High School Student with Immortal Race System

Nanliang High School, Office of the Dean of Studies.

Director Liang Shen was looking over the Monthly Exam Rankings.

Seeing the absurd jump in ranking, even the usually stern Liang Shen couldn’t help but feel his lips twitch.

There were over 820 seniors at Nanliang High School, and Yang Shen had climbed 751 spots...

If the results hadn’t already been verified, he would have suspected Yang Shen had taken out a massive loan to bribe the proctors.

’Taking out a loan from someone else instead of me... that’s not good...’

’It could easily ruin my reputation in the school’s financial industry.’

Although a rank of 23rd in the year wasn’t quite enough to join the most elite clique of top students, considering the speed of his improvement, it probably wouldn’t be long...

At Nanliang High, the top ten students were either offensively rich or were "Unpayable Beauties." When the time came for a former slacker like Yang Shen to "pierce" their ranks, they probably wouldn’t take it too well.

’Maybe it will even trigger another wave of impulsive loans and mindless spending...’

Thinking this, Liang Shen felt much more satisfied. Although Yang Shen hadn’t taken a loan from him, he was stimulating others to do so!

’Customers are valuable, but a star salesman is a true treasure!’

’I’ll make a few calls later, summon those top students to "show concern" for their grades, and casually mention Yang Shen a few times. That should do the trick...’

With this in mind, Liang Shen felt he should fully support Yang Shen’s continued progress—and promote it heavily! It would be best if it was a huge slap in the face to those top students. The kind where you slap the left cheek, then the right!

’Yang Shen, oh, Yang Shen, you truly are a blessing to Nanliang High School~’

...

In the Physical Education Department office, Huo Jun, who wasn’t very good with computers, had found a younger colleague to help him navigate the system and look at the rankings.

He only cared about one person: Yang Shen.

When he saw the rank of 23rd in the year, he was slightly displeased. "An outstanding child who has killed a man, how can he only have this rank? Did the ones ahead of him kill two?"

The young PE teacher gave an awkward laugh. "You must be joking, sir. The ones ranked higher are also very hardworking young people. Take the new tenth-place student, for example. I heard his family sold their house. The whole family of six is living in a 20-square-meter apartment, all to support his studies... Look at that, what strict family discipline!"

Huo Jun sneered. "Selling their house? It wouldn’t matter to me if he sold his mother... But Yang Shen is great in every way, except his realm is too low... A senior, and only at mid-stage Bone Training..."

"People’s hearts aren’t what they used to be, the world is going to hell... Our Yanhua should be providing more subsidies to students like this, who’ve killed a man! Society should give them more respect and benefits! Issue a certificate of merit or something."

The young teacher gave a dry laugh. ’In that case,’ he thought, ’why not just let everyone out of prison and make them all government officials?’

’Huh... would that just be restoring them to their original posts?’

Huo Jun stared for a long while. "I have an idea. How can a 140 in the combat subject be acceptable? I’m going to make him get a perfect score! I’ll let all the parents know what kind of life experience is truly valuable! Hmph!"

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"Yang Shen?! Did you know you ranked 23rd in the year on the monthly exam?"

"Holy crap! That’s insane! How’d you do it? Did you take out a hundred-million-dollar loan from Director Liang?"

Inside the classroom, the seniors of Class Six erupted into chaos.

Everyone had already forgotten about their own results; they were all crowded around Yang Shen.

The small corner was packed so tightly you couldn’t even squeeze through.

He went on a rampage! Yang Shen went on a total rampage!

He climbed 751 places in the monthly exam rankings! That number was higher than the total score of the college entrance exam!

Faced with such an outrageous statistic, whether you believed it or not, you had to freeze for three seconds just to process it, searing it into your memory.

Then, the top students at the school would ask around among the slackers and "wet garbage" in the classes, and they quickly connected the dots.

’So he’s the guy who developed Fist Intent?’

’No way, bro! Is Fist Intent really that powerful?’

And the school was even fanning the flames...

On the first day of class after the monthly exams, the entire senior class was assembled for morning exercises for the first time in a long while, all twelve classes standing on the athletic field.

Under the sun, Yang Shen was spacing out, silently comparing his height to the students in front of and behind him.

’The greatest joys in life have to be your grades moving further and further up the rankings, while your spot in the lineup moves further and further back.’

’The tallest person in class is 1.9 meters, which I can’t hope to reach anytime soon, but I feel like I have a shot at hitting 180 cm before graduation!’

’Then during college, won’t I reach two meters?’

’After graduation, two and a half?!’

’I’ll need a five-meter coffin?’

’Just thinking about it is awesome!’

Just then, he heard his name being called over the loudspeaker.

"Our student, Yang Shen, has made outstanding progress in the recent monthly exam..."

Yang Shen snapped back to reality and looked toward the front. It was Director Liang, holding a microphone.

The principal rarely handled specific affairs; Director Liang presided over all matters at the school, big and small.

"I hope all of you will learn from him and interact with him more. Especially the top ten students from this exam—you can’t rest on your laurels and become complacent... If you’re not careful, you might just be surpassed~"

Liang Shen shook his head. "Sigh... If it were me, just thinking about it would be agonizing... Completely unacceptable!"

