Lin Yushu

On the bus.

Jiang Ye looked around and found several unfamiliar faces, not students from his class.

"Those three are from the second year," Wang Ziang said, sitting next to him.

Jiang Ye looked surprised.

He knew that students in the Key Class could achieve full mastery of their cultivation methods by their second year.

But it was only January, and the first semester of their second year wasn't even over, yet they had already reached full mastery?

If it were Jiang Ye, he was still in the introductory stage back then.

Wang Ziang crossed his arms and said, "What's so surprising about that? In our year, five people reached full mastery around this time last year."

"Brother Wang is amazing," Jiang Ye said.

These past few days, he had already figured out the other's speaking style.

He wouldn't speak unless he had something to say, but when he did, it was always laced with a bit of bragging.

Take Wang Ziang's previous sentence for example; he was definitely among those five people.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have mentioned it specifically.

Hearing Jiang Ye's compliment, Wang Ziang immediately sighed with emotion, "It's so comfortable talking to you. Not like the class monitor, that cold block of ice, who always snaps back."

Jiang Ye shook his head and smiled. For a rich person like Zhao Qingli, let alone snapping back, no one could control her even if she snapped at the heavens and the earth.

Only the poor had to study the ways of the world.

He took the opportunity to ask, "When did Class Monitor Zhao break through to full mastery?"

Wang Ziang replied, "She reached full mastery not long after the first semester of her second year began."

"So early?" Jiang Ye was surprised. "It's been a year and a half, and Class Monitor hasn't even broken through to the first breakthrough yet?"

Wang Ziang explained, "She's cultivating the Star Martial Foundation Building Method, which requires more than ten Starry Sky Refinements before breaking through to the first stage."

"But she's close, probably break through next semester."

Jiang Ye nodded.

Zhao Qingli usually cultivated internal energy, so he hadn't been able to tell what kind of refinement method she was practicing.

"I didn't expect even Class Monitor to choose a Foundation Building Method?"

Jiang Ye sighed, "It seems like very few people like me choose the Advancement Method directly."

Wang Ziang chuckled, "Only geniuses cultivate the Star Martial Advancement Method."

"When I first chose this technique, it took me a full three months just to get started."

As he spoke, he looked at Jiang Ye and said, "I think you should wait a few months, until you've gotten started with the Advancement Method, before participating in the Starry Sky Refinement. Participating now is a waste."

Jiang Ye smiled and said nothing.

As they chatted, the bus had already reached its destination.

Outside a blue, cube-shaped building.

By the time Jiang Ye got off the bus, quite a few students had already gathered.

"Ancheng First Middle School and Ancheng Second Middle School," Jiang Ye said, looking ahead.

Only the three major high schools were participating in this Starry Sky Refinement.

Second Middle School had a similar situation to Third Middle School, with a little over a hundred students.

But Ancheng First Middle School...

They had a staggering number of over three hundred students!

"Ancheng First Middle School truly has a galaxy of talents," Jiang Ye murmured to himself as his gaze swept over the more than three hundred students from First Middle School.

As the best middle school in Ancheng, Ancheng First Middle School's student quality far surpassed that of other schools.

There were also disparities in the innate talents of the newborns.

For example, a Grade B Mortal Body was something that couldn't even be found in the entirety of Ancheng Third Middle School.

Yet, at Ancheng First Middle School, there were five such individuals present on the spot.

However, Jiang Ye scanned the crowd and didn't see any students with a Grade A+ Physique.

"Could my Grade A+ Mortal Body be the strongest physique among the newborns' talents?"

A guess suddenly popped into Jiang Ye's mind.

Just then, he spotted a familiar figure with an incredibly large head – it was Lin Xuan, with whom he had once trained.

Beside Lin Xuan stood another youth with an even larger head.

This person had curly hair and a face full of acne.

He was very ugly!

Despite his unappealing appearance, the gazes of the surrounding students towards him were filled with reverence.

"Ancheng First Middle School's top student, Lin Yushu!"

Beside him, Wang Ziang was also looking at the person, his gaze filled with apprehension.

"Lin Yushu?"

Hearing this, Jiang Ye secretly thought, Lin Xuan's older brother? Did we all grow up on Sanlu milk powder as kids? What a big head.

Meanwhile.

Lin Xuan also saw him.

"Jiang Ye?"

Lin Xuan looked at Jiang Ye in surprise, thinking, He got into the Key Class? As expected of the opponent who once defeated me.

But with his Primitive Talent, why is he participating in Starry Sky Refinement so soon? I'm afraid I'll crush him mercilessly this time. Lin Xuan chuckled.

On the other side.

E-Class Girl Zhao Qingli was also observing the Ancheng First Middle School team.

Only those few from Ancheng First Middle School could ignite her competitive spirit.

As for her schoolmates? She had long stopped putting them in her sights.

"My goal." Zhao Qingli looked at Lin Yushu.

He was the top student of Ancheng First Middle School and also the strongest high school student in all of Ancheng.

He had always been a target she wanted to surpass.

Lin Yushu seemed to notice Zhao Qingli's gaze, grinned, and revealed his teeth, which were covered in yellow spots.

Immediately after.

He stared intently at Zhao Qingli's fair, long legs, shamelessly appraising them.

"So disgusting," Zhao Qingli frowned, her delicate eyebrows knitting together.

Lin Yushu was extremely ugly, with a large head, pockmarked face, and yellow teeth. Coupled with his lecherous gaze, just looking at him made her feel psychologically uncomfortable.

But she knew very well that while Lin Yushu was repulsive, his score was as high as 849 points.

Higher than her current score.

"I'll step on him sooner or later," Zhao Qingli gritted her teeth in secret.

She believed that in this world, there was nothing money couldn't do.

If there was, it meant she didn't have enough money.

"Brother, stop looking."

Lin Xuan looked at the pockmarked young man in front of him and sighed, "Her father is a business magnate, and her mother is a Star Officer. She's not someone we can aspire to."

Lin Yushu said indifferently, "Do you think I'm like you? I just appreciate beautiful women."

To achieve such a score, one must have a firm Martial Will.

If one could be swayed by mere beauty, they wouldn't score above 800.

After all, the Virtual Starry Sky assessment placed great importance on Martial Will.

For Lin Yushu, looking at beautiful women often was a form of tempering his Martial Will.

Just like now, facing a top beauty like Zhao Qingli and feeling the disgust in her eyes.

Lin Yushu felt a strange sense of pleasure.

He immediately felt his Martial Will had improved again.

"Mmm, my state is very good today."

A sharpness flashed in Lin Yushu's eyes: "This Starry Sky Refinement is a sure win."

A moment later, the blue cubic building opened.

The more than five hundred students present filed in one after another.

"The refinement pool?" Upon entering the building, Jiang Ye discovered it was a sci-fi-like energy pool.

The pool was a hundred meters long and wide, with a nested double-ring suspended structure.

The outer layer was a streamlined frame made of composite materials, with precise energy guiding patterns carved into its surface.

The inner ring structure floated on an energy base half a meter off the ground, making the entire refinement pool seem to hover.

Above the pool, a transparent glass cover concealed it, forming a closed space.

"Whoosh!"

A middle-aged man in silver-black armor suddenly appeared in mid-air.

"Starry Sky Refinement is about to begin."

"Everyone, enter the refinement pool!"

The silver-black armored man swept his stern gaze over them and shouted in a deep voice.