While Others Level Up, I Cultivate Immortality: Surviving Until the Great Ascension
Chapter 8

Talent: You Went Bald, but Didn't Get Stronger?

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Voluntarily withdraw from school? Better for everyone?

Su Xing sneered inwardly. Better only for your performance as the Homeroom Teacher, I'm afraid?

As the Homeroom Teacher of Su Xing and the others, Liu Xiaodong was naturally responsible for the students' assessment targets and their employment rate after graduation.

And Su Xing was currently far too far from the Gold Rank target. Liu Xiaodong probably intended to drive Su Xing out of the school.

Of course, forcibly expelling a student did not sound good.

But it was different if a student voluntarily withdrew due to special circumstances!

But would Su Xing do as he wished? Of course not!

Su Xing merely shook his head and said:

"Teacher Liu, I have no intention of voluntarily withdrawing. After all, the school environment is quite good for me!"

Liu Xiaodong's expression shifted slightly upon hearing this, but he continued:

"Su Xing! I know things aren't easy for you right now. As long as you're willing to voluntarily withdraw, I'm willing to represent the academy and offer you compensation—five hundred thousand Great Xia Coins. What do you think?"

"Besides that, I can help you find a job! The security staff at the teachers' residential complex happen to be short-handed. With your strength, you could give it a try!"

Su Xing's face darkened after hearing that.

Just five hundred thousand, and he wanted to drive him away?

And he was kind enough to introduce him to a security job? This was clearly an insult to him!

Su Xing stared fixedly at Liu Xiaodong before him, recalling how, three years ago, the man had humbly begged him to become his student.

This guy had even promised him a 3,000,000 Scholarship every year.

Of course, he had not paid a single cent to this day.

Su Xing took a deep breath and said firmly:

"Teacher Liu, I have no intention of withdrawing. I think the atmosphere at Kyoto Vocational University is quite good, suitable for my cultivation!"

Upon hearing Su Xing's words, Teacher Liu simply stopped pretending and sneered.

"Su Xing! Have you still not seen reality for what it is? You're no longer that genius from three years ago!"

"Right now, you're at the bottom of our academy, nothing but dead weight!"

"Kyoto Vocational University is a prestigious school with centuries of history. Must our school's reputation be ruined because of a pest like you? Can your conscience bear it?"

Liu Xiaodong slapped the desk until it rang with clangs, then mocked him again:

"If you voluntarily withdraw now, you can still retain a little dignity. Otherwise, when you're forcibly expelled, the whole school will laugh at you!"

Hearing Liu Xiaodong's words, Su Xing felt even more disdainful.

Kyoto Vocational University was the Highest Institution in the country. Naturally, it would not care whether he could graduate. Even if he failed to graduate, it would not necessarily tarnish the school's name.

In the end, Liu Xiaodong only wanted to make his own performance evaluation look a little better.

So Su Xing ignored him and merely said indifferently:

"Does Teacher Liu have anything else to say? If not, I'll be going back!"

With that, Su Xing gave him no face at all and turned to leave.

Liu Xiaodong was so furious that he flew into a rage inside the office.

Su Xing had simulated the future, so he knew Kyoto Vocational University had no intention of forcibly expelling him at present.

Even if he were to leave school, that would be five years from now.

And during this period, he would naturally choose to remain at school.

After all, the outside world was dangerous, while Kyoto Vocational University was filled with experts. Su Xing would be safer here.

Moreover, the school's resources could help him quickly obtain the energy required for simulations.

After leaving the office, Su Xing first spent all his savings, including the five million Great Xia Coins Fatty Yu had lent him.

Su Xing used the money to buy nearly four thousand pieces of White Quality equipment.

He then converted all that equipment into energy.

As a result, Su Xing's energy reached an astonishing 22,040 points!

More Than Twenty Thousand points of energy was absolutely a huge fortune to Su Xing.

For the next week, Su Xing continued as usual, power-leveling others and Dungeon Crawling to level up.

Every so often, he would check in on junior student Wang Qingxuan.

At last, the day arrived when the Simulator's usage count refreshed once again.

In his dormitory, Su Xing chose to simulate without hesitation.

"Whether I can embark on the path of immortal cultivation depends on this attempt!"

"Start Simulation!"

500 Energy consumed. Remaining Energy: 21,540. Remaining Simulation Count: none.

Simulation Starts!

Drawing a White Talent costs 100 Energy. Drawing a Green Talent costs 1,000 Energy. Draw?

"Draw a White Talent!"

Although Su Xing now had enough energy to draw a Green Talent, he was doing this to bring out Spirit Stones, so a White Talent would be enough.

Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the White Talent: You Went Bald, but Didn't Get Stronger. You Went Bald, but Didn't Get Stronger: White Talent. You age prematurely, and your hair falls out more easily than that of your peers. However, your bald appearance resembles that of an eminent monk in a temple, making it easier to earn others' trust and goodwill.

Su Xing: ???

What kind of bullshit Talent was this?!

Su Xing glanced at his hair. Thankfully, it was still thick.

You touched your hair, and more than a dozen strands fell out.

You felt that something was terribly wrong. That very night, you bought Overlord Shampoo and Minoxidil Tincture on a Certain E-commerce Platform, hoping to treat your hair loss.

As always, you led freshmen to level up, gaining plenty each time.

Half a year passed. Your hair grew thinner by the day, but your wallet grew fatter and fatter.

Your thinning hair affected your looks, and you lost many opportunities for deep exchanges with freshman girls.

But Wang Qingxuan did not mind at all and remained very enthusiastic toward you.

Another half year passed. You had less and less hair, so you simply cut it all off and shaved your head bald.

For some reason, after becoming bald, you preferred using your fists to crush the monsters in Dungeons. With your powerful physique, you could often instantly kill monsters with a single blow.

Your amiable appearance made freshmen at the school more willing to hire you for power-leveling. In just one year, you accumulated assets worth thirty million.

You gained a small measure of fame at Kyoto Vocational University. Your campus nickname: One-Punch Man.

One day, Wang Qingxuan came to find you and told you about the mysterious organization.

Seeing this, Su Xing subconsciously touched his hair and fell into deep thought.

Honestly, now that he had obtained the first half of the Evergreen Cultivation Technique, he did not particularly want to remain entangled with that organization.

But the problem was that he only had the first half of the Evergreen Cultivation Technique. Su Xing had to pave the way for what came next.

And the Evergreen Cultivation Technique had come from that mysterious organization. Perhaps the organization possessed the second half!

Su Xing took a deep breath and continued the simulation.

In the darkness, you felt that Wang Qingxuan joining that mysterious organization would be more helpful to you, so you acted According to the Plan and continued persuading her not to join.

Early the next morning, you were left alone in the hotel bed. Wang Qingxuan had withdrawn from school again.

You knew that Wang Qingxuan had joined that mysterious organization again, so you were not overly worried.

Su Xing frowned slightly at this, and an idea suddenly sprang to mind.

Could it be that my thoughts in reality can be instantly fed back into the Simulator?

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