5: Enrollment in junior high school

Talent awakening didn't have much impact on Lin Chen's daily life; he still went to and from school as usual, studying and accumulating knowledge.

The next time his talent would take effect, he would be 20, which was during the second semester of his sophomore year of college.

Ten years of accumulation would surely blossom into beautiful flowers by then.

Time flowed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, a year passed.

At 12 years old, Lin Chen bid farewell to elementary school and entered junior high.

"Grandpa, why haven't I awakened a profession yet? Five of my classmates have already awakened professions."

Lin Yuan leisurely drank tea, enjoying Lin Chen's anxious expression.

"Chener, the probability of natural talent awakening and natural profession awakening before the age of 18 is one percent. The probability of obtaining both simultaneously is one in a hundred thousand."

"Since you already have a talent, the probability of natural profession awakening is one in a hundred thousand. It's best to let such things happen naturally; don't rush."

"On your 18th birthday, if you still haven't naturally awakened a profession, arrangements will be made for a forced awakening, but then you'll only awaken ordinary professions."

Lin Chen was helpless; his personality naturally lacked a sense of security.

While his peers gained professions and powerful abilities, even though he was already a second-rank official martial artist, he still couldn't relax, always feeling that his powerful peers would persecute him.

He was completely overthinking things, but such was his nature; six years passed, and the symptoms had only slightly alleviated.

Nirvana Martial High, Feng City, Junior High Department, Class 1 (1).

Nirvana Martial High, Feng City's best school, where ninety percent of the city's wealthy children attended. Talented commoners were also attracted by its generous financial support.

"Brother Chen, I've got the information you asked me to collect."

"Tell me."

In the classroom, by the window in the back row, Lin Chen's deskmate, Zhou Heshan, quietly relayed the information he had gathered to Lin Chen.

Zhou Heshan, the fourth-generation descendant of the Zhou family.

The two had been classmates since elementary school and were quite close. Their public family statuses were comparable, and their families also cooperated in business, so they naturally became friends.

The Zhou family's status in Feng City was equal to the Lin family's. In some aspects, they had more privileges than the Lin family, but the Zhou family patriarch started from scratch, so their backing wasn't as strong as the Lin family's.

Besides the Lin and Zhou families, Feng City also had three other powerful families: the Li family, the Dongfang family, and the Wang family.

The five great families all existed since the founding of Feng City and made significant contributions to its development, so their status was very high.

In addition to the five great families, the official forces in the city were also strong.

The Federal Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Enforcement, the City Lord's Mansion, and the City Defense Army, these four official powers, were very tough both internally and externally, maintaining order within and outside the city.

"The boy sitting in the first row is from a commoner background. He awakened his talent in the third grade of elementary school, possibly a passive cultivation-type talent. Now, like Brother Chen, he's already a second-rank official martial artist."

"The girl by the window on the left in the second row is from a similar background as us. Both her talent and profession have naturally awakened. Her cultivation is stronger, at the mid-stage martial artist, and her combat power has reached the late-stage martial artist."

Lin Chen observed the boy and girl Zhou Heshan mentioned, his thoughts racing.

"Brother Chen, the boy's name is Lin Fan, and the girl's name is Oriental Red Sleeve. They can be considered childhood sweethearts and attended elementary school in the east of the city."

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A strong sense of déjà vu washed over him. Lin Chen had a feeling he was about to become a villain.

"Shanzi, our class is truly full of hidden talents. Which other classmates should we pay attention to?"

"Li Weijun from the Li family, Wang Ranran from the Wang family, Dongfang Li from the Dongfang family, my cousin Zhou Heming, and among the commoners, there are Zhao Changheng, Huang Jing, and Bai Ze."

The seven people Zhou Heshan mentioned had either awakened talents or professions, and their cultivation was all above the eighth layer of Martial Apprentice. Their potential was immense, and it's quite possible that after formal cultivation, they would develop rapidly and have a promising future.

Lin Chen didn't have too many thoughts. He entrusted Zhou Heshan to collect this information simply to be prepared, with no other significant goals.

His talent dictated that he wouldn't contend now; the future was when he would exert his strength.

A temporary setback was nothing; he would always catch up in the future.

"Hello, students, I am your homeroom teacher, Zhou Xingchen. For the next three years, I hope we have a pleasant time together."

Class 1's homeroom teacher, Zhou Xingchen, was a fourth-rank Martial Grandmaster in cultivation, 40 years old, with 15 years of teaching experience, and a very excellent teacher.

On the first day of junior high, there were only a few tasks: getting to know classmates, distributing textbooks, selecting class cadres, and understanding the functions of the school buildings.

