Please cooperate with your senior's work

At this moment, Chi Naixue stepped forward and whispered, "Class Monitor Mu is right. If even Region-Level Genius who have stood out from hundreds of millions of peers after rigorous selection cannot light up all twenty Crystal Stone, then the number of people on Blue Star who can light up all the Crystal Stone is probably no more than twenty."

After making that presumptuous remark, Chi Naixue suddenly tensed up. She was genuinely afraid that Chen Lie would directly ask her something like, "Who are you? Do I know you?"

When Chi Naixue saw Chen Lie's gaze fall upon her, her heart jumped into her throat.

After a moment, she saw Chen Lie withdraw his gaze and breathed a sigh of relief.

Mu Ningshu had noticed early in the morning that Chi Naixue seemed hesitant to speak, as if she wanted to say something but was too embarrassed to do so.

She knew the reason. When they were in the Key Class, Chen Lie and Tang Guanlin were both considered inferior to Chen Lie Tang Guanlin. So Chi Naixue favored Tang Guanlin. But she never expected that Chen Lie was the real dragon lying in wait.

Mu Ningshu had initially thought that Chi Naixue was a person who cared about her reputation and wouldn't be able to overcome her mental block to talk to Chen Lie. Now it seemed that she had overestimated things. So Mu Ningshu looked at Chi Naixue with a half-smile and said, "Didn't Chi Naixue have some unpleasantness with Chen Lie before? I thought she wouldn't come over."

Chi Naixue Mu Ningshu belittling her like this, Chi Naixue clenched her fists instantly, glared at Mu Ningshu with a cold look, and then said calmly, "The instructor said yesterday that harmony is impossible in martial arts, and temporary conflicts are unavoidable."

Moreover, Chen Lie himself said that even if there were unpleasant things, he wouldn't take them to heart.

"As the class monitor, surely you can't understand the instructor's good intentions?"

Mu Ningshu's smile froze, and she instantly became expressionless, saying, "I was just joking."

Chi Naixue merely sneered inwardly.

Because there were only eighteen Crystal Pillar before the high platform, Pei Ning had the students who were moving up in class line up in eighteen rows.

"Alright, junior students, you can now take the aptitude test."

Under Pei Ning's urging, the first male student stepped forward to the stage and began the aptitude test.

The boy chose the central Crystal Pillar, reached out and touched it, and began to calmly and intently decipher the challenges within the Crystal Stone. In less than two minutes, three of the twenty Crystal Stone embedded in the pillar lit up, followed by the fourth and fifth Crystal Stone in succession... In about ten minutes, eleven of the twenty Crystal Stone had lit up, more than half.

Seeing this, Pei Ning said to the students behind him, "This junior has solved eleven Crystal Stone challenges in ten minutes. If nothing unexpected happens, he will eventually be able to light up fifteen Crystal Stone."

Because after ten Crystal Stone, the difficulty of cracking each Crystal Stone will increase dramatically, and after fifteen Crystal Stone, the difficulty of cracking each Crystal Stone will double.

So don't be fooled by the small difference between fifteen and sixteen Crystal Stone; the difference in difficulty is even greater than the combined Crystal Stone Crystal Stone. "Is there a time limit for testing Mental Power with Crystal Stone?" a student asked.

Pei Ning replied, "There is a time limit, which is one hour. However, the result can be determined in forty minutes. Once the speed of lighting up the Crystal Stone slows down, there is no point in taking any more time to test."

The students nodded, understanding dawning on them.

The boy in the test slowed down after lighting up thirteen Crystal Stone.

Forty minutes later, the 15th Crystal Stone was finally lit.

Seeing this, Pei Ning said to the boy who was taking the test, "Junior, that's enough. Your ultimate talent should be lighting up 15 Crystal Stone." The boy was a little unwilling, so he said, "Isn't there an hour limit? There are still almost twenty minutes left. I want to try again."

"Although the test lasts an hour, the results will be clear in forty minutes, because the Crystal Stone Crystal Stone huge. But since you want to try, then give it a shot," Pei Ning said.

