New Student Assessment

New Student Assessment

While Chi Qiu was acting as a guardian for Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong went to dinner alone. Upon returning to the dormitory, she began to consider her future plans.

The new student assessment was in three months. During dinner, she had gathered some information from upperclassmen: the assessment required teams of three, and each team was only permitted to have one assault-type battle soul master.

Doesn't that mean she definitely wouldn't be able to be on the same team as Chi Qiu?

This troubled Wang Dong greatly. In her eyes, not being able to team up with Chi Qiu equaled "sooner or later I'll have to face her," which meant "it will be very difficult to win the assessment championship."

Among her peers, aside from Huo Yuhao and Chi Qiu, she was confident she could take down most people. Even if Huo Yuhao were on the opposing side, if she could join forces with Chi Qiu to target him, no matter how strong Brother Huo was, his teammates might not be up to the task.

After much deliberation, she suddenly thought of a solution. She shouted in her heart, "Wang Dong, you are truly a genius," and then happily sat on her bed to begin cultivating. However, this time, the way she circulated her soul power was somewhat different from usual.

Thanks to Brother Huo's notes, which recorded the cultivation paths for soul masters of different orientations in great detail!

Three months passed by in a flash.

Huo Yuhao didn't do anything particularly flashy; every day was just classes, cultivation, grilling fish, and extra training at night. When Wang Dong and Chi Qiu attended Zhou Yi's classes, he would help them copy notes. Midway through, he visited the Soul Guidance Department once, but an upperclassman told him that only second-year students could take elective courses there.

However, the improvements he had made were known only to Chi Qiu and Wang Dong.

Three months were enough for Huo Yuhao to consolidate the soul power and spiritual power that had previously surged forward. At the same time, he had found a cultivation path well-suited to himself and raised his soul power by another rank. Now, tempered by the residual essence of the Soul Ascension Pill within his Eye of Destiny, he was a soul master who had reached the twenty-rank bottleneck.

This even shocked Wang Dong. Because she had changed her "track," her cultivation had become much tighter, but that wasn't a reason for Brother Huo to catch up so much!

During this period, she hadn't been a lazy dog like before; one could even say she was giving it her all. Despite this, she had only just crossed the twenty-four-rank threshold.

As for Chi Qiu, neither Huo Yuhao nor Wang Dong could gauge where her cultivation level stood, and she consistently refused to let Wang Dong test her soul power.

Huo Yuhao, meanwhile, was already considering other matters. If there were no unexpected changes, he planned to accumulate soul power first and wait until the holiday to obtain his soul ring under Tian Meng's guidance. This way, when he obtained the soul ring, the accumulated soul power would erupt, which should allow his level to rise accordingly.

Huo Yuhao also actively sought out Chi Qiu for combat training. He believed that compared to simple physical training, it was more practical to improve combat techniques and physical fitness simultaneously through close-quarters sparring, which was more effective than Zhou Yi's method of running laps.

Facts proved that this method was indeed very effective.

Chi Qiu was a master of combat by nature. Huo Yuhao gained a great deal from his confrontations with her; from being knocked down within three moves at the start, he could now exchange a few blows with her after three months, and his physique and combat awareness had also improved significantly.

Later, Wang Dong joined this training as well. Clearly, she also felt this was more effective than Zhou Yi's methods. As the monitor of Class One, she even took the initiative to organize class sparring matches during physical education, specifically to annoy Zhou Yi.

The position of class monitor should have belonged to Chi Qiu, but she was always at odds with Zhou Yi. Yet, she managed to complete every task, leaving Zhou Yi trembling with rage but unable to say a word.

However, after appointing Wang Dong, she discovered that Wang Dong was just as rebellious.

The strongest battle soul masters in the class were two troublemakers; what could she do?

If she really expelled them, it would be equivalent to voluntarily lowering her own promotion rate. Her impressive promotion rate was, to some extent, achieved by expelling enough "poor students."

She hadn't expected that she, too, would have times when she had to swallow her pride.

On this day, Huo Yuhao sought out Wang Dong and Chi Qiu again, intending to add an extra training session.

"Brother Huo is truly a training maniac." Wang Dong clutched her head, looking very pained.

"Give it a rest." Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong had truly developed a pure, brotherly friendship. He mocked Wang Dong, "If I didn't call you over, would you be playing dead on your bed again? Hurry up, it's the two of us against Qiu'er again this time."

"Yes, yes." Wang Dong retorted irritably, flapping her butterfly wings. "Who said I was playing dead? I've been super diligent lately, okay? Can't even rest for a day, you're a devil."

Before the words had faded, Chi Qiu had already closed in on the two of them. Her excellent physical fitness supported her speed.

Her first target was Wang Dong.

In this type of sparring, all three were allowed to use an ordinary wooden stick as a weapon.

Chi Qiu flipped her wrist, and the wooden stick in her hand slashed directly at the top of Wang Dong's head. To an outsider, such speed didn't look like a friendly spar, but rather like she was out for Wang Dong's life.

But Huo Yuhao watched from the sidelines very calmly; he knew Wang Dong could dodge it, and he knew Chi Qiu had held back.

