Elimination-Based Teaching

Why the hell?

Xue Xiao Ran looked at his palm. A faint mist drifted from it, carrying the fragrance of a hundred flowers.

"Is this the original form of Hundred Flowers Poison when it isn't controlled?"

When he used Extreme Poison, he could refine the poison before using it, so the resulting poisons were colorless and odorless—truly terrifying.

Hundred Flowers Poison could also be used in certain situations, such as in spring, letting unsuspecting people die where they stood with smiles on their faces.

"They're all offensive soul skills. What a joke."

Xue Xiao Ran narrowed his eyes. What he wanted was a soul skill like an incredibly potent Stimulant, one that could instantly multiply the attacks of himself and his companions within an area.

Although he could now produce ordinary Stimulants, he was still far from creating a super Stimulant.

Cold Poison, One Night Cold Rain.

Hundred Flowers Poison, Hundred Flowers Chaotic Dance.

Xue Xiao Ran dusted off his bright yellow school uniform and rose from the Cultivation Field. It seemed that, on the first morning of school, he was the only one who had gotten up so early to use the Cultivation Field.

That allowed him to use Extreme Poison without restraint. Otherwise, it would have been far too troublesome.

After retracting his martial soul, his one yellow and one purple soul rings vanished as well.

Xue Xiao Ran yawned, then began jogging toward the Canteen.

After wolfing down the Noble Meal that was so beneficial to his body, Xue Xiao Ran headed to the classroom.

As its name implied, a Noble Meal was a meal only nobles could afford. The nutrient-rich high-grade soul beast meat it contained was exactly what a growing teenager needed.

Xue Xiao Ran had no idea how many zeroes followed the Gold Soul Coin balance on his card. He had never cared, and never would.

He had money. He could do as he pleased.

When he entered the classroom, it was indeed still completely empty. Xue Xiao Ran stretched and sat in his seat, waiting for the teacher and his classmates.

Class A was Sun Moon Royal Academy's finest elite class.

At Sun Moon Royal Academy, students were divided by class: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, and Class E.

There were five classes in total, representing five different tiers.

No one who entered Class A was ordinary.

Xue Xiao Ran had been luckily assigned to Class A during yesterday's class allocation. He thought it was only natural.

His roommate, Nangong Ling, had been assigned to Class C. It seemed the gap between them was no small one.

Bang!

The door was pushed open. A boy and a girl stood in the doorway together, and when they saw Xue Xiao Ran in the classroom, they could not help but freeze. They had not expected him to arrive before them.

The boy and girl who entered both had silver hair and blue eyes. The boy was handsome, while the girl was sweet and adorable. They looked like a pair of siblings.

Xue Xiao Ran nodded at them, then shifted his gaze back to the ceiling. He appeared to be daydreaming, but he was actually considering ways to use poison.

Seeing Xue Xiao Ran act this way, the young man did not try to force a friendly reception. He snorted and sat down beside Xue Xiao Ran.

The girl's eyes, however, brightened slightly when she saw Xue Xiao Ran, curiosity flickering in her gaze. After the boy shot her a look, she obediently sat beside him.

The atmosphere in the classroom grew increasingly stifling, but Xue Xiao Ran found it quite pleasant. It was wonderful that these two were not chatterboxes.

The girl rolled her eyes at her brother, meaning that on the first day of school, they should at least introduce themselves first.

The boy rolled his eyes back. What, do I have to be the one to speak first?

But he soon surrendered under his sister's barrage of eye rolls and spoke.

"I heard you showed off your skills in yesterday's soul fight?"

The girl covered her face helplessly. Her elder brother's social skills had already fallen below zero.

"...Were you talking to me?"

After waiting for a long time without anyone responding, Xue Xiao Ran opened his closed eyes and pointed at himself.

"Who else?" The boy's face darkened. Keep pretending.

"If that counted as showing off my skills, then... sigh." Xue Xiao Ran shook his head and glanced sidelong at the boy. Don't show off in front of me.

"My name is Xiao Hong Chen. My martial soul is the Three-legged Golden Toad. I believe you'll remember that name." Xiao Hong Chen spoke with a dark expression.

"I'm sorry, my brother was too rude. I'm his younger sister, Meng Hong Chen. I apologize on his behalf." The girl beside him hurriedly spoke. Afterward, she glared at Xiao Hong Chen. "Honestly, Brother, how could you fall out with a classmate on the first day of school?"

"You... why are you taking an outsider's side?"

Xiao Hong Chen pointed at Meng Hong Chen in disbelief. When he saw the faint blush on her face, his eyelids began twitching wildly.

"I won't be angry." Xue Xiao Ran waved his hand, speaking in a tone so aggravating it could kill without consequence, as if he and Xiao Hong Chen were not creatures of the same class at all.

He sneered inwardly. For this kind of arrogant young master, he had to be knocked flat on the ground once before he understood pain.

He could tell that Xiao Hong Chen's body had accumulated a massive amount of medicinal ingredients, causing his current Soul Power and aura to surge skyward. This inability to restrain them freely was precisely a sign of excessive medicinal consumption.

Taking medicinal ingredients was fine, but overdoing it was not. Xue Xiao Ran looked at Xiao Hong Chen. Over time, drug resistance would develop; when that happened, the growth of his Soul Power would become extremely slow, perhaps even come to a complete halt.

Meng Hong Chen, on the other hand, had evidently also taken medicinal ingredients, but she had kept it within an appropriate limit and had not overdone it.

Although Xue Xiao Ran teased him like this, his eyes remained utterly calm.

"My name is Xue Xiao Ran. Well... I don't expect you to remember it."

Xiao Hong Chen's face darkened with anger, while Meng Hong Chen clenched both fists. So cool, so domineering!

Several more students gradually entered the classroom. They clearly all knew Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen, and they had also heard a little about Xue Xiao Ran's easy victory in yesterday's battle. So they obediently sat in their seats without saying a word.

"Looks like everyone's here. That saves me some worry."

A gray-haired middle-aged man walked in and smiled with narrowed eyes. "My name is Gu Tian Yuan. From now on, I'll be the Martial Soul Department Head Teacher for Class A."

Xue Xiao Ran fell silent. As he looked at the middle-aged man, a phrase once spoken by Tang San's Father-in-law flashed through his mind.

People with narrowed eyes were all monsters.

"There are currently twenty students in Class A, but one year from now, there will only be ten."

He looked at the bewildered freshmen and grinned, casually dropping a bombshell.

"In other words, of the twenty of you, the last ten will be expelled from Class A and transferred to Class B."

"Furthermore, the bottom ten of Class B will enter Class C, while the bottom ten of Class C will enter Class D."

"And the bottom ten of Class E..." Gu Tian Yuan paused. "Will be expelled."

"Work hard. Begin your first year of study, and make sure you aren't among the bottom ten." Gu Wu Bo calmly spoke words that sent chills through every student's body.

For the first time, Xue Xiao Ran revealed an aggressive smile.

This kind of competition was interesting.