Soul Land IV (Douluo Dalu) : Ultimate Fighting

Chapter 550 – Star War Experimental Class

Lan Xuanyu realized that he was able to sense and attract even more spatial elements during the space travel. Although these elements couldn’t directly nourish his bloodline like life energy, it was still beneficial to his cultivation under the guidance of strong enough spiritual power. He successfully converted them into soul power for cultivation.

Fifteen days went by very quickly during the meditation. When they returned to Shrek City, almost 40 days had passed since they left.

There was only about five months in a semester and he had used up a quarter of it. Although he had gained a lot, it had also taken a lot of time.

Just as Lan Xuanyu and his classmates felt that the following classes would definitely intensify and the teachers would definitely urge them to get back to their studies, another change happened for the first years.

The first week after they returned, everything was normal. Everyone went to school, cultivated, and attended classes.

While learning, Lan Xuanyu also took some time to forge and began accumulating experience on the first-grade Thousand Refined metals.

He wasn’t in a rush to distribute the Emperor Fruits to his teammates. He wanted to let them settle down for a period of time and adjust their state to its peak before distributing them.

He had a large number of purple emblems, enough to support everyone consuming the Emperor Fruits in Sea God Lake. He just had to do it within this semester.

But on the second week of their return, a new change occurred.

Out of the 34 students in the class, 33 were present and only Qian Lei was missing. Qian Lei was still in seclusion and had not come out for a long time. Originally, there were 33 students in the first years, but after Tang Yuge joining, there were 34.

Qian Lei was cultivating at Sea God Lake. With the large number of purple emblems he won previously, he could keep cultivating in Sea God Lake. Following the awakening of the Golden Behemoth, both he and the Golden Behemoth Fatty Jin needed a large amount of life energy for their cultivation.

The class for this morning should be mecha piloting. By the second semester, mecha piloting had become an important course.

The classroom door opened and Xiao Qi walked in first, but he wasn’t the only one. Behind him, the Outer Court’s Dean, Ying Luohong, walked in as well. There was another person, Lan Xuanyu’s most familiar teacher, Tang Zhenhua.

Yin Luohong walked in front of Tang Zhenhua expressionlessly and didn’t even look at him. She walked forward and swept her gaze across the faces of the first years.

Everyone quietened down and looked at the Outer Court’s Dean.

“I am here today to announce two things. Firstly, from today onwards, your class will have an additional teacher-in-charge, Teacher Tang Zhenhua, who is by my side. Teacher Tang is the person in charge of the Interstellar Center and is also the dean of the Interstellar Command faculty. He is a figure of authority in the academy in terms of interstellar commanding, soul warships, and space mechas. He and Teacher Xiao will be responsible for teaching different subjects in your class in the future.”

Ah? Lan Xuanyu looked at Tang Zhenhua in shock. Teacher didn’t mention this to him yesterday! This was a little sudden!

Tang Zhenhua glanced at him as well and was as expressionless as Ying Luohong, but Lan Xuanyu saw a hint of playfulness in the depths of his eyes.

Seeing his expression, Lan Xuanyu couldn’t help but feel sorry for his classmates. Every time the teacher revealed such an expression, it was when he was going to torture someone! The one who was tortured the most was naturally him.

Perhaps it was because he came with Yin Luohong today, but Tang Zhenhua didn’t look sloppy. Although he didn’t shave, his clothes were clean and his hair wasn’t as messy as usual.

“The second matter. Due to the outstanding performance of the first years in this term and their gains in the Elven Planet, the academy’s Sea God Pavilion has finally decided that your class will become an experimental class for teaching. All the courses for the experimental class will be arranged by the Inner and Outer court. I will personally supervise them.”

Experimental class? The first years were stunned. What did the experimental class mean? It sounded a little grand! According to what they knew, there were no other such classes in the Outer Court.

Did this mean that the academy would give them more resources?

For a moment, everyone couldn’t help but look at each other. With the dean around, they didn’t have time to whisper to each other, but most of them revealed excited expressions.

“Alright, let’s begin.” Ying Luohong nodded at Xiao Qi but ignored Tang Zhenhua and turned to leave.

