This is a comprehensive gap in practical strength—not discrimination, but an undeniable fact laid out in the open.

Even if Henry Sutton could achieve an explosion of theoretical knowledge, that would only be a perfect score of 100, and a 100-point flaw in practical skills could leave him in despair.

True super scholars—aren’t they all masters of multiple auxiliary spells in every aspect? The Wood God Technique is no exception. Well, none of the freshmen top students’ spells even reach level 1; level 1 is already an excellent standard among senior graduates. Let alone Frank Young not being at level 1—how many seniors have reached it? Less than half a class, probably.

Level 2 means being among the elite of millions of cultivators in a city of hundreds of millions.

In his memory, people like Frank Young and Emily Thompson had already achieved ordinary or proficient mastery of multiple spells, while Henry Sutton only had ordinary mastery of Spirit Nurturing Technique, plus two combat spells: Flying Vine Technique and Flower God Technique.

As long as Henry Sutton recognizes reality—he hasn’t submitted his name yet, and if he regrets it, he can still withdraw, sparing himself from facing more people like Frank Young. Such ruthless and unrestrained mockery is extremely detrimental to a teenager’s growth.

But Patrick Grant was disappointed. Despite his good intentions, all he saw was the utterly unperturbed Henry Sutton. He even wanted to complain—has this guy become expressionless? Henry Sutton wasn’t this cold before.

With a sigh, he finally looked at Frank Young. “You’re here to sign up too?”

Frank Young nodded cheerfully. “Out of more than 700 freshmen, there’s only one spot. Although I’m often overshadowed by Grace Warren, I feel I’ve made great progress recently and still have the strength to compete with Grace Warren for that one spot. Unlike some people who jump out just to make others laugh.”

Patrick Grant nodded.

He didn’t know that at this moment, Henry Sutton was observing his opponents’ strengths. It’s necessary to understand every opponent before a big battle.

Target for investigation: Frank Young.

Spirit Wood system evolution path.

Cultivation: Spirit Transformation, level four.

……

Comprehensive evaluation: Theoretical knowledge 98, practical ability 98!

Out of a hundred points, this guy is nearly maxed out in both theory and practice.

Henry Sutton sighed again. Level 1 entry is already the standard for outstanding university graduates nationwide, and here’s a freshman who hasn’t even graduated yet, with such strong abilities in every aspect—he truly has reason to be proud.

……

A moment later, three figures left the office building, one in front and two behind. When another figure approached from ahead, Henry Sutton ignored him, but a few meters behind, Frank Young waved and called out with a smile, “Grace Warren, are you here to sign up too?”

Grace Warren was a 19-year-old with a delicate, youthful face and a strong family background. As for himself… he actually didn’t work very hard. Why do people who don’t work hard dominate all disciplines?

In Earth’s flourishing era of cultivation, most humans experience rapid physical growth before the age of fourteen or fifteen, making it unsuitable to start cultivating too early. Otherwise, repeated breakthroughs of the DNA life shackles through cultivation would affect this rapid development period and cause deformities.

You say some people develop after fourteen or fifteen? Late bloomers? Under generations of spiritual plant nurturing in the Ming Dynasty, this problem simply doesn’t exist.

Most ordinary people only enter evolution-type high schools due to talent during the high school entrance exams. The wealthy and nobles are exceptions—they can use family resources to obtain spiritual plant elixirs, allowing them to start cultivating as early as six or seven, or seven or eight, with the help of medicine.

Henry Sutton started cultivating at fifteen; Grace Warren started at ten.

A five-year head start is the reason he dominates so easily. The wealthy don’t have to wait for their cultivation to gradually evolve their brains—they can simply buy elixirs that sharpen their senses while they’re still ordinary people. It’s that simple.

Dominating all disciplines with ease, Grace Warren is quite arrogant.

Frank Young greeted him with a smile, but Grace Warren just pursed his lips and couldn’t be bothered to respond.

Frank Young was momentarily stunned, a flash of anger in his eyes, but he smiled again. “Let me tell you a joke. You know this Henry Sutton, right? Despite his terrible grades, he’s also signed up for the freshman team spot.”

Grace Warren, who was about to greet the pretty girl Emily Thompson, froze, turned back to glance at Henry Sutton, and, seeing that annoyingly handsome face, grinned. “Are you crazy? Him? Daring to sign up?”

He wasn’t saying this to Henry Sutton. Student Young was even more delighted. “I wouldn’t joke about this, haha, I can’t help it—let me laugh for a bit.”

Grace Warren laughed too, still ignoring Henry Sutton. In his mind, people like Henry Sutton, from ordinary backgrounds and with average strength, weren’t even qualified to talk to him.

He didn’t like people who didn’t know their place!

After ignoring Henry Sutton, he finally greeted Emily Thompson. “Emily, sometimes I want to help you out, but there’s only one spot for freshmen on the team, so I’ll apologize in advance.”

Among the three students here, only the fair-skinned, beautiful, slim-waisted Emily Thompson was worth Student Warren being polite to.

Emily Thompson rolled her eyes and ignored him.

As the four passed by each other, the three’s expressions changed. Grace Warren put on his usual playful and frivolous look, while Emily Thompson glanced at Henry Sutton with a hint of worry in her eyes.

Frank Young? Looking ahead, then behind, a wild ambition was growing inside him. Whether it was Henry Sutton, who was often mentioned by many female classmates and compared to him, or Grace Warren, the rich kid… he would trample them all underfoot!

Definitely.