Chapter 3: Regret - Awakening Potions
Azure Cloud Academy has three class divisions, starting from A1, A2, and A3. Out of three, A1 had the best students, while A3 were those who were admitted either via recommendation or those with poor overall abilities.
Every time the awakening trial was completed, the students from class A1 had a distinctive win over the other two classes.
It was the first time they heard the list of names composed of all three classes. The reason they had doubts was because something like this never happened.
Naturally, although they had doubts, they kept it to themselves, leaving Feng Fu as he was shaking Han Yu's arm slightly as if asking what was going on?
To counter his brother's old disease of sticking his legs in every matter, Han Yu decided to ignore it.
It's best to ignore this guy, otherwise, if he answers one, he'll receive a barrage of back-to-back questions.
As if responding to the curiosity of many students, no rather, it would be Feng Fu's who had a difficult time sitting and standing.
Headmaster Wang explained as he was standing next to a middle-aged man; "You guys might be wondering what's going on, right? I know many of you are curious, especially our classmate Feng Fu who's having trouble sitting peacefully." Saying this, Headmaster Wang looked towards Feng Fu, and the other party smiled awkwardly back.
"I didn't mean that Headmaster, it's just my bottom is tingling after sitting for too long..Ahha ha..." Feng Fu, who was pointed by the headmaster, felt as if hundreds of eyes were stuck on him, and it caused him to deliver an unsteady response.
"Puu..haha"
"Haha!!!"
"Senior Feng is our role model, I believe Senior Feng's excuse." A young student said as his face turned tomato while laughing.
"Hahaha..."
Not only students but even the teachers and headmasters had a difficult time controlling their laughter.
The awkward silence in the hall swept away instantly, the only one who was not laughing was Han Yu.
His whole face is expressionless, yet Feng Fu suddenly feels as if a dangerous beast is eyeing him.
He stiffly moved his head to the left and when he saw Han Yu's expressionless face, the hair on his body stood straight.
Feng Fu wanted to explain to Han Yu but in the end, he rather looked straight as sweat dropped from his face yet he dared not to turn his face to the side.
He knows Han Yu dislikes being the focus of attention, as he was pointed to by the headmaster and responded awkwardly, he almost forgot that Han Yu is sitting next to him.
'Blame me for being too curious, really! Curiosity kills the cat!!!' He sighed inwardly.
"Well, stop laughing! this time, there is some change, and for some students with remarkable achievements, it's a good thing for others, it won't affect them but indeed somewhat it would be difficult to accept." Wang Renshu looked seriously, and his voice was deep and steady.
He kept saying as he looked towards the 50 students who were standing near the main door: "The first batch of students will be chosen from all three classes collectively, and the reason we have decided to choose students from all three classes, is because this time Imperial Capital send an Imperial Envoy, it's said that our beloved king was not happy with the recent progress of country's academic centers..."
"Thus, in order to strengthen the kingdom's overall strength, His Majesty decided to use the awakening potions that can increase the chances of awakening without affecting a person's potential, but due to the scarcity of this potion, it's decided that each academic branch of Azure Cloud Academy could only get fifty of such potion bottles. Thus, we have decided to allocate these potions to the students with the best achievements and characters from all three classes so no one could say that a single class was favored!"
"Hiss...!'
'Exhale....!'
It was just as Headmaster Wang completed his sentence, the whole hall room went quiet, and everyone couldn't help but exhale deeply.
Many of them felt as if they were a group of abandoned children left by their parents forsaken just because of one favorite child.
All eyes are now stuck on the students who are standing near the main door, and they don't have any words to say...
They felt indignant, especially those of class A1, but when they remembered that these fifty students were indeed the best of them, they felt powerless, and a layer of emotional wave spread containing their regret and remorse.
'Why not we!'
'Only if I have decided to be more serious...'
'I can't accept it, I'm no worse than Jin Tao! Why can she enjoy this, and I can't!'
In the hearts of many students, a battle is ongoing, and they find themselves losing. It was truly unacceptable for them. Alas! The truth is, they undeniably are not as good as the ones who are standing there.
Naturally, there are some who don't want to accept it, but they don't even have the courage to speak...
Headmaster Wang and other teachers saw the young students struggling to get over this bitter truth. It didn't soften their gazes nor, did they say something to soothe them.
The list was already decided, and it was decided by each and every one of them. They made sure, that the one who gets the awakening potion should be worthy of it.
On the contrary to these young boys and girls who were drowned in sorrow and remorse, the students of the first batch were stunned for a moment and then overjoyed.
While the older students were sitting silently, their hearts were full of bitterness.
Only a few of the older students were calm, and their eyes were still as confident as before. They know that the awakening potion is indeed something that could change their life, but they believe in their own efforts.
Another thing is that many of them are here for a second awakening trial, and their chances are already lowered while the awakening potion can indeed increase their chances to awaken but it won't be more than a few percent.
On the other hand, they know that if it is taken for the first time, the chances are increased exponentially, which is around 30-40 percent.
Thus, although they were envious, and also understood that, they could depend on their luck and themselves.
Han Yu was sitting in the last row, there was no joy or sorrow on his face, and his goldenish blue pupils were calm and deep without any surging waves.
Others might care for an awakening potion, but he's not rare. On his very first awakening, he already has taken the awakening potion, which was bought by his grandfather from Imperial City. So taking another one won't do any good for him.
Not only this, he has even better potions on him. Naturally, they were not given by his grandfather or bought from anywhere rather, it was he who concorted them, and on top of that they are of the best quality.
As for how he did that, it is related to his secret which he kept from everyone else, even his parents and family.
These few potions that he made are actually for his awakening process, not only there are awakening potions even in order to awaken this time, but he would need a limit-breaking potion as well.
The limit-breaking potion is different from the awakening potion, its sole use is to provide endless energy and use the medicinal properties of this potion to stimulate his body to the extreme, which would ultimately let him break through his cocoon and fly high.
After all, his body is different from others, which is why he's having trouble in the awakening process.
For these special awakening potions, he made 2 sets, one for him and another for Feng Fu.
While the limit-breaking potion, he only made one set for himself because it's unnecessary for Feng Fu to take it at this step.
These potions cost him a lot, and most of his savings are gone in order to make these potions. He couldn't wait to find out how good his potions are.
While Han Yu was lost in his thoughts, headmaster Wang told the middle-aged man to take the first batch to the awakening hall.
It's just when he told the students to go with him, a young girl and a young boy said something in his ear, and after hearing their request, the middle-aged teacher thought for a moment and agreed.
As they saw that, the middle-aged man agreed, they nodded and ran towards the last row of seats.
Before they go to the awakening hall, they want to greet their eldest cousin, although their request is simple if it was someone else whom they requested to meet, the middle-aged man mostly would disagree and let them move to the awakening hall.
The young girl, who was rushing to the back row with her brother, was around 15-16 years old. She had exquisite facial features, her eyes were as if two round obsidian gems, shining and brimming with youthful aura. Her nose perfectly fit her oval face shape and her lips were rosy pink.
As she was walking, one could see that she had the style of a young lady from a famous family.
On the other hand, the young boy next to her was of her age. Although he was good-looking, he was rather shy. As he was walking with his sister and saw other students looking towards him, he panicked and lowered his head, quietly following her sister.
Han Yu had already seen them when their name was called out, in truth, he was stunned and gratified. He never thought his younger cousins who are called tomboy girl and double-standard boy would be good enough to enter the first batch.