Yang Shen was speechless. ’Nanliang High really does have more phonies than people,’ he thought.

As soon as Director Liang’s voice faded, he felt several gazes land on him from the various class formations.

Some were curious, some disdainful, and some wary.

Whether it was female rivalry or male rivalry, this was an even more blatant "academic rivalry."

Yang Shen subconsciously glanced toward Xu Bamboo at the back of the girls’ line. ’So this is the atmosphere among top students?’ he thought.

Xu Bamboo wore a stiff expression. She wasn’t feeling great today either. Although she had expected her grades to drop, falling out of the top ten was still a bit of a surprise.

Back when she was first in their year, she never really felt much "academic rivalry," because most people wouldn’t even think of comparing themselves to her. Even if their families sold their houses, they still couldn’t compete.

Many were even secretly annoyed. ’With so much money, why is she even at Nanliang High? Go to Jianghuai City!’

But this time, with Xu Bamboo falling out of the top ten, she experienced for the first time what was meant by "malicious concern." Top students who had never contacted her before were now suddenly checking in on her...

After the morning exercises were dismissed, Yang Shen was heading toward the academic building when he was stopped by Director Liang, who was waiting by the entrance, and led to the side.

The Dean of Studies, whose mere presence at the school gate was usually enough to make every passing student break into a cold sweat, was now amiably chatting with the new legend of Nanliang as if he were a favorite nephew.

This scene was witnessed by many, and the blood pressure of a certain top-ten student spiked.

He had once taken out a million-dollar loan from the director, and all he’d gotten was a pat on the shoulder and a "You still need to train!"

Yang Shen followed the Dean of Studies for a walk along the side of the academic building.

"Yang Shen, your progress is immense, and I am very gratified... The school needs a role model like you to stimulate the students’ desire to improve."

Yang Shen thought to himself, ’I saw. A few of them were so stimulated their eyes were bloodshot.’

Liang Shen said, "I’ve never asked you this before, because your grades didn’t give you the luxury of thinking too far ahead, but now is a good time... Do you have a goal for the college entrance exam? Which university do you want to get into?"

Yang Shen fell silent for a moment, then said, "Do you think... I have a shot at Jianghuai Sports Academy?"

Before, he had never really looked into "good schools." Apart from the two famous names, Jianghuai Sports Academy and Yanjing Sports University, all the others were unfamiliar to him.

If he was going to apply to a university, he might as well aim for the best.

’If I can’t get in even with Cultivation, then this university must be something else!’

Liang Shen smiled. "If any of the other top ten students in the school asked me that, I’d probably advise them not to aim too high. But for you... it might actually be possible."

"Jianghuai Sports Academy is a top-two university in the country. Even at those ’gaokao factories,’ only a small fraction of students get the chance... Our school hasn’t produced a student with those kinds of results in almost twenty years."

Yang Shen asked, "What are the requirements?"

"To put it simply, you need a score of 700 or above on the entrance exam. But if you break it down, it’s much more complicated."

"Excluding special admissions and less popular majors, the minimum standard for entry into Jianghuai Sports Academy is mid-stage Marrow Refining. In reality, Late-stage Marrow Refining is commonplace. Every year, most of the Champion Scholars in sports, those who enter university directly at the Innate Realm, end up at one of those two schools. Some of them even score 800 points."

Yang Shen raised an eyebrow. "I thought... the maximum score on the entrance exam was 750..."

"Aren’t there bonus points? Bonus points for Fist Intent, for a Grade Nine or higher rating in the Sixth Set of Initial Body Forging Technique, for special physiques, for Horizontal Training specialization, for Comprehension specialization... Without bonus points, how could you show just how talented the true geniuses are?"

"It’s good that you have this ambition. The path of Martial Arts is like rowing a boat upstream. If you’re going to test, aim for the best. People only remember the second-place finisher being killed by the first-place finisher with a single punch; no one cares how hard the second-place finisher worked."

Liang Shen stopped walking and turned to say, "The college entrance exam is just around the corner. Although the previous Training Camp ended disastrously due to external factors, its effects were actually quite good."

"The school is planning to form a Top Student Study Group, which will basically be the top ten students. However, I plan to make an exception and have you join as well. From now on, your PE classes will be handled by a dedicated teacher, letting you all spar with each other to stimulate their loan... I mean, their leadership potential."

Yang Shen asked, "Is the PE teacher for this group Huo Jun?"

"Not exactly... Huo is only at the school temporarily, and his mind isn’t really on teaching..."

’The main thing is, I can’t order him around anyway...’

Yang Shen keenly picked up on an issue. "Then will Xu Bamboo be participating too?"

Liang Shen shook his head. "Xu Bamboo’s slip-up on this monthly exam was due to external factors, but rules are rules."

’Now he’s talking about rules again. Clearly, Director Liang’s own rules are the only ones that matter.’

’Besides, Xu Bamboo is the one least likely to take out a loan... No need!’

Yang Shen thought for a moment, then smiled. "Then I won’t participate either."

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