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Panpan?!

Huari is Wu Panpan?!

The words of the Spirit Artifact Ai Pan were like a thunderbolt, shocking everyone as they all turned their gaze to Princess Huari.

Huari was still young and had never been to the new recruit training camp. She was purely here for the excitement and to preview the scene, hoping to gain some benefits.

Of course, the most important thing was that she didn't have to attend classes during this time, which was the biggest advantage for her. She had been cooped up in the Clan School for the past two years, and it was driving her crazy~

"Me?" Huari pointed to her own nose, curiously asking, "Sister Ai Pan, are you talking to me?"

"Yes, Panpan!" the Spirit Artifact Ai Pan exclaimed, "By the Holy Emperor, have you already fallen? Is this a true spirit reincarnation?"

"Uh..." Huari blinked her big watery eyes, "They all say I'm a True Immortal reincarnation. But my inherited memories are fragmented, and I really don't know whose reincarnation I am. You say I'm Wu Panpan, do you have any evidence?"

"Evidence? What evidence is needed?!" Ai Pan's emotions suddenly became agitated, "Even though your appearance has changed, and you seem to have become even more beautiful, you are my idol~ Your spiritual wave, your soul aura, and your unique temperament..."

"Even if you just changed your shell, even if you turned to ashes and your soul shattered into countless pieces, I could recognize you from the scattered soul waves! Panpan, my Panpan, how could you... boohoo~"

As she spoke, she began to cry sadly.

"Hey, hey, hey~ don't cry~" Princess Huari, seeing her like this, was at a loss for what to do and quickly comforted her, "I think I'm doing quite well now, especially since I don't have to do homework recently, it's great."

"What? Die'er, you haven't done your homework recently?" Upon hearing this, before anyone else could react, Wang Ningyao's face had already turned dark.

He immediately walked out with a stern face, complaining to his wife as he walked: "Wife, how are you managing the child? This is outrageous."

His wife was Zhao Jingyu, one of the Zhao Clan's twin sisters.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Jingyu was not to be outdone and immediately retorted: "Husband, the child is yours too. Why is it that when you can't manage, you blame it on me?"

"Fine, then I'll handle it, don't feel sorry." Wang Ningyao said as he rolled up his sleeves and walked towards Huari.

Oh no, she had let it slip in her moment of pride, causing her parents to argue again. Now she's in trouble~

Huari was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she quickly turned around and squeezed into the crowd, trying to slip away.

Unfortunately, her current cultivation was only at the ninth level of the Qi Refining Realm. Even if she was a Peerless Prodigy, her strength was still far inferior to Wang Ningyao, who was already at the Celestial Realm.

She hadn't run two steps before Wang Ningyao flashed over, grabbed her by the back of her collar, and lifted her up, carrying her to a small hill.

Immediately after, the sound of "crackling" slaps came from behind the hill.

Zhao Jingyu's face changed slightly, and she immediately followed. Soon, the sound of her arguing with Wang Ningyao and Princess Huari's cries of being spanked came from behind the hill.

Prince An couldn't sit still when he saw this and hurriedly shouted, "Wang Shouzhe, aren't you going to do something about Ningyao, that little brat? What if he hurts Huari?"

Although Wang Ningyao was Prince An's grandson, Prince An was even more concerned about Huari.

"Ahem~ In our family, each generation manages the next. Unless the parents are not present, we generally don't interfere across generations." Wang Shouzhe said, glancing at his eldest son, Wang Shizhao.

Wang Shizhao understood and turned to look sternly at Wang Anye.

"Ahem!" Wang Anye coughed twice, pretending to be serious, and said earnestly to Wang Anye, "Anye, tell your son to take it easy. Huari is still young, and she can be taught slowly."

"Yes, Father."

Wang Anye obediently bowed and then ran to the back of the hill to scold Wang Ningyao.

"Ningyao, in front of so many elders, take it easy. Also, you must live in harmony with Jingling, no arguing."

"Dad, I'm Jingyu." Zhao Jingyu weakly explained.

"Ahem~ Jingyu, my brat has wronged you." Wang Anye apologized helplessly, "After this, see how I deal with him. If he dares to be fierce to you again, just tell me, and I'll stand up for you."

