Chapter 91

"No——"

Helian Lie let out a惨叫, a deep, blood-red color spreading from his neck, instantly engulfing his entire face. His face alternated between white and red, his features completely twisted, like a drum face that had been smashed!

He felt stars in his eyes, as if someone was beating a drum in his ears, and others were laughing loudly. His temples throbbed, as if two little people were trying to drill out, making him sway unsteadily, unable to stand firm.

"Li Yao! Li Yao! Where did you come from? A spirit root development of 92%? A full 100% higher than me? Impossible, absolutely impossible! There must be a mistake, a mistake!"

Helian Lie panted heavily, his heart screaming wildly, a wave of uncontrollable emotion rising from the depths of his throat.

Not far from him, the principal of Chixiao No. 2 High School, Zhao Shude, the head of the teaching department, Hei Mianshen, and a group of board members were all dazed, swaying unsteadily. Their expressions could only be described with four words—like a family in mourning!

"How is this possible? A student from a miner's children school actually defeated our school and took the title of top student in Fuge City?"

"Li Yao? Is it—Li Yao!"

Zhao Shude and Hei Mianshen looked at each other, beads of sweat forming on their foreheads. They glanced at Helian Ba, who had been smiling like a blooming peach blossom just moments ago, but now had a face as pale as ice.

The reporters, however, reacted the fastest. After a brief silence, they jumped up as if injected with adrenaline:

"Big news, super big news! The worst school in Fuge City has produced a top student! Today's ratings are sure to explode!"

"Wait, Li Yao, Li Yao, that name sounds familiar!"

"Hey, isn't Li Yao that 'fleeting demon star'? He's actually recovered, and his strength has even improved?"

"There's something going on here! Wasn't Li Yao originally a student at Chixiao No. 2 High School? Why did he take the college entrance exam under the name of a miner's children school and win the title of top student in Fuge City?"

"Principal Zhao, please explain. Why is Li Yao listed under the miner's children school?"

"Yes, Principal Zhao, what's going on? How did Li Yao leave Chixiao No. 2 High School? How could you let such a cultivation genius go?"

Under the relentless questioning of the reporters, Zhao Shude felt like crying but couldn't, his face pale, his lips trembling, and he shook his head repeatedly: "No comment, no comment!"

"Guys, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and go interview Li Yao at the miner's children school!"

Seeing Zhao Shude's expression of utter despair, a few quick-witted reporters immediately reacted, thinking, "Why waste time arguing with him when the main person hasn't even appeared yet?"

Suddenly, the dozens of reporters who had been swarming around Helian Lie and Zhao Shude scattered, their flying cars rising urgently into the sky, heading for the Gray Rock District.

"You, you all come back!"

Helian Lie's eyes were bloodshot, his anger uncontrollable. He grabbed a reporter's sleeve and screamed wildly, "It must be a mistake in the crystal brain! I am the top student in Fuge City, I am! Interview me, interview me, you blind fools!"

"Shut up!"

The reporter shook hard, but couldn't shake him off, and in a fit of rage, pushed Helian Lie hard in the chest.

With Helian Lie's strength, he wouldn't normally be pushed over by a reporter, but at this moment, he felt as if all his bones had been removed, and he fell to the ground, landing softly.

The reporter didn't even look back, flinging his sleeve and hurrying away.

Helian Lie sat for a while, his expression blank, a strange smile on his face. Suddenly, he felt a churning in his chest and vomited profusely.

—This was the aftereffect of Li Yao's "Heart-Piercing Hammer." Whenever he was extremely nervous, he couldn't help but vomit.

In the competition with Li Yao, Helian Lie had been utterly defeated, in a miserable and unbearable state!

...

In the Gray Rock District, at the miner's children school.

Compared to the bustling scene at Chixiao No. 2 High School, the atmosphere at the miner's children school was much more relaxed. There was no large screen here, and all the candidates checked their scores and rankings through their micro-crystal brains.

The candidates here were realistic and never dreamed of attending a prestigious university. They were satisfied with being able to enter a vocational school.

So when the college entrance exam results came out, the candidates were not overly anxious and continued to gather in small groups, chatting and laughing.

"I scored 345 points, ranking 75,562 in the city. Ha, that's enough, enough. This score should get me into the 'Xuanhuo Culinary School'!"

