Seeing the message from Su Yanyang and recalling his previous and subsequent statements, an incredible guess surfaced in Ma Xuan’s mind.

He replied, “Didn’t Ping Han get the military certificate?”

Su Yanyang: [Military Certificate Public List]

Seeing the name on the list, Ma Xuan exclaimed, “Zhang Yu?”

Ma Xuan: How could it be Zhang Yu?

Ma Xuan: How could it possibly be Zhang Yu?

Ma Xuan knew very well what the military certificate represented.

He thought to himself, “For students who possess this certificate, applying for postgraduate studies or taking the Golden Core Qualification Exam is practically a smooth path. Compared to ordinary undergraduates, they are already at a half-master’s level.”

Thinking of this, Ma Xuan felt both jealousy and envy. He asked, “Didn’t you say he performed terribly in the exam and couldn’t even stand up when it ended?”

Su Yanyang: [Tears] I don’t know either!

Su Yanyang: I can’t figure it out!

Ma Xuan: Could there be some foul play?

Ma Xuan: If there’s foul play, we should quickly mend our relationship with Zhang Yu.

Reading Ma Xuan’s message, Su Yanyang heartily agreed.

Ma Xuan: And how should we play in the next match?

Su Yanyang: Wait a moment, I’ll ask my teacher about the situation.

So Su Yanyang sent a message to his teacher, True Lord Lingyue, wanting to inquire about the current military certificate exam.

However, the message he sent seemed to disappear without a trace, and Su Yanyang waited for over an hour without receiving a reply.

Su Yanyang wasn’t too surprised by this. After all, as the saying goes, the older you get, the busier you become.

And this old director of the civil engineering department, as his lifespan neared its end, was busier than ever, constantly on the go. Students like Su Yanyang were mostly left to their own devices, often not receiving replies to messages, or only receiving them days later.

So after thinking for a moment, Su Yanyang sent messages to Ping Han and Xiao Yunji, who were also examinees, asking if they knew the details.

Su Yanyang: Have you seen the military certificate results?

That evening, Ping Han checked his message inbox and, as usual, quickly glanced at Mo Shangjin, seeing that the other person still hadn’t sent a message.

“Hmph, even if Mo Shangjin doesn’t want me back, Teacher Gao will definitely invite me back for the sake of the competition’s ranking.”

Then Ping Han received Su Yanyang’s message. He rubbed his hands and quickly opened the public link for the military certificate.

Seeing the document for the new military certificate public list released, Ping Han clicked it with excitement.

“It’s here! It’s finally here!”

When he opened the file and saw the names within, he was slightly stunned.

Ping Han deleted the file, downloaded it again, and then opened it once more.

After repeating this several times, he muttered, “Impossible.”

“This is absolutely impossible!”

“I’ve cultivated diligently for ten years in university, undergoing nine cycles of destruction and rebirth. How could I possibly lose to someone who has only studied for two and a half years?”

Ping Han directly sent a message to Director Gao: “Why is it Zhang Yu?”

Director Gao: “He performed better than you.”

Ping Han: “Nonsense! How is that possible?”

Director Gao: [Military Certificate Exam Data]

Director Gao: “His kill count is higher than yours.”

Ping Han: “What does a civil engineering exam have to do with kill counts?”

Ping Han: “In this data! My construction volume is much higher than his!”

Ping Han: “Shouldn’t civil engineering be about this? Working diligently and practically, isn’t that what you’ve always taught us?”

Director Gao: “This was a joint decision by the judges and the Heavenly Court. I was merely a guest.”

Ping Han: “I refuse to accept this.”

Ping Han: “I want to report this!”

Director Gao: “Ping Han, calm down.”

Ping Han: “This is my last year of university! My military certificate was rigged. How can you expect me to calm down?”

Ping Han: “I’m also your disciple!”

Ping Han: “Why didn’t you lend me money when I was at my lowest point?”

Ping Han: “Why didn’t you help me when I finally managed to get back on my feet, when I was fighting for my last chance in university?”

Director Gao: “Ping Han, you need to understand that in an exam setting, I can’t speak on behalf of my disciples.”

Ping Han: “This matter won’t be settled just like this.”

Xiao Yunji looked at the message from Su Yanyang, was slightly stunned at first, then quickly logged onto the website and downloaded the public document.

Looking at Zhang Yu’s name on the list, Xiao Yunji felt utterly confused.

It was perfectly reasonable for Ping Han, with his ten years of accumulation and the great momentum of spirit transformation, to win the military certificate.

Xiao Yunji had spent a lot of money for years, even going so far as to transplant deformed magical bones and abandon her human form, so if she won the military certificate, it would also be understandable.

