Auxiliary Cultivation Manual: Log In and Get It Free! (Part 1)

The other students erupted in an uproar.

"Class 28?!"

"Isn't that the Trash Class?"

"I heard there are a lot of delinquents there..."

"How could this happen? Why transfer him to the Trash Class?"

Since his classmates had asked so sincerely, how could he, the mighty Mr. Nobody, possibly refrain from graciously answering? With a thoroughly matter-of-fact expression, he said, "Roaring in class, beating up a teacher, seriously violating school rules and discipline—this punishment is already light. If he wasn't expelled on the spot, it was only because Teacher Jia chose not to hold it against him and let him off. Still, I think sending him to the Trash Class is rather fitting."

Fitting?

—No, nobody had actually asked that question. But Mr. Nobody had read it in his classmates' eyes. They did not need to say it aloud; righteous and helpful as he was, Mr. Nobody had already learned to answer before being asked.

"Of course it's fitting!"

"Send trash to the trash... can. Isn't that only natural? Someone ignorant and unskilled going to the trash... no, Regular Class 28, is perfectly normal too. Besides, the final exams aren't far off. With his level, it's only a matter of a few days sooner or later anyway." Mr. Nobody turned to Shi Tiexin and split his mouth into a nauseating grin. "Oh, sorry, sorry. I'm just too blunt. It was only a joke."

"Hey!" His deskmate jabbed him twice.

Mr. Nobody paid no heed. Still facing Shi Tiexin, he was like a mongrel baring its fangs. "If that hurt you, I apologize in advance. But you're not so weak that you can't take a joke, are you... Scholar Stone?"

The entire class watched quietly.

Under everyone's complicated gazes, Shi Tiexin simply packed up his things, slung on his bag, and headed outside. When he reached Mr. Nobody, Shi Tiexin stopped, turned his face slightly, and examined him carefully twice. His eyes were as still as an ancient well.

What did this amount to? I, Shi Tiexin, had roamed the Orphanage—what storms and waves had I not seen? A prime minister's belly could hold a boat. In the future, I, Shi Tiexin, would soar upward and cry across the nine heavens. Would a nobody like you even be worth my notice?

Fine, to tell the truth:

I—

Fucking—

Remembered you!!

"Scholar Stone, are you looking at me because you still need something?" Mr. Nobody wore a viciously smug expression. "Do you not know how to get to Class 28? Want me to see you off?"

Fuck!

I... I really don't know...

I have to say something harsh!

No matter what, before beating him up, I had to call out my battle formation first!

Shi Tiexin finally spoke. His voice was low and weighty, like an unchanging mountain that had stood for ten thousand years—without anger, it carried its own majesty. "Starting today,"

You little bastard, starting today, you'd better get into the habit of keeping a diary. That way, when you die, you can't blame me for not giving you time to write your last words!

"Keep a diary."

That was all.

—Fucking hell, my tongue wouldn't work right. I couldn't even get the whole thing out! And I couldn't make the expression either. This is suffocating me!

Hah... no, I'm not in good form today. I can't even fire off a proper verbal barrage. If I stay here any longer, I'll explode from anger. Go, leave right now. I'll settle things with that little bastard later!

And so Shi Tiexin left—steadily and calmly, neither hurried nor slow, with the grandeur of surging waters.

"Hey, Gu Shaohuai, wasn't that too much?" Mr. Nobody's deskmate could not help speaking up. "Getting transferred to Class 28 is miserable enough. Why did you have to provoke him like that?"

"Get lost. What do you know?" To enter the Elite Class in this final exam, one had to ensure a place in the top two hundred of the grade. Fengming First High School's top two hundred were no ordinary people. Even with Gu Shaohuai's abilities, he only hovered around the two-hundredth rank. Any movement up or down could affect the final result.

This Scholar Stone was a formidable enemy. It would be best to provoke him until he could never recover—then one hard obstacle in his path would be removed. No, merely provoking him a little was probably not enough. He needed to think of other ideas...

Right! He had heard that Shi Tiexin had always been hounded and bullied by delinquents, which was why his grades had fallen behind. Back when he was in the Elite Class and Key Class, where he studied and lived had been far from those delinquents. Now this guy had moved straight into the delinquents' stronghold. If he found a few people to give him some special attention, wouldn't that be easy as turning over his hand?

Hmph, that's what I'll do!

"Scram, then. Crawl away with your tail between your legs. You'd better sink forever into the deepest muck. No one is allowed to block my path, Gu Shaohuai's path!" Gu Shaohuai stared at Shi Tiexin's retreating back and cursed venomously.

But... uh... what was that about keeping a diary?

Why had that guy told him to keep a diary?

Could he mean... could it be... that he knew perfectly well my Chinese language was poor, so he deliberately used those words to provoke me? To tell me I have a weak point, that the bucket effect means I can't beat him, and throw me into such confusion that I can't focus on studying?

Hmph, too naive.

I, Gu Shaohuai, am brilliantly clever. How could I fall for such a trick? This time, I'll beat you at your own game. I'll make you suffer from your own cleverness. At the moment you discover that your scheme has failed completely, I'll use your tears of regret and anguish as drinking snacks for my victory wine!

Starting today, I'll keep a diary just to spite you!

It would be a good chance to sort out his little notebook too...

Gu Shaohuai pulled out a small notebook and flipped through it with a rustle. It contained many names, mostly students hovering around the two-hundredth rank. Shi Tiexin was merely one of them.

"Let's see, the second most important target is... Shen Xingye?" Gu Shaohuai bit his finger as he began plotting. "That guy is in the Elite Class now, so it's not convenient to use any tricks on him directly. But everyone has weaknesses, everyone has something on them. Shen Xingye is no exception. As long as I find it... you'll obediently give up that Elite Class spot! My journey shall face no obstacles!"

Gu Shaohuai was plotting his grand scheme.

Shi Tiexin was plotting his grand scheme as well.

He was not plotting how to take revenge on Mr. Nobody. That was not worth keeping him worried and preoccupied right now. What he was planning was something more important and crucial: how to improve his Mind Arts.

Of the Six Fundamental Mind Arts, only three of his had reached the first level of passing.

Yet among the students here, those at the third level, good or above, were everywhere.

If he could not properly raise his Mind Arts level, then with his current true standards, perhaps as Mr. Nobody had said, the Trash Class really would be his final destination.

In fact, judging by the average level here, he might even monopolize the very last place in the Trash Class—the tip of the tail, no less! Because someone as rotten as him might not even qualify to enter the Trash Class!

If he did not find some way to improve quickly, then when the final exams came and his level was exposed, he would become dead last in the grade. That would be truly embarrassing.

I, Scholar Stone, care about my dignity too!

No, no. I have to raise my Mind Arts level as soon as possible. I absolutely can't let people like that Mr. Nobody laugh at me.

But what exactly should he do?