First Academic Year, Final Professional Exam

On the battlefield, Gongshu Jin moved swiftly forward, never stopping amidst the bombardment, repeatedly charging through the raging lightning and fire.

He carried Ying Xin on his left arm, Zhang Yu on his right arm, Yu Xinghan pressed against his chest, and Li Xiao on his back.

No matter how bloody, how seriously injured, or even how much the four classmates on his body were, or how much they had stopped breathing, he never thought of putting them down.

He knew that only by relying on his comrades could they survive.

"On a battlefield fraught with danger, students from the Civil Engineering Department department are the best Law Treasure!"

"Thank you for protecting me!"

The artifact spirit nodded slightly. "Calm and decisive, swift in action, even on a perilous battlefield, in a life-or-death situation, you showed no panic whatsoever, demonstrating willpower befitting your Dao Heart Level!"

"We can recommend him for the Spirit Realm Competition next semester!"

Zhang Yu, who has suddenly become rich, walks down the street!

Having surpassed 1000 Spirit Coin in savings, he didn't choose to squander them. Instead, he displayed the savings amount on his forehead and immediately gained countless friendships and received wave after wave of gifts!

He successfully evaded all the subsequent scams, remaining calm and composed throughout!

The artifact spirit recorded. "Faced with sudden wealth, the core remains stable, and the self-control is extremely strong. Looking at Zhang Yu's various scores, the artifact spirit said calmly: "Indeed, his Dao Heart is still above Gongshu Jin's, and he is already on par with Ji Yuan Shu!"

On the Magical Power Exam!

Students are undergoing tests on their magical power, the Magical Power Quality, and the transmission of their Gang Qi!

As each number appeared, gasps of surprise would occasionally erupt from the crowd!

As a magic teacher, Li Mingbo would naturally be curious to check his students' grades!

In his Eye Remains, all the students were arranged according to their different social class!

As their students' grades emerged, it became clear that grades and floor level were generally positively correlated!

"Based on the data we've already compiled, the first is Ji Yuan Shu on the Sixth Layer, the second is Gongshu Jin on the Fourth Layer, the third is Ying Xin, and the fourth..."

But in the next moment, his gaze sharpened slightly!

Then a name appeared, Yao Yao, who surged forward like a rocket, surpassing Gongshu Jin from the Fourth Layer and reaching a position comparable to Ji Yuan Shu from the Sixth Layer!

"Zhang Yu!"

"From the first floor!"

Li Mingbo remembered this name; it belonged to a student who always sat in the last row in class, along with two other students from the same floor!

"Last semester, he barely kept up with Gongshu Jin in terms of magical power, but this semester he's already on par with Ji Yuan Shu?"

Li Mingbo was slightly stunned. "A student from the first floor can actually catch up with the level of a student from the Sixth Layer?"

A test of Physical Strength!

To everyone's astonishment, two figures shot out like lightning, their movements indistinct, crisscrossing and flashing across the complex simulated battlefield, neither able to shake the other off!

One of them was Zhang Yu!

At this moment, his body was surging with energy, his Qi and Blood were surging violently like a rock, and he had pushed the Battle Demon Lifefall Skill to its limit, directly increasing his Physical Strength by 1.5 levels, pushing Zhang Yu's Physical Strength to a terrifying level of 17.38!

Driven by such ferocious physical power, his speed reached unprecedented levels. Even his armor of No. 20 Secret Steel felt incredibly light to him!

At the same time, he was multitasking, controlling his physical body to move forward while simultaneously commanding several Formless Warrior, with the assistance of his Three-Eyed Divine Power and the Time Remnant Demon Eye, shielded him from various attacks on the simulated battlefield!

Even under these circumstances, he found himself still unable to surpass Ji Yuan Shu ahead of him!

"This guy... he's so fast!"

"He has too many Dharma Skeleton on him used for acceleration!"

"It seems I still can't beat him in this round!"

However, Zhang Yu had already gotten used to this, and his speed had finally improved.

That's not his forte. His current high-speed movement is all achieved through basic data and his own hard skills!

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "The outcome will depend on the construction exam. My most valuable asset is the construction skills I've honed over the past semester!"

Zhang Yu had already inquired about it; the final professional exam of the Civil Engineering Department each academic year was the most difficult, had the highest Comprehensive Score, and had the greatest impact on rankings!

Meanwhile, behind Zhang Yu and Ji Yuan Shu, Gongshu Jin's body surged with Gang Qi, his streamlined body tearing through the air!

Even though he had specially replaced all four Dharma Skeleton of his body with movement and acceleration sets, he could only watch helplessly as the two people in front of him got further and further away, until he could no longer even see their flashing rankings!

Gongshu Jin's eyes were filled with resentment. "How is this possible... how is this possible? How could the gap have widened so much?"

Over the past semester, he maxed out his loan and burned through his Spirit Coin. He even equipped his Dharma Skeleton with different sets for magic cultivation, physical cultivation, and various exams!

He meticulously planned every detail of his daily training, down to the last second, wasting not a single moment!

"Why? Why can't I catch up with them even at my age?"

"How much did they actually spend?"

As the exams progressed, Ji Yuan Shu and Zhang Yu gradually became the focus of attention for all the students in the class!

Especially seeing the two of them neck and neck in the exam room time and time again, or seeing Zhang Yu chasing Ji Yuan Shu's figure time and time again, made the students realize that the top student in the freshman class would be decided between these two!

