Xing Tian was still ordering online when he saw Shang Lin come out and start eating "radishes," and he was surprised. "Sect Leader, where did you get these rock sugar radishes? Wait a minute, isn't the heart of these radishes a little red? It looks like the color of blood!"

Shang Lin paused, then looked at Xing Tian with a wry smile, "What kind of rock candy radish is this tiny? This is clearly ginseng, okay?"

Xing Tian was even more confused now. "Does ginseng come in this color? I don't know much about it, so don't try to fool me."

Shang Lin smiled, "The new variety cultivated by Lü Yao helps to quickly restore spiritual power, which is perfect for me to eat now that my spiritual power is exhausted."

Xing Tian's eyes lit up immediately. "Then can I eat it?"

“No, you’re a ghost cultivator, your path of cultivation is different from mine.” After saying that, Shang Lin added apologetically, “However, I’m not quite sure how ghost cultivators cultivate in detail either. Why don’t you try eating a demon like Ji Xiaoyao did?”

"Stop." Xing Tian refused in an instant. "Sect Master thinks too highly of me. Someone like me, eating evil spirits? Wouldn't I be feeding the evil spirits in a heartbeat?"

Thinking about Xing Tiancheng's age, which is not even two years old yet, I am indeed a bit impatient. Besides, everyone has their strengths and weaknesses, and you can't be perfect in every aspect, can you?

So Shang Lin said, "I was just saying, and besides, you have a heavy task right now and no time to cultivate. After all, the responsibility of making money for our Yuntai Sect rests on your shoulders."

Xing Tian felt a little embarrassed by Shang Lin's words, "Sect Master, you're being too serious. It's all thanks to our concerted efforts in making money, not just my achievement alone."

"That's true, but when it comes to making money, someone has to be in charge of everything, otherwise how can the work proceed? I'll rest for a bit first, and then we'll start catching up."

"good."

Over the next two weeks, Shang Lin prepared equipment while catching up on his studies. During this time, he finally obtained the business license for the Yuntai Sect and successfully registered it with the relevant authorities.

As for the various certificates, Shang Lin can't take them yet, so it's unlikely that he can openly take on demon-slaying jobs. As for private matters, as long as he's not discovered, no one will care.

However, Shang Lin was not in a hurry, because he knew that he was only well-known in the Daoist group. In other places, he was just an ordinary high school student. What kind of orders could he possibly get for exorcising demons?

Even if you manage to get all the certifications, once people see your appearance and age, they'll probably only be able to get you jobs through referrals from people who know you. After all, you need to be famous to attract people who want to work for you.

There's another thing: during this time, Shang Lin wasn't dragged into anyone's dreams, which can be considered a double blessing. Then, school started amidst a flurry of activity. Whenever this happens, the post-holiday syndrome will manifest itself.

Oh, and also, classes were divided at the beginning of this semester. Shang Lin and Fan Mingyu were indeed separated. Shang Lin stayed in their original class, Fan Mingyu was assigned to Class 5, and Zhou Heng and Fu Xinyu were assigned to Class 8.

Su Jinghang, Chu Jiusheng, and Fan Mingyu are in the same class. Su Jinghang is alright; he's a sweet and well-behaved boy. As long as you don't have bad intentions and bully him, you can get along with him well. But...

Fan Mingyu and Chu Jiusheng, however, disliked each other.

Even after all this time, Chu Jiusheng is still furious about what happened at the beginning of the first year of high school: Fan Mingyu threw Shang Lin's schoolbag and chair into the trash can, and Fan Mingyu...

That's all in the past, it's all in the past. Even Shang Lin, the person involved, isn't holding onto it anymore, so why is Chu Jiusheng still making a fuss about it? What does it have to do with him?

However, in order to be in the same class as Shang Lin again, Fan Mingyu studied hard every day and had no time to pay attention to Chu Jiusheng. No, not only Chu Jiusheng, but also his two childhood friends.

At most, we'd bump into each other on campus, exchange a few words, and then go back to studying.

Fu Xinyu couldn't help but ask Zhou Heng, "Do you think Mingyu is really going to the top university? This is too much! He wasn't like this when his father was alive."

Zhou Heng, however, said with some understanding, "Maybe it's because his father is gone that he has no choice but to stand up for himself. Otherwise, what will his family do in the future? They can't just live off the inheritance, can they?"

Fu Xinyu was still puzzled. "Even if he lives off the inheritance, it's enough for him to live off for a lifetime. Of course, it's not good to have too high expectations, but being middle class is perfectly fine."

Zhou Heng sighed deeply. "That's true, but right now, it's just him and his mother in the family. If he doesn't stand up for himself, what if they can't keep the inheritance one day? Wouldn't he suffer even more then? Haven't we heard and seen enough cases of people losing their family fortune?"

Fu Xinyu nodded, "Yes, you're right. After all, the strong are surrounded by people who fawn over them, while the weak are surrounded by people who don't want to kick them while they're down."

So let's work hard too.

"All right."

Shang Lin's deskmate Yuan Yuan, Cheng Qiao, and his former "entanglement" Xu Feifei were also separated. Originally, Xu Feifei could have stayed with her academic performance, but she chose humanities and naturally could not stay in the science class.

Like Yuan Yuan, Cheng Qiao, and Fan Mingyu, they were separated from Shang Lin simply because of their grades. Yuan Yuan was especially reluctant to part ways, for no other reason than that he no longer had a "teacher" who was free and available for him to ask questions anytime!

It's truly heartbreaking to hear and tearful to see; it's such a pity.

For every person transferred out, there's someone transferred in. However, Shang Lin's situation isn't much better than his classmates', because his current deskmate is a girl!

Originally, it didn't matter whether my deskmate was a boy or a girl; we were all here to study, so all we had to do was focus on our studies. But...

Every time this young girl saw him, her eyes shone with joy. Shang Lin, who had no romantic experience, had never been pursued or liked by anyone. On the contrary, quite a few people had pursued him. He could see this clearly and understand it perfectly well.

But that's precisely why Shang Lin felt such a headache. After all, who wants to face such intense gazes all day long? Especially someone like him with super sensitive nerves.

He figured that his new deskmate must have been the one who secretly left the notes in his desk before.

Shang Lin originally wanted to change seats, but the classes had just been divided and the desks had just been assigned. It was like the teachers were adding fuel to the fire by assigning seats in all sorts of ways. She didn't want to get "burned" and just wanted to endure this period first before asking to change seats.

Oh, and several teachers have changed this semester, which means there's been a major reshuffle of students and teachers for the entire first year of high school.