The Era of Gods

Chapter 441: Harvest in the Void

Chapter 441: Chapter 441: Harvest in the Void

Lin Xiao….

He spread his hands and shrugged with an indifferent expression as he said,

“If they don’t want me, it’s no big deal, there are so many clubs in the school. With my achievements from high school, it should be pretty easy to find a top-notch club.”

“Then I’m rooting for you!”

His girlfriend cheered him on, clenching her fair, delicate fists.

“Humph!”

He snorted inwardly and complained to himself,

“If they don’t want me, so be it, but be careful or I might just start my own…”

Well, that was impossible. Starting his own club would require too much effort, and its success was uncertain. Rather than going through all that trouble, it was better to join an established one.

Besides, even though university clubs were important, they weren’t essential. It wasn’t that he absolutely had to join one, but being a member generally made things easier and avoided a lot of hassle.

First, they went to the admissions office. Following the map they had downloaded, they flew straight there and quickly completed the enrollment procedure.

He declined the various introductions offered by the admissions office staff and left with a stack of business cards—the contact information for the homeroom teachers of the first-year classes.

The rule was that they were not allowed to poach students right at the admissions office, though it was said that used to be allowed. Students were once ambushed at the school entrance by people waiting to snatch up the outstanding ones. Conflicts between teachers over the recruitment of such students had happened multiple times. Perhaps the school thought it was undignified, leading to a strict prohibition, but the practice of handing out business cards couldn’t be avoided.

After leaving the admissions office, his gaze shifted from a fleeting streak of light towards a distant tower and back to his girlfriend, to whom he then said,

“My former homeroom teacher has been promoted to the university division. I’m going to look for her. Have you decided which homeroom teacher you’ll choose? Why don’t you go handle that first, and we’ll meet up later?”

His girlfriend twirled a lock of soft hair that fell before her eyes to tuck it behind her ear, her lovely and stunning face looking at him with a smile as she said,

“Then I’m coming with you.”

Before such a ravishing beauty acted coquettishly, no one could withstand it. Lin Xiao adoringly ruffled her head and said,

“Alright then, let’s go to mine first, and later I’ll accompany you.”

She shook her head and said,

“You’ve got it wrong, I mean I want to be in the same class as you.”

Lin Xiao, surprised and delighted, asked,

“Aren’t you…”

“My former homeroom teacher wasn’t promoted to the university division, and even if she was, there’s no rule saying I have to keep following her.”

She stood with her hands clasped behind her, tilting her head with a look of anticipation, her large eyes sparkling like stars.

“What, you don’t want to be with me?”

“Um!”

Lin Xiao placed a hand over his heart as if overwhelmed and couldn’t help asking,

“Who taught you to act like this?”

When a tall, beautiful woman with a demeanor that could be both charming and pure, and yet dignified, suddenly acts cute and playful with you, who could resist?

He certainly couldn’t.

“My sister-in-law taught me!”

Seeing how he reacted, his girlfriend laughed heartily, her cute persona vanishing in an instant as her eyes curved and glanced at him, the flirty allure in that moment making Lin Xiao’s heart skip a beat.

“Let’s go!”

“OK!”

He reached out his hand, and with a bright smile, her soft hand settled into his palm and gripped it.

They met their former homeroom teacher again in Jin Sisi’s dormitory. Seeing the couple walk in hand-in-hand, her eyes landed on their joined hands and her face broke into a slight smile:

“Have a seat.”

She brought two cups of tea to the small round table, then said,

“As I mentioned before, I have now been promoted to be the homeroom teacher for Class Seventeen of the first-year students at Lustrous University. I’m currently recruiting new students.”

Lin Xiao smiled and gave a salute,

“Congratulations to the teacher then, being a university homeroom teacher is much better than a high school one.”

Jin Sisi shook her head and said,

“Don’t congratulate me too soon, this position isn’t easy. As I’ve told you before, and your girlfriend might have mentioned, competition in the university division is fierce. I need your help, and in return, I can offer you a scholarship.”

“A scholarship?”

“Yes. I am now the homeroom teacher of Class Seventeen. Along with me, there are two teaching assistants. Each class is given ten scholarship spots during the first season of school. Each assistant gets two of these spots for scholarships, I have four, and the other two are shared by the class.”

“Individual scholarships are at our disposal; I can assure you one. Public scholarships, however, are contested or awarded based on merit to those students not sponsored by the homeroom teacher or assistants.”

Jin Sisi paused for a moment before continuing:

“The comprehensive scores of the students in each class every quarter determine the scholarship quotas for each class. This year, there are a total of nineteen classes in the freshman grade. According to the rules set by the school management committee, during the quarterly assessments, the top five ranked classes will obtain the scholarship quotas from the five lowest-ranked classes.”

“Among them, the last ranked class, which is the bottom one, will transfer half, that is, five quotas, to the first ranked class.”

“The second-to-last class will transfer four quotas to the second place, and so on, the sixth and fourteenth place will have certain rewards or penalties according to their ranking, but they will not lose scholarship quotas.”

“Additionally, the top three each quarter will receive an advanced scholarship quota, and the first place will receive a super scholarship quota.”

