Chapter 215: Credit Leaderboard, Fame Shakes Wunan

Wunan University.

Directly in front of the teaching area of the Combat Department, there is a long blackboard with many names and numbers written on it in chalk.

This is the credit leaderboard set up by Wunan University for students within their first two years of enrollment.

Both first-year and second-year students can appear on this leaderboard, provided they have earned enough credits.

Being on this leaderboard is not just a symbol of honor; it also comes with tangible benefits:

At the end of every month, the Academic Affairs Office distributes rewards based on the leaderboard rankings, which include bonuses and resources required for martial arts cultivation!

Therefore, the competition for the credit leaderboard has always been intense, and those prominent figures in the Wunan University Combat Department have all previously ranked at the top of the leaderboard.

This leaderboard is updated once every day at 6: 0 PM; if there are changes in rankings, someone will come to make modifications. Thus, every night at 6: 0 PM, many first and second-year students run over here to watch.

Today is once again the time for the "leaderboard update," and quite a few people have already gathered around the credit leaderboard blackboard.

A guard holding a spear stands in front of the blackboard, not allowing anyone to get close to it.

The guards in front of this credit leaderboard rotate every 24 hours, which serves to highlight the school's emphasis on the leaderboard.

"I heard Ning Yihua just completed a high-credit mission; maybe he can reach the top today."

"It's only the beginning of the month; reaching the top doesn't mean much yet. The key is to see how things stand at the end of the month."

"These people are too amazing; they're only in their second year and are already close to getting 60 credits."

"That's nothing. You don't know about Senior Sister Wang Fengqing. She earned over 100 credits in her first academic year, and after that, she never dropped from the top of the leaderboard. She dominated the top spot for over a year, and when she left the list, her total credits were 302!"

"Holy crap, 300 points, is that for real?!"

"Of course it's real. I estimate that no one will be able to break this record for decades to come."

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The students gathered around the credit leaderboard were discussing it animatedly.

Some were concerned about the few people at the very top of the list, some were worried about whether they could make the list, and others were talking about Wang Fengqing.

Wang Fengqing is truly too dazzling, and there are simply too many legends about her, so one can hear people discussing her almost everywhere.

"I heard that today, Senior Sister Wang Fengqing specifically went to watch a newly enrolled freshman take a qualification test."

"I heard that too. That person seems to be called Li Fei?"

"Is there anything special about him?"

"It seems he got a few 'A-Superior' ratings in the endurance test?"

"That's still a bit impressive, but not enough to alarm Senior Sister Wang into going to watch in person, right? I remember Senior Sister got twelve 'A-Superior' ratings back then, which shocked the whole school!"

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The students discussing Wang Fengqing naturally mentioned Li Fei, because the news about Li Fei had already spread throughout the school today.

"It's happening, it's happening!"

As they spoke, the crowd stirred, and then they successively cleared a path.

A staff member holding a list walked to the blackboard where the credit leaderboard was written, and then he began to "update" today's leaderboard.

"Ning Yihua really did reach the top."

"Hey, my ranking went up by two spots."

"Damn it, my ranking dropped again; it's too hard."

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As the rankings on the board changed, some were happy and some were sad.

The staff member finally began to modify the rankings at the very bottom of the board.

The total number of first and second-year students in the Wunan University Combat Department adds up to over four hundred, but only the top one hundred can make the list, and almost all of them are second-year students.

It is January now, and it won't be until September this year that another academic year concludes, so at this time, some of the scores at the very bottom of the credit leaderboard have not yet exceeded 30 points.

"Look, you guys, Li Fei!"

When the staff member finished modifying the board and turned to leave, a student suddenly pointed at a name on the board and shouted.

The others looked over one after another—

87th place, Li Fei (first year), 30 points.

"Holy crap, is that the Li Fei who just enrolled today?"

"It must be him; there's no one else in the first year named Li Fei."

"30 points?! Did they make a mistake?"

"He got 30 points on his qualification test?!"

"Wang Fengqing only got 29 points back then; is his aptitude even higher than Wang Fengqing's?!"

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The surroundings suddenly exploded.

