As a few powerful auras descended, the previously uproarious dungeon entrance suddenly fell dead silent, like a howling drake whose neck had been abruptly squeezed shut.
After who knows how long...
The crowd suddenly erupted in an uproar once they snapped back to their senses.
"Flying in midair? Holy shit! Bigwigs!"
"Looks like all the bigwigs from the school are here."
"Damn, am I dreaming? The school's bigwigs, who are usually impossible to catch, are all actually here."
"Isn't that the principal right at the front? Even his elderly self is here."
"It's just clearing a Calamity-grade dungeon, did it really require such a massive display?"
"No way, I'm calling those lazy dogs in my dorm right now telling them to stop sleeping, get up and watch the drama, you'll miss it if you snooze."
"I'm calling the girls in my dorm too, such big news cannot be missed."
.......
"It looks like all the bigwigs came here for this student named Qin Chen."
"Damn it, I'm so envious. If I could ever have bigwigs show up just for me like this, I'd smile even in my dreams."
"Bro, the prerequisite is that you have to clear a Calamity-grade dungeon all by yourself."
Standing right behind the principal, the head of discipline frowned inadvertently upon seeing the chaotic scene at the dungeon entrance.
"Silence!!!"
He channeled his energy into his core, and his voice instantly swept across the entire area, reaching everyone's ears.
This caused everyone present to instantly quiet down.
After all, the remaining prestige of the head of discipline still held weight, and the academy students naturally dared not provoke this living King of Hell.
Because anyone who dared to cause trouble had long since been disciplined into absolute obedience.
As the crowd quieted down.
Led by the principal, several bigwigs walked into the crowded throng and arrived at the dungeon entrance.
The principal gazed at the light screen above the dungeon entrance, a flash of sharp insight in his eyes.
[Congratulations to Senior Grade 3 (Class 1) student Qin Chen for clearing the Calamity-grade dungeon difficulty for the first time]
[This announcement is hereby made in celebration!]
He wore a thoughtful expression.
Meanwhile, the head of discipline behind the principal and two other academy professors all stared at this announcement message with somewhat stunned expressions.
For a moment, they simply couldn't process it.
Earlier, sensing inexplicable energy fluctuations appearing near the dungeon, they had thought something had gone wrong with the dungeon and rushed over to investigate.
Who would have thought that a student actually cleared a Calamity-grade dungeon difficulty.
Wait....
Calamity-grade dungeon difficulty?
The head of discipline and the two academy professors reacted with faces full of shock.
They hurriedly blinked instinctively, only then confirming that their eyes were not playing tricks on them.
Someone had actually cleared a Calamity-grade dungeon; this was the first clearance since the founding of the academy decades ago.
No wonder the dungeon had such massive energy fluctuations.
This was rewriting the academy's history.
The head of discipline and the others stared expectantly at the name of the person who cleared it, wanting to know which gifted student of the academy had pulled off such a heaven-shaking feat.
Was it Su Li, who was specially recruited by Longhua University?
Or was it Lin Yi, who stood out among all the students and obtained a hidden class?
In their impression, it seemed only these two seedlings among this batch of high school students could possibly pull it off.
Yet, thinking carefully, although these two students indeed possessed exceptionally strong talent, soloing the Calamity-grade dungeon carefully designed by the academy still seemed immensely difficult.
......
"Qin Chen?"
After seeing the name on the dungeon light screen clearly, the head of discipline and the others looked somewhat baffled.
Because this name did not seem familiar to them at all.
The head of discipline could not help but furrow his brows deeper.
He filtered through the graduation roster of this year's students in his mind, but still could not recall which person Qin Chen was.
"Qin Chen from Senior Grade 3 (Class 1)?"
Yet this name somehow felt inexplicably familiar.
Still, he couldn't remember it for the moment.
The head of discipline couldn't help but look skeptically at the principal in front of him.
Only to find the principal wearing an expression of someone who had known all along and had everything under control.
"The principal knows this student named Qin Chen?"
The head of discipline wore a puzzled expression.
Suddenly, he remembered who Qin Chen was.
Wasn't Qin Chen the top student of this year's grade?
Hailed as the most talented student of this cohort, he had carried the high hopes of the academy's teachers.
Yet just a few days ago, during the awakening of class talents.
He unexpectedly awakened only a very ordinary Mage class, which left everyone who paid attention to him deeply disappointed.
Such a fine seedling, yet struck by such terrible luck.
Because in their expectations, Qin Chen should have at least awakened a hidden class.
Faced with such an outcome, although everyone was surprised, they could only accept it helplessly.
After all, cases like this had always popped up a few times every decade since the school's founding.
Fortunately, however, Su Li did not live up to everyone's expectations, extremely smoothly awakening a rare hidden class.
Thus, all the academy's teachers cast their focus onto Su Li.
And the result satisfied them immensely.
Because of her talented strength and rare hidden class, Su Li was admitted to Longhua Martial Arts University in advance.
This made all the teachers of the academy extremely proud and glorious.
After all, Su Li came from their academy, and students and teachers complement one another.
It was precisely against this contrast—one bright and one obscure—
that the name Qin Chen was quickly forgotten by people.
After all, mediocre and ordinary people were not worth everyone's attention; this was an eternal truth.
Thinking of the name Qin Chen, a trace of surprise stirred in the heart of the head of discipline.
Didn't he only awaken an ordinary Mage class? How did he inexplicably clear the Calamity-grade dungeon that the school had never cleared until now?
How did the other party pull it off?
The head of discipline looked up at the two academy professors beside him.
He found that the two of them also wore faces full of blank bewilderment.
It seemed they couldn't remember who Qin Chen was for the moment either.
A faint, unexplainable sense of superiority welled up in his heart.
Yet how did the principal remember this name?
Could it be that the principal had long since memorized the names and appearances of all graduating students of this cohort?
A hint of skepticism crossed the face of the head of discipline, and he couldn't help glancing at the principal again.
Only to see the principal wearing a contemplative expression.
The head of discipline instantly put on an expression that said "as expected."
"As expected of the principal, he truly pays equal attention to every student without any talent discrimination, consistently upholding the school motto of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude and providing education for all without discrimination."
Thinking of this, a trace of shame inexplicably arose in the heart of the head of discipline.
He did not possess such a great height of thinking as the principal.
He had placed most of his focus on the more talented students, while failing to spend much effort paying attention to those with mediocre qualifications.
A trace of vigilance arose inexplicably in the heart of the head of discipline.
It seemed that in his future teaching career, he needed to learn more from the principal.
Upholding the school motto of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude and providing education for all without discrimination.
He vowed to equally teach and guide every single student well.
......
Meanwhile, the principal inexplicably sensed a gaze coming from behind him, and he turned his head skeptically to take a look.
Only to find that the head of discipline was staring straight at him with a strange expression for some reason, resembling someone making a pilgrimage.
He revealed a trace of confusion.
What is wrong with the head of discipline today? He's acting so weird.
Could it be that the recent teaching pressure is too heavy?
Recalling the heavy teaching tasks he had recently assigned to the head of discipline, he hurriedly faked a cough.
It seemed that recently, in order to slack off, he had dumped the vast majority of his teaching tasks onto the head of discipline all at once.
He instinctively glanced at the hairline of the head of discipline.
Finding no changes, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It looked like he shouldn't slack off quite so much in the future.
With his mind made up, the principal looked forward again.
And he walked quickly to Qin Chen's side, saying with a warm and amiable expression, "Student Qin Chen, the school has a great mission to bring honor to the academy. I wonder if you might be interested?"