Chapter 8: Elite Class Assessment
After about two weeks, Qiefeng Academy dispatched an instructor to inform Chenxi about the enrollment matters.
Qiefeng Academy is the highest institution of learning in Sinnoh, a school jointly founded by Snowpoint Temple and the Alliance. It was a trial collaboration between Snowpoint Temple and the Alliance, and of course, it could also be seen as a product of mutual compromise.
Furthermore, Trainers who emerged from here, according to the normal storyline, would either become the backbone of the forces opposing the Alliance or the solid foundation of the Sinnoh League. For example, three of the future Elite Four level were from Qiefeng Academy.
And this time, the name of Zhu Lan, the Goddess of War, might also be added to the list of Qiefeng Academy alumni.
Because this was a pilot product of two continents, Qiefeng Academy had the most abundant teachers and resources.
Those who could enter it were either from prominent families with deep backgrounds or were exceptionally talented, one in a million.
Of course, for Chenxi, as the legitimate son of one of the Five Great Families, entering Qiefeng Academy was not difficult; it was basically a word from the Yuan Family.
But the difficulty lay in entering the Elite Class to enjoy the essential resources of Qiefeng Academy.
Because the Elite Class was the most concerned by Snowpoint Temple and the Kanto Alliance, and to some extent, this class was a microcosm of the entire Sinnoh and the Alliance, including not only students from Sinnoh but also students from Kanto.
However, Chenxi, as the legitimate son of the Five Great Families, naturally had a privilege, and it was not a small one.
For ordinary students of Qiefeng Academy, to join the Elite Class, they needed to study in an ordinary class for one year first. Only students who performed outstandingly and received a recommendation quota would be eligible for the Elite Class assessment.
Of course, another way was to defeat an Elite Class student, thereby freeing up a spot.
And the legitimate sons of the Five Great Families, like Chenxi, could obtain the qualification for this Elite Class assessment before enrollment.
After enrollment, he would directly enter the Elite Class, without needing to spend a year in an ordinary class.
This time, Qiefeng Academy sent an instructor to the Yuan Family to announce the content of this assessment.
The instructor from Qiefeng Academy was a tall, thin middle-aged man with purple hair, dressed in a suit, with a handlebar mustache, holding a cane with a Poké Ball on it. He looked like a gentleman, but the atmosphere between him and Yuan Jin seemed unfriendly.
“Chenxi, quickly come and meet Mr. Wutong from Qiefeng Academy!” Seeing Chenxi approach, Yuan Jin introduced him.
After Chenxi and Wutong met and greeted each other, they quickly got to the point.
Wutong said to Chenxi, “This year’s Elite Class assessment task is to obtain four Gym badges recognized by Qiefeng Academy before the start of the next semester at Qiefeng Academy, and then you will be able to enter the Elite Class of Qiefeng Academy.”
“Gym challenge?” Chenxi pondered upon hearing this.
After the Alliance defeated the local forces of Sinnoh and took over Sinnoh, many things were reformed, and the Gym challenge was one of them.
Apparently, the Gym challenge model was not something the Alliance just haphazardly imposed. In fact, after the Kanto Alliance teamed up with Snowpoint Temple to establish Qiefeng Academy, they had already laid out the Gym challenge model.
However, at this time, this Gym challenge model was only used to select students for the Elite Class of Qiefeng Academy.
In the future, this model would be applied to the preliminary selection of the Alliance Tournament, also to help the Alliance select talents among civilian Trainers.
“Yes, Gym challenge.” Wutong nodded, “There are a total of five Gyms recognized by our Qiefeng Academy: Oreburgh Gym, Yuanzhi Gym, Pastoria Gym, Veilstone Gym, and Snowpoint Gym. They are all opened by Trainers who graduated from Qiefeng Academy. As long as you obtain four badges from these five, you will have the qualification to enter the Elite Class.”
“I understand. May I ask how much time is left until Qiefeng Academy starts?” Chenxi couldn't help but ask.
“Qiefeng Academy uses a semester system. There is about half a year until the next enrollment.”
Wutong stretched out his hand, and suddenly a document and a badge appeared in his hand.
Seeing this, both Yuan Jin and Chenxi were slightly moved.
Because this act of psychokinesis indicated that Wutong was a Psychic.
