Chapter 21 Reward early morning. The sun was like a bright golden yarn, gently falling on Shrek Square. All the freshmen who passed the assessment gathered here in high spirits and expectation, quietly waiting for the upcoming class division ceremony. Soon, Du Weilun, the director of the Wuhun Department Teaching Office, accompanied by more than a dozen teachers, walked in front of the students with steady and powerful steps. Du Weilun held a folder tightly in his hand, with a friendly smile on his face, and his eyes slowly scanned the group of energetic students. Then, he cleared his throat and said in a loud voice: "I believe everyone knows that the freshman assessment elimination round has been successfully concluded and the top three have been decided. Now, I will officially announce it again and announce the rewards they will receive. The third place in the freshman assessment is the Huang Chutian team. The team members are Huang Chutian, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo. Stand out." That's right, Huang Chutian's team, which had been defeated by Ye Qian'an and his team in the competition, actually won the third place this time. Speaking of which, they were indeed very lucky. If they were to compete purely on their individual strength, they would probably find it difficult to win. Led by Huang Chutian, the three of them walked out together with red faces and excitement, and came to Du Weilun. The young man's face was slightly red because of excitement. Being able to get the third place was obviously far beyond their original expectations! All the first-year students burst into applause, and the enthusiastic applause seemed to break through the sky. After rounds of fierce elimination matches, there were only more than 300 first-year students left, which was nearly two-thirds less than the number at the beginning of the school. "Second place, Dai Huabin's team. Team members are Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie. Step out." Du Weilun then announced loudly. The applause rang out again like a tide. However, after Dai Huabin and the other two walked out, there was no joy on their faces, especially Dai Huabin, who had a tense face and lowered his head slightly, and there was even a hint of bloodshot in his eyes. Du Weilun paused for a moment, as if trying to adjust his mood, and then he said in a slightly raised voice: "Now, please give the warmest applause to welcome the final champions of our freshman assessment. They are Wang Dong's team and Ye Qian'an's team. Due to some special reasons, the two teams tied for first place." As soon as he finished speaking, the whole audience burst into deafening cheers, the sound was like surging waves. When Du Weilun announced it, Huo Yuhao and the other two were slightly stunned. In their minds, their team should be called Huo Yuhao's team. However, amid the thunderous cheers and warm applause from the many first-year students, the three did not dare to be negligent and hurried forward. However, when walking to the front, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao deliberately lagged behind half a step, allowing Huo Yuhao to walk in front.
Ye Qian'an and Gu Yuena seemed very calm. For them, winning or losing the game was not important. For Ye Qian'an, Shrek Academy was just a short stop on his journey of life; and for Gu Yuena, wherever Ye Qian'an was, that was where she belonged. Seeing the five people coming forward together, Du Weilun showed an appreciative smile in his eyes, and he gestured for them to stand in the center of the square. Du Weilun said solemnly: "Okay, now I will announce the rewards for the top three teams in the freshman assessment. The top three teams will all receive unified rewards from the academy. Everyone can make a request to the academy when they need a spirit ring, and the academy will assist them in obtaining a spirit ring that they can afford and is the most suitable for them." As soon as these words came out, the first-year students immediately burst into surprised exclamations. You know, this reward is equivalent to a solemn promise made by the academy, which means that their next spirit ring must appear in the form of an extreme spirit ring. Du Weilun continued, "In view of the extremely outstanding performance and undefeated record of the champions Wang Dong's team and Ye Qian'an's team throughout the competition, the academy has decided to award them a special reward. The academy will keep this reward confidential. After the division of classes is over, you can come with me to receive it." When we heard there were special rewards, we couldn't help but feel curious. This was the significant difference between the champion and the second and third place winners. Du Weilun said: "Okay, you can return to the team." The eleven people, including Ye Qian'an, returned to their original positions and stood as instructed. Du Weilun said earnestly: "The quality of this year's freshmen is better than in the past. I hope you can keep up the good work. You know, God rewards hard work. Even if you are talented, you will not get good results if you don't work hard. Our Shrek Academy is the number one soul master academy on the continent. I sincerely hope that you will graduate smoothly and achieve excellent results. In view of the emergence of some outstanding freshmen in this year's freshman competition, the academy has specially approved