Volume 2: Jade Promise Chapter 53: Choices That Determine the Future
After the assessment, most people did not leave the inner street. However, it was more lively after the test than before the test. Not only did the formation of cliques become more purposeful, but they also had time to seek revenge and settle grievances with those who had harmed them in the actual assessment.
Li Zhi did say some harsh words to Tang Zheng, but as soon as those warriors who had been cheated by him came out, they did not let him go first.
Tang Zheng estimated that Li Zhi would not have the time to trouble him for the time being.
There were only six people from the Tang Family Fort who came to Fei Shi City this time. However, except for Tang Zheng who escaped in time, everyone else was caught by a group of warriors and tried desperately to curry favor with them.
Especially for Tangjiabao, many warriors showed great interest.
Even Tang Zixie and Tang Xuan, who were not selected, were surrounded by a crowd of people. Many warriors were asking if they could be guests of Tang Family Castle for a few years like Meng Fenghua did?
Unfortunately, Tangjiabao is currently undergoing major renovations...
Those warriors who wanted to be guest officials had to give up for the time being.
Tang Zheng was originally the target that other warriors wanted to catch the most, but he did not go out through the main gate. Instead, he took a detour and successfully avoided the pursuit and blockade of several waves of warriors and successfully returned to the residence provided by Yisu Academy.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he came back, he saw an exquisite letter on his desk...
"My letter? Could it be that my performance in the recent exams was too dazzling, and some girls have fallen in love with me and wrote to me to ask for a date?" Tang Zheng was a little excited after thinking about it, and opened the letter directly.
"I have heard that Fei Shi Tang Zheng is famous for his talent, quick-wittedness and love of learning, so I have given him the qualification to be selected by our academy..." On the letter, there are a few short lines of regular script.
As for the content, it had nothing to do with Tang Zheng's sexual fantasies.
The signature on the letter was not from the little girl who had a crush on Tang Zheng, but from one of the academies that all warriors below three stars in the entire continent dreamed of, the Tianqin family, Dongyang Academy!
The content of the letter was also very simple. In Tang Zheng's words, it was an invitation letter with very official and cold wording.
However, Tang Zheng was not invited to enroll directly, but to take the entrance examination of their Dongyang Academy.
"As expected of a famous academy... In their eyes, the results I achieved at Yisu Academy are just a little bit promising, just enough to qualify for their exams."
"Tsk tsk, I feel like this letter is a token of alms." Faced with this letter that would make most warriors ecstatic, Tang Zheng simply curled his lips, looking quite unhappy.
Tang Zheng casually threw the letter from Dongyang Academy aside. Just as he was about to have a good sleep and rest, the door rang again.
Tang Zheng frowned and opened the door.
Standing at the door was a middle-aged man who looked very smart and capable. He was dressed in a brocade robe and had a long crane-colored beard, which added a bit of scholarly air to him.
"But is it Mr. Tang Zheng?" the middle-aged man asked with a bow when he saw Tang Zheng.
"It's me. Who are you?" Tang Zheng nodded and looked at the middle-aged man with some confusion. He couldn't remember when he met this person.
"Haha, I'm sorry to bother you so much. I'm Su Fan, a steward of the Seventh Rank Academy. I have something important to discuss with Young Master Tang. May I come in and talk?" The middle-aged man said with a smile.
When Tang Zheng heard the words "Seventh Rank Academy", his heart skipped a beat and he probably guessed the purpose of his visit. However, since a guest is a guest, he had to step aside and invite Su Fan into the room.
Su Fan entered the room, took the tea handed over by Tang Zheng, took a sip, and said straight to the point: "Mr. Tang, I am here this time on behalf of my Seventh Rank Academy, and I sincerely invite you to join my Seventh Rank Academy."
After hearing this, Tang Zheng gently played with the teacup in his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Su Fan, why did you suddenly invite me to join the Seventh Rank Academy?"
Su Fan smiled and said, "Mr. Tang, you are joking. The talent and talent you showed in the three tests of Yisu Academy this time have not only attracted the attention of my Seventh Rank Academy, but I am afraid that most of the academies in the Tianqin Family and Changyuan Leng Family will extend olive branches to Mr. Tang in the next few days."
"However, I believe that among all the academies here, although my Seventh Rank Academy is not the top academy, it must be the academy that is most sincere in welcoming Young Master Tang to join."
Seeing that Tang Zheng seemed to be thinking about something, Su Fan thought that he was waiting for a good price, so he directly put forward the conditions: "As long as Mr. Tang is willing to join my seventh-grade academy, my academy will not charge a single cent of tuition during his studies, but will provide a monthly salary of one tael of purple gold. At the same time, Mr. Tang's food, clothing and accommodation will all be provided by my academy during his studies."
"Moreover, as long as Young Master Tang enters my academy, he will directly enter the best first-class upper dormitory and have the best instructors and resources."
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Su Fan told Tang Zheng all about the excellent conditions in one breath. These conditions almost all met the needs and requirements of ordinary students to enter the academy. Su Fan was very confident that Tang Zheng would be tempted.
As Su Fan spoke, he secretly observed Tang Zheng. It turned out that no matter the monthly salary or the beautiful maid, the private house or the good teacher, nothing could change Tang Zheng's expression in the slightest.
"This boy is so cunning, his future is really limitless!" After stating all the conditions, Su Fan saw that Tang Zheng's expression remained the same, and he couldn't help but marvel in his heart.
