The day after Cao Longyan awoke, he returned to the teaching building of Shrek Outer Court.
He was still a member of Freshman Class One, and Wang Yan was still their teacher. But Freshman Class One was no longer the same class it had been before.
Some of the original students in Freshman Class One were stronger than their counterparts in the original story, but the shackles of their innate talent were hard to break. In the end, they still couldn't measure up to students with top-tier talent like Dai Huabin and Ning Tian, and were ultimately replaced.
Still, compared to the original story, fewer than half as many students were replaced. This was a testament to Wang Yan's patient instruction, and the result of everything he had taught them over the past three months.
Of course, Cao Longyan's example had also played an important part.
Normally, the first day of class for the new group should have begun with a reelection of the class monitor. Instead, Wang Yan walked up to the lectern, swept his gaze over the classroom, and announced without the slightest hesitation, skipping the election entirely.
"Starting today, Cao Longyan will remain the class monitor of Freshman Class One."
This was both his choice and the academy's decision.
The moment his words fell, the classroom sank into a brief silence.
Cao Longyan hadn't taken part in a single freshman assessment, yet the academy had directly selected him as a core disciple of the Martial Soul Department.
Now that the classes had been rearranged, he wasn't even given the chance to compete fairly. He'd simply been handed the position of class monitor.
What gave him the right?!
Most of the students who didn't know Cao Longyan well were unhappy, but none of them chose to be a