txolops Chapter 071 We agreed to be academic underachievers, so how did you become an academic star?
Chapter 071 We agreed to be academic underachievers, so how did you become an academic star?
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Big Gold Tooth was the first to send a message. He excitedly told Shen Bai, "Brother, the Azure Star Fruit sold for 11,000 spirit stones. The normal market price for a Grade 1 demon core is 100 spirit stones each, so it's a total of 12,000 spirit stones."
Shen Bai was very satisfied with the price and happy that Big Gold Tooth hadn't swallowed his Bixing Fruit. This meant that although Big Gold Tooth was greedy, he had principles.
"Brother Hai, take your cut, and then transfer the remaining amount to my account."
Big Gold Tooth didn't mince words and immediately added, "Xuanhua Pharmaceuticals is finished, brother, did you know that?"
Shen Bai feigned confusion and asked, "What's going on?"
Jin Hai, hearing that Shen Bai's tone seemed genuine, put aside his suspicions and said, "The night before last, the Night Fiend Hall must have gone mad. They suddenly arrested important figures from Xuanhua Pharmaceutical. Their patriarch was killed on the spot, and seven or eight members of the Xuan family were killed for resisting. Overnight, Xuanhua Pharmaceutical completely vanished."
"Tsk tsk tsk, the Xuan family will be spending this New Year in jail!"
"The Night Fiend Hall is amazing!" Shen Bai exclaimed repeatedly, making Jin Hai even more uncertain about whether this matter had anything to do with Shen Bai.
Because of the previous leak, both law halls lost face, so Deng Zhi and Du Haiyang dealt with Xuanhua Pharmaceutical's affairs yesterday while also conducting a thorough internal investigation. Many people couldn't even have a proper New Year.
The bribed law enforcement officers were immediately identified and will face the wrath of the two hall masters.
Having learned from past mistakes, no one dared to leak any information about the case this time. Even Jin Hai, who was always well-informed, was unable to determine why Xuanhua Pharmaceutical was suddenly liquidated.
However, he didn't care too much. After all, in his mind, the matter between Shen Bai and Xuanhua Pharmaceutical was long over. He was just asking out of habit when he was testing the waters.
The two chatted for a few more minutes before hanging up.
Just as Shen Bai was about to tell Shen Wenwen the good news, messages of blessing came from Bai Qingqing, Xie Beibei, An Li, Hu Feier, Hu Weiwei and others. Shen Bai even received a message of blessing from Ye Qianqian.
He replied to each of them and also sent New Year's greetings to teachers Yang Xiao, Deng Zhi, Du Haiyang, and others.
After working for half a day, he saw Shen Wenwen looking at him resentfully from the side: "I'm starving!"
Shen Bai quickly got up to cook for his little sister, complaining as he cooked, "Shen Wenwen, you're a big girl now, you need to learn to cook for yourself."
Shen Wenwen wrinkled her little nose and ran to the side disdainfully: "I'm destined to become a fairy, how can I cook! If anyone's going to cook, it's you! You'll be cooking for me for the rest of your life!"
"A lifetime? You're not getting married?"
"I don't want to get married! What's so great about those lousy men? You're not allowed to get married either; you'll have to serve me for the rest of your life!"
"Shen Wenwen, you're too domineering!"
"What? You're abandoning your innocent, cute, and beautiful sister so soon? Are you seeing someone else? I knew it! Tell me, who's that vixen?"
"Shen Wenwen, you're not allowed to read those trashy novels anymore!"
……
During the five-day Spring Festival holiday, Shen Bai spent most of his time at home diligently cultivating, except for working part-time at a milk tea shop.
Now, with the Five Elements Spiritual Body, his cultivation speed is like a cheat code. In the week since returning from the White Dragon Secret Realm, he feels like he's improving every day. Originally, it would have taken him more than two months to break through, but now, with the five-fold increase in cultivation speed, he can break through in a month at most.
With five months left until the college entrance examination, after breaking through to the ninth level, immediately consume a first-tier breakthrough pill to enter the extreme realm. Then, after a period of preparation, consume a first-tier breakthrough pill to sprint towards the innate realm.
It's now almost certain that I'll be able to reach the Innate Realm before the college entrance exam.
I can basically get full marks in the martial arts exam.
The two holy academies are already in our grasp!
The future seems to be getting brighter and brighter!
……
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Jiangbei No.1 High School resumed classes, and the first morning was dedicated to the liberal arts exams.
The five major subjects of alchemy, talismans, weapons, arrays, and history were all tested on a single large exam paper, which was completed in two hours in one morning.
Shen Bai's original humanities grades were already quite good. Now he has already entered the apprentice level in all arts and has become a first-level alchemist in alchemy. He writes down the contents of the exam paper almost without thinking, as if he were copying answers.
Of the five subjects, only the history of Blue Star involved some subjective questions, which took some time to think about. After a little over an hour, Shen Bai got up and handed in his paper.
"What's going on?"
Qian Kai was writing furiously when he looked up and saw that Shen Bai had already handed the exam paper to Yang Xiao.
This stunned him. Hadn't the exam just started? How come you handed in your paper already?
The students who were answering the questions were also surprised.
It's only been a little over an hour, what's going on with you?
We agreed to be academic underachievers, so how did you become an academic star?
Can't we just have some fun anymore?
Yang Xiao was also somewhat surprised. Even though she knew Shen Bai was good at humanities subjects, it was still unexpected that he would hand in his paper so early.
I glanced at it quickly and found that all the questions had been answered, the paper was clean, and even the drawings and explanations of the complex formations were so pleasing to the eye.
"Okay, don't wander around after you go out. You can go to the cultivation room to cultivate!"
Yang Xiao nodded and let him leave.
Good students always receive preferential treatment.
The students in Class 3-2 stared at Shen Bai's retreating figure, their hearts filled with curses: "May you write everything wrong, and may you guess none of them correctly!"
On her way to the training room, An Li happened to pass by Class 3-1, where she was writing furiously. Sensing someone approaching, she looked up and her mouth dropped open: "What's going on?"
Shen Bai winked at her, indicating that he had finished writing.
An Li looked down at the many blank questions she still had, and felt like crying.
Why?
Why is this guy getting stronger every time I see him?
Once his cultivation catches up, will I even lose to him in the martial arts that I am most proud of?
This immediately filled An Li with a sense of crisis.
……
The humanities exam was in the morning, and the military exam was in the afternoon.
The first mock exam was a real-person practice, but the second mock exam was different; it used a special illusionary formation used in the college entrance examination.
Candidates engage in combat with virtual martial artists, and are then scored based on their progress in martial arts skills demonstrated during the battles.
Within the illusion, the candidates' combat abilities can be maximized, and their progress in mastering the four basic martial arts techniques can be observed. Furthermore, many people can participate simultaneously, making it highly efficient.
Moreover, the martial arts exam was different from the civil service exam. The results were released almost at the same time the students emerged from the illusion array, so many students gathered around to watch the spectacle.
Shen Bai was in a hurry to cultivate, so he immediately entered the illusion array.
In less than fifteen minutes, Shen Bai appeared outside the illusion array, and the proctor shouted, "Shen Bai, your martial arts score is 500!"