Douluo Continent: The Peerless Tang Sect, Angels and Rakshasa Return

Chapter 33 - Running That Never Changes

"..." Qian Lingyun stood there, pondering Qian Renxue's words repeatedly, muttering to herself, "Can't defend against it...can't defend against it..."

Suddenly, Qian Lingyun had a flash of inspiration, as if she had thought of something very important. She looked up and kissed Qian Renxue on the cheek, jumping up and down excitedly, "You're a genius! Wahahaha! I know, I know!"

"What do you know?!" Qian Renxue subconsciously rubbed her flushed cheek and said angrily, "If you don't give me a proper explanation today, I'll have to enforce the family rules."

"Hehehe, don't worry about that, I have a brilliant plan!" Qian Lingyun turned and ran in the opposite direction from the cafeteria, making strange noises like "wuhu wuhu".

"Aren't you going to eat during the afternoon physical training?" Qian Renxue shouted, covering her cheek where she had been lightly touched by a dragonfly.

"What did you say...?"

Qian Lingyun ran incredibly fast, disappearing in no time, leaving Qian Renxue somewhat stunned.

When she arrived at the cafeteria, Qian Renxue bought two meals, one for herself and one for the other on the opposite side of the table. But even after Qian Renxue finished eating, the little rascal still hadn't appeared.

In a fit of anger, Qian Renxue channeled her grief and resentment into her appetite, and ate the second portion of rice as well…

In the afternoon, most of the students from Class 9 of the freshmen class had arrived at Shrek Square. Only a small number of them had not yet gathered for some reason. The rest rushed over in a row. In the end, only Qian Lingyun was missing.

Mu Jin frowned and looked at the timer in her hand. Just as she was about to say something, she saw a purple light, with six deep blue flames spewing from its back, streak across the sky at an astonishing speed and land accurately on the square.

"Report, Bai Yun requests to join the ranks!" Qian Lingyun panted as she retracted the purple wings and small thrusters on her back.

"Um... join the ranks!" Mu Jin nodded, then addressed the class: "Out of a hundred students, a hundred of you have come. Very good. You won't be expelled."

"Just for being late, you get expelled?" a student asked in surprise.

"Yes, being late means expulsion." As she spoke, Mu Jin pointed to Class 1 not far away and explained, "This morning, quite a few students in Class 1 were expelled, and they were causing a scene at the academic affairs office at noon!"

"However, don't worry, I could never be as ruthless as her, because in my opinion, that would be an extremely foolish thing to do."

As she spoke, a look of disdain appeared on Mu Jin's face.

"For me, there are only two red lines: being late and leaving early. Because if you can't even guarantee attending classes regularly, it's not a matter of talent, but a matter of attitude."

As for those with an improper attitude, I always just kick them out without saying a word. Fortunately, most people have followed this rule, which makes me very happy.” A hint of relief flashed in Mu Jin’s eyes.

"It's good to warm up before exercising. While we're at it, I'll give you a heads-up about the new student assessment in three months."

"The freshman assessment is conducted uniformly for all ten classes in our grade. Usually, only the top 150 to 175 groups can stay. That is to say, out of the 1,000 students at the beginning of the semester, only 450 to 500 students will eventually enter the next grade."

Upon hearing this, Qian Renxue's expression changed. It should be noted that Shrek Academy's admission standards were that students under the age of twelve and with a soul power level of fifteen or above. Such requirements were already considered harsh. Even the Spirit Hall Academy ten thousand years ago might not have been able to obtain students of this quality.

Even so, only 45% to 50% of students successfully advance to the next grade...

She had considered trying to win over the expelled students, but then she realized that there were only two of them on her side, which wouldn't be very convincing. In the end, she dismissed the unrealistic idea.

Panting, Qian Lingyun walked to Qian Renxue's side, supporting her waist. Qian Renxue took out a portion of dry rations from her pocket and handed it to her. Her cold tone could not hide the concern in her eyes. She said, "You look like you haven't eaten. Have some dry rations to tide you over."

Qian Lingyun took the dry rations handed to her by Qian Renxue. The rations were still warm, obviously heated up by Qian Renxue using her angelic power, and could be eaten directly.

Finding a tall person to act as a shield, Qian Lingyun squatted down a little and began to wolf down her dry rations.

"The ranking is based on the points from the battles; the more wins a group has, the more points they will accumulate."

The competition will be decided by a draw, with the top 64 teams advancing to a knockout stage.

Mu Jin gave a brief account of the competition, thought for a moment, and continued, "Those ranked below the top 175 teams do not have the option of repeating a year; instead, they are eliminated and expelled. This is not a decision made by me as a teacher, but by the entire academy."

After speaking, Mu Jin took out several boxes, each five meters long, three meters wide, and four meters high, from her soul storage device and casually placed them on the ground.

"These three boxes contain specially made iron armor. Each of you take one," Mu Jin said as she opened the boxes.

"Teacher, how heavy is this garment?" A short girl trembled as she looked at the iron suit.

"It's only about fifty pounds!" Mu Jin said with a smile, picking up a piece of iron clothing, glancing at the label on it.

"Don't worry, these clothes only weigh fifty pounds. You just need to wear them and run continuously for about two hours..."

"So what? This is what you call 'so what'? Please, have some decency..." The students listened to the amount of information in Mu Jin's words with blank expressions. Recalling the classmates who had walked out of the school gate with their luggage that morning, they dared not complain and stepped forward to receive the specially made clothes.

Before long, seeing that everyone had put on their weighted outer garments, Mu Jin asked, "Students, are you all ready?"

"Ready!" the students shouted in unison.

"Good, very energetic!" Mu Jin nodded, took out a watch, and was about to press the button when she noticed that Teacher Li from the next class was leading a group of students wearing iron suits over. "Teacher Mu, it's no fun for just one class to run! How about we have a competition between our two classes!"

"Teacher Li, how do we compare them?" Mu Jin asked curiously.

"Our two classes will run together, and we'll take the average score after two hours!"

"Okay, let's get started then," Mu Jin nodded.

At Mu Jin's command, the students present sprang into action, standing on the track with the students from the next class. Qian Renxue and Qian Lingyun also joined the running group.

The weight was barely noticeable to the two of them, but they didn't stand out too much either, simply following the group at a leisurely pace...

During the conversation, Qian Renxue sat to Qian Lingyun's left and chatted casually.

"What did you do at noon? You didn't even eat!"

"I've prepared a secret weapon for myself, didn't you just see it?" Qian Lingyun replied with a smile.

...

Two hours passed quickly. When the exercise time ended, many students were lying on the ground, drenched in sweat, panting heavily, looking half-dead. Qian Renxue and her companion, however, were still chatting and laughing, only slightly sweating.

Mu Jin's gaze lingered on the two of them for a moment, but she didn't say anything more and began to sort out her results from the weighted run.

The students rested in the square for about half an hour. After collecting and organizing the data, Mu Jin compared it with Teacher Li from the next class. Seeing the smile on Mu Jin's face, the students in Class 9 basically knew the outcome, and their previously anxious hearts were finally at ease.

Mu Jin smiled as she put away the iron armor, and concluded, "Everyone did a good job. Our class's average score is only a tiny bit higher than that of Teacher Li next door."

I think everyone has rested enough, so that's all for today's training. Remember to write down what we said this morning and hand it in to me tomorrow. Goodbye, everyone!

Haha, this is a point to complain about. The weighted running technique used by Yu Xiaogang ten thousand years ago is still being used by Shrek Academy ten thousand years later. It really hasn't changed at all. It's just a direct copy.

(End of this chapter)