nownovels Chapter 21 Elite Student Assessment
Chapter 21 Elite Student Assessment
Chen Lie watched his mother leave, then closed the door, went to the table, opened the lunchbox containing the exotic beast meat, and slowly began to eat.
As the first piece of beast meat melted in his stomach, Chen Lie immediately felt a surge of violent energy. However, his eating speed did not slow down; on the contrary, it accelerated.
As he consumed more and more of the strange beast meat, violent energy gradually filled Chen Lie's body. He felt his blood vessels throbbing wildly and his pulse becoming strong and erratic.
After swallowing the last piece of the exotic beast meat, Chen Lie immediately left the room and went to the training room at home.
At this moment, Chen Lie felt his blood vessels throbbing painfully, so he quickly began practicing the "Basic Body Tempering Technique" of Tai'a Star Province.
Because of the immense and violent energy within his body, he immediately began with the third move of the 'Basic Body Tempering Technique'.
The third form of the "Basic Body Strengthening Technique" is different from the first two forms. The third form has forty-two movements. When the movements are linked together, they can stimulate the rapid flow of Qi and blood in the body, thereby converting energy into nutrients that can be absorbed by the body.
When Chen Lie completed the seventh of the forty-two movements, he already felt his blood and qi surging within his body, frantically devouring the violent energy brought by the beast's flesh.
More than two hours passed, and Chen Lie practiced the forty-two movements of the third form of the basic body-strengthening technique ten times.
At this moment, the violent energy in his body was almost completely devoured by the surging cells, and his blood and qi were several times more abundant than before.
To avoid further nutritional deficiencies due to overexertion in his cultivation, Chen Lie promptly ended his training session.
Chen Lie used a portion of his mental energy to examine his body and found that his blood and qi were much stronger than before. As for the specific values, he would need to use instruments to test them.
"I don't know how much my Qi and blood have increased this time, but it's at least doubled compared to before."
After leaving the training room, Chen Lie returned to his room, changed his clothes, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began to cultivate the Star Constellation Visualization Method of the "Lingguang Divine Refinement Chapter".
He has successfully awakened his divine sense and cultivated mental strength in his sea of consciousness. Because the strength of his mental strength far exceeds that of ordinary people, Chen Lie can go for more than ten days without sleeping without feeling tired at all.
Without the aid of the Spirit Nourishing Flower, his progress in cultivating spiritual power slowed down considerably.
A whole night passed, and he hadn't even managed to light up a single star in the second constellation of the Seven Mansions, the Noble Mansion.
Early in the morning, Chen Lie got out of bed, washed up, and left home for school.
His high school is a key high school in Dongchuan Province. The school's arrangement for martial arts students is that classes are mandatory on Mondays and Thursdays, and students must come to school to attend classes. The rest of the time, students can arrange their own time.
Chen Lie arrived at his class, Class 16 of the Senior Three Martial Arts Program, and found his seat.
Chen Lie's memories of his classmates were already very vague, so he didn't talk to anyone.
Before long, Ren Hongguang, the instructor of the sixteenth ordinary class of the Martial Arts Department, arrived at the classroom.
When the instructor Ren Hongguang arrived, the entire classroom fell silent. Only Chen Lie stood up and went straight to the podium in front of Ren Hongguang.
"What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear the bell ring? Get back to your seat!"
When Ren Hongguang saw Chen Lie walk onto the podium, he immediately reprimanded him.
"Teacher Ren, my Qi and Blood value has exceeded 3. I want to be promoted to the Elite Class. Could you please approve my application?"
"You? Your Qi and Blood value has exceeded 3?"
Ren Hongguang looked at Chen Lie with a puzzled expression: "Didn't you just have your Qi and Blood measured a few days ago? Your Qi and Blood value was 0.93 calories then, how come it suddenly broke 3 now?"
"My Qi and Blood levels have long exceeded 3, but it just hasn't shown up yet. As for the last Qi and Blood level test, I had someone else do it for me."
"Um?"
Ren Hongguang stepped forward, grabbed Chen Lie's wrist, and carefully felt it.
