97: Chapter 97: Ranking Rules of the Academy's Popular List.

In the Dining Hall of the Four Seas Academy, the group finished a sumptuous lunch like a whirlwind.

Afterwards, the group marched imposingly toward the central Martial Arts Arena of the academy.

Within the Four Seas Academy, there were a total of four Martial Arts Arenas.

However, this central Martial Arts Arena was the most special and luxurious one in the entire academy.

The reason was simple: it was the only Martial Arts Arena covered by various Formations from every angle without any blind spots.

To say nothing else, just the "Advanced Spirit Gathering Formation" installed inside meant that Cultivating there for one day was equivalent to ten or fifteen days of hard work outside.

Usually, apart from serving as a place for the Heaven Class—that group of proud geniuses—to attend Martial Arts classes, it was only open to the Elders of the academy.

The group arrived before the gate of the central Martial Arts Arena.

Chen Shanzhi looked up and saw that the originally vast and open central Martial Arts Arena.

Was now forcibly partitioned by rays of Formation light curtains, flowing with mysterious radiance, into three completely independent, enormous spaces.

On the light curtains, the characters "Jia," "Yi," and "Bing" were written in ancient seal script.

Because the Heaven Class had been divided into sections this time.

Therefore, each of them had a different destination.

Chen Shanzhi, Jiang Feiyu, and Murong Yun were assigned to Class Jia.

Tang Xiaowu was assigned to Class Yi.

And that unlucky fellow, Zhang Qi, was sent off to Class Bing all by himself.

"Alright, let's split up here and each head to our own class."

Chen Shanzhi waved his hand, signaling everyone to take out their Waist Tokens and prepare to enter.

Zhang Qi wore a bitter expression on his chubby face, looking back every three steps as he walked toward the light curtain for Class Bing, looking exactly like an abandoned, resentful woman.

Tang Xiaowu stood in front of the light curtain for Class Yi, head lowered, and took out the Waist Token from her waist.

Chen Shanzhi narrowed his eyes, watching Tang Xiaowu's back.

The moment Tang Xiaowu touched the light curtain, it rippled like the surface of a calm lake when a pebble is thrown into it, sending out circles of waves.

Afterwards, Tang Xiaowu's entire figure vanished from sight instantly.

"Tsk, interesting."

Chen Shanzhi rubbed his chin, examining the Formation with some surprise.

This feeling was just like stepping directly into a mustard seed space.

It gave him a sense of déjà vu, like playing a game in his past life and entering an independent instance dungeon.

The Great Jiang Dynasty's approach to Formations truly had its own unique merits.

"Stop staring, your eyeballs are about to fall in!"

A sound of chewing suddenly came from beside him.

Chen Shanzhi turned his head to look.

He saw that Jiang Feiyu had pulled out a greasy, succulent braised pig trotter from who knows where.

She was holding it and gnawing on it crazily, completely disregarding her image, with her mouth full of oil.

"Tell me, do you two know the inside story about this major reform to the Martial Arts classes?"

Jiang Feiyu asked, her voice muffled as she chewed on the soft, sticky tendons of the pig trotter.

Chen Shanzhi's heart stirred slightly.

As a player, he naturally knew the plot direction and mechanics of this stage in the game.

But the real world was not a game after all; who knew if this damned butterfly effect would alter the plot beyond recognition?

This woman in front of him was the only Personal Disciple of the Four Seas Academy head.

Anything that came out of her mouth would absolutely be first-hand, official inside information!

Thinking of this, Chen Shanzhi decisively put away his "I know everything" expression.

He shook his head quite naturally and played dumb:

"I don't know. This Heir has been busy lately... ahem, busy Cultivating, so how would I have time to ask about such gossip?"

Beside him, Murong Yun, who was burping from alcohol, also shook his head with a confused look.

Jiang Feiyu rolled her eyes, clearly scoffing at Chen Shanzhi's claim of "Cultivating."

She tore off a piece of pig skin, swallowed it, and asked mysteriously:

"Then you surely must know how the academy wind and cloud ranking is determined, right?"

Chen Shanzhi nodded; he still understood this common knowledge:

"I know, isn't it calculated based on the results of the Martial Arts Demonstration, combined with everyone's ranking on the immortal stele 'hidden dragon ranking'?"

"Correct."

Jiang Feiyu pointed at Chen Shanzhi with her oily finger and asked again:

"Then do you know how this so-called 'combined' calculation actually works?"

Chen Shanzhi was stunned; he really didn't know that.

Seeing Chen Shanzhi and Murong Yun both looking at each other with blank, wide-eyed expressions.

A smug expression of "I knew you wouldn't know" immediately appeared on Jiang Feiyu's face.

She cleared her throat and then said:

"The academy wind and cloud ranking this time is actually based on a 'total points System' to conduct a precise ranking!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Shanzhi's pupils constricted slightly.

Total points System!

As soon as these three words came out, he instantly had an idea.

In the original adult game, the underlying logic of the academy wind and cloud ranking was a rigorous point System.

Every time a player achieved a Breakthrough in their Realm or completed a mission, their total points would climb steadily.

The main point was to provide the player with positive emotional feedback about becoming stronger at any time.

It was just that two days ago, when the academy wind and cloud ranking was first posted.

It was bare, showing only the rankings without displaying the corresponding points for each person.

Chen Shanzhi had thought at the time that this was a reasonable change after becoming reality.

Now it seems the mechanism hasn't changed.

It's just not the time to announce the points yet?

Jiang Feiyu saw that the two seemed surprised by what she had said.

Especially Chen Shanzhi, who was lost in thought.

She quickly sped up, finishing the remaining pig trotter in her hand in a few bites.

Then, her beautiful eyes suddenly glanced around.

