The undead have descended upon the world? I possess a sword that can cleave the heavens once more!

The classroom was completely silent. Everyone stared, mouths agape, at the girl with her ponytail still sitting in her seat.

"This is information on the thirteen martial arts universities in Xilin Province. I just found it on their official websites. Here you go."

The homeroom teacher, Ms. Wang, took a couple of breaths, her chest still rising and falling slightly, and beads of sweat trickling down her temples.

She had obviously run very fast.

She stepped forward and placed a stack of documents that she had been holding in her right hand on the table in front of Wu Jing.

He continued, "Two days from now is the time for everyone to fill out their military academy applications."

"Take these next few days to think it over carefully, and then choose a martial arts university that you want to attend."

With the martial arts program just starting this year, Teacher Wang, as a veteran teacher and homeroom teacher, naturally took a close look at the series of notices issued by the Ministry of Education regarding the program.

She read those notices over and over again. From the various benefits of martial arts universities and the arrangements for martial arts exams mentioned in those notices, she could only see four words: extremely important!

The allocation of education funds, the deployment of teachers, and the construction of infrastructure all represent substantial investments.

It is evident that the importance attached to this martial arts discipline and the resource allocation to the martial arts university are far greater than any previous so-called support policies!

Teacher Wang realized that this martial arts course was an extremely rare and valuable opportunity.

She has seen too many students miss opportunities because of information asymmetry.

So, with the idea of ​​not letting any student miss out, she started introducing the various contents of the martial arts course to her students in the first few days after the announcement of the opening of the martial arts course, telling them about the good benefits and the rarity of the opportunity at the martial arts university.

She talked about it in class meetings, posted it in the parents' group, and even paid for dozens of copies of the materials herself to distribute to her students.

However, although she had read through most of the materials related to the college entrance examination for martial arts, she had never seen any terms related to "early admission", "admission without examination", or "application system".

But just now, she suddenly received a direct notification from the Education Bureau of Xilin Province.

The notification was simple: one of her students, Wu Jing, had received invitations from thirteen martial arts universities in Xilin Province!

To be honest, she couldn't believe it when she first saw the notification.

She recognized every single word on the notice, but when they were put together, she just couldn't understand it.

She rubbed her eyes and looked at it again; it was still the same words, still the same meaning.

As a student in her class, Wu Jing naturally knew who it was.

Moreover, the notice included student ID numbers, so there was no possibility of a duplicate name.

However, aside from the fact that this was a joint notice issued by thirteen martial arts universities, she clearly remembered that Wu Jing's name was not on the list of martial arts applicants when the final tally was done last night.

In other words, Wu Jing from their class was provisionally admitted to all the martial arts universities in Xilin Province without even having applied.

The phrase "accidentally trespassing into the Heavenly Palace" came to mind.

She snapped out of her reverie and took a deep look at the girl in front of her with slightly long bangs and a ponytail.

Her gaze lingered on Wu Jing's face for a moment, then she nodded to Wu Jing: "Finally, the teacher still wants to say—"

"Congratulations."

Then she turned and walked out of the classroom.

Wu Jing was still in a daze at this moment.

She had been thinking that she had indeed missed the opportunity to enroll in the martial arts program this year and would have to wait until next year.

When she came to school this morning, she was mentally prepared to be an observer.

But now, her homeroom teacher has told her directly that she has been accepted by thirteen martial arts universities at the same time?

Thinking this, Wu Jing reached out and touched the stack of documents in front of her that still smelled of ink and were clearly freshly printed.

Her fingertips traced the edge of the paper, the slightly rough, warm sensation traveling from her fingertips into her consciousness.

It felt so real, it wasn't a dream.

At this moment, Lin Xinmai finally came to her senses.

She blinked twice, pursed her lips, and then opened them again: "You little rascal, Jing!"

"Such a big thing, and you didn't tell me sooner!"

Although she spoke words of reproach, there was no blame in her tone, and her face showed a genuine smile of happiness for her friend.

"Great! We can go to school together now! Yay!"

Xia Yu, standing to the side, shook her head: "It's not certain yet."

"If Wu Jing goes to Xilin Martial Arts Academy, we might not be able to go."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xin's smile faltered.

"That's right."

"But Jing, which martial arts university do you want to go to?"

Wu Jing didn't hear a word Lin Xinmai and Xia Yu said at this moment.

Her mind was racing.

Although she was indeed stunned when she first heard the news that she had been accepted by thirteen martial arts universities at the same time, now that she has calmed down, many questions have surfaced in her mind.

She was just an ordinary high school student, and she couldn't imagine any reason why she could be accepted by thirteen martial arts universities at the same time.

There is no such thing as a free lunch in this world, and there is no such thing as an acceptance letter without a reason.

Therefore, someone must have been pulling strings behind the scenes to make this happen.

As for who it is?

Wu Jing could only think of one possibility.

The image of the sunglasses-wearing figure she had just seen flashed through her mind.

Is he that brother's friend? And who is he? Why can he so easily interfere with the admissions process for martial arts universities?

There are a total of thirteen martial arts universities, which is all the martial arts universities in Xilin Province.

Who could possibly make them simultaneously send admission invitations to an ordinary high school student who hasn't even registered?

She hadn't thought much about the matter because she was so focused on the news that her brother was still alive, and as a result, she overlooked many things.

At this moment, all the details she had previously overlooked came to light.

Who exactly is the other party?

Why is he on the main stage of the Wuhan University of Science and Technology's college entrance examination?

My brother is just an ordinary high school student with nothing special about him, so how come he has a friend who can sit in the main seat on the stage of the martial arts college entrance examination?

How did someone like that become friends with my brother?

Moreover, the fact that they said "it's not the right time" indicates that they have always been aware of their brother's situation.

But logically speaking, even if something really happened to his brother, shouldn't the family members be notified first?

Why would the other party deliberately conceal information about their brother?

Suddenly, Wu Jing inexplicably recalled the changes that had occurred in Wu You before his disappearance.

An almost impossible thought popped into Wu Jing's mind.

What if her brother wasn't just an ordinary high school student as she thought, but had some other identity?

Thinking of this, that familiar image was suddenly shrouded in a veil of mystery.

"What exactly are you..." Her lips moved slightly, but no sound came out.

At that moment, Wu Jing suddenly felt a shaking sensation.

"Xiaojing, Xiaojing, stop daydreaming."

Lin Xinmai's voice came from beside her ear, while her hand gently and rhythmically swayed on her shoulder.

Wu Jing snapped out of her daze and looked at Lin Xinmai's face.

Lin Xinmai continued, "I'll be happy no matter which martial arts university Xiaojing wants to go to."

She paused.

"But let's go eat first, it's on me today!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Jing unconsciously turned her head towards the window closest to the playground.

The sunlight shone in from that direction, casting a bright patch of light on the windowsill.

She really wanted to go find that person again and ask him again.

Ask her who she really is, ask her where Wu You is, ask her if she arranged those martial arts university admissions, ask her why she put those things on her desk, ask her if there's something she should know but doesn't yet know.

However, to the other party, he was just an ordinary high school student, a recipient of help who received certain preferential treatment because of his older brother.

Given the other party's status and position, the fact that they were able to inform me of my brother's information and provide me with so many resources is already something I can never repay. So how can I question them further?

She's not that ungrateful.

"If it's not the right time yet."

"There will be that moment eventually..."

"But before that, I need to work hard myself..."

After a moment, Wu Jing sighed and then looked at Lin Xinmai beside her and said, "Let's eat first."

(There are still two more chapters to come, which should take about half an hour, depending on whether the review process is delayed, sob sob)