Rewards, Class Zero Established (Four Updates)

After First Grade Class Five defeated First Grade Class One, they became First Grade Class One.

"Long Yuan, what was that Golden Dragon Claw of yours? I've never seen you use it before!"

After they dispersed, Xie Xie asked curiously as they walked toward the Cafeteria.

Gu Yue and Tang Wulin also turned to look at him.

Both of them were very curious.

"This counts as one of my Dragon Martial Soul's abilities. I just hadn't managed to bring it out before!"

Long Yuan would never tell them that it was a skill granted by the Golden Dragon King Bloodline.

What he did not say was that using the Golden Dragon Claw required the power of the Golden Dragon King Bloodline and Soul Power to be activated together, and it consumed Soul Power far too quickly.

In just a few breaths, a third of his Soul Power was gone.

At his current level, he could only sustain it for a little over ten seconds at most.

Unless absolutely necessary, he would not use it.

Meanwhile, in the Principal's Office, the principal and Long Hengxu were talking.

Long Hengxu animatedly recounted what had happened that day. He suspected that Long Yuan possessed another martial soul, a Body Martial Soul.

That meant he was also a Twin Martial Souls wielder.

That day, Long Hengxu had also witnessed Tang Wulin's performance.

Tang Wulin's supposedly useless Blue Silver Grass martial soul appeared to have mutated as well. It was not as worthless as people claimed.

Moreover, Tang Wulin actually possessed the Clear Sky Hammer, the exclusive martial soul of the Clear Sky Sect, the number one sect in the world twenty thousand years ago.

This meant that Tang Wulin was also a Twin Martial Souls wielder and was no longer useless.

First Grade Class Five actually had three Twin Martial Souls soul masters.

And then there was Gu Yue, that girl with exceptional Element Control.

Forget second grade—even third grade might not be able to stop the four of them.

The Class Advancement Tournament needed some adjustments.

Early the next morning, as soon as Long Yuan and the others arrived in class, they received notice for all first-grade classes to gather at the Training Field for a Grade Meeting.

Led by Wu Zhangkong, the students of First Grade Class Five headed toward the Training Field.

At the same time, students from the other classes were also making their way there under their teachers' guidance.

As the students of First Grade Class Five walked toward the Training Field, quite a few students from the other classes looked their way.

Many of them looked at Long Yuan, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin.

The four of them—Long Yuan in particular—had now become famous.

Yesterday, he had turned the tide single-handedly and secured the final victory.

After everyone dispersed, people in nearly every corner of the academy had been talking about him.

Who would have thought that at such a young age, he not only possessed a Dragon Kind martial soul, but was also so powerful?

More importantly, someone had seen that during the final strike, Long Yuan could originally have snapped the Bone Dragon's tail with a single Golden Dragon Claw.

But in the end, he held back and chose to slap Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi away instead.

The two had used a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. If Long Yuan had snapped the Bone Dragon's tail with his Golden Dragon Claw at that moment—

One of their arms or legs might have been broken.

When it came to that, everyone greatly admired Long Yuan. Even at a critical moment, he had remained so calm and had not dealt a killing blow.

Before long, all five first-grade classes had arrived.

At the front of the formation, not only had Dean of Students Long Hengxu arrived, but Principal Yu Lian had come in person as well.

"What's going on? Even the principal is here?"

"Could they be handing out awards? We're rich!"

Xie Xie and Tang Wulin whispered their guesses, excitement showing on their faces.

Long Yuan merely smiled and paid it no mind.

Following the original plot's development, Class Zero was about to be established.

The purpose was to gather the geniuses together, have Wu Zhangkong serve as their homeroom teacher, and strive to cultivate a group of outstanding powerful students.

"Quiet. We have gathered everyone for an emergency Grade Meeting today mainly to announce two matters!"

