Chapter 92: April Exam (Thanks to Golden Alliance for the 60-minute Gift)

Chapter 92: April Exam (Thanks to Golden Alliance for the 60-minute Gift)



The First High School of Guanshan District.

The April Exam, the final large-scale city-wide unified test before the college entrance exam.

But as usual, Li Yuan arrived at school at 3 a.m. for cultivation and took a shower at 7 a.m.

His cultivation routine was something Li Yuan was unlikely to change easily.

"You're not coming back for the April Exam?" Li Yuan passed by Room 4001 of the Martial Arts Room, and his gaze subconsciously swept over, his steps slowing down involuntarily.

The electronic lock was brand new, without a speck of dust, thanks to regular cleaning.

Although Gu Qianghan had mentioned this half a month ago.

But these past few days, as the exam approached, for some reason, Li Yuan found himself feeling a strange sense of anticipation.

"I must be overthinking it." Li Yuan chuckled, shaking his head, not taking it too seriously.

Traveling from Blue Star to Flying Star required passing through the Star Bridge, and a round trip was no easy feat.

Given Lin Lan Yue's family background, she had specifically gone to participate in the mysterious 'Special Training,' so it was natural that she wouldn't return just for the April Exam.

Although the April Exam was important, it wasn't the real college entrance exam.

"Li Yuan." Suddenly, a voice rang out, and a tall youth waved from a distance.

"Dong Haifeng?" Li Yuan smiled in response; it was Dong Haifeng, whom he had saved during the previous combat assessment.

Dong Haifeng had just stepped out of the Martial Arts Room, his face filled with a smile.

Ever since returning from Jiangbei Martial University, Dong Haifeng's attitude towards Li Yuan had done a complete 180-degree turn.

Every time he saw Li Yuan, he became quite enthusiastic, even showing a hint of... respect.

"Is Gu Qiang not coming?" Li Yuan asked with a smile as he walked forward.

The door of Room 4003 of the Martial Arts Room was also closed, and the trash at the room's entrance was the same as the night before.

"He doesn't come to the Martial Arts Room in the morning." Dong Haifeng smiled: "He's often late for early morning classes."

Li Yuan pressed the button, and suddenly realized that in the past six months, he had never encountered Gu Qianghan before six o'clock.

Most afternoons were when he could see him.

"No wonder he's not making much progress. If he can't be seen even at four in the morning in Jiang City, how can he cultivate quickly?" Li Yuan joked: "Let's go, let's head to the cafeteria for breakfast."

Dong Haifeng froze for a moment at Li Yuan's words. Four in the morning in Jiang City? He hadn't seen that either!

"Even Gu Qiang is making slow progress? Is he a big shot?" Dong Haifeng muttered to himself.

...

In the cafeteria.

"Brother Yuan, you're not in a hurry at all." Yan Zhou said, eating a steamed bun while looking at Li Yuan and Dong Haifeng, who were walking slowly into the cafeteria.

"What's the rush?" Li Yuan smiled and sat down to eat next to a classmate.

Zhou Qi had already bought Li Yuan's breakfast: fried sauce noodles, beef noodles, nutritional breakfast... plus two soda packs and two servings of steamed buns.

In reality, except for the nutritional breakfast, eating too much carbon-based food had little benefit for martial cultivation and could even be harmful.

But Li Yuan didn't mind.

With his physical condition, digesting these foods was extremely fast.

"Hmm!" Li Yuan devoured the fried sauce noodles, feeling very satisfied.

The school's fried sauce noodles and hot dry noodles weren't particularly outstanding in taste, but after some time, Li Yuan felt uncomfortable if he didn't eat them.

He had been eating them since he was young.

"Yan Zhou, you're the one who's anxious." Zhou Qi said with a smile while eating: "Last time you were in Exam Room 21, and this time you're in Exam Room 22. You're almost falling back to the same exam room as Brother Yuan."

"Old Zhou, you're so amazing? Exam Room 2 is for the top two students." Yan Zhou retorted.

During the January exam, Yan Zhou's academic performance was slightly off, so this time, his exam room number was further back.

But such fluctuations in ranking were normal, which was why Zhou Qi teased him.

"What's wrong with Exam Room 2?" Zhou Qi tilted his head: "This is the second-best exam room out of forty!"

"I'm proud!"

Everyone couldn't help but laugh.

Zhou Qi was telling the truth. In the senior (two) class of over a hundred students, only a few were in the top two exam rooms.

"Brother Yuan, you won't be improving by a hundred points again, will you?" Zhou Qi suddenly looked at Li Yuan, seeming a bit worried: "If you improve by another hundred points, your academic score will almost catch up to mine."

During the January exam, Li Yuan's academic performance had increased by about a hundred points, advancing from Exam Room 29 to Exam Room 24, which was already in the middle of the grade.

"Don't worry." Li Yuan smiled: "I'll try to score an additional 120 points, just enough to surpass you."

"Damn, you're not even human!" Zhou Qi laughed: "You're taking all the points, leave some for us!"

However, no one took Li Yuan's words to heart. Improving by another 120 points? Impossible!

"Done eating."

"Let's go to the exam room early, and we can get to know the students in the front and back rows, aiming for a united front."

"I hope we can pass the key point line." A group of classmates chatted as they walked towards the exam room, most of them looking relaxed.

Li Tianyou, on the other hand, was relatively quiet, walking alone at the back.

As they approached the exam building, the others went upstairs one after another.

"Tianyou, wait." Suddenly, a deep voice sounded from the side.

Li Tianyou was startled and realized that Li Yuan had appeared beside him without him noticing: "Li Yuan, is something wrong?"

He stopped.

"Tianyou." Li Yuan looked at Li Tianyou's face and smiled: "Have you been dieting?"

Li Tianyou froze for a moment and subconsciously touched his face.

He did seem a bit thinner.

"Maybe." Li Tianyou forced a smile and didn't explain.

Suddenly.

Ding~ Li Tianyou's smart ring vibrated slightly, and he looked down, his pupils shrinking as he realized it was a transaction reminder for a deposit of 50,000 Blue Star Coins.

The sender was Li Yuan.

At the same time, a V-Communication message from Li Yuan arrived, with a name and V-Communication number left behind.

"Li Yuan, what's this?" Li Tianyou looked at Li Yuan in shock.

"There's less than two months until the college entrance exam. I know it's tough, but external aids are important. Buy some Qi and Blood Potion, at least ensure a nutritious meal three times a day. This person named Zhong Cheng is a Martial Arts staff member. Go find him to buy the potion, say you're my classmate, and he'll give you a discount." Li Yuan smiled: "I'm telling you in advance, this isn't a gift, it's a loan."

"But I can't pay it back." Li Tianyou couldn't help but say.

"I'm not asking you to pay it back now. Is money more important than your health? Are you really planning to diet?" Li Yuan joked: "Once you get into Jiangbei Martial University, find a good job after graduation, and you can pay me back, right? Remember, you have to pay me back within ten years at the latest!"

Li Tianyou's eyes instantly turned red.

He understood that this was just Li Yuan's way of getting him to accept the offer.

In a quiet voice, Li Tianyou began, "Li Yuan, I..." before his voice choked up.

"Tianyou, there are people around, be careful," Li Yuan shook his head, "I don't mean anything by it, don't let people misunderstand."

Li Tianyou froze for a moment, then couldn't help but smile.

"Here you go." Li Yuan smiled, "With your grades, you have a great chance of getting into Jiangbei Martial University, but you must stay calm."

"In martial arts cultivation, the more anxious you are, the harder it is to improve."

"Keep a balanced mindset," Li Yuan smiled, "On this point, you have to trust me."

"Mhm, mhm," Li Tianyou nodded, and in his heart, he believed Li Yuan had a strong authority in martial arts cultivation.

Just like Teacher Xu Bo had publicly stated in martial arts class, with Li Yuan's skill and cultivation, he could at least take on the role of a 'High-Rank Martial Arts Teacher.'

"I'll go first," Li Yuan waved his hand, "See you later."

"50,000 Blue Star Coins," Li Tianyou looked down at his bank account, then couldn't help but glance at Li Yuan's departing figure.

He wanted to tell Li Yuan that he didn't need it, but his legs wouldn't move.

Because, he truly needed it.

"Thank you," Li Tianyou silently whispered in his heart.

...

Finding his seat number, Li Yuan just sat down.

"Is Li Yuan in our exam room?"

"This is exam room 24, he's just a martial arts student, and his academic results are this good?"

"Hehe, my exam number is even ahead of Li Yuan's, seems like I'm better than him."

"You really are better, huh? Believe it or not, someone could punch you so hard, your snot would fly out." Many students in the exam room whispered among themselves.

Since the Jiangbei Martial University invitation event, Li Yuan's performance had gradually spread throughout the senior year.

With the school's intentional promotion, Li Yuan's fame had grown so large, even Lin Lan Yue couldn't compare.

"Talking about me?" Li Yuan heard the voice by his ear but didn't pay it much mind.

He was thinking about Li Tianyou.

"I hope this money can help him a bit," Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

Among all the classmates he knew, if he were to say he truly admired someone, it would be Li Tianyou.

Sometimes, Li Yuan would even think that if Li Tianyou could awaken the Mind Palace's talent, even if it didn't match his own, it would still be absolutely dazzling.

People have self-awareness.

"Opportunities and luck are sometimes greater than effort," Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

Before, Li Yuan wanted to help Li Tianyou, but he didn't have the ability.

Why give only 50,000 Blue Star Coins? And say it's a loan?

First, Li Yuan understood Li Tianyou's personality, extremely resilient, and he didn't want Li Tianyou to be too stubborn.

Second, this money, Li Yuan's original intention was to give it as a gift, he didn't expect it to be returned.

Third, and most importantly.

"I'm still growing, and cultivation expenses are high too," Li Yuan sighed inwardly, "I hope it can help him for a while, and he gets into Jiangbei Martial University."

Once he gets in, for Li Tianyou, it would be a turning point in his destiny.

Ding, ding, ding~ The bell rang.

The exam proctor entered the classroom, and everyone placed their smart rings at the front of the classroom.

The April exam officially began.

...

After a day and a half of cultural exams, Li Yuan could only say he did his best.

"The score, shouldn't be lower than last time," Li Yuan thought to himself, "Usually, the difficulty of the April exam is lower."

The January exam's high difficulty was to discourage students from becoming arrogant.

While the April exam's lower difficulty was to encourage students.

...

The second day was the martial arts spirituality assessment.

The assessment form in Li Yuan's hand, as expected, wrote 'Unawakened,' everything was as he predicted.

According to Principal Li's words, with Li Yuan's revealed physical talent and mental talent, if he were compatible with any high-level cultivation method, it would've manifested already.

"In the class, it seems no one is compatible either," Li Yuan scanned the room.

During the entire senior year, only Wan Xiao and Zhou Qi successfully reached the high-level cultivation method's compatibility.

"Everyone has spirituality."

"But unable to..."

"The current seven high-level cultivation methods are also created by generations of human martial artists." Li Yuan silently recited, "In the future, if I can become a Sky Soaring Martial Artist, perhaps, I can also participate in this great civilization process."

...

The third day was the martial arts practical exam.

Nearly a month had passed since the Jiangbei Martial University invitation event.

Li Yuan finally stopped hiding his physical condition, and it was fully revealed.

40-meter burst speed test.

"22 meters per second."

"Holy shit!"

"Li Yuan's burst speed, this!" All the students present were shocked, finding it hard to believe what they were witnessing.

"Brother Yuan?"

"Too awesome!"

"Is Brother Yuan about to become a true martial artist?" Zhou Qi asked, and even the exam proctor was taken aback.

This burst speed was infinitely close to the 10.0-level standard.

You should know, the class they were testing, was just an ordinary class.

"What's so strange?"

"Shouldn't Li Yuan have this score?" Dong Haifeng and Gu Qianghan, the top ten students of the grade, weren't too surprised.

In their eyes, being able to take the absolute first place in the 'Combat Assessment' where elite martial arts students from the entire Jiangbei Province gathered, was impressive.

Another month passed, Li Yuan's physical condition was close to level 10, very strange?

In the subsequent practical exams, any public assessment Li Yuan took part in, he left the other students and examiners in awe.

...

For such a large-scale exam, the score tallying and grading were very quick.

That evening.

In the principal's office of Guanshan District's First High School, Principal Tan Zhenlong was waiting.

"Ding, ding, ding~" The smart ring's assistant voice rang, "Master, Education Bureau Director Wang is video calling you."

"Director Wang?" Principal Tan was slightly surprised.

"Answer, visitor mode."

Whoosh~ The room's lighting adjusted, subtly changing the atmosphere, a holographic screen formed, projecting a young man in his thirties wearing a dress shirt.

"Principal Tan, congratulations," the young man smiled.

"Director Wang, congratulations for what?" Principal Tan was taken aback.

"The April exam."

"Your school produced two city-level top scorers." The young man smiled, "Isn't that worth congratulating?"

(End of Chapter)

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