Based on the figures and proportions Zhou Tianshu had provided, the number of Soul Masters awakening across the continent each year would reach 45,000.
With Fasinuo Province accounting for one-twentieth of the continent's population, it should have more than 2,200 Soul Masters awakening each year.
The three major academies took in 600 students a year, nearly thirty percent of the total. The remaining eighteen advanced academies shared the other 1,600 or so, averaging eighty students-two classes-per academy each year. This also matched the actual situation among the province's advanced academies.
As for more precise calculations, such as whether Fasinuo Province's actual population exceeded a hundred million, whether average life expectancy really was seventy, and whether the actual Soul Master Awakening Rate really was 1.5 per thousand, Chen Xiaojun no longer considered those details particularly important.
Something stirred in Chen Xiaojun's heart without warning. He suddenly realized that his earlier calculations seemed to have overlooked something, and lowered his head in thought. No, that's not right. These are only the figures for advanced academies.
Although many advanced academies recruit one class into their elementary division and another into their middle division, plenty of elementary and intermediate academies still exist.
What's more, many factions establish elementary schools internally to nurture their descendants, teaching children stronger foundational knowledge as well as the cultivation methods unique to their inherited Martial Souls.
Perhaps noticing Chen Xiaojun's confusion, Zhou Tianshu smiled and explained, "Fasinuo Province has a fierce, hardy populace, considerable wealth, and numerous factions, so naturally, more people awaken Soul Power here than in other provinces and kingdoms."
"Based on years of research and statistics, we in Tianshi City estimate that around 4,000 people awaken Soul Power in Fasinuo Province each year."
Hearing this, Chen Xiaojun could not help grumbling inwardly. *Fuck, I thought there