“Two top scorers in individual subjects in the city?” Principal Tan Zhenlong was utterly surprised.
As a principal, Tan Zhenlong was very conscientious and knew his school very well.
Although Guan Mountain District’s No.1 High School was decent, it was only considered to be top-tier within Jiang City and not among the very best.
In the past, the goals he set for the teachers were merely to secure the top spot within Guan Mountain District.
“Haha, it seems that Principal Tan doesn’t know his school well enough,” Director Wang said with a laugh. “Then I’ll keep you in suspense, you can see for yourself when the transcripts are distributed.”
“Also.”
“This year’s Guan Mountain District middle schools…” Director Wang started discussing other matters.
Tan Zhenlong could only patiently communicate with the other party.
Finally.
He ended the video call.
“Two top scorers in individual subjects? Who?” Tan Zhenlong sat on the couch, his eyes clouded with confusion: “Li Yuan? His Martial Arts Skills should indeed be full marks, hmm, probably tied with Wu Dongdong from the Teacher’s College High School as the city’s top scorer.”
“And the other one?”
“Could it be in the academic subjects? That shouldn’t be, none of them made it to the top thirty in the entire city during the January mock exams.” Tan Zhenlong was quite puzzled.
Without seeing the summary of the results, Tan Zhenlong could not guess.
Could there be a dark horse?
There were dark horses every year, but it was extremely rare for someone to rise to the city’s top spot in an individual subject.
Half an hour later.
Tan Zhenlong finally received a notification from the assistive AI that the Education Bureau had sent over the summary of the exam results.
He opened the score report immediately.
“What?” Tan Zhenlong’s pupils contracted as he looked at the name atop of the list: “Physical Quality, comprehensive assessment 500 points? How is that possible?”
Whoo!
Suddenly, Tan Zhenlong recalled something and immediately said, “Xiao Jiu, I want to see the school’s January mock exam Martial Path scores.”
“Yes, Master.”
Soon.
Tan Zhenlong got hold of the January mock exam results, and as he compared the two documents, he was inwardly so shocked he found it hard to express: “Four months, Physical Quality improved by 2.1 levels?”
“What kind of genius is this?”
At least, Tan Zhenlong had never seen one before.
Suddenly.
“Di~” The assistive AI made a sound: “Master, Teacher Xu Bo is calling.”
“Xu Bo? That kid surely has seen the transcript and wants to come brag to me about how good his judgment is, and how impressive the student he chose is,” Tan Zhenlong muttered to himself, then said directly: “Xiao Jiu, hang up.”
Ten minutes later.
“Dong~ Dong~ Dong~” The knocking sound came from the door of the principal’s office.
“Old Tan.”
The boisterous voice of Xu Bo came from outside the door: “Hurry and open up, I’m bringing you a bottle of good wine, we need to celebrate.”
Fifteen seconds later.
Clang—the door opened.
Tan Zhenlong looked at Xu Bo warily, eyeing his empty hands: “Where’s the wine?”
“It’s on the bottom shelf of the bookcase in your office,” Xu Bo said with a chuckle: “Move aside, didn’t I tell you I’d get it for you?”
Tan Zhenlong glared at him: “You got a dog’s nose?”
“My nose is better than a dog’s, don’t forget, I used to be a Prime Warrior,” Xu Bo said cheerily.
…
April 13th, Monday.
After morning self-study, most of the students in Class 2 of Senior Year Three were sitting distracted, everyone knew that today was the day the April mock exam results would be announced.
Along with it, citywide rankings would be released, as well as the city’s estimated thresholds for first-tier universities, the C9 league, and the Martial Path provincial and national lines.
The college entrance exam was nearing, and for most, their rankings in April would be unlikely to change much from their actual results.
“Old Zhou, what’s up? You’re sulking again?” Li Yuan joked: “Worried about going home and being turned into a Zhou Papi by your mom?”
“Brother Yuan.” Zhou Qi glanced at him helplessly: “You used that joke last time, can you not play it twice?”
Li Yuan was taken aback, while the others laughed.
