After leaving the Law Enforcement Team, Chen Cang encountered no one all the way back to his dormitory, which left him utterly at ease.
Normally, people came and went throughout the academy, and every time Chen Cang passed by, heads turned without fail. It hardly put him under pressure, but having it happen every day was rather tiresome.
The reason it was so peaceful today had to do with a major event.
The Inner Academy Selection Tournament had begun!
This was the liveliest time of year in the Outer Academy. Not only had all the students gathered at the square to watch, but many residents of Jia Nan City had come as well.
Every year, large numbers of Outer Academy students signed up when the selection tournament opened. It could not be completed in a single day.
Thus, they had to be eliminated in stages until the fifty most outstanding students remained.
Naturally, Chen Cang had signed up too. However, given his unusual circumstances, Deputy Headmaster Hu Gan and the elders had discussed the matter and unanimously decided to let him skip the first two days of elimination rounds. He only needed to participate in the final ranking matches for the top fifty.
When this notice was posted, none of the Outer Academy students who had registered raised any objections.
On the contrary, every one of them breathed a sigh of relief.
At least they would not run into such a monstrous freak during the elimination rounds.
It was not that they lacked ambition. The selection determined whether they could enter the Inner Academy, so the stakes were simply too high. The corpse of the Six-Star Dou Ling hanging from the Death Spirit Tree was proof enough that Chen Cang's Dou Ling strength was genuine, and that his fighting prowess