Based on current analysis, Ying Xin stated, "Ji Yuan Shu's chances of winning are probably much higher!"

"After all, at the end of last semester, his Comprehensive Score was 27 points higher than Zhang Yu's!"

"Even if I'm not far ahead of Zhang Yu in this Final Exam, it will be difficult for Zhang Yu to surpass me!"

Yu Xinghan looked at Zhang Yu, who ultimately failed to surpass Ji Huanshu in the speed test, and breathed a slight sigh of relief, "Thank goodness, Zhang Yu didn't surpass Ji Yuan Shu."

"That scared me to death! I thought he was really going to be number one in the class!"

Yu Xinghan couldn't even imagine how painful it would be if he saw Zhang Yu defeat Ji Yuan Shu and leave him so far behind!

That was many times more painful than seeing my best friend use the Time Remnant Demon Eye!

Compared to the students' vague guesses, the teachers who could see the scores in advance had a clearer grasp of the situation!

Tu Lishan kept watching the scores of the two after each exam, calculating the changes in their Comprehensive Score!

As he calculated, he muttered to himself, "Overall, Zhang Yu's basic data is actually approaching that of Ji Yuan Shu?"

"That's incredible!"

However, considering the amount of medication Zhang Yu had taken this semester, he couldn't help but marvel at how incredible it was that Zhang Yu had survived until now.

"His physique is even more impressive than he claims; he definitely deserves serious attention and training!"

"Alas, what a pity. If he were from the Upper Level echelons, even just the Second Layer, he might have been able to defeat Ji Yuan Shu in this exam!"

What Tu Lishan observed, Ji Yuan Shu also sensed!

Looking at the notification from the Fortune Monitoring, and seeing his winning percentage getting higher and higher, Ji Yuan Shu seemed to have already seen the throne of first place in the grade coming right up to him!

However, he always considered defeating Zhang Yu as a matter of course!

After all, under the Fortune Monitoring, he could always see the opponent's extremely low win rate!

What concerned him wasn't defeating Zhang Yu, but rather whether, now that victory seemed assured, he needed to invest further.

After all, there is still a long way to go before he reaches the goal his master set for him to be 100 points ahead!

Be greedy when others are fearful!

Thinking of a famous proverb from the Finance Department, Ji Yuan Shu made up his mind in the blink of an eye!

"At this moment, Zhang Yu, Gongshu Jin, and the entire class are all utterly intimidated and filled with fear by my power!"

Ji Yuan Shu knew that it was not easy to accumulate Luck, especially for a freshman like him!

"We should take this opportunity to further consolidate our Luck, solidify our position as the top student in our class, and lay the groundwork for future cultivation of the Luck Daoist Arts!"

"At the same time, it will further improve my strength. Even if I can't exceed 100 points, I'll exceed it by as much as I can!"

So he tagged Zhang Yu and Gongshu Jin again!

Ji Yuan Shu: You two, for the rest of the exam, unleash your full potential and let me have a blast!

As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Yuan Shu felt wisps of Luck in from different directions!

That was the confidence that one classmate after another had in him!

With each exam today, he was like a victorious general, anchoring the word "victory" in the students' hearts through repeated triumphs!

This is the convergence of hearts and minds, the convergence of Luck!

With a gentle sway of a copper coin Law Treasure within his sea of consciousness, it suppressed all the collected Luck within his sea of consciousness and began to enhance his various qualities!

"The Way of Fortune is to go with the flow!"

Then, through methods such as showing off, applying pressure, and hype, they manipulate people's hearts and minds, and borrow from Luck!

"Use cultivation to boost momentum, and use momentum to nourish cultivation!"

"We grow stronger through mutual circulation!"

"Ultimately... it becomes the trend itself!"

Ji Yuan Shu believed that his victory in first place in the class was now an unstoppable force!

As for the backlash of Luck?

Ji Yuan Shu never imagined defeat was possible!

Because until the final exam, he still led Zhang Yu and Gongshu Jin in Comprehensive Score!

"They both have no chance anymore!"

"I want to get an even higher Comprehensive Score in the final game!"

Simulated Construction Site site!

The students in the Foundation Establishment Class all arrived, ready for their final exam of the day!

Tu Lishan stood before them and said, "In order to test professional abilities more objectively and realistically, the department began reforming the examination system last year!"

"Today, we've decided to combine all the professional skills exams into one, using real-world examples to assess your Engineering Array Diagramming, architectural blueprint reading, building materials, and construction surveying... to evaluate your overall construction capabilities!"

"After all, practical skills are the most important thing for us in the Civil Engineering Department!"

"Today is the day to test the results of your first year of university studies!"

As they spoke, everyone's Eye Remains simultaneously received a series of blueprints!

Then, Tu Lishan pointed to the left side of the Simulated Construction Site and said, "All the building materials provided for this exam are on the side!"

You have half an hour to select and transport the materials you need!

"The construction sites you've been assigned to are on the right!"

"Within half an hour, you can do your best to select and transport the materials!"

"But you cannot leave the construction site after half an hour!"

"You have three hours to carry out the construction according to the blueprints!"

"Three hours from now, everyone, regardless of whether they have finished or not, must immediately stop work and leave the site!"

"Next, your work will be scored on its completion level!"

"Then all construction sites will be subjected to 10 waves of attacks!"

"The performance of your work during these 10 waves of attacks will also determine your score in this exam!"