That was indeed the case. Qin Hao really was living as though he had made a home in the forest.
He ate roasted meat in the morning, stir-fried dishes and cooked bear paws at noon, gnawed on bones in the afternoon, and stir-fried more dishes for dinner.
Such a regular life—perhaps not even people outside had it so good!
Qin Hao, however, knew nothing of this.
That evening over dinner, Qin Hao asked Liu Qianqian, "By the way, girl, what's your name? I can't keep calling you 'girl' forever!"
Liu Qianqian licked her lips, then looked at Qin Hao with a vacant, innocent expression. "Oh, my name is Liu Qianqian. What about you?"
As she spoke, she picked up another Fire Wolf leg and hugged it as she gnawed away, eating with relish because Qin Hao had cooked it so deliciously.
Qin Hao had grown used to the way Liu Qianqian ate.
He took a bite of the Fire Wolf leg he was holding and said, "Me? My name is Qin Hao. You can call me Brother Hao."
Liu Qianqian bit hard into the meat, then mumbled through her mouthful, "Oh!"
Fortunately, the livestream camera wasn't on Liu Qianqian. Otherwise, the way she ate would have given viewers plenty to mock.
After eating and drinking his fill, Qin Hao crawled into his sleeping bag, ready for a good night's sleep.
Only then did Liu Qianqian realize that her sleeping bag had been swept who knew where by the flood during last night's storm.
Remembering how she had squeezed into one sleeping bag with Qin Hao for the entire previous night, her cheeks turned red.
Just then, Qin Hao glanced at Liu Qianqian and said, "Qianqian, aren't you going to sleep?"
Liu Qianqian froze. She wanted to sleep, but her sleeping bag was gone. How was she supposed to sleep? Squeeze into one sleeping bag with him again?
"Oh, I forgot. Your sleeping bag was lost last night. How about this? I'll share half of mine with you, and we can make do and squeeze in together!"
As Qin Hao spoke, he moved aside to make a little room.
"You... pervert!"
With that, Liu Qianqian turned her head away, sat down cross-legged, and began cultivating.
Seeing this, Qin Hao smiled and said, "Fine, don't sleep, then. It's not like I'd do anything, would I?"
Although Qin Hao hadn't been able to resist touching her all over the previous night because they were pressed so close together,
he had only touched her through her clothes and hadn't done anything out of line.
The night passed without incident. When Qin Hao woke up early the next morning, he found Liu Qianqian sleeping outside the sleeping bag, pressed tightly against it.
Her face was even turned directly toward Qin Hao, and the breath from her nose blew against his face.
There's a perfectly good sleeping bag, but she just had to sleep outside!
Thinking this, Qin Hao pretended to be asleep, deliberately brought his face closer, and took the opportunity to give her a kiss.
Liu Qianqian merely reached up and touched the cheek he had kissed, then rolled over and went back to sleep.
Looking at Liu Qianqian's breathtakingly beautiful face, Qin Hao was entranced for a few seconds.
Just then, Liu Qianqian woke up and found Qin Hao staring at her.
"Ah! What are you doing?"
She screamed, then covered her chest with both hands and asked warily.
"What could I be doing? Just looking at a beauty!"
"Tch, pervert!"
With that, Liu Qianqian stood up and stretched, finding that her injuries had mostly healed.
She glanced at Qin Hao and said, "Hey! I'll pay you back twenty Monster Cores for the ten intermediate monster cores you gave me. Bye-bye!"
With that, she ran off without looking back.
Qin Hao watched Liu Qianqian's retreating figure as she sprinted away, at a loss for words. He shook his head with a wry smile.
Truth be told, Qin Hao felt a little empty inside. After all, there was one less beauty by his side.
As usual, Qin Hao got up and started roasting meat to eat.
After eating, he set out to hunt monsters. That morning, he killed more than thirty-six advanced monsters ranging from Rank 1 to Rank 10, including five advanced Rank 10 Golden Blade Tigers.
He obtained thirty-six Monster Cores and 623 Points Tokens.
Added to the 1,098 Points Tokens he already had, Qin Hao now possessed 1,721 Points Tokens, setting a new record.
The highest score in the history of the college entrance examination was only 1,059 Points Tokens.
That record had been set by a super genius with an SSS+-Rank Talent and dual-element abilities.
Back in the log cabin, Qin Hao went about things as usual and started a fire to cook.
Then he happily savored his delicious meal.
The livestream camera happened to catch this scene.
One commentator said, "I don't know why, but every time I see Qin Hao cooking and eating, I always feel like he isn't taking the college entrance examination. It's more like he's out on a picnic."
"Yeah, I really want to ask him, doesn't he feel even a little urgency?"
Watching Qin Hao eat made both commentators hungry, so they immediately ordered takeout and ate while commentating on him.
"Look, everyone. Qin Hao started taking a nap right after lunch. He doesn't feel the slightest bit of tension."
"He's asleep. He's even snoring!"
"Sigh, forget it. Let's see how Ye Feng is doing!"
The camera then switched to Ye Feng.
Ye Feng was currently fighting an advanced Rank 7 Stone-Spike Bear. He unleashed a control skill.
A whirlwind swept the Stone-Spike Bear away, and the bear spun in place, remaining dizzy for a full five seconds before recovering.
But by the time it recovered, the Stone-Spike Bear was already badly wounded.
Ye Feng had used a dagger to slash cut after cut into the vital parts of its body.
After fighting this way for about an hour, Ye Feng finally wore the Stone-Spike Bear down and killed it.
"It looks like Ye Feng has advanced to Apprentice Rank 5. Otherwise, he couldn't possibly have worn an advanced Rank 7 monster to death."
"Yeah, and that's with a control skill. Otherwise, he might have ended up in the same situation as Liu Qianqian!"
"After this battle, Ye Feng should have obtained 400 Points Tokens. The examination has been underway for two and a half days now, with three and a half days remaining. I wonder how many Points Tokens Ye Feng will get in the end?"
The camera then turned to Huang Tianlong and Liu Qianqian in succession.
Huang Tianlong had slain three advanced Rank 2 monsters, while Liu Qianqian had finally slain that advanced Rank 3 Stone-Spike Bear, taking revenge for herself.
Their final tallies were 430 Points Tokens for Huang Tianlong, 402 for Ye Feng, and 230 for Liu Qianqian.
As for Qin Hao, whenever the commentators managed to catch him on camera, he was either cooking or eating. They had never seen him fighting.
So they had no idea exactly how many Points Tokens he had, though they guessed he must have more than Liu Qianqian.
Meanwhile, Qin Hao woke from his afternoon nap. Instead of going out to hunt monsters, he began refining Monster Cores.
By now, Qin Hao had already broken through to Martial Artist First Rank.
Qin Hao had nearly a hundred Monster Cores in his possession, so he kept refining them until evening before he finished them all.
He had now broken through to Martial Artist Rank 2, and his strength had advanced by leaps and bounds.
As soon as he finished refining them, Qin Hao started a fire and began cooking again.
As usual, he went straight to sleep after eating, snoring away without the slightest appearance of someone taking an examination.
The only fly in the ointment was the absence of Liu Qianqian.
The next morning was the same. After eating roasted meat, Qin Hao went out to find monsters to hunt.
This time, however, Qin Hao encountered the super genius Huang Tianlong and the super genius Liu Qianqian.
At that moment, Liu Qianqian was being brutally beaten by Huang Tianlong...