"The pulse is strong, and the flow of Qi and blood is steady and powerful, with a Qi and blood value of 3 calories or more."
Ren Hongguang released Chen Lie's wrist, nodded kindly, and said, "It seems you have indeed been hiding your strength. I won't ask why."
However, since you are now a senior in high school, the review process for advancing to the elite class is much stricter than that for junior and freshmen martial arts students. The test will not only assess your blood and qi, but also your strength and comprehension.
Therefore, your teacher advises you to take your time and think things through, so as not to fail the elite class review and damage your confidence.
Chen Lie nodded and said, "I understand, thank you for reminding me, but I've already had enough time to think, so please approve the application for me."
"Alright then, come to my office."
Ren Hongguang had just detected that Chen Lie's Qi and Blood value was 3 kcal, which was not low. He also believed that Chen Lie had been calming down for a while, so he nodded in agreement.
And so, Chen Lie and Ren Hongguang left the classroom and went to the office.
Ren Hongguang went to his desk, opened a drawer, and took out a "Recommendation Form for Elite Student Promotion Assessment" that read "Elite Student Promotion Assessment". He wrote his name in the "Recommended Mentor" column.
"Fill in your personal information on the recommendation form, and I'll use the super brain to operate it. Be at the Elite Student Verification Office at 12 noon today to undergo the assessment."
As he spoke, Ren Hongguang handed the form to Chen Lie.
Chen Lie took the recommendation form and said to Ren Hongguang, "Thank you for your help, teacher."
After saying that, Chen Lie turned and left the office.
Chen Lie remembered that he had grabbed a bite to eat at a restaurant next to the elite campus before heading to the elite student assessment office.
Dongchuan Provincial Key High School is a large senior high school with more than 50,000 students, of which more than 30,000 are martial arts students.
Of these 30,000 martial arts students, fewer than 2,000 were in the elite class, which is less than one-tenth of the total number of martial arts students.
Elite students are those who receive preferential treatment from the school in terms of martial arts resources.
According to official data released by the school, each elite student receives at least 20,000 star coins in resource subsidies from the school every month.
With a monthly resource allowance of 20,000 star coins, Chen Lie naturally had no reason not to strive for it.
Upon arriving at the elite student assessment area, Chen Lie walked straight in.
There were already many people waiting in the lobby on the first floor of the Elite Assessment Center. Chen Lie walked in and found a seat in the waiting area.
The waiting area had over a hundred seats, which were almost completely occupied. This wasn't because there were many people there to advance to the elite class, but because every student waiting for the elite class assessment was accompanied by their parents.
Chen Lie was not surprised by this, because students who are promoted to the elite class are almost guaranteed to be admitted to a key martial arts university in the future. For many families, it is a big deal for their students to be promoted to the elite class, and it is common for parents to accompany their children on the day of the assessment.
Beside Chen Lie, a young woman was encouraging her child, and in front of her was a short-haired girl.
"Nini, don't be nervous. You're a high school sophomore now, and the entrance exam for the elite class won't be that strict. Adjust your mindset. Our Qi and Blood values have exceeded 3, which meets the standard. If you perform normally, you'll definitely pass!"
"Okay, Mom!" The short-haired girl nodded abruptly.
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In the seats in front of Chen Lie, a couple were encouraging their child.
"Son, you need to calm down. Although you failed the elite assessment last time, you have been eating exotic beast meat for a month, and your blood energy has exceeded 4 calories."
"Our Qi and Blood levels are way above average, so even if the elite assessment is extremely strict for high school seniors, we'll definitely pass!"
"Yes, your mom is right. Dad will go fill out the form for you in a bit, and your mom will help you adjust your mindset. We're sure we'll pass this time!"
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Chen Lie ignored what was happening around him and waited for the clock to strike 12.
Before midnight, the school staff responsible for assessing elite students had already begun to arrive at their posts at the counter.
Parents waiting at the scene lined up at the counter.
Chen Lie glanced at the counter and found that the people queuing there were all parents of students, not a single student.
Faced with a long queue, Chen Lie did not rush. Instead, he waited until all the parents of the students in line had left before calmly approaching the counter.