But what about Zhang Yu? Wasn’t he severely wounded and defeated by the Yellow Turban Warriors?

A faint feeling of dissatisfaction arose in Xiao Yunji’s heart. Especially thinking about how much she had sacrificed for this exam, only to lose to the other person, this dissatisfaction gradually turned into resentment.

So Xiao Yunji immediately asked her teacher, Director Lin, what the reason was.

A moment later, Director Lin replied: “Don’t talk nonsense.”

Director Lin: “How could there be any foul play in an exam overseen by True Lord Qiyun, True Lord Tianxiang, and a Fifth-Rank God?”

Xiao Yunji: “But Zhang Yu has only been enrolled for two and a half years, and he was in such a state after the exam.”

Xiao Yunji: “How exactly did he win?”

Director Lin originally didn’t want to boost the morale of the War Faction and dampen the prestige of the Peace Faction, and he particularly disliked Zhang Yu’s method of winning.

But he also didn’t want his students spreading rumors about foul play, which would ultimately displease the principal.

So after a moment of consideration, he replied, “What I’m about to tell you, keep it to yourself. Don’t spread it around.”

Director Lin: “Ping Han did perform very well.”

Director Lin: “His construction volume was the highest in the entire exam.”

Xiao Yunji: “Then why did Zhang Yu win?”

Director Lin: “Because Zhang Yu, with a lower construction volume, completely eliminated all the Yellow Turban Warriors in the examination hall.”

Director Lin: [Military Certificate Exam Data]

“Completely eliminated?” Xiao Yunji’s heart skipped a beat. She opened the file sent by Director Lin.

Seeing Zhang Yu ranked first in kill count, Xiao Yunji took a deep breath. “He actually… eliminated all the Yellow Turban Warriors?”

She recalled the Yellow Turban Warriors who surged like a tide at the end of the exam and couldn’t fathom how Zhang Yu managed to do it.

So she directly asked Director Lin the doubt in her mind.

Director Lin replied: “What else could those laborers from the War Faction rely on? They must have just punched their way through, otherwise, would they have been so severely injured?”

Xiao Yunji’s heart trembled upon hearing this. “You mean… Zhang Yu accomplished this purely with his martial arts?”

“I remember he had no other magical bones on his body except for his eye bones, right?”

“So he… eliminated all the Yellow Turban Warriors in the entire hall using pure martial arts?”

If someone had told Xiao Yunji before the exam that they would get the military certificate by only equipping eye bones, she would have thought that person had a problem with their brain.

But now hearing that someone actually did it, she instantly felt that this “brain-problematic” person was truly incredibly powerful.

At the same time, the feeling of dissatisfaction in Xiao Yunji’s heart gradually faded.

Su Yanyang: Any news?

Reading Su Yanyang’s message, Xiao Yunji thought for a moment and replied, “What I’m about to tell you, don’t spread it around.”

Xiao Yunji: “Zhang Yu eliminated all the Yellow Turban Warriors in the hall using his martial arts, which is why he got the military certificate.”

Su Yanyang: “How is that possible?”

Xiao Yunji: [Military Certificate Exam Data]

Xiao Yunji: “Look at his kill count, isn’t it ranked first?”

Su Yanyang looked in shock at the file sent by Xiao Yunji, repeatedly comparing the data of various examinees.

“Zhang Yu… really eliminated all the Yellow Turban Warriors? His kill count is even higher than Ping Han’s?”

“Why did his strength improve so quickly?”

“Did he perhaps buy more Qionjiang Coins than Ping Han?”

Su Yanyang was a very practical person, and also someone whose thoughts could change quickly. After receiving concrete evidence, he took mere seconds to accept the current reality.

Su Yanyang secretly thought, “The skilled are masters, and the wealthy are elders. Zhang Yu can now be considered my senior brother.”

And just then, Ma Xuan sent a message: “How is it?”

Su Yanyang: “Sigh, there’s no way to win the next match.”

Ma Xuan: “Why? What exactly happened?”

Su Yanyang: “Let me show you something.”

Su Yanyang: “Remember not to spread it around.”

Su Yanyang: [Military Certificate Exam Data]

Su Yanyang: “Zhang Yu eliminated all the Yellow Turban Warriors using pure martial arts.”

Su Yanyang: “I suspect he might have earned more through Qionjiang Coins than Ping Han.”

Ma Xuan looked in shock at the message from Su Yanyang and asked, “Isn’t that even stronger than Ping Han?”

Ma Xuan: “What should we do in the next match? Just surrender?”

Su Yanyang: “It’s what *you* should do.”

