Everyone's Reactions, Top Ten Decided!

The vast indoor Martial Arts Arena, with its motley crowd of more than five hundred people, was utterly silent at that moment. A pin drop could be heard.

All the students wore complicated expressions as they stared blankly at Su Ye, who stood at the center of attention.

Lin Qingyue's hair was slightly disheveled. She lowered her head, her expression dark, her delicate body trembling. For the moment, she still could not accept it.

Her cousin Su Ling'er was even paler, her heart filled with disbelief and boundless jealousy.

She simply could not accept that Su Ye had displayed such astonishing talent!

Just a week ago, her parents had told her that Su Ye had yet to temper a Martial Bone and possessed no talent in martial dao.

Meanwhile, she, Su Ling'er, possessed exceptional martial dao aptitude. Even at First High School, she could have entered a key class. She had long looked down on Su Ye, treating him as "Martial Dao Trash."

So what if you, Su Ye, had ranked near the top in liberal arts over the past two years? So what if you had mastered theoretical knowledge better than anyone else?

Without martial dao talent, everything was empty.

Yet now, her face was being slapped again and again!

The enormous contrast left her heart hollow.

She recalled the number of Martial Bones Su Ye had revealed at the Su Family earlier.

He was deliberately mocking me, playing with me! He was putting on an act!

There was no way he had tempered ten Martial Bones in just this one week!

Along with her jealousy came rage. She felt that Su Ye had deliberately hidden his abilities over the past few days.

Yet the talent Su Ye had displayed left her somewhat despairing!

Her gaze swept across the surroundings. Even the scions of great families—Lin Qingyue, Ye Xingli, Fang Yuan, and the others—had been stunned, and a wave of helplessness rose in her heart.

"Class Six has produced a monster."

"With talent like that, even if he comes from an ordinary family, as long as he can maintain it, he might be able to get into one of the Five Great Top Universities in the College Entrance Examination."

Beside Su Ling'er, the students' hushed discussions gradually began to rise.

That only made the flames of jealousy in her heart burn hotter.

The Five Top Academies of Longhua Kingdom were the dream in every student's heart!

As long as one graduated normally, they could basically reach the Blood Nourishing Realm. The exceptional ones could even break into the Origin Fusion Realm, or higher still!

The Blood Nourishing Realm already placed one above ordinary people, granting numerous social privileges.

For instance, the qualifications to open a martial arts school, as well as many positions as executives in major companies and schoolteachers, all had this realm as their threshold.

As for the Origin Fusion Realm, bones and blood merged, the dao foundation became a bridge, and true martial essence was condensed. One's fists could pierce mountains and rivers, split peaks and cleave seas. Even within an entire city, such people were Great Persons, figures on the level of principals at various secondary schools!

Every student longed to enter one of the Five Great Top Universities and pursue their martial dao dream!

Yet across all four secondary schools in Shenyun City, along with the motley hundred-odd other schools, only several dozen students each year could enter the Five Top Academies.

This was truly an army of thousands and horses crossing a single-log bridge—an extraordinarily difficult feat.

For Su Ye to receive such an assessment after practicing martial dao for only one month showed just how stunned and amazed the students were by his performance.

"That may not be true!"

Without even thinking, Su Ling'er blurted it out. Her expression was ugly as she enunciated each word:

"Cultivating martial dao isn't something where being fast in the early stages means you'll still be fast later on!"

"How many geniuses with exceptional talent, famous throughout an entire city, ultimately failed to enter the Five Great Top Universities and faded into the masses? It's hardly an isolated case!"

Her words were fierce and her expression agitated, drawing surprised looks from those around her.

"Su Ling'er... isn't Su Ye your relative? Did I remember wrong?"

Why was Su Ling'er not delighted when her relative had performed so outstandingly? Why did she look like this instead? Could their relationship be that bad?

At those words, Su Ling'er's expression froze, and all the words in her throat remained unsaid.

Still, several students seemed to be comforting themselves, while also agreeing with Su Ling'er's words.

"That's right. Martial dao cultivation is not a smooth road! Having some talent doesn't necessarily mean you can make it to the end."

"And in terms of talent, can Su Ye really compare to Su Ling and Luo Ting?"

The moment those two names were mentioned, many students' eyes flickered and expressions of awe appeared on their faces.

