Du Weilun opened the folder in his hand and read aloud, "Based on the performance of the new students in the assessment, the academy has finally approved the following core disciples: Ning Tian, Xie Huanyue, Dai Huabin, Bai Yi."
The students below were stunned when Du Weilun stopped speaking. No way? There were only these four core disciples this time?
Wait! Where was Moyuan's name? It was impossible that Moyuan couldn't become a core disciple, right?
"What's going on? Moyuan, where's your name?" Bai Yi asked with a look of shock.
Moyuan frowned slightly, remaining silent, feeling a bit puzzled himself.
Had Shrek Academy gone crazy lately? Were they trying to suppress him?
However, before the students could voice their confusion, Du Weilun continued, "In view of student Moyuan's strength and talent, the academy has made other arrangements. Everyone should believe that Shrek Academy will never overlook any talented student. If you are gold here, you will definitely receive gold treatment."
Seeing the students below look enlightened, Du Weilun turned a page of the document and continued, "In view of the new student assessment, there are still some new students who, despite lacking in talent and ability, have shown excellent performance. The academy has decided to grant them core disciple treatment temporarily until the end of this academic year.
If they can make breakthroughs in next year's advancement exam, they will be considered for promotion to official core disciples. The list is as follows: Nanmen Yun'er, Wu Feng, Cao Jinxuan... Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao."
After Du Weilun finished reading the long list of names, Huo Yuhao, who hadn't heard his name, had his once eager eyes suddenly freeze, then gradually become vacant.
Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, who were beside him, wanted to comfort him. But as Wang Dong's hand landed on Huo Yuhao's shoulder, it was slapped away.
Huo Yuhao glanced at the shocked expressions of Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, then at the dozen or so teachers on the high platform. Finally, his gaze fell on Moyuan, who was not far away.
He deeply imprinted that back in his mind with icy eyes, and then Huo Yuhao, without saying a word, turned and left the assessment area.
Feeling gazes falling upon him, Huo Yuhao clenched his fists tightly. He muttered in a low voice, "Just you wait, all of you. Sooner or later, you'll pay the price for your wrong decisions..."
Huo Yuhao's departure, besides leaving Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao bewildered, caused no other ripples. In previous years, it was common for students to leave in disappointment or anger because their names were not on the core disciple list. The academy was long accustomed to it.
After announcing the core disciple list, the next step was class assignment. The entire first-year cohort was divided into four classes.
Class One was for strong attack system and control system soul masters. Class Two was for defense system and agile attack system soul masters. Class Three was for support system battle soul masters. Class Four was for battle soul masters and tool soul masters of various other special attributes, including food system and healing system.
However, Moyuan still didn't hear his name on the Class One list for this year's class assignment, which made him suspicious and brought forth a guess.
After Du Weilun announced the class assignments, Moyuan, harboring that guess, followed Du Weilun to the Director's Office along with Bai Yi and Nanmen Yun'er.
Du Weilun's office was considerably larger compared to Mu Jin's office. Besides a few large bookshelves, a desk, and sofas for guests, there was plenty of space.
"Sit down, make yourselves comfortable," Du Weilun said to Moyuan and the other two, gesturing towards the sofas with a gentle tone.
After the three were seated, Du Weilun lightly brushed his left hand over a large ruby ring on his right hand. Then, a leather pouch appeared on the desk in front of him.
The leather pouch also seemed to be a soul tool. It was made of brown leather with some dark patterns, and there were faint fluctuations of soul power on it.
"This is the champion reward for the new student assessment that I've prepared for you. There is only one reward, and you three need to decide who it will be given to. But this is the most precious prize the academy has given out for the new student assessment in at least nearly a thousand years."
As he spoke, Du Weilun controlled the leather pouch with his soul power, making it fly towards Moyuan.
"Open it and take a look."
Taking the leather pouch, Moyuan opened it directly under the curious gazes of Bai Yi and Nanmen Yun'er. A ball of white light then emerged from the pouch and slowly floated in mid-air.
