Everyone in the Ninth Class came to the training ground.
Although Shrek's training ground was very large, it was not big enough for thousands of students from ten classes to train at the same time, so there were only six classes on the training ground at this moment.
Coincidentally, the First Class was one of them.
A hundred meters away, next to the Ninth Class, an old woman stood on a high platform with a serious expression, directing her students to run drills.
Ye Chen saw Huo Yuhao in the middle of the team.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao had already taken the Xuan Water Pill and Soul Ascension Pill, reaching Level 16 in cultivation, and coupled with Mystic Heaven Skill's enhancement to his physique, he was no longer at the bottom.
However, Ye Chen did not see Wang Dong, who had pink-blue hair.
It was probably near the end of the drills, and Wang Dong had already finished running early and gone to the nearby lounge to drink water and rest.
"Hurry up!"
"No slacking off!"
"Whoever dares to slack off, I'll expel them immediately!"
"Ten more minutes, hold on! Those who haven't finished, get out of my class consciously! My class doesn't accept trash!"
Zhou Yi reprimanded sternly.
In front of her, students were running drills wearing weighted armor, all of them sweating profusely, gritting their teeth and persisting, though some looked utterly hopeless, their eyes almost rolling back.
Grandma Zhou Yi's authority was still very strong; even so, no one chose to slack off.
Of course, all those who had slacked off had already been expelled, serving as a warning to others.
Entering Shrek Academy was like Ye Chen's previous life, getting into Qinghua or Peking University; it was the hope of the entire village, and no one wanted to be expelled.
Other classes had over a hundred students, but Zhou Yi's class only had over ninety left.
It had only been less than a month since the start of school, and Zhou Yi's class had already lost more than ten people.
"Holy crap, no wonder all of Zhou Yi's class passed the assessment in the original work. She expelled all the trash, so naturally, the assessment pass rate would be high!" Ye Chen suddenly realized!
He remembered that during the assessment, Zhou Yi's class only had 67 people left, almost 40% of the students were eliminated.
The freshman assessment elimination rate was 50%, meaning half of the people would be eliminated.
Zhou Yi eliminated the 50% of students in her class who couldn't pass the assessment in advance, so naturally, all the remaining ones could pass the assessment.
As the homeroom teacher of the First Class, Zhou Yi's class's average level was definitely higher, and the promotion rate was already high. Coupled with Zhou Yi expelling all those trash students who were only at level ten-something, only keeping those students close to Level 20, it wasn't too difficult to achieve a 100% pass rate for the assessment.
Ye Chen strongly suspected that Zhou Yi did the same in the higher grades.
The number of students in the Sixth Grade was already small, with only 20 people in one class. Even if one person entered the Inner Courtyard, the promotion rate would be 5%.
But Zhou Yi, with a grand gesture, directly expelled 15 people, and then one person entered the Inner Courtyard, making the promotion rate 20%.
So, it was true that the classes Zhou Yi led had the highest Inner Courtyard promotion rate.
At the same time, this kind of outrageous operation also led to massive complaints and reports from the nobles behind the students.
After all, those who could pass the strict mechanism to advance to the fifth and sixth grades were no longer ordinary people; most of them were disciples of major powers.
After cultivating so hard for so long, being casually expelled by Zhou Yi naturally displeased these major powers, who began reporting and complaining, greatly affecting Shrek's reputation.
Shrek couldn't withstand the pressure, but due to Fan Yu, it was not easy to expel Zhou Yi, so they could only demote Zhou Yi to the freshman class.
After all, freshmen were a mixed bag with many useless people, so no matter how Zhou Yi expelled them, it wouldn't have much impact.
"Ye Chen, don't look anymore. That's Grandma Zhou Yi's training method. We don't have such a perverse one," Mu Jin came behind Ye Chen, thinking he was scared by Grandma Zhou Yi's training method, and quickly patted his shoulder to comfort him.
At the same time, she felt a slight secret joy in her heart.
No matter how Grandma Zhou Yi trained, she couldn't cultivate a genius who surpassed Ye Chen.
Moreover, she disdained Zhou Yi's "suppressive" and "exploitative" teaching methods.
Zhou Yi's students might perform well in the Freshman Competition, but as soon as they left Zhou Yi, they would revert to their original state; trash would still be trash, and those who could succeed would still soar.
Her teaching was more casual, as a Soul Master's cultivation mainly depended on oneself.
If you don't work hard, who can you blame if you get eliminated?
And if you are diligent enough, and your background and talent can keep up, even if you self-study, your future achievements won't be bad.
"Mm, I think Teacher Mu Jin, you are better."
Ye Chen turned his head and smiled brightly at Mu Jin.
"Hehe~ It's best if you think that way," Mu Jin chuckled, covering her mouth, her gaze towards Ye Chen growing more satisfied.
Who wouldn't like a student like this?
It's just a pity that her age and Ye Chen's differed quite a bit, otherwise...
"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, what am I thinking..." Mu Jin's face flushed as she discarded the strange thoughts in her mind.
Then she looked at Ye Chen and said, "Combat class is about practical combat training. After all, you'll face various different opponents during the freshman assessment. Ye Chen, how many do you think you can fight alone? I'll assign you some opponents, just so your classmates can see your strength."
"Hmm..."
Ye Chen pondered for a moment and said, "I guess I can fight the whole class by myself..."
He was being conservative; his Extreme Ice was an area-of-effect skill, a complete crush against those of the same realm, and even more so against those of lower realms.
If he fought the whole class by himself, he would have to hold back to avoid killing some of the Level 10-something classmates.
"Uh... are you sure?"
Mu Jin was slightly stunned. This was too arrogant, wasn't it?
But then she thought about it, and it seemed right. The entire class didn't even have a Soul Master, while Ye Chen was already a Soul Ancestor, and Ye Chen also had the legendary Extreme Ice Martial Soul. Fighting the whole class seemed to be no problem.
Mu Jin glanced at Zhou Yi, who was still reprimanding her students in the distance, and her eyes lit up.
Move aside, she was about to show off!
Good students were meant for showing off.
If that old woman Zhou Yi saw Ye Chen's power, she would probably die of jealousy, hehehe...
As soon as Mu Jin thought of Zhou Yi's ugly expression at that time, an indescribable joy filled her heart.
"Sure, but students below Level 19 don't count. I'm afraid I'll kill them," Ye Chen shrugged.
Extreme Ice was not something ordinary people could withstand. Even if he suppressed the power of his soul skills, it was still possible to cause frostbite, and the risk was very high.
"Alright, let's begin."
Mu Jin waved her hand, then turned to the other students and said, "Classmates, today's practical combat class is special. Student Ye Chen will fight against all students in our class who are Level 19 and above!"
"What! He's going to fight all of us by himself?"
"Even a Soul Master shouldn't be so arrogant!"
"He's a Soul Ancestor, not a Soul Master..."
"Oh, then never mind..."
"My apologies, he certainly has the right."
"Hmph, so what if he's a Soul Ancestor? We have over sixty people! If we cooperate well, we might not necessarily lose!"
"Right, we have more people, what's there to be afraid of!"
The students discussed animatedly, and although they had their own thoughts, their eyes were full of fighting spirit!
After all, there were over sixty students above Level 19 in the entire class, including 12 Grand Soul Masters, and even Ning Tian, a Level 29 peak Grand Soul Master!
But they were all the most outstanding disciples of their respective families or powers, and going all out, they didn't believe they would be weaker than a Level 41 Soul Ancestor.
"Alright, everyone, get on stage."
Mu Jin waved her hand, directly telling everyone to get on stage.
The training ground was still very large, with several Soul Dueling platforms over fifty meters in diameter in the middle of the training ground, enough for freshmen to train.
In an instant, dozens of people got on stage.
And such a grand training scene immediately attracted the attention of students from other classes on the training ground.
Not only the students, but even the teachers paused their training and all ran over to watch the show.
PS: Ning Tian will only be Level 31 three months later. Currently, Level 29 peak is about right.
If Ning Tian is Level 31 now and still Level 31 three months later, with Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School resources + Shrek special training, not even one level up, that would be too trashy.