Soon, more than ten minutes passed, and the "time's up" notification sounded. The light that had been lit on the Crystal Pillar went out instantly, and the boy's test result was frozen at 15 Crystal Stone.

"How could this be? We've spent almost twenty minutes and still haven't been able to crack the 16th Crystal Stone?" The boy was somewhat dejected.

He failed to join the province's Genius Group, largely due to bad luck. He never thought he was less talented than the members of the Genius Group, but the result of 15 Crystal Stone was a huge blow to him.

It's not that having the talent to solve 15 Crystal Stone is bad, but there are 16, 17, and 18 above 15. He's just unwilling to be inferior to others. Pei Ning said, "Junior brother, don't be discouraged. Lighting up 15 Crystal Stone is already very impressive. As I just said, solving a 15- Crystal Stone challenge is already the work of a genius among geniuses."

The boy nodded and gave his name.

After recording the test results, Pei Ning said to the students in front of the stage, "Students, please line up to take the test."

Once everyone has finished their tests, I will contact the mentors of the Genius Class. The mentors will select you based on your overall strength, including your Strength Value, martial arts aptitude, talent, and other factors.

Among them Strength Value and talent/comprehension account for the highest proportion. If you can have more than six times the Strength Value, or if you can solve the eighteen Crystal Stone challenges in the talent and comprehension tests, you can choose any class even if the other aspects are not so outstanding.

I've finished speaking. Now, students in the front row, please come and get tested.

Pei Ning immediately arranged for eighteen students to be tested for talent.

An hour passed quickly, and the first batch of 18 students completed the test one by one.

Pei Ning immediately asked for the names of the test students and began recording them. After tallying the results, he found that 14 students lit up 15 Crystal Stone, three students lit up 14 Crystal Stone, and one student lit up 16 Crystal Stone.

Immediately afterwards, the second batch of eighteen people began to be tested.

This time, Pei Ning asked for the names of the eighteen test takers in advance and recorded them one by one.

Reaching the last boy, Pei Ning asked softly, "Junior, could you tell me your name?"

The boy said calmly, "Dong Changqing."

"Dong Changqing..."

Pei Ning flipped through a pile of student files and found Dong Changqing's name. After glancing at it, she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, covering her mouth with her hand. The student file contained a series of almost perfect data.

Dong Changqing: Male

Bone age: 18 years old

Martial Arts Root Bone: Perfect Bone Quality

Strength Value: 6.7 times

Blood Qi Value: 3867.75 calories.

Mental Power: Gold

This all-around martial arts genius, excelling in every field, would be among the absolute top tier even in the Genius Class. How could he have ended up in the Ordinary Class?

"Junior Dong has outstanding talent; he can choose any class based solely on his Strength Value. However, it is still necessary to conduct a comprehension talent test. A good comprehension talent will receive more attention at Blue Star University."

"Thank you for the reminder, senior." Dong Changqing nodded slightly.

Let's begin!

Pei Ning smiled gently, then walked away.

The second batch of eighteen people then underwent testing.

Pei Ning stood behind Dong Changqing and looked at Dong Changqing.

In less than a minute, Dong Changqing had solved ten levels and lit up ten Crystal Stone.

This scene shocked the students behind.

"How can this person be so talented? In less than a minute, they've lit up ten stars, while everyone else hasn't even lit up their fifth." "It's not ten Crystal Stone, it's Crystal Stone! He's lit up another Crystal Stone!"

"So it seems possible that he could just take all twenty Crystal Stone?"

Amidst the discussion, more than thirty minutes quickly passed.

Dong Changqing finally lit up the 18th Crystal Stone. Seeing that nearly forty minutes had passed, he stopped the test.

Pei Ning, standing nearby, asked, "Junior Brother Dong, aren't you going to continue? There are still about twenty minutes left; you might still be able to light up the 19th Crystal Stone." Dong Changqing shook his head. "Most likely not. Even if I could, it would be a stretch and pointless."

Pei Ning silently praised him for his "broad-mindedness" and then said, "Okay, I'll record my junior's grades."

I believe it won't be long before my junior becomes a renowned student in the Genius Class and becomes an unofficial student in the Super Genius Class.

