Chapter 15: First-Class Sheep Disciple!

On the seventh day of the sixth lunar month, Rain Alley City rarely saw clear skies.

In the morning after the rain, the air was filled with the fragrant scent of grass and trees, refreshing to the heart and mind.

After a day of rest, Lu Ran was in high spirits; even hearing that Wu Wu Shanshan was leaving the team failed to disrupt his excellent state.

In fact, ever since parting ways with Jiangjiang Ruyi and Deng Yutang yesterday, Lu Ran had already begun fantasizing about new teammates.

If we say goodbye, then let's say goodbye; the next one will be even better!

"The rain fell all night long, my love overflowing just like the rain~"

Walking on his way to school, Lu Ran ate canned fish while humming a little tune.

Who will the next teammate be?

Which deity's believer will they be?

If it's Ma Ma Tianchuan, that would be quite amusing; wouldn't Wu Wu Shanshan be utterly devastated?

"The taste of saury, you and the cat—"

Lu Ran stopped and curiously gazed at the gate of No. 1 High School.

He saw crowds of people on both sides of the school gate, surrounded by students and parents.

The school had posted the results!

Moreover, they were posted on the outer side of the school gate, the kind made public to society.

Glancing around, Lu Ran quickened his pace and walked over.

"4100 points, 4100 points?!"

"How was this score achieved? Hasn't it broken the school's record from all previous years?"

"They are simply a bunch of beasts; who exactly are the vicious dogs?"

Amidst the buzzing murmurs, Lu Ran kept pushing forward, looking up with his head held high.

At the top of the large red list, written prominently, was:

"Team Number 98, team members: Gao Er (Class 4) Jiangjiang Ruyi, Gao Er (Class 4) Lu Ran, Gao Er (Class 4) Deng Yutang, Gao Er (Class 12) Wu Wu Shanshan—4100 points!

First place, all team members receive +10 Believer Points!"

Seeing this red background with black characters, Lu Ran was extremely excited, spilling some broth from the canned fish in his hand!

He looked downward and, as expected, saw Ma Ma Tianchuan's team.

"Team Number 17, team members: Gao Er (Class 7) Ma Ma Tianchuan, Gao Er (Class 7) Tian Tian—3100 points!

Second place, all team members receive +8 Believer Points!"

Nice,

a high-quality Divine Power Bead is now in hand!

Immersed in joy, Lu Ran paid no heed to the surrounding chatter, which showed no signs of stopping.

"Class Wu Ban Zhang Wu and Class Wu Ban Zhang Jiang are truly amazing; as expected of the top two or three in the grade! Haha, they really managed to knock the first place down from their throne!"

"Ma Ma Tianchuan, oh Ma Ma Tianchuan, so you finally have your day of reckoning?"

"I say, are you all only looking at this one list and haven't seen the list on the right side of the school gate yet?"

"What do you mean?"

"That over there is the Individual List; go take a look, I guarantee it will blind your dog eyes!"

"Right, right, right, go look quickly; it even stunned me silly!"

"I previously thought it was two great gods carrying the team, but damn it—"

The crowd stirred in agitation; Lu Ran mixed within the flow of people, walked past the school gate, and looked at the large list on the wall on the other side.

On the fifth day of the sixth lunar month, No. 1 High School of Rain Alley held its first Vicious Dog Village assessment; Individual Results List:

First place, Gao Er (Class 4), Lu Ran—98 points, Xiang Xiang Xianyang Believer. Believer Points +10!

Second place, Gao Er (Class 7), Ma Ma Tianchuan—87.1 points, Nuo Sha Believer. Believer Points +8!

Third place, Gao Er (Class 11), Gao Gao Zhonglin—81.6 points, Tan Lang Believer. Believer Points +8!

Fourth place, Gao Er (Class 8), Shi Hui—81.3 points, Liangye Jian Liangye Jian Lian Believer. Believer Points +6!

Believer Points will be recorded in your personal file and will follow you for your entire life.

In this era where everyone worships deities, Believer Points are extremely, extremely important!

They are the criterion for determining whether a student can graduate smoothly, an important credential for admission to good universities, and a stepping stone to securing good jobs.

They can even be a golden signboard you can present in the marriage market.

Most crucially, the higher an individual's Believer Points and the greater their influence, the more benefit their own deity receives.

This is also one of the important ways for believers to repay their own deities.

For instance, take Lu Ran at this very moment:

In his identity as a "Xiang Xiang Xianyang Believer," he obtained a full 20 Believer Points, ranking first on both lists!

Without saying much else, just within the student and parent groups, the name of my lord Xiang Xiang Xianyang will naturally be mentioned again and again.

Rain Alley City is indeed very small, and the specifications of the Vicious Dog Village assessment are not high, lacking much persuasiveness.

However, every road is walked step by step!

Lu Ran stood with his mouth open, staring blankly at the large list.

His mood was complex, containing not just joy, but also a trace of doubt.

98 points, ranking at the very top!

This...?

Even Class Monitors Jiangjiang Ruyi and Wu Wu Shanshan failed to enter the top twenty.

Why?

