Squad leader Ma Jianhua gave a speech.
"Dear students, there is only one month left until the final exams of the first semester of freshman year. Everyone should study hard and prepare well, especially those students who do not usually study hard. You should cherish this last month and improve your grades."
That's the only way to repay our parents for their hard work in raising us!
"If you study hard, you'll be able to find a good job, earn more money, and have a better future."
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After Ma Jianhua finished speaking, he glanced at the students below.
After being encouraged by him, most of the students briefly became more motivated and prepared to study hard.
Only in the last row of the classroom was someone still resting with their eyes closed, lost in thought, completely unaware of the passionate class meeting, and even less aware of the importance of studying hard and reviewing diligently.
What a waste of Squad Leader Ma's painstaking efforts!
"That's enough, that's enough."
"You can't make a wall out of mud."
Ma Jianhua shifted his gaze from Zhang Yuan and said with a smile, "Next, please welcome our Youth League Secretary, Chu Mengyao, to bring you some good news!"
Chu Mengyao walked onto the podium.
"Everyone, please be quiet."
"What news?"
"Speak up!"
"In the afternoon, I went to the office building of the School of Humanities and Philosophy and learned from the counselor that the school has set up a scholarship to encourage everyone to study hard!"
The student who gets the highest score in the class in this final exam will receive a scholarship of 5,000 yuan!
Second place: 4000 yuan.
Third place: 3000 yuan!
After Chu Mengyao made the announcement, the class erupted in excitement!
For these students who have just entered university, have not yet entered the workforce, and have no income, 3,000 to 5,000 yuan is a large sum of money, enough for them to eat, drink, and have fun for a while!
However, this news is not so friendly to students who don't do well in school!
However, most students were encouraged after hearing this and wanted to give it a shot. There was still a month left, so if they worked hard, they might have a chance!
Zhang Yuanzheng practiced the art of nourishing his spirit with his eyes closed to reduce external stimuli and information interference, thereby improving the effectiveness of his cultivation.
However, practicing with his eyes closed does not mean that he is unaware of the outside world. On the contrary, when he is in a state of practice, he is more sensitive to the outside world.
It's just that many things in class are unimportant to Zhang Yuan, so his brain automatically filters out this information when he's practicing.
However, the moment important information such as money or the end of get out of class is mentioned, his consciousness immediately snaps out of his training state.
So when Chu Mengyao mentioned the scholarship, Zhang Yuan, who had been sitting in the last row, lost in thought, suddenly opened his eyes.
"What? The top three students get scholarships?"
The first place prize is still 5000 yuan!
Recently, Zhang Yuan has been practicing alchemy in a bronze furnace, but he's lost a lot of medicinal herbs! His bank account balance is steadily decreasing, and he's heartbroken!
I haven't even made the money to refine the Meridian Opening Pill yet!
So besides cultivation, his biggest concern was how to make money!
After Chu Mengyao announced the scholarships, the class meeting was drawing to a close.
Most students, energized by the class monitor and tempted by the scholarship, have made up their minds to study hard in the last month!
Some students stayed in the classroom to study after the class meeting, while others took their textbooks and prepared to go to the library to study hard.
Zhang Yuan hesitated for a moment, wondering if he should also go to the library to study and cram at the last minute.
But then I realized that I hadn't attended a single class properly or listened attentively to a single lecture this semester, so I gave up on this unreliable idea.
Moreover, his books are still in his dorm room; if he wants to go to the library, he has to go back to his dorm room to get them.
What a hassle!
"Forget it, let's go back and study alchemy!"
Once I've mastered the alchemy furnace and the fire control technique, I can refine more pills to sell. Wouldn't that earn me more than I would with a scholarship?
Zhang Yuan found an excuse for himself and then returned to his dormitory to continue refining pills with a clear conscience.
late at night.
Moonlight bathed the earth, and the bustling city seemed to fall into slumber.
A small courtyard under the banyan tree.
The door to the third-floor room was locked, and the curtains on the windows were drawn tightly shut, but through the gaps in the curtains, one could still see that the room was brightly lit.
