Chapter 117: Strategic Planning in the Tent

  Looking at the crowd, Wei Lingdong said in a gentle tone: "There are many new students among you this year. I suggest that you usually put your attention on cultivation. Three months later, it will be the new student grand competition of the entire institute. The previous two sessions of our Qianlong Institute were both first. This session, you must also work harder to strive for a better ranking."

  Upon hearing this, everyone present nodded in agreement, and those newcomers were even more convinced.

  Wei Lingdong, a 10th-ranked student in the second year of the Qilin Academy's top 10 seed students, but his prestige and popularity are among the top 10 seed students. In terms of martial arts cultivation, Wei Lingdong's strength is not even among the top seed students, and can only be compared to the 11th-ranked excellent elite student in the second year. However, no one dares to question his identity as a seed student.

  Because Wei Wuxian's true genius was not in martial arts, but rather in his exceptional military talent.

  7 years ago, 10-year-old Wei Lingdong accompanied his parents on an interstellar trip to the edge of Snow River, visiting the remains of a past war. That year, the mysterious "Ghost Fleet" incident broke out at the edge of Snow River. It was in that incident that Wei Lingdong demonstrated unparalleled military talent, assisting the Military Department's Guard Corps in commanding the battle, and ultimately repelling the mysterious Ghost Fleet with only 100 deaths. From then on, the young general's name spread like wildfire.

  At the age of 12, Wei Lingdong was personally appointed by Zhou Bufan to follow the elite troops of the Second Group Army to the western galaxy of the Odin star domain to eradicate the wandering pirate group. In one year, the fleet assisted by Wei Lingdong won seventy-three battles, big and small, without a single defeat. This achievement shocked the military department, and the seven major group armies threw out olive branches, hoping to recruit this young general under their command.

  In the same year's winter, Zhou Bufan personally met this talented young man, and during their conversation, Wei Lingdong answered fluently about the tactics of using troops in unusual ways. Afterward, Zhou Bufan praised him highly, saying that Wei Lingdong was both brave and strategic, with the potential to become a famous general in the future.

  This evaluation has also become the best calling card for Emperor Feng Academy.

  Now, as a sophomore, Wei Lingdong has been promoted to the vice president of the Elite Department Student Union, and is acting as the president. He has managed the Elite Department Student Union in an orderly manner, and its momentum is already quietly trending towards competing with the Disciplinary Squad.

  In the conference hall, everyone present was a genius martial artist, and they were all proud of themselves. However, facing Wei Lingdong, who might become a famous general in the future and command an army group, every single person carefully restrained their pride, not wanting to leave any bad impression.

  Next to him, several female students were slightly moving their eyebrows and eyes, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally glancing at Wei Xuechang, with a thread of autumn waves secretly sent, the implication of their fond hearts was already overflowing from words.

  Seeing this, Wei Lingdong seemed to have not seen it, with a smile on his face unchanged, lowering his head to flip through a thick stack of documents.

  At this time, a hurried footsteps came from outside the door.

  With a loud crash, the door was kicked open and a student stumbled in from outside, his nose blue and swollen, more than half of his teeth were broken, and his entire head looked like a pig's head.

  The student saw Wei Lingdong and immediately shouted: "It's all over, it's the emblem (Wei Hui Zhang), a new ordinary department student has already kicked the scene, and the situation has reached No. 4 Square."

  It wasn't until he repeated it three times in a row that the crowd in the conference hall finally understood, and Wei Lingdong, sitting at the head of the table, furrowed his brow.

  "What? A freshman from an ordinary department dares to come to our Qianlong Institute and cause trouble, and even fights on the 4th square? What about other classmates, didn't anyone stop him?"

  "Every year is like this, there are always a few ordinary department freshmen who overestimate themselves and come to our elite department to show off."

  "Hmph! This year's ordinary department has produced two top-notch students, Lin Tianwang and Mu Shan. The other new students are also starting to stir up trouble, truly unaware of their own mortality."

  "It's pouring heavily now, I reckon there aren't many students lingering in the classroom, no wonder they can make it all the way to Square No. 4."

  In the conference hall, a group of elite students suddenly became agitated, some immediately stood up and rushed to the window, preparing to jump down directly to rush to Square No. 4.

  At this time, Wei Lingdong shouted: "Wait a minute, don't be in a hurry!"

  At these words, everyone involuntarily stopped in their tracks and looked at Wei Lingdong with confusion, not understanding why he was stopping them. Now they had all been beaten back to the 4th Square, if this wasn't stopped now, wouldn't it be spread around and ridiculed by students from the other two academies of the Elite Division?

  Wei Lingdong signaled to the crowd to calm down and not make a fuss, looking at the student who rushed in, saying: "You are Zheng Xin from Class 54 of Grade 2, right? Don't be in a hurry, tell me what's going on."

  When Wei Lingdong suddenly said his name, the student was taken aback. As an ordinary member of the second-year students in Puli Institute, he didn't expect Wei Lingdong to remember him.

  "Yes, Deputy Director Fu, I am Zheng Xin." Zheng Xin calmed down, although his mouth was full of broken teeth, he still tried to make himself speak clearly.

  Seeing this, Wei Lingdong raised his hand and said, "Alright, you're injured, don't say so much. First sit down. I'll ask the questions, you answer."

