Ten minutes later, Xu Jingming saw Zhang Chaoyang off and sat down alone on the living room sofa, relaxing.
"Good thing that admissions teacher gave me some guidance. Otherwise, I'd never have known there was so much to watch out for at Magic City Superpower University."
Xu Jingming felt fortunate.
Of course, Zhang Chaoyang had said he could find all of this in the "Required Reading for New Students" section of the university's official forum.
But it wasn't nearly as detailed as hearing it from him.
Especially when it came to the Lightning Type mentor Zhang Chaoyang had said would suit him best.
At that thought, Xu Jingming said,
"Eva, look up Mentor Yang Zhentian for me."
"Okay."
The virtual orb hovering in midair gave a faint flash, then projected every available information screen on Yang Zhentian.
"Yang Zhentian, age 52, dean of the Weapon Academy at Magic City Superpower University, Seventh-Order Upper Metahuman.
"He possesses the Lightning Type A-Rank Ability Wind Fire True Lightning and is skilled with his fists, broadswords, spears, swords, and various other weapons.
"He is most proficient with the spear, earning him the nickname Thunder Spear.
"He once fought an eighth-order Earth-Shaking Demon Python in the Wilderness Area for three days and nights before killing it single-handedly..."
From his earlier conversation with Zhang Chaoyang, Xu Jingming already knew
that Magic City Superpower University was divided into five academies.
They were the Element Academy, Weapon Academy, Tactics Academy, Support Academy, and Logistics Academy.
Each academy had its own teaching methods and priorities.
As its name suggested, the Element Academy mainly admitted students with Element-Type Abilities.
Of course, Lightning Type Abilities, which fell under Nature Type, were also within its admissions scope.
The Element Academy focused on developing students' abilities, with the ultimate goal of drawing out the full power of their Element-Type Abilities!
The Weapon Academy, on the other hand, specialized in training close-quarters fighters who relied primarily on the weapons in their hands.
Its students learned to combine their abilities with their weapons.
Every student who graduated from the Weapon Academy was, without question, a master of weapons!
The Tactics Academy mainly admitted Mental Type Metahumans and trained their ability to command in battle.
Of course,
that did not mean its students were weak.
Quite the opposite. Students who developed their Mental Type Abilities to the limit
could shatter an enemy's mind with a single glance,
leaving them mentally incapacitated and ending the fight on the spot.
The Support Academy admitted people with support abilities. When its students used their abilities,
they could greatly enhance themselves and their teammates, making them indispensable allies on the battlefield.
As for the Logistics Academy, most of its students possessed Special Type Abilities.
They were mainly responsible for logistical production.
The structure of Magic City Superpower University's five academies made one thing clear:
it was training talent for different roles in the war against fierce beasts!
And anyone qualified to serve as an academy dean was among the strongest of the strong!
Take Yang Zhentian, dean of the Weapon Academy. As a Seventh-Order Upper Metahuman, he had killed an eighth-order fierce beast single-handedly.
That was a terrifying feat!
After all, unlike Low-Order Metahumans, High-Order Metahumans did not have only small differences in strength between ranks.
At the higher orders, even a single minor stage brought an earth-shaking change in strength!
The gap between major orders was more frightening still!
A High-Order Metahuman like Yang Zhentian, who could fight above his own order, was exceedingly rare throughout Great Xia Country!
"That makes sense. He couldn't have become dean of the Weapon Academy if he weren't strong enough."
Xu Jingming nodded slightly.
A Lightning Type A-Rank Ability and the strength of a Seventh-Order Upper Metahuman.
He was also skilled with a spear and known as Thunder Spear.
Judging by all this, Yang Zhentian was indeed a mentor well suited to Xu Jingming's current needs.
"We have four Lightning Type mentors at the university. I'll take a look at the other three."
With Eva's help, Xu Jingming pulled up the profiles of the remaining three Lightning Type mentors.
All three had A-Rank Abilities, and even the lowest-ranked among them was at the sixth order's upper stage.
Two of them, however, taught at the Element Academy.
In other words, they did not use weapons and focused solely on honing their abilities.
To put it simply, they were like lightning mages in an online game who could only cast spells from a distance.
The last one also taught at the Weapon Academy.
But he was only at the Seventh-Order Lower stage, and his main weapon was a sword rather than a spear.
Compared with Yang Zhentian, the famed Thunder Spear, this mentor clearly fell short.
"For now, Dean Yang Zhentian of the Weapon Academy really does seem like my best choice of mentor."
"Once I've unpacked and had lunch, I can go see him and try to become his student."
Xu Jingming had Eva shut off the projection and return to standby.
Then he picked up his suitcase and went upstairs.
The villa had two floors. He preferred the second, with its open view and outdoor balcony.
Since his other roommate had yet to arrive, he would move in first.
On his way up, Xu Jingming finally discovered the villa's one drawback.
It had no elevator, only a wooden staircase with a handrail.
But with his Blood Qi currently as high as 181 points, carrying a twenty-kilogram suitcase upstairs was easy.
Once on the second floor, Xu Jingming soon found the bedroom.
It was spacious, nearly fifty square meters, with a bed in the middle measuring 2.3 meters long and two meters wide.
Fresh bedding had already been laid out on it.
Opposite the bed stood a desk with a computer on top.
A window was beside the desk.
Through it, he could see the level road below.
That was the way he and Zhang Chaoyang had come earlier.
"Everything in this bedroom is brand-new. If I'd known, I wouldn't have brought so much stuff."
Xu Jingming had packed plenty in his suitcase.
Besides changes of clothes, he had brought toothpaste, a toothbrush, and other odds and ends.
By the time he had put everything away and finished tidying up, half an hour had passed.
"Whew. Better eat, then go find Mentor Yang Zhentian."
Xu Jingming checked the time on his phone. It was one thirty in the afternoon, time for lunch.
Unlike an ordinary university, though,
Magic City University had four cafeterias, each serving food around the clock.
Missing the usual mealtime was no problem at all.
Xu Jingming took his student ID and villa key, then headed out.
He had spent the entire walk over talking with Zhang Chaoyang and had not paid attention to his surroundings.
This time, he deliberately slowed down to take in the scenery.
As one of the Elite Universities, Magic City Superpower University had an impeccable campus.
Lush green lawns lined both sides of the road, dotted with flowers of every color.
A faint floral fragrance drifted through the air.
Along the way, pavilions and benches where people could rest were everywhere.
Magic City Superpower University was currently on summer break.
Even so,
there were still plenty of students on campus.
Some walked in pairs, while others were alone.
Every one of them gave off a powerful aura. They were at least First- or Second-Order Metahumans!
Now and then, he even spotted students whose auras were only slightly weaker than Zhang Chaoyang's!
As expected of a top university. It really is full of hidden talent.
Xu Jingming was impressed.
From their earlier conversation, he knew Zhang Chaoyang was at the Fifth-Order Lower stage.
Anyone whose aura was only a shade weaker than his had to be at least fourth order!
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