Will Martial Arts Be Included in the College Entrance Exam?

Will Martial Arts Be Included in the College Entrance Exam?

June was unbearably hot, and the vicious sun made Cloud City retreat indoors.

Inside the gymnasium, the PE Teacher had rarely managed to commandeer a class. The excited students stood in their assigned groups.

A red sandbag stood before each of them.

"I know you brats aren't all that interested in this class. You just like the free activity time during PE."

"I won't make things hard for you. Throw ten standard Straight Punches each, and you can go do whatever you want!"

The PE Teacher had been there before. He had these students' minds in the palm of his hand.

"Awesome!!" the students shouted happily. During the crushing pressure of their senior year, PE class was one of their few chances to unwind.

Most students casually assumed the Straight Punch stance, threw a few perfunctory punches, and prepared to enjoy their free time.

But Su Tu was different. Standing before the sandbag, he calmed his breath and focused his mind, his gaze serious. He sank his body, assumed a fighting stance, and hurled out a fierce punch.

With a thunderous bang.

The sandbag, weighing over two hundred pounds, was actually jolted several inches upward by his punch.

Then Su Tu threw punch after punch in rapid succession. The astonishing force sent the sandbag swinging higher and higher. Finally, after taking a deep breath, he unleashed his last punch with brutal force.

Creeeak—

Even the chain suspending the sandbag let out a teeth-grating groan.

"Damn, Su Tu is freaking fierce!"

"Brother Tu, isn't that too exaggerated? You're treating a two-hundred-pound sandbag like a toy!!"

"A man among men, the finest of the finest. I hereby dub you the Ultimate Demon Muscle Man."

Some of the students spoke in shock, while others teased him.

Yet Su Tu paid no heed to the voices around him. Before his eyes appeared a transparent screen that only he could see.

Straight Punch training completed. Combat Proficiency +30, Body Strengthening Proficiency +10

Combat (Beginner): 100/300

Su Tu looked at the screen before him.

"As expected, participating in activities grants far more Proficiency than shutting myself away and working in isolation."

His gaze then moved to the other skills on the System Panel.

Body Strengthening (Beginner): 110/300

Cooking (Beginner): 200/300

Spiritual Wisdom (Mid Grade): 120/1000

A measure of accomplishment rose in his eyes. These were all the fruits of half a month's work.

Whether it had been transmigration or the awakening of memories from a past life, Su Tu had carried memories from his previous life since birth. He had always lived an ordinary life, but half a month ago, on his birthday, his system had activated.

The system's ability was simple. Whenever Su Tu mastered a skill, that skill would appear on the panel. As long as he trained it, he would gain Proficiency in it and raise its level.

People often said that effort would always bring rewards, but that maxim, hailed as truth, was itself ambiguous.

For example, an athlete might work desperately for better results, but when he encountered a genius who worked just as hard, all his efforts would seem so dim and colorless.

Or perhaps he merely slacked off for a few days, and all his previous effort would go down the drain.

But Su Tu, with the System Panel, had no such worries. As long as he worked hard enough, his abilities would improve, and he would not have to worry about them weakening with time.

Take Combat, for example. That skill had activated half a month ago in PE class, when the PE Teacher had taught them the Straight Punch.

According to the PE Teacher, the Straight Punch was a kind of boxing technique similar to Military Boxing.

After learning it just once, Su Tu had completely mastered the Straight Punch upon activating the Combat skill. He had not even deliberately practiced it; he merely threw a few Straight Punches during breaks after finishing his studies at home, and they had already reached such power.

A punch with two hundred pounds of force was something even some boxers might not achieve. To reach this level through practice undertaken purely for fun was simply unimaginable.

At that moment, the PE Teacher looked at Su Tu with an unusual expression.

"The rest of you can have free time. Su Tu, come with me." He waved his hand, dismissing everyone else.

The students immediately cheered and scattered like birds and beasts, leaving only Su Tu behind.

Su Tu walked over to the PE Teacher and followed him to sit beside the stands.

"You brat, tell me the truth. Have you trained before?"

The PE Teacher was named Lin Feiyang. In his thirties, he was perpetually "sick," a hardcore internet surfer who constantly spoke in memes. He got along well with the students and had become one of them.

"Brother Feiyang, I really haven't trained much," Su Tu answered honestly.

