When Earth Awakened, I Became a Sword Saintess

Chapter 21 : The Physical Fitness Test

21: The Physical Fitness Test

Friday, on the school's sports field, not just the third-year students, but even the first and second years had come to watch. The stands were packed, and a large crowd of students had also gathered by the field. On their youthful faces, they all wore looks of anticipation, wanting to see the outstanding demeanor of the upperclassmen who were about to face the most important exam of their lives.

Yuyin, in a white T-shirt and gym shorts, naturally attracted the most attention. The third-year school belle, the object of admiration for all the female students and the dream girl of the boys; regardless of her test results, just being able to see her in sportswear from a distance was already a kind of happiness.

“Yuyin, the high jump test is about to start.” Yingluo, also in sportswear, came to her side. She was not only participating in the test herself but was also familiar with the entire process, acting as Yuyin's guide or assistant, much like her duties as Vice President.

“Mm.” Yuyin flipped her long hair and walked alongside Yingluo. In fact, before the test began, Yuyin had already run 1500 meters during her morning workout, but she was completely unfazed. Her body radiated an aura of youthful athleticism mixed with the morning breeze, making Yingluo, who walked beside her, feel a faint, serene sense of happiness.

She had walked out of the darkness, but she was like a princess of the dawn.

They arrived at the high jump area in a corner of the field. A few girls were already jumping. The physical fitness test for the female Source Martial College Entrance Exam was a heptathlon, with only the total score considered, not individual event scores, so as to suit different types of talent.

However, most of the girls in front had already finished both of their jumps, but Yuyin had not yet taken her turn.

This made the male and female fans who had rushed over to watch a little anxious. Why wasn't she jumping yet?

At this point, most of the girls, including Yingluo, had finished.

The current best score belonged to Liu Li. Her first jump was 1.6 meters, but she said something to the referee teacher and seemed to have no intention of jumping a second time for now.

Two students stepped forward and raised the crossbar, which suddenly began to rise significantly.

The crossbar was set at 1.8 meters.

At this moment, the surrounding students looked around at each other.

“What, what are they doing? They can't be serious, can they?”

“Has the men's test started?”

A few second-year otaku were discussing it.

“Are you kidding me? That's 1.8 meters! In our school, even among the guys, only Long Xiaotian can jump 1.8 meters!”

“Yeah… so I'm confused too…”

“Hey! Look over there.”

As the junior students were murmuring in confusion, Yuyin, in the corner, had already begun to prepare for her run-up.

“It's Senior Yuyin!”

“No way. She, she's going to challenge 1.8 meters on her first jump?”

“Senior is great at sports and all, but 1.8 meters is a bit too much, isn't it?”

A few girls were also chattering, their faces flushed and hearts pounding.

Before the crowd, an agile young woman with her hair in two braids, wearing a half-Chinese style sports top with slanted buttons and embroidered Chinese shorts, was Liu Li. She looked at Yuyin, her brow slightly furrowed.

“Xia Yuyin, I heard about what happened with Zhang Biaoyang, but I'm afraid the stories have been exaggerated, too fantastic to be true? You are indeed outstanding, but half of your excellence comes from your beauty. Perhaps, these rumors are just the beautiful fantasies of your admirers…” Liu Li thought to herself. She was born in Yuxiang Garden, to a cultivation family in Lingdu, and had practiced martial arts since she was a child. But when faced with a brute like Zhang Biaoyang, even Liu Li felt a bit apprehensive. After all, he was too ferocious. The slightest mistake on her part could lead to failure.

Whoosh.

Yuyin started. Her steps weren't fast, but they were incredibly light. Her long, lustrous legs covered great distance, and she reached the crossbar in precisely thirteen steps before leaping into the air.

She formed a beautiful arc in the air, with at least two or three handspans of space between her hips and the crossbar. She cleared it with ease, like a flying swallow.

“…” Liu Li couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath, her eyes widening. “It, it was that simple?”

Yuyin landed on the air mat. Her long, straight legs, from certain angles, gave the junior students who had been waiting for a while a bit of a reward.

“Hah… as expected…” Yuyin got up effortlessly and walked off the mat.

These days of cultivating Primordial Energy had greatly enhanced her physical abilities. On top of that, she had eaten the Jade Body Ice Fruit found by the White Apes two days ago, which had raised her foundational physical qualities to another level. She was very confident she could clear 1.8 meters.

“Ding. You have successfully surprised the junior students. Gained 3 Soul Charm Points.”

“Ding. You have successfully shattered Liu Li's preconceptions. Gained 2 Soul Charm Points.”

Yuyin smiled faintly, seemingly enjoying the joy of breaking a school record, but that wasn't actually the case.

In truth, she had secretly come here to practice early in the morning, before dawn. She had first confirmed her own capabilities, and only then did she intentionally set her starting height so high.

The reason was…

Yuyin wanted to test the methods of gaining Soul Charm Points.

The previous two times were coincidental, but Soul Charm Points were a limited resource. She couldn't just rely on chance for everything. Yuyin wanted to try to create a situation herself, to proactively amaze everyone and thus gain Soul Charm Points.

It seemed her assumption was correct. Simply displaying strength wasn't necessarily enough to obtain Soul Charm Points. The key was to surprise everyone, to exceed their expectations, or to shatter someone's smug assumptions. That was the most likely way to gain Soul Charm Points.

Furthermore, Yuyin felt that randomly harming or scaring people was useless. To surprise people, the act had to have a certain quality, it couldn't be too vulgar. It had to feel natural, not forced.

The human heart was hard to fathom.

But these Soul Charm Points, they came from the human heart, didn't they? Yuyin felt.

“Xia Yuyin, are you going to jump again? You've already broken the record. Do you want to challenge a new height?” the PE teacher asked expectantly.

“No.”

With that, Yuyin turned and walked toward the side of the field.

“Ding. A younger male student who has a crush on you thinks your back looks cool. Gained 1 Soul Charm Point.”

“Ding. Some of your younger female admirers see you as the object of their fantasies. Gained 2 Soul Charm Points.”

Yuyin smiled faintly… Huh? Wait, female admirers, see me as the object of what?

During this physical fitness test, Yuyin, already the focus of public attention as the school belle, completely became the center of the entire event.

For the rest of the day, Yuyin ran and jumped, producing astonishing results time and again. Not only did she take first place in the women's heptathlon, but she also broke three school records, one of which might have even tied the district record.

On this day, Yuyin gained a total of 21 Soul Charm Points.