Looking at the three men in front of him, Qin Shaofeng furrowed his brows slightly.
Although all three wore white student uniforms, Qin Shaofeng knew full well they hadn't joined Lianyang Academy through the same entrance exam as he had.
They weren't new students. They were probably veterans.
But what was with those malicious looks on their faces?
I don't remember offending these people!
Qin Shaofeng was puzzled, and Du Meng was just as baffled.
While Qin Shaofeng and Du Meng were still trying to make sense of things, the three men across from them began to laugh.
"Ha! I never thought the top scorer in this year's exam would be nothing but a kid at the Houtian Eighth Layer. Talk about luck!"
Wang Wenhao laughed to himself, a smug glint in his eyes. He Cheng San and Wu Yong, standing beside him, wore grins of their own, greed shining in their eyes.
Wang Wenhao and his two companions had been at Lianyang Academy for quite some time, but they hadn't entered through the regular entrance exam.
Besides the entrance exam, there were plenty of other ways to get into Lianyang Academy.
The most obvious was becoming a Star Student. A student with that status could recommend one person to the academy, allowing an outsider to join.
Of course, for an ordinary Star Student, the recommendation was limited. At most, it could get someone into Lianyang Academy as a Reserve Student. Whether they could actually stay would depend on their own abilities.
Wang Wenhao and his companions had gotten in that way.
Wang Wenhao's aptitude was truly mediocre. He had entered Lianyang Academy at fourteen, and nearly three years had passed since then. Yet he was still only a Formal Student. His cultivation had been stuck at the late Houtian