Lu Chen had not panicked in the slightest when facing the Red-Back Gray Wolf, a bone-forging mutant beast that had broken through in the midst of battle. He had remained calm and composed throughout.
And when he fought, he had been ferocious beyond measure.
Such an astonishing performance did not come from a genius raised in a hothouse.
It came from true gold tempered in blood and fire.
Without question, Ouyang Xuanfeng had recognized what made Lu Chen exceptional.
Though Lu Chen lacked the astonishing innate aptitude of Pei Yue and Ning Xiao, his accumulated blood and qi far surpassed others at his realm, as did his fighting prowess.
He was precisely the divine weapon, the keen blade, their Divine Armament Academy needed!
Once the four branch academies finished selecting their disciples, their instructors soon led the new students away.
Lu Chen entered the Divine Armament Academy, while Shen Siqi and Yuan Jiyun were selected by the Demon-Suppressing Institute and the Heavenly Martial Academy respectively. The three had shared a temporary dormitory for several days. Though they had not known one another long, they had all come from Dragon-Tiger Guards in different regions and had gone through the entrance assessment together. Over these past few days, they had already grown considerably closer.
Now that they truly had to go their separate ways, Shen Siqi found himself reluctant to part.
At the junction, he glanced at the stone path on the left leading to the Demon-Suppressing Institute, then back at Lu Chen. He could not help sighing. "I was hoping the three of us could keep living together, but we've been split up in the blink of an eye. And why did I have to end up at the Demon-Suppressing Institute? Just listen to that name. It's obviously not somewhere you