Wang Defa's description of Rong Xin helped Qin Siyang understand the reason.
Originally, anyone who set foot on the Path of the Believer in their sophomore year could earn a place among the Wolf Cards. Even those who reached it in their junior year could stand out among their peers after honing their combat techniques.
By that standard, Rong Xin, one of Southern Glory's top thirty sophomores, would have been considered outstanding even if he only broke through to the Path of the Believer in his junior year.
But conventional standards could no longer keep pace with the changing situation.
Qin Siyang, Chu Baxing, and Hu Chan had raised the standard for an "outstanding student" to a terrifying new height-setting foot on the Path of the Believer as a freshman!
More importantly, none of the three had rushed their advancement at the expense of their foundations, raising only their Sequence Level without improving their actual strength.
They had progressed steadily, and each had delivered an impressive performance in the Championship Tournament. They had won every match they should have won, and somehow even won the ones they should have lost.
Furthermore, unlike Duan Chongfang, these three were not "martial fanatics" in the purest sense. Each had a more staggering background than the last.
Hu Chan was the Holy Son of the World Salvation Church, and Chu Baxing had already become Commander of the Chu Character Legion.
As for Qin Siyang, there was hardly any need to elaborate. He could be called the Safe Zone's number one "multitalented performer," living by the principle that you could never have too many skills.
Under these circumstances, the requirements for being a top student in the Safe Zone had been raised by several notches.
Freshmen who had barely enrolled were already on the Path