Martial Arts College Entrance Exam

April 30.

In the morning, by the time Su Yi arrived at the school gates, a large crowd of students had already gathered.

The principal and Yuan Li were chatting outside the main entrance.

When Yuan Li spotted Su Yi with a longsword at his waist and a shoulder bag slung over his back, he hurriedly waved him over.

"Good morning, Principal. Good morning, Teacher Yuan." Su Yi walked up to the two and greeted them in turn.

Su Yi's immense Blood Qi was immediately sensed by both of them. At least 280 calories of Blood Qi—they exchanged a look, each seeing the other's shock.

The principal of Magic Capital Affiliated High School was also a third-grade martial artist.

Coming back to his senses, the principal was unable to hide his delight as he spoke first. "Excellent! As expected of our school's genius. You've truly exceeded all our expectations. It's only been a little over twenty days since you became a martial artist, yet you've made such tremendous progress."

Yuan Li hurriedly asked as well, "Su Yi, how many bones have you tempered?"

"Thirty."

Thirty bones in twenty-two days.

It was the end of April now, which meant he could reach First Grade Peak by the end of May.

If he broke through to the second rank quickly, could he reach Second-Rank Peak during summer vacation?

Yuan Li suddenly felt that life in the Human Realm was not worth living. Was this what a genius was?

He had only reached Second-Rank Peak in his Senior Year, while Su Yi could attain it before even enrolling as a Freshman. Was the gap in talent really this vast?

The principal took it more calmly. Genius martial artists naturally cultivated quickly in the Lower Three Grades. What he was thinking about now was how much of a reward the Education Department would grant for nurturing a student like this.

After chatting with the beaming principal for a few moments, Su Yi headed to his class's assembly point.

Su Yi had not arrived particularly early. Nearly everyone in the class was already there.

When they saw Su Yi arrive, they all greeted him in turn.

After chatting with Cheng Wen and the others for a while, Su Yi saw Yuan Li beginning to call everyone onto the buses.

Detection Point No.1 was not particularly far from the affiliated high school. In just half an hour, they arrived at a hotel outside the detection center.

This hotel had always been Magic Capital Affiliated High School's designated hotel.

The rooms were quickly assigned, one room for each person.

After entering his room and putting down his luggage, Su Yi had no intention of going out for a stroll. He took out a sign reading "Cultivating" and hung it outside the door before beginning bone tempering once more.

Rather than waste time going out, he might as well cultivate and watch the Blood Qi on his panel rise.

That visible growth in strength was also one of the reasons Su Yi had always been able to keep up his cultivation.

The next day.

After gathering at the hotel and taking attendance, everyone followed Yuan Li to the outside of the detection point.

Only three schools had been assigned to Detection Point No.1. Besides Magic Capital Affiliated High School, there were Demon City Girls' High School and Demon City No.4 High School.

The other two schools were at least two tiers below Magic Capital Affiliated High School. Their strongest students had only undergone bone tempering once, and there were pitifully few of them.

Nearly two hundred Magic Capital Affiliated High School students were taking the Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while the other two schools combined had only a little over a hundred. The disparity in strength was enormous.

Thus, Yuan Li did not tell anyone to release their Blood Qi to interfere with the others' performance. There was no need for that.

Yet even so, the students from the other two schools stayed far away from the affiliated high school students, afraid of being affected.

Su Yi was rather speechless as well. This was the first time girls had fled from him at the sight of him as though they had seen a ghost.

Still, he could understand. This was the Martial Arts College Entrance Exam—many people had spent years preparing for it!

Ordinary families had even gone into debt to support their children. Though Su Yi knew he would not deliberately interfere with others, they did not know that.

Even if they did, they would not come close. If Su Yi unleashed his Blood Qi, it really could send someone's condition plummeting.

Thanks to the school, every high school in Demon City knew that the affiliated high school had produced a martial artist who had undergone Third Bone Tempering this year. In the eyes of students applying for martial arts programs, Su Yi was absolutely the number one great demon king.

As the testing began, Su Yi lined up and entered the detection center in order.

He passed the earlier examinations with ease, then headed toward the Blood Qi assembly area.

By then, quite a few students had already passed all the earlier tests. Less than a minute later, a middle-aged man in a white coat emerged.

"Students!"

"In the Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, Blood Qi is the paramount priority!"

"Many students will stop at nothing to pass the Blood Qi test!"

"But I must remind you all: you only have one life. Cherish it!

Martial artists must strive, but that does not mean striving blindly!

Many students prepare pills for temporary bursts of strength in order to pass the Blood Qi test. This is permitted by the rules.

However, you must think carefully. Some students will even take pills beyond the limits of what their bodies can endure just to obtain a brief burst of power.

Every year, many students are injured because of this—some even die!

A martial artist is not a brute, much less a reckless fool!"

"Literature can bring peace to the realm; martial prowess can secure the nation!

Only those accomplished in both literature and martial arts can be called true martial artists!

Those with nothing but brute force, who never use their brains, are merely thugs—reckless fools—not martial artists!

So, as is customary, I'll remind everyone one last time: during the upcoming qi-blood testing, if anything unexpected happens, you alone will bear the consequences!"

Su Yi neither agreed nor disagreed with the man in the white coat.

A martial artist was a martial artist. As long as one was strong enough, even if he was merely a brute, no one would dare look down on him.

At the mention of thugs, Su Yi immediately thought of Li Zhen and could not help smiling.

"Now, the qi-blood testing officially begins!

Students, follow the number, school, name, and candidate number displayed on the screen. Enter the Qi-Blood Chambers in order for testing. The number represents the chamber number!"

