Class Five

Asking for monthly votes and recommendation votes.

I suddenly thought of something.

To make sure no one misses it by not checking the comments, I'll just say it here.

Do you all prefer multiple female leads or a single female lead? (Some people really want multiple female leads.)

I wasn't planning to kill Leng Yaozhu, but I hadn't decided whether she should become one of the female leads.

It mainly depended on how many people liked this character, or rather, how many people wanted her to live.

[Would you like to sign in?]

Just as he was about to arrive at Eastsea Academy, the system's familiar mechanical voice rang out in his mind.

"Sign in!"

[Sign-in critical hit! Congratulations, Host, you have obtained [Exclusive Growth-Type One-Word Battle Armor · ??? (Awaiting Name)]]

"Battle Armor!" Gu Chen's heart jolted when he heard the system's mechanical voice.

The importance of Battle Armor in this era was beyond question.

It could be said that possessing a four-word Battle Armor was equivalent to possessing a full set of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.

In other words, this sign-in had directly saved him the time needed for forging. After all, his original purpose in learning forging had been to forge Battle Armor.

He did not even need to spend much effort learning forging anymore.

"Hm?"

Gu Yue gave him a puzzled look. With her spiritual power, how could she suddenly sense Gu Chen's emotions becoming so intensely excited?

After arriving at Eastsea Academy, Gu Chen found Liu Yuxin, let Gu Yue speak with her, and left directly.

He had no obligation to slowly introduce them.

He had originally planned to obtain his second Spirit Ring after eating, but his plans had been disrupted, wasting more than ten minutes.

Nothing else went wrong along the way.

After arriving at the Spirit Pagoda branch, Gu Chen spent eight million Federal Coins on a purple thousand-year Soul Spirit. At the same time, he upgraded Little Evil Eye, his yellow Soul Spirit, to purple within the Spirit Ascension Platform.

The Spirit Ascension Platform was quite expensive, but fortunately, someone was reimbursing him.

After a full three years of Soul Power accumulation, reaching Level 27 came naturally.

The Soul Power Level within his body was already almost at Level 28.

If he continued cultivating for a few more months, he would be able to obtain his third Spirit Ring.

The next morning, sunlight filtered through thin clouds and scattered across Eastsea Academy's vast plaza.

At this moment, the usually lively campus was even more crowded and bustling, because the annual grand ceremony was about to begin here.

On this day, students from both the Advanced Division and Intermediate Division would gather together to witness this important occasion.

Among the formation of new students, Tang Wulin and Gu Chen's upright figures were especially eye-catching.

His tall stature was outstanding even among the freshmen, so he had been arranged toward the back.

Neither of them minded. Standing here allowed them to take in all the academy's students at a glance.

Looking past the crowd ahead toward the Intermediate Division, each grade appeared to have around a hundred students.

From first year to sixth year, those six grades added up to roughly seven or eight hundred students!

Some gathered in small groups of three or five, chatting and laughing, while others stood quietly alone, waiting for the ceremony to begin.

Compared to the Intermediate Division, the Advanced Division clearly had far fewer people. There were fewer than two hundred in total, and it was said that these students came from three different grades.

Though their numbers were small, every one of them radiated a mature, confident air, as if they were already prepared to face the challenges ahead.

"Dear students, good morning! Today is our school's annual grand and solemn Opening Ceremony!"

The host spoke enthusiastically. Warm applause immediately erupted below the stage. Then, smiling, the host continued, "Next, let us welcome our esteemed Dean Yu to the stage with our warmest applause!"

An elderly man who appeared to be over sixty steadily walked onto the stage. He was of average height and had an ordinary appearance, not particularly eye-catching.

However, his head of salt-and-pepper hair and the pair of glasses perched on his nose gave him an elegant, scholarly air.

After Dean Yu took his place, he smiled and waved to the students before saying, "Hello, students! Every year at this time, my heart is always filled with many emotions.

Why is that? Because another group of outstanding Intermediate Division and Advanced Division students has successfully graduated from our academy, and they are about to leave campus to embark on new journeys of their own.

But at the same time, many students will successfully advance from the Intermediate Division into the Advanced Division.

And of course, we will also welcome a group of energetic, vibrant new students into our big family."

At this point, Dean Yu paused briefly, his gaze slowly sweeping across the students before him.

Then, he continued earnestly, "In my eyes, Eastsea Academy is like the Federation's blood-making institution, continuously cultivating and supplying the entire Federation with a great number of qualified and outstanding talents.

Therefore, every student seated here carries great responsibility and a significant mission.

In the days ahead, I sincerely hope that you will always maintain your thirst for knowledge and your pursuit of dreams. Study hard, keep improving, become pillars of the nation in the future, and make outstanding contributions to our great Federation!"

It had to be said that this dean was truly eloquent. Although he did not use a speech script from beginning to end, every word he spoke was sincere and moving.

Dean Yu went on for a full quarter of an hour before finally concluding his splendid speech amid the students' long-lasting applause.

Other freshmen might have reacted somewhat, but Gu Chen did not. He had already swallowed enough of this kind of inspirational drivel in school during his previous life and after becoming an adult.

As the speech went on, drowsiness crept over him again, so Gu Chen simply closed his eyes to rest.

After the dean's speech ended, the most important part of the Opening Ceremony arrived—class assignments.

"Next, we will assign classes.

As everyone knows, at Eastsea Academy, the lower the class number, the more outstanding the students.

But this is not absolute. We hope that the lower-ranked classes can also strive to catch up through hard work.

There are a total of one hundred and eight new students this year, divided into five classes. When I call your name, step forward and enter Class One..."

After hearing Long Hengxu's words, Tang Wulin finally understood what he had meant yesterday by punishing Xie Xie and Gu Chen by placing them in Class Five. (Yun Xiao was gone. Zhou Changxi had been beaten until his bones fractured.)

There were five classes in total, and the earlier the class, the higher the students' overall quality. Without a doubt, Class Five was the worst class.

"Tang Wulin, Gu Chen, Xie Xie, Gu Yue..."

Sure enough, when Class Five was assigned, the four of their names were called out one after another.

Class Five had only twenty students, the fewest among the five classes. Most of the students assigned there looked dispirited and lifeless.

Tang Wulin immediately lowered his head like an ostrich, while Gu Chen had long since closed his eyes and begun staring at the ground.

It was worth mentioning that Gu Yue had applied to enter Class Five herself.

Naturally, others wanted to say something, but they could not, because Gu Yue had simply said, "Your aptitude is inferior even to mine. How can you teach me?"

Fine, then.

Once they were thrown into Class Five, they would behave themselves.

"Each class teacher, take your students back to their classrooms and familiarize them with the academy."

Five teachers stepped forward, one of them walking toward Class Five.

This Teacher looked about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. When the Class Five students saw him, they could not help but freeze.

This Teacher was simply far too handsome.