Jin Sisi had laid out these details in one breath, her gaze sweeping over the two of them and finally landing on Lin Xiao, as she said:

“Scholarships represent resources and the school leadership’s evaluation of you. Ordinary scholarships offer you some help, but not much. However, those few advanced and super scholarships include several special resources and privileges. These are the school’s support for elites from humble backgrounds, and they are very important for you, so you must strive for them.”

“This…”

Lin Xiao asked with a slight frown:

“This is about class ranking, right? It’s based on the overall strength of the class. I can’t affect the class ranking by myself, no matter how strong I am individually.”

Jin Sisi said with a smile:

“I never expected you to carry the whole class on your own. There’s no need for that, and besides, I don’t expect to compete with other seasoned class advisors in the freshman year. I just hope not to be among the last, and your strength far exceeds your peers, so you should be able to help raise the class’s average score.”

Well, that’s a bit of pressure.

However, Lin Xiao did not show any timidity, but seemed rather interested. He always remembered his time in the middle school department when those elites from prestigious backgrounds, despite his far superior abilities, not only refused to acknowledge his superiority but even boasted about letting him be arrogant for a while and resolving their rivalry in university.

Clearly, they wanted to wait until university, when restrictions were lifted, to catch up quickly with their families’ abundant resources and trample him underfoot.

There were quite a few people who felt this way, and what irritated him the most was that some who didn’t even qualify as elites thought the same.

If you’re talking about Dongfang Piaoxue, Li Xiushen, Gu Xiaoming, these top elites not acknowledging him would be normal, after all, they’re listed on the peerless or outstanding talent boards, which aren’t too far from the prodigy board. They have a chance to catch up, and history is full of examples where students overtake others in university.

But some, who didn’t get into Glorious Middle School on merit but through connections and aren’t considered elites, dared to look down on him, which was infuriating.

At that time, it wasn’t appropriate to retort since a temporary lead doesn’t guarantee a constant lead. Moreover, such upsets have also occurred in history.

He had always kept these feelings to himself, but now that he had advanced to the university department, it was time to see who was the dragon and who was the worm.

Whether he would completely subdue them with his abilities or become the subject of ridicule as in some past upsets was something Lin Xiao had always held back in his heart, and now he was ready to vent.

Of course, whether he was holding back emotions or whatever else, it didn’t affect his decision to join Class Seventeen.

Perhaps because everyone knew he was destined to join Class Seventeen, he hadn’t received any private offers from other class advisors. This was probably considered an unspoken rule by default.

Lin Xiao guessed that in the eyes of these class advisors, although his high school performance was outstanding, his background was ordinary, and without sufficient resources, he was easy for those elites from prominent families to catch up to, not worth breaking the rules over.

Obviously, they didn’t know that Lin Xiao had become the Son of Gaia. If they had known, they would have acted differently.

Lin Xiao’s promotion to Son of Gaia hadn’t spread far and wide, and very few knew of his identity as the Son of Gaia. Others who had encountered his Powerful Divine Power might have been suspicious but had no concrete evidence.

And these Powerful Divine Powers wouldn’t spread rumors carelessly. As such, only a handful of people were certain of his identity as the Son of Gaia, and these teachers were definitely not among them.

Once Jin Sisi confirmed he was joining Class Seventeen, she felt much happier and began advising him on some things to pay attention to at university.

After a long talk and imparting her advice, she got up, ready to see them out, when his girlfriend suddenly asked:

“Miss Jin, does Class Seventeen still need people?”

Jin Sisi was taken aback, looking at her in surprise and asking:

“You haven’t chosen a class yet?”

She nodded:

“Not yet.”

A smile quickly spread across her face:

“Of course, you’re welcome!”

Jin Sisi was quite astonished; she obviously knew the girlfriend’s identity and had not asked before, probably assuming she had already made a choice, never considering this point—an unexpected joy for her.

Then they started chatting, leaving him out of it. Watching two exceptionally beautiful women together was a pleasant sight.

Leaving Jin Sisi’s residence, they each had a delicate metal card in hand, the dormitory cards provided by their class advisor.

Upon being assigned to a class, they would receive a dormitory card, with the specifics of their accommodation allocated by the class advisor, generally determined by their college entrance examination scores. Good scores naturally meant better accommodations, and societal hierarchy is vividly displayed even during the university years.

Their assigned dormitories were….

Lin Xiao looked up at the two tall, pointed towers not a hundred meters ahead. Glancing at his metal card, he saw a beam of light emerge from it and enter one of the towers. On the side, the beam from his girlfriend’s metal card hit the adjacent tower.

“Wow, these towers really resemble Mage Towers.”

He was quite satisfied with this.

Though his time in high school had shown him that dormitories weren’t as important as he’d imagined—at least not for him—being able to reside in a higher-end dormitory than other students was still a symbol of status and, at least mentally, very fulfilling.

Temporarily parting with his girlfriend, he swiped the card and entered the high tower. A bright light lit up in the hall, and a voice emanated from within the light:

“Respected Lin Xiao, I am the Artifact Spirit of the Mage Tower. For the next five years, I will be at your service. Please set up the initial configuration for your Mage Tower.”