Monster Logger - Chapter 16

Chapter 16: News of the College Entrance Examination

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

For several days after that, although there weren’t as many reports of this incident in the news, they quickly spread.

Even Qin Ming’s school was suspended for three days.

It was not until another week later, with the college entrance examination around the corner, that the heat of this vicious incident gradually subsided.

At this moment, there were only less than two weeks left before the final college entrance examination.

During this period, the school conducted another physical test. The results of Qin Ming’s test were the same as the last time. His Qi Sea value was 42 points and his mental strength value was 75 points. There was no further increase.

This disappointed Zhang Yu a little because he had already received some news that the admission requirements of the various martial arts academies this year would be higher than last year.

Last year, the minimum admission requirement of the Martial Academy was about 81 points for Qi Sea, and 78 points for mental strength.

If the scores and body tempering of the cultural class were very outstanding, there was a chance that he would be accepted even if his score was one or two points lower. Of course, this chance was a little slim.

After all, what the Martial Academy valued the most were the two hard indicators of the Qi Sea and mental strength. Although cultural classes and physical tempering were also considered for admission, they were not valued.

For example, a student with a Qi Sea of 80 points had average results in cultural studies while another student had a Qi Sea of 78 points. His cultural results were quite outstanding, and his overall results were higher than the former.

In such a situation, the Martial Academy would very likely choose the former student. The Martial Academy valued the Qi Sea and mental strength cultivation over the overall results.

Of course, Zhang Yu still encouraged Qin Ming to maintain a positive mindset and not be depressed.

He even tactfully expressed that if necessary, he would ask Qin Ming’s parents to fork out a sum of money to buy a bottle of mental stimulation medicine. Perhaps it could increase his mental strength by a little before the college entrance examination.

Qin Ming only said that he would consider it and didn’t mention it to his parents.

Such mental stimulants cost at least 30,000 to 50,000 yuan per bottle on the market.

If he wanted something of better quality, a bottle would cost 70 to 80 thousand yuan, or even more than a hundred thousand yuan.

With his family’s situation, it was still a little difficult to come up with this money at once.

Most importantly, if he managed to get into the Martial Academy in the end, this investment would be worth it.

However, the problem was that when this kind of medicine was used on different people, the effect would also be different.

Even if he took a bottle of mental stimulation medicine, he might not be able to pass. In fact, it was still very likely that he would not be able to pass.

With his current 75 points of mental strength, unless he increased it by seven or eight points before the college entrance examination, it was not stable enough.

Not to mention a bottle of mental stimulant, considering his resistance and possible side effects, three bottles might not even be enough to increase his strength by seven or eight points.

Therefore, he only thought about it and did not expect to be able to get into a Martial Academy with such an expensive potion.

His parents couldn’t fork out hundreds of thousands to buy him potions either.

There’s less than two weeks left, Qin Ming thought.

With a thought, a translucent pop-up window appeared.

After more than ten days, the golden halo had mostly lit up again.

What could be seen was that the last word was still grayish-white, and half of the words were embellished in gold.

It should be soon. Whether I have a chance to enter a Martial Arts Academy depends on whether I can obtain another round of monster rewards before the college entrance examination, Qin Ming thought.

Now he could only place his hopes on this strange login device. If this login device could not help him, he had to give up on the idea of applying to a Martial Arts Academy.

That night, he might have been dreaming.

He dreamed that he was transformed into a dragon and was smoking in the sky. Occasionally, he would transform into a phoenix and rise up from a volcano with spewing magma.

At times, he would transform into an underwater beast and overturn the sea.

…

The next day, he went to school as usual.

“Qin Ming, I heard that the admission requirements of the various martial arts academies have become more stringent this year, especially Shanze Academy. It’s said that the Qi Sea threshold of the Martial Arts Department has reached 105 points this year, and the mental strength threshold of the Spirit Nurturing Department has also reached 102 points.”

Ma Zhiwen had heard some rumors from somewhere and whispered to Qin Ming and the others.

Everyone knew that his goal this year was to enter the Shanze Martial Arts Academy. If they raised the recruitment threshold this year, it would naturally not be good news.

“Didn’t the test results of your Qi Sea reach 108 points last week? There shouldn’t be a need to worry too much, right?” Qin Ming said.

“God knows if they will raise the threshold further in the end. The cultivation environment is getting better and better now, and more and more talented cultivators appear every year. This year, it’s even more explosive, especially those famous martial arts academies.”

Ma Zhiwen said. It was obvious that even he felt the pressure.

“Who did you hear this from? Is the news reliable?” A student asked nervously.

He was also a student who was going to take the examination this year. When he heard that it would be especially difficult this year, he could not help but worry.

“This is also what my father heard when he was drinking tea with a few deans in the city. It’s the same for all the martial academies in the country. The recruitment threshold will increase this year. I think it can’t be wrong.”

As soon as Ma Zhiwen said this, those students who wanted to enter the Martial Academy started complaining.

“How can I live like this? My luck is too bad. It just has to be this year’s turn to raise the recruitment threshold…”

“I want to be alone…”

“Sigh, if this is true, then people like me are most likely hopeless.”

“Uh…” Ma Zhiwen didn’t expect that sharing this news would make so many people become negative. “Don’t be discouraged so early. The recruitment threshold hasn’t been officially announced yet. Everything is still uncertain.”

“Even if you say so…”

Until class started, the students in the class who were aiming for the Martial Academy did not calm down after being rattled by the news.

The form teacher noticed that the atmosphere in his class seemed to be a little off today, so he asked his students about it.

A student couldn’t help but ask, “Teacher, how’s the recruitment requirement for the Martial Academy this year? Have you heard anything?”

Qin Ming glanced at Ma Zhiwen, who was sitting in front of him. As expected, he had covered his face and lowered his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

He was already regretting revealing this news before the college entrance examination without thinking too much about it. It had indeed affected the confidence of many people.

“I was just about to tell everyone about this today so that you can be mentally prepared.

I received a notice from the education department that the recruitment requirements of the various martial arts academies in the country will become more stringent this year. The points might be the highest in the past decade, especially for those famous martial arts academies.”

Although it affected the students’ confidence, Zhang Yu still said it with a responsible attitude.

After all, this was news that the education department was about to release publicly. Even if he didn’t say it now, these news would appear on the television and cell phone news in two days. The students would still know about it.