Is it because my Divine Art, Sound of Lamentation, is so overbearing that the two of them had no chance to shine?

"A believer of Xiang Xiang Xianyang? Did I misread it, or did the school make a mistake? First place goes to a believer of Xiang Xiang Xianyang?"

"Yeah, on what grounds?"

"If this gets out, won't our No. 1 High School be laughed to death? A believer of a Rank Nine deity taking first place?"

"How could it possibly be a mistake? Lu Ran's name is written clearly!"

"What kind of thing is Lu Ran, and where did he pop up from?"

"He's the one who summoned the Evil Spirit, Rouge Paper Man, during the Deity Worship ceremony!"

"Holy crap! So he is Lu Ran?"

Suddenly, an arm wrapped around Lu Ran's shoulder, shaking his body excitedly.

Lu Ran turned his head to look and saw the fortune-telling girl again—Chang Ying.

"What exactly did you do?" Chang Ying asked with great curiosity, leaning her lips close to Lu Ran's ear and whispering, "How did you manage to score this?"

Lu Ran: "."

I don't know either!

Besides, aren't you capable of divination and calculation?

If anything, I should be asking you about this.

Lu Ran's ears tickled, so he immediately tilted his head away.

Chang Ying, rude as ever, pressed one hand against Lu Ran's cheek and forcibly straightened his head: "If you don't tell me, I'm going to shout and let everyone know you're here."

Let me tell you, my voice is super loud!"

Lu Ran said helplessly, "Can you stop putting your arm around my shoulder? You're a girl."

Even though you're tall and burly with dark skin, but... do you really not know how hot your figure is?

You're a girl, a girl!

Chang Ying waved her large hand: "What are you talking about? We're bros~"

Lu Ran: "Do bros trick each other out of a pack of spicy strips?"

Chang Ying immediately became unhappy: "Bros only trick you out of spi... Wait, no! How am I tricking you? That was my reward!"

Lu Ran suddenly raised his hand and whispered, "Want some canned food?"

"Mm." The girl pursed her lips, her gaze immediately drawn to the mackerel in tomato sauce.

Lu Ran: "It's yours."

"Hehe~" Chang Ying smiled, putting on a shy expression, "This is too embarrassing."

As the girl reached out to take the can, Lu Ran seized the opportunity to slip out from under her arm, pushing through the crowd to leave.

"Oh right, Lu Ran!" Chang Ying suddenly remembered, watching Lu Ran's hurriedly departing back, "You haven't told me... Mm."

The girl's words halted, and the originally noisy environment fell silent because of her single sentence.

Whether parents or students, everyone turned their gaze, looking in the direction Chang Ying was facing.

"Where is he? Where is Lu Ran?"

"Oh no, oh no! I was bad-mouthing him just now; did he hear it all?"

"Don't worry, bro. A few days ago Lu Ran just confronted a believer of the Prisoned Demon and nearly got expelled; he wouldn't dare beat you up at school."

"."

"What's there to fear? So what if I called him a beast? Is that score something a human could achieve?"

"98 points; they truly have no shame left."

Eating the mackerel in tomato sauce, Chang Ying spoke indistinctly: "Lu Ran is quite nice; don't talk nonsense... Mm, delicious, delicious~"

However, the girl's voice was very soft; she seemed not very concerned about defending Lu Ran, but cared more about the canned fish.

The area before the school gate was clamorous, while inside the campus it was much quieter.

Lu Ran hurried toward the teaching building, attracting many glances along the way.

Most of the students entering the campus had already seen the leaderboard.

They naturally knew that this believer of Xiang Xiang Xianyang had risen above the heads of numerous believers of powerful deities.

It was simply an inversion of heaven and earth!

Under the gaze of countless eyes, Lu Ran walked faster and faster, unable to suppress the excitement in his heart.

"I've struck it rich, I've struck it rich..."

In a single assessment, he gained a full 20 Believer Points?!

It feels f*cking like a dream.

The individual and team ranking lists for each assessment are removed within a few days at most, but the Great Believer Points Leaderboard will never be removed!

It will continuously accumulate upward, accompanying Lu Ran throughout his entire believer career.

The passing score line for high school graduation is 320 Believer Points.

Only when your accumulated points are sufficient can you obtain your graduation certificate and qualify to take the university entrance exam.

In other words,

With just one novice assessment, Lu Ran had already filled in the fractional part of the passing score line.

Before being overtaken by other classmates, he would continue bearing the title of "Believer of Xiang Xiang Xianyang," remaining firmly at the top of the Believer Points Leaderboard!

So satisfying~!

Secretly delighted, Lu Ran quickly dashed up to the third floor and plunged headlong into his classroom.

"Lu Ran is here!"

"Brother Ran is awesome! Awesome is all that matters, oh!"

"Brother 98 is here!"

Lu Ran: "."

His squad was number 98, he had also scored 98 points, and what made it even more coincidental was that in the Divine Sequence, My Lord Xiang Xiang Xianyang's seat was also the 98th.

Lu Ran could avoid people outside, but once inside his own classroom, he had nowhere to escape.

Lu Ran simply stopped on the podium, waving his hands repeatedly with an air of modesty: "Aiya~ what a fuss this has become."