"What are the requirements to become an unofficial student in the Super Genius Class?" Dong Changqing asked.

"Seven times the Strength Value, Organ Refining Stage Completion, perfect martial arts foundation, and golden Mental Power talent—meeting these requirements will allow you to directly enter the Blue Star Blood-Qi Ranking," Pei Ning explained.

"I understand, thank you for clearing up my confusion."

Pei Ning nodded slightly.

Twenty minutes later, the second batch of students who were qualified for the test also finished their tests, and Pei Ning recorded the test results one by one.

"You students, it's your turn. I'm going to contact the tutors in the Genius Class now. Try to finish the test before they arrive."

After Pei Ning finished speaking, the remaining dozen or so people went to the front of the stage.

Mu Ningshu glanced at Chen Lie and said, "Chen Lie, so far, that boy surnamed Dong has lit up 18 Crystal Stone in the test. Now it's your turn to break that record."

"Forget about breaking the record, go test it."

Chen Lie and the crowd arrived at a Crystal Pillar.

Mu Ningshu and Chi Naixue each chose Crystal Pillar next to Chen Lie.

Chen Lie is Region-Level Genius. Even his defeated opponents were able to defeat the Martial Leader of the top twenty provinces on Blue Star. They are not surprised at all that Chen Lie was able to light up all the Crystal Stone this time.

At this moment, Pei Ning, a fourth-year student at Blue Star University, began to ask the test takers for their names one by one.

Upon reaching Chen Lie's side, Pei Ning said in a gentle and soothing voice, "Junior, please tell me your name."

"Chen Lie!"

"OK!"

Pei Ning nodded slightly and found Chen Lie's file.

But after seeing Chen Lie's file, she was taken aback.

The file information only shows - Name:

Chen Lie

Bone age: 18 years old

Martial arts foundation:???

Strength Value:???

Blood Qi Value:???

Mental Power:???

What's going on?

Pei Ning found it strange; Chen Lie's information seemed to be hidden. Apart from his age and name, nothing else could be seen. However, she didn't ask any further questions and instead moved on to the next test subject.

"Hey junior, tell me your name."

"Mu Ningshu!"

"OK!"

In the blink of an eye, Pei Ning had written down the names of the last 16 students.

Then he announced, "Students, let's begin the test!"

As soon as Pei Ning spoke, the 16 students began to take the aptitude test.

Chen Lie followed suit, placing his hand on the pillar.

In an instant, a surge of spiritual consciousness flowed from his palm into his mind.

Chen Lie saw a figure in his mental world demonstrating a profound secret technique to him, prompting him to comprehend it.

This was a pure test of aptitude and comprehension, and Chen Lie could only rack his brains in thought.

It took Chen Lie a full five minutes to fully grasp and comprehend this secret technique.

Immediately afterwards, a surge of spiritual consciousness flowed through Chen Lie's palm into his spiritual world.

This time, a figure sat cross-legged on the ground, practicing a fragmented martial arts technique, prompting Chen Lie to complete the missing parts. If it were a simple martial art, Chen Lie could complete it with a glance, thanks to his perspective and understanding of martial arts as Ninth-Order Grandmaster from his previous life. However, this was a martial arts technique, and while Ninth-Order Grandmaster's understanding of martial arts was helpful, it wasn't very useful; the main test was comprehension.

Chen Lie then fell into deep thought.

Pei Ning, who was standing nearby, watched the students being tested, contacted the mentors of the Genius Class one by one using Communicator, and then focused on watching the last batch of students' aptitude tests.

At this moment, the students who had already finished the test started discussing among themselves.

"This last group of three people cracked ten Crystal Stone in just one minute. It looks like they have a chance to crack all 18 snacks. Impressive!" "Indeed impressive. The beginning was quite easy, but after cracking the 15th Crystal Stone, the difficulty doubled. I tried my best, but I could only crack the level within the 16th Crystal Stone."

"Huh? That guy's acting strange. Five or six minutes have passed, and others have already solved at least seven or eight Crystal Stone challenges, but he's only solved Crystal Stone?"

"Wow, it really is? There's someone like this among those about to advance to the Genius Class?"

