Qī Xīng Lì 2042 year September, Xià Guó, Jiāng Běi Shěng, Jiāng Chéng.

  A city known as the "furnace", with a long winter and summer, September is just the beginning of the sweltering heat.

  Guanshan District No. 1 High School.

  Every classroom in the third-year teaching building has a similar banner on the back blackboard, "No struggle no fight, high school life is not worth living" "Struggle for one year of spring summer autumn winter, and have no regrets for life" "High three is not cruel, how can you stand firm?"

  And on the east side of the first floor, there is a classroom that occupies an exceptionally large area, nearly 1,000 square meters. This place is different from ordinary classrooms, with no desks or chairs at all. On one side are placed a large number of cold weapons such as knives, guns, swords and clubs, while on the other side are placed many special instruments, as well as a special runway paved with dark red metal.

  This is the Martial Arts Class classroom.

  At this moment, there are more than 100 students in the classroom practicing stances and performing different movements.

  Some are like apes, some are like flying birds, and some resemble fierce tigers... Their spirits are all very good.

  Its roots are in the feet, starting from the legs, governing the waist, and integrating the strength of all parts into the fingers... A burly middle-aged man wearing a black martial arts uniform walked among the troops.

  His face was cold and stern, his height nearly two meters, his voice like thunder, his eyes staring at each student like a fierce tiger.

  The most striking feature is his right arm, which is a silver metal arm that can perfectly combine with the short limb part, flexible and agile.

  "Logically, this should be the basic cultivation method that you all should have grasped in your second year of high school. But now, in your third year, each and every one of you is still sloppy." The burly man scolded angrily, and with a casual slap of his metal arm, he knocked down a student who was drenched in sweat: "If the stance is stable, the center of gravity will not shift, the basic cultivation method is the foundation of martial arts!"

  "One day of practice, one days work; one day without practice, a hundred days effort goes to waste. I see that you all have been on summer vacation for half a month and have completely relaxed and not practiced at home."

  "Youre all in your third year of high school and you still want to relax? Youre just ordinary students, and you havent even awakened your spiritual energy yet. If you dont work harder, how are you going to get into Wudao University?"

  "Even if you dont plan on taking the martial arts university exam and instead take the cultural route, martial arts scores still account for 30%......" The burly man continued to scold angrily.

  This group of students didnt even dare to breathe loudly and cultivated even more seriously.

  "Report."

  "Report." More than a dozen voices suddenly rang out at the classroom door, and a group of students wearing martial arts uniforms appeared at the entrance.

  "Are the two groups who participated in the spiritual test back?" The burly man glanced towards the entrance.

  Immediately, the sharp eyes of the burly man fell on one of the students.

  The student is nearly 1.8 meters tall, with a buzz cut, and at first glance, theres nothing particularly unusual about him. However, upon closer inspection, youll notice that his head is held high, his posture is straight, and he exudes an aura of being unshakeable just by standing casually.

  It is clear that this student has incorporated the lifting of the head and tail, with the body suspended between from the Basic Exercises into his daily life of walking and sitting.

  When the heart is moved, the body follows; when the intention is expressed, the spirit is transmitted.

  This martial arts realm has surpassed all students standing in the classroom.

  "Li Yuan, how are you?" The burly man looked at his counterpart.

  Almost a hundred students in the classroom couldnt help but sneak glances at a student named Li Yuan.

  "Teacher Xu, he didnt wake up." A student named Li Yuan shook his head calmly, without showing any loss.

  The burly man frowned upon hearing this.

  Li Yuan is the most promising student in his class to awaken his martial spirit.

  "Li Yuan didnt make it either?"

  "In the second semester of high school, his martial arts scores all rushed to the top 30 in the grade. At that time, his physical fitness had already reached level 6, and now it must be even stronger. How could he still not have awakened his martial spirit?"

  "Wake up the spiritual power of martial arts, its really difficult!" The nearly hundred students standing in a row couldnt help but secretly be shocked.

  Nowadays, in the entire Xia Country and even the whole Blue Star, there are two paths to select talents — cultural courses and martial arts cultivation.

  And all students, starting from junior high school, will be uniformly taught by the country with basic cultivation methods and cultivate martial arts.

  Guan Shan Districts No. 1 High School has over two thousand students in its third year of high school, with a total of twenty classes.

