Freshman Assessment, Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Object

Everyone's eyes focused on Gu Yue Na. Many were curious about this delicate, beautiful little girl, who was younger than all of them.

They wanted to know what was so special about her that she had been admitted as an exception.

At eight years old, Gu Yue Na's admission truly counted as exceptional.

Eleven or twelve was generally considered the admission threshold for an advanced Soul Master Academy.

"My dream is to win a bet." Gu Yue Na stood up and spoke simply and directly.

After saying that, she sat back down, making it clear that she had nothing else to say.

"Win a bet?" Li Guang was somewhat dumbfounded by that dream.

He could not help finding it amusing. It was the first time he had heard of someone whose dream was to win a bet.

Quite a few people laughed. What kind of dream was that?

"What bet do you want to win?" Li Guang asked curiously.

Gu Yue Na shook her head. She did not want to say, nor was it appropriate for her to say.

Chen An glanced at Gu Yue Na beside him. Naturally, he knew what that bet was.

Without becoming love-struck, Gu Yue Na might really be able to win that bet.

Seeing that Gu Yue Na was ignoring him, Li Guang felt a little awkward, but he did not get angry.

As the homeroom teacher, he had naturally reviewed every student's information in advance.

He knew what kind of genius Gu Yue Na was. It was normal for such a genius to be a little cold and proud.

"Chen An, what is your dream? Or rather, what plans do you have for the future?"

Li Guang turned to ask Chen An, whom he was also paying close attention to.

Chen An stood and said, "Work hard to become stronger, then become a Federal General."

The moment he said that, quite a few people in the class laughed.

They felt that dream was a little too distant. Becoming a Federal General was not something one could achieve simply by wanting it.

Chen An ignored the laughter around him and looked steadily at Li Guang.

Li Guang looked back at him and nodded with considerable approval and appreciation.

"Why do you want to become a Federal General?" Li Guang asked with a smile.

"I admire soldiers. After graduating from the academy, I plan to enlist in the military."

"Since I'm joining the military, I'll climb step by step until I become the strongest soldier."

"That means becoming a Federal General. If I can't become a general—"

"Then I think my military career will have been a failure and will lose most of its meaning."

Chen An spoke seriously, his eyes filled with a thirst for success and firm resolve.

After hearing those words, far fewer students around him were smiling. They began to reassess Chen An.

Li Guang also saw Chen An in a new light. He had not expected him to say something like that.

"Keep it up. Your teacher believes in you. With your determination and attitude—"

"Even if you cannot become a Federal Admiral in the future, your achievements will not be low."

Li Guang patted Chen An on the shoulder and spoke from the bottom of his heart.

Chen An nodded and sat down. His intended message had already been conveyed.

For now, he was making it known that he intended to enlist, laying the groundwork.

That way, he could receive the academy's support more easily in the future.

Then came the third, the fourth... Everyone spoke of their dreams.

Some dreamed of becoming powerful Four-Word Battle Armor Masters, while others dreamed of becoming Ninth-Level Soul Guidance Masters.

Others dreamed of becoming Red-Level Mech Masters. In short, their dreams came in all varieties.

Those who could sit in this class were all talented people.

With such talent, these dreams could not really be called unrealistic.

Of course, actually realizing those dreams would be far from easy.

Chen An listened quietly. Through their dreams, he gained a basic understanding of their circumstances.

For example, those who dreamed of becoming Ninth-Level Soul Guidance Masters would most likely choose Soul Tools as their secondary profession.

There were also those studying forging, mech production, and battle armor design.

This class had gathered practitioners of nearly every secondary profession.

The first class passed quietly, and the next class was also taught by their homeroom teacher, Li Guang.

He recorded the area of study each student intended to focus on—their secondary profession choice.

Of the two afternoon classes, one was a cultivation class attended together.

The other was related to their secondary professions, so the class dispersed.

Those who chose forging went to forging class, while those who chose Soul Tools went to Soul Tool class.

Chen An chose Soul Tools and did not choose forging.

For him, forging meant relying on his connection with metal and continually swinging a hammer.

As for techniques and such, the metal itself would guide him. He did not need to learn much.

In contrast, when it came to crafting Soul Tools, even the strongest connection with metal would be useless without learning Soul Guidance Arrays.

Learning knowledge related to Soul Tools was rather necessary for him.

At Chen An's suggestion, Gu Yue Na also chose a secondary profession: battle armor design.

In the novel, Gu Yue Na had chosen this very field, and she was quite talented at it.

Her studying it would also benefit their future battle armor production.

After the official start of school, Chen An had much less free time.

But he still did not neglect practical combat training, seeking out Di Tian for sparring in the evenings.

Since school had only just begun, many students were still in a relatively relaxed state. Only a small number were diligent and studied seriously every day.

Chen An was one of those diligent students, practically the model of a good student.

In stark contrast to him was Gu Yue Na.

Because she had to divide her attention to suppress Na Er's personality, she was always distracted in class.

As for after class, she stayed in her room and barely left except to eat.

Seeing Gu Yue Na in this state, Chen An gained a deeper understanding of Na Er's personality's influence on her.

A week of school passed quickly, and the week-long assessment was about to begin.

More than three hundred students would participate in the freshman Martial Soul sparring assessment, including Chen An and Gu Yue Na.

There were nearly a thousand freshmen, while the other six hundred or so would undergo other types of assessments.

The Soul Tool assessment had the most participants, with more than four hundred people.

Although Sun Moon Royal Academy now had a Martial Soul department, it was still primarily focused on the Soul Guidance department.

Every year, the largest number of students joined the academy to study Soul Tools, sometimes accounting for more than half of the intake.

The Martial Soul sparring assessment would use random draws to determine one-on-one matches.

The winner would advance to the next round, continuing until first place was decided.

The top freshman in the assessment would receive a generous reward: a Ten-Thousand Year Spirit Object.

Naturally, Chen An wanted that spirit object, but obtaining it would be rather difficult.

Among the Red-Level Students besides himself and Gu Yue Na, three others would also participate in the Martial Soul combat assessment.

Of those three, the one with the lowest Soul Power Level was already level thirty-two, while the highest was level thirty-five.

Their Soul Power Levels were nearly twenty levels higher than his. The difficulty of winning was obvious.

Even Gu Yue Na would find it rather difficult to defeat them, let alone him.

Compared to those three, their greatest advantage was their innate weapons.

Both the Scythe of Death and the Silver Dragon Spear could be considered divine artifacts.

Their opponents did not possess such weapons, which would make up some of the gap.

If I encounter them, I must do everything I can to take them down, Chen An resolved silently.

Defeating opponents far stronger than himself would bring a greater sense of accomplishment.

It would also allow the academy's higher-ups to see his talent more clearly.