Vol 2 Chapter 8.3 (2/2)
“This is your school uniform and your dormitory key. Your dormitory is located in the mixed district, room 623.” The teacher in charge of registration appeared unwilling to even glance at Yin Zhu as he placed the items in Yin Zhu’s hands.
“Mixed District, room 623? Where is that?” Yin Zhu was lost. By his side, Xue Ling and Lan Xi shook their heads, indicating they didn’t know either.
“I know where it is. I’ll take you there.” Fei Si Qie La took the initiative and opened his mouth to speak.
“Thank you.” Ye Yin Zhu’s heart was happy. Just a moment ago, when Luo Lan appeared, she had influenced and changed his mood completely. It seemed that within the inst.i.tution, there were many good people.
“I’ll see you tomorrow then. Don’t be late for cla.s.s!” Xue Ling enthusiastically waved at Yin Zhu. Lan Xi restrained herself, merely smiling and nodding at Yin Zhu.
With the registration crisis over, the new students methodically rearranged themselves to register. Fei Si Qie La patted Yin Zhu’s back and said, “Let’s go. We’ll run, so we can get there a little quicker.”
The two of them walked away from the crowd. Fei Si Qie La ran ahead of Yin Zhu. Although the running pace was not very fast, his strides were huge; as a result, his speed was not slow.
Yin Zhu followed closely by his side step by step and asked, “Fei Si Qie La, where is the mixed district? Is it very far?”
Fei Si Qie La laughed and replied, “I suppose the teacher in charge of registration saw that you had no money so he arranged for you to live in the mixed district. Of course, if you were a female student, you would have lived in the line of Divine Music division dormitories. It’s a pity that you are the first male student of the Divine Music division. They do not have female students living in mixed dormitories. The mixed district is also the work-study district. All of the students living there work part-time jobs. The environment is the worst. Although most of the students attending the Milan Inst.i.tution for Magic and Martial Arts are n.o.bles, there are some students with good potential that lack money. They can partic.i.p.ate in a work-study program.”
Ye Yin Zhu’s eyes s.h.i.+ned. “So, I am also eligible.”
Fei Si Qie La said, “Of course you can, but you would have to find the work yourself. Oh, by the way, do you really want to partic.i.p.ate in the Freshman Compet.i.tion?”
Yin Zhu nodded seriously and affirmed, “Yes! But, can you tell me what the Freshman Compet.i.tion is?”
Fei Si Qie La staggered, nearly falling over. Greatly taken aback, he said, “No way. You don’t even know what the Freshman Compet.i.tion is, yet you dared to accept that little witch Luo Lan’s challenge? You really deserve to be called my idol.” Even though he spoke these words, he looked at Yin Zhu as if he was an idiot.
Yin Zhu scratched his head and felt somewhat embarra.s.sed as he said, “I just arrived from Arcadia, so I am not familiar with everything here.”
Fei Si Qie La said, “So it’s like this. Every year, the inst.i.tution accepts new students. Afterwards, the city holds a big compet.i.tion for new students in order to test the quality of the new students. The compet.i.tion a.s.signs rankings to the students so it is quite possible for the inst.i.tution to focus on your cultivation more. Furthermore, the top three students receive reward money.”
“So good,” Yin Zhu exclaimed, pleasantly surprised. He was severely lacking in money, to say the least. He still had to pay Hai Yang back a hundred gold coins. Furthermore, he also had future living expenses to deal with.
Fei Si Qie La turned around and rolled his eyes. “Really? Do you think it is easy to hold a rank? Ah! The Freshman Compet.i.tion is divided in accordance to your division specialization. Each division specialization sends their strongest team to partic.i.p.ate. Therefore, the division will host a compet.i.tion to select the best students during the first three days of school. After selecting the most outstanding four individuals, a senior will lead them to partic.i.p.ate in Freshman Compet.i.tion. The division specializations will compete amongst each other by means of drawn lots. Our warriors altogether have seventeen divisions. You mages have nine divisions. Your Divine Music division is not even considered to be a complete division. You are a small division affiliated with the Spirit division. After the internal compet.i.tion rounds, the warrior and mage factions choose their two best performing divisions to enter the finals. After moving on from the knockout compet.i.tion, they advance towards the finals. The true champion is then determined. Every student that enters the Milan Inst.i.tution for Magic and Martial Arts are practically elites. It is extremely difficult to rise above all of the others. In the history of the Milan Inst.i.tution for Magic and Martial Arts, the Divine Music division has never partic.i.p.ated in the Freshman Compet.i.tion. The Spirit division is more popular. For three consecutive years, their freshmen have entered the finals. That little witch Luo Lan from earlier is the granddaughter of theViolet Clan’s patriarch. A genius wind mage, she has reached the Intermediate Level Yellow Rank at the age of 16. She can be considered to be a well-known figure among the new students. Although you just announced that the Divine Music division is competing, I’m afraid it will be extremely difficult to find five individuals willing to join…”
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