Chapter Six Examination

  The next morning, the whole family gathered together for breakfast.

  "Father," Yang Tong asked, "since the energy of beast crystals is inferior to standard crystal stones, why does the government want to collect them?"

  "It's very simple, because the cost of beast crystals is lower. Nowadays, most of our standard crystals in the Imperial Wing Kingdom come from crystal mines, which are non-renewable resources. Even if they can be renewed, it won't be possible in the short term. So, under these circumstances, the government will try to save as much standard crystal consumption as possible." Yang Tong replied.

  "But crystal ore has been mined for over 70 million years, shouldn't it be almost depleted by now? What if the crystal is gone?" Yang Tong had long wanted to ask this question, but what puzzled him was that human civilization on Earth only existed for a few thousand years. Even with such a short period of time, dynasties rose and fell frequently. However, in this place, the Huangyu Kingdom has been established for over 70 million years, which is simply an incredible miracle. It's unbelievable that a dynasty can exist for so long, which goes against Yang Tong's own cognitive norms. In such a long period of time, hasn't anyone rebelled? Of course, this was a question that Yang Tong would never ask.

  "Haha, a long time ago, the empire that ruled our kingdom had already developed artificial crystal stones. So now, the mining of crystal stones is selective, we mine some and then seal it off, waiting for the crystal stone mines to recover before mining again. The step-by-step, tiered mining method, combined with artificial crystal stones and a large amount of beast crystals, means that energy is not something we need to worry about. On the other hand, human spiritual tool technology has been stuck at 9th grade for a long time, unable to advance to 10th grade. The social status of Mind Masters has also been increasing day by day." Yang Tong sighed, thinking to himself that it would be great if he could awaken and become a Mind Master.

  "Alright, dad. The best spiritual equipment we have at home is only first-rate, and the highest in the entire county is only third-rate. Who knows how powerful fourth-rate or higher spiritual equipment is? What are you worrying about?" Yang Tong said disdainfully, thinking that truly advanced technology was mostly concentrated in military weapons, and what ordinary people could use was just this much.

  "No, soon our family will have a second-rate spiritual artifact - B-type Spiritual Energy Quick-shooter." Yang Tong retorted.

  Yang Tong nodded slightly and didn't ask further, guessing that it was probably the high-end weapon purchased by that fat uncle yesterday to deal with the barbarian beast's attack on the city.

  After dinner, Yang Tong did not go out. He didn't ask his family for beast crystals because it wouldn't explain their purpose, and to get them himself, he had to improve his strength. Also, there was tomorrow's primary graduation exam. The cultural course exams were simple, but the martial arts assessment was the most important.

  And the academy also has generous scholarships for outstanding graduates, I heard that the first place can get ten low-grade high-level beast crystals!

  Yang Tong was extremely covetous of these ten low to high-grade beast crystals. To know that the low-grade beast crystals are divided into three levels: low, medium and high. The energy gap between each level is about 50-70 times, mainly due to the difference in the species of fierce beasts, and the energy produced by the beast crystals also has its differences within the same level. Standard crystal stones are different, each one is higher than the low-grade high-level beast crystal, but not much higher. However, the energy contained in standard crystal stones is absolutely higher than that of low-grade low-level and medium-level beast crystals.

  After another day of practicing boxing, Yang Tong rode his father's flying disc motorcycle to school early the next morning.

  "Study hard for your exam, got it?" Yang Tong yelled at his son.

  "Dad, don't worry." Yang Tong waved his fist in response.

  The exam was very simple and I finished it in two hours.

  The most important thing is the martial arts exam, and the score of the written exam only needs to be barely passing, unless you are interested in developing in this direction or have a talent for it. Generally, in a county-level environment like this, such situations rarely occur, and only in big cities with rich cultural resources will there be various professional directions. In counties, more emphasis is placed on the martial arts exam, if you can't pass it, no matter how good your written exam score is, you won't be able to graduate and enter a higher-level college for further study.

  The martial arts exam was held on the school playground, which was divided into several areas for batch testing. First, there was a verification of the warrior's level, with separate tests for strength, speed, and reaction. In addition to this, there was also a practical combat test, which took up the most time. However, during these exam days, all other grades in the entire college were on holiday, so it didn't seem crowded or troublesome.

  Yang Tong is now waiting for the exam with his classmates in class.

  Yang Tong's deskmate, Feng Xiaobo, asked, "Yang Tong, what ranking do you plan to get?" Over the past few years, Feng Xiaobo had been Yang Tong's deskmate and understood his abilities better than their other classmates.

  "Being able to take first place is of course the best." Yang Tong didn't hide it at all, and at his current age, he wasn't afraid of attracting envy.

  "You'd better work hard, you have many opponents. I heard that not only our class has a third-level warrior, but also the seventh class has an abnormal person who can defeat a fourth-level warrior with a third-level one." Fēng Xiǎo Bō replied.

  "You're talking about the class leader of Class 7, Emperor Xuan Luo?" Yang Tong had also heard of this slightly famous same-grade king. Unlike Yang Tong's usual low-key nature, this Emperor Xuan Luo was extremely talented, on the verge of breaking through to the third level of apprentice, physically strong and robust, and was also the only son of County rich merchant Emperor Jin Xin.

  Don't think that being a third-level apprentice is anything great, you should know that Yang Tong and the others are only twelve years old, they're still growing up, but haven't reached their explosive period yet. Only when they enter a mid-tier academy will it be the stage of their power explosion. It's extremely rare for someone to reach the level of third-level apprentice at this age.

  "We, the fifth class, only have five third-level apprentices, while the seventh class has six. We'll meet them in the practical exam. I have a childhood friend who's in the seventh class. I heard that all of the seventh class' third-level apprentices are under Emperor Xuan Luo's command and are very obedient." Feng Xiaobo said.

  Yang Tong understood the meaning of this sentence, Emperor Xuan Luo was able to suppress these five classmates of the same level, relying not only on his father's power and wealth, but more on his own strength.

  "Next, Yang Tong." The teacher of the exam called out.

  Yang Tong walked up to the teacher's side and looked at the testing equipment in front of him. This device was not unfamiliar to him, it was used for strength testing.

  "Now you need to use all your strength, aim at this target, hit ten punches in a row, and keep the frequency within five seconds. Any questions?" The testing teacher asked, pointing to the test position.

  "No problem." Yang Tong shook his head, this testing device was much more advanced than the one at home, it could test a person's power data within ten punches, such as explosive force, standard force and so on.

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