On June 7, the college entrance examination began as scheduled.
The college entrance examination was an important day. Even in an era where martial strength reigned supreme, its importance couldn't be denied.
Xu Xin's parents and her older brother, Xu Gang, had both made time to take her to the exam site.
As a devoted sister-con, Xu Ai naturally wouldn't miss the chance. She rode in the back seat with her arms around her big sister.
"We're here."
Xu Gang parked the car, then immediately got out and hurried around to the back, ready to open the door for his two younger sisters. But Xu Ai and Xu Xin had already gotten out on the other side...
"There are a lot of people."
"Well, it is the college entrance examination."
Before becoming a Martial Artist, taking the college entrance examination and going to university was the norm. Aside from those who were determined to pursue the path of a Martial Artist, most people, like Luo Feng, would take the exam too.
Xu Xin had been assigned to take her exam at Yi'an District No. 1 High School. This was also where Luo Feng took his exam in the original story, and the place where he began to soar.
Luo Feng would get so nervous here that he'd become dizzy, causing his Spirit Force to activate slightly and passively improve his physical fitness.
After his physical fitness improved, Luo Feng would pass the Quasi-Warrior Assessment and practice Five Hearts Towards Heaven. With Genetic Origin Energy reinforcing him, his physical fitness would be enough to support his terrifying potential as a Spirit Reader, so awakening as one wouldn't turn him into an idiot.
Xu Ai looked around and soon spotted Luo Feng's family in the crowd.
Wei Wen's family was with them, along with an unexpected person—Yang Wu!
Were Yang Wu and Luo Feng really that close? He'd even come to see him off for the college entrance examination???
Xu Ai wondered about it, but soon turned her attention elsewhere.
Luo Feng was pushing Luo Hua's wheelchair, with Wei Wen and Yang Wu walking at his sides...
"What an iconic moment..."
"What?"
Xu Xin glanced at Xu Ai in confusion. Although Xu Ai had muttered it quietly, she'd still made out the words "iconic moment."
What iconic moment?
"Nothing."
Xu Ai immediately looked away and smiled at Xu Xin.
Luo Feng had arrived with the two Immortal Gods at his side—Wenwu Two Ancestors—and was also pushing his younger brother, Luo Hua.
Aside from the original characters, the three most popular transmigrators in Swallowed Star had all gathered around Luo Feng. How could this not be an iconic moment!?
Even the original story didn't have this classic scene!!
As she thought about it, Xu Ai glanced at Xu Xin.
Back when she'd read fanfics, her big sister seemed to have been possessed by a few people too...
While Luo Feng was still pushing the wheelchair, with Wei Wen and Yang Wu there as well, Xu Ai waited for Xu Xin to look away, then whipped out her phone and snapped a picture.
"Check-in!"
Xu Ai looked over the photo. The angle was perfect, and both Luo brothers and Wenwu Two Ancestors were all in the shot!
She suddenly wanted to show it off to someone, but unfortunately, no one here would understand what the photo meant...
Yang Wu didn't come by over the next two days. On the last day of the college entrance examination, Luo Feng was carried out of school on a stretcher, and Xu Ai took another picture of him.
This was the beginning of Luo Feng's cheat-like rise, the moment he started soaring through all of Swallowed Star. It was worth commemorating!
"Check-in!"
"Much better!"
Xu Ai put her phone back in her pocket and returned to the car.
Luo Feng had passed out because the problems were too difficult and took too long to solve. That had made him overly tense, activating some of his Spirit Force and causing him to faint.
He'd already been taken away in an ambulance, and more than half an hour had passed since the exam began...
An hour and a half later, the broadcast announced that the exam was over. Once the papers had been collected, a crowd of students streamed out of the teaching building. A little while later, the school gates opened, and the students came out.
"Xin, how did you do?"
As soon as Xu Gang saw Xu Xin, he hurried over to her.
"Pretty well..."
As she spoke, Xu Xin hurried around him.
Xu Gang was a little confused, but didn't think much of it. He followed Xu Xin back to the car.
"Ai, what happened to Luo Feng?"
Xu Xin leaned close to Xu Ai's ear and whispered.
She kept her voice very low so Xu Gang wouldn't hear.
Xu Ai gave Xu Gang a smug look, then whispered back to Xu Xin.
"He fainted during the exam and was taken away in an ambulance."
I know that, of course!
Xu Xin had seen Luo Feng being carried out herself. There was no need to ask whether he'd fainted and been taken to the hospital!