"Thank you, Father, for upholding justice." Zhao Jingyu said softly.

The farce ended noisily, with only Princess Huari Wang Jidie getting a good beating. When she returned, she was holding her backside, teary-eyed, limping, and looking quite pitiful.

Although the elders all felt sorry for her, they also knew this girl brought it on herself.

For children her age, studying was the most important thing.

If she really studied hard and still couldn't learn, that would be one thing, as it would be a matter of ability, and there would be no use in forcing it. But she clearly had the ability and just didn't want to study properly, which was a matter of attitude. This could not be tolerated.

Spirit Artifact Ai Pan watched the whole thing and was dumbfounded.

This family is too ruthless, right?

Even though Panpan's bloodline would definitely drop a notch after reincarnation, she was still at least at the innate spiritual body level.

In the Officer Training Academy, she would undoubtedly be an outstanding graduate and would definitely be recommended for further studies. Such a genius, not only not being cherished but also being beaten so hard, is there any justice in this?

"Panpan, boohoo~" Seeing Huari limping, Spirit Artifact Ai Pan felt both heartache and grievance for her and even started crying along with her.

"Don't cry, don't cry, you'll get used to it." Huari, on the other hand, didn't mind and even comforted the Spirit Artifact.

After all, she had been beaten a lot since she was a child, and with her innate fourth-level spiritual body bloodline, her recovery was quite remarkable.

Besides, starting as a "True Immortal Reincarnation" was only a Peerless Prodigy D-grade. Such a bloodline would certainly be treasured in other families, but in the Wang Clan, it was just so-so.

She was still lying in the third training sequence, not yet in a position to act high and mighty.

"That's enough." Wang Anye stepped forward to preside, "Sister Ai Pan, we are all here to enroll."

"Does everyone have a recommendation letter?" Spirit Artifact Ai Pan asked.

"Not exactly." Wang Anye said, "Most of us have recommendation letters, but a few missed the new recruit camp enrollment due to age and other reasons. We ask Miss Ai Pan to give us a testing opportunity."

"No, those with recommendation letters can enroll, but those without can only stay as family members temporarily." Spirit Artifact Ai Pan said.

Wang Anye was prepared for this: "Sister Ai Pan, you may not know, but our frontline casualties are heavy, and the outer region demons are pressing hard. It won't be long before the human race is in danger of falling. At such a critical time, special measures must be taken. If you don't believe me, I can show you the Heavenly Recording Disk~"

The Heavenly Recording Disk recorded scenes of the human race fighting and killing enemies on the outer region battlefield.

"Huh? Why are even Qi Refining Realm militia on the battlefield?" Spirit Artifact Ai Pan was shocked, "Aren't the Shenwu Army soldiers required to be at least at the Lingtai Realm? Qi Refining Realm soldiers are just reserves."

"The times have changed~ We now rely on Qi Refining Realm soldiers to form battle formations, using many to fight few and kill outer region demons." Wang Anye was also quite helpless, "Therefore, we need a large number of officers on the front line to oversee the situation. Just think, even Marshal Wu Panpan has fallen and reincarnated..."

The words "Wu Panpan" and "fallen" clearly touched a sensitive nerve in Spirit Artifact Ai Pan.

She hesitated for a moment but eventually agreed: "Alright~ I can conduct a strict test of qualifications, and if they meet the enrollment criteria, they will be given the status of auditing students first, and if they perform well, they can be regularized."

In fact, Wang Anye had already gathered intelligence from Fifth Sister at the No. 5 Training Camp, knowing that the student composition of the Intermediate and Advanced Officer Training Academy was quite complex. The majority were actually family elites recommended by major clans or military clans, while those who received recommendation letters from new recruit training camps were the minority.

This is also understandable.

Those high-grade Basalt clans and military clans naturally have their own clan member training systems, and the elites who emerge from them can be directly employed without needing to squeeze into the "Recruitment Point" with civilians and take the training camp route.

It is for this reason that Wu Panpan, who came from the new recruit camp, was called "grassroots." Of course, this only means that her family's grade was somewhat low and did not have the qualifications to directly recommend people to the Intermediate and Advanced Officer Training Academy, not that she was a true bottom-level civilian.