Although Trainers of the Yuan Family were not afraid of a Psychic, among all Trainers, Psychic Trainers were one of the opponents normal Trainers least hoped to encounter.
Wutong handed the document and badge to Chenxi, saying, “Please take this document first; the general precautions are all on it.
This badge is your proof for the Gym challenge. Holding this badge, those Gym Trainers will know that you are participating in the Qiefeng Academy Elite Class exam, and after each assessment, they will send us a review.
These reviews do not affect your qualification, but they will have an impact in other aspects, so please pay attention.”
After saying this, Wutong bowed slightly to Yuan Jin and Chenxi, saying, “If there is nothing else, then I will take my leave.”
“Mr. Wutong, aren’t you staying for dinner?” Seeing Wutong leave so abruptly, Yuan Jin couldn't help but say.
“I still have to go to the next city to notify the next student. Young Master Chenxi, I hope to meet you again at Snowpoint Temple!”
After Wutong finished speaking, he used Teleport and disappeared from their sight.
Watching Wutong leave so cleanly, Yuan Jin couldn't help but clench his fist, but eventually, he relaxed.
Not only Yuan Jin, but even Chenxi could see that Wutong looked at the Yuan Family as if it were trash.
It was as if staying for another moment was an insult to him.
Even Chenxi had no way to change this.
Yuan Jin, at this moment, did not vent anything but unhurriedly spoke to Chenxi about Wutong’s information.
“Psychic Wutong is one of the instructors dispatched by the Kanto Alliance to Qiefeng Academy.
He once trained at the Super Power Dojo in Saffron City and even achieved a 50-game winning streak in the top battle club in Saffron City before coming to Qiefeng Academy as an instructor, possessing Elite Four level strength.
After becoming an instructor at Qiefeng Academy, although he rarely made a move, he should be even stronger!
When you go to Qiefeng Academy, you had best keep a certain distance from him.”
“Our family’s intelligence network extends to Kanto?” Chenxi looked at Yuan Jin with some surprise.
Although the Yuan Family cannot be said to be an old-fashioned conservative force, to be honest, it’s not that Chenxi looks down on Yuan Jin, but rather that the entire Five Great Families basically only focus on their own small territory.
Let alone Kanto, whether they have ever viewed Sinnoh as a whole is an unknown.
“That’s not something you should be concerned about!” Yuan Jin frowned slightly upon hearing Chenxi’s words and said, “Take this badge and document. If you need anything, discuss it directly with Delia.”
“Alright, I won’t worry about that.” Chenxi nodded and no longer concerned himself with the intelligence network.
Because before his strength reached the Tianwang level, he had no right to participate in family policies.
So even if Chenxi knew that the Kanto Alliance would crush them ten years later, Chenxi did not loudly clamor about anything.
Because even now, doesn’t Sinnoh know about the Kanto Alliance’s ill intentions?!
But what good is knowing? Without enough strength, everything is futile.
Chenxi understood that what he needed to do was to become a Tianwang level Trainer as quickly as possible. Only then would he have the right to participate in changing family policies, changing the stance of the family’s local faction, and choosing to rely on the Alliance to catch the Sinnoh League’s Tailwind.
After all, didn’t guys like the Ju family and Celestic Town readily prostrate themselves when the new Masters arrived?
Why should he, a transmigrator, think about saving Sinnoh? It would be good enough if he could save the Yuan Family.
Moreover, from the perspective of social development, the Alliance coming to Sinnoh truly was the savior of the Sinnoh continent, at least providing many civilian Trainers with opportunities to rise.
“In other words, our Yuan Family is truly feudal garbage destined to be swept into the dustbin of history!”
Chenxi sighed in his heart, but quickly came back to his senses and said to Yuan Jin, “I will ask my sister for material needs, but I want to know how strong the people secretly protecting me will be if I choose to travel alone.”
“You plan to travel alone to collect badges?!” Yuan Jin said in surprise, “Have you thought it through?”
“Yes!” Chenxi nodded and said, “After all, only by traveling by oneself can one know how big this world is, right?”
Yuan Jin was silent for a moment, then said, “Since you are traveling alone, why arrange people to Protect you in secret? Wouldn’t that defeat the purpose of training?”
Chenxi said very sincerely, “I am traveling alone to hone my wilderness survival skills.
But a gentleman does not stand under a crumbling wall. Only by knowing the level of the people in the shadows will I know how much trouble I can cause!
