75: Direct Disciple
The next two days happened to be the weekend. Second-year students and above were not officially returning to campus until Monday, and many new students chose to stay at the academy to familiarize themselves with the place. After all, the Lingdu Source Martial Academy was huge.
Little Yuan said she was going to visit her uncle’s place in Lingdu, leaving Yuyin alone in the dorm.
Yuyin didn’t return to her apartnt in the city but stayed at the school to preview the various courses and materials for the Swordsman Departnt.
"Monday morning, 6:30 sharp, report to the Sword Study Hall at the foot of East Yushan Mountain. That’s so early… It’s probably best not to be late for that female teacher’s class." Yuyin couldn’t help but recall Chen Qian'ning’s skilled posture as she waved her teaching stick, and wondered why she was so proficient with it.
Not yet clear on the specifics of the Swordsman Departnt, Yuyin made so general preparations and then entered the God-Devouring Chess space.
At this point, thanks to the water competition on the first day of school, Yuyin had gained over seventy Soul Charm Points. She could go on another shopping spree for chess pieces. She now had quite a few three-star pieces, but high-grade three-star pieces were still scarce. By high-grade, she ant blue and above.
The currently known piece grades were: White, Green, Blue, and Purple.
Right now, Yuyin’s total Soul Value for her pieces was over 300, but she was still far from the 360 recomnded effective combat power needed to unlock the second layer, so there was no rush to open the second layer of the chessboard world.
On Sunday afternoon, Little Yuan returned. She had also chosen her departnt.
Although Little Yuan really wanted to be with Yuyin, she had never practiced with a sword and had no choice but to choose the Daoist Arts Departnt, which she was good at.
That evening, all new students received their departnt assignnts. Most people’s wishes were respected, but so who were deed unsuitable were assigned to other departnts.
For example, Hu Yidun, who clearly had the build of a Strongman, had also applied for the Swordsman Departnt. Perhaps he guessed Yuyin would apply for the Swordsman Departnt from her performance in the water competition, but he was directly transferred to the Strongman Departnt by Chen Qian'ning.
As for Little Yuan, her application for the Daoist Arts Departnt was, of course, approved.
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On Monday, Yuyin and Little Yuan got up, walked along the lake together for a stretch, and then parted ways to head to their respective departnt buildings.
The main hall of the Swordsman Departnt was a dignified venue that combined postmodern style with elents of the ancient culture of the Huaxia river basins, possessing a strong sense of design and history.
At this mont, the main hall of the Swordsman Hall, with its wooden floors and a ceiling height of over ten ters, was not only filled with new students but also second and third-year students, who had all gathered. After all, no one wanted to be late on the first day of Chen Qian'ning’s class.
Since it wasn’t yet ti for the assembly, the groups of students gathering in the hall were chatting, with many upperclassn greeting each other.
"Hey, have you heard? Her Majesty is going to accept a new Direct Disciple this sester."
A handso second-year male student in a flowing white shirt said.
"Really?" A slightly chubby student’s eyes lit up.
"Seriously? What were you doing over the sumr? Just watching porn and not even checking the group chats?" The handso student gave him a shove. "Her Majesty’s last Direct Disciple graduated last sester!"
"Whoa!" The chubby student trembled all over. "Could this be my chance?"
"Tch! You?" A short-haired girl with glasses next to him shook her head helplessly. "It’d be a miracle if you don’t get kicked out of the departnt."
"Her Majesty?" Yuyin, who had co to the hall alone and was relatively new, heard this being discussed in more than one place by the upperclassn. "Direct Disciple?"
From their conversation, Yuyin deduced that "Her Majesty" must refer to Chen Qian'ning.
Chen Qian'ning, the Head of Student Affairs and concurrently the Head of the Swordsman Departnt. With the Dean often away, Chen Qian'ning was a figure of real power in the academy, both in terms of strength and authority. She wanted to accept a Direct Disciple?
Yuyin wondered what the difference was between a Direct Disciple and a regular Swordsman Departnt student.
"Hey, look… who is that?"
"Whoa… the Soaked Goddess!"
"Who?"
"Tch, her… The photos and videos from the water battle over the weekend were all over the group chats. The Soaked Goddess, Xia Yuyin. The genius who dominated the entire first year with a score of 97. Our Lingdu Source Martial Academy’s new campus belle!"
Around Yuyin, many of the upperclassn who noticed her arrival began to shift the topic to her.
"97 points? No way she’s not cheating, right?"
"Even Senior Lan Lingfeng wasn’t that exaggerated back in the day, was he?"
"Shut up. Senior Lan is the embodint of a gentleman’s modesty. You’re not allowed to compare him to just anyone!" a quiet girl with glasses said excitedly.
"That’s not what we ant, but… I heard at the opening ceremony, Dean Tong even ntioned this Xia Yuyin in the sa breath as Senior Lan? And said they’d have a lot in common." a brown-haired boy said.
"Senior Lan, with a woman like that? Hmph!" The quiet girl was very scornful. A talented man and a beautiful woman, both geniuses, a handso couple, is that it? She absolutely could not accept Senior Lan taking a liking to another woman!
At this mont, a group of second-year boys was surrounding a particularly tall, well-built but proportionate male student. He wore narrow, black-rimd glasses, had a neat, side-parted hairstyle, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and was handso and mature-looking.
"Brother Shenwu, what do you think of these new female students?" A wiry, thin boy with an earring said, deliberately glancing toward Yuyin and the other first-year girls.
"Hehe… I’m not sure about the others, but as for her, I think I should go say hello." Shenwu laughed heartily.
"Wow, as expected of Brother Shenwu, making a move right away?"
"Brother Shenwu is mighty!"
The boys egged him on, creating a commotion. Yuyin happened to glance over inadvertently, and the crowd grew even more excited.
Shenwu, however, remained calm. You could see his well-developed pectoral muscles even through his white shirt. He walked with steady, graceful steps and stopped in front of Yuyin.
"Xia Yuyin, junior? On behalf of the Swordsman Departnt, I welco you."
As he spoke, Shenwu extended his large hand toward Yuyin.
Yuyin was a bit puzzled. "You are…"
Shenwu gave a hearty, righteous smile. He could face a goddess like Yuyin without his eyes straying, maintaining his composure. "My na is Shenwu. I’m a second-year student here. Now that you’ve joined our departnt, we’re all family. If you have any difficulties, just let know."
A second-year? From his deanor, Yuyin had thought he was a teacher or so kind of school leader… Shenwu kept his hand extended. Out of politeness, Yuyin shook it. Shenwu, however, secretly applied so pressure. Not to hurt Yuyin, but to display his strength.
Yuyin pretended not to feel it and lightly withdrew her hand.
"Hmm?" Yuyin’s reaction, however, made one of Shenwu’s eyebrows twitch slightly.
Just then, the students quieted down. A tall, thin, middle-aged teacher with a sowhat distinctive appearance, wearing a tracksuit, walked into the main hall, followed by several third-year Swordsman Departnt students. Walking beside him was a tall girl with light cyan long hair—Liu Xing.
"Senior Liu?" Yuyin also noticed her. So she was also in the Swordsman Departnt. Yuyin knew this senior was very strong.
"Fellow students, Teacher Chen has a last-minute engagent today, so I will be presiding over our departnt’s first class of the new sester," the tall, thin teacher, Zhang Huajie, announced.
Among the nearly one hundred students present, many wore obvious looks of disappointnt, but so were also relieved.
"Before the lesson, I must first make an important announcent on behalf of Teacher Chen Qian'ning. Teacher Chen Qian'ning has decided and has received the academy’s approval to accept a new Direct Disciple this year."
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