Zero Class Is Established

The next day.

On the Eastsea Academy training grounds, after the dean of studies, Long Hengxu, delivered a lengthy and impassioned speech, he finally announced the "Zero Class Project," an experimental small-class teaching program for first-year students.

However, this was ultimately something the academy had created for a small group of elites, and most first-year students had no chance of participating. Yet after the Class Promotion Tournament, the original Class Five had advanced to Class Two, while Class One remained unchanged. Thus, even if the students from those two classes could not enter Class Zero, it seemed they would not lose anything.

After Long Hengxu announced the dismissal, Ye Yingluo, the homeroom teacher of Class One, brought Yun Chen, Xu Xiaoyan, Wei Xiaofeng, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi to Principal Yu Zhen's office.

By the time the five of them arrived, Wu Zhangkong, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie were already waiting in the office.

A moment later, Yu Zhen returned to the office with Long Hengxu, carrying a stack of files.

With a kindly smile, he looked at Yun Chen and the others. "I believe you have already guessed it. You are the first group of students selected for first-year Class Zero. The academy has placed great expectations on Class Zero and will allocate all kinds of resources to you. Under such conditions, you will receive the very best training."

After saying this, Yu Zhen paused slightly before continuing, "But you should also understand that since the academy is offering such conditions, it naturally needs some assurance in return. I have a contract here, and Teacher Wu has already gone over its contents with you. Once you sign it, you will officially enter Class Zero. However, there is one condition: before graduating from the upper grades, you may not transfer to another academy. Otherwise, you will need to repay all the resources spent on you during your time in Class Zero."

"If you can accept this condition, come over and sign."

With that, Yu Zhen spread the contracts out one by one across the desk before him.

Yun Chen and the others looked at one another. Xie Xie, standing beside Wu Zhangkong, looked at him in confusion. "Teacher Wu?"

"You can sign," Wu Zhangkong replied softly.

With his confirmation, Xie Xie no longer hesitated. He stepped forward, picked up a pen, and signed his name on the contract.

Zhang Yangzi and Wei Xiaofeng exchanged a glance. Then, after nodding together, they stepped forward, picked up the contracts, and signed their names.

Wei Xiaofeng hesitated for a moment. His original plan had been to choose a better academy when he advanced to the upper grades. As for whether Class Zero was truly as good as the principal and dean of studies claimed, he could not be certain. In the end, he still gave up on entering Class Zero.

Watching Wei Xiaofeng leave, Yu Zhen sighed softly. He felt that Wei Xiaofeng would certainly regret giving up this opportunity in the future. However, Wei Xiaofeng was not the core of Class Zero, so Yu Zhen did not try too hard to persuade him.

"Brother, should we accept?" Xu Xiaoyan asked hesitantly.

Xu Xiaoyan had not thought that far ahead about whether she should continue studying at Eastsea Academy in the upper grades. But Eastsea Academy was already the best Soul Master Academy in Eastsea City and several surrounding towns, so staying here did not seem inappropriate. Still, she wanted to hear Yun Chen's opinion and see what he decided.

"You can sign," Yun Chen said.

Just as Xu Xiaoyan knew, Eastsea Academy was already one of the best academies in the surrounding towns. The academy was willing to invest heavily in supporting Class Zero, which would indeed be greatly beneficial to them. Although, with the support of the Spirit Pagoda and Mu Ye, he no longer needed to worry about lacking cultivation resources, Xu Xiaoyan was different. Joining Class Zero would be highly beneficial for her.

As for upper-grade academies, they would still consider them if the opportunity arose. When that time came, someone would naturally compensate Eastsea Academy for the resources they had used in Class Zero.

After receiving Yun Chen's approval, Xu Xiaoyan also picked up a pen and signed her name.

Only after seeing Yun Chen and Xu Xiaoyan sign did Gu Yue pick up her own contract and sign her name.

Once he saw that both Yun Chen and Gu Yue had signed, Yu Zhen finally relaxed. Those two were the core of Class Zero. If they had refused, the entire Class Zero Project would have been significantly compromised.

"Teacher Wu, I'll leave the rest to you." After putting away the contracts everyone had signed, Yu Zhen looked solemnly at Wu Zhangkong.

Wu Zhangkong nodded lightly, then looked at Yun Chen and the others. "Come with me."

His attitude did not displease Yu Zhen. Or rather, he had more or less grown accustomed to this cold and proud teacher's personality. First-year Class Zero had been successfully established not only because the first year had a group of outstanding students like Yun Chen and the others, but also because Wu Zhangkong, a young Soul Emperor who had come from Shrek Academy, would serve as its homeroom teacher. Without him, Yu Zhen might not have been able to pry Federation Credits out of those board members' pockets.

Led by Wu Zhangkong, Yun Chen and the others arrived at a new classroom. After everyone took their seats, Wu Zhangkong spoke. "First, let's review your performances in the Class Promotion Tournament."

Hearing this, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Xu Xiaoyan immediately relaxed. The three of them had not participated in the Class Promotion Tournament, so this review had little to do with them.

"Xie Xie, how do you think you performed yesterday?" Wu Zhangkong directed his first question at Xie Xie.

Xie Xie had originally wanted to say that he had performed fairly well, except that he had lost to Wei Xiaofeng because he was not proficient enough with his second soul skill.

But upon seeing Wu Zhangkong's stern expression, he swallowed the words that had reached his lips.

Seeing that he remained silent, Wu Zhangkong directly assessed him. "My evaluation of you is that you were a complete mess. You did not even display sixty percent of what you practiced in training."

Xie Xie immediately opened his mouth at those words. He really wanted to say that Tang Wulin had been there during their usual training. Many of their coordinated techniques could only be used when Tang Wulin was present. Without Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Grass assisting him from the side, he truly had not performed very well.

But after receiving Wu Zhangkong's training for so long, Xie Xie knew very well that if he said that now, he would definitely suffer. In the end, he merely nodded and accepted Wu Zhangkong's critique.

Since Wei Xiaofeng had not joined Class Zero, Wu Zhangkong naturally would not waste his breath evaluating him. After criticizing Xie Xie, he turned his gaze to Gu Yue. "How do you think you performed?"

"I think I was all right," Gu Yue replied.

The moment those words came out, Wu Zhangkong frowned.

During their previous training, Wu Zhangkong had already noticed that Gu Yue did not care much about teamwork. But the reason was not her; Tang Wulin and Xie Xie simply could not keep up with her pace.