After all, I am the Yuan Family’s only son at twelve years old. What’s wrong with being a little afraid of death?”
Chenxi emphasized the word “twelve years old” heavily.
“If only I had insisted that Lizi listen to me back then, prioritize the elder over the younger…”
Yuan Jin’s breathing became more rapid upon hearing Chenxi’s words. He truly found him utterly annoying!
Yuan Jin gritted his teeth and said, “I will arrange a team of Master Trainers to Protect you. Coupled with the Yuan Family’s status, don’t just barge into any place, and it will be enough to ensure your ‘solo’ travel safety.”
“Only Master?” Chenxi was slightly stunned and said, “Even if there aren’t any Tianwang Trainers, it’s not too much to arrange a few Elite Four level Trainers for me!”
“Get out!”
Yuan Jin finally couldn’t help but roar at Chenxi.
Facing Yuan Jin’s roar, Chenxi retreated helplessly, grumbling, “So stingy!”
Watching Chenxi leave, Yuan Jin shook his head helplessly, but soon Yuan Jin called Qing Ze in and said with a serious expression, “Have you found any further clues in Kanto based on the clues left behind?”
“The original clue ended at the black market in Cinnabar Island, Kanto!” Qing Ze said, “It hasn’t been found yet.”
“What about that black market?!” Yuan Jin asked with a livid expression upon hearing this.
“With the eruption of the underwater volcano, that black market established on the small island has also been submerged… The clue ends here!” Qing Ze said, “However, I thought of another method, but it might take a longer time to verify.”
“Tell me?” Yuan Jin asked when he heard Qing Ze’s words.
“For the next one or two years, I will investigate as many black markets, large and small, in Kanto, as well as regular sales markets, as possible.
I will check if there has been a significant increase in the quality and quantity of Grass Type resource supplies there within two years.
And based on the Green Leaf Power I possess, I will confirm whether the green leaf gem was used for increased production.
It’s just that this workload is very large, and the green leaf gem is not necessarily in the Kanto region.”
Qing Ze expressed his plan with some concern; it was a clumsy plan.
“It must be in the Kanto region, you continue to investigate for me!” Yuan Jin’s expression changed slightly, and he said with absolute certainty.
Seeing Yuan Jin speak like this, Qing Ze no longer said anything more and began to prepare for a thorough investigation in Kanto.
Watching Qing Ze leave, Yuan Jin took a deep breath. To be honest, the Yuan Family was indeed much more desolate compared to its past.
A crucial point in this was the loss of the green leaf gem.
As a divine object left by the legendary deity, the loss of the green leaf gem was not just a matter of the Yuan Family’s face.
More importantly, the green leaf gem brought about increased production of Grass Type berries and spiritual plants, as well as a significant boost for Small Elves to break through to higher levels.
And only two years after the loss of the green leaf gem, the negative consequences had already begun to show.
Therefore, the green leaf gem must be found as soon as possible. If it is not found soon, the Yuan Family might face a major crisis.
At this time, Chenxi did not know Yuan Jin’s worries, but Chenxi told Yuan Zihua that he needed to go out to collect badges as a condition for the Qiefeng Academy Elite Class.
“What? You’re going out? No! Absolutely not!” Yuan Zihua’s anger was evident without her raising her voice, and she said with a serious expression, “You’re only twelve years old!”
Chenxi comforted her, “It’s alright. Doesn’t the Hunter Association allow Trainers to register as hunters at ten years old?
That means twelve years old is already grown up!
Moreover, Father has also prepared people to Protect me this time,
So, at most, I’ll suffer a little hardship along the way, but absolutely nothing will happen!”
“Father actually agreed…” Yuan Zihua looked at Chenxi in surprise.
Yuan Zihua said, “Since Father has already arranged people, then I will prepare the supplies you need for your journey. Tell me, what do you need?”
“Sister, I knew you were reliable! I’ve made a list here. See if anything needs to be added, and then add it for me!”
As Chenxi spoke, he pulled out a list of about five thousand words, ranging from pots and pans to bedding and tents, from berries and flower nectar to recovery potions.
In short, absolutely nothing could be missing.
Looking at the thick list Chenxi had made, Yuan Zihua felt that she had actually worried about him suffering hardship outside…
Hehe, she was still too naive.
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