Chapter 359: Personal Honors and Rewards (Combined Chapter, Requesting Everything)

In the Academy Exchange Tournament, regardless of individual or collective honors, the top four is the threshold; in other words, other teams that did not make the top four can only shout "666" from the sidelines.

For Yuanling Academy, this exchange tournament can be described as a great success; not only did it recreate the past glory of Yuanling Academy, but it also greatly showed off its face, and its influence and popularity have been significantly improved.

As long as they are visionary leaders of factions, they all understand that Yuanling Academy's return to the peak is already unstoppable; as long as it is given a few years, with Yuanling Academy's foundation, it will definitely be able to reach the peak, and even as long as Li Changsheng continues to maintain progress, there is even hope of defeating the Royal Academy in the future.

Of course, it is only hope; it is not as if Yuanling Academy had not challenged the Royal Academy before, but every time it ended in failure, which is why many people jokingly call it the "ten-thousand-year runner-up."

After regaining second place, coupled with having Heavenly Pride students with great potential like Li Changsheng and Zhao Shuyi, Yuanling Academy's attraction to new students will surely increase greatly, jumping above Tiandu Academy and Huating Academy, second only to the Royal Academy, becoming the second choice for new students.

At this moment, Vice Principal Xu returned to the formation with a smile, holding the silver trophy.

Vice Principal Xu handed the trophy to Senior Miao Yinfeng, patted his shoulder, and said, "You are the captain, so you keep it! After we return to the Academy, I will place it in the honor room!"

The honor room of Yuanling Academy naturally has a large pile of trophies and medals, but almost all of them are silver... Over the years, Yuanling Academy has only been able to pocket championships in tournaments that the Royal Academy looked down upon, but how can the gold content of those tournaments compare to the Exchange Tournament?

Senior Miao Yinfeng could not help but kiss the trophy, his face filled with excitement, and several students standing nearby could not help but reach out to touch it, all revealing satisfied smiles.

They are all fourth-year students, and this year is also the last exchange tournament they will participate in. They can be said to be the most miserable batch of students in the history of Yuanling Academy; not long after they joined Yuanling Academy, the Academy encountered a disaster, suffered heavy losses, and the situation was precarious, causing them to finish fourth in all three previous Academy Exchange Tournaments, never having touched an exchange tournament trophy.

"Ahem, all of you, get into formation! After we go back, I won't object even if you hug it while you sleep!"

Seeing this scene, Vice Principal Xu pretended to cough twice; it would be fine usually, but such an occasion is not suitable for such behavior.

Several fourth-year students sheepishly withdrew their hands, then stood tall with their heads held high in their respective positions, refocusing their attention on the awards podium.

At this time, Emperor Dou Zhangsheng sat on the dragon throne, with ten members of the Academy Exchange Tournament Organizing Committee to his left and right below; they whispered to each other from time to time, discussing the final attribution of several individual honors.

In the arena stands, most of the audience chose to stay; some sat in the spectator seats, looking at the awards podium with longing eyes, and some were spontaneously cheering for the top four students they favored, hoping to increase their chances of winning.

Among them, Li Changsheng's momentum was very strong, almost on par with Dou Yuanhua.

After about five minutes, the organizing committee finally made their choice and respectfully handed the list to Dou Zhangsheng.

Dou Zhangsheng first took a look, remaining calm on the surface; he did not talk nonsense, nor did he keep people in suspense, directly announcing the recipient of the Best Newcomer Award.

"First, we present the Best Newcomer Award. Let us congratulate Yuanling Academy first-year student Li Changsheng for becoming the Best Newcomer of this exchange tournament!"

The Best Newcomer Award can be said to have no suspense; even if Dou Zhangsheng's personal bias leaned toward his daughter Dou Miwan, doing so would inevitably fail to convince the public and would definitely affect his reputation.

Dou Miwan was already a defeated opponent of Li Changsheng, and her combat record was far inferior to Li Changsheng's; if the Best Newcomer award were given to her, even she herself would feel it was undeserved.

Li Changsheng stepped onto the awards podium, and Dou Zhangsheng specifically encouraged him with a few words before handing a gold honorary certificate to Li Changsheng.

This was a certificate made entirely of gold.

In terms of individual honors, except for the Best Student Award, the other individual awards only have certificates and no trophies, which is also to highlight the gold content of the Best Student Award.

Whoosh whoosh~

Li Changsheng held up the Best Newcomer certificate, and the atmosphere in the arena instantly became fanatical; they shouted Li Changsheng's name one after another.

Next was the Fastest Progress Award; the final recipient of this award was a third-year student from Rongting Academy. This award is also jokingly called the "encouragement award" by many, simply because most of the students who receive this award come from the fourth-place academy!

The Best Team Leader Award was won by Vice Principal Xu; this year, Yuanling Academy jumped from fourth to second place, and its performance in the duel against the Royal Academy was also remarkable, so winning the award can be considered well-deserved.

