Chapter 79: Top of the School

【Chen Mobai, 345 points】

After a long wait, Chen Xinglan finally found out the score and burst into laughter.

"Son, with this score, you're definitely going to get into one of the top ten universities."

"Ancestors, I'll go back to the hometown and offer incense to you tomorrow."

Tang Pancui was almost in tears from joy. Neither the Chen family nor her Tang ancestors had ever had someone admitted to one of the top ten universities. Chen Mobai's score was a great honor to the family.

Back in the hometown, she could hold her head high and walk with pride.

"Too bad, if only it were 5 points higher."

Actually, Chen Mobai had initially estimated around 330 points. The last big question on the test just happened to be something he was good at, which added 15 points.

However, people are never satisfied. After qualifying for the top ten universities, he started to hope that the four major Daoist academies would expand their enrollment and lower the score requirements this year.

"Enough, enough, son, do you have any plans for which university you want to go to?"

Chen Xinglan, holding the printed score sheet, walked around happily and started asking about Chen Mobai's plans.

"Maybe the Pure Yang University or the Taiyuan University. These two don't require special spiritual roots and have the transmission of the Primordial Spirit Great Law."

"Great ambition, worthy of my son."

Chen Xinglan patted Chen Mobai's shoulder with a smile.

"However, these two universities have the highest number of applicants each year, so the score requirements might be higher."

In the evening, after learning about Chen Mobai's high score of 345, his aunt's family came over to celebrate and stayed for dinner. Unfortunately, Chen Baolan was excavating a relic site far away and couldn't come, so he sent a video call to congratulate him.

"Don't worry, my son's score is almost close to the four major Daoist academies. Even if the score requirements for Taiyuan University and Pure Yang University are higher, they will definitely admit him."

Chen Xinglan had checked the admission scores of these two universities in previous years, which were usually above 340. With the expansion of enrollment this year, Chen Mobai's score was almost guaranteed to get him in.

"Brother, you're so amazing!"

Wang Xinying looked at him with admiration. Chen Mobai, who was usually calm, couldn't help but feel happy under his sister's gaze.

That night, for the first time, Chen Mobai felt a sense of deep satisfaction amidst the pride on his parents' faces, the praise from his aunt and uncle, and the admiration from his sister. He didn't use the "Nurturing Thought to Cast Spirit Technique" to suppress the various emotions rising from his heart sea. Instead, he let them flow freely.

The next morning, he found that his spiritual awareness had grown by nearly half. The sprout that had just started to grow in his visualization had now branched out, almost matching the young Chinese parasol tree he was cultivating in the Water Mansion.

According to the description in the "Nurturing Thought to Cast Spirit Technique," he felt his spiritual awareness was almost at the level of the eighth stage of Qi Cultivation. When the sprout in his visualization bloomed its first flower, it would signify a complete Qi Cultivation spiritual awareness. When the flower bore fruit, it would mean a breakthrough in Qi Cultivation.

After washing up, he sent a message to Qingnü, arranging to meet in the afternoon, and then went to school.

As he walked into the classroom, he noticed something was off.

Why were all the students in the class looking at him? The boys looked admiring, while the girls looked disdainful.

Could it be the aftermath of the Qingnü incident? That shouldn't be the case; he had explained everything clearly.

"Old Chen, how have I treated you normally?"

As soon as he sat down, Lu Hongsheng ran to the water dispenser to get him a cup of water, looking at him with admiration.

"Get to the point?"

Chen Mobai took the water and drank it, knowing that his desk mate couldn't keep secrets.

"How did you manage to date two girls at the same time?"

"Spit!"

Chen Mobai couldn't hold back, and the water he had just taken into his mouth was sprayed out. Seeing the back of the girl in front of him, Yu Shu, about to get wet, he used the water control technique he had practiced in the Yunmeng Marsh, and the water droplets were drawn back into the cup.

"Nice move."

The students at the nearby desks saw this and couldn't help but widen their eyes and applaud.

"What's going on? Who is slandering my reputation!"

Chen Mobai's face turned red with anger as he shouted at Lu Hongsheng.

"That day after the farewell dinner, you left early, and Yan Bingxuan followed you. We didn't realize it at first."

"But when Gong Xiangyu and his classmates went downstairs, he casually mentioned to Qingnü that he saw you and Yan Bingxuan leave together. That was clearly a provocation. You should have seen the expressions on everyone's faces from our class and theirs, it was quite a spectacle!"

"But don't worry, your official girlfriend with the Heavenly Spirit Root is doing fine. She hasn't tried to kill herself or anything, just been frowning a lot. She hasn't bothered you these past two days, right?"

Chen Mobai was even more angry after hearing this.

"Nonsense, I've already said, I'm just friends with Qingnü, and my relationship with Yan Bingxuan is purely a classmate's friendship. How could you think I'm dating two girls?"

At this moment, even the "Nurturing Thought to Cast Spirit Technique" couldn't calm the intense emotions in Chen Mobai's heart.

"I understand, but I still want to ask you, how do you develop such a pure friendship with classmates?"

Lu Hongsheng was completely clueless. Chen Mobai clenched his fists and, after a long moment, finally calmed down.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"I wanted to confirm it with you, but I couldn't reach you these past few days."

That's right, for the past twenty days, Chen Mobai had been practicing in the Yunmeng Marsh, and Lu Hongsheng's phone signal couldn't reach there.

"Sigh, I wonder if Yan Bingxuan knows about this. I'll apologize to her later."

As Chen Mobai muttered to himself, the two girls in front of him turned around and looked at him with the same disdainful eyes they would use to look at a scumbag.

"I heard that after the class monitor found out about this, she called Yan Bingxuan."

Pu Jiangxue said, and Chen Mobai immediately looked at her.

"Yan Bingxuan said: It seems this has affected my reputation."

Chen Mobai put his hand on his forehead in frustration.

If he had known this would happen, he might as well have been straightforward and met her at the opposite tea shop.

"Old Chen..."

Many boys in the class gathered around, and Chen Mobai, who was usually ignored, became a hero in their eyes in an instant.

Song Zheng, sitting in his seat, also looked at Chen Mobai, but his eyes were focused on the amazing "water control technique" Chen Mobai had just used. While others saw the beauty of the move, he saw something deeper.

Very impressive!

Knock, knock, knock!

At this moment, the homeroom teacher knocked on the door, and the boys who had gathered around Chen Mobai returned to their seats.

After Cai Deyun walked in, he looked at Chen Mobai. Just as the latter thought he would comment on the rumors, Cai Deyun smiled with relief and clapped his hands.

"Chen Mobai, congratulations, your college entrance exam score is 345 points, the top of the school!"