Class 1 had thirty students in total. After individual self-introductions, it was time to select class cadres.

Class cadres were indeed cadres who enjoyed school benefits.

The class president received a monthly position allowance of 10,000 yuan.

The vice class president received a monthly position allowance of 7,000 yuan.

Each subject representative received a monthly position allowance of 4,000 yuan.

Class cadres earned money for their work, acting as assistants to the teachers, helping manage the class, with neither too much nor too little power.

Lin Chen wasn't interested in these, and other aristocratic children were also unenthusiastic. Small power and not much money couldn't move them.

Therefore, all class cadres were held by students from ordinary families in the class.

The class president was Lin Fan, the vice class president was Bai Ze, the liberal arts representative was Huang Jing, the science representative was Zhao Changheng, and the martial arts representative was Lu Ziye.

For the first month, the five were on probation. After a month, if they performed well, they could continue as class cadres; if not, new people would be selected.

After the class cadres were chosen, the homeroom teacher took out the textbooks needed for this semester from his storage ring, a total of 30 books.

Liberal arts: Language, History, Politics, Geography, a total of twelve books.

Sciences: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, a total of twelve books.

Martial arts: Version 86 Body Tempering Technique, Spark Meditation Method, Version 42 Qi Blood Refinement Technique, Basic Fist Techniques, Basic Movement Techniques, Basic Weapon Combat Techniques, a total of six books.

Compared to elementary school, junior high had more courses, especially with the addition of martial arts, which significantly increased the study pressure.

Liberal arts, future direction: governance, business.

Sciences, future direction: scientific research, business.

Martial arts, not limited to any direction, offered more future options and the broadest prospects.

As long as one was qualified to pursue martial arts, no one would choose liberal arts or sciences, as they had limitations.

In a high-martial world, strength ultimately spoke the loudest.

"Brother Chen, see you tomorrow."

"Shanzi, see you tomorrow."

On the first day of school, after miscellaneous matters were handled, the school directly gave a holiday, and the next day was when formal classes began.

The next morning, Lin Chen and Zhou Heshan arrived at the classroom together.

He found a steaming hot breakfast on his seat.

This was a free breakfast provided by the school, rich in nutrients, valued at one hundred yuan, prepared by the school's nutritional chef, and most suitable for junior high students.

This was good, but Lin Chen had already eaten a more nutritious and easily digestible breakfast at home, so he couldn't eat anymore.

"Shanzi, what should I do with this breakfast?"

"Give it to other classmates; this is a customary practice in Class 1."

Class 1 had 30 students, 15 from aristocratic families and 15 from commoner families; this arrangement naturally had a deeper meaning.

Aristocratic children didn't care about the ordinary benefits provided by the school, so these benefits naturally went to the commoner children.

For example, free breakfast and class cadre position benefits, aristocratic children wouldn't compete for them, so the school naturally had more resources to cultivate commoner students.

Martial artists had large appetites, so eating two breakfasts was not an issue.

At this moment, Lin Fan and Oriental Red Sleeve walked into the classroom together. Oriental Red Sleeve saw the breakfast on the table and directly picked it up and placed it on Lin Fan's table.

Lin Fan quietly thanked her and ate, as if no one else was there.

Oriental Red Sleeve returned to her seat in a happy mood and began reading, occasionally looking at Lin Fan as he ate breakfast, with light in her eyes.

Anyone with an eye could tell the two had a bit of a story.

"Brother Chen, which classmate in the class are you planning to give your breakfast to?"

"Shanzi, you can arrange it; I don't care."

"Alright then, I'll dispose of it as I see fit."

Zhou Heshan picked up two breakfasts and gave them to a pair of twin brothers in the class.

Both of them had awakened talents and were at the seventh layer of Martial Apprentice. Their family conditions weren't good; they were from ordinary families, and the support they could receive was limited.

Other aristocratic children followed suit, giving the breakfasts on their tables to the commoner classmates in the class, achieving a one-on-one support situation.

Yesterday after school, the homeroom teacher Zhou Xingchen had already done ideological work with the 15 commoner students, so they didn't refuse the offered breakfasts due to self-esteem or similar reasons.

You can't refuse tangible benefits because of self-esteem, and besides, this didn't involve self-esteem; everyone did it, and it had become an unwritten rule.

The aristocratic children lost nothing, and the commoner children gained tangible benefits, and because of this, some of the barriers between them were eliminated.

At least it made the students realize that the school stood with the commoners and would strive for more benefits for them, not favoring aristocratic children.

This kind of guidance in atmosphere was the school's educational objective.

(The small favors of the rentier class can easily win over the common people.)