When he saw his number appear, Su Yi headed toward No. 23 Qi-Blood Chamber.

Su Yi had used Qi-Blood Chambers many times before. After swallowing a First Grade Qi-Blood Pill, he entered the chamber with practiced ease, stirred his emotions, and made his qi-blood surge forth.

After unleashing his qi-blood, Su Yi returned to the assembly point from earlier.

Yuan Li smiled with satisfaction. "I just received the news—285 Cal. This year's Demon City Top Scholar can be none other than you. You might even have a shot at becoming the National Top Scholar."

Yuan Li was not worried in the slightest about the Practical Exam or the later Specialty Exam. As long as Su Yi could maintain his previous standards in the Cultural Course Exam, the National Top Scholar title would be his for certain.

Su Yi had never scored below 740 Points in the Cultural Baseline Exam. That was why Yuan Li had such immense confidence in him.

After returning to the hotel, Su Yi resumed his cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, the Third Day arrived, and Su Yi successfully finished tempering his Right Thigh Bone.

He had officially completed the tempering of One Limb Bone.

Today was the day the Education Bureau announced the Physical Examination Standard, but this was a trivial matter to the Martial Arts Class at the affiliated high school, so there was no notice or meeting.

At 8:30, his phone chimed with a "Beep!"—a mass message from Yuan Li.

This year's qi-blood standard—105 Cal.

After reading it, he casually closed the message screen.

105 Cal was not low, but to the Martial Arts Class, whose lowest score was already 125 Cal, it was nothing.

It was only difficult for ordinary people.

"Beep!"

Another message notification sounded. He picked up his phone and took a look.

It was another message from Yuan Li.

Congratulations to Su Yi for taking first place in the Demon City Martial Arts College Entrance Exam physical examination.

"Beep!"

"Beep!"

"..."

More than a dozen messages suddenly popped up, all bearing similar congratulations.

There were messages from the principal, the dean of studies, teachers from every subject...

"Beep!"

"Beep!..."

Well, Cheng Wen, Li Xian, and the rest of his classmates had started flooding his phone with messages too.

Su Yi silently turned on silent mode, intending to reply in half an hour.

In the blink of an eye, the Practical Exam and Specialty Exam had already concluded.

The Practical Exam mainly tested physical fitness. For Su Yi, it had merely been a formality.

The Specialty Exam covered the same material every year, and Su Yi had long since memorized it all.

Next, it was time to go back and prepare for the Cultural Course Exam.

Martial University admissions did not depend solely on qi-blood.

Although qi-blood accounted for the largest portion at 50%, the Cultural Course Exam accounted for 25%, specialized subjects for 15%, and the Practical Exam for 10%.

If one could score highly in the other subjects, the qi-blood requirement would be relaxed somewhat.

Once the exams were over, everyone went home on their own. That evening, Su Yi received a call from the school.

It was the reward for placing first in the qi-blood test. The school awarded him 2 Million, while the Education Department awarded him 3 Million.

Su Yi knew that the Education Department generally awarded between 2 Million and 3 Million.

However, the school's reward was also higher than usual, which pleasantly surprised Su Yi. It seemed the school must have received quite a few benefits from the Education Department.

During his days back home, Su Yi had continued cultivating.

After more than twenty days of taking pills, practicing the Tempering Method, and tempering his body...

He finally completed the tempering of his lower limb bones on May 26th, reaching First Grade Peak.

In total, he had spent over thirty million worth of resources.

For an ordinary First Grade Martial Artist, disregarding time and taking things slowly, it would only cost three to five million.

Of course, the results of that spending were obvious as well. He had completed the tempering of all sixty-two lower limb bones in a month and a half.

His physical constitution had also improved greatly.

Name: Su Yi

Realm: First Grade Martial Artist

Qi-Blood: 296 cal/329 cal

Mental Power: 364 Hz/389 Hz

Bone Tempering: 62 bones (90%), 144 bones (30%)

Knowledge: Basic Cultivation Method—Tempering Method {Optimization +2}; Horse Stance {Optimization +1}—Standing Void Realm; Basic Fist Technique—Minor Achievement;

Basic Leg Technique—Major Achievement; Basic Sword Technique—Major Achievement {Optimization +1};

...

Energy: 3863 points

Damage Status: 3.75%

The Martial Arts College Entrance Exam had ended not long ago, and his accumulation of Energy Points had soared. In these twenty-odd days, he had gained nearly three thousand Energy Points—an average of more than a hundred per day.

Sure enough, fame had to come early. How could the school's publicity compare to the citywide, all-encompassing promotion?

If he had been able to accumulate Energy Points at this rate before, the third Optimization of the Tempering Method could have begun long ago.

Although he already had quite a few Energy Points, Su Yi did not choose to Optimize those basic Battle Arts.

He was already at First Grade Peak. Once he reached Second Grade and began learning Battle Arts, who knew how many Energy Points that would cost?

The third Optimization of the Tempering Method required ten thousand points. He could only pin his hopes on whether he would reach that number after the College Entrance Exam.

"After reaching First Grade Peak, I still need to nourish my Qi-Blood for a while. My body and Qi-Blood are still a little short of their peak state."

Su Yi thought that, according to his own estimates, he would be able to begin breaking through to Second Grade in three days at most.

But he was still somewhat displeased. His immersive cultivation state had been interrupted.

Su Yi spent those three days practicing Battle Arts.

On the third night, Su Yi used the Second Grade Organ Protection Pill and Second Grade Bone Tempering Pill he had prepared long ago to make his breakthrough.

He still had quite a few Second-Grade Qi-Blood Pills.