The Glory of the Sun and Moon in the Peerless Tang Sect

Du Weiren sat in the chair behind his desk, flipped through a few documents in his hand, and then looked up at the ten people in front of him.

These ten people are the class advisors for the ten classes of this year's freshmen.

Zhou Yi and Mu Jin were prominently listed among them.

"These are the statistics for this year's freshman assessment. Take a look."

After distributing the gifts, Du Weiren, unusually, praised Mu Jin.

"Mujin, your freshman class nine's assessment results are particularly good. Let's prepare for the promotion to senior teacher in a while."

"Yes, Director Du." Mu Jin replied respectfully, then followed the group of new student class teachers out of Du Weilun's office with a happy expression.

She wasn't particularly concerned about the title of senior teacher, but rather the fact that it allowed her to outdo Zhou Yi, which made her feel exceptionally good.

Chapter 86 Elimination Rounds

Without their immediate supervisor, Du Weiren, present, the new students' class advisors were much more relaxed.

When the homeroom teacher of Class 10, who was close to Mu Jin, saw the statistical results on the document, he couldn't help but smile and look at Mu Jin.

"Congratulations, Teacher Mu. Five teams from this year's freshmen have achieved a perfect record, and two of them are from Teacher Mu's Class 9. These two teams should be aiming for the championship."

"I can only say we'll do our best. The seeded teams from Teacher Luo's Class 2 and Teacher Jiang's Class 5 are not to be underestimated. The outcome is still uncertain." Mu Jin replied with a smile. Although she said that, everyone could see that she was very pleased with herself.

Teacher Luo from Class 2 and Teacher Jiang from Class 5 both offered polite compliments.

"Teacher Mu is too kind."

"If you, Teacher Mu, had put these two Soul Masters from your class in the same team from the beginning, the championship would definitely have gone to your freshman class nine. It seems that this grouping is to give us a fair chance to compete."

Just then, the homeroom teacher of Class 8, a freshman, suddenly let out a soft "Eh."

"The college entrance rate in Teacher Zhou's class actually exceeded 90%?"

He is an external teacher who was successfully hired by Shrek Academy this year.

Upon hearing this, all the teachers present looked at Zhou Yi, who was walking at the front with a cold expression, with strange expressions.

The homeroom teacher of Class 8, a freshman, noticed that something was off and realized that he might have said the wrong thing.

As if in response to her thoughts, Mu Jin beside her curled her lip in disdain.

"She expelled all the students in her class who couldn't pass the freshman assessment, so how could the college entrance rate not be high?"

"Mujin, how dare you dictate my teaching?"

Zhou Yi stopped and turned around, her eyes turning cold.

"Mujin, do you think that the champion of this year's freshman assessment is already a sure thing for your Class 9?"

“No, that’s not true. Nothing is absolute. However, I haven’t heard of any particularly outstanding talents in your class this time.” Mu Jin smiled and shook her head, then took a few steps forward to stand in front of Zhou Yi, her smile suddenly freezing.

"Zhou Yi, you'd better pray that your class's seeded team doesn't run into ours. Otherwise, if they're eliminated in the first round and only make it to the top 64, you, as their homeroom teacher, won't feel good about it, will you?"

After saying that, Mu Jin ignored Zhou Yi's gloomy face and left quickly and cheerfully.

……

On this day, Shrek Academy became much quieter because more than half of the freshmen were eliminated.

But by the early morning of the second day, the assessment area was far more bustling than ever before. Many senior students who didn't have classes in the morning joined in the fun, forming a large circle around the assessment area.

Outside the assessment area, a row of college teachers stood, numbering nearly thirty.

Nearly two hundred freshmen who made it into the top sixty-four stood in an open area, waiting for the teachers in charge to call their names.

Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao, who were a team, were standing together and talking quietly below.

Seeing the worried look on Xiao Xiao's face, Wang Dong asked casually, "What's wrong? Even our twin martial soul genius has lost confidence? It can't be that bad."

