I have to say that Founder’s advertisement is indeed effective.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, I didn't expect so many people to come back this year."
Standing in front of the window on the second floor, looking at the dense crowd outside, Fang Zheng couldn't help but sigh. Just as he thought, after that, many countries and institutions recommended a group of Xingmai generations to come to Haoling Academy for enrollment in their own names. Although the total number of people cannot be compared, at present, Haoling Academy should have the largest number of students in the Academy City this year.
“Is this really okay?”
Standing next to Fang Zheng, looking at the crowd below, even Toudou Qilin felt a little uneasy. You know, there were only a little over a hundred people who came to Haolin last year, and most of them chose this place because they saw Fang Zheng's performance at the Star Martial Festival. And now there are at least a thousand freshmen outside...
"It doesn't matter. The chairman has already made arrangements. Let's do it the same as before. We'll eliminate half of them first."
"Hey? Are we going to eliminate half of them?"
Hearing this, Toto Kirin widened her eyes in surprise - she transferred in halfway through, so she was not very clear about the "freshman welcome ceremony" of Haoling Academy.
"Of course, but it's different from the past. According to the chairman's plan, the other half of the eliminated students will be placed on another uninhabited island for a special course. If they can pass the special course, they may be promoted to the main school. Similarly, if someone here ranks low, they will also be placed in a branch school."
Speaking of this, Fang Zheng couldn't help but sigh.
Two years, a full two years, my school is finally able to participate in the ranking competition!
It’s not easy…
There was nothing to rank in the first year, because there were only a few dozen students in the whole school, so ranking was meaningless. In the second year, there were more freshmen, but their levels were uneven, so ranking battles would only make people laugh, and they could only be enjoyed behind closed doors - to put it bluntly, it was similar to ordinary training battle rankings.
With the addition of 500 freshmen this year, the ranking battle has finally started.
You know, in the previous two years, Haoling Academy couldn't even gather all the twelve people in the first page.
Fang Zheng, Julie, Toudou Kirin, Hodaka Masaru, and Nagakura Imari - these are the only top five that truly deserve the title.
Later, Fang Zheng recruited sisters Irene and Priscilla from Leiwolf Black Academy, and finally got seven people together.
What a miserable school this is. It’s too tragic that not even all twelve students can be gathered.
Hmm, it seems like someone is missing?
That’s right, Juba.
As Hodaka Masaharu's twin swords, has this once promising newcomer now fallen... or sunk? In any case, from Fang Zheng's point of view, her current strength ranking is at most in the top 20. The high-spirited and energetic girl in the first year is no longer seen.
Well... how should I put it? Fang Zheng could guess what she had encountered. After all, according to Hodaka Masayuki, Tachibana had been eager to pass Saikyo Ningning's "trial", but the result was that she was defeated in battle after battle, which was a typical case of being obsessed with a dead end. This was not surprising. Those who had entered school together and had a good relationship with her had basically reached the forefront of Academy City. Even Hodaka Masayuki was now recognized as one of the strongest in Academy City - of course, only in terms of defense.
But Juba's words... have now reached a dead end. Fang Zheng has reminded her several times, but unfortunately she doesn't seem to listen.
But this is a common thing. For Juba, if she wants to break this situation now, she has to rely on her own efforts.
I hope the new students here can bring her some excitement.
By the way, Jiujiu Sakuya has also learned bad things. It's really ridiculous that they opened a branch school and charged money. Moreover, the uniforms of the branch school are different from those of the main school, which means that if you want to transfer to the main school, you have to buy another set of uniforms of the main school...
Even if they have government funds to reimburse you, they won't let you take advantage of this loophole... Never mind, it's just the price of a set of school uniforms anyway.
Even if it's a bit expensive, there's nothing we can do about it.
After all, everyone has to eat.
Of course, the system of waiving tuition and even giving back money like in the first year is definitely gone. That was done in the beginning to attract students. Now there is no need to attract students as students can come to us on their own. From this point of view, there is no need to use such radical methods to attract students.
But the price of school uniforms can be raised, even $10,000 a set is fine, after all, someone will reimburse you...
Then there will be a Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter DLC version...
Well, this is a bit too much to think about.
"The main goal this year is the Dragon King Star Martial Festival. Um... will you participate?"
"I plan to attend."
Julie quickly gave her answer.
"I hope to fight against stronger opponents."
"Me, me too!"
Seeing Julie answering quickly, Toudou Qilin also nodded hurriedly.
"Whatever. I think the schedule is the business of the tournament committee. I want to see what they have planned."
Having said this, Fang Zheng chuckled.
Just as he said, after the start of the third school year, the biggest headache for the Star Martial Festival Committee was the schedule and members of the Ryuuu Star Martial Festival.
"…Only these people?"
Looking at the pitifully short list on the window in front of him, the chairman's face twitched a little.
"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. After all, everyone has heard that this is the three-time champion's dominance... and..."
“Haha…”
Hearing his subordinates' hesitant words, the chairman sighed helplessly. Even if his subordinates didn't say it out loud, he understood what they meant. It was really because Fang Zheng's battle video that was circulated on the Internet was too terrifying. Although the Lone Poison Witch was also very scary, for most people, their knowledge of the Lone Poison Witch was limited to the Star Martial Festival. This was also natural. After all, the power of the Lone Poison Witch was not suitable for casual use in the outside world.
However, Fang Zheng not only won the Star Martial Festival, but also easily defeated the enemy in the life-and-death battle in the outside world. Whether it was blocking an army of 40,000 by himself or beheading high-level cadres of the Liberation Front, it was not something that an ordinary student could do.
Therefore, after that, most students were timid when facing Fang Zheng. Except for a few who were determined to face the challenge, the rest basically... gave up.
After all, this is a competition between two Triple Crown champions, and no matter how hard they try, the best they can get is third place.
When I thought about this, my motivation naturally... disappeared.
But they cannot let the two not participate in the competition. After all, the competition for the triple crown has become the hottest topic of this competition.
Did Fang Zheng kill a dragon and obtain the triple crowns of Phoenix, Griffin and Dragon King?
Or will the Lone Poison Witch hold on to the throne and win the Dragon King Star Martial Festival for the third time in a row?
This is the issue that everyone is concerned about now, and it is also the hottest topic at the moment.
How could they not participate in the competition?
Besides, the personalities of these two people are not the kind that you can manipulate.
"…There is no other way. We can only do this. We will extend the registration period until one week before the Dragon King Star Martial Festival begins!"
Fortunately, the Dragon King Star Martial Festival is a one-on-one match, and the schedule adjustment is easier than the two-person Phoenix Star Martial Festival and the five-person team Griffin Star Martial Festival.
This is all I can do now, but bad things can turn into good things, maybe...
Thinking of this, the chairman closed the window in front of him and turned to look out the window.
This might become the most memorable Star Martial Arts Festival he has ever hosted.
Fang Zheng didn't care about the issues that the Star Martial Festival Committee was thinking about, but when Sylvia found him, he had to care.
"Golden Branch Alliance? What is that?"
"I'm not sure either."
Sylvia said in a low voice with a serious expression.
"It's actually about my teacher. In fact, after that, I asked the company to investigate the teacher's whereabouts before she disappeared, and even sent out members of Yaoguang Star, but they all disappeared, and the only clue left was..."
"Golden Branch Alliance..."
Fang Zheng frowned, thought for a moment, and then shook his head.
"Forget it. It has nothing to do with us. Anyway, we just need to prepare ourselves."
After all, for them, this Dragon King Star Martial Festival is equally important.