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Chapter 35 Chief
"Why do you say that?" Yunhua asked, puzzled.
"Becoming the chief will certainly bring more attention and resources, but the chief must also bear corresponding responsibilities."
"Take me for example. I'm the top student in the botany department this year. Although there are few people in the botany department, there are still a lot of things to deal with. I have to mediate conflicts between classmates and help solve accidents involving classmates."
"This requires sufficient prestige, influence, and a lot of time. The first two are manageable. The key is the last one. If too much time is spent on this, the time available for cultivation will inevitably decrease. Therefore, I entrust these matters to the clan."
"This is why most of the top students in the academy are from aristocratic families. In addition to their high cultivation level, they also have a lot of connections to help them."
"I see. It seems that this chief position is indeed not something that just anyone can hold."
Yunhua pondered silently. If things were really as Mu Nujiao said, then she couldn't compete for first place tomorrow.
The cultivation of the Hundred Beasts Evil Body is inherently very time-consuming, requiring two hours of bone tempering and half an hour of circulating the Flame King's blood every day. Not to mention the daily meditation, which doubles in time after entering the intermediate stage.
If it weren't for the fact that time in the illusionary space possessed by the Feather of Crossing Dust had also increased accordingly—half an hour in the real world being equivalent to eight hours there—Yunhua simply wouldn't have had enough time to study, practice, and master it.
But it's not a good idea to just give up like this tomorrow. If it leaves a bad impression on the school leaders, things will get tougher in the future.
Klein noticed Yunhua's inner turmoil and comforted him, saying, "Don't think too much about it. With your strength, getting into the top three is a piece of cake, but getting first place is hard to say."
"Oh? Why can't I be number one?" Yunhua asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Following the tradition of previous years, the top ten are all graded by the teachers. The order of the top ten is also decided by the senior leaders of the college in a meeting," Klein said to Yunhua.
"So that means?" Yunhua seemed to suddenly understand.
Klein: "You didn't really do anything this afternoon, so you'll definitely be in the top three, but first place is hard to say. After all, there's another guy who's also a mid-level mage, and he even demonstrated mid-level magic! And the grading is based on the students' behavior. You didn't do anything, so it's naturally hard to get any points."
Just then, Ai Tutu suddenly leaned over with a mischievous smile and said, "But I heard that the academy leaders only gave a rough ranking. If you're not satisfied, you can challenge someone else tomorrow!"
"So that's what the teacher meant when she told us to get a good rest tonight before she left."
Yunhua sighed, "This is so troublesome. I hope they don't choose me tomorrow!"
……
No matter how annoyed Yunhua was, she arrived as promised the next day.
Just after washing up, Yunhua was notified to come to the Great Cultivation Hall.
It was a stadium several sizes larger than a football field, capable of holding thousands of people.
This morning, the awards ceremony for the top ten freshmen will be held here. Although it's not a formal ceremony, quite a few people have come because they know about it.
Yunhua glanced around and found that not only freshmen, but also many upperclassmen had come.
Yunhua and the other ten were placed aside to wait. Among them, the person from the Dongfang family looked very confident, and his words revealed his contempt for others.
"Bro, this guy is so annoying, do you think we can teach him a lesson later?"
Someone next to Yunhua looked indignant and wanted Yunhua to teach him a lesson.
Yunhua simply ignored this person. Seeing that Yunhua wasn't paying attention to him, the person walked away listlessly. However, Yunhua noticed out of the corner of her eye that this person went to another mid-level mage and said something to him.
After a while, the leaders came again.
When Dean Xiao took the stage, he first gave a round of encouraging words, like a bowl of chicken soup for the students, followed by some admonitions. He was already very familiar with the process.
After Dean Xiao came down, a teacher took a microphone and began to explain the next steps.
"Now let's get to today's topic. I have a list here that I've roughly evaluated based on your performance yesterday, and it's just a ranking for now."
"You all represent the top ten freshmen, but nobody knows who came first, who came last, or who is truly the strongest!"
"So next there will be a challenge to determine who comes in first place, and the winner will be the top student of this year's Fire Academy!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than another mid-level mage, besides Yunhua and the young man from the Dongfang family, stepped forward and challenged someone from the Dongfang family.
The magician from the Eastern family chuckled lightly, but did not refuse, and the two went to the center of the field.
A transparent light barrier rose around the arena to prevent accidental injury to the audience. After all, these two were mid-level mages, and their fight was no joke.
As soon as the teacher announced the start of the competition, red flames erupted from both of them simultaneously, nebulae twinkled, and stars shone brightly!
"My God, starting with mid-level magic?"
"Wow, this is going to be a head-to-head battle!"
"Strange, wasn't that person unable to use mid-level magic? Was he holding back yesterday?"
"Wow, I'm so excited watching this! I hope I can master this kind of intermediate magic someday."
Stars connect together to form star orbits, and these star orbits intertwine to create a magnificent and breathtaking star map within the nebula!
This is the key to unlocking higher magic. Forty-nine stars transformed into a magnificent star pattern, twinkling in their eyes and appearing behind them.
"Fierce Fist!!"
Dongfang Jia spat out the name of the magic, and endless flames gathered in his hand, as if a pillar of fire reaching the sky had collapsed in an instant. He swung his fist forward, and the flames contracted and then burst out again!
The other person was no longer the same as when he was challenging someone. He was not very skilled at casting intermediate-level spells to begin with, and he thought he could activate them on the spot. But who would have thought that the other person would be so skilled at casting spells?
The connection between the stars broke again, making him feel the approach of death. He became flustered and lost his composure.
The final outcome was predictable; fortunately, the teacher saved the person at the last minute.
Others also made challenges, but none of them had anything to do with Yunhua. In the temporarily announced rankings, Yunhua was third, and he was satisfied with this ranking, so he did not make any challenges.
In the end, the first place was won by the person from the Dongfang family, and Yunhua came in second. Yunhua made it in without even competing, which made him feel that he was really lucky.
However, when Dongfang Xiaozhi was receiving the award, he kept looking at Yunhua, as if he was a little uncomfortable.
Yunhua replied, "Who cares!"