In theory, one can get a maximum of 30 credits on the qualification test, but in reality, very few people can get over 20 points. Even a genius like Wang Fengqing couldn't get a perfect 30 back then.

As a result, a Li Fei suddenly popped up, getting on the credit leaderboard on his first day of school with 30 credits in hand!

This news spread at a terrifying speed and soon shocked the entire Wunan University!

In a conference room in the Academic Affairs Office building, over a dozen people were sitting there holding a meeting.

Wen Ke was among them; this meeting was initiated because of her, or rather, because of Li Fei.

Giving a student 30 credits for a qualification test would naturally alarm the school's top leadership, so the Academic Affairs Office quickly convened an emergency meeting.

Besides Wen Ke, there were two professors present, and the others also held important positions in the Academic Affairs Office.

"Thirteen 'A-Superior' ratings; no wonder you gave him 30 credits."

A man in his fifties looked at the table of data in his hand and spoke.

He was also a professor in the Wunan University Combat Department and a powerhouse at the Dao Foundation Realm.

"But the data on compatibility is ultimately too poor. In my opinion, this Li Fei is still not as good as Wang Fengqing. At most, give him an 'A-Superior' comprehensive evaluation; giving him 25 points would be generous enough."

Another professor expressed a different opinion.

Upon hearing this, Wen Ke just smiled without saying anything and did not argue.

The male professor glanced at Wen Ke and continued:

"Of course, you are the Director of the Academic Affairs Office now; if you want to give him 30 points, I have nothing to say."

The position of Director of the Academic Affairs Office in the Combat Department uses a rotation system. Each professor can serve as the Director for one month. During their tenure, they have the authority to modify the teaching content of the Combat Department or organize competitions, activities, etc., that they deem necessary.

Wen Ke had always been lukewarm as the Director of the Academic Affairs Office and had never done anything drastic. Giving a student 30 credits for a qualification test this time could be considered the most "out of the ordinary" thing she had done in all these years.

"Since everyone has no objections to the 30 credits, let's discuss how we should cultivate this student Li Fei in the future."

A Deputy Director of the Academic Affairs Office spoke up.

"His implant is a Grade 2 Superior 【Steel Armor】."

Wen Ke, who hadn't spoken until now, suddenly said.

"Grade 2 Superior 【Steel Armor】? It didn't waste such good aptitude after all. It seems the teacher who taught him at the Martial Arts Hall is not a mediocre person either."

The professor who had just said to give Li Fei at most 25 credits commented.

"There aren't many martial arts foundations that correspond to a Grade 2 Superior 【Steel Armor】, and they are almost all top-tier. Why not let him cultivate 【Prison-Breaking Underworld King】?"

Another professor expressed his own view.

"【Prison-Breaking Underworld King】 is powerful, but there are few divine abilities that can be combined with it. I think it's better to let him cultivate 【Heavenly Spring Sea】. We happen to have a relatively complete inheritance of it at Wunan University, and his hope of breaking through to become a Grandmaster in the future will be greater."

"Isn't 【Heavenly Spring Sea】 a bit of a waste of his such good talent? I think we can let him cultivate 【Qinghua Linglong】 just like Fengqing."

"To cultivate 【Qinghua Linglong】, the order in which he incorporated his implants is wrong."

"It's not like it can't be remedied."

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The people in the room began to discuss.

What they were concerned about now was Li Fei's cultivation path after he breaks through to the Dao Foundation Realm in the future.

After everyone had discussed for a long time, Wen Ke slowly spoke:

"Everyone."

The crowd stopped talking and looked at her one after another.

"I think as for which path to take in the future, it should depend on student Li Fei's own wishes. We should first find a way to help him break through his realm."

Wen Ke said in a gentle tone.

"That's true. It won't be too late to discuss Dao Foundation matters after he passes the Strength-Refining stage."

The professor who said to give Li Fei at most 25 credits nodded.

The Strength-Refining stage requires a certain state of mind, and many geniuses have been stuck at this stage.

"Then I'll trouble the professors present here to add a few new courses."

The Deputy Director of the Academic Affairs Office said.

"Can do."

"No problem."

"Alright."

