Chapter 183: You Actually Dare to Betray the Organization (Fifth Update, Four Chapters Owed)

The next morning, Li Zhangsheng left the courtyard and walked toward the Teaching District.

Today, he would attend the Elite Class course.

As for his original class, there was no need for students selected for the Elite Class to attend anymore, because the knowledge taught in the original class would also be taught in the Elite Class, while the knowledge taught in the Elite Class might not necessarily be available in ordinary classes.

For the sake of the Academy Exchange Tournament more than a month away, the Academy was pouring vast resources and the best teaching staff into the Elite Class, wanting to screen out a group of the most outstanding students.

On the way to the Teaching District, Li Zhangsheng encountered Zhao Shuyi and Yuan Yongyan, who were also wearing Elite Class Medals.

These two were desk mates; the former was temporarily his main competitor and possessed a top-grade Three-Tailed Snow Fox; the latter studied under the same Instructor as him and had already reached the Second Rank level at this time.

"Good morning, Zhangsheng!"

Seeing Li Zhangsheng, Yuan Yongyan greeted him coquettishly, while Zhao Shuyi kept a pretty face, looking indifferent.

All along, Zhao Shuyi had regarded Li Zhangsheng as a formidable rival, and coupled with the fact that she had been used as a free thug by Li Zhangsheng in the Green Wild Forest, with the benefits all taken by the other party, it would be strange if their relationship were good.

Li Zhangsheng responded: "Morning, Yongyan, congratulations on becoming a member of the Elite Class!"

"Hee hee, congratulations to you too!"

Yuan Yongyan had a very good personality and always wore a warm smile on her face, but to spare Zhao Shuyi's feelings, she did not talk much with Li Zhangsheng.

After the greetings, Li Zhangsheng continued forward.

The gentle sunlight shone on Li Zhangsheng, and from their perspective, Li Zhangsheng seemed to be glowing.

Handsome, intelligent, low-key, and so talented—it simply left no way for other boys to live.

Even though Li Zhangsheng was low-key, he was still the most dazzling presence among all the newborns, and even Zhao Shuyi had to be overshadowed.

There was no help for it; he firmly occupied the Number One Courtyard and had not suffered a single defeat to date, not to mention he had once defeated Luo Jie across ranks. This battle record alone was enough to overshadow other newborns; after all, Luo Jie was a recognized top-five newborn.

"He is too outstanding!"

Looking at Li Zhangsheng's back, Yuan Yongyan sighed.

All along, appearance and talent had always complemented each other; people with high appearance often gave others an inexplicable subjective impression: gentle, kind, generous...

And as for those with low appearance, even if they were outstanding enough, it was often summarized in one sentence: they are quite good. As for how they were good, sorry, girls rarely spent the effort to think about it.

"Just a good-looking skin! Of course, he is indeed more outstanding than other boys!"

Zhao Shuyi pursed her lips, but she did not deny it, as it was a fact. However, upon seeing the blush and the look in her desk mate's pretty eyes, she vaguely felt something was wrong; Yuan Yongyan's appearance looked exactly like love, the unrequited kind.

"Yongyan, don't forget to vote for me when the time comes!"

Zhao Shuyi had to solemnly urge her; Yuan Yongyan was the easiest person for her to lobby for votes.

"If he doesn't run for Class Monitor, then I will vote for you!" Yuan Yongyan's words were earth-shattering.

"Ah, you dare to betray the organization!"

Zhao Shuyi felt she had received a critical hit; her best friend, whom she considered the closest, had defected at some unknown time.

Setting aside the matter of the two girls, before even entering the classroom, Li Zhangsheng heard a clamorous noise and saw that the students of the Newborn Elite Class had divided into several camps based on their familiarity, whispering and discussing among themselves.

Among them, Class 1, which was already a gathering of elites, occupied the largest number of people, accounting for more than half.

"Zhangsheng, over here!" Li Runfeng

"Brother Li, over here!" Luo Jie

After Li Zhangsheng entered, the two spoke in unison to greet Li Zhangsheng, causing others to look toward Li Zhangsheng one after another.

