Three days pa.s.sed in the blink of an eye.

　　When the third day arrived, faint undercurrents began to stir a little in Great Zhou City as numerous factions turned their gazes towards the Great Zhou Inst.i.tute in unison.

　　They knew that today was the cla.s.s ranking exam.

　　Of course, a mere cla.s.s ranking exam was naturally incapable of drawing the attention of so many factions. It was because this cla.s.s ranking exam concerned the struggle between the royal clan and Qi Manor.

　　Everyone knew that Qi Manor had been eyeing the inst.i.tute for many years and had used all sorts of methods to infiltrate it. It was now time for them to reap their harvest. As long as the B cla.s.s was able to take the number one spot in the cla.s.s ranking exam this year, Qi Manor's representative, Xu Hong, would likely replace Chu Tianyang and become the new headmaster of the inst.i.tute.

　　If so, the Great Zhou Inst.i.tute would secretly become the Great Qi Inst.i.tute.

　　This would be a huge blow to the royal clan because it also meant that Qi Manor was gradually gaining the upper hand in the struggle between the two parties, a fact that would undoubtedly sway the stances of the other factions towards Qi Manor, hence furthering the royal clan's decline.

　　Thus, the outcome of this cla.s.s ranking exam could be said to even shake the royal clan's position and its importance was self-evident.

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　　Great Zhou Inst.i.tute, A cla.s.s courtyard.

　　When Zhou Yuan once again stepped into the A cla.s.s courtyard, he immediately felt the many students within look over before being stupefied by the subsequent orderly applause.

　　Zhou Yuan asked in bewilderment, "What are you guys doing?"

　　Su Youwei, Song Qiushui and Yang Zai were all smiles as they approached. "Are we not thanking you? If it weren't for you winning an additional two hours of Jade Spirit Waterfall training time from the B cla.s.s, our A cla.s.s would have no hope for this cla.s.s ranking exam."

　　Zhou could not help but smile when he heard this. "Looks like you guys have grown substantially stronger over the past two months."

　　Su Youwei's little mouth was pursed as she let out a soft laugh. "The three of us have already unblocked our sixth meridian channel."

　　Yang Zai also chuckled as he said, "It's all thanks to the additional Jade Spirit Waterfall training time. Or else, we would likely need another month to unblock our sixth channel."

　　Zhou Yuan was somewhat amazed. Looks like the two additional hours of Jade Spirit Waterfall training time had done a rather huge service to them.

　　Zhou Yuan asked with interest, "What about the B cla.s.s? With only an hour of Jade Spirit Waterfall training time left, they should not have made much progress, right?"

　　Song Qiushui pondered a little before she replied, "The morale of the B cla.s.s has been rather low recently and they seem to hold some resentment towards Qi Yue."

　　After all, three quarters of their B cla.s.s' originally four hour long Jade Spirit Waterfall training time had been lost by Qi Yue. Who could tolerate such a huge drop? Even if they did not dare to say anything due to Qi Yue's status, some resentment could not be avoided.