It was a strangely shaped bone, irregular in form, with a white jade color all over. It emitted wisps of pale cold air. As it was exposed to the air, Bai Yi and Nanmen Yun'er felt as if the temperature had dropped a few degrees.
Although it was impossible to tell what kind of creature this bone belonged to, it looked like it was from a leg.
"This is... a soul bone?!" Bai Yi exclaimed. Among the three, only Moyuan, who had already anticipated it, showed no reaction. Even Nanmen Yun'er, who came from a prominent background, couldn't help but be surprised.
Du Weilun gave Moyuan, who looked calm, a meaningful deep look before beginning to introduce the soul bone. "That's right, your reward is a soul bone. You all know the importance of soul bones, so I won't elaborate. Next, I'll introduce this soul bone."
"This soul bone is from an ice-attribute bird soul beast called the Frostwing Bird. You should have learned about this soul beast in your new student theory class, so I won't say more.
This soul bone is a left leg bone, with an age of around ten thousand years. After the academy's appraisal, an ice-attribute soul master who fuses with this soul bone will gain a large-area group damage skill called 'Frost Invasion.' If the soul master possesses a flying soul skill, it can also significantly increase their flying speed."
After listening to Du Weilun's introduction, a fiery look appeared in Bai Yi's eyes. It was no exaggeration to say that this soul bone was tailor-made for him.
But even though Bai Yi desperately wanted to take possession of this soul bone and absorb it immediately, he quickly suppressed his greed and looked at Moyuan, who was holding the soul bone.
Nanmen Yun'er, standing beside him, was the same. The meaning was self-evident: their championship was entirely dependent on Moyuan's help.
Therefore, who should obtain this soul bone was entirely up to Moyuan's decision.
"Here," Moyuan said, casually tossing the soul bone to Bai Yi beside him.
Moyuan felt no particular attachment to this ice-attribute left leg bone. Setting aside whether the attributes matched, he simply wasn't interested in a soul bone of this age.
After all, he could even trade away a twelve-thousand-year-old Dragon Horn Hunting Lizard right arm bone.
"Thank you for your generosity, Moyuan!"
Bai Yi fumbled to catch the soul bone carefully and immediately thanked him excitedly.
Nanmen Yun'er, on the other hand, remained composed, a faint smile on her face. She had no objection or displeasure with Moyuan's decision, as the soul bone was indeed more compatible with Bai Yi.
"I'll give you this leather pouch as well. It has the effect of concealing soul power fluctuations. Absorb it as soon as possible after you go back. Although the academy is very safe, an innocent person is guilty if he possesses a treasure. Also, you must keep the matter of receiving the soul bone reward a secret from the academy. I believe you know what to do."
Du Weilun said as he stood up. Seeing that Moyuan and the other two were also preparing to stand up and leave, he immediately added, "Moyuan, you don't need to get up. Someone will be meeting you shortly, so you need to wait here for a while."
Hearing this, Moyuan's brow twitched slightly. The guess in his heart was confirmed by seven or eight parts. After nodding to show he understood, Moyuan turned and called back Bai Yi and Nanmen Yun'er, who were about to leave the office.
"These are two bottles of Xuan Water Pills. I don't need to tell you their effects, you should know them clearly. Consider them a gift from me.
As for student Yun'er, after you go out later, you should meet Teacher Mu Jin. She will give you both a soul bone then. You don't need to wait for my decision, it's all yours."
Moyuan said this as he tossed two jade bottles to Bai Yi and Nanmen Yun'er. He was well aware of the matter where Mu Jin and Zhou Yi gambled for a soul bone.
Or rather, this was a trap set for Zhou Yi by Du Weilun, Mu Jin, and himself.
The reason was self-evident: Du Weilun and Mu Jin wanted Zhou Yi out of the academy, while he wanted a soul bone that was useless to him to take in a useful subordinate.
A win-win-win for three parties. Only Zhou Yi, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao were left to suffer.
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