Chapter 186
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With Tai Shan’s defeat to Hu Xian’er, the second round of the tournament came to an end . The five class monitors including Bai Xiaofei walked to the middle of the public square, allowing everyone to look at them . Even if the tournament was to end here, these five names would be etched into the history of Starnet Academy: Zhao Ziyun, Bai Xiaofei, Yan Suzi, Luo Han, and Hu Xian’er .
“Cheer for them, everyone . I would also like to congratulate all members of the five classes . You are all now officially a part of Starnet Academy . You are all allowed to freely choose between the different schools the academy has to offer . ” Accompanied by a thunderclap, Lei Shan appeared above the public square . Instantly, all the clamor was gone . Lei Shan was a legend in the hearts of many people here . He was a legend deserving of everyone’s respect .
“As the top five of the tournament, you are all qualified to get your first reward . In the coming third round, your placing will determine how generous the reward will be . Work hard, everyone . Trust me . The rewards I have prepared will definitely surpass your imagination,” Lei Shan said indifferently as he hovered in front of them .
Apart from Bai Xiaofei and Hu Xian’er, the other two class monitors became visibly excited . Hu Xian’er remained calm because she was simply not interested in the rewards . As for Bai Xiaofei, he was calm because as far as he was concerned, no reward could surpass the billions of Amethyst Coins he had placed as bet .
“Can I ask a question, principal?” Zhao Ziyun gulped and nervously asked .
“Of course . ” Lei Shan’s smile was as amiable as ever, calming the nerves of Zhao Ziyun who was extremely nervous .
“If I perform well enough, can you give me a chance to forever stay at the academy?”
The moment he uttered these words, everyone was alarmed .
What Zhao Ziyun meant was clear . He wanted to be a teacher at Starnet Academy . However, this seemed very far-fetched as he was still a new student . Zhao Ziyun, however, thought differently . As far as he was concerned, if he missed this chance, he wouldn’t get another chance to meet Lei Shan again .
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“As long as you can reach the Grandmaster Rank before graduation, I will make an exception for you . You won’t have to go through the interview and will directly be appointed as the head teacher of the next class of new students . Will this do?” Lei Shan said, a smile on his face .
An overjoyed expression appeared on Zhao Ziyun’s face . As for the spectators, their mouths were struck agape in shock .
He agrees just like that? Aren’t there supposed to be some procedures to this?
“Thank you, principal!” Zhao Ziyun sincerely expressed his gratitude after he recovered from his excitement . From how he was acting, it was as if he wanted to give Lei Shan a warm embrace .
“Ok . Go back and make your preparation for the next round . The third round will be very interesting . I hope all of you can do your best . ” Then, Lei Shan turned and looked at Bai Xiaofei .
“Don’t disappoint me . ” His dull voice was spread through the public square through the screen . The spectators who were still in shock over what Zhao Ziyun said were once again stunned .
What is the background of this kid? He has actually caught the attention of Principal Lei Shan?
“Don’t worry . I will definitely be the champion . After all, I had bet everything I had on it . Winning is the only alternative . ” Bai Xiaofei spoke nonchalantly . He was completely carefree, different than the rest of the participants who all showed nervousness and respect when facing Lei Shan .
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Isn’t he just an old man? Why are you all so nervous? Bai Xiaofei muttered inwardly . Luckily, no one present was capable of reading minds . Otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to stay calm after hearing Bai Xiaofei’s thoughts .
An old man…but that seems to be accurate?
“I hope so . Otherwise, your master will lose badly in his bet . ” Lei Shan smiled and did not say anything else . Once again, a thunderclap sounded, and he vanished . Bai Xiaofei curled his lips when he saw this .
Pfft, this ability of his sure is suitable to act cool . One day, I will get myself an ability like this as well .
The departure of Lei Shan also served to signal the official end of the second round . Slowly, the crow started leaving . Bai Xiaofei also returned to his classmates .
All of them were extremely excited . Without a doubt, being an official member of the Starnet Academy was immensely good news for them . Of course, there was one exception: Fang Ye .
“What’s up? Why do you look depressed?” Bai Xiaofei was no idiot . He had long noticed that Fang Ye had been somewhat off for the past few days . He had only been too busy to ask about it . But looking at how Fang Ye was behaving, he felt like he had to ask . Otherwise, something bad might happen .
“Nothi—”
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“Just tell him . There is no need to hide things from Big Brother Fei,” Wang Hang interrupted Fang Ye before Fang Ye could complete his word .
“Yeah, Old Fang, this isn’t like you . Didn’t you say you wanted to be Big Brother Fei’s right arm? Keeping secrets is not something a right arm would do . ” As Mo Ka spoke, he placed his hand on Fang Ye’s shoulder and started shaking him .
“If you don’t feel like saying, you don’t have to . I can go ask your parents instead,” Bai Xiaofei said . There was a frosty tone that was rarely seen present within his voice, and what he said stunned Fang Ye . He did not need to think too much to know what the problem was . Fang Ye was doing fine previously . Since his parents had arrived, he had changed . Therefore, apart from his parents, what else could be the reason for his change?
“Ok…I’ll say it…,” Fang Ye hesitantly said, slowly raising his head guiltily . Sadness was apparent in his voice . “My father no longer allows me to go back home… . ”
After listening to his story, everyone of the Savage Class apart from Wang Hang was stunned .
He is abandoning a son this fine? They gulped, unable to recover from their shock .
After Fang Ye spoke up, Wang Hang began speaking up as well, and bit by bit, he narrated what Fang Ye had experienced growing up . “Young master’s mother passed away a long time ago . After that, master got a new wife – his present wife . She went on to give him two sons . You guys should be able to guess the rest of the story . It is already a miracle for young master to be able to grow up safely . Therefore, I don’t find this surprising at all .
“This time, master used the excuse that young master now has a safety net in the form of Starnet Academy . In the future, he will be able to do well wherever he goes . The little amount of fortune in their family won’t be of help to him . Therefore, they no longer need him to waste his time with any affairs concerning the family…”
Hearing this, anger covered everyone’s faces . They wanted to go find Fang Ye’s father then and there . Bai Xiaofei, however, merely looked at Fang Ye with a solemn gaze .
“Fang Ye, tell me – what are your actual current thoughts?”
Everyone blanked out . Then, they looked at Fang Ye, who had a look of hesitation on his face .
“I…I don’t know either…” He choked on his words and could only squeeze out these words, which meant nothing . Everyone who was expectantly looking at him sighed .
“Let me be the one to present to you the choices . You only need to select one of them . ” Bai Xiaofei paused, a ruthless glint appearing on his face . “Your first choice is to find a way to change your father’s mind, to have them accept you again . Your second choice is to snatch everything you deserve, to consign them to eternal damnation . Your third choice is to drop the matter here . From here on out, you are no longer associated with them . ”
The three choices caused Fang Ye to blank out .
Indeed, no matter what, these are the only choices I have . But how should I choose?
Fang Ye sank into a long hesitation .