Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 68 Core Disciples and Special Rewards! (25)

As Zhu Ziyang and his two companions stepped out of the crowd, the applause grew even louder.

They walked up to Du Weiren and stood between Bei Bei and her two companions and Chu Hua and his two companions. Compared to the expressionless faces of Bei Bei and her two companions, Chu Hua and his two companions were extremely excited, while Zhu Ziyang and his two companions had humble smiles on their faces.

Du Weilun continued, "Very good. Now I announce the rewards that the academy will give to the top three teams in the freshman assessment. The reward is very simple: each of the nine students in the three teams, regardless of their cultivation level or the time of year, can request a spirit ring from the academy when they need one. The academy will assist them in obtaining one spirit ring that is within their capacity, of any age, and most suitable for their martial soul."

As soon as the words were spoken, all the students exclaimed in envy. This was Shrek Academy's promise to help them obtain spirit rings!

"Furthermore, given the special status and honor of the champion, the champion team will receive a special reward." Du Weiren looked at Zhu Ziyang and his two teammates with a kind expression and said, "This reward will be given to Zhu Ziyang's team members separately after the class assignments are completed. Please come to my office to collect it after the class assignments are completed."

A special reward?! Zhu Ziyang's heart skipped a beat. He exchanged glances with Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya, and noticing the surprise and anticipation in their eyes, he smiled and began to speculate on the possibility of this reward.

The most likely candidate is probably a soul bone, he thought.

"You nine, return to the team," Du Weiren said.

After the nine students returned to the group, Du Weilun said, "The quality of this year's freshmen surpasses that of previous years. It's no exaggeration to say that you are the most talented class in the last ten years. Although the number of students is not as high as in previous years, the number of students at the Great Soul Master level or above far exceeds that of previous classes, and there is even a Soul Venerable level student! I can assert that you are indisputable geniuses. However, hard work pays off. No matter how talented you are, you still need to work hard. The path of a Soul Master is like farming; you reap what you sow. I hope that in your future studies, you can continue to work hard and eventually graduate successfully from Shrek Academy!"

In light of the outstanding students who emerged during this year's freshman assessment, the academy has granted special approval for a number of freshmen to become core disciples of the School of Foreign Languages. I will now announce the list.

The freshmen immediately held their breath and stared intently at Du Weiren, their expressions ranging from nervousness to anticipation, worry, and excitement, all intertwined in the air above Shrek Square.

Du Weilun opened the folder, took out a list, and read aloud: "After evaluating the new students' overall performance in the assessment, the academy has decided to promote the following eight students to core disciples of the outer academy. They are Zhu Ziyang, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Chu Hua, Zhou Tianhe, Xue Weiwei, and Tang Ya."

Eight core disciples!

The teachers present all looked surprised. In previous years, it was already quite good if a freshman had two or three core disciples, but this year there were eight. This shows that the quality of this year's freshmen is really strong!

Of these eight students, only Tang Ya became a core disciple with a soul power of level 22 due to the championship team's bonus. The other seven students all had a soul power of at least level 25!

"At the same time, given that some students performed exceptionally well in the new student assessment, but lacked cultivation level, the academy has decided to grant these students the status of core disciples for one year as an incentive. It is hoped that these students will become true core disciples in next year's assessment. These students include Ye Ning, Xiao Xuan, Zhao Lei, Lu Shaoyou, Lin Ziwei, Luo Tianyou, and Li Yue," Du Weilun added.

After the announcement was made, some cheered, some were disappointed, some were full of fighting spirit, and some rallied their spirits. But there was no time for the new students to immerse themselves in their emotions, because the class assignments began.

This class assignment is arguably the most important one for the new students. From this point on, they will clearly define their development direction as Soul Masters and continuously explore it. The classes are divided into four categories based on their Soul Master development direction: Power Attack and Control Class, Agility Attack and Defense Class, Support Class, and a class consisting of less popular Soul Master categories such as Food and Healing.

Normally, according to this class assignment method, Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan would not have been placed in the same class. However, due to the academy's preferential treatment of the champion team, the three members of the champion team did not need to be assigned to classes based on their Soul Master specialization and were automatically assigned to the Power Attack and Control Department class, namely Class One. Therefore, as members of the champion team, Zhu Ziyang and his two companions did not need to wait anxiously for the teacher to call their names like the others.

The two homeroom teachers of Class 1 were old acquaintances of theirs. One was Xia Yu, who was the reward for Class 4 of freshmen winning the freshman assessment championship. The other was Liu Xue, the examiner of the twelfth examination room in the ranking competition.

"Let's go!" Zhu Ziyang said. They already knew the location of the classroom from Xia Yu; it was the original classroom of Class 4.

"Mmm!" Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya were both very happy, following behind Zhu Ziyang towards the teaching building. Jiang Nannan asked, "Brother, guess what reward the school will give us?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be a soul bone," Zhu Ziyang said calmly.

"A soul bone!" The two girls were somewhat shocked. Tang Ya asked doubtfully, "It can't be that bad, it's just a freshman assessment, why would they reward someone with a soul bone?"

"So this is Shrek Academy!" Zhu Ziyang chuckled. "Don't you want soul bones?"

"Of course we want it!" they both said in unison.

"That settles it then?" Zhu Ziyang waved his hand and said, "We'll find out after class. If it really is a soul bone, then we'll need to have a proper discussion."

"Hmm!" Both women began to look forward to it.

After school, Zhu Ziyang found out the location of Du Weilun's office from Xia Yu, and then took Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya there.

"Beibei, let's go first!" Tang Ya said excitedly to Beibei.

"Okay, I'll wait for you in the core disciples' canteen," Bei Bei replied with a smile.

As an offensive-type Soul Master, Bei Bei was unsurprisingly assigned to Class One. It's worth noting that Xue Weiwei was also in Class One, while Xu Sanshi, a defensive-type Soul Master, was assigned to Class Two.

Du Weilin's office was located on the top floor of the office building, and Zhu Ziyang and his two companions easily found it by following the road signs.

"Knock knock knock!"

Zhu Ziyang knocked on the door.

"Please come in!" Du Weiren's voice came from inside.

"Director Du, we're here." Zhu Ziyang pushed open the door and walked into the office, followed closely by Jiang Nannan and the other person.

"You're here!" Du Weilun stood up from behind his desk and walked out with a smile when he saw that it was Zhu Ziyang and the other two. He said to them, "Please sit down, I'll go get your rewards."

After saying that, Du Weiren left, leaving the three of them somewhat bewildered.

"This..." Jiang Nannan looked at Zhu Ziyang.

"Let's sit down and wait a while," Zhu Ziyang said, and then sat down on the sofa next to him. Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya followed suit.

The three of them looked around Du Weiren's office. In terms of size, it was much larger than Xia Yu's office, which was that of an ordinary teacher. However, there was no fancy decoration; the entire office had a simple style. There were as many as four bookshelves, each filled with a rich collection of books. It seemed that Du Weiren was a book collector, but whether he liked to read was another matter.

Brothers, let's go!

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