Beside Li Runfeng were Li Jingyi and Li Tianyu, while Zhang Yi stood with Luo Jie; on one side were the Li Clan Four Heroes, and on the other were the Yuanling Three Musketeers.

"Everyone, let's be together!" Li Zhangsheng led them to stand together, and as the core of the two 'organizations', Li Zhangsheng introduced both sides.

"Zhangsheng, your family is quite impressive; four people from this generation actually made it into the Elite Class!"

Zhang Yi sighed; he had secretly investigated Li Zhangsheng's family. To put it nicely, they were a Local Power; to put it bluntly, they were country bumpkins. Judging from the current situation, Li Zhangsheng's family clearly had an upward trend.

Luo Jie ostentatiously opened his Thousand Mechanism Fan, on which the four large characters 'Breathtaking' were written; he was very surprised that the Li Clan Four Heroes were all selected for the Elite Class.

"Brother Zhang, Brother Luo, do you have any thoughts of running for Class Monitor?"

"With Brother Li here, I won't make a fool of myself, but I will vote for you!" Zhang Yi waved his hand; this guy was very shrewd and guessed Li Zhangsheng's thoughts immediately.

"Right, with Brother Li here, how could we have a chance? But Brother Li, rest assured, I will vote for you when the time comes!"

Luo Jie followed the trend; although he was sometimes a bit of a clown, it didn't mean he was a fool.

"Then many thanks to you two brothers!" Li Zhangsheng cupped his hands to express his gratitude.

"We're our own people, no need to be polite!"

"That's right, rather than letting others be the Class Monitor, it's better for Brother Li to take the position!"

With these two votes from Zhang Yi and Luo Jie, plus the three from the Li Clan and the two newborns who had bid for the Scrolls, he had already gathered seven votes; he was definitely a hot candidate for Class Monitor.

Ding-a-ling~

Soon, the class bell rang, and Vice Principal Xu Wenhua led several Instructors to the podium.

"I announce the opening of the Newborn Elite Class. From now on, Instructors Lu Qian, Zhu Zhibin, He Yan, and Qian Yuanfei will act as your teachers. If you have any questions you don't understand, feel free to ask them. In addition, I will also come to give lectures from time to time!"

For Vice Principal Xu to give lectures, it would be a lie to say the members of the Elite Class were not surprised, because they had never heard of Vice Principal Xu giving lectures to the Elite Class.

At this moment, some people subconsciously looked at Xu Xiangzhi; Vice Principal Xu giving lectures in person might have something to do with Xu Xiangzhi.

Of course, there was another possibility: this year's competitive situation was exceptionally severe, forcing Vice Principal Xu to set aside time to teach them.

"I believe many of you here are aware of the rewards for being selected for the Elite Class, but I will reiterate them: all students selected for the Elite Class will be awarded 100 Academic Credits at once. If you are evaluated as qualified this week, you will automatically receive 10 Academic Credits; those who perform excellently will be rewarded 20 Academic Credits; those who are unqualified will be listed for review. Our Elite Class implements a last-place elimination system; every week, the student with the worst performance will be eliminated until the Academy Exchange Tournament begins!"

As soon as the last-place elimination system was mentioned, the atmosphere in the class suddenly became heavy. There were still six weeks until the Academy Exchange Tournament, which meant at least six people would be eliminated.

The Newborn Elite Class had a total of 25 people, of which the Second Rank newborns alone accounted for almost half. They were unlikely to be eliminated, so the remaining newborns who had not yet reached the Second Rank were in a state of panic; they had to advance as soon as possible.

"Alright, I will stop here for now. Next, Instructor Lu Qian will come to the stage to speak; he will serve as your head teacher!"

Vice Principal Xu did not give a long speech and took the initiative to give up his seat to Instructor Lu Qian, sitting below the stage and watching quietly.

