31: Freshmen entering school

Pengcheng is a coastal city.

The seafood industry here is highly developed; seafood restaurants are everywhere, offering everything from scallops and sea fish to lobsters.

Today marks the enrollment day for new students at Pengcheng University.

Pengcheng University, one of the Five Great Top Academies in Huaxia, covers an area of approximately 38,000 hectares, with a scale comparable to a small city!

This year, Pengcheng University has admitted over four thousand new students, who are now entering through various gates to tour the campus.

"What a spectacular demon beast corpse; this must be a beast from the Saint Realm, right!"

Students entering from the east gate immediately caught sight of a demon beast corpse encased in pristine ice.

The beast stood a hundred meters tall, resembling a snake but not quite, its thick body covered in black scales, with three slender heads.

Even in death, the oppressive aura it emitted still made them tremble.

Some students recognized the beast as a Three-Headed Flood Dragon, which can cultivate up to the God Emperor Realm.

This Three-Headed Flood Dragon had been killed by Principal Lao Qiyuan; it was at the Peak of the Saint Entry Realm before death and became a trophy, frozen for display after death!

"These grilled oysters taste really good."

Lu Yuan ate a grilled oyster while touring Pengcheng University.

Grilled oysters that cost twenty or thirty yuan in the interior could be bought for ten yuan apiece in Pengcheng, and they were delicious with an excellent texture.

Following the lead of their instructors, Lu Yuan and the other new students arrived at a wide-open field.

Under the blue sky and white clouds, with a gentle breeze blowing, the new students looked forward to their future university life.

Bang, bang, bang—

A faint scent of blood filled the air as a bald student, around twenty-two or twenty-three years old, walked by.

Seeing the demon beast the senior student was carrying on his shoulder, the expressions of the new students became colorful.

"Damn, are the seniors really this fierce, walking around campus carrying demon beasts!"

"That's a Bloodthirsty Mad Wolf from the Divine Power Realm. It's said that the Bloodthirsty Mad Wolf has an IQ as high as 130 and is a very cunning demon beast!"

"Senior, doesn't that hurt?"

More and more senior students from Pengcheng University passed by, causing the scent of blood in the air to become increasingly heavy.

They carried the corpses of various demon beasts with expressionless faces; some had tattered clothes, with blood streaming from their arms, shoulders, or even chests.

Seeing the new students about to enroll, the seniors wore cryptic smiles.

"Another bunch of unlucky ducks has arrived. You just had to take the exam for Pengcheng University; once you're in, you won't make a peep!" one senior said.

It wasn't that Pengcheng University was bad; there were other reasons.

It wouldn't be long before this group of new students would be just like them, running all over campus carrying demon beast corpses!

"What does that mean?"

Some new students were puzzled, but the senior who spoke didn't answer and left on his own.

He didn't have time to chat with these new students; he was busy tending to his wounds before heading back to the No Mans Land!

Watching the senior speak in riddles, the new students felt a bit panicked.

"I'm full." Lu Yuan threw his disposable food container into the trash can.

Just at that moment, Principal Lao Qiyuan arrived, leading three Vice Principals.

"Welcome everyone to Pengcheng University!"

Vice Principal Zhan Shou-zheng said.

The scene instantly went quiet as the new students looked in unison at Vice Principal Zhan Shou-zheng and Principal Lao Qiyuan.

Lao Qiyuan was a powerhouse whose name was written in Huaxia textbooks.

When he was young, he led an army of a million Practitioners to fight a great war against the demon race, successively recovering multiple lost territories, establishing illustrious war merits, and once serving as the Great Elder of the Heavenly Sword Alliance!

Later, because of his advanced age, he stepped back to the second line and became the Principal of Pengcheng University.

Seeing Principal Lao Qiyuan, the new students felt excited, their eyes filled with awe!

"Here, I wish everyone a relaxed and happy four-year university career in advance." Zhan Shou-zheng scanned the new students present, a smile appearing on his face.

Hearing this, the passing seniors curled their lips, with expressions that said, "I don't believe a word you say."

Listening to Vice Principal Zhan Shou-zheng recount the history of Pengcheng University, Lu Yuan felt bored and noticed a familiar figure standing to his front right.

"Li Jinxue also applied to Pengcheng University?"

Lu Yuan thought.

Li Jinxue, the second-place student in Tianhua City and seventieth in Hailan Province.

If he remembered correctly, she had awakened a Time Attribute Combat Class and had now cultivated to the Qi Refining Realm Six-Star.

