Chapter 92

Guanshan District No. 1 High School.

The April mock exam is the final large-scale city-wide unified exam before the college entrance exam.

Yet, as always, Li Yuan followed his routine, arriving at school after 3:00 AM to cultivate, then showering and heading downstairs at 7:00 AM.

Li Yuan would not easily change his cultivation habits.

"Are you not coming back even for the April mock exam?" As Li Yuan passed by Martial Arts Room 4001, his gaze subconsciously swept over it, and his footsteps slowed down involuntarily.

The electronic lock was brand new and free of dust, as it was cleaned regularly.

Although Gu Qianghan had already said so half a month ago.

But in these past few days, as the mock exam approached, for some reason, a trace of inexplicable anticipation arose in Li Yuan's heart.

"I really was overthinking it." Li Yuan suddenly smiled and shook his head, not taking it too much to heart.

From Blue Star to Flying Star, one must pass through the Star Bridge; traveling back and forth is truly not easy.

Given Lin Lanyue's family background, since she had specifically gone to participate in a mysterious "special training," she naturally would not return just for the April mock exam.

Although the April mock exam is important, it is ultimately not the real college entrance exam.

"Li Yuan." Suddenly, a voice rang out, and a burly youth waved at him from a distance.

"Dong Haifeng?" Li Yuan smiled and responded; it was Dong Haifeng, whom he had saved during the last practical assessment.

Dong Haifeng had just walked out of the martial arts room, his face full of smiles.

Since returning from Jiangbei Martial Arts University, Dong Haifeng's attitude toward Li Yuan had undergone a 180-degree turn.

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

"Didn't Gu Qiang come?" Li Yuan walked up and asked with a smile.

The door to Martial Arts Room 4003 was also closed, and the trash at the doorway was the same as it had been last night.

"He doesn't come to the martial arts room in the morning." Dong Haifeng smiled: "He's even often late for morning self-study."

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, suddenly realizing that in the past six months, he seemed to have never encountered Gu Qianghan after 6:00 AM.

He mostly only saw him arrive in the afternoon.

"No wonder his progress is slow; he doesn't even see Jiangcheng at 4:00 AM, how can he cultivate quickly?" Li Yuan joked: "Let's go, let's go to the cafeteria to eat together."

Dong Haifeng was stunned upon hearing this; Jiangcheng at 4:00 AM? He hadn't seen it either!

"Gu Qiang's progress is slow? Is this what a big shot is?" Dong Haifeng muttered to himself.

Inside the cafeteria.

"Brother Yuan, you really aren't in a hurry at all." Yan Zhou looked at Li Yuan and Dong Haifeng, who were walking slowly into the cafeteria, while eating a steamed bun.

"What's there to be in a hurry about?" Li Yuan smiled and sat down next to his classmate to start eating.

Zhou Qi had already bought breakfast for Li Yuan: soybean paste noodles, beef noodles, nutritious breakfast... plus two soda buns and two portions of siu mai.

In reality, except for the nutritious breakfast, eating too many carbohydrates has very little help for martial arts cultivation and can even be harmful.

But Li Yuan did not care.

With his current physical fitness, he digests these foods very quickly.

"Slurp!" Li Yuan ate the soybean paste noodles in large mouthfuls, feeling very satisfied in his heart.

The school's soybean paste noodles and hot dry noodles don't actually taste outstanding, but after a long time, Li Yuan feels uncomfortable if he doesn't eat a meal of them.

This is the food he has eaten since he was a child.

"Yan Zhou, you're the one who's anxious." Zhou Qi smiled while eating: "Last time you were in Exam Room 21, this time you're sitting in Exam Room 22; you're about to fall into the same exam room as Brother Yuan."

"Old Zhou, are you very impressive? The thousand-year second-place exam room." Yan Zhou retorted immediately.

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

But this kind of ranking fluctuation is very normal, which is why Zhou Qi was teasing him.

"So what if I'm second?" Zhou Qi raised his head: "This is second place out of forty exam rooms!"

"I'm proud!"

Everyone couldn't help but laugh.

Zhou Qi was telling the truth; among the over one hundred students in Senior Year (Class 2), there were very few who could be in the first two exam rooms.

