Rules

Sifeng tried his best to ignore the charming man who couldn't stop waving at him whenever their eyes met, he would look away and secretly throw a quick glance at the man, only to find that he's still staring at him.

Thankfully for him, the elders and the leader came into the room from behind the arena which had made the man to immediately face his front.

The sect leader sit calmly on the golden throne while the elders sit behind him with the deputy just by his side, there was silence for some minutes before the chief cleared his throat and begin to talk.

"The new kids should be at the front here."

He said with his hand pointed at the front of the arena, the new kids slowly move to the front and they gently navigate their way through the disciples, there are about 200 disciples in total with only 10 of them at the Hunter rank while others are at higher rank. The newbies are the only Cub rank they have.

The chief continue as the kids got to the front.

"I'll congratulate you guys as you have successfully pass the Academy enrollment test and have officially become a disciple, many have failed in the past as they're not worthy enough to be a disciple of the Venom Sect, but you guys does not only proved to be worthy but you also show a great potential. I can see a few talented ones among you too."

"Now for you to be recognized as a true disciples of the Venom Sect Academy, there are things you need to do and know."

From behind the arena, a masked man came out with a large wooden box in his hand, he moves towards the newbies and dropped the box in front of them before opening it. There are blue robes with intricate black pattern on it, there are different wooden masks, also had different colors of thread embroidered in it.

As the mam opened the box, he started giving them the mask and the robe, the robe looks the same but there are a few difference on the masks, the masks are just plain black wooden masks but two have been made differently. One has a purple intricate patterns etched on it while the other has an orange intricate patterns on it.

The purple one was giving to Sifeng while the other goes to the green haired girl who's name happens to be Yan.

Sifeng was surprised for this, it seems the mask is some type of ranking system and they've been ranked base on their performance in the test, when looking at the old disciples, he could see that some of them also have intricate patterns of different colors on their mask, the highest color he could see is silver which the man with the raven black hair has, with a few others.

"You guys might be thinking about the color difference in your mask, but I know some of you have figured it out. The color indicate your rank among yourselves, it's based on your performance in the test which can also be changed based on your performance in other assessment and missions. Among you newbies, the purple indicate the highest rank while orange is just a rank below. You can rank up by doing well in assessments and completing your mission."

"There are rules and regulations that you guys must abide to, in and outside the Academy and failure in doing so will result to a grave punishment."

The chief said as he did some strange moves with his finger and right in front of everyone, the room wall started changing, the intricate patterns on the wall started glowing dimly and in a few seconds, everything on the wall changed. There are no more intricate patterns, now in it's place are different large symbols, ancient artwork illustration and clearly written texts.

As Sifeng look at the texts closely, he depicted the meaning and also found out that each illustration and symbols represents the meaning of each text.

'What rules are these?'

Right on the wall, written clearly and represented with symbols and pictures are the rules of the Sect Academy.

FIVE RULES OF THE ACADEMY THAT DISCIPLES MUST ABIDE TO, EITHER IN THE ACADEMY OR OUTSIDE.

*Disciples must train everyday in or outside the Academy.*

*Disciples must stay within the boundary of the Citadel when they're not on a mission and there's no outing.*

*No mercy should be shown to your opponent and disciples are not allowed to give up or run away in a battle, you must fight till death.*

*Disciples are not allowed to have a female partner or to fall in love.*

*And lastly, removal of mask outside the Academy or in the presence of strangers will result in grave punishment.*

The newbies have their mouth left wide opened and Sifeng could even hear some of them talking about how they've made a promise to their friends and relatives, not knowing what they'll be meeting here.

'Well, I also promise Kim that I'll come back.'

He himself had made a promise to Kim that he'll return from the Academy, but he already know what he'll be facing here. None of the first three rules bother him or gave him a shock like the other kids, it was the last two rules that bother him the most and also made no sense.

"Note that the last two rules are the most important that disciples must abide to."

The words came from the deputy chief as his hand fan moves up and down from his face.

Sifeng didn't know why but he felt cold sweat running down his face whenever he look at the handsome face of that man, even the chief's face that look a bit scary doesn't give him that feelings.

'I should stay away from him for as long as I can.'

The chief rose to his feet and looked at Sifeng staring straight into his eyes.

"From now on, Sifeng will be a personal disciple of mine and will be training under me."

The chief stated as he started walking off, but the deputy stopped him just as he was about to take the third step.