Class Eleven

The Grand Natural Academy has over six hundred first-year students, divided into twenty classes, with approximately thirty students per class.

Besides Gubo serving as the head of first-year studies, there are also heads for second and third-year studies.

The academy's regulations do not restrict students' time on campus; in fact, they encourage long-term travel. For scholars, a hundred years of studying behind closed doors cannot compare to the harvest gained from a single journey filled with the unknown. It is only because first-year students are weaker that they remain at the academy for a longer period.

"Class Eleven."

Looking at the class sign by the door, Reilo took a deep breath and knocked. The sound interrupted the young female instructor who was engrossed in her lesson.

The twenty-odd young students in the classroom all turned to look, their gazes focusing on the young male student who had suddenly appeared.

Reilo produced a letter of introduction and looked at the confused female instructor.

"Hello, this is my letter of introduction."

The young female instructor read the letter with surprise.

"Reilo? Heh heh, come in."

The young female instructor appeared to be under thirty, but Reilo knew her actual age was likely much greater. After all, only senior scholars with a Profound Meaning degree were qualified to be class instructors at the academy.

With a cheerful smile, the female instructor gestured a welcome.

"You can call me Teacher Jenny. I hope you will work hard and achieve great things in Class Eleven. Find any seat you like in the back."

Then, Teacher Jenny turned to the students and said, "Everyone, let's welcome our new student!"

"Thank you, Teacher Jenny!"

Reilo looked at the students below.

The classroom was very spacious, with seventy to eighty seats arranged in tiered levels, overlooking the podium. However, only a little over twenty people were seated.

Many scholars looked at him, discussing in low voices.

Reilo paused for a moment, then looked at a chubby, short-haired young man with a beaming smile in the front row. He walked over and quietly sat down beside him.

The others stopped paying attention to Reilo and turned back to Teacher Jenny on the podium, continuing to listen to the lecture.

"Heh heh, did you choose to sit next to me because you realized I'm the most handsome in Class Eleven?"

The fatty beside him winked and joked with Reilo. His thick eyebrows were quite cute, and his chubby face looked like a rosy apple when he smiled. He extended a small, plump hand.

"My name is Xiao Kang."

Reilo was surprised by the other's enthusiasm. He shook hands with him; the fleshy little hand was very soft and warm.

"My name is Reilo."

Seeing Reilo take out his notebook and quill and look like he was seriously studying, Xiao Kang said boredly, "Give up. Teacher Jenny doesn't give any actual lectures. If it weren't for how beautiful Teacher Jenny is, I'm afraid many people wouldn't even come to class."

On the podium, the enthusiastic and cheerful Teacher Jenny was indeed very beautiful. Her fiery red, wavy long hair was very alluring, coupled with her full red lips. When she smiled, she was warm and cheerful. If people didn't know she was a genuine Profound Meaning scholar, many boys in the audience would have been completely captivated.

Hearing Xiao Kang's words, Reilo was stunned and asked, "No lectures, so why come to class?"

Xiao Kang pouted and said, "It's all about her travel stories from when she was young, encouraging us to go out and travel like her."

"In the remote and desolate Northern Ice Abyss, my friends and I exhausted all our strength searching for the legendary Ice Marrow Flower. Eternal snow surrounded us, and silence enveloped every corner. Just as we were despairing and about to give up, the light in the sky suddenly changed. A seven-colored aurora flashed, and a magnificent scene, unlike anything we had ever seen, appeared..."

Teacher Jenny's words held everyone's attention, their eyes filled with anticipation.

"We heard a clear, long cry, and a Colorful Swift spread its wings, passing over our heads with incredible speed! Its wingspan was over ten meters. Even the strongest scholars I've met would seem as slow as snails in comparison. There was even a sonic boom, shattering the ice and snow beneath. We finally found the Ice Marrow Flower."

Indeed, as Xiao Kang had said, Teacher Jenny's class consisted of her adventure stories from her youth, told in a humorous and engaging way, or her insights gained from visiting renowned scholars.

It was likely meant to ignite the students' desire for exploration and travel!

"Instructor, does this world really still have Colorful Swift? My first mentor said that those powerful ancient creatures have long been extinct, becoming fossils deep within the earth's crust."

A black-haired girl asked with a face full of anticipation.

Facing the doubt, Teacher Jenny did not get angry. Instead, she said seriously, "I am absolutely certain that what I saw was a Colorful Swift!"

She paused for a moment before continuing, "As for whether those legendary ancient creatures possess god-like power, I don't know. But I know they have not completely died out. In the barren lands outside our human kingdom, the unknown Night's Veil Land, the depths of the endless sea, and even on distant, unknown continents, there must still be surviving ancient creatures!"

Reilo finally understood. Teacher Jenny's lectures had only one purpose: to constantly stimulate the scholars' ambition for exploration.

This also explained why the first and second-ranked students on the Elite List were concentrated in this class, yet the average grades were not the highest in the academy.

"Xiao Kang, where is Hell, the top-ranked psychic on the Elite List?"

Reilo quietly asked Xiao Kang.

Psychic was Hell's nickname. This title was bestowed by a senior instructor at the academy and was a designation worthy of being recorded on the Elite List, representing the academy's affirmation and blessings. It was a supreme honor that very few students could obtain!

As far as Reilo knew, the academic school represented by this student was founded by the instructor's arch-rival within the academy.

Broadly speaking, the current academic factional conflicts within the academy were the struggle between the instructor and that person.

Xiao Kang said, "Don't bother looking. Hell and Megana rarely come to class. Since Teacher Jenny doesn't give actual lectures anyway, they wouldn't waste their time here."

Megana was the second-ranked student on the Elite List.

Since the new semester had not yet completed a full quarter, the official Elite List had not been released. Therefore, only students with high Elite List points in each class had been privately ranked by their instructors. Among them, Hell and Megana ranked first and second among the first-year students with 109 and 101 points respectively.

This was also why Gubo, as the head of first-year studies, had comprehensive information on the first-year student Elite List and had provided Reilo with ample advice.

Feeling a sense of regret, Reilo knew that even though he hadn't earned any Elite List points yet, it would still be good to catch a glimpse of his targets.

Since the first and second place weren't in the class, Reilo had to settle for second best, asking in a low voice, "Then who is Bai Xing?"

Bai Xing was the third-ranked student on the elite list of Class Eleven. He had just seen her name in Gubo's introduction.

This time, Xiao Kang pouted, seemingly very displeased with the girl named Bai Xing. He pointed to a girl in white on the other side of the teacher and grunted, "It's her."

"Huh?"

Reilo asked in confusion, "Did she offend you?"

Xiao Kang's face fell, and he said helplessly, "When I was little, our two families arranged a marriage for us. But last year, she suddenly broke off the engagement and fled here. My dad forced me to come to the academy. That old man even swore publicly that if I didn't bring her back, I wouldn't be allowed home to inherit the title. What the hell!"

Such a twisted and bizarre story! Reilo was dumbfounded. "What did she say?"

"She said unless I could beat her, I should forget about it. She also called me a toad wanting to eat swan meat. Damn her! Who did I even offend? Why is this happening to me? I just want to quietly inherit my title and be an ordinary viscount!"

Xiao Kang looked dejected and disheartened. "Don't even bother. Even with the special magic tools from my family, I can't beat her. And she's improving so quickly. I have no hope in this lifetime."

For some reason, Reilo found Xiao Kang very amusing.