Those two were beyond the norm. Not only were their backgrounds astonishing, their talent was even more outrageous. They had been selected by the military for special training.

From the scattered bits of information that had leaked out, Su Ling had already possessed at least Sixteen Martial Bones a week ago!

As for Luo Ting, it was said that she had cultivated the Azure Cloud Breathing Technique to perfection in just one week. Her speed was even more frightening.

"Once Su Ling and Luo Ting arrive, they'll naturally suppress him." Someone spoke sourly. "Besides, do you really think the scions of those great families are pushovers?"

"Su Ye can rely on his talent to stand shoulder to shoulder with the direct descendants of those great families in the early stages, but martial dao cultivation requires resources! The children of great families never need to worry about that. Their cultivation speed will only grow faster and faster; it won't slow down."

Those words slightly eased Su Ling'er's expression!

That was right. Talent was only one aspect of martial dao cultivation; resources were equally important!

At that thought, her spirits lifted!

"The day before yesterday, my mother and I went to see Auntie, and it was discovered that I possess Alchemy Talent."

"Auntie said she would take good care of me and guide me in alchemy. I definitely won't lack resources. When the time comes, I might even overtake Su Ye around the bend and surpass him."

In the arena.

Ye Xingli came back to her senses, then let out a helpless sigh.

So the limelight really was stolen from me.

She casually picked up a wooden sword and demonstrated the Extreme Shadow Swordplay. Her movements were incomparably fluid, clearly at the perfected level.

However, with Su Ye's brilliance already before them, Ye Xingli's performance, though astonishing, failed to stir much of a ripple in the hearts of the students.

Sun Rui gave a dry cough and released his aura, suppressing the noisy voices.

"Alright, everyone, quiet down!"

"Next, each class's homeroom teacher will compile the data and enter it into the system. The corresponding scores will be calculated, determining the key classes and the top ten in the class placement rankings."

"Since more students than in previous years have tempered Martial Bones this year, after discussing it with the teachers, I've decided to add two Martial Arts Classes."

"This year, there will be two Martial Arts Key Classes and eight Martial Arts Regular Classes."

The students immediately jolted and recovered from their shock!

This was what truly concerned them personally!

As the homeroom teachers compiled the data and entered the relevant results through their phones, the rankings came out after roughly fifteen minutes!

Principal Sun Rui looked over the list, then revealed a smile and casually switched on the multimedia screen.

"The following students have entered the two key classes. The classes were assigned by a system draw."

"Class One: Peng Jiarui, He Qidong, Zheng Shan..."

He sounded casual, yet every word entered each student's ears with incomparable clarity.

The students whose names were called jolted, then clenched their fists in excitement!

"I'm in Class One! Class One!" When Zhang Yuan heard his own name, he abruptly raised his fist and looked joyfully toward Su Ye.

Su Ye smiled. "Congratulations."

Looking at the calm Su Ye, Zhang Yuan suddenly lost his excitement and sighed.

"Now I finally understand what people online mean when they say, 'You fear your brother suffering, but you also fear your brother driving a Land Rover.'"

Still, he was only grumbling; he held no particularly dark thoughts.

When the gap between people was visible, perhaps such thoughts would take the lead.

But Brother Ye... was too monstrous!

He had thought he already knew how incredible Brother Ye was, but as each assessment unfolded, he discovered that Brother Ye was the true big shot who had been playing the pig to eat the tiger!

A still more outrageous guess even arose in his heart.

Could Brother Ye really have broken through just this week?

After all, his performance at Vast Sea Sword Hall could not have been faked. Brother Ye's cultivation surely could not deceive the Blood Nourishing Realm hall master and Instructor Li Aoxue either.

Wouldn't that mean Brother Ye's talent might not be much worse than Su Ling's and Luo Ting's?

The moment that thought emerged, even he was startled!

Su Ling had Innate True Bone and was a Heavenly Favored Child raised as the Su Family's heir. Could Brother Ye's talent really compare with his, even just a little?

Sun Rui's voice remained unhurried. After reading out the students in the two key classes, he paused, and his smile grew even broader as he declared brightly:

"Next, I will announce the top ten in the class placement rankings."

"And distribute the rewards."

"Students whose names are called, please step out and come onto the stage!"