Commendation Conference

Because of the Black Vatican's intervention, Dean Xiao did not immediately announce the assessment results or give a concluding speech after the assessment ended.

Instead, after the Black Vatican was wiped out, Dean Xiao gathered all the intermediate-level mages who had participated in the main campus assessment, as well as the students from the Green Campus who were not qualified to enter the main campus, together for a school-wide meeting.

At the conference, Dean Xiao first briefly announced the results of the main campus assessment and the rewards that the students should receive, and then announced a very surprising piece of news to all the teachers and students.

That is, Lin Chen, who was once regarded as the Great Demon King by everyone at school, together with Mo Fan, a student of the Summoning Department, set a trap, successfully captured and killed the members of the Black Vatican, helped the Inquisition complete the extermination of the Black Vatican, and made all the members of the Black Vatican disappear from here forever.

The Shadow Beast Trial incident has been the talk of the town these past few days. With the more than 1,000 students who experienced it firsthand spreading the word, the whole story has been circulated in various versions...

In these versions, some portray Mo Fan as a murderous monster, while others depict him as a righteous hero, but without exception, Lin Chen is absent from all of them.

But now, at the school-wide assembly, Dean Xiao actually told everyone that there was another mastermind behind this incident, Lin Chen, and that he had single-handedly captured the blue-robed deacon of the Black Vatican.

The entire venue erupted in a clamor, filled with gasps of amazement.

Many students who didn't understand the identity, status, and strength of the blue-robed steward asked the teachers and well-informed students around them. After learning what the blue-robed steward represented, when they looked in Lin Chen's direction again, they were immediately amazed.

It's important to know that even though Lin Chen single-handedly defeated the entire school and achieved a thousand-person kill at Mingzhu Academy, and even after the five challengers, including Mu Nujiao, donated a large amount of supplies, many students still disliked Lin Chen and believed that he had encroached on everyone's resources.

Today, however, he has become the object of praise by all teachers and students and the goal of learning for all students, which makes many people look strange while marveling at him.

After the discussion among all the teachers and students present subsided, Dean Xiao rewarded Lin Chen and Mo Fan, giving each of them a prize of 200,000 yuan and the qualification to cultivate in the Three-Step Tower for three days.

"The Three-Step Tower!!"

"Dean Xiao actually rewarded them with entry to the Three-Step Tower!!"

When Dean Xiao announced the reward, the thousand students present were almost stunned.

Students at the main campus are fighting tooth and nail for a spot in the Three-Step Tower. Even the top performer in this assessment only gets one day of training time, but Dean Xiao rewarded Lin Chen and his classmates with three days, which is truly enviable.

In an instant, many of the trainees who participated in the assessment wished they were the ones who fought alongside the Black Vatican that day, so that they too could have this precious opportunity.

Of course, they didn't know that Lin Chen had been cultivating in the Three-Step Tower for seven days; otherwise, these students might have been even more hostile towards Lin Chen.

Hearing the discussions among the students below, Dean Xiao walked to the center of the stage again and began to speak.

"Classmates, I know you envy Lin Chen and Mo Fan for having the qualification to enter the Three-Step Tower, and some of you may even think that my reward of three days is a bit too much. But I want to tell you that they deserve it!"

"At every freshman orientation, I emphasize one point to all students: the magicians who graduate from Pearl Academy will undoubtedly possess the ability to change the world, and will undoubtedly be heroes capable of shouldering the mission of protecting humanity. Lin Chen and Mo Fan have proven this with their actions; even before they have left the campus, they have already become heroes that I am proud of..."

"I also want to apologize to all the teachers and students here. I knew the academy would attract the Black Vatican, but I didn't know they had already infiltrated the school. This is a truly terrifying thing. If it weren't for Lin Chen and Mo Fan, I don't know what kind of harm these heartless bastards would have caused you..."

"Finally, I don't expect our students to be like Lin Chen and Mo Fan, facing the Black Vatican and fighting on the front lines of danger before they even enter society. But I hope you won't become like Jia Wenqing and Fu Tianming, who are eager for quick success and instant benefits, abandoning their faith, corrupting their souls, and becoming trash that can never see the light of day!"

After Dean Xiao finished speaking, the audience fell silent instantly.

The students who participated in the main campus assessment suddenly realized a problem: they had all encountered the Black Vatican's Black Beast Demon that day, but faced with the unknown danger, their first choice was to retreat and not get entangled with it. They never thought of fighting it to the end.

Now, they have absolutely no right to be jealous of Lin Chen and Mo Fan's achievements.

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After the school assembly, Lin Chen and Mo Fan were about to go to the cafeteria for lunch when Dean Xiao stopped them and made them come with him to the dean's office.

Upon arriving at the dean's office, Lin Chen and Mo Fan discovered that the head of the Summoning Department and Gu Han, the teacher in charge of security for the Beast Fighting Tournament, were also there.

Immediately, Lin Chen and Mo Fan realized that Dean Xiao must have called them over for something very important.

"Dean Xiao, what brings you here?" Lin Chen asked.

"The first matter has little to do with you; it mainly concerns Mo Fan," Dean Xiao said.

"What does this have to do with me?"

Mo Fan pointed to himself, utterly puzzled. Apart from this incident, he hadn't caused any major disturbances at school.

"Here's the thing, every year our magic high schools participate in exchange programs. This year, our diplomacy professor, Gu Han, selected the top-ranked Imperial Capital University from nearly 40 schools among the 985 universities. So the dean plans to have you, Mo Fan, lead the team to participate in this exchange program," explained Jiang Yunming, the head of the Summoning Department.

"..." Mo Fan was speechless. Leading a team to exchange ideas with the top-ranked Imperial Capital University was just asking for trouble.

"Dean, I didn't even say I wanted to be an exchange student before you assigned me to this job. Besides, I'm not exactly ugly, so why did you give me such an embarrassing task?" Mo Fan muttered in dissatisfaction.

"Mo Fan, you don't need to be modest. You can even fight the Black Church. With your strength, you can be considered one of the top students among the new students in the main campus. Even in the Imperial Capital Academy, there are not many people who can beat you," said Jiang Yunming, the head of the Summoning Department.

"Why not let Lin Chen go? I think he's perfect for it!" Mo Fan said. He didn't want to go, but he knew that if Lin Chen went, the other side would definitely get beaten up.

"Him? He's no good!" Dean Xiao said, showing no sign of being upset about being chosen for the Imperial Capital Academy. Instead, he laughed happily.

"Why?" Mo Fan asked curiously.

"Because the principal of the university in the capital called me."