Xiao Xiao pursed her lips. "Of course I have confidence. But I have to admit, some people are indeed more talented than us. I arrived a little earlier and heard from Teacher Zhou that in this year's freshman assessment, five teams achieved a perfect record in the round-robin tournament, and three of them produced three-ring Soul Masters. How much confidence can you have when facing a three-ring Soul Master?"

After all, their team only has a record of nine wins out of ten games.

"Soul Master?" Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong exclaimed almost simultaneously, their faces filled with disbelief.

Xiao Xiao smiled wryly and said, "That's right, otherwise why do you think I would be so lacking in confidence?"

Wang Dong quickly composed himself, scoffing dismissively, "So what if you have three rings? Soul Masters aren't invincible. We have our advantages too: your twin martial souls, and my untapped fighting power. Plus Huo Yuhao's physical and spiritual martial souls. The three of us working together might not necessarily lose. My previous loss to the Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo sisters' martial soul fusion technique was simply because I didn't use my second soul skill from a thousand years ago beforehand. Otherwise, the outcome would have been uncertain."

"A loss is a loss, there are no excuses." Hearing this familiar yet cold voice, the three of them straightened their backs as if trying to be clever.

Because that voice belonged to their homeroom teacher, Zhou Yi. Through three months of her strict upbringing, they had long since developed a conditioned reflex.

Zhou Yi, who looked like an old woman with white hair, walked steadily to them.

“I can allow you to lose the game, but only after you have given it your all. If I find you making the same mistakes again in this qualifying round, you know the consequences.”

"Yes, Teacher Zhou!" the three replied in unison.

Not long after Zhou Yi left, another clear voice rang out from the direction outside the assessment area.

"Yuhao, your senior brother and I skipped class specifically to cheer you on this time."

Huo Yuhao subconsciously turned around and quickly found the source of the sound.

Both were wearing purple fourth-year school uniforms. The girl on the left was pretty and cute, while the boy on the right looked gentle and refined.

The people who arrived were Tang Ya and Bei Bei.

Tang Ya playfully made a fist with her hand and gestured towards Huo Yuhao.

"Teacher Xiaoya, Senior Brother."

Upon hearing Tang Ya's voice, Huo Yuhao's nose immediately stung with tears.

Tang Ya and Bei Bei never looked down on him like those other people did. On the contrary, they comforted him when he was down. But he didn't appreciate it and shut himself off.

His consecutive victories in the round-robin tournament over the past few days have eased his suppressed emotions considerably.

There are still people in this world who care about him.

Seeing a tall, aloof middle-aged male teacher walking towards her from afar, Tang Ya first stuck out her tongue and made a face, then quickly stopped.

"Why did Director Du arrive so quickly? Isn't there still some time before the knockout stage?"

As the head of academic affairs, Du Weiren wielded immense authority and was always strict. If he discovered they were skipping class, they would certainly be in serious trouble.

"Keep it up, junior brother."

Bei Bei, with a gentle smile, used her soul power to transmit her voice to Huo Yuhao.

Upon hearing Bei Bei's voice, Huo Yuhao trembled, then looked away and clenched his fists.

"I will try my best, senior brother."

To the north of the assessment area, a high platform rose, twenty meters above the ground, supported by six metal pillars. Looking up from below, it was impossible to see the number of people it could accommodate; only shadowy figures could be seen observing the competition. From this height, however, one could overlook the entire assessment area and clearly see the situation in each arena.

Strangely, in the center of the platform, there was an empty space of about three square meters. An old man with disheveled hair and tattered clothes sat there, barefoot, leaning over the edge of the platform. He was drinking wine from several large, purplish-red gourds. Several roasted chicken legs were placed on oiled paper beside him, and he was also holding a chicken leg, taking bites of wine and meat with each bite.

Those who were able to climb onto the high platform to watch the battle were all teachers from Shrek Academy, but no one approached the old man, and no one questioned him.

