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Shen Congwu felt a surge of satisfaction, his eyes narrowing into slits.
"Principal, stop grinning like that, it's creepy..." Lin Yutang reminded him.
Shen Congwu coughed lightly, his emotions finally calming down.
"Increase Qingxue's resources by another 50% immediately! Make sure she has access to the best Spirit Gathering Room all day long. There's no need for anyone else to use it. Also, tell those boys not to disturb her. Those who break the rules will be expelled!"
As long as Ling Qingxue didn't blow up the school, he wouldn't say another word.
Lin Yutang gasped.
The resources provided to Ling Qingxue were already quite substantial; they had practically given her everything they could.
Just the free use of the secret places and Spirit Gathering Room was a huge drain on resources; one rare spiritual herb per week added up to tens of millions. This...
"Principal, at this rate, there won't be any resources left for the others," Lin Yutang said helplessly.
Shen Congwu tossed a storage ring out of his drawer.
"Take these first. I'm going to wait for your second uncle at the Education Bureau today. I won't leave until he allocates some resources!"
Now that Ling Qingxue had shown the potential of a top student, Lin Zhennan would have to provide him with resources, even if it meant personally going to the secret place to explore it.
This was a major event for the entire Nanchuan Province. If he handled it poorly, the governor could take his head!
Lin Yutang gave a bitter smile. "Principal, don't drive my second uncle to his death. He really doesn't have many resources. He's already given almost all the resources for the final push to Lingtian Middle School and Linjiang Middle School. If we keep pushing him, he'll have to beg..."
"I don't care! I've found a genius. How else can Nanchuan Province be revitalized? Lin Zhennan has to find a way to get resources!"
Lin Zhennan was under immense pressure right now.
If Ling Qingxue could soar to great heights, his future career would be bright.
But if Ling Qingxue's potential wasn't nurtured, then he'd truly be in trouble.
Governor Hong Lie of Nanchuan Province, who had a fiery temper, would likely send him to some remote mining area.
...
Gu Qingfeng and Shen Lianmeng, who were recruiting students in Ximo Province for early admissions, suddenly received a call from the president of Qingshan University.
The two were at a loss.
"Hurry up and answer it. It might be something important," Shen Lianmeng said.
Gu Qingfeng answered the phone and was immediately met with an explosive barrage of questions from Qingshan University's president.
"Gu Qingfeng, are you blind? If you're blind, go and retire! Didn't you and Shen Lianmeng both go to Linjiang Middle School? How could you not have discovered Ling Qingxue, such a promising student? You'd better get back here right now!"
Gu Qingfeng swallowed hard, completely bewildered.
Wait, what did I do? Didn't she reject my offer?
"Principal, Lianmeng and I tested Ling Qingxue. Her level is too low, but her talent is undeniable. So, Lianmeng and I both gave her an S-rank admission notice, but she refused. It's not that we didn't want to admit her."
"You idiot! Are you a pig?! Someone like her, a top-tier talent qualified to compete for the top three in the martial arts exam, and you insult her with a mere S-rank admission notice? Why didn't you give her an SSS-rank admission notice and admit her immediately?!"
"I..."
Gu Qingfeng was dumbfounded. He didn't understand what had happened.
Ling Qingxue did defeat Zhang Quan, but that was far from enough to get an SSS-rank admission notice, right?
Only a top-ten seed in the martial arts exam would qualify for an SSS-rank admission notice.
Meanwhile, Shen Lianmeng saw the video and smiled bitterly.
She took the phone from Gu Qingfeng's hand.
"Principal, Ling Qingxue's goal is Beiming Martial Arts University. Even if we offered her an SSS admission letter, she wouldn't accept it."
Principal Qingshan, on the other end of the phone, remained silent for a long time before sighing.
"What a pity. If we could recruit Ling Qingxue to our Qingshan Martial Arts University, our ranking would definitely rise a level in two years. That's the Taotie bloodline!"
The Taotie bloodline was known as a highly ferocious bloodline, untamed since ancient times. For someone to control it now was an unprecedented feat.
No one knew how high their achievements would reach.
The reason why ferocious beast bloodlines were so feared lay in their high growth potential and earth-shattering strength.
Whether it was a ferocious beast bloodline or a divine beast bloodline, their ancestors were gods, collectively known as divine beasts!
The Taotie ferocious beast, was especially renowned for its ability to devour the heavens and the earth, and its breakthrough speed was unimaginable.
Furthermore, the legendary Taotie bloodline could devour the bloodlines of other divine beasts for its own use, making it like a walking bug in the system.
Today, the bloodlines of the Four Fiends were virtually extinct on Earth. Now that the Taotie bloodline had emerged, it was the object of every martial arts university's fervor.
It would probably be a few days before all the martial arts universities come knocking on their door.
Gu Qingfeng smiled wryly. "Got scolded again. This job is really tough. We get blamed for not recruiting geniuses, but that old fool of a principal never looks at his own shortcomings."
If Qingshan Martial Arts University were as strong as Beiming Martial Arts University, would she still refuse them?
"Stop thinking about it. Let's hurry up and finish the missions at the remaining high schools. Anyway, we can't handle geniuses of that level."
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Lingtian Middle School, Spirit Gathering Room.
At this time, Ling Qingxue was cultivating alone in a Spirit Gathering Room, completely unaware of the storm caused by the battle between Wu Liang and Lei Jiao.
The Spirit Gathering Array above her head was constantly operating, gathering energy from the surroundings. With the powerful refining ability of the 'One Thousand Sources Return to One' technique, her vital energy was steadily increasing.
At this rate, she could break through the bottleneck and advance to the Second Rank late-stage within five days.
And with the spiritual herbs provided by Lingtian Middle School, her spiritual power would soon reach the Second Rank mid-stage as a Spiritual Master.
"I'm still quite a distance from Xuan Tianwen and the others. I'm afraid I won't have enough time to catch up with them in terms of ranks."
With only three months left, breaking through to the Third Rank early-stage would be her limit; the mid-stage was practically impossible.
She couldn't devour energy like Wu Liang without any side effects.
To build a solid foundation and establish her martial arts roots, she could only proceed step by step.
"I hope Wu Liang doesn't cause any trouble..."
Wu Liang hadn't come to the Spirit Gathering Room with her to cultivate. While he could also absorb this free-floating energy, it was far less efficient than devouring magical beasts.
So Ling Qingxue had sent him alone into the secret place for training. It was just a low-level secret place; there probably weren't any magical beasts that could harm him.
Besides, this was Lingtian Middle School, and Shen Congwu would guarantee his safety.
"It's a pity that True Dragon Blood was meant for the winner of the martial arts exam. Had Wu Liang been able to consume it, he might have gained another formidable ability."
Each of the top ten finishers in the martial arts exam received a precious treasure specially prepared by the top ten martial arts universities.
This True Dragon Blood was brought out by the top Martial Arts University, Longshen (Dragon God). It came from a True Dragon with royal blood, making it extremely precious.
It was far superior to the dragon bones of the Fiery Azure Dragon sub-species.
Unfortunately, even Ling Qingxue wasn't confident of taking first place in this year's difficult exam, so she could only settle for second place.