Chapter 15

【May 10th, sunny, only deducted 1010 merit points today. The aftereffects of sleeping less the past few days have arrived; I almost fell asleep while meditating in the spiritual energy cultivation room. It seems I need to adjust my schedule properly tomorrow.

I'm already eighteen, so I need to mature. I can't get too excited about everything. I think merit points need to be a long-term endeavor.

Found two hundred yuan, the school beauty came to get a free ride again. Mmm... she's pretty, but her skin is a bit thick. You've invited me so many times, why don't you invite me once?

By the way, after two more days of effort, the purity ratio of the Wood Linggen has also increased from the original 19% to 39%. Joyous and congratulatory, joyous and congratulatory!】

【May 11th, overcast to cloudy, after a good rest yesterday, my state recovered a little today. Throughout the day, 1100 merit points were deducted. Currently, this number seems the most reasonable.

The free-rider is here... Huh? Why didn't I say "again"? Am I already used to it?

By the way, the free-rider's Daoist robe was changed to casual clothes today. Hmm, confirmed, it's really very large...】

【Found two hundred yuan as usual (crossed out), what's already spent doesn't count.】

【May 11th, overcast to showers, deducted 1110 merit points, 10 points more than yesterday. Very good, this is the rhythm.】

【Two hundred yuan, free-rider, casual clothes】

【May 12th, sunny, deducted 1105 merit points, two hundred yuan, free-rider, casual clothes.】

【May 13th, sunny, two hundred yuan, casual clothes.】

【May 14th, sunny, two... forgot to write merit points yesterday, making up for it today.

Merit points (2 days): 2210 points.

Two hundred yuan, Daoist robe, damn...】

【May 15th, sunny.

Wuhu~! The purity ratio of the Five Elements Linggen has finally all reached 39%. Hard work really pays off. Now, even if I'm not a genius, I've at least left the ranks of the mediocre...

In addition, the remaining merit points from improving the Linggen today were all invested in the cultivation technique. The experience bar directly increased by a small half. After holding back for so long, this is the first time I've been able to upgrade so refreshingly!

In this way, I can finally carry out the next plan tomorrow: Upgrade! Upgrade! And upgrade again, damn it!】

【...】

Time flies, years pass like a shuttle.

May 17th, sunny.

Nanshan No. 4 Middle School, Senior Year, Class 10.

Li Xiang stood on the podium, patted the desktop to quiet the discussing students, and then spoke:

"Pay attention, everyone. The form sent to your interface is the subject selection for this third mock exam. This is your last exam before the college entrance examination, so take it seriously."

"Especially those few in the class, I won't name names. There aren't many days left, so take care of yourselves!"

"I will emphasize one last time here: although the school does not have mandatory regulations, please choose the exam subjects according to your actual situation!"

Lin Mo opened the group message received on the system interface and expanded the form.

It recorded the names of all the students in the class, and each name was followed by two options: 1. Immortal Examination, 2. Cultural Examination.

Option one, the Immortal Examination, was very simple, with nothing underneath it.

Under the Cultural Examination, there were five elective subjects, and students choosing the cultural route needed to fill in the specific exam subjects.

However, what Old Li just meant was not referring to the electives of the Cultural Examination, but the choice between the Immortal Examination and the Cultural Examination.

The reason for holding a mock exam with only 20 days left until the real Immortal Examination was actually to let some students with insufficient strength give up their fantasies and choose the Cultural Examination.

Sure enough, the surrounding students showed a bitter smile after hearing Old Li's words.

Several students who had originally wanted to choose randomly also paused slightly, stopping their hands that were about to check the boxes.

At this point in time, they had already put in all the effort they could; if they couldn't reach it, they couldn't reach it.

Out of the 50 students in the entire class, only about 5 had reached the mid-stage of Qi Refinement, and 4 of them had only barely reached the 4th level of Qi Refinement.

Even so, they were the rare top students.

Compared to the dejected looks of the other students, the expressions on their faces were clearly more smug, and their eyes would look at the students hanging their heads around them from time to time; they were just short of showing off everywhere.

This situation could be understood; those who could be assigned to this class wouldn't have too much of a gap in Linggen aptitude.

