The domineering and sharp temperament, full of direct ridicule.
Zhao Long choked, like an erupting volcano forcibly blocked.
He soon laughed in anger.
"Ha ha... good, good!"
"Ye Youlong, you have talent, you are awesome, you are amazing! No one can change your decision!"
"But I want to tell you, you will regret it very soon! White Emperor Spirit Academy is not a place where you can be arrogant and prideful! Contracting with such a waste, you're destined to be ruined for the rest of your life!"
Listening to him, Xiao Zhan couldn't stand it anymore. Such blatant humiliation, acting like he didn't exist.
Being a sycophant requires the awareness of being one. Losing temper after failing to get what you want, what's that?
Xiao Zhan stood directly in front of Ye Youlong, "You must live by the sea, huh? Meddling so widely? Whether there's ruin or not, that's between her and me, what does it have to do with you? Do you need to bark here incessantly?"
Seeing Xiao Zhan dare to stand up, Zhao Long felt provoked.
His cold eyes stared straight at Xiao Zhan.
"And what are you, a piece of trash daring to gesture at me?"
To be honest, if he hadn't yet contracted, he would want to teach Xiao Zhan a lesson now, and incidentally teach Ye Youlong a lesson, let her know how wrong it was to contract with a piece of trash!
Xiao Zhan sneered coldly in response, "Whether someone is trash isn't decided by your mouth, but by fists. For now, it's clear you're the real trash!"
"You...!"
Zhao Long choked up by this statement.
He currently didn't have a contracted Artifact Spirit, indeed he wasn't Xiao Zhan's opponent.
But this didn't mean Xiao Zhan would always be his opponent.
He snorted disdainfully, "Hmph, it's just the lead from contracting, nothing to be arrogant about!"
After speaking, he looked at Ye Youlong again, full of cold sarcasm, "Ye Youlong, you will regret it, and this regret will come very soon! At the newcomers' tournament a month from now, you will pay for this disastrous decision!"
"None of your concern." Ye Youlong replied.
"Let's see if you can still be this stubborn a month from now!" Zhao Long snorted coldly and left the classroom.
He would make Ye Youlong regret it with his strength!
Xiao Zhan and Ye Youlong didn't take his words to heart.
Because, whether he spoke or not, it wouldn't affect either of them.
After Zhao Long left, the classroom also gradually dispersed.
Today's classes were basically over, and the rest of the time was for self-training.
"What is the newcomers' tournament?" Xiao Zhan asked on the way back. He was not very familiar with White Emperor Spirit Academy.
Ye Youlong explained, "The newcomers' tournament is a competition among the new students of this year's intake. The winner can enter the White Emperor Secret Realm for training."
Hearing this, Xiao Zhan thought, "A tournament after just a month of enrollment, isn't this unfair to many people? The talented ones have already become Spirit Masters, while the untalented ones aren't even Spirit Masters, how can they compete?"
Ye Youlong chuckled lightly, "Fairness? The academy never said this is a fair competition."
"What do you mean?" Xiao Zhan stopped in his tracks.
Ye Youlong explained, "White Emperor Spirit Academy is a meritocratic academy. Here, talent is just the stepping stone. After entering the academy, talent and connections don't matter, only strength counts. With strength, you get resources tilted in your favor. Do you know why the Four Great Spirit Academies only recruit students rated B or higher?"
"Limited educational resources, using limited resources on students with more potential, pursuing elite education." Xiao Zhan answered.
Ye Youlong nodded but also shook her head, "What you said is right, but not entirely. While it's true they pursue an elite path, you need to know, every academy follows this path."
"But for the Four Great Academies, instead of calling it the elite path, it's better to call it the ace path!"
"Ace path?" Xiao Zhan's expression moved, it was the first time he'd heard this term.
Ye Youlong continued, "The so-called elite usually refers to a group. But the so-called ace is often used to describe one person, one card, a singular existence."
"Every year, the Four Great Academies recruit so many outstanding students, their true goal is not to train some so-called elite, but to hone an ace out of this group of elites! In other words, their core aim is to create an ace, elite is just a byproduct."
"To nurture an ace, a large amount of resources must be invested from the start. Only an ace built with innumerable precious resources can truly be called an ace!"
After listening to Ye Youlong's explanation, Xiao Zhan was greatly shaken.
An academy recruiting nearly a quarter of the Federation's outstanding students, just to create an ace!
The others were all just foils!
What a grand plan, what daring executions!
"Is an ace really that powerful, worth such a significant effort from an academy?"
As soon as he asked this question, Xiao Zhan felt stupid.
If an ace wasn't powerful, would the academy go to such lengths?
But he still didn't understand how strong an ace really was.
Ninth Grade Spirit Master?
Ye Youlong answered his question very seriously, "Very powerful, anyone who becomes an ace is no less than a protector of the nation! They would be remembered in the history of humanity!"
"Think about it, the Federation Government spends vast resources and efforts to cultivate an ace. If it wasn't powerful, would it be necessary to cultivate it?"
This was quite true.
But for Xiao Zhan, it only made him more shocked!
Be remembered in history!
This was almost everyone's dream, right?
Born with nothing, leave with nothing, only a name remembered through centuries proves that you existed in this world.
But then he felt pity, "The academy focuses resources on the ace, what about the other excellent students? Some of them might achieve greater things with some resource allocation."
Ye Youlong shook her head, a look of indifference in her eyes, "You still don't understand the power of an ace. An ace is called an ace because it can crush all other cards!"
"In the world of Spirit Masters, one ace is enough to match millions of elites!"
"Do you know 'Catastrophe'-level Demon Beasts? Thousands of elites go against them, and thousands die! But an ace, one person is enough! Alone, they can protect an entire area!"
"Such a person is called an ace! This is why the Four Great Spirit Academies spare no resources to cultivate an ace!"
After hearing this, Xiao Zhan's heartbeat quickened!
He now had a clear understanding of the term 'ace'.
Territory for a home!
One person guarding a city!
Forward to China, gods forbidden to enter!
This is the power of an ace!
No matter how many elites, they can't compare to one ace! No wonder the Four Great Spirit Academies would spend such a huge cost.
"How do you know all this?" Xiao Zhan curiously looked at Ye Youlong again.