"Stop asking; I don't know either—where exactly were those two points deducted?"

In an instant, the noisy classroom fell silent.

Everyone stared blankly at Lu Ran; they had expected him to make a few modest remarks, but never expected—

"How could words like that come out of your mouth?"

"You still want to score full marks?"

"Even Ma Ma Tianchuan only scored in the eighties!"

"Are these words a human should say?"

"I really want to hit him."

"Kou Kou Yingquan, where is Kou Kou Yingquan? Go ahead, we support you this time! Beat the hell out of him!"

"This child must not be kept."

In the fourth row, Jiangjiang Ruyi still maintained her gentle and quiet demeanor, a faint smile on her face as she watched Lu Ran make a fool of himself.

Amidst the bursts of laughter and clamor, Kou Kou Yingquan's snort was particularly grating: "Hmph, dumb luck."

Immediately, pairs of eyes turned toward Kou Kou Yingquan.

No matter what the other classmates said, whether envy or jealousy, it was all wrapped in the shell of a joke.

But Kou Kou Yingquan was different.

The two already had a prior grievance; the moment Kou Kou Yingquan opened his mouth, the nature of things changed completely.

The classroom fell silent; many were waiting for a good show to unfold.

However, before the parties involved had even spoken, Qian Hao, sitting in the front row, jumped up with a 'plop'.

Seeing this, Qian Hao grabbed his own chair and thrust it toward Lu Ran on the podium.

Lu Ran:???

Qian Hao: "Brother Ran, don't just stand there stunned; you're missing this, right?"

"Pwahahaha!"

"Hahahaha, the little fatty knows how to stir the pot, hahaha!"

Kou Kou Yingquan was so enraged his face turned crimson, nearly spitting blood.

Lu Ran said irritably: "Do you really want me to get expelled from school?"

Qian Hao chuckled: "I just thought you were short a weapon."

When it came to being eager to help others, Qian Hao had learned it from Lu Ran.

Lu Ran spoke with righteous indignation, crossing his hands in front of him to make a large 'X': "Dame!"

Qian Hao suddenly shivered.

For some reason, upon hearing those two words, Qian Hao always felt an urge to urinate rising up...

"Ahem." Jiangjiang Ruyi, who had been quietly sitting, stood up from her seat.

Lu Ran turned to look, only to see the girl tilt her head slightly, gesturing toward the inner seat by the wall.

Ever since their last conflict, Jiangjiang Ruyi and Lu Ran had privately swapped seats.

Now, Lu Ran sat on the inside, while Jiangjiang Ruyi sat on the outside, by the aisle.

"Oh." Lu Ran stopped arguing with his classmates and strode toward his seat.

"Tsk tsk~ Class Wu Ban Zhang Jiang making such a subtle move."

"Why does it feel a bit sweet?"

"Lu Ran looks so well-behaved; so cute, I want to—"

"What the hell are you thinking! Your home base has been stolen by Dog Ran, and Jiangjiang Meiren has been led away by him—Whoa, the homeroom teacher is here."

"Click, click, click."

The sound of high heels striking the floor grew clearer and closer; the classroom quickly plunged into silence.

What is called pressure?

Lu Ran dodged repeatedly!

He nearly smashed the A and B buttons, yet he still couldn't dodge.

Before Lu Ran could even sit down, a reprimand came from the classroom doorway: "So noisy, just like a vegetable market; have you all done well on your exams?"

Li Li Yanzhu crossed her arms in front of her chest, looking at the flustered individual: "Lu Ran!"

"Present!" Lu Ran instinctively stood straight.

Li Li Yanzhu asked: "Did you do well on your exam?"

"I..." Lu Ran opened his mouth; he very much wanted to say he had done reasonably well.

But looking at the homeroom teacher's stern expression, Lu Ran wasn't sure whether saying that would count as talking back.

Li Li Yanzhu stepped onto the podium and suddenly changed her tune: "You did indeed perform quite well."

Lu Ran:???

Beating children on a rainy day just because you have nothing better to do, is that it?

"But you cannot be arrogant." Li Li Yanzhu changed her tune again.

Lu Ran: "."

Li Li Yanzhu placed both hands on the podium, her gaze sweeping over the students: "Do you call those things you killed evil spirits?"

"Those vicious dogs were carefully selected by the military before being thrown in front of you; they don't even possess the most basic Xie Fa. Apart from opening their mouths to bite people, what else can they do?"

"What is there to be proud of after defeating such enemies? Do you still have the face to joke and make noise?"

Li Li Yanzhu continued, "The fifteenth day of the lunar month is approaching; your final exam will be to participate in this city defense operation!"

"On the night of the full moon, the evil spirits invading human society will no longer be filtered for you by the military. Have you not yet realized your predicament?"

"Giggling and laughing one after another—do you want to die on the fifteenth day of the lunar month?"

Thanks to Burning Thigh Hair, Sworn Never to Forget You, Lingxi, Liao Cao Ye Zuo Chun Guan, and several other bosses for their tips! Thank you for your support; you bosses are generous!

(<3) Heart fingers.

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