Tang Yan was overjoyed. No one had mentioned this reward before, and he accepted the martial arts manual with a grin from ear to ear.

"Tang Yan, now that you've won the championship, is there anything you'd like to say to everyone?" Xiao Cangshan asked.

Some of the older students below the stage immediately yawned at that. A fat guy muttered in a low voice, "Champion speeches are the most boring part. So many freshman champs over the years got up there and rambled forever about how brutally hard they trained, then started lecturing everyone else. Damn it, all of it is useless crap."

His words drew a lot of deeply sympathetic nods.