Opening Ceremony

A trace of terror flickered in Wei Xiaofeng's eyes, yet at this moment, not a single person could notice him.

On the stage, the opening ceremony had already begun.

The ceremony was held in the plaza of East Sea Academy; only at times like this were the junior and senior divisions organized together to listen to the dean speak.

As the old man stepped onto the stage, his calm voice resonated through the microphone: "Dear students, welcome to East Sea Academy."

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"As the saying goes, aim high and let the spirit of youth span the four seas. I hope that in your future lives, you will all reap great rewards, live up to this era, cherish your youth, and write your own life stories."

The old man's voice was peaceful and indifferent. As his words fell, the restlessness in the eyes of many students below the stage clearly diminished.

Moreover, this dean spoke quite quickly; in less than twenty minutes, he had finished his speech and instructed the teachers to lead their respective grade classes back.

Of course, as first-years, they were somewhat special and needed to begin the class assignment process.

Long Hengxu stood at the very front. He scanned the list in his hand first, and then his voice slowly rang out: "Class One list: Zhang Ziyang, Chen Ye..."

"Students whose names are called, go to the far left to assemble."

As he spoke, Long Hengxu pointed to his left, where a tall woman was standing.

The woman had long, flowing purple hair and a cold expression. Paired with her East Sea Academy teacher's uniform, it accentuated her curvaceous figure to perfection.

Seeing this beautiful teacher, many students wore expressions of surprise.

Immediately, the students whose names had been called walked over quickly.

Chen Ye naturally followed beside Wang Jinxi and Zhang Ziyang, though the two of them were scanning left and right with puzzled looks on their faces.

"Didn't Wei Xiaofeng come early? Where is he? Why haven't we seen him at all?" Zhang Ziyang's eyes held a hint of hesitation as he looked around, yet he could not find a trace of Wei Xiaofeng.

"I don't know. He left early; by the time we woke up, he was already gone."

Wang Jinxi frowned as well, though he didn't pay it much mind.

Chen Ye's gaze rested on the two of them, a faint smile on his face.

Because right in front of them, Wei Xiaofeng was standing there waving his arms frantically, yet the two of them acted as if they were ignoring him, walking straight through his body.

Watching this scene, Wei Xiaofeng's face was filled with despair. The moment he turned his head, he locked eyes with Chen Ye's pale golden irises.

He looked at Chen Ye, whose malice was undisguised, which filled Wei Xiaofeng with fury.

He lunged forward and threw a punch directly at Chen Ye, but his fist passed straight through Chen Ye's body.

He stumbled and fell to the ground, feeling a very real sense of pain radiating through his body.

Wei Xiaofeng gritted his teeth, but before he could speak, Chen Ye calmly walked to the side, completely ignoring him.

In the next second, his body completely lost the ability to resist, and he collapsed onto the ground.

At this moment, over at Class One, the beautiful homeroom teacher's voice clearly reached his ears:

"Don't we still have a student named Wei Xiaofeng? Where is he? Why hasn't he come over? Is there anyone here who shares a dorm with Wei Xiaofeng?" As the woman spoke, her cold, aloof face carried a hint of irritation.

Hearing her words, Zhang Ziyang and Wang Jinxi walked over.

Listening to the two of them explain that he had left early, Wei Xiaofeng's face was filled with despair, but even more so with helplessness.

Even if he wanted to beg Chen Ye for mercy now, it was too late.

Once it was confirmed that Wei Xiaofeng was absent, Ye Yingluo went directly to report it to Long Hengxu.

Following the completion of the class assignments, the various teachers led the remaining students away, while Long Hengxu began organizing people to search for Wei Xiaofeng.

Inside the classroom, the students sat silently. Ye Yingluo scanned them with her gaze, her tone very calm: "Let me introduce myself. My name is Ye Yingluo. I am the teacher for Class One, and also your homeroom teacher."

"You will all be spending the next three years together. As for whether you make it to the sixth year, that depends on whether you want to enter the advanced division."

"Now, everyone, please introduce yourselves: name, martial soul, and your goals."

As Ye Yingluo spoke, she pointed randomly, starting from the back row.

And sitting on the throne in the very last row was none other than Chen Ye.

After all, there were only four students in the class with two rings. Although everyone didn't know if Chen Ye was the strongest, seeing that neither Wang Jinxi nor Zhang Ziyang had fought him for the seat, they guessed his strength might be formidable.

Therefore, this throne belonging to the king was naturally occupied by Chen Ye.

Seeing Ye Yingluo point at him, Chen Ye didn't care and stood up directly.

The young man straightened his back; his white hair was somewhat dazzling, but his eyes were bright and spirited.

"Hello everyone, my name is Chen Ye. My martial soul is the Dark Phoenix, and my level is twenty-eight. As for dreams, I don't really have any; I'm content to just go with the flow."

Chen Ye spoke casually, but when the words "level twenty-eight soul power" left his lips, the eyes of everyone in the class were filled with astonishment.

Even Ye Yingluo's gaze was locked firmly onto him.

This was level twenty-eight!

Reaching level twenty-eight at nine years old definitely counted as being a genius.

This was a level of achievement that most students wouldn't even dare to dream of.

It should be noted that while the other three individuals were also two-ringed, most of them only possessed soul power at the twenty-second or twenty-third level.

By the time they managed to cultivate to the twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth, or even thirtieth level, it would take them at least another one to two years.

As for the astonishment of the crowd, Chen Ye did not care much about it; one could even say he completely ignored it.

Because this speed of cultivation was not particularly fast to him.

Of course, he did not explain this to the students, as having twenty-eighth-level soul power was already surprising enough for the time being.

As he sat down, even Ye Yingluo stared at him for a long time before finally gesturing toward the next person.

With the students introducing themselves one by one, time quickly slipped away until noon.

"Classes officially begin tomorrow. I have very high expectations for all of you, and I hope you can meet the standards."

"If you cannot meet the standards, please transfer to one of the other classes. Since you have made it into Class One, I hope everyone can work hard and progress together."

Ye Yingluo looked at the students as she spoke, and they nodded in response.

She did not say anything more and turned to leave immediately.

After all, one of the students in her class had gone missing, and a two-ringed genius at that, so she needed to hurry and ask Long Hengxu about it.

As the teacher walked away, the previously quiet classroom became noisy once again, and several students walked over to Chen Ye to introduce themselves.

Chen Ye did not put on any airs either, chatting with them with a smile instead.