"I'm heading off to school today!"
Zhang Yi stood at the door, speaking to his mom.
"Okay, my precious son. Do your best today. You have to get a good score!"
His mom stood inside, watching Zhang Yi prepare to leave, unable to resist giving him some last-minute encouragement.
"Don't worry, Mom. I've been ready for a while!" Zhang Yi replied with a smile.
After that, Zhang Yi turned and left.
Arriving at school, he was hit by a wave of familiar yet strange feelings.
In reality, it had only been a little over a month since he'd last been to school,
but it felt completely different now!
He reached his classroom.
This time, Sima Yuan had arrived even earlier than Zhang Yi.
Seeing Zhang Yi enter, Sima Yuan couldn't help but wave him over.
"What's up? You look so excited," Zhang Yi said, leaning closer.
"Hey, did you know?"
"There's a rumor going around,"
"that our homeroom teacher, Guo Aiqing, is going to transfer to the advanced class, just like some of our classmates!"
"Wouldn't it be great if, with our scores, we get into the advanced class and still have Guo Aiqing as our homeroom teacher!"
"Where did you hear this?"
Zhang Yi couldn't help but ask in surprise after hearing what Sima Yuan said.
"You don't know?"
Seeing that Zhang Yi was clueless, Sima Yuan looked even more surprised than him.
"This news has been all over the class for days!"
"Teacher Guo likes you so much, how could you not know?"
Looking at the curious Sima Yuan, Zhang Yi could only shake his head.
He knew that his homeroom teacher might transfer to the advanced class and become his new teacher,
but as for the rumor spreading throughout the entire class,
he really had no idea about that!
"I honestly don't know where this rumor started."
As he spoke, Zhang Yi recalled the time he went to the teacher's office with Shen Mengting.
'Could she be the one who spread this?'
'But why would she?'
Zhang Yi glanced around, but unfortunately, he couldn't see Shen Mengting anywhere.
"Forget it, forget it, let's not talk about this!"
"After all these days of development, are you feeling confident about this month's test?"
Sima Yuan took the initiative to drop the subject, shifting to ask how Zhang Yi's Divine Realm was progressing.
"I think it's going pretty well."
"I've prepared everything I need to. The rest is up to fate."
Zhang Yi's answer was unusually brief.
But this answer didn't satisfy Sima Yuan.
"My Divine Realm was drifting through Subspace, and a few days ago I stumbled upon a new continent!"
"The continent must have been part of a Broken Continent, it was exceptionally small!"
"And on that continental fragment, I actually discovered over a dozen Dwarves!"
"Surprising, right?"
As he said this, Sima Yuan wore a smug, triumphant smile.
Hearing Sima Yuan's words, a look of envy appeared on Zhang Yi's face.
The number of Wood Elves in his own Divine Realm was too low.
For this month-end assessment, under the leadership of Legion Commander Feiyana, all the Wood Elves and Natural Elves in his Divine Realm had been mobilized for war—every last one of them!
All just to pass this test and get a better score!
"You're so damn lucky!"
The moment Zhang Yi said this,
Sima Yuan grinned triumphantly.
"Not only that, but this group of Dwarves also agreed to stay in my Divine Realm and forge weapons for me!"
"With this, the weapons in my Divine Realm got a massive upgrade, going from wooden weapons to iron ones!"
"It's just a pity that there's too little time and too few Dwarves,"
"otherwise, they could even forge Armor for the Centaurs!"
When Sima Yuan said that last part, Zhang Yi was truly and deeply envious.
'First, he discovers Iron Ore in his Divine Realm, and then the one Clan that loves forging weapons most—the Dwarves—just happens to show up...'
'No matter how you looked at it, the guy was blessed with incredible luck!'
"Sigh!"
Zhang Yi let out a theatrical sigh.
Sure enough, seeing Zhang Yi's reaction made Sima Yuan even happier.
"Don't worry, my good brother!"
"Even if you don't get into the advanced class, I'll look out for you. All you have to do is call me 'Dad'!"
'Heh, so the fox's tail is finally showing.'
'After all that talk, he finally showed his true colors!'
"And what if my score on this test is higher than yours?" Zhang Yi said faintly.
Still caught up in his excitement and not realizing he'd walked right into a trap, Sima Yuan said without hesitation, "Then I'll just have to call you 'Dad'!"
"Alright son, we have a bet!"
Hearing Zhang Yi agree so unhesitatingly and cheerfully,
Sima Yuan finally realized he had walked into a trap!
"Damn it, Zhang Yi, you tricked me again!" Sima Yuan said with a face full of mock anger.
"How can you say I tricked you?"
"Right? After all, you were the one who agreed so readily."
"..."
After a bit of playful banter, their homeroom teacher, Guo Aiqing, entered the classroom.
At the sight of her, all the students in the class immediately fell silent.
"I trust you've all read the notice I sent to each of you?"
Teacher Guo placed her hands on a desk, leaning her body slightly forward.
"You should have long since finished preparing for today's month-end test!"
"That being the case, I won't waste words. I will just go over some key points that haven't been mentioned before. Listen carefully!"
"First, this placement test will begin for everyone at the same time. There will be no leaving the test or going offline midway through."
"Second, after the test starts, there will be a total of nine rounds. Based on the number of rounds you pass, passing six will get you into the advanced class!"
"Passing four rounds will get you into the secondary advanced class."
"As for anything less than four rounds... well, there's no need to talk about that."
"Next, about the rewards for this assessment!"
"The rewards for this assessment will not be distributed immediately after the results are out."
"Instead, after all students have been assigned to their new classes and have officially joined them, your new homeroom teacher will distribute the rewards based on your ranking in this placement test."
"The reward for entering the advanced class is, without exception, a Five-star Divine Domain Card!"
"The reward for the secondary advanced class is a Four-star Divine Domain Card."
"As for the regular classes, rewards will range from a One-star to a Three-star Divine Domain Card, depending on your ranking."
"The school has really gone all out this time!"
"The rewards are extremely generous!"
Teacher Guo emphasized this point.
"If there are no questions, the school-wide assessment will begin in half an hour!"
"During the exam, candidates may request to suspend the test and leave the examination field!"
"However, once you make that request, you will be considered to have forfeited the test!"
"Those of you who are ready can now send your consciousness into your Divine Realms and prepare."
"The test will begin in half an hour. At that time, if any student has not yet entered their Divine Realm, they will bear full responsibility for the consequences!"
"Alright, I'm finished."
"If any students have questions, you may ask them now."
After Teacher Guo finished speaking, the entire classroom fell into a deep silence.