All three professors agreed.

For the sake of one freshman, three Dao Foundation Realm professors were all prepared to open new courses!

"30 points?!"

Duanmu Weicai, who had just finished his cultivation, looked at the person who had come in with surprise:

"Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"

"Young Master, it is absolutely true. The credit leaderboard lists Li Fei, a first-year student, with 30 points. This must be him."

The person said to Duanmu Weicai.

He was also a member of the Duanmu family, and being able to enter the Martial University, he was naturally a person of outstanding aptitude, equal to the other heaven-favored children in the Martial University.

But in front of Duanmu Weicai, he would always have to lower his head.

"Huh? 30 points!"

Duanmu Weicai was uncharacteristically flustered.

A Wang Fengqing with 29 points had already amazed the Martial University for several years, making even a proud person like Duanmu Weicai pale in comparison, and now another person had appeared who scored 30 points on the aptitude test!

"What kind of place is Xingcheng, anyway? How can a small city produce two peerless talents at the same time?"

Duanmu Weicai found it unbelievable.

"Young Master, you asked me to investigate Li Fei's background, and I have already found it. Here are the results."

The person handed a piece of paper to Duanmu Weicai.

Duanmu Weicai took the paper and browsed the content on it.

"He has a teacher at the Dao Foundation realm? And a martial aunt at the Dao Foundation realm? No wonder he could break through from the Embryo Nourishing realm to the late Body Breaking realm in just half a year."

Duanmu Weicai muttered.

"Young Master, are we going to recruit this Li Fei into our association?"

"Of course!"

Duanmu Weicai said firmly.

At this moment, many people throughout the entire Martial University, and even in Datong Prefecture City, were studying Li Fei's information and planning to win him over.

"Xiao Fei, you are truly too awesome!"

Li Tianyu said this to Li Fei for who knows how many times.

"Alright, sister, stop praising me. Tell me how to attend classes and how to earn credits from now on."

Li Fei said to Li Tianyu.

After the aptitude test ended, he had done a series of things to truly complete his registration:

Paying tuition, collecting his school uniform, picking up his class schedule and relevant materials, registering and receiving his ID badge, and finally, getting the key to his dormitory.

After finishing all of this, he was now carrying his luggage, preparing to return to his dormitory.

Li Tianyu and Chen Lixin helped Li Fei carry quite a few things, intending to see him to his dormitory.

"Classes at the Martial University are very free. You can go to whichever teacher's class you want. The schedule you just received lists the content, time, and location for each teacher's daily classes. If the schedule is updated, the school will notify you in time, and you can just go get a new copy."

Li Tianyu introduced to Li Fei:

"However, although choosing classes is free, you can't attend just any teacher's class. Behind every teacher's name on the schedule, there is a noted score. This score is the threshold. Your total earned credits must reach or exceed this score to be qualified to attend that teacher's class; otherwise, you can't go."

"For example, all special-grade lecturers in the Martial Arts Department basically require a total of 20 credits or more to attend. As for the professors' classes, none are lower than 30 points. So, most first and second-year students attend classes by first-grade or second-grade lecturers. Some third-grade lecturers' classes are also very substantial and worth attending. Xiao Fei, you already have 30 credits, so you have many classes to choose from. I will recommend some excellent special-grade lecturers to you later."

Li Fei nodded: "Looking at it this way, credits are the most important thing in this Martial University."

"That goes without saying! Credits have two functions. One is your total earned credits, which will determine your qualifications for doing many things, such as attending classes, appearing on the credit leaderboard, and obtaining some high-level inheritances, etc. The other is that important resources for martial arts cultivation require consuming credits to exchange."

Li Tianyu said to Li Fei:

"For example, the Iron Origin Pill you made Chen Lixin compensate you with today requires 3 credits plus 300 yuan to exchange for one bottle. One bottle has 30 pills. You made Chen Lixin compensate you with 100 pills; he certainly doesn't have that many credits to exchange, so he can only scrape them together through other channels."

Li Fei: "Can I exchange for implants?"

Li Tianyu: "Yes, you can even exchange for mid-three-grade implants!"

Li Fei nodded, feeling that his cultivation of techniques should be secure.

