Stop pretending, I'm a security guard, a five-star general!

After morning reading, the talent awakening ceremony officially began.

Nearly a thousand senior high school students gathered on the playground.

Li Ping, the principal of Jiangnan No.1 Middle School, stood in front of the podium and began to read his long and tedious opening speech, which was as long and tedious as an old woman's foot binding cloth.

Half an hour later, just as all the students were about to doze off, the speech finally came to an end.

"Now I hereby declare the Talent Awakening Ceremony of the Class of 2021 of Jiangnan No.1 High School officially commence!"

These words jolted the students on the playground awake, and they straightened their minds.

Finally, it's time for the exciting talent awakening stage.

"First place, Zhang San from Class 1, Senior 3!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a boy who looked like a bad guy walked up to the Awakening Platform with his head held high and touched the Talent Awakening Stone with his palm.

The next moment, a light, not particularly dazzling but still somewhat luminous, earthy yellow color emerged from within the Talent Awakening Stone.

Upon seeing this, the host, expressionless, loudly proclaimed:

"Rank D Elemental Talent - Sand Throw!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang San secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

His awakening factor is only 0.25, so it's already quite good that he can awaken a D-level talent.

Then, Zhang San stepped down from the stage, and Li Si came up next.

"Li Si, awakened C-level enhancement talent - Muscle Overlord!"

"Wang Wu, awakened D-level animal-type talent - Little Flying Dog!"

"Lao Liu, awaken D-level artifact talent - Little Silver Needle!"

"..."

The awakening ceremony continued, but after more than twenty students had passed, not a single one had awakened a talent level higher than C.

Principal Li Ping, standing in front of the podium, frowned slightly.

The quality of this year's edition is not very good.

However, when he turned his head and saw the stunningly beautiful girl with a cool and aloof demeanor in the audience, he immediately felt at ease.

The daughter of the city lord of Jiangnan City has an awakening factor of 0.9, breaking the historical record of the highest awakening factor in the history of Jiangnan No.1 Middle School. She is hailed as the most promising girl to awaken an S-level talent!

If she can successfully awaken her S-level talent this time, then even if all the other students fall behind, it won't be a problem at all!

After all, their small city of Jiangnan has never produced a single S-level talent awakener to date.

The school that produced the first student in Jiangnan City to awaken an S-level talent is a level of achievement that no other school can match.

Soon, another half hour passed, and nearly half of the students had completed their talent awakening.

Although the vast majority are still at or below C-level, there have been a few B-level talent awakeners. Compared with previous years, there is not a significant difference.

"Next up, Li Jun from Class 5 of Senior Three!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jun's lips curled slightly. He then stepped out of the queue, head held high, and strode confidently toward the Awakening Platform.

Upon hearing this, many students turned their gazes in that direction, their eyes filled with envy.

With an awakening factor as high as 0.75, ranking among the top three in the entire grade, he has a very high chance of awakening an A-level talent.

Li Jun placed his hand on the Talent Awakening Stone, and the next moment, an incomparably dazzling golden light shot into the sky, accompanied by a thunderous moo from a bull.

Upon seeing this, the host's eyes lit up, and he immediately exclaimed:

"Li Jun, awakened A-level animal-type talent - Golden Iron Bull!"

These words caused an uproar throughout the room.

As expected, Li Jun successfully awakened his A-level talent!

At that moment, everyone's eyes were filled with envy.

You should know that after awakening an A-level talent, as long as you don't do too badly in the college entrance examination, getting into one of the top ten universities in Great Xia is practically a sure thing.

Upon seeing this, Principal Li Ping smiled and nodded with satisfaction.

Not bad, this kid, on whom he also had high hopes, didn't disappoint.

Feeling the envious gazes directed at him from everyone present, Li Jun felt incredibly pleased, his excitement and joy evident on his face.

He felt that at this moment, he was the only protagonist in the entire scene!

"Hey buddy, stop posing and showing off here, move aside, I need to awaken my powers."

Liu Damao patted Li Jun on the shoulder and said somewhat speechlessly.

It's just that he awakened an A-level talent, and this guy is acting all high and mighty.

Upon hearing this, Li Jun frowned, glanced at him contemptuously, then snorted coldly and walked off the stage.

