The minor commotion had passed, and the test continued.

"Zhou Ming!" the examiner finally called Zhou Ming's name.

Upon hearing this voice, the entire testing field fell silent.

Among the eighteen students, Zhou Ming's performance had always ranked first. Just now, Qin Mengfan, who ranked second, had tested with six stars. So, what about Zhou Ming?

Everyone was eagerly anticipating, looking forward to the performance of Zhou Ming, the top talent among the students this time.

Zhou Ming took a deep breath and walked onto the testing platform under everyone's gaze.

He lifted his head, looking towards the Family Head Zhou Batian on the main platform. This test was extremely important to him; if he did well, he would continue to be cultivated as a key member of his family. If he did poorly, he would be abandoned.

"I must be a genius!" Zhou Ming steadied his heart and placed his hand on the stone pillar's palm imprint.

Moments later, white energy surged into the stone pillar.

All eyes were fixed on the big screen, waiting for the final result.

Six stars, once again six stars—the testing field erupted in astonishment.

"Truly worthy of the Zhou family, such extraordinary talent."

"It seems no one can shake Zhou Ming's position as number one."

Cheers and praise resounded throughout the crowd, and many girls gazed adoringly at the tall and handsome Zhou Ming, with stars in their eyes.

Zhou Ming enjoyed this feeling of leading the pack, feeling the envious gazes around him, he was even more pleased with himself.

"Boss, you're simply too awesome, a thousand times stronger than those losers who only talk big!" Sun Peng didn't miss the opportunity to suck up.

Zhou Ming walked up to Lin Chen and abruptly stopped, "Idiot, now you see the gap between us, right? Now you should know how big the difference is between you and me."

"It's just six stars, what's so great about that!" Lin Chen said with an indifferent look.

"Just six stars?" Zhou Ming's mouth twitched.

Six stars were already the standard for a genius. The last time a seven-star talent appeared was hundreds of years ago, and yet Lin Chen dared to belittle him.

"You must be jealous of me." Zhou Ming finally found a reasonable explanation.

"Idiot." Lin Chen shook his head helplessly.

"Lin Chen!"

While people were still marveling at Zhou Ming's six stars, it was finally Lin Chen's turn to be tested.

"Boss, you can do it!" Hao Lin cheered Lin Chen on.

"Kid, I'm eager to see how you'll make a fool of yourself," Zhou Ming said with a hint of mockery in his eyes as he watched Lin Chen.

"Boss, if I were him, I wouldn't even bother testing. I'd just slip away while no one is watching."

Lin Chen stood up, smiling faintly at Zhou Ming and Sun Peng, "Open your damn eyes and see what a real genius is."

Watching Lin Chen head towards the testing platform, the students who had received two stars silently prayed, "A one star, it must be a one star."

Because only if Lin Chen got one star could he be at the bottom, saving one person from getting expelled from the Martial Arts Alliance.

"Good thing he's here, so we don't have to worry about being the first to leave," sighed a student who had received two stars.

"Yeah, it's unbelievable that such a loser dared to bet with Zhou Ming and even dream of becoming Qin Mengfan's husband."

"The guy's like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water, he's getting kicked out anyway, might as well brag while he can!"

Qin Mengfan's beautiful eyes were intently fixed on Lin Chen, who had placed his hand on the stone pillar's palm imprint. How many stars would he get, five, or perhaps six?

She knew Lin Chen had always pretended to be a pig to eat the tiger, purposefully making mistakes during training to get personal guidance from Instructor Long and take advantage of him.

Lin Chen walked up to the stone pillar, turned, and looked down at all the eyes waiting to laugh at him, the corner of his mouth curling into a smile.

He placed his palm on the palm imprint on the pillar, his eyes slightly closed, energy continuously flowing into the pillar from his Qi Sea.

Everyone's gaze was intently fixed on the screen, most with a schadenfreude anticipation, waiting to see Lin Chen embarrass himself in public.

A moment later, the stars on the screen finally lit up, one, two, three!

Seeing the third gold star light up, the few students rated with two stars wailed.

What happened to the promised one star? What about being the absolute last? You scored three stars, who's going to be our bottom dweller now?

But just then, the fourth star lit up.

Four stars, how is that possible?

"Damn, did this guy just step in dog shit? He actually got four stars."

"No way, even the fifth star lit up."

"Holy shit, it's five stars. Lin Chen, this trash, actually made a comeback."

Before everyone's exclamations had subsided, suddenly the sixth star lit up.

The entire testing ground went silent; everyone was staring dumbfounded at the six stars on the screen.

At this moment, Zhou Ming, who had just been waiting to watch Lin Chen make a fool of himself, suddenly looked as if he had been struck by lightning; how could this poor nobody also be rated six stars?

Qin Mengfan finally let out a sigh of relief; as expected, this guy was also a six-star talent.

Everyone thought the test had ended, but Lin Chen's hand remained on the pillar.

"What's he thinking, does he actually want to challenge for seven stars?"

"This guy must be crazy, how could someone get seven stars?"

But before they could finish their sentences, the seventh star on the screen suddenly lit up.

The venue fell into a silence so deep that one could hear a pin drop.

All the people in the testing ground were staring in shock at the seven golden stars shining on the screen, their faces filled with disbelief.

Rapid breaths could be heard coming from the crowd.

"A genius, a once-in-a-century genius!" Atop the high platform, the president of the Martial Arts Association, Long Wu, even stood up excitedly, his beard trembling.

The elders sitting beside him also wore expressions of astonishment.

A seven-star talent was extremely rare across the whole of China; such a gift, even among the major sects of China, was an exceedingly rare treasure.

Zhou Ming's face turned ashen as he stared at the large screen, his expression priceless. He couldn't have imagined that this youth, who seemed like an ant in his eyes, possessed such an extraordinary and shocking talent.

...

The examiner looked at the large screen in a daze. After a long silence, he steadied his excitement and announced, "Lin Chen, seven stars!"

Seven stars, it was actually seven stars!

The expressions of the people in the testing area varied, but in their eyes was the same look of envy and shock.

"Seven stars, he actually did it," Qin Mengfan covered her mouth with her little hand, staring blankly at the large screen; her delicate little face turned as red as a ripe apple from too much excitement.

Seven stars represented talent that was beyond ordinary people, a genius that could be described as once in a century.

"Gulp!"

Zhou Ming swallowed a mouthful of saliva and stared dumbly at the large screen: "Impossible, there must be a mistake."

Lin Chen withdrew his hand, glanced at the seven golden stars on the large screen with a faint smile, and slowly walked back to the students' seats amid envious, jealous, and resentful gazes.

He approached Qin Mengfan, who was still immersed in shock. "Wife, call me 'husband' and let me hear it."

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