"Brother Yuan, you won't improve by another hundred points this time, will you?" Zhou Qi suddenly looked at Li Yuan, appearing somewhat worried: "If you improve by another hundred points, your cultural score will almost catch up to mine."

During the January mock exam, Li Yuan's cultural score improved by about one hundred points, advancing from Exam Room 29 to Exam Room 24, already approaching the middle of the grade.

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

"Damn, you really aren't acting like a human!" Zhou Qi laughed and cursed: "You've learned all the points, leave some for us."

However, no one really took Li Yuan's words to heart; improve by another 120 points? How is that possible!

"Finished eating."

"Let's go, let's get to the exam room early so we can get familiar with the people in the front and back rows and strive to form a united front."

"Hope I can pass the key line this time." A group of classmates chatted with each other as they walked toward the exam room, mostly feeling very relaxed.

Li Tianyou was relatively silent, walking alone at the back.

When they were almost at the exam building, the others went upstairs one after another.

"Tianyou, wait a second." Suddenly, a low voice rang out from the side.

Li Tianyou was startled, only then discovering that Li Yuan had appeared beside him at some point: "Li Yuan, do you need something?"

He stopped.

"Tianyou." Li Yuan looked at Li Tianyou's face and smiled: "Are you losing weight recently?"

Li Tianyou was stunned for a moment, subconsciously touching his own face.

It seemed he was thinner.

"Maybe." Li Tianyou smiled reluctantly, not explaining.

Suddenly.

Beep~ Li Tianyou's smart ring vibrated slightly; he looked down and his pupils shrank, only then discovering it was a transfer notification—50,000 Blue Star coins had arrived.

The sender: Li Yuan.

At the same time, there was a V-message from Li Yuan, which contained a name and a V-number.

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

"There's less than two months until the college entrance exam; I know your cultivation is hard, but external assistance is very important. Buy some blood-Qi potions, and at least ensure nutritious meals for your three daily meals. This person named Zhong Cheng is a martial arts worker; go find him to buy blood-Qi potions and just say you're my classmate, he'll give you a discount." Li Yuan smiled: "I'll state this in advance, I'm poor too; this isn't a gift, it's a loan."

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

"I didn't ask you to pay it back now. Is money more important or your body? Are you really planning to lose weight?" Li Yuan said with a cheeky smile: "When you get into Jiangbei Martial Arts University and find a good job after graduation, won't you be able to pay it back? Remember, you must pay me back within ten years at the latest!"

Li Tianyou's eyes instantly turned red.

How could he not understand that this was just a pretext Li Yuan used to make him accept it.

Who would actively lend money and actively state to pay it back in ten years?

"Li Yuan, I..." Li Tianyou's voice was choked with emotion for a moment.

"Tianyou, there are people all around, pay attention." Li Yuan shook his head repeatedly: "I'm not interested in you, don't let people misunderstand."

Li Tianyou was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but laugh.

"Just take it." Li Yuan smiled: "Actually, with your grades, the hope of getting into Jiangbei Martial Arts University is very high, but you must not be nervous."

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

"Calm your mindset." Li Yuan smiled: "On this point, you have to trust me."

"Mm-hmm." Li Tianyou nodded; in his heart, Li Yuan had the most say in martial arts cultivation.

Just as Teacher Xu Bo had publicly said in martial arts class, with Li Yuan's skill and cultivation, he could at least serve as a "Senior Martial Arts Teacher."

"I'm going up first." Li Yuan waved: "See you later."

"50,000 Blue Star coins." Li Tianyou looked down at his bank account and couldn't help but look up at Li Yuan's back.

He wanted to tell Li Yuan he didn't need it, but he couldn't bring himself to do it.

Because he truly needed it.

"Thank you." Li Tianyou muttered silently in his heart.

Finding his seat number, Li Yuan had just sat down.

"Li Yuan is in our exam room?"

"This is Exam Room 24, he's a martial arts student, and his cultural grades are this good?"

"Hehe, my exam number is actually in front of Li Yuan's; it seems I'm more impressive than Li Yuan."

"You really know how to compare! Believe it or not, someone will punch your boogers out." Many students in the exam room were whispering.

Since this semester, especially after the Jiangbei Martial Arts University invitation event, Li Yuan's performance had gradually spread among the senior year students.