  But there is one martial arts elite class, and all the others are ordinary classes.

  The number of students in the Wudao Elite Class is over sixty, and each one has awakened their martial arts spirit. The top fifty grades are usually held by them.

  Li Yuan, being able to get into the top thirty in martial arts scores in an ordinary class is quite surprising.

  "What about the others? Are there any who have awakened their spiritual sense?" The burly mans gaze swept over the other people.

  A moment of silence.

  "Come in first." The burly man did not feel surprised at all.

  In fact, if one can awaken their martial arts spirit, most people succeed in high school or even junior high.

  High school students want to wake up? Hope is very small!

  The burly man originally only had hopes for Li Yuan, he waved his hand and said: "Third group, go to the Martial Arts Building for spiritual testing."

  Boom!

  One of the students standing in line suddenly felt their legs go numb and their feet ache, and upon hearing this, they quickly got up and rushed out of the classroom.

  Li Yuan and his group returned to their positions and started practicing their stances again.

  "Yuan Ge, Xu Ban seems to be a bit disappointed." A classmate with an eight-character short mustache and a rather mature appearance whispered beside Li Yuan: "But you, Yuan Ge, the spiritual detection results just came out, arent you even a little disappointed?"

  "Never mind."

  "Continue practicing, four hours of basic exercises every day is the foundation." Li Yuan said calmly, he had guessed the result early on and wouldnt be disappointed.

  "Four hours?" A mature-looking boy muttered: "No wonder hes our class second Wang Yue."

  Li Yuan smiled upon hearing this, and no longer paid attention to the other party. He lightly closed his eyes, stood in his position, slightly bent his knees, and his aura changed instantly, as if he had become a boulder, with an unshakeable charm emanating from his body.

  "The Rock Solid Cultivation Method." Li Yuans mind flashed with the various movements of this cultivation method.

  These movements, he had practiced them thousands of times, and they were deeply ingrained in his mind.

  In this era, martial arts were flourishing.

  The Seven Star Alliances nine basic cultivation methods open to all citizens of the seven major planets, without distinction between high and low, only suitability.

  Whether they are wealthy and powerful or ordinary people, as long as they cultivate martial arts, they all start from the basic cultivation method.

  "The Rock Solid Cultivation Method" is precisely the cultivation method chosen by Li Yuan.

  I have been practicing for more than five years now.

  Each fundamental practice can greatly stimulate human potential, making the quality of the body continuously improve, until the thorough awakening of spirituality.

  Not to mention Li Yuans physical fitness is still below level 7.

  Even if a martial artists physical quality surpasses 9th grade, they will still constantly practice basic cultivation methods.

  "Ah!"

  "Ah!"

  Each basic qigong exercise has 36 forms of movement and a corresponding breathing method.

  Li Yuans breathing was sometimes rapid and sometimes slow, coordinating with the movements of his four limbs, causing a faint sound to be produced inside his body.

  Muscles and bones all crack!

  "Its really comfortable." Li Yuan was immersed in this cultivation.

  He could feel his entire bodys muscles and bones being constantly stimulated, becoming even stronger.

  This is the evolution of life.

  In this era, ordinary boys can break the world record of sprinting a century ago.

  The method of cultivation is just this.

  "Its a pity that I didnt make it to the top 20 in the last semesters exams, or else I would have gotten not only the 5,000 yuan scholarship but also some more Qi and blood medicine." Li Yuan thought to himself: "With more Qi and blood medicine, my physical fitness will improve faster, and it can also alleviate some of the economic pressure on my uncle and aunt."

  Li Yuan was an orphan and was raised by his uncle and aunt.

  Uncle is an employee of a state-owned enterprise, and Auntie is a teacher at a junior high school.

  Logically speaking, such a family is not wealthy but at least well-off.

  But Li Yuan was weak and sickly since childhood, and his uncle and aunt spent a lot of money to cure his illness.

  Later, following the doctors advice, from junior high school onwards, Li Yuans uncle and aunt invested a large amount of money in his martial arts training, even exceeding what they spent on their own children.

  Luckily.

  Li Yuan has a good natural talent, and his hard work in cultivation is even more remarkable. He was admitted to the No. 1 High School in Guanshan District after passing the middle school entrance examination, and his grades continued to improve after entering high school. By the second year of high school, he had entered the top 100 in his grade, and by the end of the second semester, he had even broken into the top 30.

  Made uncle and aunt very happy.

  However, martial arts training emphasizes innate talent even more than wealth.

  After reaching level 6, the food from Xingjie that is needed to upgrade physical quality, medicine and equipment that replenish qi and blood, are all swallowed by the Golden Cave.

  Compared with other students in the top thirty of his grade, Li Yuans external conditions were average, or even poor.

  However, Li Yuan understood in his heart that his uncle and aunt had done their best to support him.

  There are still younger brothers and sisters at home, cant ask for more.

  "But its already six times."

  "From the first year of junior high school, I have been failing the spiritual detection every year." Li Yuan thought: "If the spiritual energy hidden in my body can be awakened, and the test score gets a 10% bonus, I can directly rush into the top ten of the grade."

  "Wake up the martial arts spirit and get a national subsidy."

  Are you aware of the spiritual essence of martial arts?

  Looking at the entire blue planet and even the seven major planets, it is the most important indicator to evaluate a persons martial arts talent, without exception.

  Unexpectedly, Li Yuan had yet to awaken his martial arts spirit.

  "In recent years, the school has had no more than five students get into one of the top five universities." Li Yuan thought to himself: "With my current grades, getting into a regular martial arts university is not a problem."

  "But wanting to get into one of the top five universities, if you dont wake up your spiritual nature, the hope is extremely slim."

  The Xia country has a population of nearly 2 billion, with 24 provinces, each province having a Wudao University that only recruits students within the province. This is the goal of most aspiring Wudao students.

  The five major martial arts schools were established by Xia Guo and recruited students nationwide.

  In a normal martial arts university, students get some training resources, but more still rely on themselves.

  And for students of the five major martial arts schools, each one will have a large amount of resources poured into them by their respective countries.

  "With the nourishment of national resources, I can walk further on my martial path and become a master like Teacher Xu, or even stronger than him." Li Yuan silently thought to himself.

  His goal for the college entrance examination is one of the five top universities.

  However, the five major martial arts schools also have very high requirements for scores.

  "One step at a time, there are still nine months until the college entrance exam." Li Yuan quietly practiced his skills, with fewer distractions in his mind.

  ……

  Soon after, a commotion came from outside the classroom, and more than ten students from three groups returned to the door of the classroom, all with some excitement on their faces.

  "Teacher Xu, Wanxiang has awakened his spiritual nature."

  "Teacher Xu..." Before the burly man could ask, many students couldnt help but shout out.

  The classroom suddenly boiled over.

  "Wanxiang, has he awakened his martial spirit?"

  "Is he going to the elite class?"

  "The students in the elite class, I heard that they can learn advanced cultivation methods ahead of time." Most of my classmates couldnt help but look at me with envy.

  Awaken your martial arts spirit and you can enter the elite class.

  Otherwise, even if Li Yuan rushed into the top thirty in grade, he could only stay in an ordinary class.

  "Wan Xiao?" Li Yuan opened his eyes and couldnt help but look at the robust figure with a hint of blush on his face standing by the classroom door.

  He, nearly 1.9 meters tall, with a sturdy and robust build, resembling a bear, his arms were thick and astonishing, only his face showed a hint of youthfulness.

  He is Wan Xiang, the only student in the class except Li Yuan who has a martial arts score among the top 100 in the grade.

  "Li Yuan." Wan Xiang, who was excited, seemed to notice Li Yuans gaze and couldnt help but look at him, revealing a smile.

  Li Yuan smiled too.

  In terms of martial arts achievements, Li Yuan is superior to Wan Xiao.

  In terms of family background, Wan Xiao is much better off.

  As the top two students in the class, Li Yuan and Wan Xiao seem to be competing for scholarships all the time, but they actually get along well.

  Friendship between classmates is often very pure.

  "Damn it! Yuan Ge, you didnt manage to awaken, but this damned bear actually awakened. Its simply dogshit luck." The mature-looking boy standing next to Li Yuan couldnt help but whisper: "In that case, his martial arts score has spiritual bonus points added, and hes almost catching up with you, Yuan Ge."

  Wàn Xiāo, also known as Dog Bear.

  Li Yuan chuckled softly and said, "Old Zhou, are you jealous?"

  The boys name is Zhou Qi, because of his thick hair and mature face, he is nicknamed Old Zhou.

