42: The martial arts exam is coming soon, Wuhan University intelligence

Before starting his secluded cultivation, Lin Chen topped up his last 1.2 Soul Strength, spending over a hundred billion federal currency. In just one week, he achieved the feat of pushing his Innate Aptitude to its limit.

Physical Strength: 11.2 + 22.4 = 33.6 (Limit)

Soul Strength: 16.6 + 33.2 = 49.8 (Limit)

Elemental Strength: 13.8 + 27.6 = 41.4 (Limit)

Elemental Resistance: 10.1 + 20.2 = 30.3 (Limit)

Comprehension: 10.3 + 20.6 = 30.9 (Limit)

Bone Structure: 10.6 + 21.2 = 31.8 (Limit)

Spirituality: 12.8 + 25.6 = 38.4 (Limit)

“I’ve finally completed one task. In a short time, my aptitude won’t change again, so I can focus on raising my cultivation and converting my aptitude into corresponding cultivation.”

Lin Chen, full of confidence, began his secluded cultivation.

Time waits for no one.

Seven months passed in a flash.

Only a little over a month remained until the Wu exam.

To be precise, it was 34 days.

Name: Lin Chen

Age: 18 years old

Gender: Male

Cultivation: Sixth-stage Martial General Mid-stage (456, 2586)

Spirit: Sixth-stage Spirit Master Mid-stage (526, 9632)

Cultivation Techniques: Suspended Qi Blood Refinement Technique (Perfected), Empty Body Forging Technique (Perfected), Spark Seed Meditation Method (Perfected), Spiritual Stealth (Fourth Stage, 78%)

Martial Skills: Abyssal Nine Forms (Heaven-tier High-grade, Breakthrough), Nether Goose Nine Shadows (Heaven-tier High-grade, Breakthrough), Shocking Sky Fist (Heaven-tier High-grade, Breakthrough)…

Spirit Skills: Mental Illusion (Heaven-tier High-grade), Divine Strike (Heaven-tier High-grade), Myriad Things Fall (Heaven-tier High-grade), Mental Shock (Profound-tier High-grade), Blade Control Art (Profound-tier High-grade), Spirit Power Shield (Profound-tier High-grade)…

Items: Earth-tier Low-grade Breeze Blade, Earth-tier Low-grade Desolate Armor

Traits: Abyssal Might (Perfected), Abyssal Intent (Minor Accomplishment)

Talent: Great Accomplishment Late Bloomer (1 time)

Profession: Mirror Master (Legendary)

Overall Combat Power: Overwhelms Sixth-stage, Extreme Seventh-stage Mid-stage Combat Power

With Lin Chen’s main body and his Copy Body working together, his cultivation and combat power underwent earth-shattering changes.

His excellent aptitude allowed his cultivation to advance like a hot knife through butter.

In just seven months, his realm crossed two minor stages, and his cultivation speed increased rather than decreased.

Nirvana Martial High, Senior Year Class 1 classroom.

Lin Chen came to school today to register for the Wu exam.

The registration period for the Wu exam was also the time when martial arts university admissions mentors toured, pre-booking geniuses.

Lin Chen wanted to see if there was a chance to be directly recruited by one of the Ten Supreme Academies, getting guaranteed admission and skipping the Wu exam hurdle entirely.

After all, the Wu exam was too competitive. If he made a mistake or had bad luck, and his final score didn’t meet the standards of the Ten Supreme Academies, that would be a disaster and would severely slow down his development speed.

“Brother Chen, you finally showed up!”

“Ah, didn’t I tell you I was going into secluded cultivation?”

“Ah, was there such a thing? Brother Chen, you were out of contact for seven months. If it weren’t for the lack of news from your family, I would have thought something happened to you.”

Zhou Heshan looked at Lin Chen with a surprised expression, which left Lin Chen a bit speechless.

However, he quickly understood it was because his Spiritual Stealth Technique had entered the fourth stage, and he had kept the technique active, so his sense of presence was too low. As a result, martial artists below the sixth stage automatically filtered out their cognitive information about him.

Today, when he came to school, he deactivated the Spiritual Stealth Technique, so many people who saw him had their cognitive filters broken, and they remembered everything related to him.

Oriental Red Sleeve was the same; only Lin Fan had always been radiant and eye-catching.

“Brother Chen, you give me a very dangerous feeling!”

Lin Fan and Oriental Red Sleeve, who had entered the classroom, immediately gathered around Lin Chen. After seven months apart, there was naturally some longing.

However, as the two approached, their instincts warned them, urging them to stay away from a dangerous presence.

“I had some minor gains during my secluded cultivation, nothing worth mentioning. You two are also not bad; you give me a very dangerous feeling too.”

Both sides could sense a threat from the other.

This indicated that the opponent was strong, and a battle would not be a quick kill but would turn into a prolonged struggle, growing more brutal as they fought, possibly only ending when one side was down to their last breath.

Before the few could exchange more pleasantries, the homeroom teacher, Zhou Xingchen, walked into the classroom and began the day’s main business.

“Classmates, please fill out the Wu exam registration forms first. I will enter them into the system to confirm your eligibility to take the exam.”