Soon.
The cultural class’s homeroom teacher, Mr. Chen, who walked with a Wind, entered the classroom wearing a leather jacket, holding the results in his hands.
Immediately.
Over a hundred students instinctively sat up straight, even Li Yuan, widely recognized as a ‘top student,’ was no exception.
It was an indescribable pressure.
Over three years, even though Li Yuan had acquired the strength of an Entry Rank Martial Artist, he still felt somewhat awkward in front of Mr. Chen.
However.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Chen did not begin with the usual harsh criticism but, uncharacteristically, said: “The April mock exams went well for most of you.”
“It’s clear that everyone has put in a lot of effort since the January mocks and have been very serious.”
“For the few students who didn’t perform well, there’s no need to worry. Adjust your mindset; after all, it’s just a mock exam, and you will all likely achieve good results if you perform normally during the actual college exam.”
No criticism, no blame.
The words he offered were mostly encouraging, which relieved many in the class.
However, many students had an uneasy feeling.
They all glanced subconsciously at the countdown to the college entrance exam on the blackboard at the front of the classroom, feeling somewhat dazed.
With the end of the April mock exams, the actual college entrance examination really was drawing near.
High school was indeed coming to an end.
…
“Now, I will announce the results.”
Mr. Chen’s voice even sounded a bit gentler: “As usual, we’ll start with the academic scores.”
“Li Shutong, 921 points, first in academic results in the grade, also first in Guan Mountain District, 24th in Jiang City,” Mr. Chen said with a smile: “Very good performance.”
“Dong Cheng, 901 points.”
“Zhou Qi, 898 points, great improvement,” Mr. Chen chuckled: “You’ve entered the top twenty of the grade.”
Many students couldn’t help but look at Zhou Qi, feeling quite envious.
The difficulty of the April mock exam was low, so the scores generally increased, but like Zhou Qi, to move up dozens of spots and even break into the top twenty of the grade was extremely challenging.
“Not bad,” Li Yuan commented.
“Brother Yuan, it’s because I’ve been practicing a High Rank Cultivation Method,” Zhou Qi said quietly: “My Physical Quality has risen to over level 5.”
“With the improvement in Physical Quality, I feel clearer in the head every day when I do test papers and solve problems.”
Li Yuan nodded in agreement.
The body is the foundation of everything.
Without a good physical foundation, everything else is zero.
Zhou Qi’s physical condition was mediocre before, but his academic performance was very good, which means his IQ is quite impressive.
After practicing high-rank cultivation methods, his physical quality kept improving, and his academic scores increased a lot, which is normal.
That’s also why in the college entrance exam, even cultural universities count martial arts performance for 30% of the total score.
As far as Li Yuan knows, many prominent scientists within human civilization are martial artists or even Prime Warriors.
“Li Yuan, 841 points,” Teacher Chen read out Li Yuan’s name and paused, smiling, “Li Yuan, with your academic score, you’re almost reaching the threshold for the C9 universities.”
Wow!
The class immediately burst into an uproar, and all the students couldn’t help but turn to look at Li Yuan.
841 points?
That academic score alone wouldn’t be surprising, but coming from a Martial Artist Student, it was rather exaggerated.
Moreover, many students vaguely remembered that Li Yuan’s academic performance seemed to be only over six hundred points in the second year of high school.
“Brother Yuan, did you improve by another hundred points?” Zhou Qi looked at Li Yuan as if he were a monster, “How did you study?”
“I didn’t improve by a hundred points,” Li Yuan said indifferently, shaking his head.
After a two-second pause.
“Zhou Qi, look, I scored 742 points last time, and 841 this time; if you do the math, that’s just an increase of 99 points,” Li Yuan seriously added, “I suspect that the intelligence marking the test didn’t want me to show off, so it deducted one point from me on purpose.”
“Ah!” Li Yuan sighed deeply, seemingly full of regret.
Zhou Qi and the surrounding students all couldn’t help but think—one day they would really like to beat up this biggest show-off.
…
After announcing the academic scores, Teacher Chen took out another transcript and looked at it for a long time.
