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Before the Divine Martial Mountain Academic Palace Square, a gentle breeze softly stirred the garments of over a thousand students present.

Rankings for the thousand students have been revealed.

According to the comprehensive scores of the three-stage examination, Xue Bailiu, the foremost in cultivation and combat strength among the current batch of students, claimed first place in the assessment, with Chen Ku coming in as the second...

Among the top hundred rankings, almost eighty percent were dominated by those on the Heroic List, as those who can make it onto the list possess exceptional root bone and qualifications.

Taking Chen Ku as an example, despite not being able to match the combat prowess of those on the Heroic List, he is considered a potential genius, demonstrating root bone and qualifications comparable to heroes, as well as combat strength near breakthrough levels during the three-stage examination.

In this top hundred of Immortal Institute students, Chu Fengwu ranks fifty-eighth, while Tang Xuan, whom Chen Ku defeated in projection, ranks sixty-ninth.

The remaining are Upper Academy students.

The six from Yan Capital all achieved distinguished results, earning ranks within the top four hundred.

The Great Priest of Dragon Abyss Martial Temple, now the Vice Mountain Master of Divine Martial Hall, Ying Yunqian, continued:

"With the establishment of Divine Martial Hall, it is structured into ten halls:

Destruction Hall

Yin Yang Hall

War God Temple

Qianyuan Hall

Old Dragon Hall

Taihua Hall

Primordial Yang Hall

Changgong Palace

Danxia Hall

And, the tenth hall opened by the Imperial Court, ’General Hall’."

After listing the ten halls.

Ying Yunqian, the Mountain Master, slowly spoke:

"Among these ten halls, the General Hall offers content such as ’troop deployment’, ’strategizing’, ’military books’, which are open as public lectures to all one thousand students. This is the founding principle of the Divine Martial Hall; the remaining nine halls are chosen based on the standards of the academy’s divisions:

Lower Academy disciples reside uniformly in the ’Lower Academy Dormitory’, waiting for the selection into halls before promotion, only able to learn in one hall.

Upper Academy disciples reside uniformly in the ’Upper Academy Pavilion’, able to choose any hall as their academic focus, with another hall for supplementary study.

Immortal Institute disciples reside uniformly in the ’Immortal Institute Pavilion’, able to choose any one hall without limits on supplementary academic choices, choosing halls based on their own qualifications and abilities."

After explaining these rules.

The students, including Chen Ku, finally understood why there was a separation among the academy divisions. It turns out the students not only live in different places, but also have different powers to choose their cultivation direction.

He glanced at Xiao Tianzuo and the others.

It seems like they are going to be separated from the Yan Capital six, no longer in the same courtyard.

Xiao Tianzuo whispered: "This distribution actually makes a lot of sense. People’s qualifications vary widely. Us Upper Academy disciples, while required to take General Hall studies, can major in one hall and minor in another, which almost exhausts our energy and reaches our limit, while Lower Academy disciples indeed only have enough energy to major in one hall."

Chen Ku nodded inwardly. His own qualifications are actually not high, and without taking on the Azure Dragon Transformation, even with a World-Surpassing Martial Arts, it might take one or two months to comprehend and begin practicing.

So he understood such distribution.

After Ying Yunqian finished explaining the rules, he started to have the students pay respects to the Chief Instructor of General Hall.

"I am ’Zu Dengfeng’."

A mature man with a beard under his face, having a striking and heroic appearance, though his cheekbones are high, the nose is full and authoritative, and his eyes are unusually narrow, with a gleaming brilliance when opened.

He leaned on a large saber, its tip resting on the ground, looking down at the students, said:

"In the 149th year of Daji, Martial Arts Top Scholar, originally assigned as the deputy commander of the southwest army right-wing military in Taiyue Province, now commanded by the Imperial Court, appointed as the Chief Instructor of General Hall in Divine Martial Hall, under me are ten instructors, all from the southwest army, supposed to be on the front lines, but now obliged to teach you in the rear. You will now meet me and the ten assistant coaches. Every other morning, you must come to Martial Arts Heaven and Earth in General Hall for concentrated military training."

Chen Ku was slightly startled upon hearing.

years... that’s... eight years ago’s Martial Arts Top Scholar?!

The number one in the world back then!

Then feel the aura of the other more deeply, as if he crawled out from a corpse swamp and sea of blood, his entire person exuding a terrifying and majestic cold killing intent, like a steel blade weathered by storms.

It seems his age is only forty to fifty years.

However, his cultivation...

Is at a level Chen Ku cannot fathom, leading him to speculate:

"This Chief Instructor, the former Martial Arts Top Scholar, now has a cultivation of thirteen realms?"

Deputy commander of the southwest army right-wing military in Taiyue Province.

An official of the second rank.

Everyone was impressed by Zu Dengfeng’s former title as Martial Arts Top Scholar and his status as right-wing military commander, even Xue Bailiu’s expression was solemn, slightly bowing.

"Greetings to Chief Instructor Zu and the ten instructors."

The thousand students bowed simultaneously.

"Alright, let’s start with the Nine Hall Masters selecting the Lower Academy students."

Hence, everyone watched as the teachers of the Nine Sects each took a piece of silk paper and began to recite the names of the Lower Academy students. Quickly, six hundred were allocated to the nine halls, with over sixty in each hall. Then it was the turn of the three hundred Upper Academy students, who had the authority to choose the main hall.

