There wasn't much time to linger on emotions, as Zhang Yu returned to the classroom. Shortly after, the math teacher with black-framed glasses entered with a stack of test papers.
"Today we're going to go over the test papers from last time."
"Pass the papers down."
"Look at where you made mistakes. I've told you countless times, if you don't understand something, come ask me. Yesterday I sat in the office for three hours in the afternoon, and not a single person came to ask me questions..."
Just after the math papers were handed out, the tall and robust physical education teacher entered the classroom, looked at the math teacher and said, "You're sick."
After sending off the sick math teacher, the physical education teacher Wang Hai looked at the students and said, "This lesson is changed to a PE class."
"But don't forget to review your math on your own. General knowledge courses still count for fifty points in the college entrance exam, and being short just one point may put you behind many people."
"Speaking of general knowledge, by the way, I've arranged with your language teacher to change the next language class to a PE class as well. Together with the original PE class, the whole morning today will be my PE classes."
The crowd followed PE teacher Wang Hai to the indoor training field, which resembled a large plaza filled with various exercise equipment.
Wang Hai said, "Qi Refining Realm is the first realm on the Immortal Path, and what's important is to lay a solid foundation. How solid the foundation is in the first year of high school will determine the heights you can reach in the second and third years..."
Experiencing these familiar scenarios, numerous detailed memories surged through Zhang Yu's mind.
Since the integration and summarization by the Ten Major Sects, Immortal Path cultivation now possesses a systematic realm and strength classification, encompassing all aspects of Immortal techniques and is vast as a sea.
The most widely known is the Ten Majors of the Immortal Realm.
The critical indicators determining which realm of the Immortal Path a person can ascend to are the Dao Heart level and mana level.
For high school students, only by surpassing a Dao Heart level of 10 and having mana over 60 points can they break through from the Qi Refining Realm to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
The current high school PE class was meant to train the body and temper the will.
After all, a strong body not only increases the efficiency of mana enhancement but also greatly helps the strong will required for Dao Heart levels and enhances the practical combat capability in the Qi Refining Realm.
If the Dao Heart and mana are the foundations of the Immortal Path, the physical strength honed in PE class is the foundation of the foundation.
Meanwhile, waves of light scanned the bodies of the students present, displaying their physical strength levels on a large screen nearby, listed from highest to lowest.
1st place, Qian Shen, Physical Strength 1.15 level
2nd place, Bai Zhenzhen, Physical Strength 1.13 level
3rd place, He Dayou, Physical Strength 1.12 level
...
It wasn't until he saw the 19th place that Zhang Yu found his score.
19th place Zhang Yu, Physical Strength 0.82 level
With the continuous development of Immortal techniques in Kunxu, various data and indicators have become more refined.
Physical strength is not only quantified but is also re-measured in every PE class.
This indicator, like the Dao Heart, can reach a maximum of level 10 in the Qi Refining Realm.
Although physical strength is not a critical indicator for breaking through Immortal Realms, it is related to a cultivator's efficiency and combat power, serving as an important foundation of the Immortal Path, accounting for 150 points in the 650-point Immortal Path subject.
"Has my physical strength dropped to 19th place?"
Looking at his results, Zhang Yu remembered how his physical strength progress had been constantly surpassed by others around him recently.
Meanwhile, his classmates took out syringes and injected various enhancing supplements into their arms.
Once injected, these supplements, of various brands, not only strengthen the muscles and bones but also multiply the training efficiency several times over, being an essential medication for first-year students.
Here, you can skip a day of training, but you can't skip a day of injections. Outstanding students often take upwards of eight injections a day.
Zhang Yu watched as Bai Zhenzhen nearby injected a total of nine needles into her buttocks, arms, and thighs.
However, compared to the many beefy figures around, Bai Zhenzhen seemed much smaller. Zhang Yu recalled this was due to different directions in body training, resulting in different physiques.
The PE teacher Wang Hai frowned and walked over, seeing that Zhang Yu hadn't moved to inject himself: "Zhang Yu, how many days has it been since you've used the enhancement shots?"
Zhang Yu dared not say he was out of money, knowing that admitting so at Songyang High School was just as shameful as performing badly in studies, something he only confided in close friends like Bai Zhenzhen.
Moreover, the fragmented memories in his mind told him his original self, due to overusing these supplements, had burdened his organs and cardiovascular system heavily, having fainted several times, and was beginning to endanger his life.
Zhang Yu perfunctorily said, "I wanted to try without the drugs..."
Unexpectedly, Wang Hai's frown deepened upon hearing this, and he thundered, "Have you been watching those influencers who can't handle the supplements' hardship promoting natural body training? That's all lies; how can you keep up without the drugs?
"Look how many spots you have dropped! If this continues, you'll be kicked out of the exemplary class in your next monthly exam."
With a face full of exasperation, he said, "Do you think having you use supplements is for my benefit? I won't gain any muscle from you using them."