He still remembers what that kid said about him in the classroom.

Saying that he only got his father's help?

What the hell? Since when can a Bronze player evaluate a King player?

However, Li Jun was too lazy to bother with it.

Anyway, with the other party's pitiful awakening factor, it would be a miracle if he could even awaken a D-level ability. Making trouble for him would only make him look bad.

Ignoring Li Jun's disdainful gaze, Liu Damao stood nervously in front of the Awakening Platform, rubbing his hands together excitedly and praying with utmost sincerity.

"Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, please let me awaken a better talent!"

"I'd trade ten years of my father's life for it! No, twenty years!"

After silently praying, Liu Damao slowly placed his hand on the Talent Awakening Stone.

The next moment, a blood-red light, though not as dazzling as before, still appeared.

Upon seeing this, the host was immediately taken aback, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes:

"Ok?"

"hiss!!!"

"Liu Damao, awakened B-grade enhancement talent - Bloodthirsty Berserker!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire playground erupted in cheers, creating a commotion that was many times greater than when Li Jun awakened his A-level talent!

After all, Li Jun's awakening of an A-level talent was still within everyone's expectations.

But the fact that Liu Damao could awaken a B-level talent was completely beyond their expectations.

At Jiangnan No. 1 High School, everyone knows Qin Yu and Liu Damao, these two hidden talents. One has an awakening factor of 0.1 and the other has an awakening factor of 0.2. They occupy the bottom two positions in the entire grade. If they can awaken a D-level superpower, it is considered that their ancestors accumulated great virtue.

And now it's awakened a B-level talent?!

This is just too outrageous!

Liu Damao was completely stunned when he saw the talent he had just awakened.

"Holy crap? That's incredibly effective!"

"If I had known I should have exaggerated my lifespan earlier, I might have awakened an S-rank directly!"

Liu Damao was filled with regret at that moment.

He failed to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; what a miscalculation!

Regardless, Liu Damao was still very happy to have awakened a B-level talent.

Wuhu~

Cool!

take off! ! !

As Liu Damao's homeroom teacher, Li Muxia was also dumbfounded at this moment.

This guy she thought was a promising talent actually awakened a B-level talent?

She was now unsure whether to laugh or cry.

Liu Damao swaggered off the stage with an air of nonchalance, appearing excited and thrilled, a stark contrast to his tense and worried demeanor when he first came on stage.

Qin Yu looked at Liu Damao, who had walked back, and said with a smile:

"Great, Da Mao, you've really turned the tables and become a serf."

It is even rarer for someone with an awakening factor of only 0.2 to awaken a B-level talent than for someone to awaken an S-level talent.

"Hehe," Liu Damao chuckled and scratched his head, then leaned close to Qin Yu's ear and whispered:

"Old Qin, I'm going to tell you a secret, but you can't tell anyone else, okay?"

Qin Yu was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, then nodded: "What is it?"

Liu Damao glanced around to make sure no one could hear him, then whispered in a very mysterious tone:

"Just now I used twenty years of my father's lifespan to pray to heaven for a good talent. I suspect that my awakening of a B-level talent is related to this."

秦羽：“(?2?9?6?1?0?8.?6?1?0?3?2?9)?0?7?0?1?0?7?0?1”

He stared blankly at Liu Damao, then immediately gave him a thumbs up.

Good heavens, you're the epitome of filial piety these days!

But then, Qin Yu began to think with his head down.

According to this logic, if a 20-year lifespan is equivalent to a B-level talent, then wouldn't a 50-year lifespan be equivalent to an S-level talent?

My father is 44 years old now. Given his level of two-star martial arts master, he should have no problem living to 100.

In other words, if he gives up 50 years of his lifespan in exchange, his father will still have six years left to live.

Yes, that's enough. He should be able to see himself get married and have grandchildren. His life will be basically complete, and he won't have any regrets.

Thinking of this, a slight smile appeared on Qin Yu's lips.

Dad, I'm so sorry!

For the sake of your son's future, I'll borrow your lifespan for a while!

……

"Ah!"

On the other side, Qin Xiaotian, who was sitting in his office reading a newspaper, suddenly sneezed.

For some reason, he suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck.