Ten Thousand Points! Aunt Qingwan Stunned

"Three Top Universities—they're the ultimate dream of countless students."

Principal Zhao Yao spoke with emotion. "But for you, they're within easy reach. No, that's not right. They'll practically beg you to attend."

"Beg me to attend?" Xu Jingming tilted his head, looking puzzled.

"With your score, you already qualify for special admission.

Once the national rankings are announced, the nation's top ten universities will all offer you various conditions to persuade you to enroll at their schools.

If that isn't begging you to attend, then what is?"

Principal Zhao Yao burst into hearty laughter.

Special admission was a privilege reserved for the top three in each province.

And Xu Jingming was clearly among them.

"I suggest that after you return, you learn more about the Three Top Universities.

You can't wait until the day of special admission and still have no idea what you want.

Also, don't let the special admission offers from those schools dazzle you. The most important thing is choosing a school you feel suits you.

Of course, whichever of the Three Top Universities you enter, your future will be boundless!"

Principal Zhao Yao directly excluded the other seven schools in the top ten and earnestly advised him.

"I understand. Thank you, Principal."

Xu Jingming nodded to show that he understood.

The Martial Arts College Entrance Examination was over. It really was time to seriously consider which school he should attend next.

It took over an hour to drive from the Military Region to the city.

By the time Xu Jingming got home, it was already 11:23 p.m.

Exhausted, he did not even have time to wash up. He merely took off his combat suit, still heavy with the stench of blood.

Then he collapsed onto his bed and fell into a deep sleep.

He did not wake until after nine the next morning.

"Whew, I actually slept for more than ten hours straight."

Glancing at the time on his phone, Xu Jingming sprang out of bed and dashed into the bathroom.

"Whoosh~~~~"

Warm water streamed from the shower head, washing over Xu Jingming's bare body.

"That feels good!"

After twelve hours of fighting, Xu Jingming had sweated a great deal, leaving his whole body sticky and grimy.

As the warm water washed over him, he immediately felt refreshed. Then he opened his system panel.

Name: Xu Jingming

Level: Awakened

Ability: Purple Heaven Divine Lightning (S)

Physique: 183 Qi-Blood (+)

Spirit: 185 Hz (+)

Skills: Spearmanship (Advanced +), Lightning Gale Slash (Advanced +)

Ability Points: 2534

The biggest gain from the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination, aside from his score, had been Ability Points!

"2,534 Ability Points. Once I enter a metahuman university, that should be enough to last me for a while."

Xu Jingming silently thought to himself.

The importance of Ability Points went without saying. In an ordinary Wilderness Area, it would have been impossible to obtain so many in such a short time.

This time, he had benefited from the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination.

"I wonder if metahuman universities have similar competitions where you kill fierce beasts. If they do, I'll definitely be the first to sign up."

Xu Jingming was in high spirits.

After humming a tune and finishing his shower, he returned to his bedroom, turned on his computer, and searched for information on the Three Top Universities.

The Three Top Universities were all prestigious institutions with histories of several hundred years. They had produced many powerful figures for Great Xia.

As he browsed through the information, Xu Jingming occasionally let out exclamations of surprise.

"So the current Ninth-Order Nation Protector graduated from Qingjing Metahuman University!"

"Most top-tier Ability Training Methods are actually exclusive to Elite Universities?!"

"..."

You never knew until you looked. Once he did, he was shocked.

Nearly half of the well-known High-Order Metahumans in the country had come from the Three Top Universities!

Half!

That was an extremely terrifying proportion.

After all, there were thousands of metahuman universities across the country.

Many others had originally attended metahuman universities abroad before returning to Great Xia after graduation.

Yet all those domestic and foreign schools combined had produced only as many powerful figures as the Three Top Universities.

That was enough to demonstrate the profound foundation of the Three Top Universities!

And the most important point was the Ability Training Method.

As the foundation for a metahuman's advancement, Ability Training Methods varied in quality, and their cultivation speeds were worlds apart!

For example.

Using the worst beginner Ability Training Method, most Awakened needed three or four years to advance into Metahumans.

However, using a top-tier Ability Training Method, they could advance in less than half a year!

According to the information Xu Jingming had found, most of Great Xia Country's top-tier Ability Training Methods were actually stored in the Libraries of the Three Top Universities!

"No wonder there are rumors online that the Three Top Universities are domineering academic cliques who refuse to release their cultivation techniques and manuals..."

Xu Jingming suddenly understood, though he did not care much about it.

How precious were top-tier Ability Training Methods?

Trying to use public opinion to pressure universities into sharing top-tier cultivation methods was clearly unrealistic.

"Ding-dong~~~"

Just as he was preparing to continue looking through the information, the doorbell rang outside.

"Coming to see me this early... could it be Aunt Qingwan?"

Puzzled, Xu Jingming got up, walked out of his bedroom, and opened the door.

Two beautiful women, one older and one younger, stood outside.

The older one was in her thirties, dressed in elegant clothes and possessing delicate features.

The younger one was around Xu Jingming's age. She was tall and bore a seventy to eighty percent resemblance to the older beauty, though her demeanor was colder.

They were indeed his aunt, Xu Qingwan, and his cousin, Tang Qi.

"Aunt Qingwan, Cousin."

Xu Jingming greeted them with a smile and led them into the living room.

However, things were rather awkward. Due to his ability evolution the night before last, his entire living room looked as though it had been ravaged by a fire.

Not only were the floor and walls scorched black, but furniture such as the sofa and coffee table had also been burned to ashes.

The spacious living room did not even have a place to sit.

"Xiaoming, did your house catch fire?"

The moment Aunt Qingwan saw this, she panicked. She hurriedly pulled Xu Jingming over and carefully checked him over. "When did this happen? Were you hurt?"

"Just a small accident. It's nothing serious."

Seeing the worry on his aunt's face, Xu Jingming's expression softened.

After his parents passed away, only his aunt could give him the warmth of family.

"It's good you're okay. Good, good."

Aunt Qingwan sighed in relief before saying, "I came over this time mainly to ask about your Martial Arts College Entrance Examination score yesterday."

"Cousin Qi didn't tell you?" Xu Jingming asked in surprise.

"I thought it would be better for you to tell my mom yourself, so I didn't say anything." Tang Qi smiled mischievously.

"I see."

Xu Jingming nodded. "Then let's go downstairs and find somewhere to sit and talk."

Xu Jingming led the two downstairs to a café beside the residential complex that he often visited, called Morning Light Shop.

It was around ten in the morning, so there were not many people in the café.

Xu Jingming found a window seat and ordered three steaming cups of coffee.

Morning Light Shop did not sell any high-end hand-ground coffee.

Before long, a server brought three steaming cups of coffee to their table.

"Please enjoy."

The server left them with a warm smile before turning and walking away.

"Can you reveal the answer now?"

Aunt Qingwan smiled as she held her coffee cup. "Your cousin made it so mysterious. Isn't it because she's afraid I'll beat you like I did when you were little?

"Don't worry. Think about it—since you started high school, when have I ever hit you?

"Even when you wanted to take the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination, didn't I agree to it?

"No matter how bad your score is this time, I won't hit you."

Hearing Aunt Qingwan's words, Xu Jingming awkwardly rubbed his nose.

His aunt was a typical Jiangnan woman, gentle and graceful—but only when there was no final exam.

Whenever his grades slipped in a final exam, he would be greeted with a painful bamboo shoot stir-fry with meat.

And he had no way to resist.

After all, he had only been eleven when his parents died, and his aunt had become his officially appointed legal guardian...

"Mom, don't worry. My cousin definitely won't disappoint you this time."

Seeing that her mother had misunderstood her intentions, Tang Qi hurriedly explained.

"Oh? Is that so? So Xiaoming did pretty well this time? How many points did you get? Did you reach a hundred?"

Aunt Qingwan's eyes lit up as she hurriedly asked.

One hundred points was the nationally recognized minimum admission score.

If someone scored over one hundred points, they would have a chance of attending a metahuman university.

"I got a hundred points."

Xu Jingming smiled and nodded. "And much more than a hundred. I got ten thousand points."

"T-ten thousand points?!"

The score was so shocking that Aunt Qingwan's beautiful eyes widened. She froze on the spot, unable to react.