Chapter 567: Hoping to Encourage Everyone Together (First Update, Requesting Everything)

September 1st, which was also the day Yuanling Academy officially began its school year.

The following morning, as soon as Li Zhangsheng left Number One Courtyard, he appeared on the roof of the Teaching Building in a few blinks.

Besides Li Zhangsheng, the senior leadership of Yuanling Academy was also here, currently looking down at the Central Training Ground several hundred meters away.

At this moment, one could see a large number of new students coming from all directions, gathering at the Central Training Ground.

"Zhangsheng is here!"

Xu Wenhua turned around and called Li Zhangsheng over.

The other few senior leaders of the Academy naturally had long known about Li Zhangsheng advancing to the Fifth Rank, so they did not show any surprise and greeted him one after another.

This gave people the feeling that Li Zhangsheng had become one of the Academy's senior leaders.

In terms of status, even though Li Zhangsheng was the recognized number one student of Yuanling Academy, there was still a clear gap between him and the senior leadership.

But in terms of combat power, Li Zhangsheng had already reached the level of the senior leadership; in terms of strength, he was definitely stronger than Lu Qian and Xu Fanghua, who had not long ago advanced to the Sixth Rank. Even against Zhang Kaishuo or Ning Wei, he would win more often than he would lose.

In the entire Yuanling Academy, Li Zhangsheng's strength was highly likely second only to Xu Wenhua and Ning Bizhen, ranking third.

Unknowingly, Li Zhangsheng had reached this stage, having stepped on the vast majority of the older generation, and it had only taken him a little over a year in total.

Xu Wenhua said with a smile: "Zhangsheng, we have discussed it; in a few days, you will personally lead a team to secretly protect the Second-tier Students exploring the Fire Flame Secret Realm. What do you think?"

"That's fine!"

Li Zhangsheng naturally would not refuse; this was his own plan to begin with, and especially since this time he only needed to secretly protect a few people, it was much easier than he had imagined.

Additionally, this time Li Zhangsheng would also have a group of helpers, avoiding the possibility of being unable to be in two places at once; in most situations, he only needed to handle remote command.

"That's good. It's almost nine o'clock; in a moment we will teleport over together, and then you will represent the students to give a speech!"

Li Zhangsheng nodded in agreement; Xu Wenhua was taking the initiative to give him an opportunity to show off, so he naturally would not refuse.

With his current teleportation distance, he could teleport directly to the podium on the Central Training Ground.

While they were chatting, the vast majority of new students had already gathered at the Central Training Ground, standing in their respective positions under the instructions of the various Instructors.

According to past custom, the new students with outstanding assessments stood on the high platform, while the rest of the new students could only line up below; they watched the excellent new students on the high platform with envious eyes, wishing they could take their place.

No matter which Academy it was, students with excellent grades would always receive some preferential treatment, which could effectively enhance competition among students and quickly enter a virtuous cycle.

The number of new students this year still exceeded one thousand, and the overall quality, just as Ning Bizhen said, was one grade higher than the previous year.

Among them, there were eight Second-tier Students alone, which was more than double the previous year.

This was not because there was a sudden surge of Second-tier Students in Langya Kingdom, but mainly because the appeal of Yuanling Academy had greatly increased, truly attracting quite a few heaven-gifted talents; this could be seen from the Langya Qin Clan.

Over these years, the number of Second-tier Students in the entire Langya Kingdom had not fluctuated much, so the fact that Yuanling Academy had more than double the number of Second-tier Students meant that the number of Second-tier Students recruited by other academies had decreased.

Among them, Tiandu Academy, Huating Academy, and Yecheng Academy were the most affected, and even the Royal Academy was somewhat impacted, with the number of Second-tier Students recruited barely breaking ten.

There was no help for it; as long as anyone with a discerning eye could see, Yuanling Academy, possessing Li Zhangsheng, already had the trend of replacing the number one academy, and they believed that before Li Zhangsheng graduated, Yuanling Academy was highly likely to take its place.

They did not yet know that Li Zhangsheng had already advanced to the Fifth Rank, otherwise they would very likely have moved that time up to this year.

When the time reached exactly 9 o'clock, on the podium, seven figures appeared simultaneously without warning; their momentum was magnificent, stirring the wind and clouds in the sky, white clouds instantly dissipated, and the scorching sunlight sprinkled over the entire venue.

Li Zhangsheng continued to conceal his own momentum, watching the six senior leaders of the Academy show off together.

At the first moment, Xu Wenhua, who was in the middle, shouted: "Everyone, silence!"

Although the voice was soft, everyone present could hear it clearly, as if it were whispering in their ears.

Some new students who were still chattering hurriedly shut their mouths, the originally somewhat noisy scene became quiet, and all the new students looked at the seven people on the stage with awe.

When they saw Li Zhangsheng, these new students were all stunned for a moment, and then, as if remembering something, they immediately felt it was a matter of course.

At the same time as the senior leaders descended, several Instructors joined forces to seal off the Multi-functional Training Ground.

Well, this year there were once again unlucky new students; they were basically from ordinary families and were not very familiar with the rules and regulations of Yuanling Academy.

Many new students, after being admitted to Yuanling Academy, would not immediately familiarize themselves with the rules and regulations, but instead go to tour and familiarize themselves with the entire Academy or the Academy District.

Of course, occasionally there would also be cases of sleeping in.