some of them to become core disciples of the outer courtyard. Now I will announce the list." Shrek Square suddenly fell silent, because everyone knew that the core disciples would not only appear in the top three teams! Du Weilun opened the folder in his hand and read carefully: "Based on the comprehensive performance of the freshmen in the assessment, the core disciples who finally passed the review are: Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Zhou Sichen, Cao Jinxuan, Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, Ning Tian, Wu Feng." When Du Weilun talked about the core disciples, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao's names appeared at the top, and both of them showed obvious excitement on their faces. However, to their surprise, Huo Yuhao's name did not appear after them, and even Ye Qian'an and Gu Yuena's names did not appear. Instead, Dai Huabin's name appeared directly, which was really surprising and puzzling. As Du Weilun continued reading, they still held out hope in their hearts, but until the very end, they still did not hear the names of the three people. Huo Yuhao couldn't help but be stunned. Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao were standing beside Huo Yuhao respectively, and naturally they keenly sensed his abnormality. Wang Dong quickly grabbed Huo Yuhao's arm, fearing that he would do something inappropriate under the impulse, but now he really didn't know what to say. After all, he and Xiao Xiao both became core disciples, but Huo Yuhao didn't. He really couldn't imagine what Huo Yuhao was thinking at the moment. Du Weilun continued, "In view of the fact that some freshmen, although lacking in talent and ability, have also performed very well in the freshman assessment, the academy has decided to temporarily allow them to enjoy the treatment of core disciples until the end of this school year. If they can make breakthroughs in the upgrade exam next year, they will be considered for promotion to formal core disciples. The list is as follows: Huo Yuhao, Cui Yajie, Huang Chutian, Long Xiangyue, and Nanmen Yuner. This is the announcement." Huo Yuhao's eyes were a little empty, and the resentment in his heart gradually subsided. He thought silently in his heart: I am indeed lacking in ability. After all, I am the only one who has not reached level 20. But why are Ye Qian and Gu Yuena? Why are they not included in the core disciples and candidates? Huo Yuhao was not the only one who thought this way. Others, including the first-year students, also had the same doubts. It was obvious that the individual strength of Ye Qian'an's team could easily crush them, so why did it end up like this? Du Weilun obviously saw what they were thinking, cleared his throat, and explained: "I'm sure everyone has questions in their minds, why Ye Qian'an and Gu Yuena were not included in the list of core disciples or candidates, the reason is very simple, because the strength of the two of them exceeds all of you, after careful judgment by the academy's top management, the two of them can directly enter the inner courtyard and become inner courtyard disciples of Shrek Academy." As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar. No one had expected that Ye Qian and Gu Yuena could actually enter the inner courtyard directly. Huo Yuhao and others couldn't help but widen their eyes. The doubts in their hearts were finally answered.
Du Weilun continued, "The requirements for inner courtyard disciples are extremely strict. The fact that Ye Qian'an and Gu Yuena have received such an honor is enough to prove that their talents and potential far exceed those of ordinary people. I hope that all students will take them as examples and work hard to improve themselves." The next step is to divide the classes. The entire first grade is clearly divided into four classes. Class one is mainly composed of strong attack and control system battle spirit masters, class two is defense and agility attack system battle spirit masters, class three is auxiliary system battle spirit masters, and class four is battle spirit masters and weapon spirit masters with various special attributes including food and healing systems. Undoubtedly, the strongest class is naturally class one, and Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao were also assigned to this class. The strongest class in class two is undoubtedly Xie Huanyue, who is good at defense. The auxiliary system of class three does not refer to all auxiliary soul masters, but to those battle spirit masters and weapon spirit masters who can directly assist in battle. As for class four, it is some more mixed soul masters. Although Ye Qian and Gu Yuena are inner courtyard disciples, because of their age, they are currently staying in the outer courtyard to study and are also assigned to class one. Almost every grade is divided into classes in this way, but the higher the grade, the smaller the number of students in each class. The elimination rate of Shrek Academy has always been extremely high. Even among the students who can successfully graduate from the external college, no more than 50 people each year. In other words, among the more than 300 students now, it is already very good if 20% can make it to the end. Next, the class teachers of each class were introduced. Each class had two class teachers. The one who was in charge of teaching Ye Qian'an and the others