After Ying Luohong left, the atmosphere in the classroom became livelier.

Ding Zhuohan couldn’t help but ask, “Teacher Xiao, what is the experimental class about?”

Xiao Qi said, “To be precise, our class will be the Star War Experimental Class. This means that in the future, all of you will have more classes related to Interstellar Command faculty. Teacher Tang will be teaching you in this aspect. Today’s first lesson will be taught by Teacher Tang and he will introduce you the classes of the Interstellar Command faculty.”

Additional classes? A class from the Interstellar Command faculty? One must know that Lan Xuanyu was the only one in the entire first year who had applied for this course. Did they have to learn the entire version now?

All of a sudden, most of everyone’s excitement died down as they sighed.

They had to learn the Duo Mecha Mastery, increase their cultivation, forge a Battle Armor, and learn all sorts of knowledge. They were already extremely busy. If they had to add classes from the Interstellar Command faculty, wouldn’t it be even harder? And most of the students were only interested in becoming a Duo Mecha Master. They were fans of heroic individuals. What was the use of learning Interstellar Commading?

Xiao Qi gestured for Tang Zhenhua to go ahead and retreated to the side.

Tang Zhenhua’s gaze swept across the faces of all the students and a smile appeared on his face. “Do you guys think that by adding the Interstellar Commanding faculty curriculum, you guys will become even busier and tired ?”

The eyes of the first years immediately focused on him. ‘Isn’t that so? How else could it be?’

But unexpectedly, Tang Zhenhua nodded and said seriously, “You guys are right.”

“Ah!” The entire class sighed, except for Lan Xuanyu.

Tang Zhenhua said indifferently, “Not only will the number of classes increase, but it will also let all of you experience what it means to be on the verge of tears and wanting to stop but not being able to. From today onwards, all of you will have your free training time canceled during your afternoon. All of you will instead go to the Interstellar Center for the relevant courses. Today is the first day, and Lan Xuanyu will bring all of you there in the afternoon.”

As he spoke, Tang Zhenhua’s gaze landed on Lan Xuanyu.

“Yes, Teacher.” Lan Xuanyu quickly stood up and replied.

Tang Zhenhua pressed his palm towards him and asked him to sit down.

“I’m sure all of you are very curious as to why the academy allowed your class to become the Star War Experimental Class. I can answer your questions now.”

At this point, he paused for a moment before continuing, “All along, our Shrek Academy has been known for nurturing the most elite talents. There are many types of talents, and each of them has their own strengths. And in the current Federation, the students that our Shrek Academy grooms are all elites, especially those from the Duo Mecha Mastery curriculum that has groomed countless elites. They wear mechas and Battle Armors and rely on their strong individual abilities to carry out some of the toughest missions for the Federation. Every one of them is a hero, and they contributed a lot to the Federation’s development and the Federation’s interstellar migration.”

Upon hearing Tang Zhenhua’s words, Lan Xuanyu felt a little uncomfortable. The reason was simple—this teacher of his had never spoken to him in such a serious manner before! Why did he look like he was trying to trick them ?

Tang Zhenhua continued, “All of you should know that when you start your fourth year, you will begin carrying out some special tasks. The academy’s resources are not given to you for nothing. In Shrek, everything that you have won is not something that the academy has to give you. That’s why the academy had let you choose for yourself at the very beginning. And those missions will be filled with different dangers, and there are records of students perishing. But it’s not just us, the same goes for the Tang Sect, the War God Temple, and the Spirit Pagoda. All the top sects and institutions in the Federation are doing the same thing. What is it for? To better protect our Federation and the ordinary citizens. The greater one’s ability, the greater the responsibility. You have obtained resources from the academy and the Federation, so you must be prepared to work hard for the Federation. You can choose to leave the academy at any time, and we won’t force you to stay. But if you really want to be strong, you must stand at the top of the pyramid in the future. not everyone can stand at the top.”

“Countless heroes have appeared in the Federation and our Shrek has the most. When you will be able to stand in the Inner Court or even enter the Sea God Pavilion one day, all of you will realize that all your efforts were worth it because all of you have relied on past experiences that far surpass your peers and thus obtained abilities that far surpass your peers.”