Chapter 33

Bai Ye had been to the school’s meditation rooms many times during the holidays. Therefore, he was very familiar with the directions to the senior high school of the No. 1 High School.

This was the first day of school opening again, so the school gate was crowded with parents.

“Please pay the tuition fees in the field. Parents of new students, please proceed to the field to pay the fees and go through the enrollment procedure. Line up in an orderly manner and do not jump the queue.” Several teachers were present to manage the situation.

“Don’t summon your tamed beasts so that public safety is not affected. All parents and students, please do not summon your tamed beasts.”

“The parent over there, please take back your Flaming Monkey.”

Bai Ye followed the crowd to the field and lined up for more than half an hour before his turn finally arrived.

“Letter of admission, middle school entrance examination transcript, and 8,000-star tuition fee,” the teacher said in a speedy and familiar manner with his head lowered.

Bai Ye was taken aback for a moment. He did not have a letter of admission.

He had been recruited directly and had signed a Grade-A scholarship contract with that teacher.

After hesitating for a moment, he took the Grade-A scholarship contract out of his schoolbag. “That teacher didn’t give me a letter of admission. I only have this. Is it acceptable?”

The teacher was surprised when he saw the Grade-A student scholarship contract.

His tone eased up. “Signing this means that you have already been admitted. You can simply make your way to class. Who helped you with this? Why didn’t he or she make it clear to you?”

“It was Teacher Fang Hai.”

“That unreliable guy…” The teacher in charge of admissions instantly understood what had happened.

“Fang Hai… Let me see… He’s the form teacher of Class 3 of the first-year senior high school student cohort this year. You’ve signed the contract with him. Therefore, he is your teacher. You can report straight to Class 3. That will do. He has already taken care of all the paperwork.”

Bai Ye nodded, “Thank you, Teacher.”

“No problem. By the way, after you leave the field, walk up that slope and then keep walking up for about 300 meters. Your class is on the first floor of the first educational building by the lake. All the year-one classes are over there,” the teacher said kindly.

After Bai Ye left, the next parent in line moved forward.

“Letter of admission, middle school entrance examination transcript, and 8,000-star tuition fee.” The admissions teacher continued to speak indifferently and proficiently.

By following the directions of the admissions teacher, Bai Ye quickly found the classroom of Class 3 of the first-year cohort.

There were already seven or eight people scattered across the classroom.

A man with a thermos was sitting on the podium.

It was none other than Fang Hai, whom he had met once before.

Fang Hai saw Bai Ye come in.

Putting down the thermos cup in his hand, he smiled widely and beckoned to him. “Student Bai.”

“Teacher Fang.” Bai Ye greeted him.

“Sit in the first row. This row is empty. Everyone else is sitting in the back,” Fang Hai said.

Bai Ye had questions for Fang Hai. Therefore, he simply sat down in the first row, which was empty.

Upon seeing Fang Hai treating Bai Ye differently, two of the students in the classroom started conversing.

Some of the students who had arrived first were also filled with puzzlement.

“Isn’t this the first time everyone is here? Why do they seem to know each other?”

“They may be relatives,” someone whispered.

The person next to him disagreed. “I don’t think they look alike. The form teacher’s face is straight and squarish, while our classmate is bright-eyed and has refined features. Their features are different.”

“Well, it’s hard to say. Perhaps they are distant relatives.”

Bai Ye had attained gold-level mental strength, so his five senses had gotten stronger. Therefore, he could hear the discussions in the back very clearly.

Nevertheless, he didn’t care. This was because there was a high probability that he would not come into contact with these students for about a year.

The base city was basically a place where many people lived their entire lives.

Basically, he would not have any more contact with them in the future.

Fortunately, he had very few friends since studying in junior high school. Bai Ye had long grown accustomed to a life without friends.

“Teacher Fang, I would like to consult you on the admission requirements of the Revolving Starlight University. May I know the grades required to get into that university?” Bai Ye asked Fang Hai.

Fang Hai nodded. “It’s great that your goal is to enter the Revolving Starlight University. I believe that you can do it. You are very talented. It is not every year that our school has students admitted to the Revolving Starlight University. Among the top four schools, only one or two students will get into that university every year.

“For example, one of your senior sisters was admitted to the Revolving Starlight University last year. She passed the school admission examination, coming in at seventh place. You should know who that person is,” Fang Hai said, enunciating the word ‘sister’ as if he was implying something.

Bai Ye was aware that his sister had also been a student of the No. 1 High School.

He remembered that some time before the school examination, his elder sister had started going out early and returning home late every day. She had even disappeared for long periods during the few days of the examination. After the results had come out, he had learned that she had passed the school admission examination of the Revolving Starlight University.

However, Bai Ye didn’t know much about the specifics.

It seemed that his sister hadn’t mentioned much about the exam to him to prevent him from worrying.

“Both top universities and tertiary institutions require one to pass the admission exam. This is different from the college entrance exam,” Fang Hai explained. “Every year, the exam questions of the Revolving Starlight University are different. I can’t really advise you on this aspect, but one thing is certain. Your mental strength needs to be at least at the gold level. Every year, the number of students who break through to gold-level mental strength before the college entrance examination is no more than 20.

“Why do I have high hopes for you? It’s because your mental strength already reached the silver nine-star level during the middle school entrance examination. Therefore, I am 100% sure that you’ll be able to break through to the gold level before the college entrance examination.