However, after receiving the notification, the vast majority of new students would arrive at the scene on time.

Not long after, several late-arriving new students were all blocked outside, forbidden from entering, and were even deducted 100 Academic Credits.

Due to reclaiming the honor of the second academy, the resources given to Yuanling Academy by Langya Kingdom far exceeded last year's; after discussion by the senior leaders, the 30 Academic Credits originally gifted to new students were finally increased to 100 Academic Credits.

Li Zhangsheng had reason to believe that if Yuanling Academy suppressed the Royal Academy to become the number one academy, the gifted Academic Credits would at least have to be doubled.

Besides the significant increase in gifted Academic Credits, the basic items in the Credit Exchange Manual also had their prices lowered one after another, and the rewards for Academy missions were also increased.

Overall, the treatment for this year's new students was much better than the previous year's.

After deducting all Academic Credits from the late new students, the few late new students then entered the Central Training Ground, hanging their heads and lining up in their respective positions.

They felt such regret in their hearts; one hundred Academic Credits were almost equivalent to the purchasing power of two hundred Soul Crystals, which was not ordinarily important to them.

Unfortunately, just because they were a few minutes late, it was gone.

"Let me introduce myself first. This old man is Xu Wenhua, and I humbly serve as the Principal of Yuanling Academy. To my left is Vice Principal Ning Bizhen, and to my right..."

Seeing that the scene was deathly silent, Xu Wenhua nodded with satisfaction and began to introduce everyone on the podium, including Li Zhangsheng.

Every time someone was introduced, there was a burst of cheers from the scene; when Li Zhangsheng was introduced, the crowd was impassioned, emitting a sound like a Tsunami, the momentum even comparable to Xu Wenhua.

These people naturally had all heard of Li Zhangsheng's great name, and quite a few of them had joined Yuanling Academy precisely because of him, so they naturally held Li Zhangsheng in high esteem.

Xu Wenhua raised his hand, and the sound at the scene stopped immediately; the initial act of killing the chicken to warn the monkey made many new students feel a few more points of awe toward Xu Wenhua.

"Our Yuanling Academy has a long history, with a founding time of 299 years; during this period, we have cultivated countless Stronger individuals, and today we are ranked among the second academies of Langya Kingdom..."

Following the old rules, Xu Wenhua began to blather on, almost without pause, introducing Yuanling Academy, and then began the division into colleges.

"This is the registration location for the Alchemist Academy. New students who want to join the Alchemist Academy, please come to this old man!" Alchemist Academy Dean Zhang Kaishuo.

"This is the Artifact Maker Academy..." Artifact Maker Academy Dean Ning Wei.

The two Deans, like in previous years, exhaled and spoke, releasing their Pressure; the result was the same as in the past: those excellent new students almost unanimously chose the Battle Academy.

Seeing such a scene, Zhang Kaishuo and Ning Wei looked at each other, both seeing helplessness in the other's eyes.

"This is the registration location for the Battle Academy. New students who want to join the Battle Academy, please wait in place!"

At this moment, Lu Qian was also releasing his Pressure, but since he had only advanced to the Sixth Rank half a year ago, his Pressure was slightly inferior to that of Zhang Kaishuo and Ning Wei.

Even so, those outstanding new students still chose the Battle Academy.

Soon, the time for choosing arrived, and some hesitant new students could only remain where they were.

More cruel than the previous batch, out of a total of just over one thousand new students, nearly nine hundred actually chose the Battle Academy.

Besides the Battle Academy having the most opportunities and resources, it was also related to Li Zhangsheng.

"The old rules apply. Our Battle Academy only has four hundred spots. For the next half hour, you all have two opportunities to challenge or be challenged, until only the final four hundred remain. I will give you ten minutes; if it is not decided within ten minutes, everyone present will be punished with their Academic Credits being halved!"

Because too many new students chose the Battle Academy, Xu Wenhua had no choice but to increase the number of challenges and being challenged, while also increasing the penalty.

As soon as Xu Wenhua finished speaking, the new students were instantly in an uproar, forced to immediately look for targets to strike at.

On the high platform, seven Second-tier Students unscrupulously erupted with their aura, and the new students around them hurriedly moved away, fearing they would be caught in the crossfire.

Since there were two opportunities to be challenged, as if by tacit agreement, the seven Second-tier Students did not fight among themselves, instead turning their sights toward the First Rank new students with low strength.

"Stop!"

When Xu Wenhua called for a stop, it meant that only the final four hundred people remained on the high platform, and a total of only five minutes had passed.

Soon, it was time for the segment where students choose their Instructors.

Under the extremely envious gazes of the many new students, Ning Bizhen took Li Wanru as her student on the spot, which also made the new students look toward the other high-level officials on the podium.

Not long after, Dean Lu Qian took Qin Danxin as his student; he was the seventh-generation grandson of the Flame King Qin Mingqing and the first-place finisher in the new student entrance examination.

After all matters were concluded, Xu Wenhua continued, "Before we dismiss, Li Zhangsheng, as the student representative, will give a speech!"

Li Zhangsheng came to the center of the podium, began to mobilize his Mental Power, and shouted, "This year, we will strive for the position of the number one Academy; I hope to encourage and work together with you all!"

With just this one sentence, spread by his Mental Power, it echoed throughout the Central Training Ground.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~

The new students present were immediately fired up, letting out enthusiastic cheers that did not cease for a long time.

(End of this chapter)