Chapter 150: That Makes Sense
When Kuang Bowen saw Chen Shanyuan, he almost didn't recognize him.
Of course, it wasn't because of the inky mist on his face.
If it weren't for the large characters "Star Chasing Journey" and the reasonable inference based on the figures of what appeared to be Lu Junan and Yu Jinling next to him, he probably wouldn't have thought that the person holding that paper was his former Senior Brother Chen Shanyuan.
Because Chen Shanyuan was truly too thin now, almost like dry firewood.
His once proud, tall, and burly figure was now just skin and bones, rattling around in his empty clothes.
As he got closer, he could also smell a strong, pungent scent of alcohol.
Kuang Bowen didn't know what had happened to Chen Shanyuan after he came out of the Weird Domain, only that his physical disability and Old Wang's tragic death had greatly impacted Chen Shanyuan.
"Captain," Wen Weilan called first.
Kuang Bowen followed closely, then softly said, "Shanyuan."
But beyond that, he didn't know what else to say.
Chen Shanyuan then noticed that Kuang Bowen had actually come with "Liu Weiwei."
"You two, this is...?"
He remembered that "Liu Weiwei" had always been sullen and unresponsive, and he never imagined that these two could still be involved with each other after leaving the Weird Domain.
"I'm working under her now," Kuang Bowen said concisely.
"Working?" Chen Shanyuan didn't expect that Kuang Bowen, in his current physical state, could still find work.
While he himself...
He recalled his wife's constant resentment, disappointment, and endless arguments over his actions during these past days...
So he didn't ask any further questions.
Wen Weilan noticed the subtle atmosphere between the two and frowned.
"Can we go in now?" she said directly. "Everyone should be here."
"Aren't there still two people?" Yu Jinling asked.
"Song Ru and 'She Chan' are both unable to come; they asked me to transfer their Lingtual to them later."
Lu Junan was quite curious and noted the timing: "Where did they go? They wouldn't have gone to the capital to take the exam, would they?"
Wen Weilan nodded and said, "Exactly."
Everyone was shocked, especially considering "She Chan's" cultivation, which seemed to be only third-tier when they first met?
Now, she had directly jumped from the third-tier to the sixth-tier, which was truly terrifying.
Since that was the case, everyone was considered present.
Chen Shanyuan put away "Star Chasing Journey," lowered his head to hide his inexplicable emotions, and everyone else also put away their feelings of envy, jealousy, and hatred, and together they stepped into Autumn Moon Tower.
No matter what, Lingtual was the most important.
The trade fair was about to begin, and the spoils from their hunt for Guai Qi would also be auctioned at the fair.
Of course, if they knew that Liu Sheng's cultivation had now jumped another three tiers, they would probably have a Dao Heart collapse.
...
With five days left until the joint examination, Liu Sheng finally bid farewell to Senior Sister Nangong.
She descended Huai Mountain with her Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters, heading to Chang'an.
Sitting in the flying carriage, watching Huai Mountain gradually recede into a tiny speck among the mountains, Liu Sheng felt a strange sense of emotion.
Now, she was fully prepared.
For the Curriculum Assessment, she had already caught up on the lessons she had missed over the years, and with the World, it wouldn't be a big problem.
For the policy essays, she and the World had mastered the current direction for answering questions; judging by the writing style alone, one might even suspect her of being an old hand who had been immersed in officialdom for decades, and coupled with some of her ingenious ideas supported by ample arguments, she finally achieved "A" grades on every essay under the picky Nangong Wan.
As for the martial arts test, there was no need to mention it. With her meticulously refined Lightning Whip, her diligently practiced movement techniques, and the combat deduction Divine Artifact—the World—the martial arts test should pose no difficulty.
Moreover, two days prior, she had finally achieved a Breakthrough to the third layer of the Qi Refinement Stage, equivalent to the ninth-tier of the Initial Realm, which was enough to overpower most candidates with her Realm.
The Yu Hu Immortal Cave in the Seven Profound Decree World was truly rich in Spiritual Qi. Occasionally, after evening training, when she had nothing to do, she would enter to Cultivate, and unknowingly, she broke through to the third layer within twenty days.
“Given your Comprehension Ability and inherent bone structure, and also being in a Cultivation treasure land, even without Ling Xiaoshu's assistance, a Breakthrough was naturally bound to happen,” the World explained.
However, if Ling Xiaoshu's body were used as an absorption medium, the Breakthrough would probably be even faster.
Why wasn't Ling Xiaoshu there? Of course, because she had to attend Hongxing Elementary School all night.
After attending Hongxing Elementary School and studying moral education, Ling Xiaoshu finally stopped playing on all fours with 嘯天 (Xiao Tian).
For this, 嘯天 (Xiao Tian) was disheartened for a while.
Whenever he came to call Ling Xiaoshu to play in the yard, Ling Xiaoshu, overwhelmed by homework, would always righteously refuse.
"I'm already a mature Elementary School, I don't have that much time to play with you!"
嘯天 (Xiao Tian) could only whimper and run off, seeking comfort in Nangong Wan's embrace.
"Senior Sister, I miss 嘯天 (Xiao Tian)," Ling Xiaoshu said in a muffled voice, burying herself in Liu Sheng's embrace after leaving Huai Mountain. "I also miss the teachers, and Xiao Hong, Xiao Li, Xiao Ming, Xiao Ling, Xiao Ying, Xiao Jie..."
Liu Sheng stroked the two tender new leaves growing on her head: "If you miss them, I can let you go find them tonight."
"Really?!" Ling Xiaoshu's eyes lit up with surprise, wide and round.
"But, isn't that Senior Sister Nangong's...?" Ling Xiaoshu now probably understood many things, such as that it was a Weird Domain, and it was Nangong Wan's Weird Domain, so logically, one shouldn't be able to enter without Nangong Wan.
"Shh, this is our secret."
Liu Sheng didn't want people to know that she had acquired a door to Hongxing Elementary School.
This was also a major gain for Liu Sheng from eating unregulated products every day at Hongxing Elementary School during these past days.
After eating for a period, even with the immense energy consumption every night, her face had become slightly rounder.
But thankfully, she didn't just get fat for nothing; the connection with the small shop finally deepened, and the opportunity for high dimension analysis presented itself.
So, on a dark and stormy night, she told Nangong Wan that she wanted to stay in the Hongxing Elementary School and attend classes with Xiao Shu.
"But you need to be careful; the teachers here only teach knowledge from their world, which may not apply in our world," Nangong Wan specifically reminded her to avoid confusing her thinking.
"Then why does Senior Sister always listen to things like the Universe Big Bang?"
"Hmm... because it feels very romantic, I guess..." Nangong Wan thought for a moment and said.
"In any case, don't learn too much and mess up your brain. According to the psychological health teacher at Hongxing Elementary School, you'll develop a split personality."
Liu Sheng and the others responded noncommittally.
After listening to the class for a while, Liu Sheng secretly seized the opportunity while the Weird Domain master was asleep, and under the cover of Little Tentacle's Guai Qi, she rushed towards the small shop.
"Why does the small shop have high dimension remnants, and you didn't mention it in the teaching building?" Liu Sheng asked the World.
"It's just that the conditions here are easy to trigger. In the teaching building, the condition is to get at least five 100s on the final exam, so there's nothing to say."
"...That makes sense."
Liu Sheng spent every day doing imperial examination practice questions and mock exams; she really didn't have time to do Hongxing Elementary School questions.
"We can enter when Xiao Shu takes the exam."
"That makes sense!"
It was time to push for academic success!
Liu Sheng excitedly rubbed her hands together and entered the high dimension simulation of the small shop.
