A few days later.
Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, who had completed the Hidden Weapons transaction with Xin, had already gone to find someone to build and assemble the parts.
At Heart of Fire Academy, in the classroom.
The four students, who had eaten breakfast after their morning exercise, were all seated on time.
Xin stood on the podium and said calmly: "Today, a new student will be joining our Heart of Fire Academy. You should all be quite familiar with her; she is Xiao Wu from the former Shrek Academy next door. I hope you can all be united, friendly, and get along well from now on."
"Xiao Wu, come in. You can sit in the seat next to Zhuqing during class from now on."
From outside the classroom, a girl with a scorpion braid, looking much healthier, walked in and officially met the four students of the Academy as arranged by Xin.
"Hello everyone, my name is Xiao Wu, and I am the teacher's fifth student. Hello, senior brothers and sisters. Please forgive me if I made any mistakes in the past." Xiao Wu cheerfully introduced herself to Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others, and even bowed to everyone.
Being able to study here was something she had long looked forward to.
Ah~ The air at Heart of Fire Academy is sweet~
"Alright, alright, seeing that your attitude is pretty good, I'll accept you as a teammate. But you have to listen to your senior sister from now on! I'm the eldest senior sister, Ning Rongrong. You can call me Captain or Senior Sister Rongrong."
"Hello, my name is Meng Yiran, you can just call me Sister Meng Yiran."
"You can call me Bell, Saint Son, or Brother Sheng, anything is fine," Bell said honestly.
Zhu Zhuqing just exchanged glances with Xiao Wu and didn't say much. She and Xiao Wu had already known each other when they were at Shrek.
Sitting in the seat next to Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu quietly said to Zhu Zhuqing: "Zhuqing, you're so smart. If I had half your intelligence and decisiveness, I wouldn't have suffered so much later. I wish I had come to apprentice with you back then."
A faint smile appeared on Zhu Zhuqing's cool face, and she said calmly: "It's good that you're alright. At least, you still made the right choice in the end."
"Mm!" Xiao Wu nodded vigorously, her eyes fixed on Teacher Xin on the podium.
Teacher Xin was like a beam of light, a light refracted from the Immortal Palace of the Nine Heavens, which could guide them forward and lead them on the right path.
Most importantly, Teacher Xin was incredibly handsome!
"Alright, today we're distributing report cards. Come up and collect your assessment sheets. The scores in each assessment reflect your strengths and weaknesses to some extent. You need to learn to summarize your shortcomings, utilize your strengths, and cultivate well."
"Learning without thinking leads to confusion, and thinking without learning leads to danger. Hard training, thinking, and comprehension are all very important. For the rest of the time, you will stay in the classroom and meditate."
"Xiao Wu, come out with me."
Xin distributed the assessment sheets he had graded and summarized over the past few days, along with teacher comments, to the four students, and then took Xiao Wu out of the classroom to the training ground.
"Teacher actually called Xiao Wu out alone, hmm~"
Ning Rongrong looked at Xiao Wu's retreating figure as she followed Xin, feeling a bit envious. It had been several days since the teacher had personally guided her cultivation.
Looking down at the teacher's assessment comments for herself, her face immediately turned red:
"[Strong in appearance but lacking in substance, many ideas but little practice, unable to let go of airs. Next time, a slap on the hand.]"
Teacher, what does'strong in appearance but lacking in substance' mean?
You haven't even tried it yet, how do you know if it's lacking in substance?
Hmph!
Zhu Zhuqing: "[Amidst effort, more thought is needed. Stubbornness is undesirable.]"
Meng Yiran: "[Intelligent and spirited, but all energy is focused on Hidden Weapons, severe academic imbalance.]"
Bell: "[Although brute force is foolish, it indeed solves the problem of insufficient comprehension.]"