The genius disciples were thrilled to make their name in the first grade group battles, disciples who outshine could get more sources for the cultivation and also they will be given separate attention.
To be grade higher trooper was something they vie for and to be a protector was something they dreamed for.
The group battles would be test of their caliber and collaboration, it was one of the most necessary aspects and there was no compromise.
Jen was having tough time because she had to practice her fury armor with the fraction domain to balance the path of her cultivation, while others were she was doing her practice, if she won the group battles and passed the first grade she could get her permanent token as acclaimed trooper.
Till then she had to work hard.
"Miss Jen, if you have anything to ask, please ask," since this girl joined late, she must be clueless about various things so her trainer asked.
The other disciples got jealous again, what was special about this girl?
"Master, I have questions about group battles and how it would proceed." Jen asked in her usual way.
"Right, there will be group battles between all the badges of first grade, every battles should be necessary to win and whichever group lost battle, it would remain in the same grade for the next six months, there are few rules which should not be revoked and ignore, you have to work collaboratively with your group and win battle, then you will be placed in other group of the badge, and your second battle would be final and if you won again, you will be promoted the same day as the permanent trooper and second grade disciple," the trainer briefly explained.
The others were also listening carefully, "Master, may I ask what is collaboration between the group?" Huyue asked and others laughed at his foolish question.
"It means, you should take notice the way your group is tackling the situation and help in case of sudden attack on the group member from the other group member," trainer explained without haste, in his eyes every student deserve equal attention.
The trainer left to rest and schedule group battles after consulting with other trainers of the same grade, there were few things which should be discussed, normally a disciple was not given armor until he or she was selected as the permanent trooper but for the girl who recently joined, they have to talk whether to ask the seniors for the armor.
"You should have asked a more crucial question, 'can someone die during battle if one was not competent enough'," the fellow who was friends with the sentinel mocked Huyue.
The other disciples started laughing to hear this.
"Everyone around you can tell and know very well who I am referring to yet you are the one ignorant, haha, how pitiful," he was enjoying his angry tone instead to caring anything.
"I will show you in the group battles how competent I am," Huyue gritted his teeth and kicked on the ground with anger.
"Oh, see this man, he gets angry on the ground, please be careful, this ground has already suffered under your hands," he chuckled and left to practice for the group battles.
Jen was still and she was thinking how the badge would be divided for the battles, if in her first battle, the arrogant sentinel appeared in the same group then she has to be more careful, probably he would try to implicate or do something against her position in the group. She has to think a way to tackle if that situation really occurred.
She went back on the plain ground to work on her fury domain.
"I am sure we will cross paths each other soon," the sentinel saw her leaving and hurried to reach her, his tone was not friendly.
"I will be looking forward, if you happened to cross path, make sure don't stumble or crumble else you will be slapping your own face," Jen don't speak polite to those who don't bother to do the same, politeness only for agreeable and decent one.
"Hah, how auspicious, let's see who would crumble in the end, I will be waiting to you kicked out of the academy," he smirked and went away.
Jen was still standing there, now this was a serious threat and she cannot lose it for the sake of her real man, Zhi Chang, if he was also learning here he would not have bullied anyone nor he would let such people win.
So it was the same with Jen, she would not let bullies wander around.
She was about to move when Huyue came and stopped her, "Miss Jen, you should not worry about bullies, they just like to fun around in this way, I know you are genius and can win the group battles," Huyue spoke mildly, his tone was very humble and genuine.
Huyue was surprised yet spoke, "I hope you also get promoted and do well in the battles," she expressed her well wish with the same mild tone and parted for practice session.
This badge was not entirely consisted of rude and arrogant disciples, there were few who were genuine like Huyue, Jen thought to herself and walked with ease looking around the vast fields and huge mountains.
She really liked this place, it was full of wonders and most of all, the source of the essence was in abundant and it was pure if compared to the open places of the Celestial Sphere, impure essence bring little trouble because she had to cleans it two times before using for cultivation.
Inside the guild hall, Wushu was waiting for some senior to appear, he specially sent his request to meet a senior as soon as possible so a senior was on his way to reach the guild hall, he was responsible to check most of the matters of the guild which were about to solving smaller problems and conflicts.
The problems between the badges or the disciple were inevitable, it was responsibility of the trainers and seniors to solve them with right conscience.
As the badges proceed to the next levels, there numbers would fell greatly so every trooper was a treasure for the academy, their numbers also meant a lot, if compared to the upper sphere, the Celestial Sphere greatly lack in numbers of the troopers, while the upper sphere prepare a great number of slaves for the war between two sphere, it was highly likely that many slaves exceed the Cultivation from their masters but they still remained their slaves.
The upper sphere was known for many extraordinary things and this slavery was one of them.
They liked to take blood oath from the weak mortals then use sources to let them cultivate, through blood oath, they will remain their slaves the entire life and do what they were ordered to do.
For the Celestial Sphere, it was valueless act and they only choose genius disciples and asked their will to join the troopers force since many dream to become troopers, they willingly join this academy and never had there been any incident where a trooper committed some serious crime against the reputation of the academy.
Small conflicts were there and it proved that the academy was not restricting their conscience in any way.
They could remain loyal for the safety of the Celestial Sphere and learn under the guidance of the seniors, there would not be big punishment for small conflicts.
But if someone crossed threshold of the academy and the limits then the seniors have absolute authority to solve the matter.
But until now, there was not a single incident where the seniors were forced to punish the disciple harder.
So this senior was also not worried, if there was some conflict, it would still be negotiateable.
"Greetings senior," Wushu stood up to greet the senior.
Senior nodded and gestured him to sit as well.
"What brought you here today, I hope your badge is ready for the group battles, the senior spoke gently, he was known for his good temper unlike the level seven trooper trainer who was known for his blunt words and temper.
"Almost all of them are ready for group battles, I was here for the newly recruited temporary trooper" Wushu explained why he was here.
"What happened to him, is he doing bad or there is conflict between him and other disciples?" the senior immediately asked.
Wushu shook his head, "The new trooper is girl and surprisingly she is a supreme legend, since there would be group battles soon, I was thinking to get an armor for her for the battles, it would be inconvenient for her to battle without armor," the trainer spoke.