A Testing Method That Kept Up with the Times (Part One)

"Teacher, I refuse the position of Class Monitor."

Chen Junting's refusal was direct and unhesitating. He had no interest whatsoever in being Class Monitor. Of course, he couldn't deny that the position was useful. So, without waiting for Mu Jin to ask why, he turned his gaze toward Ning Tian beside him.

"Compared to me, I recommend Ning Tian more."

"She looks more like a leader than I do."

Hearing this, Mu Jin turned directly toward Ning Tian.

As the Class Teacher, she naturally had the right to learn about their circumstances from the academy. One was the future Sect Master of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, while the other was the future Guardian Douluo of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

Moreover, Ning Tian was also a Soul Elder, and she had already been within Mu Jin's range of choices. Thus, Mu Jin did not say much at this moment.

"Then, starting today, Ning Tian will be the Class Monitor of Class Nine."

The moment these words were spoken, the entire class erupted into an uproar.

If it had been Chen Junting, they naturally would have had no objections. But now that the position had gone to someone else, quite a few freshmen were rubbing their fists and eagerly preparing to compete for the position of Class Monitor of Class Nine.

But Mu Jin's next words

instantly made them settle down.

She swept her gaze across them. "Ning Tian is the second Soul Elder in Class Nine. Her Martial Soul is the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and her Soul Skill is enough to provide a 40% increase to a Soul Master of any level. Since she is an Auxiliary Soul Master and cannot accept challenges from the other students in the class, any student who wishes to challenge her position as Class Monitor will be handled by you, Chen Junting. You have no objections, right?"

At the final sentence, Mu Jin looked toward Chen Junting.

"No objections."

Chen Junting nodded slightly to show his agreement.

Seeing this,

the freshmen who had just been eager to try suddenly fell silent.

Setting aside Ning Tian's talent in cultivating to the Soul Elder realm at eleven years old as an Auxiliary Soul Master, the influence behind the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul alone, together with the pressure Chen Junting brought as the one who would accept their challenges, was enough to make everyone back down.

They did not think they were Chen Junting's match.

Seeing this, Mu Jin also got to the main topic. She took out the student information she had prepared earlier and waved it under everyone's gaze.

"These are the forms you filled out when you registered. But in my opinion, the information recorded here is far too one-sided. Besides, as I just mentioned, you will undergo the Freshman Assessment three months from now. Therefore, your cultivation and training will occupy the vast majority of your classes from this point onward. Before beginning those classes, I need to understand all of you sufficiently."

"Everyone, follow me."

Mu Jin slapped the podium and turned to walk out of the classroom.

Seeing this, everyone hurried after her.

But they found their Class Teacher standing in the corridor, gazing at the distant Plaza. At that moment, a white-haired old woman was expressionlessly watching the many students run drills on the Plaza.

"Heh."

Mu Jin let out a cold laugh and turned around. "Since someone is already using the Plaza, we'll postpone our endurance test." She then walked in another direction.

The students of Class Nine looked at one another. They seemed to have realized that their Class Teacher and the white-haired old woman on the Plaza did not get along at all.

"So that must be Zhou Yi. I wonder how many people will still be left in her class to survive Zhou Yi's training and the Freshman Assessment three months from now without Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong..."

Chen Junting pondered this for a moment before ignoring the situation in Class One. But when he looked in the direction Mu Jin had gone, he discovered that the only place in that direction seemed to be the Soul Engineer Department's testing area.

Soul Guidance Device Testing Area.

Mu Jin led everyone from Class Nine to a stop in front of a gray building.

Looking at the sign reading "Soul Guidance Device Testing Area" in the distance, the students of Class Nine could not help discussing it among themselves. Although their exact words differed, the content was more or less the same.

Why had they come to the Soul Engineer Department?

"Huh? Why did they bring us to the Soul Engineer Department?"

Wu Feng scratched her head, her face filled with confusion.

"Ning Tian, do you know?"

