CSMCDB - Chapter 9
Chapter 9
[Mission Complete: Enroll in an Academy.]
[Reward Obtained: 500 EXP, 30 Points]
Host: Wen Yuncheng
Race: Human
Age: 15
Class: Mechanical Master
Level: 8
Experience: 105/640
Points: 80
Leveled up twice!
Wen Yuncheng had already guessed it, but seeing that she had actually leveled up twice, she couldn't help but feel excited. However, just as the excitement kicked in, it was scared away by Yan Ling, who suddenly turned around.
Ever since Wen Yuncheng left yesterday, Yan Ling had been utterly baffled by Qiu Fei's request for her to take on a disciple. What was she thinking? Making her take on a waste of a disciple to lose face? But it wasn't like she was someone who cared about her disciples. However, this disciple seemed obedient and well-behaved, so Yan Ling didn't have any ill feelings toward Wen Yuncheng.
Until today, this was just a matter of handling the paperwork. This cheap student of hers could get so excited she'd advance in rank? She's already a Star Apostle 3rd Layer? What kind of cultivation method was this? Could she absorb Star Power during the day? And she hadn't seen any auxiliary items on this poor student.
"Um... Teacher?"
"What's the situation with you, kid?"
"I think... I leveled up?" Wen Yuncheng's gaze drifted.
"Nonsense!" Yan Ling slapped the back of Wen Yuncheng's head. She didn't use much force, but it still made the girl's small frame stumble. "It's not like I'm blind!"
"...You should know that my talent and cultivation were crippled for a while, right?" Wen Yuncheng rubbed her head. It didn't hurt much, but she was still startled by Yan Ling's action... Perhaps this is the pain of being a big shot disguised as a man? She obediently spun a tale: "I only started cultivating this year. My Star Power has mutated. While it's still Star Power energy inside my body, it takes on a different form when I release it." As Wen Yuncheng spoke, she directly used a Pursuer skill.
Yan Ling raised her hand and caught the Pursuer. The Pursuer's signal light instantly turned red, and just as it was about to explode, Yan Ling enveloped it in Star Power and crushed it with her bare hand. "Not bad. So it's a mutation. A case like yours is rare. No wonder Qiu Fei insisted I take you as my disciple." Yan Ling believed she had found the answer. As for why Qiu Fei didn't take her herself? She had already accepted a disciple this year, so she probably didn't want to be distracted.
"In that case, even if your talent is good, there's not much I can teach you." Yan Ling pondered for a moment, then patted Wen Yuncheng's shoulder and said, "Then I'll teach you a simple motto: if you're not convinced, fight."
"In this academy, the weaker and more afraid you are, the more others will bully you. If you run into trouble, just fight back! As long as you're strong enough and show your worth, the academy will have your back even if you beat up an imperial prince." After speaking, Yan Ling saw that her pat had made Wen Yuncheng shrink down. Her relaxed brows furrowed again, and her tone became extremely disdainful. "Can't you show a little promise? How are you even skinnier than a girl? You need to train your body more, understand?"
"..." Wen Yuncheng was, on one hand, too stunned by Yan Ling's words to speak, and on the other, found it hard to voice her feelings about Yan Ling's disdain. In the end, she just nodded. "Teacher, I'll work hard to get stronger!"
"Alright, just looking at your scrawny frame pisses me off. Scram."
Wen Yuncheng: ...
Isn't my teacher's style a bit too unconventional?
Are there really teachers with this kind of personality in a Long Aotian script?!
[Now there is,] 1947 said, gloating. [You'd better leave quickly. Your teacher's favorability toward you is about to drop.]
Wen Yuncheng immediately scrammed.
Next up was buying some daily necessities and moving into her simple, single room!
However, after taking just a few steps, Wen Yuncheng couldn't help but touch her face and sigh, "So being a pretty boy doesn't mean you can do whatever you want."
[I think you have some misconceptions about this fifteen-year-old body of yours.]
But, as long as she completed her missions, it would be fine. Wen Yuncheng composed herself and bought a large pile of daily necessities. She tidied up her single room until it was spotless. After her busy work, she first went to the Star Academy cafeteria to buy a cheap meal to fill her stomach, then went back and took a shower. Flopping onto her soft, new quilt felt incredibly comfortable.
[Mission Activated: School Opening Placement Battle]
[Mission Requirement: Defeat as many opponents as possible in the placement battle.]
[Mission Reward: For each person defeated, gain 100 EXP and 10 Points.]
[Mission Activated: Ambitious]
[Mission Requirement: Enter Class A within one year.]
[Mission Reward: 2000 EXP, 100 Points (Bonus for exceeding expectations: 150%)]
[Mission Activated: True Knowledge Comes from Practice]
[Mission Requirement: In the first half-year of enrollment, spar with others frequently to improve together.]
[Mission Reward: For each sparring match with a classmate, gain 50 EXP (no limit)]
After the triple whammy of missions, Wen Yuncheng's head was still buzzing. She carefully read the missions and more or less understood the system's plan. Whether it was the placement battle, the sparring, or the goal of getting into Class A, 1947 wanted her to make a stunning debut in the placement battle.
A stunning debut, a sparring maniac, rapid progress, and a steady climb to Class A.
It was a great plan. If she weren't the one who had to do it, Wen Yuncheng would have wanted to applaud 1947.
