“Quick, quick, quick! Send it to me!” Xia Yao urged repeatedly.
Jiangnan couldn’t resist her, so he sent it over.
On the way to drop Jiangnan home, Xia Yao said seriously, “Honestly, Jiangnan! Consider joining our team!”
“Spiritual warriors exploring spiritual ruins are only safe in a team!”
“Kick out that Luo Tianxiang and his ilk, like Han Cheng!”
“Once your spatial ability grows, your combat power will be off the charts, unmatched in controlling the battlefield!”
“Xuexue would be thrilled if you joined!”
Jiangnan scratched his head, “I’d love to, but I’m in my final year of high school. I can’t just transfer schools, can I?”
Xia Yao said matter-of-factly, “Why not? I’ll sort it out for you!”
Jiangnan knew Xia Yao was about to flex her financial power!
“But joining mid-term might not look good for your reputation. Songjiang Spiritual Martial School is highly competitive, and strength is everything!”
“If you really want to come, you’ll have to earn your way in!”
Jiangnan was taken aback, “Earn my way? How?”
“Jiangcheng No.1 High School has three exchange student slots every term! The top three in the year-end assessment get sent to our school for special training!”
“Just ace the year-end assessment and secure a top-three spot!”
Jiangnan’s eyes lit up. That was a plan!
But he’d never actually taken part in their school’s year-end assessment!
For academic subjects, as a top student, Jiangnan could aim for first place with some effort.
His English was a bit weak, though!
The real issue was the spiritual martial class’s year-end exam, which included a practical test!
Not a duel between classmates.
But entering a spiritual ruin to hunt spiritual beasts!
The problem was, in three years of high school, Jiangnan had never entered a spiritual ruin!
The nearest ruin to Jiangcheng was in Changbai Mountain!
Regulations stated only those above Black Iron Five Stars could enter…
He didn’t even know what a spiritual beast looked like.
“There’s one month left until the year-end exam! Xiao Nan, you’ve got to work hard!”
With that, Xia Yao leaned close to Jiangnan’s ear and whispered, “If you get first in your year, I’ll give you a big reward!”
A fragrance unique to a young woman filled Jiangnan’s senses.
It sent a shiver through him.
Jiangnan, “Uh… watch the road while driving!”
Xia Yao, “…”
[Resentment points from Xia Yao +333!]
“I’ll think about it…”
Xia Yao, “No way, just move in with us! Xuexue and I rent a villa nearby! You’re only a measly Black Iron Seven… Seven… wait, what?”
“When did you hit Black Iron Ten Stars?”
Her voice jumped three octaves.
Jiangnan rubbed his nose, “Well, you know, just put in a little effort!”
“I didn’t want to work hard, but you wouldn’t have me otherwise!”
Xia Yao gave him a playful glare.
She was still shocked!
Last time they ate together, he was Black Iron Seven Stars!
It had only been a few days, and he was Black Iron Ten Stars?
Was his talent really E-grade?
“You guy, how many secrets are you hiding?”
“Take this, see if you can break through to Bronze! It’ll give you a better shot at the year-end exam!”
Under Jiangnan’s stunned gaze.
She reached into her chest, pulled out two spiritual beads, and stuffed them into Jiangnan’s hands.
Feeling the still-warm beads, Jiangnan swallowed hard.
“Now that’s something! I’ve only seen this in cartoons!”
This must be the legendary…
Hidden treasure in the chest?
A valley of wonders?
Xia Yao’s face flushed, “What kind of weird cartoons are you watching?”
“These beads are expensive, okay? You’ve got to store them carefully!”
“Over 200,000 each, and the Spiritual Martial Association regulates them tightly! It’s hard to even find a way to buy or sell them!”
Jiangnan nodded seriously, “Only you could pull that off. No one else has the assets to hide beads like that…”
Xia Yao, “…”
Jiangnan even held them up to his nose and sniffed them in front of her!
Hmm…
Pretty fragrant!
“Yah!”
[Resentment points from Xia Yao +333!]
She was already regretting giving Jiangnan the beads…
Couldn’t he be a bit more discreet?
Kicking Jiangnan out of the car, Xia Yao snapped, “If you don’t get first, you’ll see how I deal with you!”
At the alley entrance, Jiangnan watched the blue supercar speed off, shaking his head with a smile!
The spiritual beads in his hand glowed faintly red!
They were attributed beads, and of Bronze quality!
Spiritual beads came from spiritual beasts, and attributed beasts were powerful, making them hard to obtain!
Their value naturally skyrocketed!
For spiritual warriors with the five elemental abilities, absorbing matching attributed beads had great effects!
For someone like Jiangnan with a special ability, absorbing beads, attributed or not, had the same effect!
Spatial attribute beads existed!
But they were extremely rare, and Jiangnan couldn’t get them easily!
“Fire attribute beads, probably meant for Xuexue…”
“Bronze, huh? Let’s give it a try!”
For once, Jiangnan didn’t head to the night market but went home to absorb the beads!
After absorbing both, it was past seven in the evening.
His cultivation was still Black Iron Ten Stars!
Jiangnan rubbed his head, seems the bottleneck wasn’t easy to break.
Suddenly remembering something, Jiangnan grinned mischievously.
He took a bunch of spiritual leeks from the system inventory and got to work…
Then he went to the neighbouring yard!
Squatting down, he called, “Wangcai! Come here!”
A Shiba Inu bounded out of the kennel, tongue out, and nuzzled up affectionately!
“Woof woof u･ω･u!”
Jiangnan pulled a sausage from his pocket and handed it over.
He patted its head!
Sighing, “Look at the state of you! I’ve been here three years, and you still haven’t found a mate!”
“Confirmed bachelor dog, huh!”
“Passing on the family line is serious business! I can’t stand by anymore, so I’m helping you out!”
“No need to thank me!”
Wangcai was happily munching the sausage, tail wagging furiously.
Completely unaware that the sausage had a leek tucked inside…
Next door, Grandpa Wang called out, “Xiao Nan, haven’t eaten yet? Come eat at our place!”
Jiangnan coughed lightly, quickly saying, “No, no, I’m good!”
He scurried off guiltily, returning to his yard to peer over the wall, watching Wangcai’s reaction!
Wangcai lay in his kennel for a bit, then suddenly perked up!
“Woof woof! Roar! (´͈ꄃ`͈)!”
He bolted out of the kennel, kicking up a cloud of dust in the alley!
He charged into Auntie Zhou’s yard, his gleaming eyes locking onto Guoguo, lounging under a tree!
A fluffy white Havanese!
Without caring if Guoguo was willing, he pounced like a ferocious beast.
Guoguo, “???”
Wangcai, “Woof woof roar!!! (˶˚ᗨ˚˶)”
Guoguo, “Woof whimper~… ₍ᐢ⸝⸝›̫‹⸝⸝ᐢ₎”
Zhou Yuqing, picking vegetables in the yard, stared at the two dogs for a good ten seconds…
Then her face turned red to her ears!
Zhou Yuqing, “Mum! Our Guoguo… Guoguo’s been…”
Jiangnan returned to his house, pleased with himself.
“Wangcai! You’ve got to keep it up!”
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