Chapter 1

Base City, Fifth Academy.

Young men and women looked nervous.

Under the teacher’s guidance, they placed their hands on the two-meter-tall stone tablet in the center of the field.

The stone tablet slowly started to glow.

The brightness of the light determined one’s vigor.

If one’s vitality matched the level of one’s realm, one would pass the assessment.

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If it were twice as good, one would be considered outstanding.

If one did not meet the standard, one would fail.

This was the data that would be recorded in the graduation file, so everyone attached great importance to it.

Following the teacher’s announcements, people began to feel relieved one after another.

“Liu Yuan, Mortal Body stage 2, vitality value 3 points. Fail… You won’t be able to graduate if this goes on, you know? Next.”

“Ni Zhuang, Mortal Body stage 5, vitality value 5 points. Pass.”

“Huo Qing, Mortal Body stage 6, vitality value 7 points. Pass.”

“Xu Cai, Mortal Body stage 7, vitality value 6 points… Remember to pay more attention to your vitality cultivation in the future. I’ll let you pass this time, so keep up the good work.”

…

The teacher scribbled on the notebook in his hand and recorded all the data.

Except for a few people who had started to mess up since they entered the school, most of the students passed the test.

Even so, the teacher’s expression became uglier.

The school leaders on the stage could not help but sigh.

“Why is it like this again? It’s been so long since the start of the school, but not a single martial artist has appeared.”

“The first few academies have already produced martial artist students. If this continues, how are we going to present ourselves? Are we going to set a new record low?”

“Could there be a problem with our teaching method? No way. It’s only these few batches that have problems. It wasn’t like this in the past.”

“I think it’s because the students we recruited have mediocre talent and can’t bear great responsibilities!”

“It’s not that bad. Maybe they haven’t awakened their talents yet, so they’re slightly mediocre at the beginning of cultivation. Look at the geniuses of the First Academy. Didn’t they all awaken their talents?”

“You’re right. Let’s wait and see. Maybe someone will break through after the holiday.”

“I hope so.”

Unfortunately, things did not go as they wished.

In the blink of an eye, only a few people remained in the line of thousands of people on the field in front of the stone tablet.

At this point, not to mention martial artists, there was not even one outstanding student.

The ugly expressions on the faces of the school leaders gradually turned into looks of disappointment.

“Lin Bai, Mortal Body stage 7, vitality value 9 points. Excellent.”

Soon, the last announcement was made by the teacher in his clear voice.

The school leaders looked at each other and felt a deep sense of helplessness.

“9 points for vitality value. That’s close to that of a martial artist, but your realm… Forget it, this is fate.”

The person who spoke did not look in the direction of the field anymore and left.

The rest of the school leaders also shook their heads and left, no longer having any hope for this assessment.

The teacher happened to turn around and saw this. He could not help but shake his head silently, then he looked at Lin Bai again and said, “Not bad. You’ve improved this time, but it’s been a long time since you’ve broken through. You have to work harder, Lin Bai.”

Behind the stone tablet stood a young man with a handsome face. However, his eyebrows were slightly furrowed as if he was not satisfied with his results.

When he heard this, he sighed and nodded.

“I know, teacher. I’ll continue to work hard.”

The teacher did not say anything more. He patted the young man’s shoulder to encourage him.

Lin Bai was a little dispirited. He walked slowly to a big tree at the edge of the field and sat down, looking into the distance.

He could tell.

The teachers and school leaders were very disappointed with the assessment.

He was the same.

He was very dissatisfied with himself.

“This is far from enough.”

Lin Bai clenched his fists, got up, and ran to the training area not far away. He started to use all kinds of equipment to train his physique.

He had transmigrated to this era where spiritual Qi was being restored and everyone was awakening.

The difference between social classes was cultivation realms.

Whoever was stronger was in the right!

Lin Bai knew that the peace in front of him required a powerful force to maintain.

Therefore, for more than ten years, day after day, he had used his tenacious will to spur himself and work hard to become stronger.

His strength was now ranked in the upper tier of the entire Fifth Academy.

However, according to the realm division of the martial arts world…

Mortals, martial artists, martial masters, grandmasters, great grandmasters…

It was obvious.

Lin Bai had not even reached the ‘beginner’ stage and was only a high school student with a Mortal Body at stage 7.

He was still three small stages away from becoming a martial artist.

The big test was coming up.

If he could not break through to become a martial artist before that, he would not be able to do it.

Then he would have no fate with martial arts in this life.

He would become an ordinary person through and through.

All those below martial artists were mortals!

Their lives were like ants, not worth mentioning at all!

Only by becoming a martial artist would one be able to obtain a prominent position, be valued by the higher-ups, and receive resources.

Lin Bai was not willing to let others control his fate.

Instead of waiting for the ‘awakening of talent’, he might as well rely on his own efforts to fight for his future!

At the very least, he had to take the first step on the martial path!

Hence, he worked even harder in his training.

1 hour!

2 hours!

3 hours!

From sunrise to sunset.

Lin Bai did not stop for a moment.

All the muscles in his body were trembling.

His meridians had also begun to tingle as a warning.

Even so, he still gritted his teeth and persevered.

He tried his best to break through the limits of his body.

All of a sudden…

After a series of high-intensity training, he finally blacked out and fell onto the grass.

Lin Bai panted heavily, as if he had been hit thousands of times by a hammer. His entire body was sore, and he no longer had the strength to get up.

Unfortunately, there was still no sign of a breakthrough.

Lin Bai was not discouraged.

He quickly adjusted his breathing and prepared to continue training after a short rest.

At this moment, a mechanical voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

[Ding! Charge complete. The Contract Rebate System has been awakened!]

‘Eh?

‘Is this standard for transmigrators?’

Lin Bai raised his eyebrow.

‘My system is finally here!’

After transmigrating for such a long time, he no longer had much hope.

He did not expect it to come into his body through awakening.

Furthermore, it had come at such a timely moment!

It happened to be on the eve of the big test!

‘Thank you, goddess of luck. I’ll definitely burn more handsome paper guys for you in the future.’

People were usually in high spirits when there was a happy event.

Lin Bai felt that his physical fatigue had subsided a lot. He immediately sat up straight and began to understand his innate ability.

It was a very simple thing.

[Contract Signing]!

Lin Bai could take the initiative to choose people around him as the contract partner.

After that, any benefits that the contracted party received would be returned to him by a certain percentage.

The higher the talent of the contracted partner, the greater the return!

When he saw this, he was overjoyed.

“If I sign a contract with a great grandmaster, and he cultivates once, wouldn’t the rebate system allow me to break through to the great grandmaster or even the grandmaster level?

“Even if I can’t find a great grandmaster, I can just randomly find someone to sign an unlimited number of contracts. Little by little, less becomes more!”

As soon as this thought appeared, the system sent a notification.

This was because his cultivation level was only at the Mortal Body level.

Therefore, the most he could do was to sign a contract with a martial artist or below.

Furthermore, he could only sign with one person for a month, and some random conditions had to be met.

This time, it was [sharing the same room with no outsiders].

“If that’s the case, I’ll have to think carefully.”

Lin Bai did not mind these restrictions.

Compared to those who did not awaken their talents until they died of old age, he was much better.

He was very lucky.

It did not matter if he improved slowly.

That said…

‘Who should I choose as my first contract partner…?’

Just then, a figure suddenly ran over from the empty field.

Lin Bai focused on that person.

‘Oh!

‘My good brother is here!’