Douluo: The Dragon King's Descent of the Gods

Wu Changkong and Long Bing discussed the matter and, after reaching a consensus, gave Long Hengxu, the grade director who was waiting on the side, a positive answer.

The first-grade promotion challenge ends here; Class 1 will not choose to challenge other grades.

Upon hearing this, Long Hengxu breathed a long sigh of relief.

As the saying goes, it's easy to invite a god, but difficult to send him away.

For Donghai Academy, Wu Changkong and Long Bing were two powerful figures, and they were even uninvited guests.

The two of them, one an eight-ring Soul Douluo with three-word Battle Armor, and the other a seven-ring Soul Saint with two-word Battle Armor, were invincible in East Sea Academy.

Fortunately, both of them are very easy to talk to. Despite being strong, they are not arrogant at all. They never put on airs, never give their colleagues a hard time, and are very patient, friendly, and responsible in teaching their students.

Their easygoing and friendly nature once made Long Hengxu wonder if the academy these two had attended was really Shrek Academy.

After all, various online forums say that Shrek's people are very arrogant and have terrible tempers, often giving others attitude.

Arrogant, bad-tempered... these traits have become stereotypes about Shrek.

"This is probably why Teacher Wu and Teacher Long didn't graduate smoothly."

After finishing his own mental calculations, Long Hengxu discussed serious matters with Wu Changkong and Long Bing...

At 5 PM that afternoon, the official website of Donghai Academy published an announcement on the Soul Guidance Network:

Given that this cohort of freshmen is the strongest ever, with some students possessing abilities far exceeding those of their peers, the academy has established a special class—Class Zero—to avoid wasting their talents.

Students selected for Class Zero will receive full support and training from the academy. The current list of selected students is as follows:

Meng Xinghe, Gu Yuena, Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, Wei Xiaofeng.

The above eight students are all the students selected for Class Zero. Other students who were not selected should not be discouraged. As long as you work hard to improve yourselves, you will also have the opportunity to join Class Zero in the future.

... (Here, I've omitted a long string of inspirational quotes.)

The announcement attracted numerous comments from students, sparking heated discussions.

……

Let's go back half an hour.

On the top floor of the teaching building, in the spacious and bright dean's office, Yu Zhen, wearing glasses, looked at the eight people with a smile, as kind as an old neighbor, without any of the sternness of the dean of Donghai Academy.

Satisfied! Extremely satisfied!

Three years ago, he recruited Meng Xinghe at the St. Donghai Church, and not only did he get Xu Xiaoyan as a bonus, he also brought Gu Yuena from the Spirit Pagoda headquarters over, which was like buying one and getting two free.

The plan for Class Zero was conceived in advance. The families behind Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Wei Xiaofeng received this news and enrolled the three of them in Donghai Academy because of the resources that would be available after Class Zero was established.

Adding Xie Xie, the son of the Xie family patriarch, makes seven.

Tang Wulin was the eighth, but his appearance was a complete surprise. Before he enrolled in Donghai Academy, the academy's higher-ups simply couldn't believe that a soul master with the Blue Silver Grass martial soul could cultivate to the level of a Great Soul Master at the age of nine.

Seven is perfect, but eight is not bad either; it's like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each displaying their unique abilities.

"I'm sure you've already heard Director Long explain the details of Class Zero on the way here, so I won't go into too much detail here."

"These are the agreements you need to sign before joining Class Zero. Please take a good look at them. If there are no problems, please sign them here. If you don't want to, the academy won't force you."

There were only six copies of the agreement because Meng Xinghe and Gu Yuena did not need to sign it.

After receiving the agreement, Xu Xiaoyan flipped to the last page without even looking at it and signed her name neatly.

Xie Xie did the same, except that after signing, he flipped back and glanced at the contents of the agreement.

Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Wei Xiaofeng looked at it much more carefully.

The agreement was simpler than they had imagined, but there were a lot of clauses and various technical terms that gave them a headache.

Suddenly, a seemingly insignificant clause in the agreement caught their attention.

"After graduation, you must join the Spirit Pagoda or accept a designated job to work and pay off your debts. In addition, you will be permanently barred from joining the Tang Sect..."

Thanks to the widespread use of mobile phones and the development of the internet, ordinary people know that the relationship between the Spirit Pagoda and the Tang Sect is very unfriendly. Tang Sect members not only do not enjoy any discounts or preferential benefits when purchasing soul spirits, but sometimes they also have to pay a premium. The reverse is also true.

However, while the spirits of the Spirit Pagoda are essential items for spirit masters, the Tang Sect's spirit guidance technology products have alternatives from other sects. In this power struggle, the Spirit Pagoda has consistently held the upper hand.

Upon seeing this clause, they knew that joining Class Zero would bring them resources from the Spirit Pagoda. However, they hadn't expected the relationship between the Spirit Pagoda and the Tang Sect to have deteriorated to this point, with a clause stipulating a lifetime ban on joining the Tang Sect.

After reading the agreement, they signed their names without hesitation.

So what if they can't join the Tang Sect for life? They never wanted to join the Tang Sect in the first place!

Yu Zhen, with a broad smile, collected the six signed agreements and said:

"Class Zero was established to ensure your talents are not wasted. You must guard against arrogance and impetuosity, cultivate diligently, and emulate Meng Xinghe and Gu Yuena. The academy wishes you success in reaching the list of young geniuses within five years, thus qualifying to participate in the grand event held once every five hundred years five years from now."

"Meng Xinghe, Gu Yuena, and Xu Xiaoyan, making it onto the list of young geniuses within five years is definitely not a problem for the three of you. As for the remaining five students, with a little effort, you still have a chance."

The amount of information was quite large, and everyone listened in a daze.

The last place on the list of young geniuses is a fifth-dan player in the ladder competition. Fifth-dan corresponds to Soul King, which means that Soul King combat power is the minimum standard to enter the list of young geniuses.

But five years later, they were only... fourteen years old.

Fourteen-year-old Soul King level combat power, the Dean really thinks highly of them.

Even someone as arrogant as Wei Xiaofeng only hoped to reach the Soul Master level by the age of fourteen; as for the Soul King, he didn't even dare to dream of it.

After all, arrogance doesn't mean being brainless.

A fourteen-year-old Soul King symbolizes absolute talent. The most famous fourteen-year-old Soul Kings in history are Xiao Hongchen, the father of Soul Guidance Technology ten thousand years ago, and Meng Hongchen, the pillar of the Sun Moon Empire.

This brother and sister are a level 96 Title Douluo and a level 10 Soul Master, and a level 99 Title Douluo and a level 9 Soul Master.

Of the five, Xie Xie was the most confident.

He is now Gu Yuena's follower, and Gu Yuena has said that she will train him to be as outstanding as Xu Xiaoyan.

If Xu Xiaoyan could become a Soul King at the age of fourteen, then he should have no problem doing so as well.

However, what Xie Xie was most concerned about and most curious about was the grand event that the dean mentioned, which was held once every five hundred years.

The fact that it is held once every 500 years means that when the last event was held, mobile phones had not been invented and the internet was not widespread, so even if you searched online, you wouldn't be able to find any detailed information.