In such battles, Huo Yuhao would not activate Spiritual Detection Sharing, as the training was meant to hone combat instincts. However, Wang Dong twisted her body to the side, relying on her speed to dodge Chi Qiu's strike without the help of Spiritual Detection Sharing.

Speed! Wang Dong's butterfly wings were vibrating at an astonishing rate; at this moment, her flight speed was definitely not something an ordinary butterfly martial soul could achieve.

The way she bypassed the "only one assault-type allowed" rule was by training herself as an agility-type, so she could pass when reporting her selection.

This did not affect her attainments as an assault-type; on the contrary, it gave her a new understanding of how speed and power complement each other.

Chi Qiu didn't seem to care about the missed strike; she immediately turned her head and swept the wooden stick toward Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao retreated sharply, clearing half a body's width, and pushed the wooden stick in his hand forward, using a clever force to collide head-on with Chi Qiu's stick.

At the moment of impact, both wooden sticks snapped instantly. The flying fragments pointed straight at Wang Dong, who dodged them with a nimble turn.

Chi Qiu looked at the broken stick in her hand, lost in thought. She said, "Let's stop here for today."

Huo Yuhao felt joy in his heart; in the three months, this was the first time he had broken Chi Qiu's weapon. In the past, it was always his weapon that suffered.

Wang Dong cried out, "I haven't even made a move yet, why is it over?"

"Alright, save some energy." Huo Yuhao said, "The list of selected members for the upcoming course should be announced soon, right?"

"That's right." Chi Qiu said, "There are sixty-two people in our class; I wonder how that woman will arrange it."

Huo Yuhao smiled: "I just hope I don't run into your team!"

Speaking of this, he actually felt a bit of regret. He wasn't in the same class as Qiu'er; in all likelihood, they would become opponents. This was the reason he was training his close-quarters combat skills so frantically.

Once he faced Qiu'er's team... she knew him too well. He had to have a way to protect himself, otherwise, if his Spiritual Detection Sharing for his teammates was cut off, they would basically be guaranteed to lose in front of Qiu'er.

The three chatted for a while longer before returning to the teaching building to wait for class.

Huo Yuhao was still a bit nervous about the freshman assessment. Although his current soul power of level 20 was at least enough to meet the passing standard for the assessment, he naturally wanted to try and make a push for the championship.

He hoped to know who his teammates were as soon as possible, so he felt both expectant and anxious when the teacher stepped onto the podium to announce the list.

However, the teacher finished reading the names of all the students in the class without ever calling his.

"Next is the time for free team formation. You may exchange with each other privately."

After saying this, the teacher walked over to Huo Yuhao and said in a gentle voice:

"Yuhao, the reason I didn't call your name just now is that when I was collecting opinions on team formation, there weren't many students in the class willing to team up with you, and your priority ranking was quite low."

"There are ninety-four people in our class, and with three people to a team, there is exactly one person left over. See if any classmates are willing to swap with you during the exchange time. If not, I will have to ask other classes if there are any teams willing to take you in."

"I will definitely make sure you find a team, so don't worry."

Huo Yuhao's eyes dimmed for only a brief moment before he smiled and shook his head at the teacher: "It's alright, teacher, I understand."

However, he had no intention of taking the initiative to swap. Because no one in the class knew the effect of his first soul skill, naturally, no one would be willing to team up with him.

Therefore, he was more than happy to wait for the assignment; he was confident that he could push for a good ranking regardless of who his teammates were. Huo's brand of Spiritual Detection Sharing—whoever used it would say it was good.

It wasn't until the end of class that the teacher hurried over to his side again and said: "Yuhao, I've found a team for you. I'll take you to meet your teammates now."

Huo Yuhao followed obediently behind the teacher, walking toward... Freshman Class 1?

He suddenly had a bold and joyful guess. Because the sensing from their attribute connection told him that Chi Qiu was standing inside. Therefore, he didn't even activate his Spiritual Detection to look; he wanted to witness the surprise with his own eyes.

But when he actually walked into the classroom, standing inside were not only Chi Qiu, but also—

Wang Dong.

When the two of them saw Huo Yuhao, their eyes lit up.

Well, now they didn't even need to go through the process of getting used to each other. After three months of special training, they already knew each other inside and out!

Zhou Yi, who was standing behind the two, spoke up: "This is the student left over from your class?"

The term "left over" was very unfriendly. Zhou Yi herself wasn't particularly friendly toward Huo Yuhao either; as long as it wasn't a student she favored, she wouldn't give them a pleasant look.

Huo Yuhao's teacher patted him on the shoulder: "Go on, Yuhao. For this period, you will follow Teacher Zhou and your teammates."

She had expected Huo Yuhao to be afraid, because in her impression, Huo Yuhao had always been a relatively quiet and shy, yet hardworking and earnest student. But she didn't expect Huo Yuhao to walk up to Chi Qiu with his head held high, neither servile nor overbearing.

He put on an act and extended his right hand: "Hello, let's get to know each other. My name is Huo Yuhao. I think our collaboration for the freshman assessment should go very smoothly."

Chi Qiu blinked and took his hand: "Hello, I am Chi Qiu. I also think that collaborating with you for this assessment will be very pleasant."

Wang Dong rolled his eyes from the side.

What kind of act are you two putting on?

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