blueteamnovel Chapter 78 End-of-Month Test
Chapter 78 End-of-Month Test
Early the next morning.
Fang Shuwen finished washing up and was about to leave.
As soon as they stepped into the yard, Hu Da poked his head out from the kitchen.
"Xiao Fang, when is Lao Fang coming back? We haven't seen him for days."
Fang Shuwen paused for a moment: "Soon, it should be in the next day or two."
Hu Da nodded and continued working.
At this moment, Wang Ma came running from the other end of the corridor, her face showing some anxiety. Upon seeing Fang Shuwen, she called out:
"Xiao Fang! Wait a minute!"
Fang Shuwen turned to look at her.
Aunt Wang took a couple of breaths and patted her chest: "When you get to school later, please ask for a leave of absence for my Cuicui. She's not feeling well today, I'll take her to see a doctor."
"Okay, Aunt Wang." Fang Shuwen nodded in agreement.
"Okay, okay, thank you, Xiao Fang." Wang Ma nodded repeatedly, turned around and jogged back a couple of steps before stopping again. "Oh, by the way, just tell her that Cuicui isn't feeling well and needs to take a day off."
"understood."
Fang Shuwen left the back gate of the Zhao residence and walked along the alley towards the school.
But something else was on my mind.
We need to tell Zheng Shulan immediately about Lin Xiu's plan to kill Ding Hongzhi and frame the Zheng family. She should tell Zheng Gong to take precautions.
When I arrived at school, the preparatory bell had not yet rung.
The classroom for the elite class was already mostly filled with students, and the buzzing of voices rose and fell.
Fang Shuwen walked to his seat and sat down, stuffing his schoolbag into the desk drawer.
Zheng Shulan hadn't arrived yet; her seat was empty.
After waiting for about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, hurried footsteps came from the corridor.
Zheng Shulan jogged in, her bangs blowing in the wind, revealing her rosy cheeks.
She sat down next to Fang Shuwen, put her schoolbag on the table, and turned her head to look at him.
Why are you up so early today?
"I have something to tell you," Fang Shuwen said in a low voice.
Zheng Shulan paused, taken aback by his expression, then leaned closer: "What is it?"
Fang Shuwen looked around and spoke in a voice only the two of them could hear:
"Lin Xiu from the Investigation Department wants to kill Ding Hongzhi and frame your Zheng family."
Zheng Shulan's eyes widened.
"real?"
"Of course it's true."
Zheng Shulan covered her mouth, still somewhat incredulous, and asked, "How did you know?"
"I overheard it by chance. Go back and tell your grandfather to be careful." Fang Shuwen didn't elaborate.
Zheng Shulan immediately nodded: "Okay, I'll tell Grandpa when I get home from school."
She paused, then added, "Fang Shuwen, you...you be careful. Lin Xiu doesn't seem like a good person. It's best to stay away from him."
"I know."
At this moment,
The preparatory bell rang, and the two remained silent.
After the school bell rang, Chen Zhengqing pushed open the door and walked in.
"There will be no class today. I have an announcement to make. We will have a physical fitness test at the end of the month next Monday. Those who pass will stay, and those who fail will be transferred to the regular class."
The classroom erupted in uproar.
"End-of-month test? I've never heard of that before?"
"Oh no, I've been so focused on studying these past few days that my boxing skills have gotten rusty."
"Quiet!"
Chen Zhengqing slammed his hand on the podium, his voice like a thunderclap, and the classroom fell silent instantly.
"The test consists of two parts: a stone weight lift and a wooden dummy strike. It's the same as the opening exam, but the standards are doubled."
The standard has doubled.
These four words were like a stone thrown into a pond, and the classroom erupted in chaos once again.
Fang Shuwen, however, remained calm.
Doubling the standard is nothing to him.
He is now at the early stage of Ming Jin, with a single-arm strength of over 1,800 jin, compared to only 150 jin when school started.
Even ten times the original amount would be enough.
But many people in the class turned pale.
During the opening exam, some people barely managed to lift a 60-pound stone weight; now the standard has doubled to 120 pounds.
One hundred and twenty pounds, that's at least the strength to make a cracking sound.
The bell rang, signaling the end of get out of class.
Zheng Shulan leaned on the table, turning her head to look at Fang Shuwen: "Your test is definitely going to be fine, right?"
"should."
"What do you mean by 'should'?" Zheng Shulan pouted.
"There shouldn't be any problem."
"Okay, that's good."
Zheng Shulan straightened up and began packing her schoolbag.
"I'll head back now; I need to tell Grandpa about Lin Xiu."
Fang Shuwen nodded.
.......
Days passed by like this.
Fang Shuwen's life returned to normal, with his daily routine consisting of going to school, coming home from school, and practicing boxing.
There was no movement from the Zheng family, so he didn't ask any further questions.
Anyway, I haven't heard anything from Lin Xiu's side.
As for the Wild Wolf Gang, they did make the newspapers.
It is said that most of the gang members were arrested for smuggling opium.
As for Wang Yue, he seemed to resist arrest, was shot several times, and eventually fell into the river.
The police are intensifying their search.
.......
During the seven days, Fang Shuwen went to accept another reward from the National Martial Arts Academy.
This time, a "Shadow Cat" was killed in an abandoned brick kiln in the south of the city.
The creature was about the size of an ordinary wildcat, but it was incredibly fast. It could run on walls and even briefly become invisible.
Fang Shuwen chased it for most of the night, and finally managed to corner it in an abandoned kiln thanks to the agility of his serpentine steps and his serpentine innate senses.
One punch kills.
After absorbing the alien energy, I gained 22 skill points.
With the addition of the two mysterious jade pieces exchanged at the martial arts academy, my skill points increased by thirty-eight.
Fang Shuwen looked at the numbers on the panel and had a general idea of what was going on.
He wasn't sure how many skill points were needed to master the Mountain-Crushing Force.
But based on previous patterns, it should at least double.
Mastery requires 30 points, while Grand Mastery requires at least 60 points.
It's not even close.
.......
Monday arrived before we knew it.
On the day of the end-of-month physical fitness test, the weather was perfect; the sun was shining brightly overhead, and there wasn't a single shady spot on the playground.
When Fang Shuwen arrived, a large number of people had already gathered on the playground.
The elite class had about forty students, plus those from the regular classes who wanted to watch the spectacle, forming a large circle three or four deep.
Chen Zhengqing stood in the center of the field, holding a roster in his hand, his face as sour as ever.
"Quiet down, all of you!"
His shout silenced the entire playground instantly.
"Two tests: stone weightlifting and wooden dummy striking. We'll start with the stone weightlifting. Those whose names are called, please step forward."
The standard has been doubled: 120 pounds for boys and 80 pounds for girls.
When this threshold was set, many people turned pale.
Han Tieshan was the first to take the stage.
He walked to the stone lock area, and instead of choosing the 120-pound one, he went straight to the 200-pound one.
With one hand gripping the handle, a burst of force lifted the stone lock off the ground and steadily overhead.
"Six hundred catties, pass."
Han Tieshan put down the stone lock, dusted off his hands, and walked back to the group expressionlessly.
But the playground was quiet for less than two seconds before it erupted into chaos.
"Six hundred pounds? Let me hit you right now, I think I'm dreaming, I must have misheard!"
"His strength has more than doubled in just one month?"
"What do you know? He's a genius. Judging by this pace, he'll become a true Ming Jin martial arts master soon!"
"Wow...that's too powerful!"