Yuncheng East District No. 1 Martial Arts High School was undoubtedly one of the best martial arts high schools in Yuncheng East District. Just from the outside, the lavishly decorated school and luxurious equipment were incomparable to their previous school, where even the teaching buildings were crumbling.
The two of them made their way to the Principal's Office. After all, Lin Ye had a recommendation letter from Yang Dong, so even though it was his first time stepping into the territory of a great family, he showed no fear.
Principal Yang Chen glanced at their attire and then at the recommendation letter, nodding slightly.
"Two civilian geniuses with Mystic Body Aptitude, who even dared to buy inferior Awakening Stones from the black market and succeeded in awakening? Interesting, truly fearless. What talents did you awaken?"
Lin Ye didn't hide anything and said directly, "C-rank Talent, Pain Sharing."
Lin Xi spoke slowly, "A-Rank Talent, Bloodfrost Extreme Cold."
Hearing these talents, Yang Chen couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed. Although Lin Ye's talent level was high, Pain Sharing had no offensive capability other than self-harm to make the opponent feel pain, and it was a torment to oneself.
Moreover, in this school, C-rank talents were not uncommon.
Lin Xi's A-Rank talent was eye-catching, but unfortunately, for any other A-Rank talent, Yang Chen would have considered bringing her into the family for focused training.
But what was Bloodfrost Extreme Cold? A talent that burns blood to exert power, causing great damage to the body with each use, potentially destroying one's foundation.
More importantly, no one who awakened this talent lived past thirty, all dying in battle from burning their blood dry.
Recruiting her would mean spending money and resources to train a short-lived person. It would be better to preserve her bloodline and have her bear talented offspring for the family, making the next generation stronger.
Thinking of this, Yang Chen smiled, "I've read your recommendation letters, but honestly, your talents are not as outstanding as imagined."
Lin Ye raised an eyebrow, "Our martial arts aptitude shouldn't be bad, right?"
Yang Chen continued, "Indeed, it's not bad, but there are many geniuses in this world. Untapped potential is as common as stars in the sky.
Though it may sound harsh, this is the reality. Martial arts training is expensive, requiring both money and resources. Your aptitude is good, but your talents are average. With family support, you could certainly reach the level of a 6th-Rank Martial Artist."
"Principal, our previous principal advised us the same, but we just want to take the Martial Exam."
Yang Chen glanced at Lin Ye and couldn't help but smile, "The Martial Exam? Do you know what it entails? Besides physical cultivation and other data, you must enter the Martial Exam Secret Realm established by the Four Great Martial Arts Families of Huaguo and fight the Aberrant Beasts inside. You'll need to form a team for the exam."
"You could say that. After all, lone wolves don't survive long. It's best to join a family and team up with their direct-line disciples for a good ranking, otherwise..."
Yang Chen spoke confidently, as if he had these two figured out, while Lin Xi breathed a sigh of relief.
"Scared me for a moment. I thought it was mandatory teaming! With our lack of connections, we couldn't convince others to team up with us! In that case, can't we just form a team ourselves?"
Hearing this, Yang Chen coughed several times, "You two, going solo? You should know that teams in the Martial Exam Secret Realm consist of at least five people!"
"Then we've broken a record. The two of us teaming up is enough."
"You..."
Watching them leave the office, a cold glint flashed in Yang Chen's eyes. These two were different from other civilians, not easy to manipulate!
However, young people are often arrogant, but they'll soon realize the gap.
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The two arrived at Class 3 (F). Based on his past life's experience, Lin Ye figured this school also had elite and regular classes.
Sure enough, upon entering, they didn't see any high-and-mighty young masters or misses, just ordinary people in plain clothes, looking thin and malnourished.
Lin Xi didn't understand and whispered, "Lin Ye, these so-called young masters and misses aren't much, are they? Not even as tall as me, looking malnourished."
"The two newcomers, stop dawdling in front, you're the last ones, such bad luck. Also, where are your family emblems? Why aren't you wearing them?"
Family emblems?
Lin Ye looked around at the students in the class and noticed they all had an emblem pinned to their left chest, each emblazoned with the character 'Yang.'
At this moment, Lin Ye understood. This class was purely a lackey class.
Everyone in the class was a dog raised by the Yang Family, and the so-called emblem was just a dog tag given by the Yang Family. How ironic! This chapter was copied from novelping(.)com without permission.
"Teacher, we haven't joined any family. The principal knows we awakened our talents by accident, and there's no need to repay the five million debt for the Awakening Stones."
Yang Li glanced at Lin Ye and Lin Xi, her already displeased face turning even darker, while the other students looked at them with a flicker of agitation, but mostly with jealousy.
"Since that's the case, find a seat."
She tossed them each a basic Breathing Technique and Heavy Palm, both Yellow-rank Low Level, and the worst kind at that.
"These techniques and martial skills will do for you two. The rest, take out Thick Earth Formula and Wind-Rending Hand."
Hearing this, Lin Ye seemed to understand something and said directly, "Teacher, are we being treated differently because we haven't joined the Yang Family?"
"Oh, don't misunderstand. It's just that the techniques I teach are exclusive to the Yang Family. After all, techniques shouldn't be passed on lightly."
Lin Ye laughed, "Techniques shouldn't be passed on lightly? What a joke! Teacher, by your logic, are we attending this school for nothing?"
Yang Li smirked, "Of course not. You can still go to the school's Remnant Scroll Tower! The techniques and martial skills there are disorganized and incomplete. Maybe you'll learn a move or two, like a blind cat catching a dead rat! It's better than your previous wild ways!"
The other students, hearing this, turned their jealousy into sympathy. The Remnant Scroll Tower was known for its incomplete martial skills, where a single misstep could lead to qi and blood backlash and death.
Even if you managed to learn a move or two, an incomplete Yellow-rank High-level martial skill might not be better than a complete Yellow-rank Mid-grade skill.
The place was open all day, but aside from scholars specializing in completing martial skills, no one wanted to risk their lives there.
But Lin Ye stood up, "In that case, there's no need to stay in this class. Teacher, see you in a month."
Lin Xi followed Lin Ye out, but excitement flickered in their eyes, quickly suppressed.
They finally found their target, the Remnant Scroll Tower!