  He was Li Yuans junior high school classmate and took the entrance exam for Guanshan No. 1 Middle School together, and was assigned to the same class.

  It can be said that they have become good brothers after five or six years.

  "I envy a ghost." Zhou Qi said in a low voice: "My liberal arts grades are enough to get into a key university, and Im taking martial arts classes mainly to exercise my body. Cant always be a weakling, cant even catch up with Lingling later... Im standing up for you."

  Li Yuan smiled.

  Zhou Qis physical fitness is average, and he still lacks a bit for the fourth grade, but his academic performance is very good, ranking among the top 50 in his grade.

  National resources are limited, and the students recruited by Wudao University are a minority after all.

  Most students eventually enter different universities based on their cultural scores.

  "Wan Xiaos physical quality is good, and his martial arts spirit is normal." Li Yuan smiled and said: "Besides, the college entrance examination is a competition among high school students across the province or even the country, not just competing with Wan Xiao alone."

  Wàn Xiāo jué xǐng wǔ dào líng xìng, Lǐ Yuán zhǐ huì wèi duì fāng gāo xìng.

  Translation:

  The spiritual nature of the martial arts is awakened in Wanxiang, and Liyuan will only be happy for his opponent.

  There are more than 60 students in the third year of senior high school who have awakened their martial arts spirit, and there are too many across the province and the country.

  Rather than worrying about others, its better to improve yourself. This is a principle that Li Yuan has understood since he was young.

  ……

  Wan Xiaos awakening was a success, giving his fellow students a great shock. The students who had yet to be tested all felt a glimmer of hope.

  The fourth group, the fifth group... failed, failed.

  Finally, all of Class 3-2 were detected, and only Wan Xiangjue woke up with a martial arts spiritual sense.

  Wait for all students to return to the classroom.

  Tall and majestic Teacher Xu swept his gaze over them and said in a low voice, "Alright, todays basic cultivation ends here. Stop."

  Splash!

  Whoa! Immediately, all students stopped in their tracks, many of whom had already gone weak in the knees.

  Only under the strictness of Teacher Xu did no one dare lie on the ground.

  Basic cultivation method, very physically demanding.

  Even if high school students physical fitness generally reaches level 4, most of them also feel exhausted after two hours of practice.

  "Its great if some classmates can awaken their martial arts spirit; dont be discouraged if you didnt succeed."

  "In January, there will be a review test and in April, a unified exam; schools will also organize another spiritual test respectively."

  "There is also a nationwide unified spiritual test before the college entrance examination."

  "As long as you wake up your spiritual sense before the college entrance examination, your martial arts scores will all have bonus points." Teacher Xu said in a low voice: "But remember, test scores are the foundation. If the basic score is high enough, then the bonus points will be useful."

  "Even if its an elite class, not everyone can get into Wudao University."

  "How did you get such good grades? Hard work!"

  "Like Li Yuan, without any bonus for being a spirit user, his martial arts score can still exceed 800 points, surpassing more than half of the elite class students." Teacher Xu scolded: "And his hardworking degree, no need for me to say more."

  Most of his classmates couldnt help but look at Li Yuan, with admiration in their eyes.

  Li Yuans hard work and self-cultivation had earned him a certain reputation throughout his third year of high school.

  "Yuan Ge, Xu Ban is making you an enemy again." Zhou Qi whispered beside him.

  Li Yuan couldnt help but smile wryly.

  Ever since his martial arts grades broke into the top hundred in his year, he had gotten used to being someone elses child.

  Xu Laoshi, originally named Xu Bo, is the martial arts teacher of Li Yuans class and one of only two special-grade martial arts teachers at Guanshan District No. 1 Middle School.

  According to Li Yuan, Teacher Xus physical quality has exceeded level 15 and is a rare existence among the martial artists who have entered the ranks. He was originally a military martial artist, but after being injured in battle, he retired and came to Guanshan High School to teach.

  Note that if ones physical quality surpasses level 9, they will be considered a beginner in the realm of martial arts, and their social status will be extremely high.

  Ordinary adults generally have a physical fitness level of 4 or 5.

  "You are at a stage where your physical fitness is rapidly improving, and its also the year that will determine your fate." Teacher Xu continued to emphasize: "You absolutely cannot slack off."

