At the moment when everyone was stunned, Chen Shuzhang faced this score and quickly began calculating in his mind.
He had specifically looked into Li Yunxian’s usual academic performance after hearing about the conflict between the Liu Family and Li Yunxian.
Her Lingli was now 132 points, Innate Talent was 110 points for B-, Dual Spiritual Roots (Metal and Wood) was 150 points, and her estimated academic score was 120 points, totaling up to 512 points.
This wasn’t far from the Four Great Academies’ threshold.
If he added Li Yunxian’s feat of slaying a Hunter at the Qi Refinement Fifth Layer with a single strike, plus the fact that that Golden Core True Person named Duan Qiu had expressed a desire to recruit her as an exception, it might even be possible to directly operate and send her to the Four Great Academies.
Chen Shuzhang’s heart was moved, but the corner of his eye caught Liu Wu’s sullen expression. Thinking it over, he still didn’t say anything.
After all, whether or not this could actually be worked out was still uncertain, and he himself was only at Great Completion of Foundation Establishment.
At the Four Great Academies, where Foundation Establishment was the graduation standard, Chen Shuzhang didn’t have much face to speak up.
Li Yunxian didn’t care about any of this. After receiving her results, she went to the next testing station.
Here, they tested Innate Talent.
The staff simply took a drop of blood from Li Yunxian’s fingertip and, under everyone’s gaze, put it into the Detection Instrument.
The beeping sound of the instrument echoed, and the color on the display gradually changed.
White, green, blue… Finally, it passed the red representing B-level, and a bright orange emerged, growing even more brilliant.
Quite a few people gasped.
If the color went any higher, that would be the legendary S-level Innate Talent!
After two beeps, the Detection Instrument announced that the test was finished.
Looking at that orange-yellow hue, everyone stared intently at the testing staff.
The staff was also stunned by the result. He looked up at Li Yunxian, then back down at the result, and only then, in a voice that still hadn’t recovered, announced the score.
“Innate Talent: A+. Score: 320 points.
The score difference between each grade of Innate Talent is huge. B-level scores between 100-169, A-level scores between 170-349.
320 points meant that Li Yunxian’s Innate Talent was extremely close to the S-level range.
Chen Shuzhang stood up instantly, his excitement barely concealed.
According to the scores he knew, even without considering Li Yunxian’s academic exam results, just her raw quality points alone already reached as high as 602.
The Four Great Academies’ threshold was only 550.
If her academic score was included, and if the final score could reach 700, then……………
Qingteng Selection Exam………………
Not only did Jincheng have a student who could enter the Four Great Academies, but they also had a student who could participate in the Qingteng Selection Exam!
Chen Shuzhang suddenly lowered his head, his gaze toward Liu Wu full of warning.
The insulated cup in Liu Wu’s hand was crushed out of shape by his grip, his face terrifyingly dark.
In his heart, there was only one thought left: Li Yunxian’s score must never become reality.
Liu Wu knew all too well what a student with a 700-point score would mean for Jincheng.
If he had known………………
If he had known Li Yunxian could get this score, he would have made sure to get rid of her before she even entered the exam hall!
Why hadn’t this person listened to the First High School teachers and transferred to another city!
Liu Wu was filled with hatred.
He had long known the First High School teachers’ plans.
At the time, Liu Chen thought the plans of these ordinary teachers were utterly laughable.
He had directly arranged for people to lie in wait on the road out of Jincheng for Li Yunxian, just waiting to stage an “accident” as soon as she left Jincheng.
Even if everyone knew he did it, it didn’t matter—no one could produce evidence anyway.
Liu Wu believed that any normal person would choose to follow the teachers’ arrangements and leave.
So when he heard that Li Yunxian had refused the teachers’ suggestion, and was living an ordinary, uneventful, routine life, Liu Wu simply thought it was a smokescreen.
Previously, Liu Wu didn’t care.
Whether it was true or not made no difference to him.
After all, leaving Jincheng meant death for Li Yunxian, and staying in Jincheng… that would be a fate worse than death.
But Liu Wu never expected that Li Yunxian would actually have a chance to score 700 points!
…But this wasn’t entirely a bad thing. Liu Wu quickly regained his composure.
Given the current situation, it would only further justify what he was about to do.
Liu Wu looked up and stared directly at Chen Shuzhang, not backing down in the slightest.
His nephew, Liu Chen, also had A- Innate Talent!
Originally, their Liu Family could have produced two Foundation Establishment cultivators!
If not for that meddlesome Li Yunxian!!
The two big shots at the Proctor’s Table exchanged glances, but Li Yunxian didn’t notice at all as she walked to the final testing area.
This was for Spiritual Roots.
It was a scanning chamber.
The completely unexpected results of the previous two tests made everyone pay special attention to see if another miracle would happen here.
However, unfortunately, it did not.
It was still Jinmu Dual Spiritual Roots and Mortal Bone.
Only the staff vaguely saw the words ‘Mortal Bone’ flicker a few times on the display, as if about to change to something else, but in the end, it still settled on ‘Mortal Bone.’
“Spiritual Roots: Jinmu Dual Spiritual Roots, Mortal Bone. Score: 150 points,” the staff announced.
