Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone-Chapter 456 - 334: Su Xinyan’s Beauty Trap

Su Tiankuo’s expression had initially softened as he listened to the mediating words from Celestial City Military Academy’s principal. However, he hadn’t expected the old coot to have ulterior motives; his covetous desire for Fang Zhou was plain to see.

This is truly outrageous!

Su Tiankuo couldn’t help but shout, "You can get lost too!

"Our Sea City Military Academy has always provided Fang Zhou with the best conditions for his education and growth.

"My daughter, Su Xinyan, is a Golden Tier Great Undead Mage. She is currently serving as Fang Zhou’s instructor, and they have established a research group on Undead Mages together.

"Even Master Sandro, the strongest human Undead Mage, has expressed interest in joining our Sea City Military Academy.

"Furthermore, as the First Military Academy of the Longxia Federation, we will receive the largest allocation of resources going forward.

"Fang Zhou staying at our Sea City Military Academy is the best choice for him."

Seeing Su Tiankuo flustered and enraged, even playing the card of his most cherished daughter, the other principals exchanged glances and dared not provoke him further on the topic. They all fell silent.

Fang Zhou seized the opportunity to salute the principals before quickly descending from the high platform and rejoining the ranks of the participants from Sea City Military Academy.

Back in formation, Fang Zhou felt the complex gazes from the surrounding students. Some were filled with envy, others with jealousy, but most were full of admiration.

Su Tiankuo shot a fierce glare at the other principals before turning to the contestants below the stage and roaring, "Quiet! I will now announce the rewards for the other students.

"The second-place finisher in the individual point rankings for this New Soldier Competition is Jiang Yaoyue from Dragon City Military Academy! Her rewards are as follows: 450 contribution points, one [Longxia Blade] medal, and..."

To the sound of Su Tiankuo’s booming voice, all the participants who had performed brilliantly in the New Soldier Competition received their respective rewards. As Su Tiankuo read out the list of winners, the students below gradually quieted down and began to listen attentively.

Among the winners were Meng Hongzhuang and Ye Fan, each of whom received different awards.

After Su Tiankuo finished presenting the awards, the other principals gave brief speeches, offering their closing remarks and encouragement to the 100 participants. With the conclusion of their speeches, this year’s New Soldier Competition came to a perfect end.

A beaming Principal Su Tiankuo and Instructor Lu Hu led the ten participants from Sea City Military Academy out of the Simulation Battlefield.

...

Back in Sea City Military Academy’s participant training ground, Fang Zhou opened his eyes, pushed open the door of his Simulation Pod, and stepped out.

Instructor Lu Hu was waiting for him, grinning from ear to ear. He gave Fang Zhou a thumbs-up and said, "Fang Zhou, you’ve really done us proud. Not only did you rank first individually in the New Soldier Competition, but you also helped our Sea City Military Academy secure first place in the total scores among the ten major military academies. Hehehe," he chuckled, "I, Lu Hu, never imagined that our Sea City Military Academy could one day become the First Military Academy of the Longxia Federation. The coming year is going to be much more comfortable."

Fang Zhou smiled faintly and said humbly, "It’s all thanks to the hellish training Instructor Lu Hu put us through. The participants from the other academies were incredibly strong. I was just lucky this time."

Instructor Lu Hu let out three hearty laughs, waving his hand dismissively. "You’re good at everything, kid, except you’re too humble. The strong should have the confidence to be proud."

He stepped forward, patted Fang Zhou’s shoulder, and continued, "Regarding the rewards Principal Su Tiankuo announced for you, the 500 contribution points have already been credited to your personal terminal. The [Longxia Blade] medal and the portable Concentration Meditation Array are in stock in our academy’s logistics resource library. You can go pick them up later."

Then, Instructor Lu Hu added, "As for the materials for the Nether Amber and the Space Expansion Storage Capsule, they’ve been expedited from the Longxia Federation Military Department’s main resource depot and should arrive within a week. For the opportunity to learn a professional specialty and the chance to exchange for items from the resource libraries of the ten major academies, you should discuss it with Su Xinyan before making a decision. You can redeem them at any time."

Fang Zhou nodded seriously. "Understood. Thank you, Instructor Lu Hu. By the way, now that our academy won first place in the New Soldier Competition, what kind of resource benefits will we receive?"

Instructor Lu Hu winked. "Rest assured, Fang Zhou. Principal Su is currently making a strong case to the other principals. He definitely won’t let our students and instructors get the short end of the stick. Based on the discounts Dragon City Military Academy received in previous years, we should get at least a 20% discount on all resources we exchange from the academy’s resource library for the next year.

"Although you already have the best discount rate ever granted, an additional discount on top of that 20% will still save you a lot. Not to mention, for the tens of thousands of ordinary students with no discount privileges, this 20% discount is a benefit that you participants fought to win for everyone."

Fang Zhou nodded, a thoughtful expression on his face. If that was the case, then the resource support from the Longxia Federation Military Department for being the number one academy was nothing to scoff at.

Instructor Lu Hu looked at Fang Zhou and continued, "Besides the discounts, the most critical advantage for seed students like you, who aren’t short on contribution points, is the priority access to rare resources. For example, certain Heavenly and Earthly Treasures you might need are limited in quantity and have scarce production, so there aren’t enough to go around for all ten major academies. In such cases, allocation is prioritized.

"This means that as the top-ranked academy, we will get first pick of these rare resources. By the time the lower-ranked academies get their turn, aside from their guaranteed share, all the truly desirable rare resources will have already been snapped up by the academies ahead of them."

Fang Zhou nodded, understanding what the instructor meant. He had previously had an in-depth discussion about the resource allocation order among the academies with Zhang Wu, a second-year seed student. Putting Instructor Lu Hu’s words together with that knowledge, Fang Zhou couldn’t help but feel a growing sense of anticipation for what new resources would soon be available in Sea City Military Academy’s resource library.

These were the fruits of his own labor, after all.

"Instructor Lu Hu," Fang Zhou asked, "when can we start enjoying these benefits?"

Instructor Lu Hu laughed. "Soon. Principal Su is already coordinating everything. Once it’s formally confirmed, we’ll notify everyone. You can also check with the logistics department for the latest resource status at any time."