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I suddenly thought of something.
To avoid anyone not opening the comments, I'll say it here directly.
Do you all prefer multiple female leads or a single female lead? (Someone really wants to see multiple female leads.)
I'm not planning to kill Leng Yaozhu, but I haven't decided whether she'll become one of the female leads.
It mainly depends on how many people like this character—or, more accurately, how many people want her to live.
[Proceed with check-in?]
As they were about to reach Eastsea Academy, the system's familiar mechanical voice rang out in his mind.
"Check in!"
[Critical check-in reward! Congratulations, host, you have obtained [Exclusive Growth-Type One-Word Battle Armor·??? (Name Pending)]]
"Battle Armor!" When Gu Chen heard the system's mechanical voice, his heart jolted.
There was no doubt about the function of Battle Armor in this era.
It could be said that having four-word Battle Armor was equivalent to possessing a complete set of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones for the entire body.
In other words, this check-in directly saved him the time he would have spent forging. After all, his ultimate goal when he first began learning forging had been to forge Battle Armor.
He might not even need to study forging much anymore.
"Hm?"
Gu Yue looked at him in confusion. With her mental power, she suddenly sensed that Gu Chen's emotions had become extremely agitated.
After arriving at Eastsea Academy, Gu Chen found Liu Yuxin, had Gu Yue interact with her, and then left directly.
He had no obligation to slowly explain everything.
He had originally planned to get his second Spirit Ring after eating, but his plans were completely disrupted, wasting more than ten minutes.
Nothing else went wrong along the way.
After arriving at the Spirit Pagoda branch, Gu Chen directly spent eight million Federal Coins to buy a purple thousand-year Soul Spirit. At the Spirit Ascension Platform, he also raised the yellow Soul Spirit Little Evil Eye to purple.
The Spirit Ascension Platform was still quite expensive, but fortunately, someone was reimbursing him.
After three full years of Soul Power accumulation, reaching Level 27 came naturally.
The Soul Power within his body was almost at Level 28.
After cultivating for a few more months, he would be able to obtain his third Spirit Ring.
The next morning, sunlight filtered through the thin clouds and scattered across Eastsea Academy's vast, boundless plaza.
At this time, the campus, normally already bustling with activity, was even more crowded and noisy, because the grand annual Opening Ceremony was about to begin here.
On this day, all the students from both the Advanced Division and the Intermediate Division would gather together to witness this important moment.
Among the first-year student formations, Tang Wulin and Gu Chen's tall, straight figures were particularly conspicuous.
His tall stature stood out among the many new students, so he was assigned a position farther toward the back.
Neither of them had any objections. From here, they could take in every student in the entire academy.
Looking past the crowd before them toward the Intermediate Division, they could see that each grade had roughly a hundred students.
From the first year to the sixth year, the six grades had a combined total of seven or eight hundred students!
Some gathered in groups of three or five, chatting and laughing, while others stood quietly alone, waiting for the ceremony to begin.
Compared with the Intermediate Division, the Advanced Division had far fewer people. There were fewer than two hundred in total, and these students supposedly came from three different grades.
Although there were not many of them, every one of them radiated a mature, confident air, as if they were already prepared to face the challenges of the future.
"Dear students, good morning, everyone! Today is our school's grand and solemn annual Opening Ceremony!"
The host spoke with great enthusiasm. A burst of warm applause immediately rang out from below the stage. Then, with a smile, the host continued, "Next, let's welcome our respected Dean Yu to the stage with the warmest applause!"
An old man who looked to be over sixty steadily walked onto the stage. He was of average height and had ordinary features, hardly the sort to attract attention.
However, his head of graying hair and the pair of glasses perched on his nose lent him a refined, scholarly air.
After Dean Yu took his place, he waved to the students with a smile before saying, "Hello, students! Every year when this time comes around, I always feel deeply moved.
"Why do I say that? Because another group of outstanding students from the Intermediate Division and Advanced Division have successfully graduated from our academy. They are about to leave campus and embark on their own new journeys.
"At the same time, quite a few students will successfully advance from the Intermediate Division to the Advanced Division.
"And of course, we'll also be welcoming a group of energetic and lively new students into our big family."
At this point, Dean Yu paused briefly, his gaze slowly sweeping across all the students present.
Then he continued earnestly, "In my eyes, our Eastsea Academy is like the Federation's blood-making institution, continuously cultivating and sending large numbers of qualified and outstanding talents throughout the Federation.
"So, every student present carries a major responsibility and mission on your shoulders.
"In the days to come, I sincerely hope that you will always maintain your thirst for knowledge and your pursuit of dreams. Study hard, continue to improve, and become the pillars of the nation in the future, making outstanding contributions to our great Federation!"
It had to be said that this dean truly had a gift for words. Although he had not used a script throughout the entire address, every sentence he spoke was heartfelt, vivid, and moving.
In this way, Dean Yu spoke at length for a full fifteen minutes before finally bringing his wonderful speech to an end amid the students' sustained applause.
The other new students might have shown some reaction, but Gu Chen did not. After all, he had drunk his fill of this kind of motivational talk at school in his previous life, as well as after entering adulthood.
As he listened, sleepiness returned. Gu Chen simply closed his eyes and began to rest.
After the dean finished speaking, the most important part of the Opening Ceremony arrived—class assignments.
"Next, we will assign everyone to their classes.
"As everyone knows, at Eastsea Academy, the smaller the class number, the better the students are.
"But this isn't absolute. We hope that the classes ranked lower can also work hard and catch up.
"This year, there are a total of one hundred and eight new students, divided into five classes. I'll call out the names now. Those whose names are called, step forward and enter Class One..."
After hearing Long Hengxu's words, Tang Wulin finally realized what he had meant yesterday when he said that Xie Xie and Gu Chen would be punished by being sent to Class Five. (Yun Xiao was gone. Zhou Changxi had been beaten so badly that he had suffered a fracture.)
There were five classes in total. The classes toward the front had better students. Without a doubt, Class Five was the worst class.
"Tang Wulin, Gu Chen, Xie Xie, Gu Yue..."
Sure enough, when they reached Class Five, all four of their names were called out one after another.
Class Five had only twenty students in total, the fewest of all five classes. Most of the students assigned to Class Five looked dejected and dispirited.
Tang Wulin immediately lowered his head and played dumb, while Gu Chen had already closed his eyes and begun staring at the ground.
It was worth mentioning that Gu Yue had personally requested to enter Class Five.
Naturally, the others wanted to say something, but they could not, because Gu Yue had simply said, "Your qualifications are still inferior to mine. How can you teach me?"
All right, then.
Being thrown into Class Five had made her honest.
"The homeroom teachers of each class, take your students back to your classrooms and familiarize them with the academy."
Five teachers walked out. One of them headed toward Class Five.
This teacher looked to be twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. When the Class Five students saw him, they could not help staring in surprise.
This teacher was simply too handsome.