Which Class Was Xu Jingming In?

The Martial Arts College Entrance Examination would last a full twelve hours. Throughout the process, the principals and homeroom teachers from every school would remain present.

After all, even the Education Bureau Director was here. There was no way they could leave midway.

Furthermore, the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination results served as the basis for distributing each school's education funding in the second half of the year, so principals and teachers alike paid close attention to their students' results.

Of course, since the examination lasted so long, the Military Region would provide lunch and dinner for the principals and teachers.

More than four hours had passed since the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination began, and it was now one in the afternoon.

By then, most candidates in the examination grounds had begun eating their first Energy Bar.

Outside the examination grounds, the principals and teachers from each school had finished lunch in the Military Region cafeteria and were heading toward the stands.

"First High School is as strong as ever. Almost all of the top ten are theirs."

"First High School receives the most education funding every year, and they have the best student intake in all of Jiangcheng. Results like this aren't surprising."

"That's true. Speaking of which, our Second High School has done pretty well this year too. Eight people have made it into the top fifty. In previous years, getting five or six in would have been good enough."

"Unfortunately, Third High School is even fiercer this year. They've charged straight into the top ten, putting us in an awkward spot."

Among the teachers from Jiang City Second High School, everyone chatted and discussed things as they walked.

They were not surprised that First High School, with its deep educational foundations, dominated the top rankings.

Their conversation revolved around their own school and Third High School.

"By the way, Teacher Sun, what's going on with Xu Jingming from your class? How come we never knew your class had someone like him?"

Someone suddenly mentioned Xu Jingming and turned to look at a middle-aged man in a black suit among the group.

His name was Sun Yang, and he was the homeroom teacher of Second High School's Rocket Class.

"Xu Jingming isn't from my class. I was just about to ask which class he's in."

Sun Yang, the Rocket Class homeroom teacher, looked utterly baffled.

"Xu Jingming isn't from your class? But aside from Rocket Class students, who else could be this impressive?"

The surrounding teachers were also slightly stunned and began asking which class Xu Jingming belonged to.

After all, once students awakened their abilities, every high school would reshuffle its classes, assigning the more talented and capable students to the Rocket Class.

Second High School was no exception.

That was precisely why the students who achieved results in the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination were usually from the Rocket Class. It was rare to see someone from an ordinary class appear.

"Lao Chen, how are your class's results?"

At the back of the group, a bearded middle-aged man moved closer to Chen Fan, the homeroom teacher of Class 5. Before Chen Fan could answer, he continued:

"Our class is doing pretty well. Our best student has already made it into the top hundred."

Second High School's best students were all concentrated in the Rocket Class, which meant that for students in the other ordinary classes, making it into the top hundred was already considered outstanding.

"Oh, that's pretty good."

Chen Fan glanced at him and replied blandly.

This middle-aged man was Li Jun, the homeroom teacher of neighboring Class 4. The two had had a minor conflict over something a few years ago, and their relationship was not very good.

In the years that followed, Li Jun had openly and secretly worked against him. The two could be considered sworn rivals.

"Not bad."

Seeing how indifferent Chen Fan was, Li Jun could not help showing a smug smile. "It's just that my college entrance examination bonus this year will probably be a little higher than yours."

To encourage good academic habits, the bonuses for homeroom teachers like them were directly tied to their students' Martial Arts College Entrance Examination results.

If a class had a student who made it into Jiangcheng's top hundred, the teacher would receive a bonus of at least ten thousand after the examination!

In this small city, where a homeroom teacher's monthly salary was less than six thousand, a ten-thousand bonus was already quite good.

Lao Chen was acting calm on the surface, but he was probably dying of envy inside, wasn't he?

Just as Li Jun was secretly reveling in his satisfaction, Chen Fan's voice rang out again.

"Is that so? Then you'll be disappointed. My class's results are pretty good too. Someone has made it into the top fifty."

"Top fifty? Lao Chen, are you joking? Those are all Rocket Class students. How could someone from your class possibly reach such a high rank?"

Li Jun instinctively retorted, his expression disdainful.

"Wait."

But he quickly came to his senses, his eyes widening as he exclaimed, "Could that Xu Jingming be from your class?"

Compared to Li Jun's shock, Chen Fan's reaction was much calmer. He merely nodded lightly.

"Xu Jingming is from your class? Then why didn't you answer when they were asking which class he was in just now?"

Li Jun still found it hard to believe.

"Were they? Maybe I didn't hear them."

Chen Fan replied with feigned confusion.

Damn it! What do you mean, you didn't hear them? You did it on purpose!

What a guy. So you were waiting here for me all along.

Seeing Chen Fan put on such a calm, unruffled appearance, Li Jun truly wanted to punch him in the face!

But Chen Fan's next words nearly made him cough up blood from anger.

"Xu Jingming only made it into the top fifty. It's nothing much. The Rocket Class's highest-ranked student has already reached eighteenth place."

What did he mean, only the top fifty?

The bonus for making the top fifty was more than twenty thousand!

And could an ordinary class like his really be compared with the Rocket Class, which gathered the entire school's elite?

Li Jun roared inwardly.

Over all these years, the best student he had ever taught had only achieved sixty-fourth place in the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination.

"It looks like Teacher Chen has trained an extraordinary student."

Li Jun took several deep breaths before barely calming himself down, then offered his congratulations in a sour tone.

"Not really. Jingming achieved all this through his own efforts. It doesn't have much to do with me."

Seeing his old rival so thoroughly angered, Chen Fan remained humble on the surface, but inwardly he was already overjoyed.

You love showing off so much. Now you've finally hit a wall, haven't you?

Li Jun had always held him down in the past. This time, he had finally managed to turn things around!

The thought alone made Chen Fan feel secretly delighted.

"So Xu Jingming is from Class 5?"

"Teacher Chen really knows how to teach. Among so many ordinary classes, only your student made it into the top fifty."

"When the second half of the year comes around, Teacher Chen should give a lecture and share his teaching experience."

After learning that Xu Jingming was a student of Class 5, the surrounding teachers all began congratulating Chen Fan.

Even Sun Yang, the Rocket Class homeroom teacher, gave Chen Fan a friendly smile.

The top students had long since been selected by the Rocket Class. Being able to train such a student in an ordinary class showed that Chen Fan's teaching ability was indeed quite good.

The teachers chatted and laughed as they soon returned to the stands.

After Class 5's homeroom teacher Chen Fan sat down, he immediately looked toward the virtual screen in midair, searching for Xu Jingming's ranking.

He quickly found Xu Jingming's name among the rankings:

'32nd place: Xu Jingming, 328 points. (Jiang City Second High School)'

"Hmm? Thirty-second place?"

Seeing that ranking, Chen Fan was instantly stunned.

Wasn't he just forty-sixth place earlier? How had he risen by more than ten places after Chen Fan went to eat?

Just as he was wondering about it, Xu Jingming's name suddenly shifted. When it appeared again, it was already at another rank:

'25th place: Xu Jingming, 372 points. (Jiang City Second High School)'

"This..."

Chen Fan's eyes widened, his face full of shock. "What's going on? How did Xu Jingming's ranking rise so much all at once?"