Chapter 98: Chapter 94: Standing Out (Two-in-One)_3
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Day after day.
Jiang Ye’s life follows a three-point routine.
He goes to the Examination Bureau once a week for Preparatory Star Profession training.
The rest of the time, he shuttles between school and home, diligently cultivating.
At night, he enters the Martial Arts Celestial Ladder for the Illusion Realm and painful training.
"Martial Arts cultivation is like rowing against the current, you either advance or fall back."
Jiang Ye’s understanding of Martial Arts deepened: "Even a system cannot make me the strongest overnight."
"Only through persistent effort, progressing a little each day, over many years, can one eventually reach the other side."
The Starry Sky Martial Arts is like that.
One step at a time.
And the biggest difference between Jiang Ye and others is:
Every drop of sweat he sheds is not wasted.
Especially with the support of hundreds of thousands of Federation coins.
Jiang Ye feels his own progress every day.
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Time flies.
In a blink, it was late May.
For high school seniors.
The most important thing in the latter half of each month is the mock exam.
The mock exam in May draws everyone’s attention.
The reason is simple.
This will be the last major exam before the college entrance examination.
It will roughly gauge everyone’s level, and there won’t be much change before the college entrance exam.
The Martial Arts Universities also focus on this month’s scores.
Who will stand out?
Who will fade into the crowd?
Will all be revealed this month.
On May 25th, the mock exams began.
That day, Jiang Ye arrived early at school to take the last major exam before the college entrance examination.
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In the afternoon of the 25th, the mock exams ended.
The rankings were refreshed again.
[First place: Zhao Qingli, 888 points]
[Second place: Jiang Ye, 839 points]
[Third place: Wang Ziang, 831 points]
When the rankings were refreshed, countless eyes focused on the second place.
"Jiang Ye? Second place?"
"Wasn’t he sixth last month?"
"What?!"
Teachers and students alike were shocked.
This is the last month before the college entrance exam, and normally, there shouldn’t be much change.
But Jiang Ye suddenly jumped to second place.
"This guy is relentless, only the class monitor can surpass him."
"Can he surpass the class monitor in the college entrance exam?"
"Probably not, the class monitor is more than sixty points ahead."
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Countless students buzzed with discussion.
Inside the High School Senior Class 1 classroom.
"Jiang Ye." Zhao Qingli walked over to Jiang Ye, stepping with her snowy white legs: "Congratulations, second place."
Jiang Ye slightly shook his head: "Still far behind compared to the class monitor."
After Zhao Qingli achieved the First Break, she still maintained a pace of improvement of 20 points each month.
This was quite astounding.
She likely consumed some extremely precious Martial Arts ingredients to make such progress for the college entrance exam.
Zhao Qingli tilted her head a little: "Do you really want to surpass me?"
"I’ve always taken the beautiful class monitor as my model and goal," Jiang Ye said solemnly.
Zhao Qingli’s lips curved slightly, obviously pleased by the compliment.
However, her expression remained cold and proud, and she lightly snorted: "Which university do you plan to apply to?"
"Penglai University," Jiang Ye said frankly.
Zhao Qingli’s eyes moved slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in them.
"You want to apply to Penglai University?" She looked at Jiang Ye, reminding him: "The score line for Penglai University this year might reach over 890, you’re still a long way off."
Even if Jiang Ye has the 20-point bonus for the Preparatory Star Profession.
After achieving the First Break and reaching 850 points, he’d still be 20 points short.
There are less than two weeks until the college entrance exam.
To improve by 20 points? Almost impossible.
Jiang Ye pondered for a moment and did not hide: "I plan to try the Star Sea Divine Path after achieving the First Break."
"Star Sea Divine Path?"
Zhao Qingli was slightly stunned.
Then she frowned: "You plan to participate in the Star Sea Divine Path certification? You need to register for that, and there’s a good chance you’ll fail to register."
"Fail to register?" Jiang Ye’s eyes flickered: "What do you mean?"