Coupled with the school's deliberate publicity, Li Yuan's fame in the school was unmatched, even Lin Lanyue was no longer comparable.

"Discussing me?" Li Yuan listened to the voices in his ears but didn't pay much attention.

He was thinking about Li Tianyou.

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

Among so many classmates he knew, if he had to say who he truly admired, Li Yuan only admired Li Tianyou.

Sometimes, Li Yuan would even think that if Li Tianyou could awaken the talent of the Heart Palace, even if he didn't reach his own level, he would definitely be very dazzling.

People have self-knowledge.

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

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

Why only give 50,000 Blue Star coins? And why say it was a loan?

First, Li Yuan knew Li Tianyou's personality; he was extremely resilient and didn't like asking for help, so he didn't want Li Tianyou to have too much psychological burden.

Second, Li Yuan's original intention for this money was to give it away; he didn't expect the other party to pay it back.

Third, and most importantly.

"I am also still growing, and my cultivation expenses are also very high." Li Yuan sighed inwardly: "I hope it can help him along the way to get into Jiangbei Martial Arts University."

Once he gets in, for Li Tianyou, it would be no less than a turning point in his destiny.

Beep, beep, beep~ The bell rang.

The proctor walked into the classroom, and everyone placed their smart rings at the front of the classroom.

The April mock exam officially began.

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

"The score shouldn't be worse than last time." Li Yuan thought to himself: "Normally speaking, the difficulty of the April mock exam will be lower."

The January mock exam had high difficulty to strike at the students so they wouldn't be arrogant.

And the April mock exam often has lower difficulty to encourage the students.

The second afternoon was for martial arts spirituality testing.

The test sheet in Li Yuan's hand, as usual, read "Not Awakened," everything within his expectations.

According to Dean Li's words, with the physical and mental talents Li Yuan had revealed, if he could align with any high-stage cultivation, it would have already been revealed.

"In the class, it seems no one else can align either." Li Yuan swept his gaze.

Throughout the senior year, among the classmates, only Wan Xiao and Zhou Qi successfully met the alignment requirements for high-stage cultivation methods.

"Everyone has spirit."

"It's just that they can't."

"The current seven great high-stage cultivation methods were also created by generations of senior martial artists." Li Yuan muttered to himself: "In the future, if I can become a Flying Martial Artist, perhaps I can also participate in this great civilizational process."

The third day was for martial arts practical testing.

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

Li Yuan finally stopped hiding his physical fitness and revealed it completely.

40-meter explosive speed test.

"21.8 meters/second."

"Holy crap!"

"Li Yuan's explosive speed, this!" All the students present were shocked, all looking at this scene in disbelief.

"Brother Yuan, he?"

"Too awesome!"

"Is Brother Yuan about to become a real martial artist?" Zhou Qi, Yan Zhou, Li Tianyou, and the others were all shocked; that was a martial artist.

Even the three proctors were somewhat stunned.

This kind of explosive speed was infinitely close to the 10.0-level standard.

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

"What's so strange about it?"

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

In their view, being able to take first place by an absolute cliff-like margin in the "practical assessment" where elite martial arts students from the entire Jiangbei Province gathered.

Another month had passed, and Li Yuan's physical fitness was close to level 10; was that strange?

In the subsequent physical tests, whenever it was a public assessment, Li Yuan never failed to shock the other students and examiners.

For this kind of large-scale exam, score aggregation and grading are very fast.

That evening.

At Guanshan District No. 1 High School, in the principal's office, Tan Zhenlong was waiting in the office.

"Beep—" The smart assistant's voice rang out: "Master, Director Wang from the Education Bureau is calling you via video."

"Director Wang?" Tan Zhenlong was slightly surprised and immediately said: "Answer, guest mode."

Whoosh~

The office lighting adjusted, causing the overall atmosphere to change subtly; the light screen condensed, and a young man in his thirties wearing a shirt appeared in the projection.

"Principal Tan, congratulations." The young man took the initiative to smile.

"Director Wang, congratulations for what?" Tan Zhenlong was stunned for a moment.

"The April mock exam."

"Your school has produced two city-wide single-subject top graduates." The young man smiled: "Isn't that worth congratulating?"

(End of chapter)