The four Instructors present had all reached the Fifth Rank, among whom Instructor Lu Qian was the oldest and had the deepest qualifications; it was rumored that he was also about to advance to the Sixth Rank.

"Hello students, in the next month or so, I will serve as your head teacher. I hope that under our guidance, you will be able to make progress at a faster speed."

Some things are not appropriate for Principal Xu to say, so it is better for me to say them. The reason we established the Elite Class is to select the most outstanding students to participate in the Academy Exchange Tournament in over a month, to win honor and a future for our Yuanling Academy!

You should also be clear that whether it is raising Demon Pets, cultivating Demon Pets, high-quality Spirit Beasts, or tempering Mental Power, all of these require resources. But resources do not come for free; you must strive for them yourselves, and you need to compete with outstanding students from other Academies!"

Instructor Lu Qian paused for a moment and continued: "You should be clear that the items that can be exchanged with Academic Credits are far lower than the market price, and may not even reach half of the market price. You should understand what this implies!"

As long as we maintain our current ranking, the resources issued by the state to the Academy in the coming year will not decrease; if our ranking rises, the resources will become even more abundant, and the progress of each of you will be more obvious; but if we cannot maintain our current ranking and fall out of the ranks of the Four Great Academies, the resources will shrink significantly. What will happen then?

Items that originally only required ten Academic Credits to exchange might require double or even several times the Academic Credits in the future, which will inevitably be detrimental to your future growth.

In the coming period, I hope you will make faster progress and strive for more resources for the Academy and for yourselves. As long as you perform well, we will naturally not be stingy with rewards!"

"Alright, let's stop here for now. There are currently 25 people in the Elite Class. We instructors also have to balance our own cultivation and do not have much time to waste on trivial matters, so according to custom, we need to elect two class officers to assist us in handling some simple tasks.

Of course, we will not let you work for free; the Class Monitor will receive 50 Academic Credits per week, and the Vice Class Monitor will receive 30 Academic Credits per week!"

Not everyone has channels for information, and many people present did not know the welfare benefits of the Elite Class Monitor and Vice Class Monitor.

Upon hearing the benefits for the Class Monitor and Vice Class Monitor, some freshmen who were unaware of the situation were suddenly in an uproar. 50 Academic Credits seemed to be equivalent to 50 Low-grade Soul Crystals, but as Instructor Lu Qian said, the purchasing power of Academic Credits far exceeds that of Low-grade Soul Crystals, and the quota of Soul Crystals they can exchange for Academic Credits each semester is limited and cannot be exchanged without limit.

There are now six weeks left until the Academy Exchange Tournament. If one serves as Class Monitor the whole time, that is a full 300 Academic Credits, whereas they only received a reward of 100 Academic Credits for being selected into the Elite Class.

While green with envy, they were also dumbfounded because they had made no preparations and had no prestige; unless a miracle occurred, their chances of running for Class Monitor were hopeless.

Unlike those whose vision was limited to Academic Credits, any freshman with long-term vision knew in their hearts that the key was not the Academic Credits, but the ability to use this to build connections with the four Fifth-rank Instructors and even Vice Principal Xu. As long as you satisfy the other party or make them happy, they might give you special guidance or even provide some rewards.

For these Fifth-rank or even Sixth-rank Stronger, even a little bit leaking through their fingers is precious to them.

At this moment, Instructor Lu Qian pressed his hands down, and the classroom quickly returned to silence.

"Whether it is the Class Monitor or the Vice Class Monitor, one cannot necessarily rest easy. Every week, students who receive an excellent evaluation can automatically earn the right to challenge them. As long as they win, they can take their place!"

These words undoubtedly gave the freshmen hope, ignited their enthusiasm, and stimulated their motivation. They were all rubbing their hands, filled with eagerness to try.

Most of these freshmen selected for the Elite Class were heaven's favorites, and the thing they lacked least was confidence, so they naturally did not want to fall behind others.

"Without further ado, students who want to run for Class Monitor can come on stage to speak. You will have one minute to introduce yourselves!"

