Chapter 13: Fasai

In the magic class that day, the students in the demonstration class were sitting cross-legged in the quiet room and practicing the breathing method.

The camera in front monitors the students' every move, including whether they open their eyes, scratch themselves, move their hands and feet, or twist their buttocks... Any slight abnormality will be recorded.

All these data will be recorded as distraction rate.

The class with the highest rate of distraction each week will be criticized and reported to the entire school.

The students in the demonstration class didn't care about this. No matter how the assessment was conducted, their class would definitely be first.

The students with the lowest distraction rate each week will not only be commended, but will also be rewarded with 500 yuan and the right to rent a Heavenly Spiritual Root for one hour for free.

This made the students in the demonstration class perk up their attention.

When Zhang Yu first learned about the existence of the distraction rate, he lamented that if this thing had existed in his previous life, students would have definitely called the school an idiot.

But this world is different. The students in the demonstration class stare at the daily distraction rate like bulls in heat, and the whole class is filled with a fierce atmosphere.

At this moment, accompanied by the ringing of a bell, everyone who had been practicing silently in the quiet room stopped and looked at the big screen in front of them, looking forward to the distraction rate data of this class.

1st place Zhang Yu distraction rate 0% Mana 8.3 2nd place Bai Zhenzhen distraction rate 0.03% Mana 11.2 3rd place Qian Shen distraction rate 0.12% Mana 11.1…

Looking at the ranking of distraction rates, although the students in the classroom did not say anything, one could feel a hint of surprise spreading from the subtle changes in their eyes and expressions.

The instructor of the magic class on the stage was named Yan. She was a female teacher with her hair tied up and wearing black-framed glasses.

At this moment, Teacher Yan looked at the results on the big screen and said, "I will not call the roll today for the students whose absent-mindedness rate exceeds 0.3%."

"It's been three months since school started. How many times have I told you to focus your mind on one thing and be calm and at peace?"

"With such a high rate of distraction, how can your breathing efficiency compare to others?"

"Everyone practices 24 hours a day. You don't have more time than others. If your breathing efficiency is low, you will fall behind a little bit every day. After three years of high school, the difference in mana between you may be 10, 20 or even 30 points."

"And I've told you so many times that if you can't lower your distraction rate, you can come to my office and buy some tranquilizers. I sat in the office for three hours yesterday afternoon, and no one came to ask me about it... Do you think you don't have any problems at all?!"

After some criticism, Teacher Yan smiled again, looked at the top students on the screen and said, "Of course, there are also students who performed very well."

"I would like to commend the three students with the lowest distraction rates, especially Zhang Yu, whose distraction rate has been 0% for four consecutive days. Compared with the past, this is a qualitative leap."

"Also, his mana has increased by 0.5 points in the past three days, which means he must have worked hard outside of class, either renting a spiritual root or a high-spiritual training room, right, Zhang Yu?"

All the students looked over there immediately.

However, Zhang Yu still had his eyes closed, looking like he was half asleep, and was still practicing the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method silently.

Teacher Yan praised: "You see, this is the attitude of a true top student. He doesn't stop even after class. He seizes every minute and every second to practice and become stronger."

Zhao Tianxing looked at Zhang Yu, who was still breathing seriously, and found that he was getting more and more confused about this classmate: "He is such a hard-working person, why is he lazy and doesn't take the medicine in physical education class?"

Bai Zhenzhen looked at Zhang Yu, who still had his eyes closed, and thought to herself, "Yuzi has been working so hard these days, except for eating and shitting, he has barely walked without breathing in or out. Could it be that he was forced to do this because of the debt collection call for 700,000 yuan?"

On the stage, Teacher Yan continued, "Of course, as the saying goes, you get what you pay for. There is nothing free on the path to immortality. If you don't spend money, you won't go far. Recently, there are vacancies in the school's Heavenly Spirit Root Rental. Students who are interested can come to me."

But before Teacher Yan left, something she said caught Zhang Yu's attention.

"By the way, the city's French competition will start next month. Almost all high schools in the city will participate in the first grade. The first prize is 100,000..."

"Since registration for the competition will start next Friday, the school plans to select the top ten students in magic power from the first year of high school to participate in the magic competition next Friday..."

…

That night, in the cafeteria.

Zhou Tianyi had to rush to the cram school early today, so only Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were left at the table.

Zhang Yu couldn't stand being stared at by Bai Zhenzhen. He said, "Ah Zhen, I know I'm very good-looking. I stand out among the students at Songyang High School, which only cares about studying. But you don't have to stare at me like that."

Bai Zhenzhen asked, "You said you also want to participate in the French competition?"

"What a pity, Ah Zhen." Zhang Yu shook his head and said, "If you, the top genius in the grade, were not my friend, you would have challenged me, and then been repeatedly slapped in the face by my amazing performance on the field, and finally your pupils would have been shaking by dozens of magnitude."

Bai Zhenzhen shook her head: "Yuzi, you want to participate in the city's magic power competition."