"Next, we announce the Best Lineup of the Exchange Tournament. They are Dou Yuanhua, Sun Guoqiang, Li Changsheng, Shen Haofei, and Miao Yinfeng. Let us congratulate these five students!"

With Dou Zhangsheng's solemn announcement, the entire arena seemed to boil over; the audience cheered and jumped for joy, and cheers, screams, and boos rose one after another, making it extremely lively.

In the Best Lineup, the Royal Academy and Yuanling Academy each occupied two spots; among them, Zhou Peng, who ranked third in the Top 100 Ranking of the Royal Academy, was not selected for the Best Lineup, which is likely related to the defeat in the finals.

In addition, Li Changsheng was the only first-year student selected for the Best Lineup, and he also set a historical record; in the hundred-year history of the Academy Exchange Tournament, no one had ever been selected for the Best Lineup as a first-year student.

Li Changsheng created history and became the sole holder of this record!

The last award presented was naturally the individual award with the highest gold content—the Best Student Award. Due to the championship academy and excellent combat record, Dou Yuanhua won the award without any suspense.

Watching Dou Yuanhua hold up the Best Student Award trophy, Li Changsheng was full of envy; what he envied was not the trophy, but the reward the award represented—the Best Student can enter the core of the Royal Garden to select a Demon Pet.

It is rumored that in the core area of the Royal Garden, there lives a pile of Spirit Beasts of Superior Quality and above, and it is even rumored that there is a Quasi-God Clan in the core of the Royal Garden.

As for what kind of Quasi-God Clan it is, that is not something Li Changsheng can know.

After presenting the collective and individual awards, this Academy Exchange Tournament was considered to have ended successfully; in three months, this place will also be the venue for the National Tournament.

After the awards ceremony, Li Changsheng asked seemingly casually: "Senior Miao, what are your plans after graduation?"

In half a year, Senior Miao Yinfeng will graduate.

With Miao Yinfeng's strength and contributions, if he chooses to stay at the school after graduation, he can leap to become an official Instructor of Yuanling Academy.

"Me? I plan to sign up for the next National Tournament after the spring next year!" Almost without hesitation, Senior Miao Yinfeng gave his answer.

Clearly, Miao Yinfeng had already planned his future.

"National Tournament? Given your age, why not sign up for the National Youth Tournament?" Li Changsheng was slightly surprised; Miao Yinfeng is only 19 years old, and even when he graduates, he will still be within the age limit for the National Youth Tournament.

With Senior Miao Yinfeng's strength, if he participated in the Youth Tournament, he would definitely have gains.

But the National Tournament is different; its age limit is 30, and there is no shortage of Fifth or Sixth Rank Stronger, and even the appearance of a Pseudo-King is possible.

Unless Senior Miao Yinfeng advances to the Fifth Rank, it is not generally easy to get a good ranking in the National Tournament.

"There are too few Stronger in the Youth Tournament, the level is not high enough, and the championship reward is not even as good as the top 16 of the National Tournament. Besides, I want to put some pressure on myself, hoping to grow faster!"

Senior Miao Yinfeng paused and continued to ask: "What about you? With your current level, I suppose the Academy doesn't have much knowledge left to teach you."

"Well, I also plan to participate in a national tournament next year, but I haven't decided yet; I'll talk about it after the New Year!"

Li Changsheng shrugged; there is about a month left until the New Year, and if he progresses fast enough, he will choose to participate in the National Tournament.

At this time, the eunuch beside Dou Zhangsheng once again carried the gold tray and came to the Yuanling Academy rest area.

On this gold tray, there were two wooden boxes, one large and one small, as well as forty Advanced Secret Technique Certificates!

"These Advanced Secret Technique Certificates are the reward for you winning second place, one for each person, regardless of whether you participated in the competition or not! These two wooden boxes are the individual honor rewards for students Li Changsheng and Miao Yinfeng!"

After the eunuch finished speaking, he handed the large wooden box to Li Changsheng and the small wooden box to Miao Yinfeng; as for the Advanced Secret Technique Certificates, they were handed directly to Vice Principal Xu for distribution.

A full forty Advanced Secret Technique Certificates gave people a feeling of being wealthy and imposing, but Advanced Secret Techniques can be continuously copied, so the Imperial Family does not need to pay anything.

At this time, Li Changsheng opened the wooden box; the first thing that caught his eye was fifty Medium-grade Soul Crystals, followed by two identical exquisite certificates, which looked similar to the Outer Treasury Treasure Voucher he had received before, but were clearly more exquisite.

"This is a Core Treasury Certificate!" At this time, Miao Yinfeng's voice sounded; he had also received a certificate.

The Core Treasury contains treasures of a level far exceeding the Outer Treasury; at the very least, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects must be placed in the Core Treasury, and there is no shortage of treasures like Heaven and Earth Essence and even Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure.

For Li Changsheng, this is another opportunity to hunt for treasures, and this time the harvest will definitely exceed the last trip to the Outer Treasury, which filled his heart with anticipation.