Just as Xiao Tianzuo previously told Chen Ku, he chose the War God Temple because he admired the "War God Nine Diagrams," and decided to also study at Changgong Palace.

Duan Qingxuan, originally from a sect background, did not choose her sect Changgong Palace, but instead chose Danxia Hall while also studying at Changgong Palace.

Xu Fanfeng chose the Primordial Yang Hall, with additional study at the Old Dragon Hall. Others like Helan Qing also chose their respective great halls.

Finally, when the Upper Academy disciples had settled behind their respective hall master teachers, everyone’s attention turned to the one hundred Immortal Institute disciples, including Chen Ku.

Immortal Institute disciples had the right to choose a main hall and were also not limited in choosing additional halls to study concurrently.

Based on ranking order.

The first to make a choice was Xue Bailiu, as everyone awaited his response.

"I choose Destruction Hall as my main study hall."

With a calm expression, Xue Bailiu slowly said:

"Meanwhile, I will also study at Yin Yang Hall, War God Temple, Old Dragon Hall, Qianyuan Hall, and Primordial Yang Hall, totaling five halls."

"Good." The master of Destruction Hall, who was none other than the transmission elder Murong Cheng from Destruction Tower, smiled so deeply that lines creased his face.

What a remarkable person Xue Bailiu was.

Ranked in the top three heroes of Dragon Abyss, already close to achieving True Body Great Success in cultivation, his combat prowess almost touched the pinnacle of the Twelfth Realm. Having such a hero join Destruction Hall was almost equivalent to Destruction Tower gaining a ’registered disciple.’

Even for Destruction Tower, the leader of the Nine Sects, this was a joyous occasion.

The other five halls chosen by Xue Bailiu were not too disappointed either. As one of the Nine Sects, Destruction Tower’s legacy and martial arts power far surpassed the other eight sects, making it the natural first choice for a world-surpassing hero like Xue Bailiu.

Although they did not gain Xue Bailiu’s main hall membership, as secondary halls, they could also claim Xue Bailiu as their registered disciple, since at the end of the Divine Martial Academy term, the graduation results would still be evaluated based on overall performance from the main, secondary, and elective halls.

"Five secondary hall choices, Xue Bailiu truly deserves to be called a senior figure." Among the students, some only sixteen or seventeen years old were shocked to see Xue Bailiu choose six halls at once: "Only Xue Bailiu could have this level of confidence to simultaneously study the courses of seven halls."

But soon, their shock would be further heightened.

After Xue Bailiu finished his selection, it was naturally Chen Ku’s turn.

"I also choose Destruction Hall as my main study."

Following Xue Bailiu, Chen Ku smiled and asked:

"As for the secondary studies, I choose all the remaining eight halls."

In the preceding moment, upon hearing Chen Ku choose Destruction Hall as his main study, Murong Cheng had not yet fully displayed his smile before being shocked by Chen Ku’s subsequent words.

All? All of them?

Gu Heng was no exception. Initially, he felt a sense of loss, but upon hearing that Chen Ku chose all halls for secondary studies, he couldn’t help but speak up:

"Chen Ku, you should reconsider your response, are you really intending to undertake all the courses from the ten halls of the Divine Martial Academy? Although the other eight halls are secondary, your graduation score will be assessed on a five-tier scale: excellent, good, average, poor, bad. The elective courses must attain at least a ’good’ grade to qualify for graduation; think carefully, as failing in any of the halls could result in failure to graduate!"

Only upon successful graduation from the Divine Martial Academy could one be awarded the rank of General.

Under the rules of the Daji Dynasty, receiving a General title required passing as a Martial Arts Scholar, and only around a hundred positions were granted each year. After achieving this rank, they would be assigned across the nation’s state mansions, at a minimum as a ’Guerrilla General,’ and if ranked highly, as either a Deputy General or a General.

Traditionally, among the hundreds of billions in the nation, only ten million became martial arts scholars, competing intensely to select a mere hundred advanced scholars.

Yet due to the war from Yuan Army’s invasion, the nation was in a state of emergency, allowing direct conferment of titles like ’Guerrilla General’ or ’General’ on the front lines, granted one successfully graduates from the Divine Martial Academy.

All this depends on successfully graduating from the Divine Martial Academy.

Under the gaze of all present.

Seemingly to remind Chen Ku, Zu Dengfeng spoke:

"All students admitted to Divine Martial Academy are considered part of the military from the moment they step into Divine Martial Mountain. Even if you fail to graduate, military service is mandatory, starting from a common soldier."

The Daji Dynasty invested heavily in training these students and wouldn’t allow anyone to merely use this place for skills without taking responsibility to graduate and serve.

Chen Ku’s response was calm. "It’s not arrogance; rather, it’s confidence. If I cannot graduate because of this decision, I am willing to start as an ordinary soldier and take responsibility for my choice."

With these words.

Gu Heng fell silent.

Li Shentong, Ying Yunqian, and Zu Dengfeng all studied Chen Ku intently.

A supreme prodigy indeed.

But perhaps... too confident in himself.

Yet as he made his own decision,

"Approved," said Li Shentong.

Thus, Chen Ku moved to stand behind Murong Cheng, the master of Destruction Hall, his heart racing slightly:

"Finally, I will come into contact with the Forbidden Technique Finger."