"Who is this guy? If he didn't do it on purpose, he must have gotten in through connections. The challenges within the first ten Crystal Stone are a piece of cake. I don't believe anyone can only solve one Crystal Stone challenge in five minutes!"

Hearing the murmurs, Pei Ning glanced at the students who were taking the test.

Pei Ning immediately noticed Chen Lie, who stood out the most. His student file contained only his name and age, with everything else marked with question marks, so Pei Ning had a deep impression of Chen Lie.

She noticed that the two girls next to Chen Lie had already lit up 13 Crystal Stone, while Chen Lie had only lit up his second Crystal Stone, and she immediately frowned slightly.

After staring at Chen Lie for a long while, she couldn't help but mutter to herself, "What kind of joke is this? Almost ten minutes have passed. Even if a Ordinary Class student from Blue Star University came, it wouldn't take ten minutes to light up just two Crystal Stone."

Even an ordinary student who can get into Blue Star University is considered an outstanding individual on Blue Star.

Even if a student about to join the Genius Class is utterly incompetent, their aptitude and comprehension are still exceptionally high, one in a million. Could it be that he's just putting on an act and not giving it his all?

Chen Lie is still working on solving the puzzles inside the Crystal Stone.

Twenty minutes passed quickly, Chen Lie successfully lit up five Crystal Stone, beginning the challenge of the sixth Crystal Stone.

Looking around, Chen Lie saw that Mu Ningshu and Chi Naixue beside him had already lit up their 15th and 16th stars.

"My comprehension and aptitude are only average."

"If it weren't for my decades-long dedication to studying top-tier cultivation methods like the <Lingguang Divine Refining Chapter> and the <Flood Dragon Rebirth Technique> in my previous life, and my privileged access to the Taia Star Province Martial Arts Academy renowned masters frequently taught their students, accumulating profound insights and understanding of these techniques, I probably wouldn't have been able to complete even the basics of the <Flood Dragon Rebirth Technique> and the <Lingguang Divine Refining Chapter> in three years."

Once you venture into the Canglan Star Domain, the importance of aptitude will become fully apparent. Relying solely on Martial Arts Knowledge will make it difficult to widen the gap with Outer Stars geniuses, so improving aptitude is of utmost urgency.

Chen Lie had planned this all along. In his previous life, his younger sister Chen Xingyao had stumbled upon an opportunity during interstellar exploration, and he had to find it in this life beforehand. He knew that this opportunity would be of great help to the super geniuses of the Central Galactic Empire and would definitely transform them. More than forty minutes passed, and Chen Lie had solved nine Crystal Stone challenges, but was completely stuck on the tenth Crystal Stone.

He knew that even if he had another three hours, he might not be able to light up the tenth Crystal Stone, so he gave up and stepped aside.

At this moment, everyone's eyes turned to Chen Lie, filled with doubt.

Seeing this, Pei Ning immediately walked over to Chen Lie and asked softly, "Junior brother, since you've taken the aptitude test, why not give it your all and get a true result?"

"This is my true fate," Chen Liedao.

Pei Ning chuckled expressionlessly, "Among the students who can enter the Genius Class, it's rare to see one with 14 Crystal Stone lit up in the aptitude test. Usually, it's 15 or higher. You only have nine Crystal Stone. How am I supposed to record that?"

"Just record it truthfully," Chen Liedao.

"What's the point of recording something that's obviously fake?"

Even students in the Key Class or Ordinary Class cannot get results with less than ten Crystal Stone.

"If such a fake result is recorded, and if the professors ask about it, they will only blame me for not supervising properly and for letting my classmates cheat," Pei Ning said.

"Then why don't you just create a 14- Crystal Stone challenge for me, the lowest possible one? It won't be difficult for you," Chen Liedao. Pei Ning almost laughed in exasperation upon hearing Chen Lie's words, "According to you, I went from being accused of lax supervision to deliberately cheating. Junior, could you please cooperate with your senior's work?"

"How do we cooperate?" Chen Lie countered.

Pei Ning said, "Take the test again, and give it your all. If you get a bad result, it won't be good for your class selection later, right?"