Chapter 50: Golden Light Possessing the Body, Cosmic Phenomenon!

Hearing him claim to have 'scarcely scraped by,' a deep flush of envy instantly washed over the faces of the surrounding students.

And that was precisely the effect the youth had desired.

After decades of bitter study and arduous cultivation, day in and day out, was it not all for this very moment of vindication—to ride high on the crest of success in a single day?

Having basked in those gazes of envy, jealousy, and resentment, the young man was clearly in high spirits; he cast a sidelong glance at Li Jianfei and smirked, "You look truly pathetic right now. How about you come run with me from now on?"

Though both were currently mere students, the moment one became a permanent reincarnator, their respective social statuses drifted into entirely different realms.

Upon leaving the Reincarnation Hall, Li Jianfei could only slink back to the ranks alone to lick his wounds in silence, whereas this youth could head straight for the personal information registry established by the Reincarnators' Association, where countless flowers and applause awaited him.

Regrettably, Li Jianfei remained utterly deaf to the olive branch extended to him, merely muttering to himself in a daze, "Chang'an's theoretical exam scores were so exceptional, so why did he fail too? We clearly poured so much effort and sweat into this over the past few years... I am truly unreconciled..."

The failure of his reincarnation was quite obviously an immensely devastating blow to him.

After all, in the world today, if a young person wished to realize their dreams, it almost always hinged upon the prerequisite of 'becoming an official reincarnator.'

Once reincarnation failed, though one's life was not entirely sentenced to death, it was not far from it.

Seeing that Li Jianfei actually dared to ignore him, the student’s face stiffened with embarrassment; he let out a cold snort and said, "I originally intended to grant you an opportunity to help me build my territory, but since you don't know what's good for you, you can't blame me..."

With that, he turned, preparing to take his leave.

However, hearing the words 'go together to the territory,' the minds of those students who had failed the examination suddenly grew fervent.

One had to understand that this moment, upon the conclusion of their eighteen-year reincarnation attempt, was already the closest they would ever come to those high-and-mighty reincarnators in the future.

If they failed to seize this final chance, they might not even possess the right to show their faces before a reincarnator hereafter.

Thus, several bold and opportunistic female students immediately rushed to the front of the youth, their breath sweet and urgent as they cried, "Handsome, I can be elegant or sweet, why don't you take me with you!"

A few other timid, self-conscious girls followed closely behind; their pretty faces flushed crimson, only managing to summon their courage after great effort to speak, "Handsome, can I run with you too?"

There were also pragmatic, adaptable boys who adopted a slightly flattering tone, saying, "Senior, my score in the last monthly exam ranked in the top one hundred of our grade. I am proficient in professional skills such as territorial resource management, scientific spiritual field cultivation, and large-scale military training. Could you leave your contact information? When your territory is assigned, for the sake of our classmate bond, could you give me a recruitment opportunity?"

In almost an instant, the student was surrounded so tightly by the enthusiastic crowd that not a drop of water could trickle through.

Everyone wished to grasp a piece of fortune before he truly took flight.

To cling to a reincarnator after one's own failure and assist them in managing their territory was, after all, a beautiful dream craved by many students present.

Yet all of this clearly had nothing to do with Li Jianfei, whose soul remained wandering in the heavens, completely oblivious to his classmates who had already grown frantic around him.

Seeing him in such a lost and deeply stricken state, Qin Yang hastily pulled him to the side and explained, "Chang'an did not fail; it seems he just hasn't emerged from the Reincarnation Space yet!"

Hearing these words, Li Jianfei froze entirely, and then his senses abruptly snapped back into place. With a mixture of alarm and doubt, he said, "Chang'an entered the examination hall even before me, and our batch has already come out. How could he possibly have not returned to the main world yet?"

Under normal circumstances, the time it took for reincarnators of the same batch to return to the main world barely differed.

Those who emerged first were almost always the failures, because they did not need to undergo tallying within the Reincarnation Space; instead, they were ejected directly from it.

As for those students who successfully obtained the recognition of the Reincarnation Mark, they would usually be delayed by a minute or two, returning only after the mark had completed its final evaluation.

But no matter the case, the duration Li Chang'an had remained within the Reincarnation World was simply too absurdly long.

The successful students from the same batch that entered the Reincarnation World with him had already departed for the personal information registry of the Reincarnators' Association; by now, they were likely finished registering and were busy selecting enterprises or territories to join.

Yet Li Chang'an had still not emerged from the Reincarnation World.

Because the number of students entering in the same batch was vast, and coupled with the fact that the scores of the other students were dismal, Qin Yang's distracted mind had not even realized anything was amiss until now.

Now brought to his attention by Li Jianfei, the realization suddenly struck him.

"That's right!" Qin Yang frowned, pondering for a moment before speaking with a somewhat uncertain tone, "Do you think there's a possibility... that because Chang'an's performance was too outstanding, he is wasting a considerable amount of time in the evaluation space?"

Li Jianfei did not speak, but his originally dim eyes suddenly flared with brightness.

The more Qin Yang thought about it, the more he felt this was a distinct possibility; he immediately slapped his thigh and stood up, saying, "Wait here, I'll go to the invigilation desk right away to ask and see exactly what is happening!"

For this term's reincarnation assessment, Class 55, which he led, had only produced a single reincarnator up until now. If no other miracle occurred, he would undoubtedly place dead last again in this year's excellence evaluation.

If Li Chang'an could succeed, it would likewise bring immense benefits to him as the class advisor!

With this thought, Qin Yang forcefully suppressed the surge of excitement rising within his heart and prepared to head toward the Reincarnation Hall.

Yet right at that moment, a massive uproar and clamor erupted within the Reincarnation Hall.

Most of the students in the playground of Linjiang First High School heard the commotion and subconsciously turned their heads toward the direction from which the noise echoed.

—Only to behold within the originally grand and majestic Reincarnation Hall, a brilliant, golden pillar of light soaring straight into the heavens, piercing through the clouds as though linking the earth to the sky itself.

It was suffused with a magnificent and solemn grandeur that made one's scalp tingle.

And beneath that pillar of light, a tall, slender silhouette slowly materialized.

Because the pillar of light was simply too dazzling, even though several invigilators from the Reincarnators' Association widened their eyes, they could not pierce the glare to discern the specific features of the person inside, catching only a rough outline of the form.

The men cast a glance at the silhouette, and finding they could glean no further details, they subconsciously shifted their gazes toward the electronic screen beside the figure tasked with recording the candidates' scores.

Before entering the examination hall, the invigilators had distributed a bracelet to every student used to record their assessment results.

Thus, though they could not clearly see which student stood within the pillar of light right now, they could directly determine his identity and reincarnation score through the bracelet.

There, upon the electronic screen, a line of text emerged—[Candidate Name: Li Chang'an, Reincarnation Rating: S!]

Upon seeing that enlarged, emboldened 'S', even though they were somewhat prepared psychologically, the invigilators still could not help but widen their eyes, their faces filled with utter disbelief.

"An S-rank!?"

"It really is an S-rank!!!"

"Heavens, Linjiang First High School is merely an ordinary high school, isn't it? How could an S-rank genius appear here, the kind that even elite noble schools find difficult to nurture?"

The exclamations of the invigilators could be heard clearly even from a great distance.

The moment they captured the keyword 'S-rank,' almost every student held their breath simultaneously, their eyes irresistibly drawing toward the pillar of light that had already begun to slowly dissipate.

Everyone wished to know just who the lucky soul was who had achieved an S-rank rating within that pillar of light!