It was Wednesday, the 5th of January.
The sun was high up in the blue sky. It was another sunny day.
More than 3,000 Year 1 students were standing in a square formation on the field of the Martial Arts Academy. The teachers, including Lin Huang, were there too.
The Year 1 students were about to go through the last battle drill of the semester. The results of the battle drill would be included in the final exam results. Both the teachers and the students paid attention to it and none of them were absent.
The Year 1 students of the Martial Arts Academy finally saw how the dean, Liu Ming, looked like for the first time.
After leveling up to imperial-level, Liu Ming was slimmer than before. Of course, it was all thanks to Lin Huang to a certain extent. Both of them would train with their swords every night and the battle would last for at least five hours. It was hard for Liu Ming not to slimmer after such a high-intensity exercise.
Liu Ming's face was more defined now that he had slimmed down. Although he was not tall, he looked majestic as he had been in a high position for a long time.
If Lin Huang did not know him well, he might have been intimidated by him the first time he saw him like that.
The students on the field were obviously impressed. Moreover, the news of Liu Ming leveling up to imperial-level had spread in the Martial Arts Academy. The students looked at Liu Ming with admiration. The entire field was silent as soon as he appeared. None of the students talked to each other.
Soon, the dean began his speech. Since it was his first speech since the semester started and it was also his last speech in the academy, he spoke for a long time.
Lin Huang was sitting next to Qin Tianxing. Seeing that Qin Tianxing was upset, Lin Huang poked him with his elbow and tried to find a topic. "Old Qin, how are the students in your class preparing for the assessment? Are they confident that they can surpass Class 1 of the Saber Dao faculty?"
"I think so, but it'll be difficult for them to surpass Class 1 of the Saber Dao faculty." Qin Tianxing forced a smile and shook his head. He had lost his confidence and fighting spirit.
"Have you been having too much sex lately? Why do I feel like you've been so quiet lately? You don't even come to my class anymore. "Lin Huang pretended not to know that he had a crush on Hong Zhuang and scolded him jokingly.
"You're the one who's having too much sex!" Qin Tianxing glared at him and explained, "I've been busy lately …"
"You can't look like this. I'll treat you to a drink tonight. Tell me if you have anything to say!" Lin Huang could not stand Qin Tianxing's dispirited look anymore.
"Alright then." Qin Tianxing agreed after a moment of hesitation.
Neither of them drew a Guardian for the actual combat drill this time. The actual combat drill was from Tuesday to Friday, so the next few days of this week were rest time for both of them.
After Dean Liu Ming finished his speech, the two Vice Deans went on stage one after another.
After that, the actual combat drill officially began. Lin Huang and the other teachers of the actual combat class stepped forward to give their students their final instructions.
Lin Huang walked to Class 2 of the Sword Dao faculty. Since he had submitted his application, the students had heard that he would not be teaching in the next semester. They were rather upset.
"Sir Lin, are you really not going to teach us next semester?" Zhou Ling, the little pepper, had tears in her eyes.
She had complained a lot during the first few weeks of school and even badmouthed Lin Huang behind his back. However, her attitude began to change as Lin Huang lectured. Under Lin Huang's guidance, the students in Class 2's abilities had obviously improved. Besides Zhou Ling, the other students were reluctant to see Lin Huang leave.
Lin Huang nodded lightly and did not hide anything. "All good things must come to an end. I'll be leaving Division 7 after the New Year, so I won't be able to teach anymore."
Hearing that Lin Huang would be leaving Division 7, the students fell into silence. They knew that it meant that Lin Huang would definitely stop teaching.
"Don't think too much. Just focus on your assessment for the next few days. There's one last class next week, and I'll teach you a new sword skill. It's a simplified gold-level combat skill! "All of the students' eyes lit up as soon as Lin Huang said that.
One must know that the students in Class 2 of the Sword Dao faculty had learned four sword skills this semester. Lin Huang would teach them a new sword skill every month. If he were to teach another one next week, it would be the fifth one. Most of the students in the other classes had only learned two sets of sword skills. Only two or three classes had taught three sets of sword skills.
Moreover, it was a gold-level combat skill, which meant that the sword skill could be used until they reached gold-level. Under normal circumstances, most of the combat skills taught in the Martial Arts Academy were bronze-level combat skills. Only a minority of teachers would teach silver-level combat skills. No one had ever heard of any teachers teaching gold-level combat skills, even the simplified version.
The students' morale was instantly boosted.
After that, Lin Huang reminded them before the actual combat drill and watched the students disappear into the dimensional relic.
This time, the combat drill was held in a level-2 wild zone, the Dry Desert.
After a semester, all of the new students in the Martial Arts Academy had achieved iron-level. It was different from a few months ago, so the combat drill was much more difficult.
The Dry Desert was a level-2 wild zone with bronze-level monsters. The threat level was much higher than the level-1 wild zone that they had been in previously. Moreover, the water source in the wild zone was scarce. The candidates were not allowed to bring food and water with them, so they had to spend three days in the wild.
Lin Huang and Qin Tianxing found it funny as they watched the excited students in the video projection.
"These kids are treating this as a vacation …" Qin Tianxing laughed.
"I guess someone will cry soon." Lin Huang smiled and nodded.
The Dry Desert looked beautiful. However, due to the low humidity, the water loss in the body would accelerate. In less than an hour or two, the students would start to feel thirsty.
Only a minority of the students realized the problem and started to look for water. Most of the students were busy enjoying the scenery and taking selfies.
Just as Lin Huang and the rest expected, many of them started to feel thirsty after an hour or two. They then realized that the assessment was not as easy as they thought.
In reality, everyone, including the teachers, did not know that Lin Huang was the one who suggested the assessment to the dean, Liu Ming. He wanted to give the students a memorable lesson before he left. Liu Ming agreed to the suggestion without hesitation. It was not because of Lin Huang's identity, but because he thought that the combat drill would be memorable.
Before the first day of the assessment ended, many of the students were crying. "I'm so thirsty, I want to drink water …"
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