New Student Assessment

New Student Assessment

Time was the most merciless thing. In the blink of an eye, three months had passed.

Over those three months, thanks to Huo Yuhao's exceptional barbecue skills, his Barbecue Trio had become rather famous within Shrek Academy.

Whether they were new students or upperclassmen, everyone had come to know them.

Especially after word spread that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong had joined forces to defeat Xu Sanshi, a fifth-year "Senior Student," their reputation rose even further.

After all, among the new students, there were truly few who dared to challenge a "Senior Student" like Xu Sanshi, let alone defeat him outright.

Tang Ya seemed to have let go of her misgivings as well, becoming a loyal customer of the Barbecue Trio.

Xu Sanshi seemed to have changed completely. He truly stopped pestering Jiang Nannan and came to Little Huo BBQ every day to wait for Grilled Fish.

After painfully paying five copper coins, Jiang Nannan likewise became a customer of the Barbecue Trio.

While earning what little wealth the students had, Huo Yuhao taught Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao how to use every action in their daily lives to train their control over Soul Power.

After three months, they had gained quite a lot.

As for Wang Dong, although she still concealed her identity, she no longer dressed herself entirely like a boy as she had when she first arrived at Shrek Academy.

Over those three months, Huo Yuhao had also raised his Soul Power to Level Twenty. As long as he absorbed one Soul Ring, he would successfully advance to the Soul Grandmaster level.

And on this day, the ever-expressionless Zhou Yi brought new news.

"Three months have passed since school began. Next, you will face Shrek Academy's first assessment."

"Only by passing this assessment can you officially become first-year students, truly join Shrek Academy, and become members of the academy."

"Barring any accidents, you will be able to remain in the academy and cultivate until at least the first-year graduation assessment."

"The assessment will begin tomorrow. Today, I will explain its key points."

Zhou Yi swept her gaze across the hundred students below, feeling utterly frustrated.

Three months had passed without her "earnest instruction," yet these students had actually trained themselves properly. The results even seemed far better than her running method.

To Zhou Yi, this was simply unbelievable.

Her hands-off approach after giving up on them was actually more effective than the method she had learned from "the sage master Yu Xiaogang"?

This was unreasonable! This was unscientific!

Zhou Yi could not help but shift her gaze slightly toward Huo Yuhao.

From what she had learned, although she had appointed Wang Dong as Class One's class monitor, not only were the other Class One students obedient to Huo Yuhao's every word, even Wang Dong, the class monitor, did exactly as he said.

Some teachers who did not know the truth even thought she had changed her ways and switched teaching methods, which was how she had achieved such results.

But that bitch Mu Jin was born to oppose her. Whenever someone thought that, Mu Jin would tell that teacher the truth, making Zhou Yi grit her teeth in hatred.

Over time, Old Hag Zhou's prestige plummeted, and all her previous efforts ended up benefiting someone else.

"Wang Dong," Zhou Yi called.

"Here!" Wang Dong was still seated in the first row. Hearing Zhou Yi call her name, she abruptly stood up.

Zhou Yi could not help nodding slightly. Although Wang Dong also obeyed Huo Yuhao's every word, she at least listened to Zhou Yi and showed her a little respect, unlike Huo Yuhao, who treated her as if she did not exist.

If Zhou Yi had known that all of Wang Dong's respect for her came from Huo Yuhao's orders, she probably would have coughed up three liters of blood.

"Wang Dong, show that old hag Zhou a little respect. Otherwise, if she runs off and they replace her with an unfamiliar teacher, I'll have to go through the trouble all over again."

Remembering what Huo Yuhao had told her, Wang Dong could not help silently mourning Zhou Yi for a second.

Zhou Yi waved Wang Dong over and handed her a stack of papers.

"After the New Student Assessment ends, the classes will be reassigned. Write down the direction you intend to cultivate in and hand it to me later."

The cultivation direction Zhou Yi referred to was the original classification of Soul Masters. Different types of Soul Masters had vastly different cultivation tendencies. Even Shrek Academy understood this, so Zhou Yi naturally did not dare neglect it.

"To make a long story short, the New Student Assessment will mainly consist of combat, and everyone must participate. You will be divided into teams of three. Each team may have at most one Assault-type Soul Master, while the other two will be assigned freely."

"When assigning teams, students sharing the same dormitory will be prioritized to form a team. Everyone else may form teams freely. Those who have not formed a team will draw lots."

At this point, Zhou Yi looked around the large classroom of a hundred people. "Anyone left without a team will be grouped with students from other classes."

"Lastly, I'll explain the assessment rules."

"The matches will use a draw system. Each student team must participate in at least ten battles, and the final rankings will be determined by the number of victories."

"The top sixty-four teams will proceed to the elimination rounds. The top four teams in the elimination rounds will receive different rewards from the academy."

"And... the reward for the champion team will be extremely precious."

"Also... Song Qinghan," Zhou Yi called in a deep voice.

"Here." A somewhat skinny student stood up.

Zhou Yi said, "Every freshman class teacher may nominate one specially recruited student to pass the assessment directly. I have chosen you."

"I believe you are better suited to cultivate in the Soul Tool Department. Do you have any objections? You only have two choices now: either go to the Soul Tool Department, or pack your bedding and get out."

By the end, Zhou Yi's tone had inevitably grown harsher, revealing her true nature.

After being suppressed by Huo Yuhao for three months, Zhou Yi could not help displaying her dominance again when facing this skinny student.

However, what she had not expected was that although she had long since learned that Song Qinghan wanted to study in the Soul Tool Department, Song Qinghan actually hesitated at this moment.

Song Qinghan's gaze drifted toward Huo Yuhao.

Although his original purpose in coming to Shrek Academy had been to enter the Soul Tool Department and study Soul Tool technology,

over the past three months, he had been deeply convinced by Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao would undoubtedly enter the Martial Soul Department. If he entered the Soul Tool Department, could he still follow in Huo Yuhao's footsteps?

Moreover, although Huo Yuhao was just as forceful, as long as no one provoked him, he was generally quite easygoing.

Having grown accustomed to Huo Yuhao's manner, the dominance Zhou Yi had unconsciously displayed just now instead stirred up a rebellious feeling in him.

He even found himself thinking, Even Brother Yuhao can treat people pleasantly. Who are you to shout at me?

"What? Are you really planning to pack your bedding and leave?" Zhou Yi narrowed her eyes, her expression turning extremely unpleasant.

"Teacher Zhou, do I truly have no right to choose?"

After a long silence, Song Qinghan spoke.