They were able to advance to the 4th level of Qi Refinement, besides having good luck and farming high-quality rewards, definitely couldn't do without day-and-night cultivation; they were the top "roll kings" in the class.

You could tell from their dark circles; they completely lacked the aura of the mid-stage of Qi Refinement, and their complexions were even pale, without any blood color.

Of course, Ye Chen, who was crowned with the title of 【Son of Luck】, had a different style from these "roll kings."

He sat calmly in the second-to-last row, seemingly not feeling that being able to choose the Immortal Examination was such a remarkable thing.

After seeing the smug look on these students' faces, he even gave a very disdainful "Tch."

It made those few 4th-level Qi Refinement students who wanted to show off feel a bit awkward, but they didn't dare to say anything more.

Because according to rumors, Ye Chen's cultivation had successfully broken through the mid-stage of Qi Refinement and entered the late-stage of Qi Refinement.

That is to say, Ye Chen, who had defeated the immortal second generation Zhu Hongyuan head-on in the ring that day, had completely secured the second-place position among this year's Nanshan immortal examination candidates.

Therefore, the current Ye Chen wasn't looking down on them, but looking down on all the students in this school except for Chu Wange.

Hey, hey, hey, pull back that chuunibyou aura of yours; it's almost overflowing... Lin Mo muttered to himself.

At the same time, he set his sights on the option in front of him, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

I had no choice before, but now...

He clicked the Immortal Examination option without hesitation.

【Candidate Lin Mo chose the Immortal Examination.】

A selection prompt flashed in the group message.

And in the already sparse column of Immortal Examination candidates, a name suddenly appeared, immediately attracting the attention of many people.

"Lin Mo, why did you choose the Immortal Examination?"

Someone immediately exclaimed in surprise.

They could count how many mid-stage Qi Refinement students were in the class on their toes; Lin Mo's choice was naturally not within everyone's expectations.

The head teacher, Old Li, frowned slightly, also noticing Lin Mo's name, and said:

"Nonsense! Lin Mo, don't choose randomly; this is not the route you should choose!"

The tone wasn't overly severe; after all, Lin Mo was considered another kind of "good student" in his eyes.

No cultivation talent, but his brain was quite smart; walking the cultural route might not necessarily lead to achievements in the mortal world in the future.

Therefore, Old Li said earnestly: "The most important thing for you now is rational thinking and careful decision-making; you must never regret it for the rest of your life because of a momentary impulse."

"Cultivation is definitely not the only choice on the road of life!"

The surrounding students also spoke up one after another.

"That's right, Lin Mo, your cultural grades are so good; it's the same if you get into a good university later."

"Hahaha, I still want to go to the same university as you, Lin Mo!"

"Lin Mo, stop pretending. Do you think I don't know you secretly study cultural lessons every day? You're the sneakiest in the whole class!"

"..."

Hearing the advice from Old Li and his classmates, Lin Mo felt a warmth in his heart.

However, before he could speak, Ye Chen in the back row suddenly sneered and said:

"Heh, the most important thing for a person is to recognize themselves; don't take on the job if you don't have the skills!"

Damn, there's a rat dropping in the pot...

Hearing this, Lin Mo's short temper flared up, and he turned his head to look at him.

Ye Chen sneered, narrowed his eyes at him, and mocked him to the fullest: "What? Did I say something wrong? Or did you go from the 2nd level of Qi Refinement to the 4th level of Qi Refinement in just a few days?"

Heh, you actually got it right!

Lin Mo chuckled in his heart; you brought your face over for me to slap yourself!

He also sneered like Ye Chen and was just about to stand up to properly show off the cultivation he had just promoted to the 4th level of Qi Refinement, when he suddenly heard a prompt:

【Candidate Zhang Dahai chose the Immortal Examination.】

The voice was clear and audible; all the students in the class heard it.

Lin Mo turned his head with a stunned expression, only to see Zhang Dahai wrap his arm around his shoulder and say:

"Good brother, I understand you!"

After speaking, he also showed an expression of "I'll brave the sea of swords and flames with you," and then glared at Ye Chen triumphantly.

For a moment, Lin Mo's mood was a bit mixed.

Touched?

A little, but not much.

More of it was a sudden feeling of having eaten a fly; the idea of wanting to show off in front of others had weakened quite a bit...