"Mr. Tang, do you think these conditions are satisfactory?" After finishing talking about the conditions offered by the Seventh Rank Academy, Su Fan finally asked .
After that, he stopped talking and waited for Tang Zheng's reply. Tang Zheng's confidence that he could handle it at the beginning had unconsciously weakened a little.
After hearing Su Fan's conditions, Tang Zheng was actually a little amused.
Monthly salary, beautiful maid, private house, good teacher...
Oh my god, are you hiring someone to study? Are you sure it’s not a headhunter looking for a CEO?
In terms of sincerity, this seventh-grade academy is much more conscientious than the Dongyang Academy of the Tianqin family.
However, Tang Zheng did not answer directly. Instead, he suddenly looked at Su Fan and asked, "Mr. Su Fan, before I answer you, can I ask you a question first?"
"Mr. Tang, please speak." Su Fan nodded.
"You mentioned the First Grade Upper Dormitory just now. It sounds like the First Grade Upper Dormitory has the best teachers and the most resources. So the students in this First Grade Upper Dormitory are all the most outstanding students in your academy. Do they all enjoy the conditions you mentioned just now?" Tang Zheng asked.
"Young Master Tang is indeed extremely intelligent. That's right. The first-grade upper dormitory gathers the most qualified students of my academy every year. The worst among them also has a powerful-level horoscope. As for the conditions they enjoy, they are naturally somewhat uneven. Conditions like Young Master Tang's are naturally the best, and they are on the same level as the students of my academy's aristocratic-level horoscopes." Su Fan answered quickly.
After hearing Su Fan's answer, Tang Zheng already understood.
"It's really the fast and slow classes. I didn't expect that after traveling to another world, I still have to rely on such a weird system..." Tang Zheng complained inwardly.
Memories that had almost been forgotten for many years suddenly flashed in Tang Zheng's mind again.
"You are a bunch of scum who can't even read well. When you grow up, you will be the scum of society. Even if you don't commit crimes, it will be a blessing for your parents to live a life of obscurity and mediocrity..."
When he was studying, Tang Zheng's grades were not very good because he spent almost all his spare time doing odd jobs and making money to support himself. Naturally, he was assigned to the so-called "slow class".
Unexpectedly, after arriving at Xingyao Continent, I turned from a poor student into a top student, and was personally invited by the deacon of the academy to enroll in the best class.
Is it to go to the Seventh Rank Academy to experience the feeling of being in the fast class, and enjoy looking down on the students in the slow class with a superior look?
Or, should I continue to stay in Yisu Academy and try to maintain the mentality of an ordinary student to strive for the so-called miracle?
Tang Zheng suddenly laughed. He had already made the choice of the answer the moment he was faced with the choice between rebirth or time travel.
"Mr. Tang? Have you thought about it?" Su Fan couldn't help but ask when he saw that Tang Zheng seemed to have made a decision.
Tang Zheng nodded, bowed to Su Fan and said, "Mr. Su Fan, I am flattered by your invitation, but after careful consideration, I decided to stay at Yisu Academy."
Tang Zheng's answer surprised Su Fan very much. He never thought that Tang Zheng would choose Yisu Academy!
Before he came, he had imagined many reasons why Tang Zheng might refuse the Seventh Rank Academy, such as choosing the more famous Tianqin Family's academy, or choosing other equally famous academies with better conditions. But he never expected that Tang Zheng would choose to stay in the Yisu Academy.
"Mr. Tang, you'd better think about this carefully. To be honest, Yisu Academy ranks last among the four academies of the Changyuan Leng family in terms of its performance over the years. Moreover, the students it recruits are of mixed quality. Even the 'Academy Martial Arts Competition', which is very important to both the academy and its students, is not competitive at all. Are you really willing to waste your life in such an inferior academy with a bunch of inferior students like Leng Zhan, the former genius of the Leng family?" Su Fan said very bluntly and bluntly, hoping to make Tang Zheng change his mind.
"Oh? It's the cold war again. It seems that he has also made these invited academies suffer in the past." Tang Zheng complained in his heart.
But he smiled coldly: "Mr. Su Fan, I was once what you call a bottom-ranked student, but I agree with the philosophy of Yisu Academy and believe in miracles!"
“What is a miracle? A miracle is never giving up, waiting for the moment when the opportunity comes, and then grabbing it tightly!”
“Being in the last rank in terms of performance does not mean that one’s ideas are in the last rank; being in the last rank today does not mean that one will be in the last rank tomorrow.”
"Perhaps in Mr. Su Fan's eyes, the teachers and students of Yisu Academy are wasting their time, but in my opinion, they are struggling. All the aristocratic family astrology were once just potential dragons, weren't they?"
"I have made up my mind, Mr. Su Fan, please go back." Tang Zheng rarely spoke a long paragraph in one breath, then stood up and served tea to see the guest off.
Su Fan was so choked by Tang Zheng's words that he couldn't utter a word for a long time.
Just before leaving, he turned around and looked at Tang Zheng deeply and said, "Soon after you enter the school, there will be the 'Academy Martial Arts Competition'. I hope that when your grades are at the bottom, Mr. Tang will not regret your choice today."
Tang Zheng smiled as he opened the door for Su Fan. He laughed and said, "There's an old saying in my hometown: If you make an appointment with someone, no matter how ugly the girl is, you have to finish the sex with her even if you cry!"
"Yes, I have never regretted the choices I have made."
Su Fan was stunned by Tang Zheng's jokes, but he still understood the three words "no regrets". He stopped talking with a cold face and left.