  "Now, take a half-hour break, and then I will conduct a skills assessment one by one." Teacher Xu finished speaking and turned to leave.

  "Huh?"

  "Skill assessment?"

  "Youre going to be beaten by Xu Ban again, I bet you cant last three moves."

  "Can you really withstand Xu Bans three moves?" The many students whispered to each other, all quite excited.

  A faint, inexplicable glint flashed across Li Yuans eyes as well.

  The Blue Star and the Seven Great Planets have always been threatened by war, with powerful warriors playing a crucial role.

  Therefore, national martial arts training is a consensus.

  In human society, the status of top martial artists is extremely high.

  Students like Li Yuan are even more worshipful of powerful martial artists.

  Xu Biao was already one of the top martial artists that Li Yuan and his fellow students could come into contact with in real life.

  "Yuan Ge, technical assessment is your strong point." Zhou Qi exclaimed excitedly.

  "You think about yourself first, I observed your stance just now, and its not much improved compared to last semester." Li Yuan smiled and said: "Later on, dont get knocked down by Xu Bang, or youll lose face in front of Peng Lingling."

  Peng Lingling is Zhou Qis unrequited love interest.

  Zhou Qis face stiffened, and he muttered: "Im not planning to take the Wu Dao University exam anyway, so Lingling wont mind."

  ……

  In the classroom, each student took out their own weapon from the weapon cabinet behind the weapon rack.

  Then they all put on their protective gear respectively.

  In this era, every high school student is uniformly equipped by the country with one to two blunt cold weapons, mainly knives, guns, and shields, and a few will choose axes, spears, swords, etc.

  As for hammer, axe, hook, fork, whip and halberd etc. weapons? Almost no students will choose them.

  The practice of cold weapons, swords and spears are the mainstream.

  Martial arts college entrance examination scores, basic score of 1000 points, consisting of three parts: physical fitness, martial arts skills and cultural achievements, accounting for 50%, 40% and 10% respectively.

  If awakened spiritually, there will be additional bonuses.

  Therefore, skill assessment is very important and is the key point of students daily training.

  Having good physical quality alone is not enough to get into a martial arts university.

  Wow!

  Li Yuan also took out a weapon from his own exclusive arsenal, a black large gun nearly three meters long and weighing about five kilograms.

  Its called a big gun, but the gun head is just for decoration, and its more like a long stick. After all, its issued by the country, only used for training, not real combat.

  "Ah!"

  Li Yuan grasped the gun handle and made a seemingly casual swing.

  Whoa! The gun tip pierced through the air, forming a faint tearing sensation that made the faces of the surrounding classmates change slightly.

  With Li Yuans strength, a single throw of his spear was incredibly powerful, even if he didnt use its full force.

  "This big gun, in our class, only Li Yuan can handle it."

  "Li Yuan took out a gun, and for some reason it gave me the feeling that I was going to face Xu Ban." Many of their classmates whispered among themselves, gazing at him with admiring and envious eyes.

  There are many classmates in the class who learn gun skills, but most of them are unwilling to practice such a long big gun.

  Every inch of growth is an inch of strength gained.

  The longer the gun body, the more difficult it is to control.

  Weapons are something that needs to be immersed in and refined over a lifetime, what suits oneself is the best.

  "Skill is number one! Yuan Ges second semester martial arts skills assessment in high school was 356 points, the only one in the whole grade to exceed 350 points." Zhou Qi smiled and said: "Even Xu Ban has said that Yuan Ges marksmanship is very solid."

  Many classmates couldnt help but nod in agreement.

  No bonus for spirituality, and physical quality is not top-notch, what makes Li Yuans martial arts score rush into the top thirty of the grade?

  Its just because his marksmanship skills far surpass those of his peers.

  In the martial arts skills single event, Li Yuan is widely recognized as the first in his grade.

  Very soon.

  Xu Bo, with a sturdy back and strong waist, casually carried a short stick and re-entered the classroom.

  His gaze lingered on Li Yuan for a moment longer.

  "Testing, I will follow the college entrance examination standards."

  "They all took it seriously, treating each test as if it were the college entrance exam. By the time the actual college entrance exam arrived, it was just another test." Xu Bos voice was low and serious, his long stick at the ready.

  "Come one by one in reverse order according to your student ID number."

  "Room 112, Zhou Qi."