Martial Arts Exam Expansion

Wang Teng looked at the final new entry—Blank Attribute: 60!

He stroked his chin, wondering how to use these Blank Attributes.

His gaze swept over the Attribute Panel from top to bottom.

"Let's do them one at a time and try each one."

So Wang Teng first added one Blank Attribute to his comprehension. His comprehension of 83 flickered and became 83.1!

Ratio: 10:1!

Wang Teng nodded to himself.

He added another point to his spirit, and it likewise increased his Spirit Attribute by 0.1.

Clearly, this was also a ten-to-one conversion ratio.

Then came his fire and ice talents. He added one point to each, and both talents increased by one point.

Ratio: 1:1.

When he reached his Spiritual Sight Talent, Wang Teng had thought it would be the same. To his surprise, adding one Blank Attribute only increased his Spiritual Sight Talent by 0.1. Another ten-to-one ratio.

"Could it be that Spiritual Sight Talent is more advanced?" Wang Teng could not help but speculate.

He continued experimenting and found that the Primal Force afterward, as well as cultivation arts and combat skills, all had a 1:1 ratio.

However, when it came to combat strength, he could not add points directly.

"Looks like combat strength can only be raised indirectly through other attributes." Wang Teng pondered.

After all his testing, he had spent 11 Blank Attributes, leaving 49.

After some thought, Wang Teng directly added 20 points to his Fire Source Power and put the remaining 29 points into the Fire Scale Sword Art.

Broad learning was inferior to specialization.

With limited Blank Attributes, he naturally had to raise one attribute as quickly as possible.

Comprehension: 83.1

Spirit: 12.2

Talents: Elementary Fire Talent (11/300), Elementary Ice Talent (13/300), Spiritual Sight (Elementary 1.1/10)

Primal Force: 62/100 Fire (One-Star War Soldier Level)

5/100 Ice (One-Star War Soldier Level)

Cultivation Arts: Crimson Flame Art (Entry Level 2/100), Profound Ice Art (Entry Level 2/100)

Combat Skills: Basic Combat Skills (Fist, Sword, Saber, Movement at Subtlety), Gun Technique (Small Success), Fire Scale Sword Art (Entry Level 40/100), Illusory Ice Fist (Entry Level 9/100)

Knowledge: Basic Subjects (Perfect Score)

Comprehensive Combat Strength: 191

Blank Attribute: 0

He looked over the changes on the Attribute Panel and nodded in satisfaction.

"Blank Attributes really are good stuff. It would be great to get more of them!" Wang Teng could not help but sigh.

But he also knew that it would probably not be easy to gain so many Blank Attributes at once in the future.

That Giant Crow had been terrifyingly powerful, which was why it had dropped so many attributes.

An opportunity like that could only be stumbled upon, not sought.

If the Mysterious Martial Artist had not intervened, he would not even have been able to save his life, much less pick up attributes.

It was better not to dwell on fantasies of pies falling from the sky!

Shaking his head, Wang Teng quickly set his mindset straight.

That afternoon.

The first class was taught by their Class Teacher, Fan Weiming.

He entered the classroom and said sternly, "Students, there are only a little over two weeks left before the National Higher Education Entrance Examination. You must make the most of your time reviewing, but you also need to rest properly, keep a regular schedule, and don't get sick. When you go home, have your parents make you more nutritious food to build up your health..."

"Also, the Education Bureau has just issued a notice. There are some changes to this year's National Higher Education Entrance Examination for the Martial Arts Major."

The entire class looked toward him.

Hearing this, Wang Teng also perked up.

There were reforms to the National Higher Education Entrance Examination every year. What would change this year?

And it concerned the Martial Arts Major, at that.

Under everyone's eager gazes, Fan Weiming said, "The Martial Arts Major will expand enrollment this year. Intermediate Martial Disciples are now also eligible to take the entrance examination for the Martial Arts Major."