was the former class teacher Zhou Yi and Wang Yan, who was very fond of Ye Qian'an and Gu Yuena. Although he was very interested in Huo Yuhao's original martial spirit, he was more curious about the rare dragon martial spirit. "Okay, everyone, return to the teaching building according to the latest class divisions under the leadership of each class teacher. The five of you will follow me to receive your rewards," Director Du Weilun announced. Ye Qian'an and four others followed Du Weilun to the teacher's office area behind the senior teaching building. Du Weilun's office was on the top floor. The office was large, but without too many fancy decorations. Du Weilun smiled slightly, pointed at the sofa, and said gently: "You guys take a seat. Huo Yuhao, don't feel any psychological burden. You have also seen that, in addition to you, there are students in each of the top three teams who failed to become core disciples. Your performance is very good. If you perform well in the assessment for promotion to the second grade, the academy will consider promoting you to a formal core disciple." Huo Yuhao said respectfully to Du Weilun: "Director Du, I will definitely work hard. Thank you for your concern." Du Weilun nodded, and a huge ruby ring on his right hand flashed. There was a leather bag in his hand. The leather bag seemed to be a soul guide device. There were some dark patterns on the brown leather bag. If you look closely, you can feel the subtle fluctuations of soul power on it. Then he handed the leather bag to Wang Dong. After collecting the soul bones, Du Weilun sent them to the door. The three of them said goodbye to him respectfully and left the teaching building. After seeing Huo Yuhao and the other two off, Du Weilun returned to his office. After all, the rewards given to Ye Qian'an and the others could not be given to them in person. Du Weilun returned to the office and looked at Ye Qian'an and Gu Yuena with a mysterious smile on his face. He took out an exquisite box from the ring again and handed it to Ye Qian'an. Ye Qian'an took the box, but did not rush to open it. Instead, he looked at Du Weilun with a questioning look in his eyes. Du Weilun said, "Open it and take a look. This is a reward specially prepared for you by the academy to congratulate you on your admission to the inner courtyard." After Ye Qian'an opened the box, a ball of golden light came out of the box. Under the gaze of Ye Qian'an and Gu Yuena, it slowly floated in the air. It was a piece of bone with five sharp blades. It looked only the size of a palm, and the five blades looked very sharp. When Ye Qian'an saw it for the first time, he instantly felt an impulse in his heart. "This, this is... the soul bone attached to the right palm of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear?" Ye Qian'an couldn't help but say with his eyes wide open. Du Weilun smiled slightly and said, "You didn't expect that, did you? That's right, your reward is this piece of Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's right palm external soul bone that has just passed the ten thousand year level." "Why would the academy give me an external soul bone? An external soul bone is as precious as a hundred thousand year old soul bone, or even more precious than that." Ye Qian'an did not take it, but looked at Du Weilun and said. Du Weilun smiled and explained, "The reason why the academy gave you such a precious external soul bone as a reward is because of the outstanding talent and potential you have demonstrated. This external soul bone will surely play the greatest role in your hands." In fact, Du Weilun knew that this piece of dark gold terror claw bear's right palm attached soul bone was specially prepared for Ye Qian'an and others by the person above. What's more, that person also thought highly of Ye Qian'an and had guided him. He could be regarded as half a teacher. A teacher's reward to a student cannot be too shabby. After listening to Du Weilun's explanation, Ye Qian nodded solemnly and reached out to take the soul bone attached to the right palm of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. Gu Yuena looked at the soul bone attached to the right palm of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear in Ye Qian'an's hand. Although he hated humans hunting soul beasts, this soul bone was indeed suitable for Ye Qian'an and could also bring a certain degree of improvement to Ye Qian'an's strength. Du Weilun nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, then go back and study how to fuse it. Remember, the process of fusing soul bones may be painful and risky, but as long as you persist, you will definitely gain a lot." After Ye Qian'an and Gu Yuena said goodbye to Du Weilun, they left the office. As soon as they walked out of the door, they both stopped at the same time. Ye Qian looked at Gu Yuena and said, "Can I absorb this soul bone?" Gu Yuena nodded and said, "It should be possible. Although the Golden Dragon King martial spirit cannot coexist with the soul bones of other soul beasts, there are exceptions to everything. External soul bones and dragon king-level bones can be absorbed by it. The dragon king-level bones I mean are the dragon kings at the same level as us." Ye Qian heaved a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, but a Dragon King-level bone is something I can only come across by chance. .........
(End of this chapter)