Otherwise, why would she have been in such a hurry as soon as she came out...
"What? Do you want to visit him?"
"Um... is that okay?"
As she spoke, Xu Xin sneaked a glance at Xu Gang.
If Xu Gang found out she wanted to visit Luo Feng, his family would probably be in trouble.
"Whatever makes you happy~"
Xu Ai put an arm around Xu Xin's slender waist.
In truth, Xu Xin was Hen Ren's disciple. Being the disciple of a Councilor outranked even her status as the Xu Family's legitimate daughter.
Even if Xu Xin wanted Luo Feng to marry into her family, the Xu Family would probably just try to talk her out of it. And if they couldn't, they'd let it go.
If Luo Feng refused to marry into the family, they might even help pressure him with threats and enticements...
Of course, Xu Ai wasn't going to remind Xu Xin about that. They could talk about it a few Reincarnation Eras from now...
Xu Xin hesitated for a while, but eventually gave up. Xu Ai didn't mind.
According to the original story, Wei Wen had rushed to the hospital as soon as his exam ended, but Luo Feng had already been discharged by then. So if Xu Xin went to the hospital now, she'd already be a step behind Wei Wen.
Which just went to show that Wei Wen was Luo Feng's one true love. It was only his gender that had turned out wrong...
In the end, her own big sister was the one who got lucky.
"Oh, right!"
Xu Ai suddenly turned to Xu Xin.
"Now that the college entrance examination's over, you can focus on training."
"Uh, well..."
Xu Xin immediately forgot her worries about Luo Feng.
When it came to martial arts practice and exercise, she was the sort who fished for three days and lounged for two. Before, she'd used preparing for the college entrance examination as an excuse to avoid working out.
That was why, despite drinking plenty of liquor infused with Millennium Black Crow Root and other Vegetation Spirits, her physical fitness had barely reached the advanced student level.
Vegetation Spirits that ordinary people could absorb mostly increased cell activity rather than directly improving physical fitness. If Xu Xin didn't exercise, drinking Vegetation Spirits alone wouldn't do much...
But now...
"Big brother, let's go to my master's place!"
"Sure!"
Training was a good thing. Xu Gang, a doting older brother, was more than happy to take Xu Xin there.
After all, Xu Ai had become Hen Ren's disciple and, in just three months, gone straight from the intermediate student level to a Quasi-Martial Artist.
Xu Xin was also Hen Ren's disciple. Surely she couldn't be too far behind?
"Wait..."
Xu Xin hadn't even finished speaking when Xu Ai pulled her into her arms and covered her mouth. At the same time, Xu Gang started the car and drove toward Hen Ren's home.
Once they arrived, Xu Ai dragged Xu Xin out of the car, and Xu Gang drove off.
Xu Ai pushed the reluctant Xu Xin into the villa.
"Come on, there are still two months until the practical assessment. I bet Luo Feng will take it too~"
What she meant was obvious.
"Fine..."
She'd be dragged off to train whether she agreed or not, so she might as well look on the bright side...
Hen Ren was still training in the Gravity Chamber, leaving only Xu Ai and Xu Xin in the Martial Arts Hall.
"Let me work it out. Three months ago, before I became Master's disciple, my punching force was around 600 kilograms. Three months later, I became a Quasi-Martial Artist. So my punching force increased by an average of 100 kilograms a month."
Xu Ai looked at Xu Xin.
"I'll estimate your punching force at 700 kilograms and your speed at 22 meters per second. That means if you want to take the practical assessment on August 1, you'll need to increase your punching force by at least 200 kilograms and your speed by 3 meters per second by July 1."
"Can I still run away?"
Xu Xin looked close to tears. Two hundred kilograms in a month meant she'd have to train herself to death this month...
Xu Ai gave Xu Xin an encouraging look and patted her shoulder.
"Don't worry. Master has Vegetation Spirits that improve your mental strength and help you recover from fatigue. You can push yourself as hard as you want!"
"..."
"Don't worry. You can definitely do it," Xu Ai comforted her.
Although her punching force had increased by an average of 100 kilograms a month, in the first month it had only gone up by forty or fifty kilograms. It was only from the second month onward, when Hen Ren obtained Vegetation Spirits, that the results of her training skyrocketed.
Xu Xin had also consumed plenty of Vegetation Spirits, and her cells as an ordinary person had long since been developed to their limit. Training in that condition would bring twice the results for half the effort. Gaining 200 kilograms would be difficult, but if she trained herself to the limit, she really could do it!
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