Wen Yuncheng: Me, at Level 8, burdened with the system's high expectations.
[Long Aotians always fight above their level,] 1947 said, flipping through its script, its electronic voice incomparably serious.
What could Wen Yuncheng do? She could only hope that the opponents she was matched with were all newbies. After all, she was in Class G now, so she probably wouldn't run into anyone particularly strong. Starting from Class G, she hoped she could reach Level 10 before encountering any experts.
School starts... When does Star Academy start? What will they train in?
[Methods for using Star Power. How to choose your preferred cultivation techniques and weapons. And also, how to fight demonic beasts.]
Demonic beasts...
Speaking of which, it was almost autumn.
Doesn't that mean... the Beast Tide is coming soon?
[Rest assured, while you're still in your novice period, this system won't issue any overly outrageous missions,] 1947 said, sensing Wen Yuncheng's thoughts.
In the following days, because school hadn't started yet and Wen Yuncheng was in a single room, she didn't socialize much.
Most of the academy's students were engrossed in cultivation. The new students didn't really go to the training grounds to practice, since they didn't know each other and there wasn't much to spar over. Wen Yuncheng wanted to find someone to farm some points off of, but she didn't run into a single new student-they were all experts.
[You could participate in off-campus competitions. There's prize money.]
"Forget it, I'll just wait for school to start." The off-campus venue 1947 mentioned was the Dueling Arena, where life and death didn't matter and you could earn money by winning. But she was a Star Apostle, and nobody wanted to watch Star Apostle matches. They were mostly just newbies pecking at each other. It was boring. The audience at that kind of dueling arena wanted to see thrilling, unrestrained battles. They weren't your family elders, watching with a biased filter for the younger generation.
Seven days later.
Star Academy officially began its term.
Wen Yuncheng woke up very early. Although she had seen the school opening date on the academy's announcement board, she was still a bit flattered when she received a reminder from Yan Ling yesterday.
After changing into a new set of clothes, Wen Yuncheng styled herself to look dashing and suave before heading to Class 1-G.
The academy had seven classes, from A to G, and a four-year system. Of course, if you couldn't even reach the Star Warrior rank after four years, you would become a student of Class Z. You could also apply for graduation, but such a graduation would not be recognized by Star Academy. It was like attending the academy for nothing... Of course, if you were just there to fulfill a dream of academy life and didn't need the reputation, then it didn't matter.
Another separate class was Class S.
Class S housed a group of people with exceptional talent from across all four academic years. Because geniuses were always a minority, they were grouped into one class. You might enter Class S right after enrolling, or you might get in just before graduation. The minimum requirement for graduating from Class S was Star Lord. And their futures were limitless.
Graduates from Star Academy's Class S either became elites of the Empire or pillars of their sects.
The students of Class G hadn't all arrived yet, so Wen Yuncheng found a corner and sat down. After waiting for a while, a dozen or so people trickled in, followed by a teacher.
"Hello, everyone. I'll be in charge of Class G for this term. If you don't cultivate diligently, you'll probably be stuck with me for four years." The teacher was a man with a bit of bluish stubble. He said this with a slightly humorous smile, then turned and tapped on a Star Power projector, writing the character for "Jin" (金) on the whiteboard with Star Power. "My surname is Jin. You can call me Teacher Jin. Now, I need to take attendance and get to know you all." As he spoke, he took a piece of paper from his storage ring and began reading the names on it. "Li Mingming."
"Here!" The student at the desk in front of Wen Yuncheng stood up and answered, his voice full of vigor. It startled Wen Yuncheng, making her desk shake.
Wen Yuncheng waited and waited, but her name was never called. Almost everyone in the class had been called. She counted a total of twenty-three classmates. Including her, Class G only had twenty-four people?
"Wen Yuncheng."
"Here!"
"Yan Ling's disciple?" Teacher Jin glanced at Wen Yuncheng as if looking at a curiosity. "Everyone's been saying Yan Ling took a disciple. I never thought she'd be assigned to my Class G." He remarked with a sigh and told Wen Yuncheng to sit down.
The first day was just a formality, for the classmates and teacher to get familiar with each other's faces. Then, he briefly went over the general curriculum, such as On the Cultivation of Star Power, One Hundred Ways to Absorb the Power of the Stars, How to Choose Combat Skills, and so on.
At Star Academy, classroom lessons for theoretical knowledge only took up half the day. The afternoons were for either physical training or sparring and practical combat. Each class was assigned an area, and you just had to choose one and report there. - Of course, you could also choose not to report.
But generally, no one did that. After all, having gone through so much effort to get into Star Academy, no one wanted to just degenerate like that. Of course, those who were prepared to stay in Class Z until the end of time were not included in this.
"Your Star Power has mutated, so you can just listen in casually for some of the courses. The academy has no precedent for a mutation like yours, so you'll have to figure out how to cultivate on your own. Even though you're in Class G, don't give up on yourself or fall into degeneracy." After the introductory session ended and class was dismissed, Teacher Jin found Wen Yuncheng and patted her shoulder with concern. "Otherwise, Yan Ling will definitely teach you a lesson."
Wen Yuncheng didn't yet understand what he meant, but Teacher Jin just shook his head and left. She was too embarrassed to ask. Scratching her head, she thought about Yan Ling's attitude... It wasn't like she had given her any specific instructions.
Whatever. My cultivation relies on fighting anyway.
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