Ethan Hughes put Brian Carter back in the class and hurried off to the principal's office.

“Brian Carter made a breakthrough? That Brian Carter who’s been held back for five years?!”

Principal Principal Thompson's eyes almost couldn't contain his eyeballs—they nearly popped out.

“He really broke through! And not just a little—he made a huge leap! The star power in his dantian is dense, the starlight is surging back to temper his bones, and he’s almost finished tempering his right leg.”

Ethan Hughes was beaming with joy. “This child has finally made it through!”

Principal William Thompson looked at Ethan Hughes, sighed, and said, “You’ve finally made it through too.”

Ethan Hughes's eyes reddened. “I’m so happy that this child has a future, that he managed to persevere.”

William Thompson let out a gentle sigh, looking at his wife. “It’s been hard on you too.”

Since Brian Carter couldn’t break through, if he’d been put in another teacher’s class, they definitely wouldn’t have been happy about it. So Principal Principal Thompson could only put this underachiever in his own wife’s class.

After all, the academy is so big, not many people know the two of them are married. At most, people might grumble in their hearts that the principal is being unfair, but who would dare say it out loud?

“What do you plan to do?” William Thompson asked.

“Immediately arrange for him to enter the Warrior Class!”

Ethan Hughes said firmly, “This child doesn’t have much time left. If we delay any longer, I’m afraid he’ll end up on the same path I did back then.”

A look of guilt appeared on William Thompson's face. “Alright, I’ll arrange for him to enter the Star Soul Tower this afternoon, and first register him on the Heaven and Earth Net; then I’ll immediately arrange for him to join the Warrior Class.”

He sighed softly. “Don’t worry, I’ve been working on it. Old Liao in the capital said there’s news about that thing.”

Ethan Hughes relaxed. “Mm, it doesn’t matter anymore, let’s just take it slow. After all these years, I’m used to it. Now I just want to see these kids all grow up smoothly.”

She turned to leave, urging, “Hurry up and connect to the Heaven and Earth Net.”

……

Heaven and Earth Net.

Everyone who breaks through to the Warrior level will enter the Star Soul Tower for the first time, and undergo a trial inside the tower—testing willpower, temperament, and various other qualities, and a judgment will be made about the person. Their file will be entered into the Heaven and Earth Net for the first time.

At the Martial Master level, there’s another evaluation; at the Innate level, another; and at the Embryonic Breath level, another.

At the Dan Yuan stage, there’s a final evaluation, and the result will be entered into the internal network of the Heaven and Earth Net. The internal network is also called the “Hall of Grandmasters.” This step is called “entering the hall.”

It also means that, in terms of cultivation, one has truly reached a height unattainable by ordinary people.

At that point, based on the evaluation results and the person’s character traits, they’ll be assigned to suitable roles, making the best use of everyone’s talents.

Beyond that… no one knows.

This whole process is called “Three Assessments, Five Evaluations.” The first three are preliminary assessments, the fourth is a detailed evaluation, and the fifth is a direct final evaluation. That’s why there’s the saying: “Three Assessments, Five Evaluations, Enter the Hall.”

“Alright.” Ethan Hughes nodded. “I believe Brian can get an A grade!”

She was full of confidence in Brian Carter, feeling that with Brian Carter’s temperament and willpower, passing the first stage of the Three Assessments, Five Evaluations would be a piece of cake.

……

Brian Carter was surrounded by a group of little girls and boys, all with red-rimmed eyes and streaming tears.

“Brian big brother, don’t go…” a little girl sobbed, sniffling.

“Brian class monitor, don’t go…” a little boy clung to Brian Carter’s leg.

“Brian big brother, don’t leave us…” all the little girls and boys sniffled and cried together, full of reluctance.

“……” Brian Carter was overwhelmed with emotion, his heart surging.

Turns out I’m really not a bad person. I never gave these little ones any special attention, but I didn’t expect them to be so reluctant to let me go. Looks like my character is pretty good after all.

Guess those five years of being held back weren’t for nothing.

“Brian big brother, don’t go… If you leave, I’ll be the one at the bottom, waaaah…” a little boy burst into loud sobs, utterly heartbroken, tears and snot streaming down his face.

“Brian big brother, don’t go… If you leave, every time my dad says I’m still a Martial Apprentice at nine years old, I won’t be able to say there’s still Brian Carter in our class at seventeen, waaaah… My dad will beat me.”

A nine-year-old boy was crying so hard his whole body convulsed, as if dying and coming back to life: “I’ll be beaten to death, wuwuwu… don’t go…”

“Brian big brother, don’t go… If you leave, we won’t have any sense of superiority left… wuwuwu…” All the little ones started bawling at once.

Brian Carter: “……”

Chapter 7: What kind of development is this?

Brian Carter’s face was covered in black lines.

The veins on his forehead throbbed.

His eyes flashed with murderous intent!

Suddenly, a murderous urge welled up inside him!

Damn it!

A bunch of little brats! So this is why you don’t want me to leave!

Turns out you’re not reluctant to part with me at all!

Brian Carter exploded!

With a move of his left leg, he kicked away the little boy clinging to it; with a lift of his right leg, he shoved off the little girl hugging it. Brian Carter shouted angrily, “Get off, get off! If you keep holding onto me, I’ll curse you all to be held back for five years too!”

Boom!

The group of little ones scattered in all directions.

That curse was just too vicious!