"I did pretty well too, scoring 341 points, but I haven't decided which school to attend yet. My dad insists I learn how to operate excavation magical artifacts and become an excavator, but my dream is to be a beautician!"

Just as the candidates from the poor district were chatting and laughing, a series of sharp roars suddenly came from the sky. Dozens of rainbows flashed over the miner's children school, leaving behind colorful trails that slowly spread out.

"Wow, so many luxury flying cars!"

"Look, that flying car seems to have the Education Bureau's emblem on it!"

"Our Gray Rock District is a famous poor area. What are so many luxury flying cars doing here? They seem to be heading for the Gray Rock School!"

Soon, the students received the news that a student named Ge Qiang from the Gray Rock School, which was also in the Gray Rock District, had performed like a possessed god and made it into the top thousand of Fuge City's college entrance exam rankings.

A wave of exclamations rippled through the campus.

"Amazing! I never thought a candidate from a poor district could make it into the top thousand in Fuge City!"

"I know Ge Qiang. His mother passed away early, and his father, who was originally a miner, was severely injured in an accident and became paralyzed. The family relies on a small amount of assistance to survive. So Ge Qiang works very hard, hoping to get good grades to cure his father and change the family's fate!"

"That's right. I've seen Ge Qiang running on the street with heavy stones several times at four or five in the morning. The neighbors all say he's a true cultivation fanatic!"

"So many reporters and officials from the Education Bureau are interviewing Ge Qiang. This kid has really leaped from a carp to a dragon, rising to the top!"

The candidates at the miner's children school were very envious of Ge Qiang's performance. Such good grades would allow him to choose a good university, and some cultivation sect-affiliated companies might even offer to sponsor him, completely changing his fate.

But who could blame him for being a cultivation fanatic?

Hard work pays off, and no one can envy that.

Just as the candidates were discussing, a strange scene appeared in the sky. The luxury flying cars that had just flown toward the Gray Rock School, about to disappear on the horizon, made a large circle and flew straight toward the miner's children school!

More luxury flying cars from all directions of Fuge City swarmed in, surrounding the miner's children school, making it water-tight!

"What, what's going on?"

All the candidates and parents were stunned, standing there like wooden chickens, not daring to breathe.

So many luxury flying cars, the cheapest of which cost several million, had gathered at the miner's children school, the worst-ranked and lowest-quality school in Fuge City!

After a while—

"Where is the top student?"

A group of elegantly dressed cultivators, surrounded by spiritual light, leaped out of the luxury flying cars and landed in the campus, eager to find the top student.

They were the talent scouts from the major sects in Fuge City.

"Where is the top student?"

Behind them, a large number of officials from the Education Bureau followed.

"Where is the top student?"

A large number of reporters also arrived, crowding into the crowd, making a lot of noise.

The candidates and parents at the miner's children school looked at each other, eyeing the well-dressed upper-class people with a very strange look.

It was as if they were looking at a group of idiots and lunatics.

—If they weren't idiots and lunatics, why would they come to a place like the miner's children school to look for a top student?

"Don't you know? Your school's Li Yao is this year's top student! Please have Li Yao come out for an interview! Li Yao, Li Yao!"

An impatient reporter activated his micro-crystal brain and brought up the Fuge City college entrance exam rankings on the screen.

The small line of text at the top of the list stunned all the candidates and parents at the miner's children school, making them dizzy and seeing stars.

The large campus was silent for ten seconds, and then, like a dormant volcano suddenly awakening, it erupted into deafening noise.

"Is this true? A candidate from our miner's children school has become the top student in Fuge City?"

"Heaven, am I seeing things? Did I read it wrong?"

"Incredible, truly incredible, this is simply—"

The reporter became anxious, waving his hands and shouting, "Everyone, please don't panic. Can we have Li Yao come out and say a few words? He is the top student everyone is watching, you can't hide him!"

"Right, where is Li Yao? Where is Li Yao?"

The candidates whispered to each other, discussing.

Since Li Yao was a transfer student who joined the miner's children school only in the last month and hadn't come to school much to review, most of the candidates didn't know him. After asking around, one candidate hesitated and said, "I passed by the boiler room just now and saw Li Yao. He was—repairing the boiler."

"What!"

The reporters screamed like roosters with their necks stepped on.