"That's all the high schools in Songyang City. They sent their most outstanding, most powerful, and richest students to participate in the competition. It brought together countless rich people."

Bai Zhenzhen said with emotion: "What will be the result if an ordinary person like you participates?"

Her eyes seemed to have seen through the desperate future, and she said with a sad face: "Being repeatedly insulted by countless powerful people, becoming a stepping stone for the rich, the clown of Songyang High School, the school's reputation has fallen to dust!"

"It's too tragic. I've seen you being trampled underfoot by the evildoers from other high schools. Your heart is broken and you look like a dead dog."

Zhang Yu rolled his eyes: "Don't exaggerate. The magic competition is not a ring competition. It's not shameful to lose."

"And the first place winner gets 100,000 yuan."

"Even if you're only in the top ten, you'll get 10,000 yuan."

Bai Zhenzhen looked at Zhang Yu's greedy face and thought that Yuzi was really driven into a corner by the debt collection company and had become so crazy that he wanted to participate in the competition.

Zhang Yu was indeed in financial difficulty. Although he had earned 13,000 yuan at Xianyun Company a few days ago, he quickly used 10,000 yuan to repay the loan and spent another 1,500 yuan on the rent. Later, he only had more than 2,000 yuan left.

"If you want to participate, you should first think about how to improve your magic power level to the top ten in your grade. You are only ranked 16th now, right? How much money do you need to borrow to get into the top ten?"

Zhang Yu also did a quick calculation in his mind.

His current mana is 8.3, ranking 16th in his grade.

And now the student ranked tenth in the grade has a mana of 9.5.

If Zhang Yu wants to surpass his opponent, he must raise his mana to 9.5 before next Friday...

"No, we need to consider that everyone will improve."

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

"Then to be on the safe side, it would be best if we could raise our mana to 10.0 before next Friday."

"There are still eight days until next Friday. In eight days, can I increase my mana from 8.3 to 10.0, a full increase of 1.7?"

"Is it possible to improve by more than 0.2 every day?"

Absolutely! Easily! In the eyes of other teachers and classmates, Zhang Yu's rapid improvement in the past few days must have been achieved by spending a lot of money and renting high-quality spiritual roots and venues.

But Zhang Yu knew that all this came from his amazing potential and extreme self-discipline.

The level 4 Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method can allow him to increase his mana by as much as 0.5 in just 3 days. He believes that as the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method continues to be upgraded, his mana will increase more and more rapidly.

"After all, during the Qi Refining stage, the highest skill level is only level 10."

"For most freshmen, it is impossible to achieve a Level 4 breathing method in the first semester."

"And if I continue to practice, I will probably be able to upgrade my Zhou Tian Qi Gathering Method to level 8, 9, or even 10 in a short period of time. That is a level that many people may not be able to reach after three years of high school."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu was just cheering himself up when he suddenly found Bai Zhenzhen reaching a chopstick into his bowl.

"How dare you!" Zhang Yu shouted and raised his chopsticks to block it.

Then, with the sound of clang clang clang, his chopsticks were easily stirred down by Bai Zhenzhen.

Feeling the familiarity of Bai Zhenzhen's movements, Zhang Yu was surprised and asked, "Basic swordsmanship from high school? You've already learned it? And you even applied it to chopsticks?"

Quickly picking up a few pieces of meat from Zhang Yu's bowl, Bai Zhenzhen chuckled and said, "Is this difficult, Yuzi? Isn't it enough to just have hands?"

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Damn, she's pretending again."

Bai Zhenzhen quickly ate a few mouthfuls of rice while mixing it with the meat she had picked up, and said in surprise, "I didn't expect the spareribs in the 5 yuan set meal to be so delicious. I'll buy one next time."

Patting her slightly bloated belly, Bai Zhenzhen burped and said, "Alas, if I eat any more, it will affect my tutoring."

As she spoke, she pushed the plate towards Zhang Yu: "Here's a snack for you, Yuzi."

Looking at the neatly arranged, untouched leftovers left by Bai Zhenzhen, Zhang Yu understood that this was left for him on purpose.

Apparently because she knew about Zhang Yu's financial difficulties, Bai Zhenzhen often fed him at dinner during this period.

Zhang Yu took the plate and said as he ate, "Ah Zhen, you don't have to consider my self-esteem or face. Given our relationship, it's no problem for you to just give me the money."

Bai Zhenzhen rolled her eyes: "I have to go to make up for my lessons, you can eat slowly."

…

Outside the cafeteria.

A tall figure was standing in a corridor not far away, his eyes fixed in the direction of the cafeteria door.

A moment later, when the tall figure saw Zhang Yu walking out of the cafeteria door, he was shocked and immediately followed him.

Following Zhang Yu out of the school gate, Zhao Tianxing's eyes moved when he saw him enter the stationery store across the street. He thought to himself, "Could this be where Zhang Yu buys the goods?"

(End of this chapter)