“Of course, having high mental strength is not enough. Your tamed beast must be well-trained and be at least at the gold level too. If you can attain the gold level in these two aspects, you will have high hopes of getting into the Revolving Starlight University. Your mental strength is not an issue. In the next three years, you’ll just have to focus on training your beast to break through to the gold level.”

“…”

Bai Ye suddenly felt that this was no longer difficult.

His mental strength had already broken through to the gold level.

As for grooming his tamed beasts…

At the moment, Bai Ye perceived and communicated with them via the soul contract.

The Lord of Eternal Nightmare had advanced to the bronze nine-star level, and the Super Dimensional Mirror had already advanced to the silver three-star level.

The Lord of Eternal Nightmare could advance much more quickly.

It ate dreams, and the tens of millions of people in the base city were its ideal nourishment.

The diligent tamed beast had already learned to work hard on its own.

It would not be that difficult for it to break through to the gold level in a year. Thus, he did not find it difficult at all.

Upon seeing Bai Ye’s confident look, Fang Hai thought for a moment and suddenly found their earlier conversation somewhat inappropriate.

His student might become proud and arrogant because of this.

Although he was indeed a genius, an arrogant soldier would certainly fail.

He had to deal him an appropriate blow.

After thinking about it, Fang Hai said, “Even if both the Beast Tamer and the tamed beast break through to the gold level, it’s still not a guarantee that one will get in. There is a certain probability.”

Going from high hopes to a certain probability, Fang Hai silently downgraded his expectations by a notch.

“You haven’t come into contact with gold-level beasts. You may not know this, but at the gold level, the gap between the tamed beasts starts to widen,” Fang Hai said. “Why are endowments that important? It’s because even at the low gold level, there’s a huge gap in combat ability.

“Gold-level ones need to condense a crystal core and engrave moiré patterns on the surface of the crystal core. Depending on the level and endowment, the number of moiré patterns engraved will vary. Sometimes, high-level ones may not be able to draw as many moiré patterns as low-level ones. I am usually unwilling to discuss this with students. This is because the gold level is still beyond your reach and I’m afraid you guys will bite off more than you can chew.”

Bai Ye had heard that one needed to engrave moiré patterns at the gold level, but this was the first time he’d heard that endowment would affect the moiré pattern.

“The engraving of moiré patterns requires the use of element power. Element crystals can be used in place of element power. However, the element crystals need to be top-grade. Top-grade element crystals are costly and rare in the market. If a student comes from a wealthy family, their family will be able to provide them with such resources.”

Fang Hai had been to Bai Ye’s house once. Based on where the latter lived, he could tell that Bai Ye’s family could not help him much in this aspect.

“But you don’t have to worry. The school has signed a Grade-A scholarship contract with you. When your tamed beast reaches the gold level, the school will provide you with some top-grade element crystals every month. However, you have to make your tamed beast break through to the gold level as soon as possible.” Fang Hai consoled Bai Ye. “The school allocates resources to students based on academic results. The better you perform in your studies, the more resources you will get.”

Bai Ye understood something. The better the endowment of a tamed beast was, the more resources it would consume.

At the thought of the 10,000+ endowment value of the Lord of Eternal Nightmare and the Super Dimension Mirror, Bai Ye’s face paled instantly.

When he saw Bai Ye’s strange expression, Fang Hai thought Bai Ye had been affected emotionally.

“Work hard. Your teacher thinks very highly of you,” Fang Hai said with a smile.

Some of the students in the classroom heard the conversation between Bai Ye and Fang Hai.

They’d finally discovered the relationship between them.

It turned out that Bai Ye had signed a scholarship contract with the school.

Another round of discussions ensued, but the students were now looking at Bai Ye in a different light.

The number of students in the classroom was increasing.

As the number of people increased, more and more people started chatting. The topics included some trending news, how they’d enjoyed their holidays, and which junior high school they had come from.

The topics were very diverse.

No one talked about Bai Ye anymore.

Although Bai Ye had signed a scholarship contract and might be a top student, this didn’t have anything to do with them.

There were no classes on the first day of school.

Fang Hai told the students to go and collect their textbooks.

There was a total of four books.

They were namely: “Studying Monsters on the Obsidian Planet—Senior High School Edition”, “Intermediate Science”, “Tamed Beast Psychology”, and “Tamed Beast Training”.

In comparison to the curriculum of the junior high school, there were the additional subjects of Tamed Beast Psychology and Tamed Beast Training.

There was one less subject. The “Integrated Curriculum for Beginner Beast Tamers” was not on the list.

“These are the four subjects that come with textbooks. There is a total of six subjects in high school. Although there are no textbooks for the other two subjects, they are also very important. Their importance is even heavier than that of the four subjects with textbooks. You may or may not know this, but the other two subjects are Meditation Studies and Actual Combat Studies,” Fang Hai said majestically while standing on the podium.

When Fang Hai’s face was stern, he looked really frightening.

The classroom was also very quiet at the moment. Only his voice could be heard in the huge, spacious classroom.

“The total score of the college entrance examination is 1,000. Studying Monsters on the Obsidian Planet, Intermediate Science, and Tamed Beast Psychology respectively account for 100 points of the total score. Tamed Beast Training and Meditation Studies respectively account for 200 points, and Actual Combat Studies accounts for 300 points!

“If you’re taking the school admission exam, you have to score at least 600 points for the college entrance examination. This is the minimum prerequisite, so please don’t think that you don’t need to learn all this if you’re taking the school admission exam. These are compulsory subjects applicable even in university! Every question of the admission exam will be issued by the school independently, and the exam questions are different every year. There are many top universities and tertiary institutions. I won’t go into detail about this.”