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Chapter 71: The Five Major Academies
Chapter 71: The Five Major Academies
Chapter 71: The Five Major Academies
"I have some meetings to attend. You take the freshman handbook and go register at the freshman registration office."
"Also, familiarize yourself with the campus environment."
"Everything you want to know is in the freshman handbook."
Gu Lan placed a booklet in Wang Chen's hand and then went off to her duties.
These days, with the college entrance exam results being announced, all provincial score lists have been released. As a teacher from the admissions office, she is naturally very busy.
Wang Chen flipped through the student handbook as he walked towards the freshman registration office.
There’s no denying it…
The Xuanyuan Academy campus is incredibly large.
According to the projected map in the freshman handbook, it's fifty kilometers from the teleportation palace to the freshman registration office.
Can you believe it?
Luckily, there are convenient small space teleportation arrays all over the campus, and freshmen can ride them for free.
For students beyond their freshman year, using these arrays requires credits.
Speaking of credits, the handbook states that within Xuanyuan Academy, gold coins are hardly useful.
Everything here is transacted and purchased using "credits."
Skill books, items, materials, equipment, and pets cannot be bought with gold coins.
Credits can be earned through mandatory courses, elective courses, grade rankings, training tasks, and clearing secret realms.
Moreover...
As Wang Chen walked along, he encountered many other freshmen.
It's noticeable that 90% of these freshmen are from wealthy and noble families, dressed luxuriously and exuding an air of arrogance, often accompanied by servants.
This indirectly indicates one thing.
In the current environment, even with the widespread popularity of the job-changing college entrance exam and the ten-year compulsory education, it's still extremely difficult for children from ordinary families to get into top-tier academies.
Sometimes, resources are more important than talent.
After a dozen minutes or so, guided by the projected map in the freshman handbook, Wang Chen arrived at the freshman registration office.
The registration process wasn't cumbersome. All of Wang Chen's information had already been input into Xuanyuan Academy’s backend system.
He just needed to hand over a card to the volunteer senior sister in front of him.
She swiped it lightly on a detector beside her.
All of Wang Chen’s information was displayed, and a student ID card exclusive to Xuanyuan Academy was automatically generated.
The senior sister took the student ID, opened the first page, and made a simple entry on the computer.
But as she opened the student ID, her expression suddenly changed!
She rubbed her eyes.
"Did I see this right? Wang Chen!?"
"Are you the recent top scorer of the South State's college entrance exam?"
The senior sister looked at Wang Chen in disbelief and exclaimed.
As soon as her words fell, the originally waiting crowd of handsome male and female students around them immediately cast surprised glances over.
"Wang Chen? The one who beat up a prospective sophomore from the Mosters Academy?"
"Wow… This kid looks harmless, but who knew he was so fierce?"
"Did you see his student number? 722830001! Even the dean has pre-assigned him as the top freshman!"
72283 is the prefix for this year’s freshman student numbers.
The ‘0001’ is the student number.
Shock, astonishment, disbelief, wariness…
The gazes from the volunteers around Wang Chen were a mix of complex emotions.
A renowned name has its influence!
Being a top scorer in a province is already impressive enough.
And this Wang Chen, just a few days ago, beat up a prospective sophomore from Mosters Academy!
This incident spread across all major academies, causing a sensation!
The forums of Mosters Academy were flooded overnight by students from other academies, who mocked them relentlessly.
No way, really? A prospective sophomore from a top-tier academy couldn't defeat a mere high school graduate?
Even though he’s a top scorer, there's a 20-level gap between them!
Meanwhile, other freshmen who came to register also focused their gazes on Wang Chen.
Their eyes were filled with fighting spirit, not daunted by Wang Chen being the top scorer.
Those who could get into Xuanyuan Academy as freshmen came from all over the country.
Which of them isn’t a top talent in their locality?
They all carry their own unique pride.
"Alright, let me take you to the freshman dormitory area."
The senior sister smiled warmly.
Knowing that Wang Chen was the top scorer, her attitude did a complete 180.
However, Wang Chen shook his head indifferently, "No need to trouble you, senior sister. I can go by myself."
With that, he took his student ID and left.
Quite aloof, isn’t he…
The surrounding people looked at Wang Chen’s departing figure and muttered.
……
Following the projected map navigation in the student handbook, Wang Chen easily found his dormitory.
Well…
It’s called a dormitory.
But it’s actually a luxurious standalone villa on top of a mountain.
And on the hillside below are also luxurious villas.
But Wang Chen's Villa No. 1 is undoubtedly the most eye-catching!
It enjoys the best position on the mountain top!
According to the academy’s rules in the handbook, the living conditions for each student are allocated based on their ranking.
There are four dormitory areas for freshmen.
S, A, B, C.
The S-level dormitory area is where Wang Chen is, reserved for the top 100 in the grade.
A-level dormitory area is for the top 300 in the grade.
B-level dormitory area is for the top 800 in the grade.
C-level dormitory area is for those ranked after 800.
The initial ranking for freshmen is pre-determined by the deans of the various academies.
In half a month, there will be a big competition among freshmen, where the rankings will be reshuffled based on the competition results.
But since Wang Chen was pre-assigned the top freshman spot by the deans, it shows that his performance in the college entrance exam impressed all the deans.
Moreover, Xuanyuan Academy consists of five major academies.
The Academy of War.
The Academy of Magic.
The Academy of Light.
The Academy of Beasts.
The Academy of Shadows.
According to the handbook.
The Academy of War has the largest number of students and its motto is “Stopping war by war,” advocating combat, and its atmosphere is fierce.
The Academy of Magic only admits magic-related professions, focusing on nurturing magical talents.
The Academy of Light mainly admits frontline and support professions.
The Academy of Beasts, as the name suggests, is exclusive to beast tamers.
The Academy of Shadows only admits burst-type assassin professions, such as Blade Shadow and Shadow Blade.
If there are no surprises, Wang Chen should join the Academy of Beasts.
But he could also go to the Academy of War or the Academy of Light.
The Academy of War admits all combat professions.
As for why Wang Chen could enter the Academy of Light...
Actually, a beast tamer is a versatile profession.
If his pet is a tank, it can act as the frontline MT in a team.
If his pet is a healer, it can take on the support role in a team.
“Forget it, I’ll take a nap first!”
Wang Chen stretched and yawned, walking into the extremely luxurious standalone villa.