Ma Xuan was slightly stunned. The next moment, he received messages that Su Yanyang had left the competition group and withdrawn from the competition team.

Ma Xuan: “You’re not participating in the competition anymore?”

Su Yanyang: “I’m going to find a team that doesn’t have to fight Zhang Yu and can still make it into the top ten.”

Su Yanyang: “Besides your team and Zhang Yu’s team, there are still 18 other teams. I refuse to believe I can’t find one that can help me raise my overall score.”

Reading Su Yanyang’s reply, Ma Xuan sighed, his mind instantly in turmoil.

“What’s the point of fighting this?”

“I need to figure something out…”

Just then, Ji Yuanxu asked, “Senior Ma Xuan, why did Senior Su Yanyang leave?”

Seeing Ji Yuanxu, Ma Xuan’s eyes flickered slightly, and he said, “For the next match against Zhang Yu, you know Su Yanyang has a perfect strategy and a guaranteed winning method. He’s crucial to our team.”

Ma Xuan: “So he’s temporarily raising his price; we need to pay him.”

Ma Xuan: “But it’s fine, I’ll persuade him to come back in a bit.”

Ma Xuan: “Oh, by the way, you can be the captain of this competition team.”

Ji Yuanxu: “Huh? Me, the captain?”

Ignoring Ji Yuanxu’s bewilderment, Ma Xuan forcibly transferred the position of competition team captain to him, then urged him to agree.

And soon after Ji Yuanxu agreed, he was shocked to find that Ma Xuan had also left the team.

“What’s going on?!”

“To persuade Su Yanyang to come back, do I need to leave the team?”

Ji Yuanxu repeatedly sent messages to Ma Xuan, but never received a reply.

Meanwhile, he noticed other team members leaving one by one, until he, the captain, was left all alone.

Ji Yuanxu: “Senior? Why did you all leave?”

After a long time, Ma Xuan finally replied, “Zhang Yu got the military certificate.”

Ji Yuanxu: “How could he possibly win against Ping Han?”

Ma Xuan: [Military Certificate Exam Data]

Ma Xuan: “I’m only sending this data to you; don’t spread it around.”

Ji Yuanxu reread Ma Xuan’s message several times before confirming that he hadn’t misread it and wasn’t hallucinating.

“Zhang Yu already passed the military certificate exam?” Ji Yuanxu gritted his teeth and thought with difficulty, “He’s already halfway to a master’s degree?”

“And he’s only in his third year of university… Doesn’t that mean once he collects all Seven Wonders, he can use the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power to earn money? His income will skyrocket then, probably ten times mine.”

At the thought of this, Ji Yuanxu felt the seven credit cards in his mind growing heavier and heavier.

Finally, Ji Yuanxu replied, “I paid to join the team!”

Ma Xuan: “That’s why you were directly made captain.”

Reading the message from Ma Xuan, Ji Yuanxu angrily exclaimed, “Damn it… at least let me withdraw first!”

Looking at the competition team with only himself left, Ji Yuanxu wondered what to do.

After much thought, Ji Yuanxu’s eyes suddenly lit up, and he sent a message to Bu Ziran, a teammate from the previous year with whom he had parted ways after an argument.

Ji Yuanxu: “Senior Bu, there’s an open spot in my competition team. Would you like to transfer?”

Bu Ziran: [Military Certificate Exam Data]

Bu Ziran: [Fear] “You want me to fight Zhang Yu?”

Bu Ziran: “Do you want me to go bankrupt?”

Ji Yuanxu then asked another teammate from the previous year, Cong Na.

Cong Na: [Wiping sweat]

Cong Na: “Junior, you’re being a bit dishonest.”

Cong Na: [Military Certificate Public List]

Looking at the file sent by the other party, a bitter expression flashed across Ji Yuanxu’s face, and he cursed inwardly, “How does everyone know? Why did the news spread so quickly?”

A thought sparked in Ji Yuanxu’s mind: he decided to look for some junior students.

He directly sent a message to Li Xiao, asking if he wanted to join the team.

He remembered that Li Xiao had been desperately seeking to be a substitute team member but couldn’t afford even one substitute slot. Now, if he didn’t charge him, he might be able to recruit him directly.

Upon seeing the reply from the other party, Ji Yuanxu couldn’t help but ask, “How do you also know that Zhang Yu got the military certificate?”

Li Xiao: “Zhang Yu posted it himself on his Moments.”

Li Xiao: “Haven’t you seen it?”

Ji Yuanxu quickly navigated to Zhang Yu’s Moments, only to find that he had already posted the public list for the military certificate, with all sorts of comments and likes below it.