"Expanded enrollment!!"

"Is that true?"

"Intermediate Martial Disciples can take it too? Then don't I have a chance to get into the Martial Arts Major as well?"

Quite a few students grew excited. Those who had reached Intermediate Martial Disciple in particular were so delighted that they practically danced with joy.

As for the Low-level Martial Disciples, they all hung their heads in disappointment.

There were only five Advanced Martial Apprentices in East Sea No. 1 High School, but there were quite a number of Low-level and Intermediate Martial Disciples.

For those Intermediate Martial Disciples, this was undoubtedly tremendous news.

The National Higher Education Entrance Examination was a turning point.

Only by getting into the Martial Arts Major and gaining access to more resources would they have a chance to become martial warriors in the future.

Previously, many of them could not even reach Advanced Martial Apprentice before turning twenty. If they could not get into the Martial Arts Major, becoming martial warriors was even more out of the question.

Now that the Martial Arts Major was expanding enrollment, it meant their opportunity had arrived.

How could they not be excited?

"Alright, quiet down first and let me finish." Fan Weiming clapped his hands.

The students gradually quieted down and looked at Fan Weiming.

Fan Weiming said, "Any students in our class who want to apply for the Martial Arts Major must remember to come to my office and register within this week. The Academic Affairs Office needs to tally the numbers and report them to the Education Bureau."

"Only after registering will you be issued Admission Tickets for the martial arts exam. Without an Admission Ticket, you will not be able to take the National Higher Education Entrance Examination for the Martial Arts Major, so make sure you remember that!"

He paused before speaking again.

"However, there is one thing you must make clear to your parents. The entrance examination for the Martial Arts Major includes a Combat Assessment, and it carries a certain degree of danger."

"The internet is well-developed nowadays, so you may all know it is dangerous, but you probably have no real idea just how dangerous it is."

"Let me put it this way: the Combat Assessment actually has an acceptable death rate. As long as that death rate is not exceeded, the higher-ups will not pay it much attention. In other words, if someone dies, they die."

"So students who are not confident must not take chances. It would be better to repeat a year and take the exam again."

"Alright, that's all for now. Get ready. Class is starting."

After Fan Weiming finished speaking, he gave the students some time to process it.

Sure enough, the students immediately began whispering among themselves.

"There's actually a death rate? I always thought the worst that could happen was getting injured."

"I asked an upperclassman. He said there hadn't been any deaths in the entrance examinations for the Martial Arts Major over the past two years! Could he have lied to me?"

"Not necessarily. There really may not have been any deaths in the past two years, but what about before that?"

"Looks like I need to look into it carefully when I get home. If there really is a death rate, I'll have to think it over properly."

Some students frowned, their previous joy greatly diminished.

"Ahhh... If I'm taking the martial arts exam, I have to pick up Five Years Martial Arts Exam Three Years Simulation too! How can a little over two weeks possibly be enough?!" someone suddenly cried out.

"Yeah, I haven't studied Five Years Martial Arts Exam Three Years Simulation at all. How am I supposed to take the exam??"

"This is such a scam. Why didn't they tell us earlier..."

The mood was immediately derailed. They had just been worried about the death rate, but now they were all stumped by Five Years Martial Arts Exam Three Years Simulation instead.

Wang Teng shook his head. So it was just an enrollment expansion. Then it had little to do with him; in any case, his strength was more than enough to handle the National Higher Education Entrance Examination.

"Hm?" Wang Teng suddenly turned his head and noticed that something seemed off about Lin Chuhan's mood.

Her eyes were shining, but her face was full of hesitation and unease.

Could Class Monitor Lin be an Intermediate Martial Disciple?

Thinking of that possibility, Wang Teng could not help asking her, "What? Do you want to take the martial arts entrance exam too?"

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Tonight, I'm going out with my wife to check in at Ne Zha and see how good our Chinese animated films are. I'll tell you whether it's good when I get back~