Chapter 2400: Chapter 2404: Preparing to Poach Talent
"Ling’er, Miss Mu, Junior Zhang Qianshan, Lin Shanshan, are you willing to come over?"
Under the expectant looks of the crowd, Jiang Chen turned his head toward the direction of Changhe Academy, calling out all the students who passed the assessment from there.
"Go ahead."
The head of Changhe Academy was a kindly old man. Hearing Jiang Chen’s call, he smiled lightly and stepped over to Jian Cangqiong’s side, bringing himself along.
"Brother Jiang Chen."
Mu Ling’er hopped over to Jiang Chen’s side, with a cute smile she said, "You have a good eye!"
Jiang Chen gave a gentle smile, glanced at Mu Qianrou and the others, and nodded slightly.
Mu Qianrou and the others also nodded in return.
After calling Mu Qianrou and the others, Jiang Chen stopped his selection amidst the disappointed gazes of the surrounding students, waiting for the start of the academy competition.
Although others from different academies regretted Jiang Chen’s halt in selection, they had no reason to blame him.
Among those Jiang Chen selected, except for Lin Shanshan, even Mu Qianrou was ranked eleventh in the assessment and evaluation, having entered the top ten after Zhang Tian and his companion were nowhere to be found.
And Lin Shanshan had once teamed up with Jiang Chen, amidst comparisons of strong abilities or close relations, there was no discontent.
Suddenly, as he wanted to wait quietly, Jiang Chen’s body trembled sharply, his breath instantly became rapid, eyes revealing an unbelievable expression, he turned swiftly toward a direction.
Crack!
Turning his head too quickly, Jiang Chen’s neck sounded with a series of crisp sounds.
"Jiang Chen?"
Hu Yiqiu and the others were startled, looking at Jiang Chen, sensing that his emotions were very abnormal, hurriedly followed his gaze.
A hundred meters away, a group of people was walking slowly; upon seeing them clearly, Hu Yiqiu, Jian Cangqiong, and others furrowed their brows.
"Those are people from Cangfeng Academy, they want to come and poach our students!"
Sang Zhenye’s eyes revealed a hint of disgust.
"These bastards, every enrollment they come to poach, relying on their academy’s Pill Master School, using this tactic to poach from everywhere!"
Hu Yiqiu glanced sideways disdainfully.
"Jiang Chen he..."
Sang Zhenglong looked at Jiang Chen, eyes showing a hint of worry.
Jian Cangqiong and the others paused for a moment, glanced at Jiang Chen, then confidence returned to their eyes.
"Zheng Long, you shouldn’t even think about it, even if you could be poached, I wouldn’t believe Jiang Chen would!"
Sang Zhenye glared at Sang Zhenglong.
Sang Zhenglong was slightly stunned, then scratched his head, showing an embarrassed look. Though Jiang Chen had trained at Changlin Academy for only two years, given his loyal nature, he absolutely wouldn’t run off to another branch academy!
"Haha! Dean Jian, we meet again!"
A hearty laugh sounded, the distant crowd arrived in front.
The crowd looked up; the speaker was an elder in a robe, his face beaming as if encountering good fortune.
This person was none other than Lu Wangcheng, the dean of Cangfeng Academy, one of the four branch academies.
"Dean Lu."
Jian Cangqiong nodded slightly.
"Haha, I heard that Changlin Academy’s assessment results are astonishing this time! Moreover, many outstanding students emerged from your region, truly something to celebrate!"
Lu Wangcheng laughed lightly, glanced at Jiang Chen and others, noticed Jiang Chen’s unique emotions, his eyes flashed, and a smirk appeared on his lips.
"Dean Lu is always swift."
"Indeed, Dean Lu always eyes the first place on the overall assessment list!"
Two slightly sour voices sounded, two figures flickered and appeared in front of the crowd.
"Dean Zhang, Dean Li, is this action an attempt to snatch?"
Lu Wangcheng glanced at the two, a mocking smile tugging at his mouth.
The two, arriving, were heads of the other two branch academies: Zhang Jiucheng, dean of Changming Academy, and Li Qisheng, dean of Changlan Academy.
"Haha, we’re just here to greet Dean Jian!"
Both Zhang Jiucheng and Li Qisheng laughed awkwardly, turning to observe Jiang Chen and the others.
At this moment, Jiang Chen had calmed his emotions, although his eyes still shone with excitement, he was no longer as overeager, his gaze shifted from a youth indifferently following behind Lu Wangcheng’s students, not sparing a glance to anyone, back to his group.
Jian Cangqiong nodded slightly at Zhang Jiucheng and Li Qisheng, his face showing a perfunctory smile devoid of much emotion. These fellows came to poach, he really didn’t have the interest to talk much.
"Haha, you all chat, I’ll talk with these young ones!"
Lu Wangcheng smoothly dismissed the two, then turned to scan the crowd in the area, loudly saying: "My Cangfeng Academy has a Pill Elixir School. Should any student I name wish to join, each will be rewarded with one fifth-grade Elixir and five fourth-grade Elixirs."
"One fifth-grade Elixir? Five fourth-grade Elixirs?!"
"What a generous offer!"
"Fourth and fifth-grade Elixirs are beneficial even to Void Refinement Realm experts!"
"Cangfeng Academy is really willing to part with wealth!"
Lu Wangcheng’s words immediately sparked an uproar.
"Lu Wangcheng, it’s always the same trick, can’t you come up with something new?"
Hu Yiqiu couldn’t stand Lu Wangcheng’s confident demeanor and had to ridicule.
"Elder Jiu, no need for many tricks as long as they work!"
Lu Wangcheng looked at Hu Yiqiu with a boastful gaze, then again at Jiang Chen and the others: "I don’t need many, just five. Young ones, seize the moment!"
After a pause, Lu Wangcheng began to name: "Feng Qingyang, which young one is Feng Qingyang?"
"Feng Qingyang greets Dean Lu."
Feng Qingyang cupped his hands toward Lu Wangcheng.
"Haha, young one, are you willing to come to my Cangfeng Academy?"
Lu Wangcheng laughed softly.
Although it was an inquiry, Lu Wangcheng’s eyes carried confidence, assuming Feng Qingyang would not reject.
Feng Qingyang indeed didn’t refuse, without hesitation he replied: "Let me see others first!"
Feng Qingyang joined because of Jiang Chen; he wanted to see Jiang Chen’s choice. Though he had his answer in mind, what if Jiang Chen joined Cangfeng Academy? Then his coming to Changlin Academy wouldn’t make sense.
Feng Qingyang’s response shifted Jian Cangqiong and others’ expressions slightly. But upon noticing Feng Qingyang covertly glancing at Jiang Chen, they immediately regained confidence; no matter who left, they wouldn’t believe Jiang Chen would!
As Lu Wangcheng made his choices, Hu Yiqiu and others displayed expressions of mockery, allowing him to choose freely without interference.
