Chapter 1: The Eve of Awakening Day

The sweltering summer sun, the cicadas buzzing noisily.

Tianyun Shi, Di San Gaozhong.

In one of the classrooms, an old teacher was sternly giving an explanation to the students below.

"Awakening Day is the turning point of your lives; your talent determines everyone's future. If you are lucky enough to awaken a special talent, you might even become a powerful Martial Artist in the future who can conquer other worlds!"

"The physical strength of your body before awakening will also affect the result of your awakening. Tomorrow is the time to test your three years of hard work!"

"The teacher wishes you all a good outcome."

The old teacher's tone was flat; he had long since grown accustomed to looking at those expectant eyes below.

Although everyone has one chance to awaken a talent, 90% of them cannot even obtain the most trashy F-Grade Talent, destined to be reduced to mortals for the rest of their lives.

Yet even the weakest Martial Artist in the Mortal Embryo Realm can rise above mortals, with an income far exceeding that of an ordinary person.

Among this batch of students, let alone an A-Class Talent, he would be satisfied if even two B-Grade Talents appeared.

As for an S-Class Talent above A-Class, he didn't even dare to think about it.

That is an S-Class Talent, after all—

In the entire Tianyun Shi over the past 10 years, only one such person has appeared!

"Students who do not awaken successfully should not be discouraged either. As long as you study hard to improve your liberal arts grades, you can still get jobs at major companies after graduation."

"People must be able to accept their own mediocrity. There are not that many geniuses in the world; mediocrity is the norm."

"There are 5 minutes left until class ends; discuss it among yourselves."

After the old teacher finished speaking, he picked up the teacup on the podium and took a sip.

Below, the students began to talk impatiently, their eyes full of hope and innocence, as well as a trace of anxiety.

"Tomorrow is Awakening Day. I don't have high demands; I'll be satisfied if I awaken a C-Grade Talent."

"Are you dreaming? Last year, a total of 190 people from our school participated in the awakening, and only 1 A-Class and 2 B-Grade talents appeared in total. Adding up all five classes, there were only 26 C-Grade talents."

"In my opinion, the person in our class most likely to awaken an A-Class Talent is Zhao Lei."

"That goes without saying. Zhao Lei's dad is worth over a hundred million; every month, the strengthening fluid Zhao Lei consumes alone costs no less than 6 figures, and his physical strength is firmly in the top 10 of the grade!"

"It's so nice, I also really want to have such a wealthy dad..."

Listening to the discussion in his ears, a boy in the front row wearing designer clothes straightened his back proudly.

At this moment, in the back row of the classroom by the window.

A youth was staring blankly at the school stadium outside the window.

He had handsome features and a straight nose bridge; his eyes, which should have been youthful, revealed a maturity that did not belong to his age.

Jiang Qin had been in this world for 18 years and had long since accepted this world that shared the same name as Lanxing.

Unlike Lanxing where technology is supreme, this world respects Martial Artists!

Powerful Martial Artists can cross other worlds, split mountains and overturn seas with a single move, and can even destroy a city in just 1 minute, comparable to nuclear weapons.

Walking through the air, with a single thought, ten thousand beasts are annihilated!

This is not even worth mentioning.

When he first arrived in this world, Jiang Qin also fantasized about being able to awaken a golden finger; after all, he had transmigrated by sheer luck, so there was no reason for Heaven to target him.

But 18 years have passed, and Jiang Qin cruelly discovered...

It seems he really does not have a golden finger!

At most, his memory is better than an ordinary person's; other than that, everything is plain and unremarkable.

Now his only hope is that on tomorrow's Awakening Day, he can awaken even the worst F-Grade Talent, so that at least Jiang Ma won't have to work so hard anymore, and life can be a bit more comfortable.

Jiang Ma is his adoptive mother.

Jiang Qin could not help but recall the scene when he first transmigrated.

The original body seemed to come from a great family, but at the time of birth, enemies attacked, and they kidnapped him while his mother was weak.

At that time, the original body's father tried to snatch him back, but was held back by the powerful enemy.

