"Zhou Bai, this guy really is useless."
Liu Xian glanced at Zhou Bai, who stood still as a statue, and snorted coldly. His initial desire to chastise Zhou Bai faded, believing that such a person was destined to be expelled from the school. It wasn’t worth his effort.
Sitting next to Zhou Bai, Jing Xiu patted his back, concerned, "Big brother Zhou? Are you okay? Although the score was low, at least it passed. You don’t need to worry about being expelled."
Aside from a few, most of the students present were unaware that Zhou Bai needed to rank first in this assessment or face expulsion, which is why Jing Xiu offered that consolation.
Du Bing also patted him from behind, "Ah, Zhou Bai, you should really attend classes from now on. Self-studying doesn’t seem to suit you."
Hearing the consolation from his classmates did not uplift Zhou Bai at all, especially after recalling the boasts he had made, which made him feel even worse.
"Christina! It’s all your fault, I did so poorly in the first stage, and even if I rank first in the next two stages, I might still be expelled."
Christina curled up, pretending not to hear, and tumbled around again in Zhou Bai’s consciousness.
Meanwhile, suddenly there were exclamations on the other side, and Zhou Bai looked up to see.
He saw Liu Xian and others looking in surprise at a girl’s exam paper.
"Yun Shi, you actually scored full marks?"
"1200 out of 1200, Yun Shi, you’re amazing."
Zhou Bai looked at the girl with a muted expression, black long straight hair, her information flashing through his mind: ’Yun Shi, sixth in the entrance test, right? She actually scored full marks?’
Simultaneously, on the stage, Lv Chongyang coughed lightly, looking at the quieted crowd and said, "Alright, I will explain the test now. It’s the best time since you’ve just finished it and the memories are still fresh."
Lv Chongyang said, "Those who did well, don’t be arrogant, it was just one test. Your path in magical cultivation is still very long. Those who did poorly, don’t be discouraged, it was just one test. Your path in magical cultivation is still very long."
"Let me start with the first question, it was a must-test question, which I had already discussed more than ten times, yet there were still students who got it wrong."
Lv Chongyang looked towards Zhou Bai and said, "Fortunately, the only one who got it wrong was Zhou Bai, who hasn’t attended my classes."
Zhou Bai instantly felt his face burning up, "Damn it."
Throughout the explanation process, Zhou Bai felt like he had become a target at a shooting range, constantly being shot at, completely becoming a negative example. It made him almost want to get up and leave.
But Zhou Bai still endured, sitting in his seat.
It was only after knowing the gap in theoretical knowledge between him and his classmates that Zhou Bai continued to sit there, biting his teeth, trying hard to listen to Lv Chongyang’s narration.
He was willing to cheat in order to stay in Dao School and better leverage his supportive cultivation practices.
He also endured the negative emotions within him, honestly sitting in his chair, listening to Lv Chongyang’s teachings, even though there was much he didn’t understand.
Because Zhou Bai knew that even though he had a supportive cultivation system that allowed his skills to quickly improve, theoretical knowledge was still essential.
Everything, was to enhance himself as much as possible and advance further on the path of cultivation.
Meanwhile, inside his consciousness, Christina began to show a hint of realization on her face after listening for a while.
"So, that’s it, the knowledge has been updated," Christina murmured to herself. "The cultivation knowledge I awoke with is somewhat outdated compared to the current theories. While most of my knowledge is still correct, compared to what Lv Chongyang teaches, I’m missing something..."
Upon hearing Christina’s words, Zhou Bai also came to understand.
In the human world today, under the grave threat of the Heavenly Demon and the leadership of the celestial court, immense pressure had forced human civilization to unleash potential like never before.
This was a rebound after civilization faced a life-or-death threat.
Every year, many monks lost their lives researching the technology of immortality, and it was under this unprecedented investment that human immortality technology continued to improve.
Furthermore, in the twisted century after Heavenly Dao, the entire Heavenly Dao had almost changed in a way humans had never seen before.
Humans’ understanding of Heavenly Dao also nearly had new discoveries every year, currently in an era of explosive development in immortality technology.
If one did not touch the latest versions of all kinds of knowledge for five or ten years, one might find that the theories one had learned previously had errors or even fallacies.
Christina encountered a similar situation; because she had not updated her knowledge system, the cultivation knowledge she had learned before didn’t fully match current knowledge, leading to many areas where she thought she was correct but was, in fact, wrong.
Christina, swishing her tail, said, "It looks like I also need to update my knowledge, can’t keep living off the old stuff."
In his heart, Zhou Bai thought, "It seems I can only believe half of what this cat says in the future. Who knows how many years behind the times her level is. I still have to rely on myself."
Finally, after analyzing the test paper ended, Lv Chongyang informed them about the time and location of the second and third phases of the exam tomorrow, Zhou Bai couldn’t wait to leave the classroom.
As he walked out of the classroom, Zhou Bai found that Qian Wangsun had already left the classroom in his wheelchair, moving along the corridor outside.
’Qian Wangsun, this guy, I remember he was third in the entrance test, he must have done very well this time.’
Just as Zhou Bai was about to go up and greet Qian Wangsun, he discovered that the other party had already turned a corner, and by the time he followed, he could no longer see him.
"Is this wheelchair that fast?"
Frowning, Zhou Bai redirected his focus to the remaining exams.
While walking back to the dormitory, he thought to himself, ’Apart from us 24, even the other students, no matter how poor, should at least pass, otherwise they would be expelled.’
’So theoretically, I might have already ranked last in the first phase’s written test. To achieve the top overall score, to earn 2000 points, I must win the next two phases with an overwhelming advantage!’
Zhou Bai clenched his teeth and said, "With my current strength in the third phase’s practical battle, I should be able to dominate my classmates even just lying on the ground."
He looked at his panel after two weeks of cultivation.
Daoization rate: 4.9%
Primordial Spirit value: 211
Divine Diagram: Celestial Nine Calamities
"Good thing I saved up 7670 laziness points and never spent them, now I can still plan well." Zhou Bai thought to himself, "7670 laziness points should be enough to add the eighth Astral Point, but sadly, given the growth in laziness points required, it probably won’t reach the ninth Astral Point.
Besides, the eighth Astral Point only increases resilience to hits, and in fact, my current defensive power in real combat is already enough to take on ten classmates."
Zhou Bai calculated in his mind, "Since my combat strength in the third phase’s practical battle is already overwhelmingly strong, I need to improve my performance in the second phase."