The four major academies, with Dragon Cloud Academy being the best choice as it has nurtured a large number of elite disciples for the Divine Dragon Kingdom.
Many high-ranking military officials have emerged from Dragon Cloud Academy.
Furthermore, he had heard that if one performed exceptionally well at Dragon Cloud Academy, there was a high chance of being admitted to the mysterious Divine Dragon Academy.
Divine Dragon Academy did not recruit externally; only those who received an invitation could enter.
This was because Divine Dragon Academy was a very special institution in the Divine Dragon Kingdom, housing not only lords but also top-tier ordinary individuals from all walks of life.
The Divine Dragon Kingdom's considerable power was, to a large extent, attributable to Divine Dragon Academy.
Countless prodigies dedicated their lives to entering its ranks and becoming a member of Divine Dragon Academy.
However, it was exceedingly difficult.
He had harbored such aspirations before, but now he had no desire to join.
As a cheater, wasn't it more enjoyable to secretly develop his powers?
Why bother entering a place with such fierce competition?
Zhou Yan returned to his seat.
His peers, in twos and threes, were chatting amongst themselves.
"What was your score, and what rank did you get?"
"What lord academy are you planning to apply to? I don't know if my three hundred-plus points are enough for any decent academy."
"Heavens! You scored over three hundred? How did you manage that? That's amazing! I only got four hundred."
"I..."
"I heard someone offered a bounty of one hundred million spirit coins for the top scorer of this rookie trial."
"Pfft, I heard many foreigners have bid up to ten billion spirit coins. If the information is correct, you can claim it."
"The top scorer this year is from our country again, and they even exceeded the total score by more than double. I wonder how they got those bonus points."
"The numerous announcements during this rookie trial were surely all orchestrated by this top scorer. If you could get on an announcement once, your score wouldn't be bad either."
"No need to guess. Someone like that must be a descendant of a hidden family. How could they possibly appear in school?"
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Zhou Yan listened silently to his classmates' conversations. Many even admired him immensely, wishing to be his underling or have his children.
He glanced at his female classmate who weighed 180 jin. He wondered why her weight had increased rather than decreased after leveling up.
Having her have his children was out of the question; after all, he wasn't Sun Wukong.
In the Divine Dragon Kingdom, the person ranked first each year was called the top scorer.
Historically, only a very small number of individuals with high rankings in the rookie trial chose to conceal their information.
Those from prominent families, organizations, or with influential backgrounds would be thrilled for the world to know their exact rank.
As for him, a nobody with no background, it was better to remain quiet.
He acted like an invisible transparent person, waiting for their homeroom teacher to arrive.
At nine o'clock, the homeroom teacher finally finished his meeting. Holding a stack of documents in his left hand and cradling a crystal ball in his right, he entered the classroom like a wizard.
Everyone quieted down. The homeroom teacher was a three-star sorcerer, with a cultivation realm of over thirty heavens.
(Ten heavens were equivalent to a one-star expert, and thirty heavens made one a three-star expert.)
Although the homeroom teacher was not a lord, he could cultivate.
Despite his mediocre talent, most of the current students had not yet obtained cultivation techniques, nor had their levels surpassed ten.
Naturally, they remained silent and attentive.
Of course, if they knew that Zhou Yan's current cultivation realm was close to the fortieth heaven of martial arts, making him a four-star expert, one could only imagine their expressions.
Alas, they would never know.
The homeroom teacher scanned the classroom and then said, "Now, we will start reporting scores, one by one..."
The crystal ball in the homeroom teacher's hand was used to read their scores from the rookie trial.
These scores were completely impossible to falsify; there was no need to consider the possibility of cheating.
The students in the first row began to step forward, placing their hands on the crystal ball. A score would then be displayed.
"Xu Feng, rookie trial score 250. You, fellow, how could your score be so low? Have you thrown everything the teacher taught you to the dogs?"
Upon seeing the score, the homeroom teacher immediately began to lecture.
A student's score directly impacted the teachers' educational effectiveness.
How could the homeroom teacher be happy with a score of 250?
"Hahaha!!!"
Seeing the score, the entire class erupted in laughter.
"No wonder you've been so reluctant to mention your score, you were too embarrassed."
"I would be embarrassed to mention it too."
"This rookie trial score will follow you for life, hahaha."
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"Teacher, I apologize. On the fifteenth day of the rookie trial, my territory was destroyed by monsters."
Xu Feng felt a bit embarrassed; even he was ashamed to mention this score.
"It's alright, it's alright. You can still get into a third-rate lord academy. Keep working hard."
What else could the homeroom teacher say?
Regardless of their scores, they were all better off than those who hadn't awakened their Lord's Heart.
Even with a score of zero, one could still enroll in the lowest-tier lord academy.
There were many lord academies across the country, and even the worst among them had produced lords who had ascended to godhood through tribulations.
After Xu Feng stepped down, the second student's expression was also not very cheerful. However, when the teacher saw him, he held high expectations.
When his hand touched the crystal...
"Wang Teng, rookie trial score 120... 120 points? Your score is even worse than Xu Feng's. Considering your lord culture course score ranked top three in the entire school, how could your rookie lord combat score be so low?"
"I originally thought you would give me a surprise with your score this time. Instead, you've truly given me a surprise. For your Lord's Heart to be of purple epic quality, and yet you've disappointed me so much..."
The more the homeroom teacher spoke, the lower Wang Teng's complexion became.
The classmates' eyes were also filled with surprise; they hadn't expected Wang Teng's score to be so much lower than most others.
He was specially recruited, yet his score was so low?
If not for his purple epic quality Lord's Heart and his decent innate talent, he wouldn't have been specially recruited.
It was fortunate that he had been specially recruited by a first-rate lord academy; otherwise, with his score, he would have likely only been able to attend a second-rate lord school.
"I'm sorry, Teacher. I had prepared everything and had a detailed plan. The only thing I didn't anticipate was that the environment of descent and the monsters' strength would be of the soul-attacking type, completely immune to physical damage, and even magical damage would have difficulty causing significant harm. That's why the trial ended prematurely..."
Wang Teng possessed the talent of a great mind.
Unfortunately, fate was not on his side. He was randomly assigned to a dark and desolate ghostly land, and what was worse, on the fifth day, soul-type monsters appeared.
Those monsters had no physical form, only soul bodies, and were immune to all physical damage. He was stunned at the time.