Chapter 17: Officially Entering the Academy
Chapter 17: Officially Entering the Academy
"Chen boy, go back to your seat!" Mu Zhuoyun said, veins bulging on his forehead, but he remained extremely restrained.
The reason for this was that during the summer vacation, behind Mu Ningxue's back, Mu Zhuoyun personally came to cause trouble for Chen Qing. The result was obvious: Mu Zhuoyun, who had been immersed in business for many years, was no match for Chen Qing, who was on the rise. He was beaten up and naturally became obedient.
Chen Qing pursed her lips, gave Mu Ningxue a flirtatious wink, and sat back down.
Mu Zhuoyun asked suspiciously, "I was in the restroom just now, did that kid try anything with you?"
Mu Ningxue fell silent, wanting to say yes, but fearing that the conflict between Mu Zhuoyun and Chen Qing would escalate further, she reluctantly said, "No, he's very well-behaved."
Mu Zhuoyun finally breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good!"
When Mu Zhuoyun learned that Chen Qingyang was going to send Mu Ningxue back to the capital, his heart skipped a beat. After that, no matter what, he even put aside his business to personally escort Mu Ningxue back to the capital to study.
They even went to the airline to switch Chen Qing and Mu Ningxue's positions, one in the upper left corner and the other in the lower right corner.
However, since we were all in first class, there wasn't much space to begin with; it was just a few steps away.
Since Chen Qing had promised to send Mu Ningxue back to the capital, he naturally wouldn't go back on his word.
Mu Ningxue was enrolled in the best high school in the capital by the Mu family. Before Mu He's identity was exposed, although the Mu family treated Mu Ningxue as a vessel for cultivating forbidden artifacts, her treatment was indeed excellent. Otherwise, Mu Tingying, the true direct descendant of the Mu family, would not have been so jealous.
Chen Qing had no good feelings towards the Mu family, and she and Mu Zhuoyun disliked each other even more.
The capital city and the ancient capital are not far apart; they can be reached in just a few hours.
Upon returning to the ancient capital, Chen Qing immediately went to the ancient capital's academy to register.
Like Mingzhu, Gudu Academy is also divided into the Qing Campus and the main campus. The Qing Campus is for newly enrolled freshmen or some senior students who did not pass the entrance examination.
However, unlike the Pearl Academy, the assessment conditions for the Ancient Capital Academy are not simply reaching the intermediate level, but are related to the undead.
In the ancient capital academy, or to put it bluntly, throughout the entire ancient capital, no matter how high your cultivation level is, not many people will truly respect you from the bottom of their hearts. All status and treatment must be obtained by killing undead!
A list of undead stands atop the city wall, divided into three ranks: mid-tier, high-tier, and super-tier. It is updated every five years. Even esteemed super-tier mages must obediently be listed, their kill counts converted into points for ranking.
You must understand that this is a world where magic reigns supreme, and magic equals power.
No matter what kind of list it is, there will always be a few at the bottom. No super-level mage would feel good if they were at the bottom, and they would definitely not support this decision.
But the ancient capital has the confidence to include the super-tier items and openly display them for everyone to see.
Why was Lu Huan regarded as the strongest by all the people of the ancient capital, so much so that when he fell into the Abyss of Evil, everyone felt as if the sky had fallen?
Because Lu Huan himself has consistently topped the list of super-level undead, he has long been a totem-like figure in the hearts of the people of the ancient capital.
Having lived in the ancient capital for so long, Chen Qing always saw a sense of pride whenever a sorcerer mentioned the List of the Dead. Compared to sorcerer holy sites like the Wild Goose Pagoda and the Bell Tower, the List of the Dead was more like the symbol that best represented the ancient capital in the hearts of its people.
The ancient capital's academy also has a similar list of the dead, with all students registered on it—note, all students!
Even students who have just entered the Qing Campus will be included, even if they have never killed a single undead, but of course their points will be zero.
Getting into the main campus is simple; you just need to kill one undead during the annual assessment. You can do it independently or in a team. However, if you are working in a team, all team members must be freshmen, and the number of undead killed must be counted on a per-person basis.
Getting resources is also very simple. The promotion channels at the Ancient Capital Academy are very transparent. It's the Undead Ranking, which is displayed right there for you to see, and the information is updated monthly.
As long as you kill enough undead, you can get training opportunities in the Wild Goose Pagoda!
Chen Qing had participated in Lu Zhou's team's missions many times, and had directly or indirectly killed more than a hundred undead. He had even participated in the killing of a Corpse General. Logically speaking, he was fully qualified to be on the list of undead.
However, he has not officially enrolled in the university yet, so he is not included in the calculation.
However, the main reason he was able to be specially recruited by the ancient capital academy so smoothly was because he had extensive experience in killing undead.
The more Chen Qing learned, the more she felt that the ancient capital was a very interesting city.
On the first day of school, he arrived at his dormitory.
The Department of Light is a super large department within the ancient capital academy, with a total of over a thousand students, accounting for nearly 30% of all new students in the academy. The dormitories are four-person rooms, and all students are from the Department of Light.
Upon entering the dormitory, he saw that three people had already arrived and were playing cards enthusiastically.
"One three."
"A royal flush!"
"Are you out of your mind? I played a three and you played a royal flush?!"
"Nonsense, you're the landlord, who else would we bomb if not you!"
"Oh, a new student has arrived..."
When the group saw someone enter, they immediately greeted them with smiles.
One shouldn't hit a smiling face, so Chen Qing returned the smile: "Hello everyone, my name is Chen Qing."
"Oh~" Someone gave him a meaningful look. "So you're the famous special admission student. My name is Li Xian, I'm a few years older than you, just call me Brother Xian. From now on, I'm the boss of our dorm, right? Special admission student?"
Ok?
They've come with ill intentions.
Chen Qing was somewhat puzzled, wondering where Li Xian's hostility came from.
"My name is Liu Hong, and the other classmate is Yang Yi."
Liu Hong smiled and said, "You don't know yet, do you? All the resources in our school are distributed through something called the Undead Ranking. You have to hunt undead to get on the list—Brother Xian is super amazing. He's already killed more than one undead before even enrolling. New student, you'd better stick close to his leg!"
Yang Yi smiled as well, but said nothing.
Chen Qing raised his eyebrows, somewhat puzzled: "Why? A mage's path is ultimately one he must walk himself. Let him be strong, the breeze still caresses the mountain."
Liu Hong's face stiffened, then he subtly glanced at Li Xian's expression. Seeing that Li Xian was still smiling, he pulled him aside and whispered an explanation:
"You don't know, our academy is divided into the Green Campus and the Main Campus. Only students from the Main Campus can be considered true members of the academy. And the task to advance to the Main Campus is really strange; it requires you to kill an undead. Everyone knows how dangerous undead are—so, as long as we stick close to Brother Xian, we won't have to worry about advancing to the Main Campus!"
Li Xian, standing to the side, seemed to enjoy the feeling of being fawned over, a smug expression on his face.
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