However, the Officer Training Academy also has its own admission testing system, and there have always been slots for auditing students.

In short.

What Wang Anye negotiated did not exceed the Spirit Artifact's authority and did not truly violate the fundamental principles of the Spirit Artifact, at most, it was a small backdoor.

Once the negotiations were completed, those with recommendation letters immediately took them out, and those without were temporarily allowed to enter as family members.

Before long.

Nearly three hundred people passed through the space entrance and entered the [Shenwu Intermediate and Advanced Officer Training Academy].

As expected, the Officer Training Academy, which had been deserted for who knows how many years, had accumulated a thick layer of dust. Various cleaning puppets had long since broken down and were paralyzed, with many parts completely corroded, almost unrecognizable.

Only the two giant war puppets standing at the entrance remained as majestic as ever, exuding a vast pressure. Clearly, their material was extraordinary, and the craftsmanship level must have been very high.

"These are two Lingxu Realm war puppets." Spirit Artifact Ai Pan explained with a hint of pride, "Our entire Shenwu Royal Dynasty doesn't have many Lingxu Realm war puppets."

"Sister Ai Pan." Wang Anye began his usual routine, "The academy looks quite dirty inside, please help us formal students with the registration procedures, and then we can start cleaning to accumulate merit."

These merits weren't very valuable and could at most be exchanged for some low to mid-level treasures, which naturally weren't of much use to Wang Anye and the others. However, the Shenwu-produced items not only included bloodline enhancement liquids but also various standard spiritual tools and treasures of excellent quality, which were perfect for the younger generation of the clan.

Moreover, those discarded "junk" were good things for the Wang Clan, and they could find ways to bring them back to the Wang Clan.

"This..."

Spirit Artifact Ai Pan was a bit dumbfounded.

Why were these new students not following the usual routine and so eager to clean?

However, since this request was within reasonable bounds, Spirit Artifact Ai Pan naturally wouldn't refuse: "Alright, I'll prioritize processing the enrollment procedures for students with recommendation letters."

The Spirit Artifact truly lived up to its name, processing at lightning speed.

In less than an hour, most people had completed the procedures. Only those "backdoor students" without recommendation letters needed to take a qualification exam, and those who passed would temporarily be given "auditing student" status.

Under the guidance of the Spirit Artifact, those without recommendation letters were soon taken to the "make-up exam."

The specific process is not detailed here.

Meanwhile, those who had successfully become formal students quickly found the mission hall in the nearly paralyzed academy and began applying for tasks such as cleaning, repairing houses, and fixing cleaning puppets.

Having had the experience from last time, everyone knew they would likely be staying in the academy for quite some time. Even without tasks, they would certainly clean the academy thoroughly, and now they could also earn some merit points, making the work even more enthusiastic.

Wang Shouzhe led the male members of the family, while Liu Ruolan led the female members of the clan, dividing the work, with no one minding the hard or dirty work.

In just a few days, the accommodation area, cafeteria area, and training area were all cleaned up, and by this time, those "backdoor students" had also passed Spirit Artifact Ai Pan's assessment and successfully obtained auditing student status.

Such results were not hard to understand. The reason this Intermediate and Advanced Officer Academy existed was to train mid to high-level officers who could grow to the Divine Realm or Lingxu Realm, so its admission threshold was the great prodigy level.

And now, the Wang Clan, along with their allied families, had no shortage of great prodigies, and each was originally an outstanding presence in their respective families.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the younger generation of great prodigies in the Wang Clan were only in the fourth sequence within the Wang Clan and didn't seem too remarkable, but if taken outside, each one was a top talent, worthy of being called "dragons and phoenixes among men."

A large group of people settled down in the academy just like that.

"Sister Ai Pan." Wang Anye once again negotiated with Spirit Artifact Ai Pan, "We are ready, please arrange for some instructors to teach us."

Of course, he knew there were no instructors in this training academy now, and he was asking on purpose.

"I have already sent out a notification to gather instructors." Spirit Artifact Ai Pan said helplessly, "But so far, not a single instructor has responded to my notification. However, there is something to inform you, I have found that many students, including you, have already reached the Purple Mansion Realm, and according to the training academy's regulations, you must undergo a graduation assessment within a year."