"They should be using Soul Guidance Testing Instruments." Ning Tian recalled the information she had received within the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. "If I remember correctly, the Sun Moon Empire seems to have things like this."

"Soul Guidance Testing Instruments?"

Wang Dong came over from the side and asked,

"Are the things used to test Soul Tools accurate?"

"At least the ones in the Sun Moon Empire are."

Chen Junting nodded slightly, his tone certain.

He had not merely known this information from his previous life. In this life, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's business extended throughout the Douluo Continent and the Sun Moon Continent. Unless the Mingde Hall had blocked the information, basically any information regarding Soul Tools could be passed back to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

"Although the Sun Moon Empire is indeed inferior to our original Three Great Douluo Empires in terms of Soul Master cultivation and high-end combat power, it has already left us eighty thousand miles behind in the field of Soul Tools."

"So what?"

Wang Dong's words were full of disdain. "No matter how good Soul Tools are, can they possibly compare to powerful Soul Masters? Besides, something like a Soul Tool..."

He did not continue. However, the five of them could all see from his eyes that he was filled with an inexplicable loathing for Soul Tools.

Just as the six of them were talking...

"Rumble—"

The metal gate in front of Mu Jin slowly opened. The person who appeared was He Caitou, whom Chen Junting and the others had met only yesterday.

"Teacher Mu Jin, you're here again."

He Caitou looked at the female teacher before him with respect on his face, but inwardly he was extremely troubled.

He actually knew very well that Mu Jin admired his teacher. But his teacher already had a lover, after all, even if He Caitou felt that Zhou Yi was unworthy of his teacher. But in the end...

"Oh, it's Caitou. Is Fan Yu here?"

Mu Jin had no idea what He Caitou was thinking. However, when she mentioned "Fan Yu," a girlish blush unexpectedly appeared on her face.

Only He Caitou saw this scene.

"He is. Please bring the junior brothers and sisters inside."

He Caitou nodded slightly and stepped aside.

He then walked behind Mu Jin to lead the way. When he saw Chen Junting and the others, he happily greeted them as well. But since the timing was not suitable, they did not talk much.

Soon, they stopped in an open area.

Fan Yu was waiting in front of four enormous Soul Tools.

Just as Ning Tian and the others had expected, Mu Jin had brought them to the Soul Engineer Department to use Soul Tools for testing.

It was quite a method that kept up with the times.

Seeing He Caitou and Mu Jin arrive, Fan Yu said calmly, "These are the Soul Guidance Detection Instruments you asked me to build half a year ago. They have now been completed according to your requirements."

With that, he turned and left.

Seeing that Fan Yu had no desire to speak with her at all, Mu Jin's face turned pale. Her eyes reddened as she stared at Fan Yu's back, biting her lower lip. "Can't you at least explain how these Soul Guidance Detection Instruments are used?"

Fan Yu furrowed his brows slightly but did not stop walking.

"Caitou knows all about them. He'll be responsible. And... Teacher Mu Jin, you and I are only colleagues. Building these Soul Guidance Detection Instruments was also a task assigned to me by the academy. Nothing more."

With that, his figure disappeared from sight.

Perhaps Mu Jin did not want her students to see her making a fool of herself, so she used her Soul Power to evaporate the mist gathering in her eyes before turning around with a smile.

"Two people come forward at a time to receive a form and undergo the test."

As she spoke, she flipped her wrist, and a stack of forms appeared in her hand. She handed them to the people at the front and had them distribute the forms before looking toward He Caitou.

"Caitou, I'll have to trouble you with the rest."

At the same time, Chen Junting took a form from one of his classmates.

Chen Junting swept his gaze over it and discovered that there was also a blank six-dimensional chart at the bottom of the form.

The six categories were endurance, strength, physical toughness, technique, reaction speed, and combat experience.

Today, they would be testing strength and physical toughness.

But for now,

quite a few people had their attention fixed on what had just happened.

Wu Feng was naturally among them.