"Then how do I earn credits?"

"There are many ways. First, the first way is to do missions. The students of the Martial Arts Department at the Martial University are at least at the Body Breaking realm at their weakest. Now there are even students at the Dao Foundation realm like Senior Sister Wang. It would be a waste not to utilize such a force. Therefore, missions like acting as guards, being responsible for temporary security work, going out to suppress bandits, assisting the government in hunting down criminals, etc., will be issued by the Martial University to the students. Once completed, you can earn credits."

"Are the missions all within Datong Prefecture City?"

"That's not all; it covers the entire Feng Province, and there are even cross-province missions!"

Li Tianyu said in an exaggerated tone.

Li Fei nodded.

The Great Lan Dynasty had a total of twenty-three provinces, but there were only twelve universities, so it was normal for the mission scope of one Martial Peace University to cover two provinces.

"Besides doing missions, there is also passing the assessments of the lecturers. Every lecturer who opens a course will set a final assessment for that course. As long as you can pass this assessment, you can earn the corresponding credits. However, this type of credit can only be earned once. As long as you have the ability, you can go and clear all the course assessments of the Martial Arts Department. The credits from this part would definitely be a lot! But this is almost impossible, because some assessments test blade techniques, some test sword techniques, some test movement techniques, some test hidden weapons... No one can be proficient in everything."

Li Tianyu continued to introduce to Li Fei:

"The third way to earn credits is by breaking through realms. The Body Breaking realm doesn't count. You are currently at the late Body Breaking realm; if you can break through to the Qi Transformation realm, you can immediately earn 20 credits! After that, you can earn credits every time you break through a minor realm. I heard that when Senior Sister Wang broke through from the peak of Qi Transformation to the Dao Foundation realm, she earned 100 credits at once!"

"The last way to earn credits is in the arena. This is a place specially built by the school for students to spar and compete with each other. Because one needs life-and-death tempering from the Body Breaking realm to the Qi Transformation realm, the arena requires signing a life-and-death waiver, and at the same time, there are lecturers watching on the side. It allows students to experience life-and-death crises without easily getting into real trouble, so it is widely welcomed by students."

There is also a leaderboard in the arena called the Combat Power Leaderboard. It is divided into three combat power leaderboards according to Martial Artists, Martial Masters, and Strength-Refining Martial Masters. Only those with the best records can make the list, and each leaderboard only has ten spots. At the end of each month, those on these three combat power leaderboards can earn a sum of credits. The higher the ranking, the more credits earned."

After listening to Li Tianyu's introduction, Li Fei understood almost everything about the credit system of the Martial University.

Ordinary students can only earn credits by doing missions and passing assessments. Only truly outstanding students can earn credits through breaking through realms and the combat power leaderboard, thereby widening the gap between them and the others.

While talking, the three of them had already walked to the dormitory area.

Then Li Tianyu was startled by the scene in front of her:

There were at least a hundred students of the Martial Arts Department wearing light blue robes gathered at the entrance of the dormitory area!

"They're here, they're here!"

"Is it him?"

"He is Li Fei?"

"It's him!"

"..."

Everyone focused their gazes on Li Fei in unison.

At first, the news of Wang Fengqing going to watch a newly enrolled student take the aptitude test spread in the school. Later, after the credit leaderboard was updated, the news that Li Fei had earned 30 credits in the aptitude test and had higher aptitude than Wang Fengqing also spread rapidly in the school.

So these students of the Martial Arts Department ran to the entrance of the dormitory area one after another to wait, just to see what this 'monster' with better aptitude than Wang Fengqing looked like.

Facing the gazes of hundreds of people, Li Tianyu and Chen Lixin subconsciously stepped back, leaving Li Fei in the center.

Li Fei carried his luggage in both hands, looking at the group of students in front of him with a calm expression.

These students came from all over Feng Province, and some even came from other provinces. Either they had outstanding aptitude, or they had first-class family backgrounds; they were all true heaven-favored children.

On this day, these heaven-favored children of the Martial University all looked at one person!

PS: Only one update today, saving time to do a detailed outline properly.

(End of chapter)