"Sister Ai Pan, we haven't even had a single day of formal study, and you're asking us to graduate?" Wang Anye was very "shocked," "Are you sure this is an officer academy and not some third-rate diploma mill?"

This was already his second time communicating with the academy's Spirit Artifact, so he naturally had experience. He knew that when communicating with the Spirit Artifact, he couldn't just let the Spirit Artifact say whatever it wanted; he had to set traps and learn to fight for favorable conditions.

The last time he negotiated with Fifth Sister at the training camp, he had taken many detours and suffered many losses due to his lack of experience.

"This..." Spirit Artifact Ai Pan was somewhat embarrassed and angry, "We are a prestigious Intermediate and Advanced Officer Training Academy personally established by His Majesty the Holy Emperor! Anye, don't slander the academy."

"Sister Ai Pan, you said it was a training academy, but where's the training? Where are our training courses and instructors?"

"The courses have been sent to you, and you can start self-study." Spirit Artifact Ai Pan was also a bit anxious, "I'll send out more notifications to urge the instructors. Those lazy guys, I must complain about them to the higher-ups..."

In fact, Wang Anye knew very well that this Spirit Artifact sister would never be able to summon instructors in her lifetime.

Unless their batch of instructors could find a higher-level academy, obtain permissions from there, and then be "assigned" back. In that case, the current batch of students would become the new instructors.

Immediately, Wang Anye's expression became serious: "Sister Ai Pan, this is a major teaching accident. I have two suggestions."

"First, I suggest delaying the graduation assessment for new students, as we haven't had a single day of training yet."

"Second, I suggest opening the simulation learning and assessment equipment and environment for us. Since there are no instructors to teach, we might as well start self-studying. Learning is crucial, and we can't let the absence of instructors delay our studies."

"This..." Spirit Artifact Ai Pan began to "hesitate" again.

Clearly, this was not in line with the usual practice and had already exceeded the scope of her judgment based on past experience.

"Sister Ai Pan, we also want to accelerate our learning, speed up the assessment, and step onto the battlefield to drive out the outer region demons and serve the Holy Emperor." Wang Anye's expression was extremely serious, "I don't want our studies to be delayed because of you, leading to severe consequences. I also don't want to one day have to complain about Sister Ai Pan."

The Shenwu Royal Dynasty had many Spirit Artifacts, but the management of Spirit Artifacts was also quite strict.

Having been with the Spirit Artifact of the Fifth New Recruit Training Camp for a long time, Wang Anye had already gained a detailed understanding of the relevant situation. The Spirit Artifact Code prioritized "protecting the human race" as the primary duty.

If a major accident occurred due to a Spirit Artifact's mistake, resulting in serious consequences, upon verification of a complaint, penalties could include but were not limited to [demotion], [removal of permissions], and [erasure of intelligence], depending on the severity of the consequences.

Spirit Artifact Ai Pan instantly felt Wang Anye's gentle threat: "Thinking about it, Anye, your words do make sense. However, the assessment can't be postponed, but I can first open the learning and assessment simulator to help you accelerate your learning progress, ensuring you can pass the assessment smoothly and not delay your time on the battlefield."

Agreeing to one of the two conditions meant the task was half completed.

However, Wang Anye also felt quite satisfied.

Being able to open the assessment simulator in advance, allowing everyone to adapt early, was also of great benefit to this time's effort to "shear the wool" of Shenwu.

As for how Wang Anye knew about the existence of the assessment simulator... it was naturally something he had coaxed out of Sister Ai Pan.

Soon.

Under Wang Anye's urging and Spirit Artifact Ai Pan's organization, all formal students and auditing students arrived at the assessment venue.

Because the assessment venue was usually in a fully enclosed state, there wasn't much dust accumulated inside after opening it, and it was quickly cleaned up with just a little sweeping. The final calculation showed that the merit points given were also pitifully small.

In the center of the exam venue lay a sci-fi-looking milky white metal cabin, connected to a large crystal screen.

Clearly, this metal cabin was the legendary "assessment simulator."

Spirit Artifact Ai Pan proudly introduced, "Do you see the immersive simulator in the assessment venue? This is a treasure personally brought back by His Majesty the Holy Emperor. Each of the four training academies has only one."