Unlike Lu Yuan, Li Jinxue was listening intently to the Vice Principal's speech.

"Pengcheng University doesn't have many rules for students, but whether you can graduate depends on your credits!" Zhan Shou-zheng reached the main point.

"Credits have a wide range of uses; food, clothing, housing, and transportation all depend on credits. For example, housing is divided into three grades: standard dormitory buildings, three-bedroom apartments, and independent villas."

Zhan Shou-zheng cleared his throat.

"Then we must choose the independent villas!" a new student said; was there even a need to think about it?

Who would want to squeeze into a cramped dormitory with others? It would be fine if you met a roommate who didn't snore, but if you happened to get one who snored and ground their teeth, wouldn't that be a disaster?

"Standard dormitory buildings are provided for free; a three-bedroom apartment costs 1,000 credits per month, and an independent villa costs 10,000 credits per month." Zhan Shou-zheng's words were shocking, leaving the new students stunned on the spot.

"Vice... Vice Principal, how can we earn credits?"

A new student in the front row asked.

"Go to the No Mans Land and hunt demon beasts." Zhan Shou-zheng answered concisely.

Pengcheng University grants varying degrees of credit rewards based on the strength of the demon beasts the students hunt.

Of course, the uses of credits go far beyond that; there are tech rooms that simulate combat with demon beasts, special cultivation environments built at great expense based on the awakened attributes of various Practitioners, and so on.

This includes Spirit Skills, Spirit Weapons, and demon crystals, all of which can be purchased with credits; you could even become the Principal!

The premise is that you have enough credits.

It is no exaggeration to say that credits have replaced money at Pengcheng University.

"No wonder the seniors were in such a hurry." Lu Yuan realized the importance of credits.

Although the school didn't force students to earn credits, if they wanted to become stronger, they had to hunt demon beasts to obtain credits in order to exchange them for the corresponding cultivation resources.

"As expected, every university is different." Lu Yuan thought of his Older Sister.

Imperial Capital University conducts a strict test for students every three months, allocating cultivation resources based on test results, which is essentially the same.

After explaining the uses of credits, Zhan Shou-zheng signaled the instructors to take attendance.

"Lang Ruiliang, awakened Gold Attribute Combat Class, assigned to Freshman Class (1)!"

"Ye Xixuan, awakened Water Attribute Combat Class, assigned to Freshman Class (3)!"

...

According to the attributes of the new students, the instructors began assigning them to different classes.

Among them, Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth correspond to classes one through five, and rare attributes like Ice, Time, Space, and Darkness also have corresponding classes.

As one new student after another was called, there were few left on the field.

"Which class am I assigned to?" Lu Yuan wondered; he was a special Puppet Master class, surely they wouldn't create a class just for him.

"Bitch, you like it like this, don't you?"

Hearing the words of the person next to him, Lu Yuan turned his head to look.

The one speaking was a new student with dyed white hair, wearing a white tracksuit.

At this moment, he was holding a bottle of beverage in each hand, talking to the drinks.

"Oh, baby, I'm going to open it; I'm really going to open it." The white-haired student had a rapturous expression, opening the carbonated drink in his left hand and placing the fruit juice in his right hand on the ground.

"You also want me to drink, right? Impossible, you can only watch!"

The white-haired student pointed at the fruit juice on the ground and said, then chugged the carbonated drink.

Lu Yuan: "..."

You might not believe it if I said it, but in just a few dozen seconds, I actually saw a familiar "movie" plot unfold between two bottles of drinks, and it was even a netorare plot!

"Are you sick!" Lu Yuan was speechless; he thought there was some gossip to enjoy, but this was it?

People standing next to the white-haired student subconsciously moved away; like Lu Yuan, they felt the white-haired student had something wrong with his brain and doubted how he passed the exam for Pengcheng University.

There were five new students left on the field.

"Lu Yuan, Qiu Haotian, Zhai Zizi, Guo Xiangyu—except for that white-haired guy I haven't heard of, the other four are all in the top twenty of the national Martial Examination!"

The new students looked at Lu Yuan.

The national number one, Lu Yuan, had applied to Pengcheng University; when the news broke, it instantly hit the trending searches and sparked widespread discussion.

The reason these five hadn't been assigned a class was very likely because the Principals wanted to instruct them individually!

Sure enough, Principal Lao Qiyuan and the three Vice Principals stood before the five remaining new students, asking if they were willing to let them serve as their exclusive mentors for their four years of university!