"Senior, are we going to the Core Treasury now?"

"Mm, I'm quite looking forward to it too!"

Senior Miao Yinfeng did not refuse, and he left the arena together with Li Changsheng.

Not far away, watching Li Changsheng and Miao Yinfeng walk away, Dou Yuanhua couldn't help but exclaim: "In the next Exchange Tournament, Yuanling Academy will definitely become even more powerful!"

At this moment, beside Dou Yuanhua was only Dou Miwan; she was Dou Yuanhua's own younger sister and a supporter of his.

Dou Miwan pursed her lips, "Sixth Brother, Miao Yinfeng is about to graduate soon. He won't be able to participate in the next tournament, so how could Yuanling Academy possibly become more powerful!"

"Because of him!" Dou Yuanhua pointed at Li Changsheng's back, shook his head, and said: "He already possesses three Elite Demon Pets. He will definitely advance to the Fourth Rank by the next tournament, and even the Fifth Rank is possible!"

"However, what does that have to do with me? He poses absolutely no threat to me, because I will definitely be even stronger by the next tournament. Besides, I have so many powerful teammates. By the time he truly possesses the strength to threaten me, I'm afraid I will have already graduated. When that time really comes, it's Ninth Brother who should be worried, haha!"

At the mere thought of Dou Yuansheng looking frustrated in the future, Dou Yuanhua couldn't help but burst into laughter. He and Dou Yuansheng were bitter rivals for the throne, so naturally, he disliked the other party very much.

"Sixth Brother, you seem to have forgotten about me!" Dou Miwan pointed at herself weakly. She suddenly felt very panicked, because according to the current situation, she was very likely to continue being ravaged by Li Changsheng for three more tournaments!

"..." Looking at his own younger sister, Dou Yuanhua was speechless for a moment and hurriedly left using the excuse of going to the core of the Royal Garden.

Yecheng Imperial Palace!

This time, it was the first time Li Changsheng and Miao Yinfeng had come to the core area of the Imperial Palace, because this was where the Core Treasury was located.

Compared to the Outer Treasury, the security of the Core Treasury was clearly much stricter. The guards on duty were at least at the level of a Third-rank Royal Beast Master, and the one presiding over it was even a Sixth Rank!

After presenting the Core Treasury Certificate, Li Changsheng and the other person successfully entered the Core Treasury and began to select items.

Compared to the Outer Treasury, the area of the Core Treasury was much smaller. Inside, there were four long tables placed, and each long table held dozens of boxes made of different materials, all of which were locked.

Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding!

These were the codes for the four tables, and every box was also marked with a number.

Li Changsheng projected his Mental Power, sensing the energy fluctuations emanating from these boxes.

From the feedback of his Mental Power, Li Changsheng could see hundreds of unusually bright points of light; this was the first time he had seen such a scene.

However, these energy fluctuations still had differences in strength, though the lower limit had clearly been raised significantly.

Li Changsheng locked onto the two brightest points of light immediately.

Yi-13, Bing-7!

Soon, Li Changsheng successfully obtained the two boxes: a square copper box about 20 centimeters in length and width, and a Jade Box the size of an infant's fist.

By the time Li Changsheng went to check out, Miao Yinfeng had already finished checking out ahead of him. He couldn't wait to open the Jade Box and obtained a Water Attribute Top-Grade Treasure.

"Changsheng, aren't you going to open yours?"

"I plan to bathe and burn incense before opening them after I get back!" Li Changsheng found a random excuse.

Miao Yinfeng did not have any suspicions, because his good buddy Ding Dangmao also had similar quirks.

Not long after the two left, Dou Yuanhua arrived at the Core Treasury with a beaming smile. Compared to before, there was an additional male Thunder Spirit on Dou Yuanhua's shoulder.

The Thunder Spirit possessed a Low-level Commander Species. It was an object Dou Yuanhua had contracted from the core of the Royal Garden following the Empress's hints. Judging by his exceptionally satisfied expression, the quality of the Thunder Spirit could be imagined.

Dou Yuanhua's mother was the Empress. As the mother of the nation, she naturally understood some of the secrets within the Imperial Palace.

It wasn't just the core of the Royal Garden; the Empress had also hinted at treasures within the Core Treasury.

Thus, upon entering the Core Treasury, Dou Yuanhua headed straight for his destination.

"Eh, why is the Bing-7 box that Mother mentioned missing?" Dou Yuanhua cursed inwardly, feeling like crying but having no tears. Aside from the Thunder Spirit and the Bing-7 box, his mother hadn't given him any other hints. What should he do now?

I was a driver for a day and it was almost nine o'clock when I got home. Fortunately, I managed to squeeze in a thousand words during my busy schedule, and then I rushed and finally finished before midnight. I still have to get up at five in the morning for the funeral; what a tragedy!

Today's goal: Two, Pig, Certificate! Striving for three chapters!!!

(End of this chapter)