Taking advantage of the moment Chen Shanzhi was looking down and thinking.

Jiang Feiyu very naturally extended those two hands covered in sauce and pig grease.

She grabbed the purple brocade robe Chen Shanzhi had just obtained.

And wiped them thoroughly up and down on the wide hem of the garment several times!

Only when the grease on her hands was wiped clean did she withdraw them with satisfaction.

Everything was done smoothly and flawlessly.

Chen Shanzhi felt his hem tighten and looked down.

On that Yellow Rank High Grade Treasure Artifact, which was originally ethereal and flowing with Immortal Qi, with runes circulating on it.

There were now two large, extremely glaring oil stains!

"I..."

Chen Shanzhi's eye twitched wildly, and the veins on his forehead throbbed.

This is the clothing I just got!

You actually used it as a rag to wipe your hands?

Jiang Feiyu acted as if she didn't see Chen Shanzhi's murderous gaze.

She smiled smugly, put her hands behind her back, and continued to explain as if she were a teacher:

"Listen well, the total points for this wind and cloud ranking are divided into four main parts."

"The first part is the ranking on the hidden dragon ranking."

"The person ranked first on the hidden dragon ranking directly receives ten thousand points! The person ranked second has one hundred points deducted from the base of ten thousand, which is nine thousand nine hundred. The third place has two hundred deducted, and so on."

"The second part looks at the Martial Artist's own hard power Rank."

"As long as you open one Xuanguan, you can get one hundred points! Two Xuanguan get two hundred, three get three hundred, and so on!"

"As for the third part, it is the various special rewards distributed by the academy."

"For example, in the opening Martial Arts Demonstration, winning the first round gives fifty points, the second round one hundred, and the third round one hundred and fifty."

Jiang Feiyu said this, intentionally glancing at Chen Shanzhi with a sour tone:

"Also, like today, those 'Liberal Arts Medals' distributed by Master Su, there are only ten in the entire academy! Getting one adds five hundred points directly!"

Chen Shanzhi listened to these extremely familiar settings, directly filtered out Jiang Feiyu's bitterness, and asked:

"These three types should be fixed points, right?"

Jiang Feiyu snapped her fingers: "Smart!"

"The points obtained in these three ways have fixed values. They won't fluctuate because of what you usually do."

"But corresponding to that is the fourth way to obtain points that I am about to tell you!"

The playful look on Jiang Feiyu's face faded a bit, and her expression became somewhat solemn:

"This is also the fundamental reason why this Martial Arts class had to forcibly break up our Heaven Class and divide us into sections!"

Chen Shanzhi and Murong Yun's attention was instantly drawn over.

Murong Yun stopped drinking and perked up his ears.

Jiang Feiyu saw the two of them looking obedient and listening attentively, which she enjoyed very much, so she lowered her voice and said:

"You also know that at the end of the year, the Academy Secret Realm will usher in its once-in-a-century full opening."

"Therefore, the Academy Head personally stepped forward and, after discussing with the current Emperor and Commander Fu Qingyun of the Jiantian Division, set a rule."

"Starting next month, the academy will divide all students into combat squads of five people. One class will act as one large team!"

"Then, they will send all the students of the academy directly into the Jiantian Division!"

"Then, as temporary external personnel of the Jiantian Division, you will go to accept and complete various missions issued by the Jiantian Division!"

"Missions will provide corresponding points of varying amounts based on their danger level and difficulty!"

Speaking to this point, Jiang Feiyu paused for a moment before saying:

"Here is the important part!"

"Each class will be ranked based on the total sum of points obtained by everyone doing missions!"

"When settling at the end of every month!"

"For the class ranked first, the points obtained by all students in that class for doing missions during that month will be calculated by multiplying by two!"

"The class ranked second will be multiplied by one point five!"

"The class ranked third will not have any changes."

"Then, the top ten five-person squads in monthly points will also receive extra point rewards from the academy! The first-place squad gets one hundred points per person, and for each Rank lower, it decreases by ten points! However, this part of the activity points belongs to fixed points."

"Finally, the academy wind and cloud ranking will add up all four types of points for each person to refresh the final ranking!"

"I reckon that after all the classes are finished today, the wind and cloud ranking will directly display everyone's points."

Jiang Feiyu poured out everything she knew in one breath.

As the three chatted, they had already passed through the Formation light curtain and arrived at the central area of the Class Jia Martial Arts Arena zone.

At this moment, in this enormous space isolated by the Formation, dozens of people were already standing scattered about.

They were all students assigned to Class Jia.

Chen Shanzhi nodded inwardly after hearing this.

It must be said that this point System created by the academy's higher-ups really had some substance.

The first three points focused on the Martial Artist's personal hard power, as well as talent and fortuitous encounters.

This ensured that top geniuses would not be buried.

And this fourth point maximized the benefits of teamwork!

Just as Chen Shanzhi was mentally reviewing the game plot.

And thinking about which people in Class Jia could be teamed up with.

A noticeable commotion suddenly came from the crowd, which was originally gathered in twos and threes chatting.

Someone with sharp eyes shouted:

"Stop chatting! The teacher is here!"

This shout instantly made the entire Class Jia area quiet down.

All the students' gazes turned in unison toward the entrance at the front of the Martial Arts Arena.

Chen Shanzhi and Jiang Feiyu also subconsciously stopped their steps and looked up.

They only took one look.

Both of them were slightly stunned.

Previously in the academy, the person responsible for teaching the Martial Arts class for the Heaven Class had always been an old man surnamed Wang in the Life Fire Realm, who was extremely stern and kept a straight face all day.

But at this moment, what was walking slowly from the entrance was an extremely tall and slender figure!

This Martial Arts class teacher had actually changed too?