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Chapter 57: Class Monitor
"Physical testing…"
Hearing those words, the children around him all revealed curious expressions.
Lin Jiayi acted as if he hadn't noticed their curious gazes at all. Without offering any further explanation, he led them to a room inside the nearby teaching building.
Inside were all kinds of strange testing instruments.
Lin Jiayi stopped and began introducing them one by one.
"This is the Strength Testing Device. You simply need to throw a punch at it with full force, and it will measure your strength."
"This is the Reaction Speed Tester. Reaction speed is also an important quality when learning soul tools in the future, so don't underestimate it."
"And this…"
After explaining the functions of each piece of equipment, Lin Jiayi stepped aside.
"Let's begin with the physical condition test."
"The results of this test will count as your first exam score at this academy."
"I hope you take it seriously."
Bai Chen watched the children ahead of him begin their tests, deep in thought.
With his current ability, there was no doubt he would obtain excellent results.
What he needed to consider was how excellent those results should appear.
He couldn't fake it too obviously—some tests simply couldn't be cheated.
But at the same time, he couldn't expose all of his real strength.
The balance between the two had to be carefully controlled.
While he was thinking, the line ahead gradually shortened.
Soon, it was his turn.
Bai Chen stepped onto the Body Strength Testing Machine.
With a soft beep, the machine displayed his physical data.
"Physical Strength: Level 42
Body Flexibility: Level 31
Soul Power: Level 16
Height—"
As the numbers appeared, the once noisy room fell completely silent.
Most of the children here were only six or seven years old.
Their stats typically hovered around single digits.
Only a few rare geniuses, aided by martial soul advantages or family resources, could reach two-digit levels.
Compared to them…
Bai Chen's numbers were simply absurd.
Even Lin Jiayi frowned.
He was about to say something when suddenly—
Beep! Beep! Beep!
The machine began emitting warning sounds.
"Data error?"
Lin Jiayi checked the device.
All the numbers on the screen had suddenly turned into garbled characters.
That shouldn't have happened.
Bai Chen's data was indeed outrageous for his age, but it shouldn't be enough to cause the machine to malfunction.
Bai Chen looked innocent.
"Teacher, since the machine malfunctioned, can we move on to the next test?"
"Hmm…"
Lin Jiayi carefully observed Bai Chen's expression.
After confirming that the boy's face showed no suspicious signs, he sighed helplessly.
"Fine. We'll proceed."
He figured the problem probably had nothing to do with Bai Chen.
If a six-year-old could fake his expression that convincingly, he would simply accept defeat.
Lin Jiayi pointed at the next device.
"Alright, this is the Strength Tester. You'll go first."
"Okay."
Bai Chen agreed immediately.
Of course, he knew exactly why the previous machine had malfunctioned.
The reason was simple.
He possessed an external spirit bone.
The machines could detect normal spirit bones.
But if they encountered an external spirit bone, they would immediately malfunction.
External spirit bones were incredibly rare treasures.
Even within the Douluo Continent's three original empires, they were considered priceless.
In the Sun Moon Empire, they were even rarer.
Because of the lack of research data, the Sun Moon Empire simply had no technology capable of detecting them properly.
Naturally, Bai Chen had no intention of telling anyone that he possessed something like the Dark Gold Dreadclaw external spirit bone.
He stepped in front of the strength tester.
Lowering his stance slightly, he suddenly threw a powerful punch.
BANG!
The panel shook slightly.
The number 22 appeared on the screen.
Seeing this number, Lin Jiayi actually felt relieved.
It was still impressive.
But compared to the earlier outrageous data, it suddenly seemed far more reasonable.
People tended to compromise psychologically.
If someone told Lin Jiayi from the beginning that Bai Chen had the strength of a Great Soul Master, he would have dismissed it as nonsense.
But after seeing a supposed 42-level body strength reading, a strength score of 22 suddenly felt perfectly normal.
"Looks like the previous machine really malfunctioned…"
Lin Jiayi muttered while recording Bai Chen's result.
For the remainder of the testing session, Bai Chen dominated nearly every category.
Even in the reaction speed test—his weakest result—he still received the evaluation:
"Excellent reaction speed."
Of course, how much of those results were deliberately restrained was known only to Bai Chen.
Without activating his martial soul, domain, or soul skills, his body already possessed Soul Sect-level physical strength.
If his calculations were correct, his full power punch should already be approaching the strength of a strength-type Soul Emperor.
It seemed that his recent forging had indeed helped improve his physical strength.
Not long ago, he had only barely reached Soul King-level strength.
This highlighted one of the biggest differences between humans and soul beasts.
Soul beasts were born with powerful bodies and natural abilities.
Humans were comparatively weak.
To match soul beasts, humans had to rely on wisdom and special training methods.
Forging was one such method.
Just as Ning Tian had noticed, since awakening his martial soul, Bai Chen's body had been rapidly developing.
His physique was gradually adapting to the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, a purely strength-based martial soul.
"Alright, the physical testing is complete."
Lin Jiayi wrote the final note in his notebook and snapped it shut.
"The first class monitor of this class will be Bai Chen."
"Does anyone object?"
"…."
The response was complete silence.
Object?
Who would dare?
Every child here came from influential families and had some knowledge about soul masters.
With Bai Chen's abilities…
Even if the entire class fought him together, they probably wouldn't stand a chance.
"Then it's settled."
Lin Jiayi said cheerfully.
"Don't worry, the position of class monitor isn't permanent."
"If any of you have ambitions, you can challenge him—"
"Using the unique method of our Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy."
"What do you mean?"
The question came from a boy wearing glasses.
Lin Jiayi patiently explained:
"At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy, we evaluate more than just your strength as a soul master."
"We also evaluate your talent as a soul engineer."
"So any exam or competition here will be divided into two fields."
"One for soul master combat…"
"And one for soul engineering ability."