"No way?" Wang Anye stepped forward to take a closer look at the simulation assessment cabin, "I've seen something like this in the Shenwu military camp."

Moreover, when the Lingyun Holy Land held the Holy Son Struggle, they used similar props.

"What you saw were imitations developed by the Holy Emperor's orders, and their functions are incomplete." Spirit Artifact Ai Pan's tone was full of disdain, "The real assessment cabin can simulate the examinee's physical fitness, bloodline, and weapons in full. Fighting inside is no different from fighting outside, even the operation of profound energy within the body can be simulated, a true 100% simulation of reality."

"Is it really that amazing?"

Everyone was amazed by this magical effect.

Wang Shouzhe's eyes also lit up.

During the Holy Son Struggle, he had asked Yingxuan and Liyao about their experiences with the virtual cabin. Although it was magical, it certainly couldn't be said to simulate reality 100%. They felt like they were playing a game inside, clearly feeling "fake."

If this simulator could really simulate reality 100%, then this technology would be incredible.

"However, this treasure also has its limitations." Spirit Artifact Ai Pan said, "Its simulation limit is the eighth bloodline or the strength level of a Divine Realm cultivator. It cannot simulate the ninth bloodline or the power of the Great Dao of a Lingxu Realm cultivator."

"For this reason, the Holy Emperor placed them in the four Intermediate and Advanced Officer Training Academies to maximize their usefulness."

Everyone was slightly relieved.

It made sense; if it could fully simulate the strength of Lingxu Realm or even True Immortal Realm experts, it would be unrealistic.

But even so, it was still an unparalleled treasure.

Especially for Wang Shouzhe, he really wanted to get one to put in the family as a clan treasure.

The super holographic game machine he never got to see on Earth in his previous life was waiting for him here, and the thought made him a little excited.

"Husband, what are you pondering again?" Liu Ruolan teased with a smile, "Could it be that you're planning to simulate Xiaoxue with flesh and blood? I'm really curious about what other secrets of youth you have that I don't know~"

No one knows a husband better than his wife.

After being together for almost two hundred years, their familiarity with each other almost surpassed their familiarity with themselves. How could Wang Shouzhe's little thoughts escape her eyes?

"Ahem!" Wang Shouzhe quickly changed the subject, "Wife, look at that huge obsidian stele next to the assessment venue, it seems to have ten names on it, and it looks a bit strange."

"Stele?"

Liu Ruolan's attention was immediately drawn over.

Wang Shouzhe noticed the stele, and naturally, everyone else saw it too.

"What you see is the [Academy Hero List]." Spirit Artifact Ai Pan's tone became excited when mentioning this, "The Hero List has ten names, and those who make the list are the top talents from the four training academies throughout history, all of whom later became renowned Grand Marshals of the human race. Among them, the third-ranked Wu Panpan, the sixth-ranked Yun Xueyu, and the ninth-ranked Jiang Kaixuan are all from our third academy."

Wu Panpan third place!

Indeed, she was among the top.

However...

Wu Panpan was a Purple Mansion Realm Heavenly Daughter at the time, yet she only ranked third, indicating that the top two on the list were even more extraordinary, likely Heavenly Sons or Heavenly Daughters.

But what puzzled Wang Shouzhe was that the names of the fourth and seventh places on the list were blurred out.

He gave Wang Anye a look, and Wang Anye immediately helped by asking, "Sister Ai Pan, what's the situation with the fourth and seventh places? Why can't we see their names?"

"Well..." Spirit Artifact Ai Pan stammered, "They were once outstanding graduate representatives of the Officer Academy, but later went astray... However, the names and rankings on this list are automatically generated based on assessment scores and cannot be changed at will, so they can only be blurred out."

Hmm?

Wang Anye's heart stirred, and he immediately had a guess.

Could the blurred names be two of the [Top Ten Wanted Criminals]? It seemed that the situation in the Shenwu Royal Dynasty at that time was indeed quite chaotic.

It was said that Lu Wei, the Venerable Demon Plant, was reborn back then and had worked under the Holy Emperor, developing many useful results. I wonder if the Demon Plant Venerable is among those two names?

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