"Elder Xuan, the student I was talking about who possesses a true martial soul is right here..." Wang Yan stood respectfully beside the disheveled old man, pointing to the audience below.

He had barely finished speaking when Elder Xuan impatiently waved his chicken leg.

"I can see it myself."

"Yes." Wang Yan dared not say anything more and stepped aside.

Chapter 87 The Bet

When Du Weilun, the dean of students, arrived on the platform, he saw Elder Xuan bow respectfully before opening the document in his hand and beginning to call roll.

After the roll call, the next step was to draw lots.

It was just a freshman assessment, without too many complicated ceremonies. Each team's representative drew lots to determine their opponents. The sixty-four groups of students participating in the elimination rounds were divided into thirty-two teams, competing against each other one by one.

Yesterday, the trainees had a day to rest, and the assessment areas have all been improved. Only the partition positions needed to be changed. It has been reorganized into sixteen areas. This time, each area is several times larger, giving the trainees participating in the elimination rounds much more room to maneuver.

The rules for the knockout stage were simple: one match in the morning and one in the afternoon. Eliminated teams went back to class, while the winning teams stayed to continue competing. The final three teams were determined over three days.

"Beibei, look! It's Tianhuang!" Tang Ya, who was outside the assessment area, saw Xu Zihuang handing the lottery results to the teacher in charge on stage and excitedly patted Beibei on the shoulder.

"I saw."

Beibei smiled and nodded, but Du Weilun's next words immediately surprised the two of them.

"In Zone 1, Wang Dong's team from Class 1 of Freshmen will face off against Yu Tianhuang's team from Class 9 of Freshmen."

They knew that Wang Dong was both Huo Yuhao's roommate and teammate.

Their eyes met, and both saw the worry in each other's eyes. Huo Yuhao had finally managed to build up some confidence, but now he was likely to face another setback.

"Yuhao has really encountered a lot of setbacks since enrolling. I hope he can get through it," Bei Bei sighed wistfully. But in reality, he also knew that Huo Yuhao, with such poor talent, was destined to encounter such situations in Shrek Academy, a place teeming with geniuses. It was unavoidable.

Xu Zihuang, who had returned to Tuoba Yu and Nanmen Yun'er's side, and Huo Yuhao, who was standing with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao on the other side, both showed some surprise.

Wang Dong seemed to have thought of something and patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder.

"Yuhao, on the first day of the freshman assessment, they were the ones who won before us, right? Don't worry, we'll definitely beat them this time. Just cooperate with me. Let's go."

"Hmm," Huo Yuhao responded quietly. He didn't think there was anything wrong with what Wang Dong said.

He knew that Yu Tianhuang might be very strong, but Wang Dong was no less so. In the past few days, he had gained a very thorough understanding of Wang Dong's strength.

The second spirit ring is at the thousand-year level, so it shouldn't pose much of a threat unless it encounters a spirit master at the spirit master level.

However, Xiao Xiao's eyes were filled with thoughtful consideration.

If he remembered correctly, this Yu Tianhuang team was the team Zhou Yi mentioned that had achieved a perfect record in the round-robin tournament.

"What kind of luck is this?" Xiao Xiao thought bitterly to herself as she followed the two of them toward the first district.

On the viewing platform, Zhou Yi's face turned extremely ugly upon hearing the draw results.

Xiao Xiao and the others didn't know, but she knew very well. Among all the new teams led by Soul Masters, the Yu Tianhuang team was the most mysterious.

Throughout the ten round-robin matches, Captain Yu Tianhuang hadn't even released his Martial Soul.

But what bothered her the most was that Yu Tianhuang's team happened to belong to the freshman class nine led by Mu Jin.

"Zhou Yi, what a coincidence. The seeded team you picked just happens to be the seeded team from our class. Do you think I should have my students go easy on you a bit? So you can lose more gracefully?"