High School Student with Immortal Race System

On the first day of school, Yang Shen and Xu Bamboo had some time on their hands.

Since they weren’t staying in the dorms, they were spared the most troublesome part. As for Cao Wei, Yuan Rui, and Tian Zihan, they each had their own arrangements.

Cao Wei’s family had bought a house near Jiangti, but she would often return to the Yang Residence to pay her respects.

Yuan Rui chose to stay in the dorms, which would make it easier to carry out his plan to "come from the students and go to the students." He would first aim for the position of dorm leader.

As for Tian Zihan... he planned to live at the Yang Residence. Although the daily commute would be more time-consuming, he calculated that the cost of subway tickets for a semester would still be less than the dormitory fee. At worst, he could just bring his dumbbells on the subway so as not to waste any time.

So, after shaking off the clingy pest that was Jiang Xin, Yuan Rui took his leave. The other four strolled around campus to familiarize themselves with the school, waiting for the new student class meeting in the afternoon.

Jiangti was divided into Five Main Schools, among which the Qiangwu Academy occupied the largest area and had the most students.

It was truly an eye-opening experience.

University Martial Artists could cultivate the pure arts of slaughter, like weapons and Martial Arts, and they looked completely different from high school students.

Some carried longswords on their backs, some lugged 1.8-meter-long spiked maces, and others had long whips.

If Wenhua High graduates went on to junior college, many students’ start-of-school gifts were things like computers and phones.

But for Martial High School graduates entering university, most parents would buy them a suitable weapon.

Young people especially loved to show off and be unique, so registration day was like a "grand arms exhibition."

There were all sorts of strange and bizarre shapes. Even the bronze maces had rounded heads, a sight that made one’s stomach churn.

Relatively speaking, however, the "sword" was still the most common choice for the vast majority. Being common meant there was an extremely large number of compatible Cultivation Techniques and a massive wealth of predecessors’ experience to study.

Xu Bamboo and Cao Wei both carried longswords. Tian Zihan... was empty-handed.

’He probably didn’t buy one and is waiting to use the school’s public weapons.’

These things weren’t cheap. A weapon of acceptable quality cost at least ten thousand yuan, and the price of exquisite and expensive ones was practically limitless.

’As his master,’ Yang Shen thought, ’perhaps I should gift Tian Zihan a weapon...’

His disciples came from families of varying wealth. He couldn’t just accept gifts from his rich disciples while being a complete cheapskate himself.

’I have to look out for the one who gives me calendars, right?’

At a nearby notice board, Yang Shen stood reading carefully. It was an announcement about a personnel change at Qiangwu Academy... a new vice president was taking office.

Age: 90. For his Martial Arts Realm, the words "Guiyuan Realm..." were written in bold.

After the three initial realms comes the Innate Realm. Innate Perfection can give birth to "True Gang." When True Gang is refined to a microscopic level, it fosters "Jade Viscera." When one’s organs are like jade, one can reach "Tongshu."

And after Tongshu... comes "Guiyuan."

It was a realm incredibly distant for young people, so far that Yang Shen had no idea about the "cultivation characteristics above Jade Viscera." It was a level that few among the hundreds of millions of Martial Artists could ever reach.

Thirty percent of Yanhua’s population had at least reached the Skin Refining realm, putting the total number of Martial Artists at roughly four hundred million.

But the initial realms comprised the vast majority. To reach the Innate Realm, one probably had to be one in a thousand among that thirty percent.

To reach the "Guiyuan Realm"... one would probably have to be one in a thousand, or even one in ten thousand, among those in the Innate Realm.

According to ancient Yanhua tradition, a Martial Artist in the "Guiyuan Realm" would be called a "Zhenren."

Even the number one on the "Qilin List," "Bright Moon Sword," was only at Late-stage Jade Viscera at age thirty, a full two major realms below this vice president.

’Such a "Zhenren," and yet he’s merely a "Vice President" here.’

Even if Qiangwu Academy was special, that was still insane.

As for his age... an Innate Martial Artist had an expected lifespan of 120 years. Wouldn’t someone in the Guiyuan Realm live to be 250?

’At ninety, he’s in his prime for making waves.’

Xu Bamboo looked at the notice, also feeling a bit emotional. Her dream was to become a "Valkyrie." Although this was a modern term with no strict standard, one would generally need to be at least in the "Guiyuan Realm" to live up to the name.

’It feels so far away.’

’The path of Martial Arts is long and arduous.’

Yang Shen, on the other hand, was curious. He wondered what level a Martial Arts master of the "Guiyuan Realm" would be rated at in his system.

The highest-level person he had met was probably Xu Mo, but he had used his Life Chart Inspection opportunity at the time on "Ye Qingyao."

Below him was Huo Jun, who was Late-stage True Gang, corresponding to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer. In that case, Jade Viscera should be Foundation Establishment. The realms in the Cultivation Realm were a bit more "valuable" than in Martial Arts. The next realm, "Tongshu," probably wouldn’t be equivalent to Golden Core.

’Would "Guiyuan" be Golden Core?’

Now that he was enrolled, he would sooner or later meet a Martial Artist of this level. When he did, he could use Life Chart Inspection to solve this mystery.

"Does anyone know what realm the actual President of Qiangwu Academy is at?"

Cao Wei raised her hand. "I looked it up. The actual President of Qiangwu Academy doesn’t seem to come to school much. He’s just a figurehead, so this vice president is probably the one in charge."