  Zheng Xinfu sat down obediently, but in his heart he was grateful beyond words. He couldn't believe that this influential figure from the elite department would treat him with such kindness and closeness.

  After a moment of contemplation, Wei Lingdong said slowly: "That ordinary department freshman, how many students from our elite department did he defeat?"

  "Huh?" Zheng Xin was taken aback, lowered his head and calculated briefly, saying: "Over 300 people in the Great Moon (approximate) already."

  "Hiss……, everyone present couldn't help but take a cold breath, staring at Zheng Xin in disbelief, suspecting that he might not know numbers. An ordinary department freshman, how could he possibly defeat over 300 elite students consecutively? Even if he were one of the seeded freshmen from Qianlong Institute this year, it's unlikely he'd be this strong."

  Wei Lingdong's eyes moved slightly, and he nodded before asking: "Zheng Xin, among those who were defeated, are there any excellent elite students?"

  Zheng Xin's face showed a look of fear, as if recalling the scene of the battle at that time, and muttered: "Mu classmate, Lu classmate, and Song classmate, they were all seriously injured."

  As soon as these words came out, a girl in the conference hall screamed: "This is impossible. How can a freshman defeat Mu Qiu?"

  Others also had disbelieving faces, the three people Zheng Xin mentioned were all excellent elite students of Qianlong Institute's second year, and their strength rankings were all among the top 100 of the second-year students. How could a new student from an ordinary department possibly defeat them? Absolutely impossible!

  Upon hearing this, Wei Lingdong didn't show much surprise and said: "Indeed, to be able to fight all the way to the 4th Square, they must have abilities comparable to those of the elite department's students. I didn't expect that among the ordinary department's freshmen this year, there would be such a top-notch genius."

  As he spoke, he raised his head and smiled: "What are you still sitting for? Go find a fight at Square 4?"

  The students standing by the window looked embarrassed and walked to their seats, no longer mentioning going to support in advance. Among the people present, there were not a few second- and third-year students, but these people also knew best. Once they faced the elite department's seed students, even if it was a first-year seed student, they had no chance of winning at all.

  The elite disciples of the three institutes, with only 10 places available in each institute per grade. These elite disciples' martial arts talent is so high that it's a rare genius that appears once every thirty years, and can stand out among countless martial arts geniuses.

  The combat strength of the Seed Disciples is fundamentally impossible to measure with common sense.

  In the new students of this year's Qianlong Academy, Bai Zuowu, who ranked 3rd in strength, had once defeated 7 third-year seniors when he first entered school, winning all seven battles cleanly.

  Dong Huan Yuan's new student, Feng Ling Xue, was even more astonishing. In a match against one of the college's martial arts masters, she managed to withstand three moves, earning her the reputation as a natural talent, and quietly becoming the leader among Dong Huan Yuan's freshmen this year.

  Going back a bit further, when Nanfeng Domain's Jiaolong Yinxue first enrolled, at the end of the semester's freshman class tournament, in the top four battles, one person single-handedly defeated the other three strong opponents with absolute advantage, and their stunning performance could only be admired.

  At this moment, from No. 1 Square to No. 4 Square, this newcomer was able to defeat more than 300 elite students, including three excellent elite students, which already shows that the new student's combat power is strong enough to be comparable to the core seed students of the Elite Department.

  At this point, everyone present couldn't help but turn their heads and cast their eyes towards Wei Lingdong.

  "What are you looking at?" Wei Lingdong sneered, "Although I'm only the 10th seed in the second year, but my actual strength is at most one level higher than Mu's. If I went over there, it wouldn't be enough to watch either."

  At once, the others' faces fell.

  "Vice President Wei, what's going on? All the other seed students are undergoing special training on other planets."

  "Or else, should we inform the law enforcement team? Captain Feng Yan is still in school."

  Wei Lingdong glared at them and said, "If Feng Yan finds out about this, have you guys thought about the consequences? That guy has been looking for trouble with our student union for a long time."

  The tone suddenly changed, and Wei Lingdong said calmly: "However, this newborn is just one person, and it's not difficult to deal with."

  He immediately began issuing a string of orders.

  "The Student Council issues an emergency notice, gathering all students with abilities exceeding the 4th rank of Martial Boundary."

  "Let the newborn continue to fight on, abandon Square 5."

  "Order all personnel to stand by at Square No. 6, remember, don't fight alone, unite and attack together, we are going to make this newborn retreat in disarray."

  ……

  In the conference hall, everyone was busy and quickly executed orders. It has to be said that the efficiency of the Elite Department Student Union is extremely high, and after the order was issued, there was a quick response.

  A moment later, Wei Lingdong listened to the report, nodding continuously and muttered: "Have 427 fifth-level warriors been gathered? Very good, with such an array, even if that White Zuwu kid comes over, he can only retreat knowing it's impossible."

  The people present couldn't help but smile, feeling relieved and letting out a sigh of relief that they were able to gather so many students in the shortest amount of time. The key reason was still Wei Lingdong's prestige and popularity.

  "But that's not necessarily safe." Wei Lingdong stroked his chin, then turned around and whispered to the beautiful girl beside him, "Quickly go to the logistics department, in the name of the student union, apply to take out those weapons."