With all three tests completed, Li Yunxian handed her results to the final waiting examiner.
The examiner looked at Li Yunxian, feeling as if the results in his hands were burning hot.
After taking a deep breath, he followed the proper procedure and read aloud to the Proctor’s Table.
“Li Yunxian, 18 years old, female. Lingli 132 points, Innate Talent………… total quality score 602, meeting the assessment standard. Proctors, please confirm if there are any objections.”
Those sitting at the Proctor’s Table heard this routine question and fell silent for a few seconds before the first proctor in the order slowly spoke.
“No objections.”
“No objections.”
One after another, the responses quickly reached Liu Wu.
Liu Wu glared at Li Yunxian, and without hesitation, said what he had long prepared.
“I object!”
“I believe that Li Yunxian has colluded with foreign races and is a member of the Hunters.”
“Given Li Yunxian’s family background, it’s absolutely impossible for her to reach such cultivation in such a short time; she must have received gifts from foreign races.”
“Slaying a Qi Refinement Fifth Layer with a single strike at Qi Refining entry level is a joke.”
“I’m afraid it was the Hunters who aided her to achieve such fame.”
“The original plan was probably to use this opportunity to make a name at the testing center.”
“Unfortunately, the Hunters didn’t expect that the results Li Yunxian got at the testing center weren’t ideal. So these past few days, she received gifts again, aiming to make a stunning comeback.”
“I demand that Li Yunxian’s exam be suspended and a thorough review be conducted on her abnormal cultivation growth!”
Liu Wu’s words were like a giant stone thrown into a pond, stirring up a violent splash.
Everyone knew about the conflict between the Liu Family and Li Yunxian, and had heard about how despicable Liu Chen was. It was obvious that Liu Wu would target Li Yunxian.
***
What Liu Wu said made a damned good point.
Everyone knew how difficult it was to cultivate in Jincheng.
How Li Yunxian reached Qi Refining entry level was one thing—after all, reaching entry wasn’t that big of a deal.
But to suddenly go from 2 points of Lingli at entry to opening 28 meridian points at Qi Refinement First Layer…
There was indeed something highly unreasonable about that.
Skeptical gazes inevitably fell upon Li Yunxian.
Facing such a scene, before Li Yunxian could say anything, the students who had come to support her sensed the shift in atmosphere and spoke up first.
“If that’s what you think, then so be it!”
“Just making up stories out of thin air, anyone can do that!”
“Yeah, show us the evidence before you talk!”
“The one who makes the claim provides the proof!”
“I could even say this old man is just jealous my sis got six hundred points!”
The classmates didn’t understand much about the cultivators’ side of things, but they could sense from the earlier atmosphere that Li Yunxian must have achieved an incredible score.
As for the reasons behind others’ doubts, the classmates didn’t understand, nor did they care.
They had interacted with Li Yunxian personally.
She had taught them how to deal with special class techniques, joked and chatted about prescriptions she’d given them.
They could feel that they were being treated sincerely and kindly.
They trusted their own experience.
How could someone like Li Yunxian possibly be a bad person?
Ordinary people far outnumbered cultivators, so when these people protested, their voices easily drowned out the rest.
Amid this overwhelming chorus, Liu Wu was furious and slammed the table: “Evidence? Li Yunxian refusing the Golden Core assistant from Tiantong is the evidence!”
She just doesn’t dare stay long under a Golden Core True Person, afraid her flaws will be exposed!
“Everything else is just an excuse.”
“She only wants to sneak into the Four Great Academies and hunt genius souls.”
“The Hunters know just how much Jincheng needs a student who can get into the Four Great Academies. If such a genius appears here, everyone will be so excited to send them up, they’ll choose to ignore the risks!”
At this point, Liu Wu looked up at Chen Shuzhang.
His final words were meant to threaten Chen Shuzhang.
Forcing Chen Shuzhang to take his side.
Chen Shuzhang looked hesitant. But before he could speak, everyone heard Li Yunxian let out a light laugh.
That laugh was full of disdain, and held a deep sense of ridicule for the one speaking.
Everyone’s eyes refocused on Li Yunxian.
They all thought Li Yunxian was about to say something to refute Liu Wu’s words.
But Li Yunxian didn’t.
She drew her small sword, flicked her wrist, and in an instant, the slender blade extended, tracing a silver arc through the air with casual grace.
Sword Qi like a blade, before anyone realized it, flashed past Liu Wu’s face, slicing off two strands of hair.
Bang—!!
The two-meter-high iron display board behind Liu Wu was cut in half and crashed to the ground.
In an instant, the entire hall fell silent.
“Assistance from the Hunters? I don’t need it.”
Li Yunxian’s mood was untouched by Liu Wu, her tone utterly calm as she stated the facts, “My sword is the best proof.”
If you think killing a Qi Refinement Fifth Layer requires the help of the Hunters, you can bring out another Qi Refinement Fifth Layer now and let me kill them again.
“Or…………” Li Yunxian looked at Liu Wu, “I could try killing a Foundation Establishment as well.
The scene, already silent from Li Yunxian’s sudden sword strike, grew even quieter.
The wind blew noiselessly.
Everyone was sneaking glances at Liu Wu’s furious, red face.
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