Tian Zihan said, "Such an important position, and he can just be a figurehead? Does he just collect a salary?"

’Is his background that powerful?’

Cao Wei said mysteriously, "Forget the president; even the chancellor of Jiangti could be just a figurehead and no one would dare say anything, because he is one of the two surviving ’Nine Martial Venerables’."

At these words, the young people had a sudden realization.

’In that case, it really is okay for him to just be a figurehead...’

The Nine Martial Venerable! It was a very special title in Yanhua, not a realm of power, but an honor.

Two hundred years ago, due to centuries of exploitation and destruction by the Decaying Dynasty, Yanhua had fallen from its position as a world leader to a second-rate nation. Meanwhile, its former vassal, East Japan, saw the emergence of a new Exotic Realm within its borders—the Sword Realm. In just two generations, they rose up, surpassed Yanhua, and launched an invasion.

Many other nations also chose to come and take a piece of the pie. At that time, it could be said that the nation was on the brink of collapse and its people were plunged into misery. The war lasted for over a decade.

Just as the Yanhu People were facing a crisis of extinction, Yanhua’s third Exotic Realm, the "Xu Realm," appeared, and the situation took a turn. After several years of consolidation, Yanhua’s nine top Martial Artists launched a counterattack, sinking forty percent of East Japan’s landmass and destroying the entrance to the "Sword Realm."

This historic achievement earned them the title "Nine Martial Venerable." However, some of them were already quite old at the time and gradually passed away over the next two hundred years. Currently, only two remain, standing guard in Yanjing and Jianghuai, respectively.

The last one to pass away did so over twenty years ago.

The "Nine Martial Venerable" represented the pinnacle of honor in New Yanhua, a gloriously written page in the history books. If Yanhua, now the strongest nation on Cyan Blue, never again faced a crisis of extinction, it would probably be difficult for a title of equal weight to ever appear again.

Having such a figure as the "President of Qiangwu Academy" was mainly symbolic. They might not even meet him once in their four years. It was very likely that this great master held so many positions he couldn’t even remember them all himself.

If they were a bit more shameless... Yang Shen and the others could even call themselves "Supreme Disciples."

’Hmm... that would require a considerable amount of shamelessness.’

Yang Shen sighed with emotion. "National hatred and family feuds, sinking an enemy nation... truly a magnificent style. But we have our own stage as well."

Perhaps before long, news about the Exotic Realm where the Tattooed Guest resides might spread.

Every time a new Exotic Realm appeared, it threw the whole world into turmoil, and this time would be no exception.

Checking the time, the four of them headed toward Qiangwu Tower.

Even though they didn’t need to go to the dorms, they still had to attend the first class meeting.

The Qiangwu Academy’s new class had nearly 2,000 students. The road to Qiangwu Tower was a massive, teeming crowd of people.

When you considered that these were all geniuses under the age of eighteen who had reached at least "Mid-stage Marrow Refining," it wasn’t hard to understand why Yanhua’s strength was so unfathomably deep.

It had long since become the most powerful nation on Cyan Blue, both in its number of Martial Artists and its count of top-tier experts.

Yang Shen and Xu Bamboo were both in Class 1, while Cao Wei and Tian Zihan were not.

This brought up the "Yanhua-style Martial Arts involution mechanism."

As the grand synthesizer of such systems, Jiangti naturally embodied it in every aspect.

Class assignments at the university were strictly based on academic rankings, and it was a fluid elimination system.

The class Yang Shen and Xu Bamboo were in, Class 1, had a total of 50 people, including all dozen or so Champion Scholars they had seen before!

And that included Jiang Xin, the Innate-level student!

Some people looked at Yang Shen, others at Xu Bamboo. Everyone’s eyes held a sense of assessment and consideration. When looking at Yang Shen, they naturally didn’t dare to be presumptuous, but with Xu Bamboo...

In a handsome man and beautiful woman pairing, the girl is often seen as an accessory... she was looked down on a little.

Of course, there were also boys who still hadn’t shed their teenage hormones, their faces full of infatuation.

Zhuzi’s expression was always cold in front of outsiders. She scanned back at them without flinching.

She had naturally looked into Jiangti Martial Arts Academy’s academic system before, so she wasn’t surprised by the class’s intensely competitive atmosphere.

Yang Shen and Xu Bamboo sat together in the front row. They were still desk mates in university, and there was nothing wrong with that.

And in the front row to the side was Jiang Xin. That flashy guy had somehow gotten a glass of red wine...

He gently swirled the base of the stemmed glass with two fingers, a smile on his face. Talk about being extra. It was like he was giving a masterclass in being weird. Just completely over the top!

The two beautiful women he’d been clinging to, however, were nowhere to be seen. It seemed they weren’t Jiangti students at all. The guy had brought them purely to show off!

The classroom gradually fell silent. Yang Shen didn’t turn his head, but he could guess how many gazes were sizing him up.

After an unknown amount of time, a woman of about thirty walked in. Her hair was tied up neatly in a bun, and she wore "glasses," a rare sight for a Martial Artist.

She walked to the lectern and announced in a clear voice, "I am your counselor, Sheng Qin. Universities don’t have homeroom teachers in the traditional sense, so for the next four years, you’ll be dealing with me for basically everything outside of your studies."

"Today is the first day of school, and I will tell you the most important and most central rule of the Qiangwu Academy."

"The Challenge Ranking System."

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