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Chapter 48: 900 Points? The Final Ranking
Chapter 48: 900 Points? The Final Ranking
January 6th, 2043.
Today, Li Yuan did not practice the Starlight Spear Technique or the Dragon Path Secrets in the Virtual Network.
So, as usual, he left home around 3 AM.
"It's been several days since I've seen the 3 AM night sky of Jiangcheng," Li Yuan looked up at the dark sky and said, "I can't slack off in my daily cultivation."
Arriving at the school's personal martial arts room.
As per routine, he first cultivated the basic cultivation technique for two hours before starting his spear practice.
"Swish!"
"Swish!" The spear shadows shifted, and the long spear in Li Yuan's hand moved unpredictably.
With each step of his footwork, the spear sometimes resembled a fierce storm, sometimes dreamy and enchanting, and sometimes violent and ferocious.
At times, he would suddenly lunge forward, causing the spearhead to accelerate and make the air roar and explode.
Li Yuan had long mastered the eighteen spear forms of the Stone Pillar Spear Technique.
"I've already comprehended all five deadly moves of the Stone Pillar Spear Technique."
"According to Teacher Xu Bo's guidance, what I need to do now is to practice repeatedly and engrave the power of these five deadly moves into my bones." Li Yuan thought to himself, "In the end, I won't need to deliberately use a specific deadly move, but the spear techniques I display will all reach a state of flawless power."
"Unify the body and mind."
"Then, it's the Fourth Level Spear Technique." Li Yuan pondered, "Improving my skills is something I have to do on my own."
"According to the Intelligent Teacher, advancing from the Third Level to the Fourth Level is a mysterious breakthrough, a kind of spiritual awareness and perception of the body."
"Some warriors might have a breakthrough after a good night's sleep, feeling the difference."
"Some warriors might gain insights through life-and-death battles and achieve a breakthrough."
"But most warriors remain stuck at the Third Level for their entire lives."
"There's no guaranteed path to advancing from the Third Level to the Fourth Level," Li Yuan thought, "What I need to do now is to cultivate repeatedly."
"A thousand times is not enough."
"Then I'll do it ten thousand times!"
"First, I'll cultivate the spear technique to 99% of the Third Level." Li Yuan's heart was filled with desire, "Then I'll go into virtual combat and put it into practice."
Years of spear training had taught Li Yuan that if he couldn't break through, it was due to a lack of accumulation. So, he would practice more!
"Reading a book a thousand times will reveal its true meaning," Li Yuan waved his spear, "The same goes for the spear."
"I've only ever heard of spear masters who achieved greatness through practice."
Over an hour later...
[Your spear technique has improved from 90% of the Third Level to 91% of the Third Level]
...
At around 7 AM, Li Yuan arrived at the classroom.
Most of his classmates had already arrived.
However, compared to the usual scene of students diligently studying, the classroom today was much quieter, and most of them seemed absent-minded.
"Hey, Zhou, why are you slouching?" Li Yuan sat down and asked as he took out a test paper.
"Brother Yuan, the results of the Lunar Exam are coming out soon," Zhou Qi replied in a low voice, "Aren't you nervous?"
"Not really," Li Yuan said, "The difference is only a few points."
"I forgot you're a martial student, and cultural classes only account for 100 points," Zhou Qi sighed, "But I'm an academic student, and if I don't do well, I'll be skinned alive when I go home."
"Then you'll be called Zhou Skinless," Li Yuan joked.
Zhou Qi glanced at Li Yuan helplessly, too lazy to argue.
"Haven't you told your family about your martial spirit awakening?" Li Yuan asked.
"What's the point?" Zhou Qi replied, "My dad just asked me if I could make it to a martial university with only a few months left."
"People have self-awareness. I never expected to get into a martial university anyway," Zhou Qi said, "So I've decided not to go to the Elite Class."
"I'll just focus on learning the advanced cultivation technique."
Li Yuan was speechless.
Indeed, Zhou Qi's physical fitness was only at Level 4.3, and his martial arts scores were terrible.
It wasn't wrong for him not to go to the Elite Class.
"That's good too," Li Yuan smiled, "With your martial spirit awakening, you can cultivate advanced cultivation techniques, and your martial arts scores will improve much faster."
"Even if you choose the academic path, martial arts scores still account for 30%."
"Mhm." Zhou Qi nodded.
At this moment, the cultural class teacher, wearing a small fragrance wind jacket and pencil pants, appeared at the classroom door.
Teacher Chen's face was as cold as ice, holding a stack of test papers and two ranking lists.
Instantly!
The classroom fell silent. Everyone knew that the rankings were about to be announced.
Especially those who had chosen the academic path, they all became nervous, and many couldn't help but lower their heads.
In their hearts, they silently prayed, 'Don't call my name.'
Of course, there were a few students with excellent scores who fantasized, 'Maybe I did well this time and can move up a few ranks.'
Martial students like Li Yuan were relatively calmer, as they knew their martial scores, at least in their own minds.
"Bang!" The test papers were thrown onto the podium.
The atmosphere became even more oppressive.
"This Lunar Exam has truly tested your real abilities. Each of you, slacking off in both academics and martial arts..." Teacher Chen's voice was cold, "...thinking that staying at Guan High will get you into a first-tier university? You're dreaming!"
"According to the city rankings, a few of you will struggle to get into even a second-tier university. I won't name names, but you know who you are!" Teacher Chen continued her tirade.
Many students lowered their heads even further.
The Lunar Exam.
As the first large-scale standardized test for seniors, the cultural exam was intentionally made more difficult to shake students' confidence and encourage better review.
At this stage, Teacher Chen, as the cultural class teacher, would never allow her students to become arrogant.
After a good ten minutes of scolding without repeating himself, even Li Yuan, with his strong mental fortitude, began to doubt if he was one of the 'very few' and 'mice droppings' that Teacher Chen was referring to.
Finally.
"However, there are also a few students who have made significant progress, and they deserve encouragement." Teacher Chen said lightly, "Alright, I'll announce the academic scores first, so pay attention."
In high school, there wasn't much emphasis on protecting students' score privacy.
"Li Shutong, 889 points." Teacher Chen paused, "Second in the grade for academic scores."
This immediately caused a stir, as a score above 850 points was undoubtedly an academic powerhouse.
"Li Wanxing, 868 points."
...
"Zhou Qi, 849 points."
Zhou Qi, who had been looking down, now lifted his head with pride. His academic score was quite impressive.
One by one, the scores of the students were announced, some with joy, others with gloom.
Since there was a ranking, some would rise while others would fall.
Half of the class would surely be dissatisfied.
"Li Yuan, 742 points." Teacher Chen added as he read Li Yuan's name, "Not bad, a significant improvement."
Instantly, many students turned to look at Li Yuan, making him feel a bit embarrassed.
Even those with scores above 800 didn't receive praise.
Now, he was being praised for his score of just over 700 points?
"Brother Yuan, didn't you score just over 600 points last time?" Zhou Qi exclaimed, his eyes wide as he looked at Li Yuan, "You improved by almost 100 points?"
"Yeah, I've been spending more time reviewing lately." Li Yuan smiled.
"You're lying!" Zhou Qi immediately refuted, "When have you ever come to the academic classroom for evening self-study?"
"I've been reviewing in the martial arts classroom." Li Yuan replied calmly.
One by one, the students' scores were read out.
Li Tianyou's score was 586 points, making him one of the lowest in the class. His academic ranking for the grade was likely even lower than the previous time.
In reality, among the more than ten martial arts students, Li Yuan's academic score had already taken a significant lead.
...
After finishing the academic scores, Teacher Chen didn't pause and directly said, "Now I'll announce the martial arts scores, listen carefully."
Everyone perked up their ears.
With the academic scores already known, they could calculate their total scores after the martial arts scores were announced.
Teacher Chen looked at the second score sheet and subconsciously glanced at Li Yuan, seeming a bit hesitant.
"Li Yuan." Teacher Chen paused for a moment before slowly saying, "827 points."
Boom! The entire classroom erupted, and many students stared at Li Yuan in astonishment.
Some wondered if they had heard wrong.
It was important to know that this martial arts score didn't include the academic score conversion, so the total score was only 900 points.
Li Yuan had actually surpassed 800 points?
And by quite a margin! It was known that although Li Yuan had stood out during yesterday's martial arts assessment, he hadn't dominated like Lin Lan Yue. This score was truly exaggerated.
"827 points? Brother Yuan, your academic score conversion is 74 points, so that's 901 points in total!" Zhou Qi quickly calculated for Li Yuan, "Damn! Brother Yuan, your total martial arts score exceeded 900 points!!"
"Raw score, 901 points." Zhou Qi couldn't help but exclaim.
"901 points?"
"Raw score over 900 points? Li Yuan!" All the students were shocked.
This was truly formidable.
While academic scores could improve significantly in a short time, martial arts score improvements were usually much slower.
"Ahem, ahem, quiet!" Teacher Chen coughed twice, bringing the class back to silence.
"Li Yuan's performance this time was indeed impressive."
"Physical fitness score, 438 points, third in the grade. Martial arts skills... 389 points, first in the grade." Teacher Chen said.
Boom! The entire class was once again in a state of excited shock.
Whether it was the 389 points in martial arts skills or the second-place ranking in Jiangcheng, both were beyond their comprehension.
These scores were not something they expected to see in their ordinary class.
It was almost magical.
"389 points?" Li Yuan's heart remained calm, and he muttered to himself, "Not bad, it seems that to reach 390 points or even close to full marks in martial arts skills, I'll probably need to reach the third tier in spear techniques."
With a total score of 901 points, this result was much better than Li Yuan had anticipated.
"Teacher, Li Yuan's total martial arts score is 901, what's his grade ranking? Is he in the top ten?" Suddenly, a student couldn't hold back and asked.
The others also looked at Teacher Chen with curiosity and anticipation.
A total score exceeding 900 points.
Even without the spirituality bonus, the grade ranking would likely be impressive.
Li Yuan also turned to look at Teacher Chen and clenched his fist slightly.
Could he make it into the top five?
"Raw score, Li Yuan is second." Teacher Chen announced directly, "First in raw martial arts score is Lin Lan Yue from the Elite Class, with 929 points."
"As for the final total score, Li Yuan is sixth in the grade and 212th in the city." A rare smile appeared on Teacher Chen's face, "Based on previous rankings, this score has a chance to break into the top five academies."
Obviously, Teacher Chen was more than satisfied with Li Yuan's performance.
"Top five academies?"
"City ranking is over 200?"
"Sixth in the grade?" The other students were even more shocked, and they couldn't help but look at Li Yuan.
"Brother Yuan, you're awesome!" Zhou Qi was even more excited than Li Yuan.
"Sixth in the grade?" Li Yuan's face only showed a hint of a smile, and he sighed inwardly, "Still one place short?"
(End of Chapter)
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