But even so, the person who kidnapped him was still hit in a vital spot by a single strike from the original body's father. Although he successfully escaped far away relying on a secret technique, he eventually died of serious injuries by a river, and before dying, he threw the infant Jiang Qin into the river.

A newborn infant could of course not withstand this ordeal, and eventually died.

Yet because of this, it created an opportunity for Jiang Qin, who had transmigrated over.

And then it is not hard to guess.

He was discovered by the adventurer Jiang Mingrou, who was searching for spiritual herbs, and brought home.

He still remembers that gentle voice to this day:

"You must also be a poor person abandoned by unscrupulous parents, just like me. Being able to meet is fate; from now on, I am your family."

"Looking at your dazed and silly appearance, you don't look smart at all."

"The ancients said 'diligence can make up for clumsiness,' so from now on you shall be called... Jiang Qin!"

Just like that, Jiang Qin was raised by Jiang Ma, right up until today.

Ding-a-ling—!!!

The shrill bell for the end of class rang, bringing Jiang Qin back from his daze.

The students excitedly packed their schoolbags and rushed out of the classroom.

The Fatty at the same desk stood up, came to Jiang Qin's desk, and proudly showed off the two discount cards in his hand:

"Brother Qin, I won two discount coupons in a lucky draw at the internet cafe yesterday; I can go online for free for 2 hours!"

"How about it, want to go have some fun?"

This guy is named Zhang Le, and he counts as the only friend Jiang Qin has had in his three years of high school.

His family should be quite wealthy, but unfortunately, his nature is lazy, and he is currently firmly in last place in the class.

"No, tomorrow is Awakening Day; I need to go back and get some good rest. You go yourself."

After packing up his books, Jiang Qin patted him on the shoulder and walked out of the classroom with a smile.

Zhang Le suddenly felt bored; surfing the internet alone was no fun, so he simply packed his bag and left too.

…

After leaving the school, Jiang Qin walked toward his home unhurriedly.

Although Jiang Ma was a Martial Artist of the Mortal Embryo Realm when she was young, she damaged her foundation during a mission; despite exhausting the family fortune to save her life, she had no chance at the Martial Dao ever since and could only rely on odd jobs to make a living.

To support Jiang Qin in attending a Martial Dao high school, she even sold their house and moved to the outskirts of the city.

He sat on a bus for a full 1 hour and then walked for another 10 minutes.

The surrounding environment gradually changed from high-rise buildings to various old, broken, and small ones, and the roads were also in a state of disrepair.

This place was known as the "Pinmin Qu"; as the name suggests, only people without money lived here, where not only was the environment poor, but transportation was also inconvenient.

Most importantly, because it was close to the forest, they could face attacks from wild beasts at any time.

Wild beasts were nothing to a Martial Artist.

But hiring a Martial Artist cost money, and the authorities would never spend manpower and resources to clear out wild beasts for the safety of the residents of the Pinmin Qu.

It took nearly 1 and a half hours for Jiang Qin to finally return to Tianhua Street.

But just as he stepped into the street, he saw figures running by in a panic, including his former neighbors and Li Dashu who sold meat; their expressions looked as if they had encountered something terrifying.

In an instant, a bad premonition welled up in Jiang Qin's heart.

He hurriedly grabbed the arm of one of them and asked:

"Li Shu, what happened?"

"It's, it's the Claw Wolf!" Li Shu's expression was terrified and filled with lingering fear as he pointed to the street behind him, "I don't know where a pack of Claw Wolves popped out from, they've already killed over a dozen people, and your mother is still helping us buy time, run quickly!"

"If we don't run now, everyone on our whole street will die here!"

Claw Wolf, a Fierce Beast of the Mortal Embryo Realm; although most are only at the Mortal Realm First Stage, they always appear in packs!

They are enough to pose a major threat to ordinary people.

Hearing that Jiang Ma was holding off the pack of Claw Wolves, Jiang Qin's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly ran toward the direction of his home.

"Xiao Qin!"

"Don't go!"

Li Shu, who was too late to stop him, saw this and took two steps to prepare to flee, but his third step was slow to follow.

In the end, he hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, turned around, and chased after him.

Damn it, if a child isn't afraid, then he's a coward!!!