Chapter 69: Effort and Talent

On this day, the last day of special training, Lin Xu gathered all the students together when their cultivation practice ended.

“Classmates, this special training has come to an end. During this period, everyone has worked very hard in their cultivation. It has been witnessed by all. Now, it’s time to test the results.

This month, everyone is well aware that our resources are determined by our own talents. However, after the official start of school, we will calculate an average progress value for students of the same class.

Those who have a higher cultivation progress than the average will receive additional rewards on top of their original resources. Those who have a lower progress will have their resources reduced.

After all, humanity faces many threats. In the endless ocean, there are countless colossal creatures evolving rapidly. Our resources must also be reserved for those who have talent and work hard.”

After Lin Xu finished speaking, the staff of the academy brought over a super-sized Awakening Spiritual Shere from the office. Then, the students took turns to step onto the stage for testing according to their student numbers.

Zhao Lei spoke up, “Ye Xuan, although you have great strength, you only focus on love every day. Your cultivation progress must not be good. I will surpass you!”

Qin Heng also said, “That’s right, women only distract me from drawing my sword. Brother, you’re obsessed with beauty, so you might fail this time.”

Upon hearing their words, Ye Xuan smiled and said, “No, no, no. Have you heard a saying? When men and women work together, the work is not tiring. With Su Mengli by my side, I can accomplish twice as much with half the effort.”

Zhao Lei said lightly, “Let’s speak with facts. I believe that my sweat is not shed in vain!”

During this month of special training, most people worked very hard, practicing for more than nine hours a day. Apart from missions, they basically stayed in the academy, diligently cultivating and never relaxing.

Only Ye Xuan and Su Mengli were exceptions. They practiced together and enjoyed their time together, going shopping and dating, living a carefree and comfortable life.

Although everyone acknowledged Ye Xuan and Su Mengli’s strength, they couldn’t afford to have lower cultivation progress than them this time, right?

One student after another took the stage. The progress of A-class ability users was about 10%, while S-class ability users had a progress fluctuating between 2% and 3%. Although there was a certain gap, it wasn’t considered large.

Among these ordinary people, Zhao Lei was indeed very hardworking. After he went on stage, the super-sized Awakening Spiritual Shere announced, “Student Zhao Lei, S-class Thunder God Power, progress: 3.4%.”

Zhao Lei didn’t boast. His progress was obviously higher than others’, and he deserved his efforts.

After Zhao Lei stepped down, he glanced at Ye Xuan. Of course, it wasn’t a provocation, but a look of satisfaction. His efforts were not in vain. He didn’t have the courage to challenge Ye Xuan because the difference in their strength was too great.

Then, a few more people took the stage. The progress of S-class cultivation was generally not higher than 3%. Zhao Lei was indeed outstanding among these ordinary people.

Finally, it was Ye Xuan’s turn to take the stage. He placed his hand on the Awakening Spiritual Shere.

“Student Ye Xuan, S-class Dragon Elephant Body, progress: 21.4%.”

After putting in a lot of effort during this period, Ye Xuan’s progress was very impressive. With the help of the Dual Cultivation Card, Auto-Battle Card, and Progress Card, he successfully raised his cultivation progress to 21.4%, which was six or seven times higher than others.

When the Awakening Spiritual Shere announced this, the students below fell silent, especially Zhao Lei, whose expression was quite complicated.

Lin Xu looked at his students, who seemed as if they had been hit by frost. He immediately clapped his hands and said, “Alright, everyone don’t think too much. Everyone’s cultivation progress is normal.

The S-class awakeners from other academies have progress similar to ours. As for Ye Xuan, he is a genius, a freak.

Although his surface talent is only S-class, his true talent is not inferior to Su Mengli’s. Don’t compare yourselves to him.

In this test, the average score for S-class progress will not include Ye Xuan’s progress. Everyone can rest assured.”

Lin Xu’s comforting words made the students who were feeling down relax a little. However, they also felt a sense of powerlessness. How could there be such a huge gap between people?

Ye Xuan lived a relaxed life every day, while they worked like old cows. However, Ye Xuan’s progress was several times higher than theirs. It was really discouraging!

After Ye Xuan, Su Mengli also went on stage for testing. Her cultivation progress was not high, only 1.16%. Her talent was too high.

In terms of cultivation progress, no one could compare to her, but at least in terms of numbers, her progress was lower than others. It wasn’t as discouraging as Ye Xuan’s.

After the test, Lin Xu said, “Alright, this special training is over. Next, you can rest for three days. During these three days, the third batch of awakeners will be born.

This time, the awakeners will be university students. At that time, our Awakener Academy will be much livelier. That’s it for today. You can all go now.”

Afterwards, Zhao Lei walked up to Ye Xuan and said, “Ye Xuan, from today onwards, I completely admire you. Could it be that being in love really speeds up cultivation? I should find a partner too!”

Qin Heng listened to Zhao Lei’s words and said, “No, are there only two of them in our Awakener Academy who are in love? Think about the progress of the other couples. It’s much slower than yours. We are already slow enough, and if we get into a relationship, we will be even further behind.”

As Ye Xuan listened to their words, a thunderous thought suddenly flashed through his mind. Being in love, being in love. Yes, he and Mengli were in love, that was known.

But even though they often held hands and hugged each other, and even kissed once during their competition, did he ever sincerely say “I love you”? It seemed like he didn’t, right?

The stagnation of good feelings between him and Mengli, could it be because of these three words?

At this moment, the system prompt sounded, “Congratulations, host. Zhao Lei’s favorability has increased to 30 points. You can draw a prize once, and the accumulated number of draws is ten times.

Congratulations, host. The Empress mission has been triggered. Tomorrow is the Empress’s birthday. Prepare a birthday banquet for the Empress with enough surprises. The rewards are rich and not to be missed!”

The total number of S-class awakeners in the Awakener Academy was only about twenty or thirty. The rest were mostly A-class awakeners. So far, Ye Xuan hadn’t deliberately made friends with anyone, but gradually, the favorability of others had reached over thirty points.

However, Ye Xuan felt that the system’s lottery was similar to the lottery in games. Single draws couldn’t get any particularly precious rewards.

On the other hand, consecutive draws had good results. Precious prizes like Knowledge Gems and Typhoon Fruits were all obtained through consecutive draws.

Therefore, during this period, Ye Xuan had accumulated ten draws. He was ready to find an opportunity to do a ten consecutive draw. Now, he finally had enough chances to do a life-threatening ten consecutive draw!

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