In the end, Jiangnan gave Shen Hong 500 vitality ginsengs!
They could be directly exchanged in the system shop, costing not too many resentment points!
The deal was one vitality ginseng for one bronze-level spirit pearl!
Roughly around that price!
Jiangnan didn’t lose out, even made a small profit!
After all, such a large quantity of spirit pearls was hard to buy with money on the market!
That evening, Shen Hong did treat Jiangnan to a meal!
At a roadside food stall!
When he got home, Jiangnan’s face was dark!
In the end, he paid for it himself!
Shen Hong had rushed out in his pyjamas, without a penny on him…
The next morning, Zhong Yingxue went to pick up a delivery, still bleary-eyed!
It was an aluminium case!
“Xiao Yao? What did you buy online now?”
Xia Yao popped up with puffed cheeks, eyes sparkling, flipping down from the second floor, “Haha! Is my anti-swelling cream here?”
“Open it quick!”
Zhong Yingxue lifted the case, “Ugh, it’s heavy!”
The two leaned in to open the case!
Zhong Yingxue: (*ﾟﾛﾟ)!!
Xia Yao: ∑(°口°๑)
“My gosh! Are these all spirit pearls?”
“Xiao Nan, Xiao Nan! Come look! My wish last night came true!”
The case was neatly packed with 500 spirit pearls!
All peak bronze-level, a third of them fire-attribute! Brimming with spiritual energy!
And there were 10 silver-level fire-attribute spirit pearls!
Jiangnan, fresh from washing his face, glanced over, “Heh, that fiery old man put in some effort!”
Yesterday, Jiangnan had told him his requirements!
Due to Zhong Yingxue’s attribute, absorbing fire-attribute spirit pearls would be more effective!
As for Jiangnan and Xia Yao, with their special types, they weren’t so particular!
The extra ten silver-level pearls were Shen Hong’s gesture of goodwill!
Zhong Yingxue was stunned, “How… so many spirit pearls? Xiao Nan, where did you get them? Robbed the Spirit Martial Association’s vault?”
Xia Yao grabbed a handful of pearls, eyes starry, “Wow! Did you go steal electric scooters? Feels great to be pampered!”
Jiangnan: ???
Even if I stole every scooter in Jiang City, I couldn’t get this many pearls!
But he said smugly, “Hmph! A man’s word is his bond! Said I’d run a stall to support you two, and I will!”
Xia Yao giggled, stuffing pearls into her shirt, “Heh, so many fire ones! Before the All-Star Game, three a day! I’m thrilled! Xuexue can definitely hit silver!”
Zhong Yingxue smiled, “I’ll try! Thanks, Xiao Nan!”
“Xiao Yao, you need to hurry too! Like Jiangnan said, with two silvers, we’ll definitely rank high!”
Jiangnan scratched his head, “You keep mentioning this All-Star Game. What’s that? Like an exam?”
Zhong Yingxue was shocked, “You don’t know?”
“The National High School All-Star Game! It’s a big deal! Like the Koshien or baseball leagues in anime!”
“First, you pass the school selection, then compete in the provincial All-Star Game! If you win, you can even go national!”
“Last year, Songjiang Spirit Martial made it to nationals!”
Her eyes sparkled as she spoke!
Jiangnan, “What’s the benefit? What rewards?”
Zhong Yingxue, “Uh… not much, but if you make it to nationals, you get a chance to enter the Spirit Pool!”
Jiangnan blinked. Nothing?
Then why the hell would I go!
What’s a Spirit Pool?
Xia Yao, “Xuexue, you really don’t know Xiao Nan!”
“If you rank, there’s money! Loads of money!”
Jiangnan’s eyes lit up, “What’s that? Money?”
Zhong Yingxue, “I think last year’s provincial champion team got a hundred million?”
“The school gives scholarships too!”
Jiangnan was stunned!
Bloody hell?
That straightforward?
Just tossing a hundred million?
So dull, so filthy rich!
A small goal handed over just like that?
Wouldn’t that fulfill his dream of getting rich overnight?
What else do you need!
A small goal is enough!
“Join! Gotta join!”
Zhong Yingxue: …
Xia Yao giggled, “Others aim for nationals to get into the Spirit Pool! You? You’re after the cash!”
Jiangnan scoffed, “What’s so great about the Spirit Pool?”
“Tch, tch, tch… so ignorant!”
“The Spirit Pool is unique to China! They say the spiritual energy there is so dense it can liquefy!”
“One day of cultivation there equals half a month outside! Spirit warriors who enter come out with a huge level boost!”
“But there’s a limited quota and time each year, or the spiritual energy would be drained!”
Jiangnan’s eyes gleamed. Such a place exists?
No wonder everyone’s desperate to compete!
Cultivating in the Spirit Pool is way faster than absorbing pearls!
Honestly, Jiangnan was tempted!
“To qualify, you need to score excellent in every subject in this month’s exam!”
Jiangnan grinned, “No worries! I, the study god Nan, am here!”
Xia Yao snickered, “You know the spirit martial subject too?”
Zhong Yingxue, “Your school doesn’t teach that, right?”
Jiangnan froze. What’s the spirit martial subject?
After their explanation, he got it!
The spirit martial subject covered miscellaneous knowledge about spirit warriors!
Like what spirit ruins exist in the country, traits of various spirit beasts, effects of spiritual techniques!
The breadth of knowledge was staggering!
How did they know so much?
They learned it in the spirit martial subject!
As for Jiangnan!
He’d never even heard of it!
Besides specialized spirit martial schools, places like Jiangnan’s old Jiang City No. 1 High didn’t teach it!
Excellent?
Damn!
He was three years behind!
What a joke!
“Books! I need to study! For my small goal!”
Then Jiangnan stared at six spirit martial books as thick as Oxford dictionaries, lost in thought…
Hmm!
Let’s think of another way!
…
In the following days, Jiangnan stopped training freshmen, leaving it to the nine Dark Night soldiers!
He dutifully went back to class!
Chemistry class had him dozing off. Regular academic subjects didn’t worry him.
The problem was that blasted spirit martial subject!
The only obstacle to his small goal!
Just then, a paper ball hit Jiangnan’s forehead!
He looked up, startled!
Xia Yao quickly hid her hand, sticking out her tongue at him!
Jiangnan chuckled, eagerly opening the note!
Four big words!
“Listen to class!”
Jiangnan: …
Big Wolf Annihilator!
Give me back my anticipation!
He propped his chin and started listening!
The teacher tapped the blackboard.
“Everyone, look closely!”
“Now! This is a peptide bond!”
“Come! Let’s add a methyl group!”
“Where should we put it, everyone?”
“In the middle, does that seem right?”
Jiangnan’s face was full of horror: ???
Teacher!
Are you sure you’re teaching chemistry?
Not biology?
What the heck?
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