Heavenly Dao twisted, the path of cultivation was thorny every step of the way. Since Body Refinement was really helpful for willpower, Zhou Bai thought that persevering might not be a bad idea after all.
But every time he thought about how his body would be ravaged by Kuang Tu every day, he felt a bit shaky.
’However, it’s precisely the training that scares me that will produce a better effect in tempering my will.’
While thinking, Zhou Bai patted his head, "Christina, I’ll leave this afternoon to you."
Christina looked at Zhou Bai’s defeated appearance and said softly, "Forget it. I’ll attend your Body Refinement class for you."
Zhou Bai smiled, "No need, I can do it myself. I’ve found that Body Refinement class can train my willpower. If I want to continue on the path of cultivation, I’ve got to endure some hardship and strengthen my willpower."
Christina was surprised, "You really don’t need my help? Are you sure your head didn’t get damaged?" She glanced at the two muscular bros beside him and suddenly exclaimed, "You haven’t started to enjoy getting beat up like they do, have you?"
"What nonsense. But if you want to substitute for me, that’s fine too," Zhou Bai thought out loud, "Attending Body Refinement class myself every day, I lose too many ’Lazy Points’. How about we alternate days?"
"Alright then."
Zhou Bai said, "But don’t run away like you did yesterday when class starts. Take Kuang Tu’s beatings head-on."
"I know."
Zhou Bai closed his eyes, his body trembled slightly, and he returned to his Sea of Consciousness to sleep. When his eyes opened again, it was Christina.
Another afternoon of studying and cultivating, Christina had been very diligent lately. Her Primordial Spirit power had nearly reached 700, and her Daoization degree had reached 7.5%. She estimated that in another month or two, she could attempt to break through to the first realm.
Of course, she couldn’t compare to Zhou Bai, but she was still a bit faster than her peers like Qian Wangsun and Zuo Dao.
In the evening, Zhou Bai went to have dinner with Qian Wangsun, Jing Xiu, and Xia Li in the canteen.
Xia Li was lining up at the payment counter, ready for a hefty expenditure, but she noticed that Zhou Bai and Qian Wangsun had not ordered many dishes. The food they and Jing Xiu selected came to just over 100 credits in total.
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While feeling relieved, Xia Li struggled to say, "I said I would treat. Don’t worry about saving for me. I got second place in the grade and have 500 credits."
Zhou Bai suddenly pointed at a large pot of soup, curiously asking, "Auntie, what’s this soup? I’ve never seen it before."
"Dragon Meat Soup, this is really good stuff. It’s not available every day, only occasionally when we manage to get some. It might happen only once or twice a year. Even though it’s only soup with no meat, it’s said to have excellent effects, greatly enhancing physical strength and improving cultivation speed."
Zhou Bai responded, "So rare? Give me three bowls, then."
Xia Li instantly looked at the price and was shocked: ’One hundred credits a bowl? So three bowls are 300 credits?!’
Jing Xiu also got a fright and said somewhat awkwardly, "Big Brother Zhou, isn’t Dragon Meat Soup too expensive? The egg drop soup they’re giving away over there is also pretty good."
Xia Li bit her lip and said, "It’s okay, Jing Xiu. I said I was treating."
Just as she was about to pay with her student card, gritting her teeth, she saw that Zhou Bai had already settled the bill for the Dragon Meat Soup himself.
Seeing this, Xia Li immediately said, "What are you doing! I said it was my treat. Including the credits I saved earlier, I still have more than six hundred credits. I can afford it."
Looking at the fourteen-year-old girl’s stubborn face, Zhou Bai smiled and his gaze suddenly shifted to a scar on her neck, a remnant from Xia Li’s injury and subsequent emergency treatment.
Xia Li felt her exposed neck and hurriedly pulled the scarf around it up.
Zhou Bai acted as if he didn’t see her movement and directly said, "Wasn’t it you who treated us to the meals we previously ordered? I only ordered this dragon meat soup because it’s rare and once gone, it’s missed. But I didn’t order it to take advantage of your treat today."
Qian Wangsun chuckled softly beside him, "Don’t worry, Xia Li, Zhou Bai is a big shot now. He just got the 10th place in the Special Class, and with an extra 1300 points each month on top of the basic 200 points, that’s 1500 points a month."
"1500 points a month?!" Xia Li looked at Zhou Bai in shock, then glanced at her own student card: ’It takes me two months to get a few hundred points for an assessment reward, and the 10th place in the Special Class has 1500 points every month? That’s 3000 points in two months?
In that case, wouldn’t it be no problem to eat meat every meal?’
Xia Li felt like the whole world had changed: "Zhou Bai can eat meat every meal? Damn! I’m so envious."
The four of them sat down, and Xia Li couldn’t help but ask Qian Wangsun and Zhou Bai about the Special Class: "That’s so nice. Do you guys have different teachers guiding you every day? We only have Old Lü teaching theoretical courses on our side, and we have to learn everything else on our own."
Jing Xiu also revealed a longing expression, "I wonder if they will pick students from our grade to join the Special Class in the future."
Zhou Bai said, "They probably will. After all, there are no hard criteria for entering the Special Class, it’s directly chosen by the teachers. If you practice diligently and show your talents, you still have a chance."
While speaking, Zhou Bai had a sip of his dragon meat soup, feeling a strange energy coursing through his body, giving him the sensation that his blood was heavier and his skin tougher.
After finishing their meal and walking out of the cafeteria, Jing Xiu whispered to Xia Li, "Xia Li, don’t you have something to give everyone?"
Xia Li became somewhat shy, recalling the thank-you gifts she had prepared, and with the thought of Zhou Bai’s 1500 points each month, she suddenly felt that the gifts she had prepared seemed particularly meager.
"Forget it... They’re just some useless things."
Zhou Bai’s head, however, suddenly popped up from the side, "You have something to give us?"
Faced with the attention of the three people, Xia Li, clenching her teeth, took out three stones from her bag and placed them in front of the three, speaking rapidly, "These are Light Illumination Array Stones I made—thanks for saving me last time."
Seeing that no one immediately took the stones, Xia Li couldn’t help but explain, "They are all worthless things; if you don’t want them, forget it."
Jing Xiu quickly took the Light Illumination Array Stone, smiling and saying, "This is something Xia Li spent a week to craft, far stronger than ordinary illumination stones."
"Jing Xiu!" Xia Li hurriedly said, "I didn’t spend a whole week on it, just a little while after class every day."
Zhou Bai also remembered that Xia Li was an array mage, and he and Qian Wangsun took the Light Illumination Array Stones.
Introduced by Xia Li, Zhou Bai discovered that this Light Illumination Array Stone not only had the basic illumination function but also had a flash effect, could concentrate the light beam, and even had an instant flash bomb effect.
When Xia Li talked about her creation, she puffed out her chest with a hint of pride: "These are much more useful than ordinary Array Stones; they’re comparable to military grade." She secretly glanced at everyone’s reactions, and seeing that they all seemed to like the gifts, she silently let out a sigh of relief.
In the cafeteria, not far away in a corner, Meng Hao gathered his gaze from the four people, thinking to himself: "Getting along well with former classmates, huh?"
Seeing the smile on Zhou Bai’s face, however, he sighed softly in his heart.
"What a pity, you only have a few days left."
He thought of the ’helper’ sent from above that finally arrived early this morning and couldn’t help feeling a tinge of regret in his eyes.
"Zhou Bai, in the great era of the Heavenly Demon, no matter how brilliant you are, it’s just a fleeting moment. If we succeed in our mission this time and are reborn as Heavenly Demons, I will be thankful to you for a lifetime."