The next day, Jiang Hai emerged from Sea God Lake. Flames rose around him, evaporating the moisture clinging to his clothes. The weather was clear, and the air carried a faint freshness mingled with the dampness of the lakeshore.
Cultivation was not the work of a single day. Without Ma Xiaotao's assistance, his progress was slow, but he did not slack off. He advanced one steady step at a time; cultivation had never allowed room for negligence.
At Shrek Square, all the freshmen who had passed the Freshman Assessment had gathered, waiting for the upcoming class assignments.
Different cultivation paths within the Martial Soul Department required different instruction. Mixing Soul Masters of every specialization together was merely an expedient measure during New Student Enrollment, intended to identify talented students and help them become familiar with Shrek Academy.
After this first round of selection, students who had passed the assessment would almost never be expelled during the following year of cultivation, provided they made no serious mistakes, until the second-year assessment began.
Their instruction therefore needed to be tailored to their aptitudes, with different training methods devised for Soul Masters pursuing different paths.
Today was also the awards ceremony, honoring the Soul Masters who had performed outstandingly in the first assessment.
Soon, Du Weilun, the Martial Soul Department's Director of Education, appeared with more than a dozen teachers. Zhou Yi, Mu Jin, and Wang Yan were among them.
Holding a folder, Du Weilun swept his smiling gaze over the students before saying, "The Freshman Assessment has concluded. You should all already know which teams placed in the top three. Now, I will formally announce them once more, along with their rewards. Third place in the Freshman Assessment goes to Dai Huabin's team. Its members are Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui