The January re-examination lasts for three days.
From the first day to the morning of the second day, cultural exams are held, and in the afternoon of the second day, the "Spiritual Potential Test" takes place.
On the third day, the martial arts assessment occurs.
Li Yuan didn't let the re-examination disrupt his cultivation plan. He arrived at school at around four in the morning as usual to practice his Basic Cultivation Method.
At seven o'clock, he took a shower in the martial arts room before heading to the cafeteria for breakfast.
Then he rushed to the exam venue with Zhou Qi and Yan Zhou.
The January re-examination is one of the two most important large-scale standardized tests before the college entrance exam, and both the education bureau and the school take it very seriously.
All standards are strictly based on the college entrance exam, and devices like smart wristbands cannot be brought into the exam room, along with various checks... There are 20 classes divided into 40 exam rooms.
The seating for the cultural exam is based on the rankings from the last major exam.
"Brother Yuan, we're going upstairs," Zhou Qi waved his hand and joked.
"Brother Yuan, do well on the exam. We'll wait for you up there."
A group of classmates teased Li Yuan and went upstairs. The higher the floor, the better the ranking.
"This bunch of guys," Li Yuan shook his head, laughing.
Suddenly, he glanced at the admission ticket in Li Tianyou's hand and smiled, "Tianyou, I'm in exam room 29, and you're in 33. Do well, and I'll wait for you upstairs."
With that, Li Yuan also went upstairs, leaving Li Tianyou looking confused.
... The students in exam room 29 are already in the middle to lower ranks of the cultural exam scores at Guanshan District's top high school.
However, as a key high school, even students in exam room 35 have a chance to get into a top cultural university.
After sitting down, Li Yuan scanned the room and saw many familiar faces.
Besides his classmates, quite a few seemed to be from the Elite Class.
Students in the martial arts Elite Class generally have lower scores in cultural subjects.
People have limited energy; without effort, it's hard to gain.
"Gu Qianghan, you're here too?" Li Yuan smiled at the person next to him.
"Call me Gu Qiang," the handsome young man replied stubbornly.
"Alright, Little Qiang," Li Yuan laughed, "I remember your sister called you that a few days ago."
Li Yuan and Gu Qianghan both have independent martial arts rooms on the fourth floor of the Elite Building, so they often run into each other.
The handsome young man glared, stood up, as if he wanted to argue with Li Yuan.
"The proctor is here, your homeroom teacher," Li Yuan pointed to the distance where she sat upright.
Gu Qianghan quickly turned around and saw no one, feeling annoyed, he looked back at Li Yuan, "You tricked me."
"This time, she really is here," Li Yuan said seriously, "your homeroom teacher."
"I don't believe it," Gu Qianghan raised his middle finger at Li Yuan, looking disdainful.
"Gu Qianghan!"
"Sit up straight! The test papers will be distributed soon!" A sharp voice suddenly rang from the classroom door, causing Gu Qianghan to shiver and immediately sit up straight.
The cultural homeroom teacher for the senior martial arts Elite Class is a female martial artist.
At Guanshan District's top high school, she and Xu Bo are known as the "Literary and Martial Asura."
...
For Li Yuan, a day and a half of cultural exams passed without a hitch.
Over the past year, his spiritual power has been constantly improving, making it easy for him to memorize many things.
But an increase in spiritual power doesn't directly boost intelligence, and since he has spent very little time on cultural studies... Li Yuan is quite clear about this.
"Zhou Qi and the others originally had good grades and spent a lot of time studying."
"My cultural ranking should be slightly better than last time... but I doubt there will be a significant change," Li Yuan thought to himself, "Just do my best."
...
After the cultural exams, all students returned to the cultural classroom, and many began checking answers.
"What was the last question on the math multiple choice? Was it B?" A noticeable student asked excitedly.
"It should be C," replied a math whiz who usually scores close to full marks.
"But I guessed, so I might be wrong," the math whiz added.
"Damn, I initially thought it was C, but then changed it to B... I feel like I won't score over 150 this time," the noticeable student said with frustration.
Math has a total score of 200 points and is the most important subject.
Amidst the noise,
Li Yuan sat at his desk, lost in thought.
He never checks answers.
Not out of confidence, but because he doesn't care.
The total score for cultural subjects is 1000 points, but if he chooses to attend a martial arts university, the cultural score will be converted to 100 points, accounting for only 10%.
For Li Yuan, scoring 700 or 800 in cultural subjects only affects his total score by 10 points.
But the effort put in is vastly different.
"According to tradition, the difficulty of the January re-examination is usually higher than that of the college entrance exam," Li Yuan calculated silently, "This time, I should score full points, and if my cultural score exceeds 650, that would be a success."
Suddenly,
Cultural teacher Chen walked into the classroom, looking serious: "Everyone sit up straight, the schedule for the spiritual potential test is out. Our class will be the first to test at 2 PM."
Class 3 (1) is the Elite Class, all of whom have awakened their martial spirits and do not need to be re-tested.
Class 3 (2) will be the first to test.
"After the test, it's self-study."
"But don't exhaust yourselves with martial arts training today; we have a 10,000-meter test tomorrow," Teacher Chen advised before leaving the classroom.
"The spiritual potential test! It's coming again."
"I wonder if I can change my fate."
"Stop dreaming."
"We're already in our senior year; wake up. I don't have enough yellow urine, so I'm not going to bother you." The students began to chatter again.
Meanwhile, many top students in cultural subjects quietly took out their books to study.
If they choose the cultural path, even if they awaken their martial spirits, they won't get extra points.
"Brother Yuan, your physical constitution seems to have exceeded level 7.0; you should have awakened," Zhou Qi said excitedly.
"Maybe," Li Yuan pondered for a moment.
He wasn't sure if a 0.6% awakening would bring any changes.
...
More than an hour later.
"I awakened my martial spirit?" Zhou Qi walked out of the testing room, both shocked and dazed, looking at the results in his hand, unable to believe it.
This drew the attention of his classmates. "Zhou Qi actually awakened?"
"What?" Discussions erupted, and almost all the students found it unbelievable.
Zhou Qi is recognized as the lowest performer in martial arts in the class.
"Zhou Qi awakened?" Li Yuan smiled slightly, glancing at the result in his hand that said 'not awakened.'
Li Yuan had already expected not to awaken; the Divine Palace Panel had basically indicated that.
However, Zhou Qi's compatibility with advanced cultivation methods was over 85% in senior year?
"Some people struggle to seek but cannot find, while others get it easily without expectation." Li Yuan glanced at a testing room door in the distance.
Li Tianyou was looking enviously at Zhou Qi, who had become the center of attention.
"Perhaps sometimes it just depends on fate," Li Yuan thought with some emotion.
...
All students in Class 3 (2) finished their tests.
In the end, only Zhou Qi successfully awakened.
The older you get, the more your bones set, making it harder to match with advanced cultivation methods.
In Class 3 (2), having two students awaken their martial spirits in one semester is already a rare occurrence.
...
In the martial arts assessment, tests for vitality, fist power, and martial arts techniques are closed tests, so other students won't know the specific data immediately.
However, the physical tests for 40 meters, 100 meters, 1 kilometer, and 10 kilometers are public.
When the January re-examination reached the third day, the students of Class 3 (2) followed the Elite Class students to the school's largest sports field.
Here, they can conduct the 10,000-meter long-distance running test.
However, the first physical test is the 40-meter sprint.
"The Elite Class students are so fast."
"14.5 meters/second!"
"That one reached 15.7 meters/second; their physical constitution is definitely over level 7."
"Damn! 17.2 meters/second? Almost level 8!"
"Truly the Elite Class." Students in Class 3 (2) watched the Elite Class students cross the finish line, erupting in awe.
It's no wonder Class 3 (2) students feel this way; their physical constitutions are generally just over level 5.
In contrast, the weakest students in the Elite Class have already surpassed level 6, and many have even exceeded level 7.0 after half a year of training.
Practicing advanced cultivation methods, even if they can only absorb a tiny bit of cosmic energy each time, gives them a significant advantage over ordinary people.
Of course, among the Elite Class students, those whose physical constitution reaches level 8.0 are still very few.
"Look, it's Lin Lanyue."
"She's the top martial arts student in the grade."
"It's her."
On the track, a girl in a red training outfit with bright eyes and white teeth immediately attracted everyone's attention.
In senior year, Lin Lanyue is very well-known.
"Lin Lanyue?" Li Yuan also looked over curiously, noting her impressive physical constitution.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Six figures on the track suddenly burst into a sprint, with the red figure showing the most terrifying speed.
In just over two seconds, Lin Lanyue crossed the finish line, far ahead of her classmates.
On the distant electronic display, Lin Lanyue's final score appeared—"19.7 meters/second."
"Damn."
"Is this a high school student?"
"She's almost a martial artist."
"She could probably kill me with one punch." The sounds of astonishment filled the air, creating a sense of shock.
Li Yuan's gaze fell on Lin Lanyue, and with a thought, the results of his probe appeared before him: [Target, Life Level 9.0].
"9.0?" Li Yuan was secretly surprised.
After a little comparison, he concluded, "Her physical improvement speed doesn't seem to be slower than mine."
Logically, the further you go, the slower the physical improvement should be.
But Lin Lanyue's physical constitution showed no signs of slowing down; in fact, it seemed to be getting faster.
The 40-meter test went by very quickly.
Soon it was Class 3 (2)'s turn.
"Random student numbers, first group, 36, 1, 8..." The proctor quickly announced the exam numbers.
Li Yuan, being the top martial arts student in the class, was number 1.
He stood at the starting line.
"Li Yuan is about to test?"
"What's his physical constitution level?"
"I don't know."
"He should be over level 7; he seemed to be 6.5 when school started." Li Yuan's appearance drew the attention of many students.
Even many Elite Class students looked over.
Li Yuan, who could rank in the top thirty in the grade from an ordinary class, is recognized as the best in martial arts techniques.
Especially after defeating Lin Lanyue in the last virtual battle, his reputation at school has grown significantly.
"Lanyue, look, Li Yuan is... oh, you're already looking at him," said a slightly plump girl next to Lin Lanyue.
She just realized Lin Lanyue had already stopped.
"Li Yuan?" Lin Lanyue looked at him seriously, feeling curious.
Why was Li Yuan able to sign a B-level contract with the Starfire Martial Hall?
Perhaps this re-examination would reveal some reasons.
"Lanyue, how strong do you think Li Yuan is?" the slightly plump friend asked curiously.
"Him?" Lin Lanyue hesitated, "Maybe he's at level 7.4."
"Is it that high?" The slightly plump friend was surprised; that level of physical constitution would almost put him in the top ten of the Elite Class.
At that moment,
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh! The six people on the track instantly burst out from the starting point, and Li Yuan, like an arrow, quickly left the other five classmates behind.
He pulled ahead by nearly double the distance and crossed the finish line directly.
"Beep——"
The electronic display instantly showed Li Yuan's score—"17.8 meters/second."
(End of Chapter)