Based on the numbers and ratio Zhou Tianshu had given, the number of soul masters awakened on the continent each year would reach as many as forty-five thousand.
And Fasinuo Province, with one-twentieth of the continent's population, should have had more than twenty-two hundred soul masters awakening each year.
The Three Great Academies took in six hundred people each year, occupying nearly thirty percent of the total. The remaining eighteen advanced academies split the remaining sixteen hundred-plus among them, averaging eighty people per academy per year—two classes—which also matched the actual situation of advanced academies within the province.
As for more detailed calculations, such as whether Fasinuo Province's actual population had exceeded one hundred million, whether the average lifespan really was seventy years, and whether the actual soul master awakening rate really was 1.5‰, in Chen Xiaojun's view, those were no longer so important.
Chen Xiaojun's heart stirred for no reason. He suddenly realized that his previous calculations seemed to have missed something, and he lowered his head in thought. "No, that's not right. This is only the data for the advanced academies."
"Although many advanced academies recruit one class in the elementary section and another in the Middle School Department, there are still quite a few elementary and intermediate academies."
"Not to mention that, in order to cultivate their own descendants, many forces set up elementary schools internally, teaching their children better foundational knowledge as well as the cultivation inheritance unique to their Martial Souls."
Perhaps Zhou Tianshu saw Chen Xiaojun's confusion. He smiled and explained, "Fasinuo Province has fierce folk customs, and it is wealthy, with many forces. Therefore, the number of people who awaken Soul Power is naturally somewhat higher than in other provinces and states."
"Based on many years of research and statistics, our Heavenly Time