Zhang Yuan, with disheveled hair and bloodshot eyes, sat on a futon, diligently manipulating the Fire Control Technique to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill!
Suddenly, a loud bang echoed from the alchemy furnace! A huge fire broke out, and the medicinal materials used to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill were once again reduced to powder.
Zhang Yuan looked dejected!
The Foundation Establishment Pill has failed to be refined again!
Why is it so hard to refine pills using a bronze alchemy furnace?!
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For the next period of time, the students studied hard in every corner of the classroom, library, and dormitory to prepare for the final exams, while Zhang Yuan continued to practice alchemy and cultivation in his dormitory.
The Foundation Establishment Pill has failed to be refined for the third time!
The Fairy's Youth-Preserving Pill has failed to be refined for the second time!
The first attempt to refine the Immortal Bone Strengthening Pill has failed!
The second attempt to refine the "Photographic Memory Pill" failed.
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Zhang Yuanlian's eyes turned red.
He refused to believe that he couldn't refine a pill using the Azure Phoenix Alchemy Furnace. In Zhang Yuan's own words, he was "stuck" with the alchemy furnace.
However, with each failed attempt at alchemy, his fire control technique became increasingly proficient.
Ten days later.
The first batch of Foundation Building Pills refined using an induction cooker has reached the harvest day.
Zhang Yuan got up early, got dressed, and went downstairs to the back hill to collect the spoils.
Tongcheng University, in the dense forest behind the mountain.
Qingshigang.
As dawn broke over the mountaintop, the air in the woods was incredibly fresh.
Beside the Qing Shi Gang, on a cypress tree several meters tall, a crow stood on the treetop, tilting its head and staring blankly at a bowl on the stone wall.
The crow's eyes were somewhat vacant, and some of its feathers had been pecked off by its kind, making it look a bit bald.
Not long ago, he had just gone through a fierce battle to find a mate. Unfortunately, he was smaller than the other crows, physically weak, and not very bright. He was quickly defeated and was pecked by another strong male crow in the forest, losing many feathers and losing face in front of his desired mate.
The little crow flapped its somewhat bald wings and sadly flew back to its nest to heal its wounds.
Strangely enough, more than half a month ago, a human came here and placed something on the stone wall. When it returned to its nest, it could often smell a faint fragrance!
Every time the crow smells the fragrance here for a while, it stops feeling hungry, its wounds heal quickly, and its mind seems to become clearer.
This morning, when Ya Ya woke up, it noticed that the bowl on the stone wall was emitting faint golden light, and the fragrance was stronger than usual. It stood on the treetop and stared at it for a long time before deciding to fly over and see what it was all about.
The bald crow flew to the stone wall and landed on the stone next to the white bowl where Zhang Yuansheng had placed the Foundation Establishment Pills. It tilted its little head and stared blankly at the few golden things in the bowl for a long time.
Suddenly, a drop of saliva dribbled from the crow's beak!
That golden stuff smells amazing!
The crow couldn't resist wanting to eat one!
So it jumped to the edge of the white bowl, and after several attempts, it painstakingly picked up the smallest Foundation Establishment Pill and put it in its mouth. Then it tilted its little head up at a 70-degree angle and tried its best to swallow it...
This scene was witnessed by Zhang Yuan, who had just arrived at the back mountain to collect the Foundation Establishment Pill.
"Damn it! You damned crow, don't eat my Foundation Establishment Pill!!!"
Zhang Yuan shouted, startling the bald crow, who opened its beak and swallowed the Foundation Establishment Pill without incident.
When the bald crow saw a fierce-looking human baring his teeth and claws at him, it was frightened and flapped its wings to fly away!
Zhang Yuan climbed up the edge of the steep rock wall, looked at the bald crow that had already flown into the woods and disappeared, and then saw that there were only three Foundation Establishment Pills left in the bowl. He was so angry that he trembled all over!
My Foundation Establishment Pill!
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Zhang Yuan was furious, so he picked up a stone from the cliff and threw it towards the woods where the bald crows were. Only then did he reluctantly put away the remaining three Foundation Establishment Pills in his bowl, jump off the cliff, and return to his dormitory cursing.
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