After finishing, Instructor Lu Qian gave up the podium, and the rest was left for the students to perform freely.

"I'll go first!"

Immediately, Zhao Shuyi walked onto the podium with elegant steps. Ever since being critically hit by Yuan Yongyan in the morning, her heart was filled with a sense of crisis, and she wanted to strike first to gain the support of more bystanders.

"Hello everyone, I am Zhao Shuyi! The position I want to run for is Class Monitor. I have an enthusiastic and cheerful personality and am responsible in my work. If I can become the Class Monitor, I will leverage my personality strengths, actively interact and communicate with classmates, help classmates, unite classmates, care for the collective, help the instructors handle class affairs well, and organize class activities. Thank you!"

Zhao Shuyi had a draft ready long ago and had considered almost every aspect.

"Enthusiastic? Cheerful? That's hellish!"

Under the podium, Xu Xiangzhi expressed his inability to complain. As a member of the 'Dog-and-Bitch Alliance', he knew exactly what kind of person Zhao Shuyi was, and these words could only fool others.

"This guy is just like Li Zhangsheng, saying what people want to hear to their faces and what ghosts want to hear to theirs. In this regard, I really am not as good as them!"

Not far away, Zhang Yi thought to himself. Although he and Li Zhangsheng were both members of the 'Yuanling Three Musketeers' and appeared to get along happily with Li Zhangsheng, they actually had their own plans. After all, this was only a temporary alliance, and it was normal to be harmonious on the surface but divided at heart.

After Zhao Shuyi stepped down, Xu Xiangzhi immediately got up and went on stage.

Seeing Xu Xiangzhi go on stage, Zhao Shuyi's expression became even uglier. She had originally hoped that Xu Xiangzhi would vote for her, but as it turned out, Xu Xiangzhi also wanted to run for Class Monitor.

In fact, Xu Xiangzhi did not have many thoughts about being Class Monitor. Firstly, he did not lack resources, and secondly, his grandfather often gave him special guidance, so it did not matter whether he was Class Monitor or not.

It was just that his grandfather was standing right there, and he felt good about himself, feeling that if he did not run for Class Monitor, his grandfather would make him look bad.

Thus, he recklessly went on stage again.

Unlike Zhao Shuyi, Xu Xiangzhi, who had no prepared draft, stumbled several times and almost repeated Zhao Shuyi's speech in a stuttering manner, which made Zhao Shuyi even more dissatisfied.

"Pig teammate!"

Zhao Shuyi muttered, secretly took out a small doll from her bosom, flicked the doll's head hard several times, and then put it back into her Space Ring. After venting, her expression returned to normal.

After Xu Xiangzhi stepped down, Li Zhangsheng went on stage to speak. His speech draft did not have much novelty either; it was nothing more than loving the school, loving the class, respecting teachers, being friendly to classmates, and promising to do the Class Monitor's work well, blah blah blah.

There was no help for it; the speech drafts for running for Class Monitor were basically all this content.

After Li Zhangsheng stepped down, no more students went on stage to run for Class Monitor. It was not that they were not greedy for the Class Monitor's rewards, but that they had great self-awareness and were clear about the gap between them and the three of Li Zhangsheng.

Since there was no hope of competing for Class Monitor, there should at least be hope for Vice Class Monitor; this was the thought of these people.

"There are three students running for Class Monitor. According to past custom, we will now enter the Class Monitor voting session. You have the right to vote, and the Class Monitor candidate who receives the most votes will become the Class Monitor of the Elite Class!"

As Instructor Lu Qian's voice fell, the students below began to scratch their heads and think.

This chapter is a two-in-one chapter. Never mind, I still owe four chapters, but I imagine in a few days it will become you all owing me, roar roar!

I will code three chapters tomorrow; if I can't, I'm a pig, let all readers witness it! Also, not a single average subscription has increased since yesterday. If you think it's okay, please help promote it. A failing book is truly pitiful, weak, and helpless...

(End of this chapter)