Long Hengxu stepped onto the platform and stood behind the Soul Tool Microphone. He signaled for everyone to quiet down, then continued, "First, due to this year's first grade being a special case, the victorious class will no longer continue participating in the subsequent Class Advancement Tournament. The rankings will be adjusted according to the Class Advancement Tournament rules. That is, First Grade Class Five will be changed to First Grade Class One, while the other four classes will be moved up accordingly!"

As soon as those words were spoken, quiet discussion broke out among the crowd.

They would not continue in the Class Advancement Tournament? Didn't that mean there would be no rewards for challenging higher grades? The students in Long Yuan's class reacted the most strongly.

They had been the ones most likely to receive generous rewards.

"Is that all?" "In view of First Grade Class One's outstanding performance in this year's Class Advancement Tournament, the entire class is hereby rewarded with one free Class A Meal per day for the rest of this semester!"

Hearing the students' murmurs, Long Hengxu promptly announced the reward.

The moment he said this, First Grade Class One erupted in cheers.

Class A Meals normally had to be paid for in full. The ingredients were all high-grade supplements.

Not only were they greatly beneficial to cultivation, but they also fulfilled the wishes of children from most families who wanted to enjoy Class A Meals.

A semester of free meals for the entire class was an exceptionally generous reward.

Ye Yingluo, who had now become the homeroom teacher of First Grade Class Two, looked utterly awful.

The reward that had originally belonged to her class had now gone to Wu Zhangkong's class.

She had already held a grudge against Wu Zhangkong.

Now, the resentment she had accumulated was even harder to dispel.

"Quiet!"

Long Hengxu shouted at the right moment, and the cheers gradually died down.

He continued, "Because of this year's first-grade students' outstanding performance, the Academy Board of Directors has decided, after deliberation, to establish a trial class among the first years. The most outstanding students will be selected to join it, and it will be designated First Grade Class Zero!

"Class Zero currently has seven students: Long Yuan, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng.

"In the future, any students who perform exceptionally well may also join Class Zero!"

Class Zero? What the hell was that?

After Long Hengxu finished speaking, everyone except Long Yuan looked completely baffled.

Ignoring everyone's confused expressions, Long Hengxu glanced at Wu Zhangkong and said, "The homeroom teacher of Class Zero will tentatively be Teacher Wu Zhangkong!"

Upon hearing that Wu Zhangkong would be Class Zero's homeroom teacher, quite a few female students cried out in surprise and secretly resolved to join Class Zero.

For no other reason than the cold and aloof male idol, Wu Zhangkong.

Even if they could not reach the cold and aloof male idol, they could still try their luck with Long Yuan.

Long Yuan's looks, temperament, and even talent were actually superior to those of the cold and aloof male idol, Wu Zhangkong.

"Next, the Dean will say a few words!"

Long Hengxu stepped aside, and the Dean walked up behind the Soul Tool Microphone.

"Students, the reason for establishing First Grade Class Zero is to select the true geniuses and teach them according to their needs. If they continue being trained in classes of the same level, their talents will be wasted. Keep working hard, everyone, and strive to have more people join Class Zero.

"All right, dismissed. Director Long Hengxu will temporarily serve as First Grade Class One's homeroom teacher until a new one is chosen.

"Teacher Wu Zhangkong and the Class Zero students will remain behind. The other classes may return to their classrooms for lessons."

Amid shock, envy, jealousy, and resentment, the other classes all returned to their classrooms for lessons.

"Although you are the best among the first-grade students, do not become arrogant. You must continue working hard. There are plenty of peers at other academies who are more outstanding than you. Come, sign these agreements!"

Long Hengxu walked over to Long Yuan and the others. After saying this, he took out several agreements and handed them to them.

The agreement broadly stated that they promised not to transfer schools before completing their studies in Central Academy's Middle School Division and High School Division.

Once the academy established Class Zero, resources in every respect would be directed toward it, and they would be cultivated with all possible effort.

In the end, just as in the original work, everyone except Wei Xiaofeng signed the agreement.