But in the next instant, he rejected that conjecture outright.
The awakening of a Martial Dao spirituality was inherently closely tied to one’s Life Index. Only martial artists whose Life Index was sufficiently high had any chance of awakening one.
Yet he had never heard of any kind of Martial Dao spirituality whose inherent effect was to directly feed back into and raise the fundamental attribute known as Life Index!
Not far away, Zhang Yuqing, standing among the crowd, saw Lin Ye’s final test results.
A hint of relief welled up in her heart.
Thank goodness…
Her punching force was stronger than Lin Ye’s.
Her qi-blood index was also stronger than Lin Ye’s.
There was no actual combat in this baseline exam.
If there had been, Zhang Yuqing was also very certain that she should have been able to defeat Lin Ye steadily in a real fight.
But then what was with this inexplicable, overwhelming sense of crisis in her heart?
Very quickly, Zhang Yuqing realized something was off.
Amid the excited discussions of the others in Class Seven,
she was astonished to discover that, as it turned out, two weeks ago,
this Lin Ye’s qi-blood index had been only 10.8, and his Life Index had not even broken 10!
This…
How was that possible!?
Lin Ye slowly walked out of the sensing chamber. What greeted him were over a hundred complicated gazes filled with shock and jealousy.
Turning back to glance at his own test results,
Lin Ye knew that the madness of these past two weeks had not been in vain!
…
At the same time, on the second floor of the gymnasium, inside the main monitoring room with the best view,
the principals of the five key high schools in Dongjiang City’s East District were seated around a massive circular conference table, leisurely sipping fragrant tea while watching the data being summarized in real time on the enormous light screen before them, which was pieced together from dozens of smaller screens.
The atmosphere in the exam hall was tense and intense, but here it was comparatively much more relaxed. The principals even had the leisure to tease one another and chat.
This joint baseline exam was already nearing its end, and the overall situation had been decided.
Basically, the final pass rates for each school’s martial track would not see any major changes now.
Wang Zhengguo, the principal of Dongjiang No. 1 High School, looked at the latest statistics on the light screen and quietly let out a long sigh of relief in his heart.
Because judging from the current real-time data, among the five schools in the entire East District, Dongjiang No. 1 High School’s martial track pass rate had ultimately settled at 21.23%.
Compared to last year, this result was a steady improvement, exactly 0.3 percentage points higher.
This year, Dongjiang No. 1 High School should have locked in second place among the five schools in the East District.
As for the first-ranked Dongjiang Experimental Senior High School, there was simply no comparing with them.
That experimental high school was one of the top private high schools in all of Dongjiang Province. Whether in terms of student quality, teaching staff, or the abundance of cultivation resources, it was far beyond what public schools like theirs, which had to rely on government funding, could compare to.
The other party’s martial track pass rate had remained steadily above 32% year-round, and this year it had even reached a terrifying 35.7%. Their elite top students were countless, forming an absolute, tier-breaking lead across all rankings.
Just then, the principal of Dongjiang No. 3 High School, who was seated beside Wang Zhengguo, lifted his teacup.
With a cheerful smile, he said to Wang Zhengguo, “Old Wang, I’m truly sorry. Although your No. 1 High School’s pass rate this year is higher than our No. 3 High School’s,
“it seems that in terms of average Life Index, you’re still just that tiny bit behind our No. 3 High School. Haha.”
Wang Zhengguo raised his head and looked toward the ranking list for average Life Index.
On the light screen, the list clearly showed that all the students from No. 3 High School who had passed the baseline exam this time had an average Life Index of 11.556.
As for Dongjiang No. 1 High School, it was 11.555.
It really was just a tiny difference, negligible in size, but in terms of ranking, it was the fundamental difference between second and third.
On the surface, Wang Zhengguo maintained his refined, easygoing smile, but in his heart, he could not help but snort coldly.
Old bastard, what are you so smug about!
How could this kind of data compare to pass rate in terms of value!
Just as he was about to speak and fire back, the rankings on the light screen suddenly underwent an unexpected change.
Dongjiang No. 1 High School, which had originally been ranked third, abruptly shot up one place, instantly overtaking Dongjiang No. 3 High School and leaping directly into second place!
And the specific number displayed after it also jumped from the previous 11.555 to 11.557!
One had to know, this was an average involving over a hundred qualified students.
For the third decimal place to rise by 2 points directly—such a change could be called exaggerated.
This could only mean one thing.
A high score with a Life Index far above the average line had just been entered into the system.
By the strength of one person alone, the overall average had been forcibly pulled upward!
Was it… Zhang Yuqing?
Was it Liao Donglai?
Or Sun Bo?
In Wang Zhengguo’s mind, several names instantly surfaced—those absolute top students from Senior Year Class One who had hopes of challenging for the famous universities in the province.
The relaxed idle chatter around the conference table temporarily stopped at that moment.
The gazes of the principals all shifted in unspoken accord from the macro-level statistics to the individual high-score rankings for this baseline exam.
Their eyes quickly swept past the punching force rankings and the qi-blood index rankings, finally settling together on the column that best reflected talent and carried the greatest value—the Life Index ranking list.
Sitting high at the top was a boy named “Yan Hui.” His Life Index was an astonishing 26.33.
Naturally, he came from Dongjiang Experimental High School.
It was worth mentioning that his qi-blood index and punching force were also the undisputed first place in this exam site. He was a true all-around hexagonal warrior.
Following his ranking downward, the top twenty were completely monopolized by students from Experimental High School, forming a despair-inducing sight.
After the twentieth place, school emblems from other schools began to appear.
For example, at the twenty-first position, Wang Zhengguo saw Zhang Yuqing’s name.
He continued looking downward, and finally, at the forty-eighth position, an unfamiliar name abruptly appeared.
[NO.48, Lin Ye, Dongjiang No. 1 High School, Senior Year Class Seven, Life Index: 14.67]
Wang Zhengguo froze.
Lin Ye?
Who was that?
Wang Zhengguo racked his brains, going through every memory he had of outstanding students, but he could not recall there being such a student in his school at all.
Wait… Class Seven?
Class Seven of the ordinary martial track classes—how could they possibly, how could they possibly cultivate a student with such a heaven-defying Life Index?
Very soon, two words finally surfaced in Wang Zhengguo’s mind.
Dark horse!
Wang Zhengguo’s mood suddenly improved.
Even though this Lin Ye’s results, in his eyes, were still only at the level of “somewhat impressive, but not much,”
in this situation, Lin Ye had nevertheless helped him complete the reversal in ranking.
That meaning was completely different.
Rankings directly determined the allocation of resources from the city’s Education Bureau to their school.
The gap between third and second was still very large.
Mm. He would make an exception and give this kid called Lin Ye some extra resources and treatment.
Wang Zhengguo secretly made the decision in his heart.