All at once.
All the students’ hearts rose to their throats—could it be that they still couldn’t escape a scolding today?
“Martial arts scores,” Teacher Chen finally spoke, enunciating every word, “Li Yuan, first place.”
Then there was silence again for a long while.
Everyone was stupefied; it was within their expectation that Li Yuan would be first, but could it be that his score wasn’t as high as they thought?
“Could there be a mistake?” Li Yuan even began to doubt himself.
He had personally tested his martial arts scores and was confident about them; there shouldn’t be any mistake.
“900 points!” Suddenly, Teacher Chen revealed a smile and loudly exclaimed.
The entire classroom fell silent for three seconds.
Then—completely erupted.
“I didn’t hear that wrong, did I?”
“900 points? The full score in martial arts!”
“Damn.”
“Li Yuan, 900 points?” The entire class completely lost their minds.
900 points, meaning that Li Yuan was rated full marks in both the physical quality and martial arts skills categories.
Even Li Yuan was a bit stunned—full marks?
He couldn’t help but glance at his Divine Palace panel, where his Life Level was clearly marked as: 9.9!
“Could it be because of my skills that my Explosive Power and speed exceed that of the normal Life Level, so in the end, I was given full marks by comprehensive evaluation?” Li Yuan pondered secretly.
“900 points?”
Zhou Qi next to him was dumbfounded, then suddenly realized, “Brother Yuan, doesn’t that mean your total martial arts score is now 984 points?”
An academic score of 841 points translated to 84 points.
Adding the 900 points from martial arts, indeed it was 984 points!
“A raw score of 984 points?”
“984?”
“Looks like it’s true! This!” The students in the class were even more incredulous.
Let alone the raw score, even reaching this score with Spiritual Nature bonus points would already be extremely formidable.
“Cough cough~”
“Cough~” Teacher Chen on the podium coughed twice.
The students in the classroom finally quieted down reluctantly.
“You’re right, Li Yuan’s martial arts raw score is 984 points, but that’s not the total score,” Teacher Chen said with a smile, “Don’t forget, although Li Yuan hasn’t awakened his Martial Spirit, he has been awarded the title of ‘Young Hero’ and gets an additional 20 points.”
“So!”
“This time, Li Yuan’s total martial arts score is 1004 points! First in the grade, first in Guan Mountain District!”
“28th in Jiang City.”
“Additionally.”
“Li Yuan is also one of the only two who achieved full marks in martial arts in Jiang City’s April assessment.”
“Without counting any additional bonus points and just considering raw scores, he even surpassed Wu Dongdong of the Teacher’s College Affiliated High School.”
“In a certain sense.”
“In this April examination, Li Yuan is truly the number one martial artist in the entire city!” Teacher Chen said in one breath without pause.
A smile covered her face.
It was clear.
This time, the scores that Li Yuan had achieved had truly made her very happy and excited.
…
The April resit results announced meant the end of the April examination period.
But.
Li Yuan’s score, like a bombshell, hit Guan Mountain District’s First High School, making the entire grade and even the whole school boil with excitement.
Almost every class’ teacher started using Li Yuan as an example to inspire their students.
No bonus points for Spiritual Nature?
Not from a prominent family background? None of these were obstacles!
Li Yuan went from being average in his grade in the first year of high school, to the top hundred in the second.
And now to the top ten in his grade in the third year, and finally to first place! He also achieved the terrifying score of full marks in martial arts in the April exam.
Such an achievement was definitely a first in the history of Guan Mountain District’s First High School.
…
At ten o’clock in the morning that same day, at Starfire’s Guan Mountain branch shrine.
“1004 points?”
Wan Qinghe and Xu Bo were communicating; when they first heard about Li Yuan’s test score, they didn’t grasp its significance.
But soon, they understood.
“Full marks in martial arts!”
“Physical quality of at least 10.0?” Wan Qinghe was inwardly shaken beyond words, “In less than a month, Li Yuan’s physical quality improved by 1.1 levels?”
“Monster indeed!”