfully hunt all of you, they will also receive academic credit rewards."

"This place has beast races and hunters. What you need to do is to hunt beast races and gain points as much as possible before the hunters take care of you. Points are related to your academic credit rewards. Of course, the bottom one hundred in points ranking, the school's sanitation will be handed over to you."

"Then can we counter-kill the hunters?"

"Of course, you can."

The Vice Principal looked at the muscular man who stood up and nodded.

"One good news, one bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"

"Good news!"

"Bad news!"

Everyone shouted loudly.

However, the sound of "bad news" was clearly louder.

"Then let's talk about the bad news first."

The Vice Principal smiled happily: "Their low ranking is only in the written exam. Among them, there are guys who ranked high in the martial exam."

"..."

As the Vice Principal's words fell, everyone instantly fell silent.

How was this supposed to be played?

They had all been cultivating for three or four months, and even now, they were only at the Star Epoch Middle Stage of strength.

What about the other side?

They had cultivated for so much longer than them!

If it were other people, it would be fine.

But these were seniors from the previous year at Zhongyuan Academy!

Could their talent be poor if they could enter Zhongyuan Academy?

Ranked high in the martial exam...

What a terrifying thing!

What a huge trap, the bottom one hundred in the written exam!

It's amazing you could even think of that!

After the Vice Principal finished speaking, he observed the crowd with a hint of smugness on his face.

Some were silent, some were displeased, some were agitated, and some waited calmly for his upcoming good news.

"Of course, you will be given a chance to counter-kill."

The Vice Principal once again showed his trademark squinting smile: "The good news is, there are only one hundred of them."

"And another thing, that place will restrict strength. Even if they go in, their strength will be restricted to the Xing Ji Stage, so you can rest assured about that."

"That works!"

Upon hearing this, the people next to Jiang Yuan instantly became excited.

Everyone was at the Xing Ji Stage, so who was afraid of whom?

"I'm afraid it's Star Epoch Late Stage..." Mu Qianshan's expression was a bit grim.

Jiang Yuan also nodded and said, "And their combat experience will be much richer than ours."

The Vice Principal's meaning was too obvious; it was clear that these people were aiming to take care of them.

Restricting strength to the Star Epoch, didn't that clearly mean Star Epoch Late Stage!

They couldn't have cultivated for so long and still not broken through to the Star Epoch, could they?

Moreover, there were only one hundred of them, so they naturally had an overwhelming advantage in strength over these new students, including himself.

After all, most of the new students' strength was currently at the Star Epoch Middle Stage.

"Ah, the Linglong Pagoda can't be used then."

Jiang Lingyun also reacted, saying with some disappointment.

"Speaking of which, do you have any other good cards?" Jiang Lingyun suddenly looked up, blinking her big eyes as she asked Jiang Yuan.

"No."

Jiang Yuan shook his head; he really didn't.

The Purple Ribbon Garment hadn't been crafted yet.

During this time in the military camp, he had only crafted a few of his own cards, such as his mount and a few Skill Cards.

He hadn't even had time to craft Nezha's Qiankun Circle yet!

"Ah, this is troublesome."

Jiang Lingyun was a bit disappointed, and Yang Xiaodong and Yang Xie on the side also frowned.

"Let's team up."

Yang Xiaodong suddenly spoke, "If the six of us team up, even if we encounter a lone senior, we won't be without a fighting chance. After all, everyone is at the Xing Ji Stage, and even if he's at the Star Epoch Late Stage, the gap isn't that big."

"Hmm, my Amplification Card is still pretty good."

Yang Xie also nodded and said.

As an Amplification Card Master, if he didn't team up, his individual combat power would be too weak.

"That works, but will that place randomly separate us?"

Jiang Yuan looked at the Vice Principal on the stage, and seeing the mischievous smile on his face, he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.

Most importantly, his teacher shouldn't be him, right?

By the way, how many Vice Principals does Zhongyuan Academy have?