Gao Wu: I became the minor villain that the protagonist was about to destroy.

"My God! What's wrong with No. 2 High School this year?! In previous years, it was already good to have one or two S-level students, but this year we have two SS-level students. No. 2 High School is probably going to surpass No. 1 High School this year!"

"Sigh, why wasn't it me who awakened the SS-level meridian? I'm not bad looking either."

"Ugh~ You should take a good look in the mirror first."

"..."

The happiest person was none other than the principal of No. 2 Middle School, Bai Gu. In previous years, he was always outdone by the principal of No. 1 Middle School, his arch-rival. This year, he finally had a chance to outdo the old guy from No. 1 Middle School in the martial arts exam in six months.

Bai Gu's eyes were practically beaming as he looked at Chu Yu and Leng Ruoxue.

However, at this moment, Leng Ruoxue saw that her awakened meridians did not cause much of a ripple, as if she had known in advance that she would awaken an SS-level converging meridian diagram.

As she stepped off the awakening platform, she glanced at Ye Ming, intentionally or unintentionally, and Ye Ming also noticed the different look in Leng Ruoxue's eyes.

At this moment, Chu Yuntian turned to the side.

"Hey, Lao Ye."

"Old Ye?"

Seeing that Ye Ming didn't react, Chu Yuntian poked him with his hand.

Ye Ming snapped out of her daze: "What's wrong?"

Chu Yuntian followed Ye Ming's gaze and saw that Ye Ming was looking at Leng Ruoxue. He then said sarcastically, "So that's why you didn't want to be my son-in-law. So you like this type. Tsk tsk tsk."

Ye Ming rolled her eyes at Chu Yuntian: "What are you talking about?"

"Oh, what's so hard to admit? I know how men are~"

"I'm too lazy to waste my breath on you."

"Ahem, seriously, I've heard my daughter mention Leng Ruoxue before. She said that she always keeps to herself at school and doesn't talk to anyone. Because of her outstanding looks, she's liked by many rich kids."

"Most importantly, she doesn't belong to any family. I brought you here partly to see my daughter, and partly to win over some talented young people who are not from the four major families."

"Leng Ruoxue is a perfect fit. If we wait too long and other families start targeting her, it will be troublesome."

Ye Ming said speechlessly, "You're letting an innocent female student, a flower of the motherland, join the underworld?"

"Why don't you listen to what you're saying?"

Chu Yuntian was speechless for a moment after hearing this. Indeed, what reason would a perfectly innocent girl have to join an underground force like the Black Dragon Society?

"Haha, you've misunderstood, brother. Don't worry, I'm here for you. My Chu family will definitely extend an olive branch."

Ye Ming's eyes were lifeless: "Oh, then I'll congratulate you in advance."

The subsequent awakening ceremony, with the SS-level lineage of the first two appearing, immediately ignited the remaining students who had not yet awakened. They all firmly believed that they would become the next SS-level or even SSS-level.

Unfortunately, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Even after all the remaining senior high school students had awakened, not a single S-rank student had emerged, let alone SS-rank or above.

Just as the awakening ceremony was about to end, Lei Hao jumped out.

"Teacher! There are still two students in our class who haven't awakened yet!"

After hearing Lei Hao's words, the head of the teaching department flipped through the list and found that no one had been missed.

"Lei Hao, you have already completed your awakening."

Now it was Lei Hao's turn to be a little confused. He remembered that neither Hanma Baki nor Lin Yue had participated in the awakening. He was thinking that if Lin Yue awakened a very low talent, he would make a good mocking decision, but who knew that their names were not on the awakening list.

"How is this possible! Don't I know my own classmates? There are clearly two students in our class who haven't awakened yet!"

However, the head of student affairs flipped through the list again and again, but still couldn't find any students who hadn't awakened to the problem.

Just then, Principal Bai Gu walked up.

"Are you talking about Baki and Lin Yue from your class?"

"That's right, it's them."

Bai Gu explained, "Because both of them are transfer students, they transferred to our school for certain reasons, so they had already awakened their inner workings long ago."

The principal's words undoubtedly shocked everyone in Class One.

"I knew it! That's why Baki had such a terrifying aura—he awakened his powers before us!"

"Exactly, I thought they were really good! Turns out they just started a little earlier than us."

"Damn it! I thought he was a genius, but he's just a repeat student."

The students in Class 1 immediately began to express their disdain, complaining about the humiliation that Baki had brought them. Fortunately, neither Baki nor Lin Yue were present.

When Bai Gu saw his students looking like this, a hint of disdain appeared in his heart. They had no idea what early awakening meant, because there was no such thing as repeating a grade for awakened individuals.

Upon learning this news, Lei Hao's fear of Lin Yue and Baki vanished instantly. In his mind, the other party was just someone who had awakened earlier than him.

He firmly believed that with his talent, he could definitely crush those two under his feet after six months of preparation.

Chu Yu shared the same expression as Principal Bai Gu. She had never won against either of them, and they had defeated her very easily.

After the awakening ceremony, the students returned to their respective classrooms under the guidance of their homeroom teachers.

When the students of Class 1 returned to their classroom, their expressions toward Baki no longer held the same awe as before, but rather disdain. A student who had repeated a year was showing off to them.

However, although they were disdainful, they also knew that they had only just awakened and were at the first level of awakening. It was still unlikely that they could fight against Baki, who was a year ahead of them. Baki's level was likely already at the level of the Village Ingen Realm or above.

Baki also sensed that the way the other students were looking at him was a little different, but he didn't care. After all, to him, these people were just like dolls, and he couldn't muster any interest in them. Only that guy named Lin Yue seemed to have some interest in him.

"Bang! Bang!"

The homeroom teacher tapped on the table, signaling everyone to sit down.

"Alright students, I'm sure you've all awakened your respective meridians. From today onwards, you will have a six-month training period. During that time, you will enter a secret realm to hone your skills and achieve good results in the martial arts exam six months from now. This will determine which university you will be admitted to in the future."

"The top three universities are Tianyan Martial Vein Academy, Xuanji Guardian Academy, and Yunjing Martial Arts Academy."

"These three academies have different focuses. Among them, the Heavenly Evolution Martial Vein Academy focuses on the development of meridians, the Profound Mystery Guardian Academy focuses on the development of the physical body, and the Cloud Realm Martial Arts Academy focuses on the development of martial arts."

"Of course, this doesn't mean that the other strengths of these three academies are weaker; it just means that their focus is different."

"You can choose the path you want to take when applying to these colleges."