The School's Grand Gesture

"If the spell that comes with the Sunrise Sword can't be used, then so be it. But what kind of stupid-ass setting is this with the Fire Blowing Palm?!"

Jiang Liu grumbled angrily. It was way too real.

A single Supreme Spiritual Root had directly destroyed all the other Mixed Spiritual Roots. That alone showed just how overpowered a Supreme Spiritual Root was.

No matter how much he cursed, it was useless. If he had to choose between a spell and a Supreme Spiritual Root, he'd still choose the Supreme Spiritual Root.

Though he was a little annoyed, Jiang Liu still synchronized the Supreme Water Spiritual Root into reality as usual.

In an instant.

Jiang Liu felt a change in his dantian. It seemed like something had disappeared, yet something else had appeared. It felt like he'd just had an abortion and gotten pregnant again—strange as hell.

The moment the Supreme Water Spiritual Root fused with his body, Jiang Liu could clearly feel that the spiritual energy around him had become much more moist. Even his unhealthy skin had been nourished, and his entire body exuded an aura as gentle and yielding as water.

One Supreme Water Spiritual Root had brought earth-shaking changes to his entire being.

His appearance, his temperament, his spiritual energy affinity, and... his water content.

Jiang Liu was still savoring that incredibly comfortable transformation when he suddenly felt a slight swelling three inches below his dantian. An urge to let loose surged up from within.

His expression changed slightly. He shot out of his room and rushed for the bathroom. The sound of floodgates opening soon followed, loud enough to drown out the TV in the living room.

One minute.

Two minutes.

Three minutes.

Half an hour later, Jiang Liu walked out of the bathroom expressionlessly and headed to school.

He was going to be late.

On the way to school, Jiang Liu couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he thought. He simply couldn't understand how his body could expel a ton of water.

This wasn't scientific!

It violated the law of conservation of energy!

Did the Supreme Water Spiritual Root come with its own water supply?

Or was it that after the mixed spiritual energy in his body had been converted into water spiritual energy, part of it had to be expelled?

Whatever it was, Jiang Liu silently thanked his luck. Fortunately, this had happened at home. If it had happened at school and he pissed out a whole ton of water, he didn't know whether he'd become famous, but he'd definitely die of embarrassment.

As long as it was all out, it was fine.

Half an hour later, Jiang Liu entered the classroom. Dense spiritual energy immediately washed over him, and he instinctively took a deep breath, feeling utterly refreshed.

What rich spiritual energy?

It was at least two or three times denser than outside!

Had the classroom become some blessed cultivation ground?

Jiang Liu's gaze was drawn to the glass box on the podium, and a flicker of astonishment appeared in his eyes.

There was an ordinary-looking glass box on the podium. The box itself wasn't important. What mattered was that it contained a pile of Spirit Stones!

At a glance, there were at least a hundred of them.

The glass box had no lid. The Spirit Stones piled up like a small hill recklessly released spiritual energy, causing the concentration of spiritual energy in the entire classroom to soar.

What did this mean?

Jiang Liu stared straight at that small pile of Spirit Stones, practically drooling, when dissatisfied voices from the other students suddenly rang out beside him.

"Jiang Liu, close the door! The spiritual energy is going to leak out!"

Right, right, he had to close the door!

Jiang Liu hurriedly shut the door, then quietly returned to his seat. He poked Li Dongze at the desk and asked curiously in a low voice, "Did the school bring those Spirit Stones?"

"I don't know. Don't disturb me!"

Li Dongze didn't even twitch an eyelid. He was fully focused on cultivation, looking nothing like the guy who'd dragged Jiang Liu off to play games after school yesterday.

With the current concentration of spiritual energy in the classroom, their Cultivation Speed would rise dramatically. No one knew how long this pile of Spirit Stones would last, so every bit they could cultivate counted.

"The school's really gone all out."

Jiang Liu couldn't help but sigh in amazement. He'd actually been thinking that, since they no longer needed to study math, physics, or foreign languages, they could meditate and cultivate anywhere. Going to school or not didn't really matter anymore; they just had to wait for the Gaokao.

But now, the school's move had genuinely shocked him.

There were over twenty classes in the Third Middle School. If every classroom had a pile of Spirit Stones like this, there had to be at least several thousand Spirit Stones in total.

This definitely wasn't something an individual could afford. Even if someone had the money, nobody would be willing to spend it like this. No matter how rich they were, they couldn't withstand such waste.

But the school was different. The school was an educational institution. It had funding, connections, and channels through which it could obtain large quantities of Spirit Stones.

On the second day after the server opened, the school had thrown out several thousand Spirit Stones. He wouldn't believe it even if someone beat him to death and said they had been bought locally.

A grand gesture—this was a true grand gesture. The school really intended to support them!

No, maybe it wasn't just the school. The country intended to support them!

Going to school—I fucking loved going to school!

I want to live at school twenty-four hours a day!

Jiang Liu was excited too. He had a title, VIP1, and the Three Revolutions Mysterious Technique. His Cultivation Speed far surpassed everyone else's.

When the school stirred up a wind, he would borrow that tailwind!

I'm a Third Middle School student. I'll bring glory to Third Middle School and crush First Middle School and Second Middle School!

Jiang Liu silently declared in his heart, quickly climbed onto his desk, and began circulating the Three Revolutions Mysterious Technique. Water spiritual energy nourished his body through one major circulation after another, while his Cultivation Points rose at a visibly rapid rate.

The students who had arrived earlier were already in the zone. The students who came later were also stunned by the pile of Spirit Stones on the podium and swiftly climbed onto their desks to cultivate, afraid of falling even one step behind.

Very soon.

At eight in the morning, all the students had arrived. The Head Teacher, who had originally been sitting in his chair, directly crossed his legs atop the podium. He grabbed the glass box and held it in his arms, blissfully inhaled twice, then addressed the class. "There are 150 Spirit Stones here. The school issued them to increase your Cultivation Speed."

The Head Teacher's voice woke the entire class. Though they had already expected it, when the Head Teacher personally confirmed it, the students still couldn't help crying out in surprise.

"Teacher, are these Spirit Stones really for us to use? You won't move them away in a little while, right?"

"The school is awesome! Long live the Principal!"

"Holy shit, where did the school get so many Spirit Stones?"

"The school is going to support over a thousand students? That's insane!"

"Head Teacher, where did the school buy these Spirit Stones? Give us the contact info."

Some were doubtful, some were delighted, some were shocked, and some had even set their sights on the Spirit Stone supply channels.

"They were bought from the Education Bureau. Why don't you go give it a try?"

The Head Teacher glared at Li Dongze, then continued, "The school has already asked. These 150 Spirit Stones will be enough for you to cultivate for ten days."

"In other words, after ten days, the Spirit Stones will lose their effect."

"The school can support the entire student body for ten days, but it can't support you for a year. You need to understand that in advance."

As soon as those words came out, the cheering students froze, their disappointment completely undisguised.

Only ten days?

That was way too short.

But thinking about it, it made sense. In ten days, the seven senior classes alone would use over a thousand Spirit Stones. Raising their class until the Gaokao would require tens of thousands of Spirit Stones.

After their class graduated, there would still be the next class. No one could afford to keep that up.

This was a school. Giving them one final push after nine years of compulsory education was already more than generous. They were all good students, and no one would be greedily dissatisfied.