Chapter 11: Even If Her Own Lapdog Tried to Play Tricks, He Could Only Fawn Over Her!

At Principal Chen’s command, under the teachers’ direction, the students on the field lined up before the Talent Awakening Platform in an orderly fashion, class by class.

And naturally, the ones at the very front, given priority for the martial talent test, were the students from the martial arts elite classes.

Linjiang No. 7 High School had a full ten thousand students who were about to take the martial arts examination.

Yet before awakening their talents, only two hundred had been selected into the martial arts elite classes.

They were the best of the best—true elites.

Every single one of them possessed strong physical fitness and outstanding grades in both academic studies and martial arts classes.

Of course, the number of students in the martial arts elite classes was not fixed.

Every half semester, the most outstanding students from the various classes would be selected once again and admitted into them.

Lu Qingqian and Lin Wanxing both had a chance to enter the martial arts elite classes for advanced study in the second half of the semester.

And when the martial arts examination came, they could compete for admission to the four best and strongest martial arts academies in Great Xia.

Even if they failed to get in, at worst they would still be able to attend a first-rate martial arts university in the country.

After graduation, at the very least they could become squad captains at a city-level Security Bureau.

They would be winners in life without question.

Looking at the elite-class students standing at the front, each with pride written across their face, the students from the regular classes behind them would have been lying if they said they felt no envy or jealousy.

Gu Tingting’s eyes were full of longing.

“Ah!

“If only I could get into an elite class too. I heard that as long as you’re selected, you get a three-thousand-yuan academic excellence stipend every month.

“And when the time comes to take the martial arts examination, if you get into a first-rate martial arts university, there’s even a reward of one hundred thousand yuan.

“And if our ancestors really smile on us and we get into one of the Four Great Academies, the reward jumps straight to five hundred thousand yuan!”

“I’m so jealous of you, Wanxing.”

She sighed over and over, and her tone fairly reeked of money.

Although she had benefited a little from Lin Wanxing before and had eaten some of the good things from the Martial God family, her physical fitness had also reached 1.1, meeting the threshold for entering an elite class.

But her martial arts class performance was only average.

Of the nine compulsory martial disciplines, only two had reached the proficient stage.

She was just one discipline short of qualifying for the elite class, yet no matter what she did, she could not break through that barrier. It was driving her mad.

Lin Wanxing was still brooding over what had just happened, her eyes fixed the whole time on Fang Qingchen’s back ahead of her.

A moment ago, Fang Qingchen had given the breakfast that should have gone to her to Lu Qingqian instead.

That made her feel deeply uncomfortable.

It was as if something that belonged to her had been snatched away by someone else.

Hearing Gu Tingting’s words, not a trace of pride appeared on her face.

Instead, she turned her head and silently glanced at Lu Qingqian, who was standing in another line.

Lu Qingqian still looked as unconfident as ever.

Her head was slightly lowered, her shoulders drawn in, and she was clutching her schoolbag.

But at this moment, with the sunlight illuminating her cheeks, she seemed to possess far more spirit than before.

Lin Wanxing’s brows drew together slightly.

“If you’re going to envy someone, then envy Lu Qingqian.

“Her family is so poor, yet her physical fitness has still caught up to mine, and her martial arts grades are also the best in the class.

“If she awakens a B-rank talent later—or even an A-rank one—she’ll probably become one of the school’s priority trainees right away.

“As for you, why don’t you try working a little harder?”

She reached out and flicked Gu Tingting on the forehead.

Although the more she looked at Lu Qingqian now, the more displeasing she found her, deep down, she had no choice but to admit that Lu Qingqian was truly outstanding.

After saying that, she turned her gaze back to Fang Qingchen.

She lifted one white sneakered foot, ready to march over and demand an explanation.

But after thinking it over, she held herself back.

Her red lips curved into a tantalizing smile.

“Fang Qingchen, once the martial talent test is over, you’re going to regret this.

“Didn’t you say yesterday that you were going to give me a great gift?

“That depends on whether your gift will satisfy me.”

Looking at the distant talent testing platform, confidence shone across her face.

Fang Qingchen had chased after her for two and a half years, and he had already used up almost every trick in the book.

Thinking back over all of Fang Qingchen’s unusual behavior yesterday and today, Lin Wanxing felt that she had finally figured it out!

This brat wanted to play tricks on her?

He was still far too inexperienced!

Her mood brightened at once!

Even if her own lapdog tried to play tricks, he could only fawn over her!

Just as she felt that everything was firmly under her control, the students from the martial arts elite classes had already begun walking onto the testing platform in an orderly manner.

At that moment, Principal Chen Guorong moved.

His entire body rose into the air, and he actually strode through empty space, coming to a halt above the testing platform.

The many students were stunned by the sight and let out bursts of astonished cries!

“Holy hell, Principal Chen is flying!”

“I heard that only by reaching B-rank as a martial artist can you walk through the air, which is why B-rank martial artists are also called flying martial artists.”

“So this is the bearing of a martial arts powerhouse? That’s incredible!”

“I’m going to train hard too and become a powerful martial artist in the future!”

That was what martial arts meant—one generation surging forward after another.

Only by letting those who came later see hope and yearn for it could the flame be passed down from generation to generation.

With this single display, Principal Chen instantly made the students present feel their blood boil.

They were so worked up that they wanted nothing more than to perform two full military boxing routines on the spot.

Chen Guorong looked at the students, whose spirits now burned like fire, and nodded inwardly.

Then he spoke aloud.

And this time, it was not empty chatter.

“Students, after the talent test, there will surely be some favored sons and daughters of heaven who awaken A-rank talents, perhaps even S-rank or SS-rank talents!

“With such talent, even students from the regular classes will soar like dragons overnight and become the focus of everyone’s attention!

“There will also be students from the martial arts elite classes whose awakened talents fall short of expectations, perhaps even students who fail to awaken even the lowest grade of martial talent.

“But what I want to say is this: martial talent has always been only your starting point, never your destination!

“I have seen people whose martial talents were as weak as D-rank or E-rank, yet through hard training they grew into martial arts powerhouses, joined the military, and fought against aberrant beasts!

“And likewise, I have seen heavenly geniuses with mighty S-rank talents sink into self-indulgence and amount to nothing!

“I hope that no matter what the results are later, every one of you will keep a striving heart!”

Principal Chen did not even need a loudspeaker. With his hands clasped behind his back, he spoke with fervor.

His voice rang out like a great bell, clearly carrying to every corner of the vast field and into every student’s ears.

It revealed an astonishing degree of control over his own power.

The students were so stirred by his words that their hearts pounded with emotion.

The moment his voice fell, thunderous applause erupted over the campus and lingered for a long time.

There was naturally a deeper meaning behind Chen Guorong’s actions.

Every year, when martial talents were tested, there were always some students whose martial arts grades were excellent, only for them to awaken worthless talents.

And from that point on, they would give up on themselves.

These words were, in a sense, a shot in the arm for those students.

Of course, there was another layer of meaning as well.

Fang Qingchen understood it.

He looked up at Chen Guorong in the sky with a face full of disdain.

“Old Chen really still loves grandstanding this much.”