Chapter 165

The students wailed, "Only five slots!"

Out of two thousand, only five were chosen—it was destined to have nothing to do with many people.

"There's no helping it. There are thousands of universities across the country; if the slots were too many, Dragon Capital University simply couldn't fit them all in."

That was true too. Setting aside whether Dragon Capital University could fit them, if there were too many people, just the elimination rounds alone would drag on for ages—why bother?

Better to pick the elites from each school to fight it out—simple and effective!

"You lot have it easy. Two thousand fighting over five slots, while sophomores, juniors, and seniors—nearly ten thousand of them—fight over five slots. Now that's real fierce competition."

Fair point—poor seniors and upperclassmen.

A student raised his hand and asked: "Professor, isn't this terribly unfair to the sophomores?"

Yeah, after all, their strength is still lacking—truly the awkward middle, better than some but not as good as others.

"What's unfair about it? If sophomore year doesn't work, try junior year; if junior year doesn't work, try senior year. There's a chance every year."

That brings up yet another problem!

Bai Jing raised his hand and said: "Professor, if I take part every year and win first place every year, wouldn't that mean I could get four Quasi-Divine beasts?"

793 — Oh right, wouldn't that make a fortune?

Cao De nodded. "That's a great question!"

"Logically speaking, even if you get first among freshmen, it's very hard to also get first in sophomore and junior years. At most, once your strength catches up in senior year, you could grab one more crown—so two Quasi-Divine beasts."

"But there's an exception to everything—those geniuses with heaven-defying talent are the ones who break that exception!"

"So to prevent anyone from winning four crowns in a row, the state has ruled that once a student has won two crowns, they may not compete again!"

The moment Bai Jing heard that, he wilted—four Quasi-Divine beasts cut in half at once, what a painful loss!

"Professor, wouldn't this be unfair to those genius students?"

Cao De spread his hands. "There's no helping it. You can't just leave the other students to fend for themselves over a few genius students, can you? You've got to give the others a chance too."

"Right, right, right—the state really does think things through!"

At that moment, the classmates united against a common foe, glaring at Bai Jing. "Bai-ge, a man can't be insatiably greedy!"

Bai Jing shrank his neck. "Fine, fine, then I'll reserve two Quasi-Divine beasts first!"

Student Mu Rong secretly snickered!

Cao De said with a smile: "You can't be too overconfident either. You should know that for the past ten years, Magic Capital University hasn't even gotten a look-in for first place—the championship has all been taken by Dragon Capital University. The other schools are just window dressing."

"I know that. The principal mentioned it—we're the eternal runner-up."

"Yeah, that's really annoying!"

"Professor, set your mind at ease. That's because I wasn't there in previous years. This time I promise to crush them utterly and snatch the glory back!"

"Fine. If you really can pull it off, you'll be the pride of Class 1001, my pride, and the pride of the entire Magic Capital University—it'll be written into the school's history for all eternity!"

Bai Jing rubbed his chin and said: "When the time comes, will the school build a statue of me at the main gate, inscribed: 'Great Man of His Generation, Grand Master Bai!' Wahaha…"

Watching Bai Jing laughing wildly there, everyone was utterly speechless!

Grand Master, my foot—we want to beat you to death right now!

Seeing his arrogant display, Cao De immediately doused him with a bucket of cold water.

"Don't get too happy too soon—you may not even have a share of those five slots!"

"Huh?"

Bai Jing was displeased. "As the Freshman King, if even I can't represent us, then who on earth has the right?"

"You should understand it yourself—there's water in your title of Freshman King. Among the freshmen, plenty couldn't send out their ace spirits, so you may not actually be able to beat them. After all, you started a bit late!"

That was true too—the others had a full three years' head start in training.

At this, Student Yun Ying immediately shouted, "Right, right, right! I can beat him!"

Bai Jing shot him a contemptuous glance. "You can shut it now. If I couldn't even beat you, I'd slit my own throat!"

"You—"

"Professor, doesn't the exchange tournament only start next semester?"

"Right, we set off right after next semester begins!"

"Nearly half a year is more than enough for me. With my talent, catching up to them is no problem!"

"It's good that you have that confidence. I hope you succeed too—the whole school hopes you succeed."

Cao De said sternly: "If we can bring the championship home, it'll be hugely beneficial for you and for the development of the entire school. So this time, no infighting—we pull together and give it everything we've got. Understood?"

"Understood!"

Bai Jing asked again: "How will the slots be decided? Through competition?"

"Right, but you, as Freshman King, have a privilege."

"What privilege?"

"The fifth-place finisher at the time will challenge you for that slot."

"Oh~ then that's nothing to worry about!"

Meaning he only had to fight one match—a piece of cake!

Bai Jing raised his hand once more.

"What is it now?"

"Professor, can I apply to skip morning classes and stay in the training room?"

Cao De's eyes bulged. "What? Feeling like you've gotten too big for your britches and don't need to study anymore?"

"Big-headed I've always been, never come down. But I have the capital to be so—I've already gone god-tier in spirit-knowledge. Studying more won't help much. Better to train in the morning and battle in the afternoon, going all-out to prepare for the exchange tournament!"

For this exchange tournament, he was absolutely determined to win!

But don't be fooled by how casually he spoke—a three-year gap isn't that easy to close. Only by putting in more effort than anyone else can it be done!

Cao De's face twisted with rage. "Although your diligent spirit is worth praising, where do you get the nerve to say you don't need to study Spirit knowledge?"

"Uh… is the nerve of a college entrance exam top scorer enough?"

Cao De flew into a fury. "I refuse to believe I really can't deal with you!"

"Let me ask you—how much do you know about Spirits? Their attributes, species, traits, preferences, temperaments, appearances, and so on. Dare you claim you know all of these clearly?"

Bai Jing nodded shamelessly. "Yes, I know them all!"

Please, who in this world could know these things better than me? In his previous life, he had plenty of exposure to games, anime, and the like.

"You—"

Bai Jing waved his hand. "Professor, not to mention ordinary Spirits—even Divine Beasts, I can explain them to you one by one!"

"Do you know that Divine Beasts are divided into two categories: Phantom Beasts and Legends?"

"Do you know why Rayquaza is called the God of the Sky? Do you know it can also Mega Evolve on its own?"

"Do you know that its two underlings, Groudon and Kyogre, are sworn enemies? Do you know they can also Primal Reversion?"

"Do you know that Mew is called the Ancestor of all Spirits? Do you know it can transform into any Spirit and possess their abilities?"

"Do you know about Celebi, which can travel through time and space and possesses the power of resurrection?"

"Do you know which space each of the Space-Time Trio lives in?"

"Do you know the relationship between the Dragon Trio of Long Zhi?"

"Do you know the true attribute of the Sea God?"

"Do you know who is the god silently guarding the ecological environment?"

"Do you know which god possesses the divine power to drag continental plates?"

"Do you know that there are also Spirits in the universe?"

"Do you know the Creator God Arceus? Do you know it possesses nineteen type Plates?"

"Do you know all of these?"

A barrage of questions left Cao De dumbfounded and shocked the entire class!