“No, how on earth did this guy learn?”
Chen Mo looked at An Chen, who was sitting by the window in the front row, and also Ye Xinning beside him, with a face full of confusion.
Those two hadn't listened to a single class all morning; the girl had been sleeping almost the entire time, and An Chen had been reading. But when she went over to look during the break, she found that he was reading miscellaneous books completely unrelated to studying.
An Chen even asked her if she wanted to read too, and pulled out a copy of “The Social Contract” from his drawer, saying he could lend it to her if she liked it.
Chen Mo was dumbfounded.
This was different from the Chinese students she had in mind.
The key question was, was this way of studying really effective?
This one was at least reading, but what about the one who was sleeping?
She thought the girl was a slacker in the class, but only after asking did she find out that this person ranked second in her year and was aiming for a provincial scholarship.
How was that achieved?
Could it be that her hair strands were all transport proteins, transporting knowledge into her brain?
“It’s okay, we… are not bad either.”
Chen Cheng sounded a little uncertain when he said this.
They received an elite education abroad, learning more than in China, and were not much worse than domestic students. They just needed some time to adapt to the domestic education and examination styles, and getting high scores would not be difficult.
However, Chen Cheng knew very well that achieving a provincial scholarship was still a bit difficult for them.
China has a large population and many students, and there are always many Geniuses among them. Compared to these Geniuses, he still had a gap.
He vaguely felt that An Chen and his deskmate were these so-called Geniuses.
“This new friend of ours… is truly not simple…”
Chen Cheng vaguely felt that building a good relationship with An Chen would be very helpful for his future development.
But at the same time, he also had other emotions in his heart.
Such as being unconvinced.
He didn't believe that An Chen was truly that outstanding. How could someone who still needed to bring breakfast to classmates to earn extra money and was receiving a “backward” domestic education be more outstanding than him?
From birth until now, his parents had invested an unknown amount of money in his education.
If he was truly surpassed, he would naturally lose face.
However, he could at least comfort himself now, as those were all groundless claims, and he hadn't seen how good An Chen's grades were yet.
The monthly exam was starting this afternoon, and he really wanted to see what level An Chen and his deskmate were at.
There were only three classes in the morning, with the remaining two periods reserved for students to self-study and review for the exam. Only one teacher was supervising the class.
Chen Cheng picked up the new 'Mathematics Five-Three' textbook he had just received, did a few practice sets casually, and shook his head disdainfully.
“Is the standard of domestic questions really limited to this?”
Those challenging problems that ordinary students racked their brains over were solved by him in an instant.
Everyone said Chinese students were good at mathematics, but in reality, Chen Cheng knew that it was just that the average level was a bit higher.
Elite education abroad meant that most people's mathematics wasn't very good, but the level of the truly elite part was very high.
“Brother.” Chen Mo suddenly whispered in Chen Cheng’s ear: “Where did those two go?”
An Chen and Ye Xinning's seats were already empty.
In fact, the two had already run off.
An Chen occasionally skipped these self-study classes, leaving after class and not returning.
Anyway, the teacher wouldn't care.
Ye Xinning used to not dare to do this, but now…
She had already learned how to climb over the school wall.
The cosmetics purchased last time were selling out faster and faster on the Kyushu side, estimated to be sold out in less than a week. So, An Chen took Ye Xinning to Tang Xiansheng's place again, and this time the quantity of goods purchased was more than the previous two times combined.
However, this time, he at least called a van to help transport the goods. Otherwise, the two of them couldn't possibly move all these items, and putting them into the qiankun bag would raise Tang Xiansheng's suspicion.
At noon, at Ye Xinning's home, after playing mahjong for a while with the two people who stayed home, they went back to school.
In the afternoon, the four of them “gathered again.”
The four sat side by side on the sofa, as if this had become a fixed routine before each Transmigration.
00:00:03... 00:00:02... 00:00:01... Transmigration!
After Transmigrating to Kyushu once again, An Chen originally wanted to start Cultivating immediately and try to Breakthrough to Qi Refining Sixth Level. He still had six days, which might be enough time for him to Breakthrough.
But An Chen still felt a bit uneasy.
When he Breakthrough to Qi Refining Fifth Level, he already felt a bit of strain. Each new Realm was more difficult to Breakthrough than the last. The early stages were fine, but in the Late Stage, the increase in difficulty was exponential.
An Chen felt that if he needed to Breakthrough before the Secret Realm began, he would need some external assistance.
In fact, he already had some plans.
The first was to find the Grand Elder or the Sect Leader and borrow their Gathering Spirit Array for Cultivation.
Although the Gathering Spirit Array he was using was already of a good grade, it was still far inferior to the Gathering Spirit Array in the Grand Elder's and Sect Leader's Immortal Cave.
If he could Cultivate using their Gathering Spirit Array, his progress would surely be swift.
However, the Sect Leader was almost always in secluded Cultivation, so there was no time for him to use his Gathering Spirit Array. Although the Grand Elder spent more time managing the Sect than the Sect Leader, Cultivators at this Realm spent most of their time Cultivating.
It was practically impossible to borrow the Grand Elder's Gathering Spirit Formation for the next few days.
So An Chen quickly gave up on this idea.
The second plan was to use some better Spirit Medicine and Spirit Plants, such as the Crimson Eye Flower, which could temporarily raise his Realm.
But the problem was, there's always a trade-off. Most of these Spirit Plants have strong side effects, either lowering the Cultivator's Cultivation limit or leaving them with difficult-to-remove chronic illnesses. Spirit Plants like the Crimson Eye Flower, which only have minor side effects, are extremely rare and very expensive.
As for Medicinal Pills, in reality, the Medicinal Pills An Chen was currently using were already of a high quality. To get better ones, he would have to spend a lot of money.
But An Chen actually didn't have many Spirit Stones right now. By gathering herbs in the mountains and sweeping the plaza every day, he had only saved up over a thousand Spirit Stones. This money wasn't even enough for him to buy a few bottles of Heaven Grade Spirit Stones for the Qi Refinement Stage.
An Chen did want to go to the back mountain again, but he also knew that this depended on Opportunity. If he was lucky, getting another treasure like the Crimson Eye Flower would be nothing, but if his luck was bad, he would waste a lot of time in the mountains again.
Compared to the former, the latter had a much higher probability of happening.
Therefore, An Chen could only pin his hopes on the last plan.
That was the Tong Shen Hall.