If it was anyone else saying this, Headmaster Chen would just take it as a joke, but since it came from San Yuan, he was still skeptical, but also hopeful about the outcome. If No. 60 High really could rank in the top eight, he would probably wake up laughing from his dream.
âYour predictions have always been very accurate, but I want to ask you a question: Who do you think will be the champion school? Devil-Subduing High, or Titan High? Or South Sea Sky High?â asked Headmaster Chen. They were the three schools that he was more wary of, and the ones that he wanted the students of No. 60 High students to avoid as much as possible when they entered the battlefield.
Devil-Subduing High was proficient in the 'study of control,â Titan High was strong and invincible given their âpowerful defense and strength output,â and South Sea Sky High had formidable 'sense of perception.â On their own, they would be particularly troublesome on the battlefield; if they formed an alliance in this competition, it would be disastrous. Thus, Headmaster Chen reckoned that even if the students of these three schools didnât win the championship, they would at the very least make it into the top four. Besides, these schools were relatively famous, and the fighting strength of their students in recent years had been very impressive.
Titan Highâs basketball team had already defended its number one position in the country for a whole thirty years without ever once losing⌠mainly because no one could guard against the fearsome bulks of these Titan High tank students. When they moved, each one of them was like an advancing aircraft carrier or battleship. All the teams they encountered didnât dare make even the smallest move; if they were tripped up and pressed down, they would be seriously injuredâŚ
Listening to Headmaster Chen, San Yuan pondered for a while. To be honest, there were indeed plenty of famous and powerful enemies among the schools participating in this competition. Compared with No. 60 High this year, Devil-Subduing High, Titan High and South Sea Sky High certainly were all powerful opponents. But in addition to these top-tier schools, there were some middle-tier schools who were also formidable opponents, like Tianshi Imperial High School, Nation League No.1 High SchoolâŚ
Of course, the school which San Yuan thought was the most troublesome wasnât in this list.
He believed that there was a middle school, which Headmaster Chen had underestimated, that could become this yearâs champion.
âDo you know Balance Flame Middle School, Headmaster Chen?â San Yuan looked up at that moment and seemed lost in thought as he looked at Headmaster Chen.
âBalance Flame Middle School?â Headmaster Chen repeated the name.
This school⌠It did have a reputation, but Headmaster Chen hadnât put it on the list of schools to watch out for since it was a middle-tier school.
âI know this school.â He seemed to be considering his words carefully. âBalance Flame Middle School is a completely closed off cultivation school. All the students board at the school. They only get two hours of sleep each day, and the rest of the time is devoted to cultivation. They get up at 4 oâclock in the morning for collective sword practice, and the food which the school canteen prepares is all nutrition and fasting pills⌠In my opinion, this kind of education is extremely unscientific.â
âBut ninety percent of its students get into key universities, and ninety percent of those ultimately enter key cultivation universities; even the worst students can get into a second-tier university,â San Yuan said.
âThis sort of closed off education is indeed amazing, but I still think itâs harmful to the studentsâ physical and mental development,â Headmaster Chen said. âSan Yuan, do you think this school can win the championship? I donât think so. Although these students are trained to become learning and fighting machines, itâs very easy for them to become rigid thinkers who are overly stubborn and dogmatic. In a big national competition like this, itâs very important to be flexible. Whatâs more, itâll be Senior Grade One students participating this time, and I donât think the Middle Grade Three students of Balance Flame Middle School will be a threat to them.â
âYouâre wrong, Headmaster Chen.â
San Yuan shook his head. âAs far as I know, Balance Flame Middle School has its own stringent admission criteria: Students need to have a certain degree of self-discipline and learning capability. Students who can learn may not ultimately do that well in their studies, but those who canât learn will undoubtedly do worse, unless theyâre possessed by Eurogod 1. These students are very good at research and learning, and they know how to use what theyâve learned from the textbooks and apply it in the real world.â
Headmaster Chen hadnât expected San Yuan to suddenly bring up this point. âLearning capabilityâŚâ
âThe first subject that Balance Flame Middle School students learn when they enter the school is copying.â Every student in the school has a unique view on copying someone elseâs strength. Even if a group from Balance Flame Middle School might have only spent a semester there, if you put them on the battlefield, theyâll absorb the tactical thinking of the strong cultivation schools like Devil-Subduing High, Titan High and even South Sea Sky High, and slowly build on it later. In the end, they might become great, fearful devils,â San Yuan said.
San Yuanâs words might sound like an exaggeration, but Headmaster Chen was in fact well aware that the students of Balance Flame Middle School did have more abnormal learning capabilities.
If San Yuan hadnât reminded him, he would have forgotten this pointâŚ
âI recall that the current headmaster of Balance Flame Middle School isâŚâ Headmaster Chen looked a little nostalgic.
âZuo Qingqiu,â San Yuan answered immediately.
âOh, so itâs that boy.â Headmaster Chen smiled. It was a familiar name.
âIt looks like this Headmaster Zuo is an old acquaintance of yours?â San Yuan chuckled.
Practically all of the headmasters who had graduated from cultivation military school alongside Headmaster Chen that year had been crushed by his formidable tactical thinking before. This included Li Qingxi, headmaster of Devil-Subduing High, and Zuo Qingqiu, headmaster of Balance Flame Middle School; they had suffered tremendously from his array of surprising support spells!
For the national competition this time, all school headmasters had to take command. If this was before Zuo Qingqiu became headmaster of Balance Flame Middle School, Headmaster Chen would have to think carefully about how to deal with this middle school.
But now that he knew that the headmaster was Zuo Qingqiu, he was immediately all smiles in his office.
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âZuo Qingqiu this kid has always been the conservative type, which may become a major weakness of his command.â Headmaster Chen tapped his fingers on the armrest of his chair and pondered for a bit before saying, âWhat Balance Flame Middle School has to be careful about is to absolutely not lose too many teammates in the early stage. Given their strong learning capability, they might get the upper hand during the middle and later stages of the competition.â
San Yuan: âWhat do you mean?â
Headmaster Chen snapped his fingers. âSince itâs like this, how about we concentrate our firepower and get rid of this time bomb at the very beginning?â
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