After all, he truly did not think throwing a few punches at the air before bed every day counted as much effort.

"Haven't trained much? You nearly sent a two-hundred-pound sandbag flying with one punch?"

"If you studied properly and systematically, wouldn't you be soaring into the heavens and becoming some kind of ancestor?" Lin Feiyang teased.

Su Tu merely shrugged, wearing an expression that said, Believe it or not.

"Maybe you really are that one-in-ten-thousand genius." Seeing the atmosphere grow a little awkward, Lin Feiyang took the initiative to speak. "If you have the means, I suggest you train systematically."

"There are some things I can't say outright, but you won't lose out by practicing martial arts."

Lin Feiyang spoke seriously.

"What's this? Has the higher-ups decided to include martial arts in the college entrance exam?" Su Tu asked, half-jokingly.

Technology in this era was far more advanced than in his previous life. Blue Star had already begun conquering the universe. The fifteenth colony planet had been established, and every planet in the star systems where those colony planets lay would provide all their resources to the main planet, accelerating its development.

The increase in military power brought by technology was immense. Even the kinetic pistols issued to ordinary police officers could blast titanium alloy to pieces with a full magazine.

Individual martial prowess was pitifully weak before such power. Still, it seemed that an interstellar spacecraft had recently discovered something in the dark plane of a planet—something suspected to be evidence of extraordinary power. But those things were far too distant from Su Tu.

Yet upon hearing Su Tu's words, Lin Feiyang did not laugh as usual. Instead, he fell silent.

Su Tu's pupils suddenly contracted at the sight.

No way.

"I didn't say anything. Kids these days really do have wild imaginations." After leaving those words behind, Lin Feiyang stood up, patted his backside, and left.

Before he left, though, a red card slipped from his pants pocket.

It was a business card. Su Tu caught it and saw that it contained only an address and a simple name.

Moon Stepping Martial Arts Hall.

"No way. Are they really going to include martial arts in the college entrance exam? But there are only three months left until the exam. Announcing an extra subject at the last minute isn't some trivial matter."

"But Brother Feiyang's attitude just now..."

Green Vine Academy was a key high school in a first-tier city. Even a PE Teacher had to pass layers upon layers of evaluations to get in. Lin Feiyang, however, had been directly assigned to the academy. Some had seen even the principal treat him with great courtesy, even a touch of fawning.

A person like that would not fire an arrow without a target.

With that in mind, Su Tu tucked the card away. He himself had some interest in Combat; otherwise, he would not have randomly thrown punches when he had nothing to do. Looking into it would not cost him a pound of flesh, and he would not mind checking it out when he had the time.

"What are you thinking about? I'm over here!" A familiar, irritating voice rang out.

The newcomer was a very thin Youth, Su Tu's best friend, Chen Xi.

"Wondering why you're not dead yet!" Su Tu shot back without missing a beat.

Chen Xi gave an irritating grin. "Because this emperor shall live ten thousand years!!"

"Eunuch Chen, still dreaming?" Su Tu retorted.

"Enough. Spit it out already—what do you need?" Su Tu could tell at a glance that Chen Xi wanted something from him. Otherwise, with this guy's temperament, he would have already bombarded him with a rapid-fire barrage of words.

"Hehe, well, um... ah, I'm too embarrassed to say it..." Chen Xi suddenly became all bashful.

"Don't tell me you're going to meet that online girlfriend of yours." Seeing Chen Xi like this, Su Tu suddenly recalled how the guy had recently gone on and on about finding his true love.

"Hehe, Xiao Hui is meeting me at the end of the month. Come with me, will you? I'd be too embarrassed by myself."

"Get lost. I'm not interested in being your third wheel."

"Godfather!!!"

The two of them began trading nonsense.

Not far away, Lin Feiyang stood on the second floor of the gymnasium, making a phone call.

"We still haven't found any trace of that Beast. Mm, the confidentiality work on Blue Star's side has been done well. There are indeed some good prospects, too.

I suggest announcing the new policy as soon as possible. The Dou Shuai Palace Ruins can't be kept hidden for much longer. Those people will come sniffing after it."

"I suspect that besides the Beast, some other things have already arrived as well."

A new book setting sail—following new releases on Qidian is extremely important. I hope all readers who enjoy this book can spare a few seconds each day to check the latest chapter. Ah Hun offers his heartfelt thanks.