Zhou Bai Takes Class Seriously

When Zhou Bai arrived at the cafeteria, he saw that most of it had been closed off, with only a few windows still open where cheap food could be exchanged.

A few scattered men and women were eating at the tables.

Clearly, aside from the three daily meals, the cafeteria only provided the most basic food the rest of the time.

After eating a bowl of human rations, Zhou Bai's strength and energy were instantly replenished. His stomach felt warm, and he finally felt full.

He slowly strolled back to the dormitory, still thinking about how to increase his Laziness Qi Value next.

Just as he was about to reach his door, he suddenly saw that the door beside his room had opened, with a crimson light shining out from within.

The crimson light spilled out like blood, making Zhou Bai frown.

Zhou Bai thought, Who's this reckless? Turning on a light like this in the middle of the night? Can they even sleep?

He walked over and curiously peeked into the room.

All he saw was a pale face.

A young girl poked her head out from behind the door. "What is it?"

Zhou Bai froze for a moment, scratching his head as he said, "Oh, nothing. I live next door. I was just saying, that light of yours is pretty intense."

The girl stared at Zhou Bai with wide eyes and slowly said, "I'm used to it."

"Oh..." Zhou Bai nodded and pointed to the door beside them. "I'm going to sleep first..."

"Goodbye."

Bang! Looking at the closed door, Zhou Bai frowned. "She's really hard to get along with." Scratching his head, he returned to his room. Elsa immediately pounced on him. Zhou Bai stroked him, then climbed into bed to rest.

However, human rations could restore energy and relieve fatigue. After dinner and getting into bed, Zhou Bai found that he could not fall asleep.

Looking at Christina beside him, still curled into a ball as though she were cultivating, Zhou Bai thought, What a hardworking cat.

After watching the cat for a while, Zhou Bai finally began to feel drowsy.

Suddenly, a bang came from the direction of the wall, instantly startling Zhou Bai awake.

"What the hell?"

Zhou Bai looked toward the sound and heard a series of bang bang bang impacts. Just as he was about to get up and question the neighbor, the banging stopped.

So Zhou Bai lay back down, closed his eyes, and tossed and turned, slowly gathering sleepiness.

Just when he had finally begun to feel drowsy again—

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A succession of heavy thuds came through the wall. Zhou Bai abruptly opened his eyes and shouted toward it, "What are you doing in the middle of the night?! Aren't you going to sleep?!"

The banging stopped. Zhou Bai exhaled angrily and lay back down, but after lying there for a while, he realized he could no longer sleep.

"Damn it."

The next morning, Zhou Bai dragged himself out of bed with an irritated expression. After taking Elsa to the cafeteria for breakfast and bringing the dog back, he headed to class alone.

Only after eating a bowl of human rations did he finally recover some energy.

The moment he entered the classroom, Zhou Bai saw Jing Xiu waving at his seat from afar. He sat beside her, and class began shortly afterward.

That morning's lesson was still taught by Lü Chongyang. It continued from yesterday's Divine Map cultivation lesson, covering the balance between the Divine Map, Daoization Degree, and Primordial Spirit Power.

"Remember this: the path of cultivation must never be rushed. Whether it is the Divine Map, Daoization Degree, or Primordial Spirit Power, you cannot greedily seek quick success in any one of them. You must find a balance between the three. What we will learn today is the transformations of the Five Elements and Yin-Yang, using them to determine whether you have become unbalanced on the path of cultivation..."

An hour later, there was a five-minute break.

Zhou Bai looked blankly at Jing Xiu beside him and saw that she had already filled more than ten pages of notes. He tentatively asked, "Jing Xiu, what do you think of Teacher Lü Chongyang's lesson?"

"The teacher explained it very well!" Jing Xiu said happily. "I feel like I've improved so much. What do you think, Brother Zhou?"

"Mm-hm, same here." Zhou Bai nodded, shouting inwardly, I don't understand a single damn word! What the hell is he talking about?!

During the first class yesterday, Lü Chongyang had simply introduced the nine foundational Divine Maps and explained the procedure for injecting a Divine Map into the body, which Zhou Bai could understand. But today's theoretical lesson sounded like heavenly scripture to him.

It reminded him of the cultivation methods recorded in those starlight points yesterday. He could not understand any of them at all.

If he could not add points with Laziness Qi, there was no way he could have cultivated successfully.

At that moment, Zhou Bai suddenly realized that compared to Jing Xiu and the others, who had practiced breathing techniques from childhood, pored over Daoist scriptures, and prepared for cultivation for over a decade, his theoretical foundation was far too weak.

But Zhou Bai naturally had his own advantage: the Auxiliary System.

No, class is completely useless to me. My foundation is far too poor. Unless it's a simple practical course like yesterday's, I can't understand theoretical lessons like today's at all.

Rather than waste time listening in class, I might as well study on my own after class. As for class time...

A few minutes later, Zhou Bai unknowingly slumped onto his desk. Relaxing his body, he gradually grew drowsy.

Laziness Qi Value +1

Laziness Qi Value +1

Laziness Qi Value +1

The instant he saw the Laziness Qi Value, Zhou Bai slept soundly. He completely emptied his mind and fell into a deep sleep.

Jing Xiu stared at Zhou Bai beside her in shock. "B-Brother Zhou is sleeping?!" To her, this was simply unimaginable.

"Someone is actually sleeping during class?! And it's Brother Zhou?!"

The sight before her completely overturned the worldview of a model student like Jing Xiu.

There were only twenty-four students in the whole classroom with a Primordial Spirit Value of 99. Having developed their Primordial Spirits and cultivated Divine Maps, every one of them possessed sharp eyes and ears. They quickly noticed Zhou Bai openly sleeping in class, and whether on their faces or in their hearts, all they showed was shock and disbelief.

This was Donghua Dao School, one of humanity's Four Great Dao Schools, a place where the elite cultivators of humankind gathered.

Besides, with the current situation and the crushing pressure of death and extinction hanging over humanity, let alone at a Dao School, there were barely any people sleeping in class even at ordinary schools.

Someone sleeping during class at a Dao School was beyond anything they could imagine.

Qian Wangsun thought, Damn, he's already sleeping in class on the second day. What an idol!

Jianxing rubbed his bald head. Classmate Zhou Bai really is... quite the character.

The students had all noticed Zhou Bai's odd behavior, and Lü Chongyang, who was lecturing at the front, had naturally noticed long ago as well. With a thought, he used Primordial Spirit Power to slap Zhou Bai on the head.

Zhou Bai did not move in the slightest after being slapped on the head. Once he woke up, he focused his attention on the Auxiliary System panel.

Daoization Degree: 0%

Primordial Spirit Value: 99

Divine Map: Nine Calamities of Heaven and Man

Laziness Qi: 70

"The Laziness Qi Value rose from 60 to 70. It went up by 10 points so quickly?" Zhou Bai was delighted. Sleeping in class is actually this useful?