4 A New Rival?

After increasing his Gene Score and knowing what the final gene he would have at the end of the evolution of his genes, Yang Jian sat on his bed crossed legged and cultivated for the rest of the night

During his cultivation, his father had woken up and went to have a cup of water and walked by his second son's room as he peered through the gap of the door to see his son diligently cultivating even at 3 am in the morning

Watching for a few moments, Yang Tianyou sighed as he walked away and had his drink of water before gently closing Yang Jian's door then lied on his bed as he stayed awake and thought about some things before slowly falling asleep

...

The next morning, Yang Jian came out of his cultivation state and noticed that he gained 1 gene point. "So an entire nights cultivation gives me 1 gene point? That's even better than I thought it would be!" he shouted internally

"But wait, that's only a lot during the early stages, once my genes become Tier 3 and higher it will cost a lot to strengthen so, for now, I'll let them pile up and use them only when needed."

Yang Jian then brushed his teeth and washed his face, after wiping his face with a cloth, he noticed his skin became whiter and soft like jelly without a single blemish but when he thought about cultivation novels from the ancient past he remembered that it wasn't anything surprising

After changing into his uniform without bothering to fix his hair, Yang Jian had breakfast with his family before heading off to school as per usual

...

This went on for slightly over a week before the college mock exams began which Yang Jian didn't need to study for since he already has the knowledge provided by the mysterious book and instead spent all his time cultivating

Then came the day of the mock exams where each student is to do a written exam filled with questions on knowledge about mythology, battle strategy, mechas, gene cultivation etc within a set time. Each exam is headed by a different teacher which meant that after each exam they were to go home and prepare for the next exam the day after. After finishing the written exam on mythology before anyone else did, Yang Jian went home directly whilst his homeroom teacher thought he had completely given up on entering college since he had finished within less than half of the given time

However, she didn't think her guess was so far off the mark as she began checking all his answers as her surprise grew greater and greater the more she read

Yang Jian did this continuously for all five written exams and headed home to cultivate continuously like a maniac until the upcoming Monday when the results of the written mock exams were out

Chatter* Chatter*

Many students surrounded the scoreboard placed near the entrance of the school. Though technology had advanced and the scores could've been uploaded and shared with every student and teacher, the school decided against this in case of any data leaks leading to do what they had done

As Yang Jian slowly approached the scoreboard, the chattering students all looked at him and created a path for him to make way which puzzled him

"Huh why are they all avoiding me like the plague?" he wondered

Looking at the board, Yang Jian looked for his name and found it at the top of the leaderboard sitting at the top place which meant he took the big fat number 1 place within the entire year of his school

He then looked at his total score which is scored out of 500, he saw an amazingly perfect score of 500 whilst second place scored 468 and third with 465

"I see so this must be why." Yang Jian thought as a male and female student stood behind him and looked at their scores

This male student in particular named Duan Tai had always placed 2nd in his year causing him to forever feel inferior to the female student next to him who had always placed 1st causing him to feel even more furious that the person who had surpassed her was someone who had always been placed near the bottom

"How can this be?! Wan Yu was overtaken by this unknown student?" Duan Tai shouted

"Unknown? Didn't you know? Yang Jian is even more famous than I am, his nickname is the study maniac since he always paid the most attention in every single lesson and could always be seen studying at all times however he who had always performed poorly" the previous 1st place Wan Yu replied

"Huh, why didn't I know of this 'famous' person?" Duan Tai asked

"Because you're always focusing on surpassing me, of course, you won't pay attention to anyone else" she replied

"Dafuq? Why are they having a conversation right here?" Yang Jian thought as he walked away only to hear Duan Tai shouting behind him "Hah, it must be a fluke! The day of the real exam I will sweep away the number 1 spot from you!"

Hearing this Yang Jian just kept walking as he thought "Yea you can have a go at that, but why did I just gain a rival out of nowhere?"

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Entering his classroom, all of his classmates looked at Yang Jian with a peculiar look which he completely ignored as he sat in his seat and began to cultivate

Bang!*

Suddenly Yang Jian's table was flipped over by a burly student standing next to him. The burly student named Kong Bo who looked like a gorilla said "Hey Yang Jian, you cheated didn't you?"

Yang Jian of course who is cultivating naturally didn't pay any attention to him causing him to be even more furious as he smashed Yang Jian's table to pieces

Crack*

"I'm talking to you!" Kong Bo shouted as Yang Jian opened his eyes and looked at the gorilla in front of him

"Fellow classmates, did this gorilla just say that I cheated?" Yang Jian asked sarcastically

Pfft*

Some students couldn't help but laugh, however, the 'gorilla' stared them down making them completely quiet

"You! I'm not a gorilla!!" Kong Bo shouted furiously as he swung his right arm and aimed at Yang Jian's face with his Gene Score of 0.8 and smiled as he thought of how Yang Jian would look like a puffer fish with swollen cheeks

Grabs*

To everyone's surprise, not only did Yang Jian not get injured, he yawned and casually grabbed Kong Bo's arm

"What? How did he do that?"

"Is he really THE Yang Jian?"

Naturally, Kong Bo tried to pull his arm back only to find out that Yang Jian didn't budge "What the? I didn't put all my strength into this but with my Gene Score of 0.8 I should easily be able to crush someone with a Gene Score of 0.6 not to mention a mere 0.3!

"You done?" Yang Jian asked

"Let go of me!" Kong Bo said as saliva sprinkled from his mouth and almost landed on Yang Jian

"Disgusting!" he said as he let go of Kong Bo's arm suddenly causing the burly man to fall over backward and become a laughingstock

Kong Bo shouted "Shut up!" at the laughing class who quickly shut their mouths as they continued watching the show. The gorilla became even more furious and then said "Don't blame me for this! You asked for it!" as he prepared to punch Yang Jian with all his might

Bang!*

Their homeroom teacher slammed the door and shouted "What's going on? Kong Bo how dare you use violence in the classroom! If you want to fight, do it during physical education! Go stand outside!"

Kong Bo naturally stopped his incoming punch and pointed at Yang Jian to say "You're lucky the teacher came in time or else you'd be in the hospital and won't be able to take the exam! Watch out the next time we have PE will be the day you regret being born!" as he walked outside and slammed the door shut and stood outside the classroom glaring at Yang Jian

Of course, the person who became the hot topic within the school just laughed it out and thought "PE huh, I do want to test out how far I've gotten." as he cultivated during the lesson without the homeroom teacher noticing