Chapter 160: The Legend of Flying Blossoms, a Dark Past!-Mass Job Change: My Skills Are All Forbidden Spells with a Ten Thousand Times Boost(By the banks of the Ruoshui River, the wine cups drift along the gentle current.)

"I have no problem with that. We are all roommates, and we'll be spending plenty of time together in the future." Lin Han did not turn down Teng Xinqi's kind offer. At this point in the Changqi Academy, these were the only people he knew. Rather than being forced to form a team with complete strangers, teaming up with his roommates would be much more relaxing.

"Since Brother Han is joining, I'm definitely in," Yuan Si said quickly, afraid that they might leave him out. He then turned to Gongsun Lianxi and asked, "What do you think?"

"This is a bit sudden, though I don't have any objections," Gongsun Lianxi said with some hesitation. "It's just that I had previously talked with people from other prominent families about forming a team together. I didn't expect something like this to come up."

Lin Han chimed in, "It's fine. We're roommates, so don't put yourself in an awkward position."

"They're just some family scions trying to cozy up to influence. They only contacted me because they know I'm from the Gongsun family. I'll just have a word with them later," Gongsun Lianxi decided. While following those people might allow him to enjoy being surrounded by flatterers, he didn't care about that at all.

At least from the perspective of mutual benefit, joining forces with Lin Han and Yuan Si offered much greater advantages, not to mention their formidable strength, which would make completing future missions and quests much easier.

"I'll contact them shortly. I feel much more at ease staying with my roommates," Gongsun Lianxi made up his mind.

At that moment, Lin Han raised his glass and said, "Then let's have another toast to our successful team formation!"

The others promptly raised their glasses to join in.

"So, we're still missing one member. What should we do? We already have all sorts of classes covered now, and I honestly have no idea what kind of person we should look for," Yuan Si said, his face flushed with alcohol, his speech becoming slightly slurred.

Gongsun Lianxi replied, "There's no need to rush. In three days, it'll be the Freshman Welcome Ceremony. We can pick someone out then."

"The Freshman Welcome Ceremony? Do the seniors put on performances?" Teng Xinqi asked excitedly.

"Quite the opposite," Gongsun Lianxi said mysteriously. "Every year, the Freshman Welcome Ceremony consists of the freshmen putting on a performance for the seniors, and this event also marks one of the distributions of student resources! At the same time, this day is also known as Team-Formation Day!"

"Since our academy doesn't have a large student body—only a few hundred per cohort—a battle will take place on this day!"

"A battle?" Lin Han asked doubtfully. "Why is a freshman welcome ceremony a battle?"

However, this wasn't what Lin Han wanted to know most; what he truly cared about was the distribution of resources!

Both Feihua and Qu Yunfeng had mentioned this matter before, but because it was during the admissions interview back then, Lin Han hadn't felt comfortable pressing for more details. Now, it seemed the rumor was entirely true.

As long as he could achieve victory in this competition, he might be able to secure some truly substantial resources.

"The so-called battle is actually meant for team formation. Of course, if you can achieve a certain milestone during this battle, you can acquire resources!"

"Ten percent of the entire school's annual resources!"

"Ten percent?" Yuan Si asked with keen interest. "Is that ten percent a lot?"

Gongsun Lianxi said with a helpless smile, "Of course it's a lot! As the reigning champion among the Five Academies for several consecutive sessions, Changqi Academy naturally possesses massive resources. Besides, remember, this is the entire school's resources, not just a single cohort's!"

"Ten percent of the entire school!" Teng Xinqi asked in astonishment. "That's so much. The conditions must be brutally harsh, right? Is it like taking first place in the martial arts tournament?"

"No!"

Gongsun Lianxi said mysteriously, "The rules for this change every single year and are extremely difficult. Last time, it required one person to fight twenty opponents simultaneously. Those twenty were also freshmen, and anyone among them who was willing could step up."

"Everyone is a freshman, so there isn't a massive gap in strength. Furthermore, nobody wants to see their own resources snatched away by someone else, so the stronger students all rush forward to fight."

"From this alone, you can imagine how immense the difficulty is."

Yuan Si said in disappointment, "That harsh? Can anyone actually pull that off?"

"Yes!" Gongsun Lianxi stated. "Do you know why Changqi Academy has been able to remain the top of the Five Academies for so many consecutive years?"

"It's only in these past couple of years that the other academies have truly been able to go toe-to-toe with us, right?"

Yuan Si asked in confusion, "Why? Isn't it because the overall faculty and students of our academy are strong?"

"That is certainly part of it, but the most crucial point is that there was a certain senior sister who suppressed all the heroes of her generation. During the four years she was here, the other four academies merely came to go through the motions!"

"It was precisely because she graduated these past two years that the other academies regained the ability to clash head-on with us. Last year, we even narrowly lost."

"It was this very senior sister who became the first person in the history of Changqi Academy to win this reward at the Freshman Welcome Ceremony. Afterwards, there was no stopping her—she participated in all major competitions. In her most outrageous year, she monopolized sixty percent of the entire school's resources all by herself. That period was referred to by other seniors as the Darkest Four Years."

Gongsun Lianxi explained.

Hearing this, Lin Han suddenly felt a strong sense of familiarity. Wasn't this exact story what Feihua had told him about?

Sixty percent of the resources!

He just hadn't expected Feihua's legend to truly never fade; he had only just arrived at Changqi Academy and was already hearing tales of her exploits.

If that was the case, it all made sense now. No wonder Zhang Jianan had looked so nervous when she saw Jiang Ruixin during enrollment—she must have mistaken her for Feihua.

To think that Feihua's influence at Changqi Academy ran this deep.

At that moment, Yuan Si muttered, "That's insane. Sixty percent of the school's resources—what on earth was left for everyone else to split?"

"Very little, less than half of what they used to get. That's why the students called it the Darkest Four Years, with a single person monopolizing everything! But we don't have to worry about that now. Ever since that senior sister graduated, Changqi Academy has returned to normal, and the distribution is much more even this time around."

"After all, not everyone is capable of completing those heaven-defying challenges."

Gongsun Lianxi said lightly. When his older brother had told him about it, he could see the utter helplessness written all over his face. His brother happened to be in the exact same cohort as that senior sister, experiencing the Darkest Four Years in their entirety and going down as the most miserable student batch.

"What class and strength level was that senior sister when she enrolled to be so terrifyingly powerful?" Teng Xinqi asked out of curiosity.

Gongsun Lianxi looked at Yuan Si and said, "She happened to have the exact same class as you, though there was a bit of a gap in raw strength."

"Level 2 Platinum-rank Assassin!"