Arrogance did not show directly on Senior Chen's face.
Yet the bearing that flowed from his every gesture proclaimed, at every moment, just how confident this young man was in himself!
And none of the onlookers found anything wrong with that.
Because his name was Chen Yuxuan!
Chen Yuxuan was the undisputed star of Changhai City's Third Middle School. For four years running, he had firmly occupied the top spot on the academy forum's popularity rankings, never once encountering a challenger.
Not only was he handsome and from an excellent family, but he also possessed outstanding talent in martial arts.
He was regarded as a potential seed for the Seven Great Imperial Academies.
The so-called "Seven Great Imperial Academies" referred to the seven highest institutions of learning, including Imperial University, Shenjing University, Starsea Advanced Academy, and Holy Temple Advanced Academy.
Getting into one of the Seven Great Academies was like a fish leaping over the Dragon Gate—one's future would be boundless!
Over the centuries, the Seven Great Imperial Academies had produced countless heroes and prodigies. Like brilliant stars glittering in the heavens, they illuminated the entire history of the Holy Light Empire and drew the admiration and pursuit of innumerable successors.
Although Third Middle School ranked near the top among Changhai City's intermediate academies, at most one or two students per year could get into the Seven Great Academies. Years with no admissions at all were perfectly normal.
One could well imagine how highly Chen Yuxuan was valued.
But this genius student had not been very lucky. When he took the advanced assessment last year, he was injured in an accident, resulting in a final score that could only get him into an ordinary advanced academy.
He had therefore chosen to repeat the year, still setting his sights on the