“When filling out the information, there’s no need to hide anything or falsify anything. Just fill in what you have. Finally, when the information is compiled, various martial arts universities will screen a batch of guaranteed admission students from it. They might send you special admission letters and provide certain resource subsidies.”

Half an hour later, all 30 students in the class finished filling out the Wu exam registration forms and gained eligibility to take the exam. For now, there were no guaranteed admission students, nor did anyone receive special admission letters.

“Classmates, the topics for this year’s Wu exam are currently unknown. In recent years, our Blue Star’s Wu exam topics have all been related to the battlefield, with various questions such as one person forming an army, team combat, and behind-enemy-lines operations.”

“This year is likely no exception. I hope everyone is mentally prepared. In the future, when you go to university and serve in the military, you must plan well and be responsible for your own lives.”

Zhou Xingchen compiled the Blue Star exam topics from the past decade, all of which were battlefield-related. Past exam topics had no reference value, but they could reflect the trend of recent years.

Wu exam topics are often linked to the current state of the Federation.

For the past few decades, the Federation has been actively expanding outwards, presenting a semi-war state overall, abandoning its former conservative stance and transforming into a more aggressive, offensive posture.

Zhou Xingchen painstakingly exhorted his classmates. He had collected too much information and constantly analyzed it for his students, ensuring they could all pass the Wu exam, achieve ideal results, and enter their desired martial arts universities.

After school, the classmates gathered for their usual dinner.

After entering their senior year, it was rare for everyone to be present, so it was a good opportunity to have dinner, connect, and relax.

“Brother Chen, which top-tier martial arts academy are you planning to apply to?”

“I haven’t decided yet. The Ten Supreme Academies are all pretty similar; going to any of them would be the same for me.”

“What about you two? Do you have any preferred academies?”

Lin Chen didn’t particularly care, as he was a Great Accomplishment Late Bloomer; the minor differences in the early stages would have too little impact.

There are many martial arts universities in the Federation, divided into four tiers.

City Universities, for example, Feng City Martial Arts University, Feng City Institute of Technology.

These local universities, named after cities, focus on serving local students with average aptitudes who don’t have the opportunity to test into higher-tier institutions.

There are a great many of these universities; every human city has them, ranging from a dozen or so to as few as three.

Continent-City Universities, for example, South Continent Martial Arts University, South Continent Research Institute, South Continent Vocational College.

These universities, encompassing large numbers of cities and named after regions, serve a secondary tier of geniuses, focusing on cultivating mid-tier geniuses within a specific region.

The number of these universities is much smaller, but still in the millions, and as the number of small administrative districts increases, so too will their numbers.

Star Domain Universities, for example, Blue Star Martial Arts University, Azure Dragon Martial Arts University, White Tiger Martial Arts University, etc.

Universities named after star domains cover a very broad scope.

These universities serve the geniuses within a star domain, focusing on cultivating the star-domain-level geniuses born within them.

More often, they are responsible for suppressing a star domain and guiding the young people within it to love humanity and the Federation, fulfilling the duty of education.

The number of these universities is much smaller.

Their total number does not exceed a thousand. Each one is a testament to human wisdom and civilization, and each can be regarded as a place of human heritage.

The final tier, numbering only ten, are named from First to Tenth.

Each academy contains all of humanity’s civilized heritage. As long as the Human Race’s Ten Supreme Academies are not destroyed, the Human Race will have the capital to rise again.

The Ten Supreme Academies are the ten sources of human heritage, the sparks of the human race.

Should the danger of extinction arise, the Ten Supreme Academies would evacuate this universe, whether by wandering the void or traveling to other universes, ensuring the preservation of human heritage.

“Little Fanzi, is there an academy you want to go to?”

“Hmm… I want to go to the Fifth Academy. Its style suits me. It’s commonly known as the Academy of Fortune, where students like novel protagonists are everywhere.”

“That works, it definitely fits your character design. Dongfang, what about you? Are you following Little Fanzi, or going to a different academy?”

“I don’t want to be separated from Little Fanzi either, but the style of the Fifth Academy truly doesn’t suit me. I want to go to the Ninth Academy; they have a deeper study of bloodlines there, which is suitable for my cultivation.”

Oriental Red Sleeve said this, and Lin Fan didn't show much emotion, clearly indicating that the two had already discussed it privately and decided on the academies they would apply to.

Separation is only for a better reunion; everyone has their own path to walk.

Lin Fan is like this, Oriental Red Sleeve is like this; they are all walking on their own paths.

In the future, they can meet at the peak.

As for the other students in the class, with hard work, they might get into a low-tier Star Domain University, but most could only attend a Continent-level University.

The gap is enormous; the level difference between them and Lin Chen and his two friends is already significant. They can still sit together now, but in ten or twenty years, the gap in their levels will only grow larger.

Lin Chen was also thinking at this moment about which Supreme Academy he should choose.

As for not meeting the standards to enter a Supreme Academy, that was completely impossible. His talent alone was enough for him to join any Supreme Academy.

Moreover, his current cultivation and combat power were not bad; he had already surpassed the admission standards of the Supreme Academies.