Zhou Bai Studies Hard

Just then, Lü Chongyang's voice came from the podium. "Zhou Bai, I've taught at Donghua Dao School for twelve years, and you're the first person to sleep in my class. Sit up this instant!"

Feeling the anger in Lü Chongyang's words, Zhou Bai had no choice but to raise his head. But when he saw that his Laziness Qi had stopped increasing, his heart ached all over again.

Looking at Lü Chongyang on the podium, then at the auxiliary cultivation system in his mind, scene after scene from his memories flashed through Zhou Bai's head.

The ruined underground base... the children killed by Heavenly Demons... the sacrificed Zhang Aidao... the mutated old man...

Zhou Bai sighed inwardly. This is all for humanity... for defeating the Heavenly Demons! In order to gain the power to wipe out every last Heavenly Demon, let me bear the infamy.

Looking at Lü Chongyang on the podium, Zhou Bai tried to explain, "Teacher, I wasn't actually sleeping. I was just lying there listening to your lecture. When I lie down, my mind becomes especially active, and my efficiency in class is higher. If I'm affecting your teaching, then I just won't attend."

Everyone in the classroom was stunned by Zhou Bai's audacity: (⊙_⊙)!!

Lü Chongyang on the podium was stunned as well. The next moment, he hurriedly rebuked him, "Preposterous! Absurd! This is utterly outrageous! Donghua Dao School has never produced such a slothful student!"

Hearing Lü Chongyang's furious voice, Zhou Bai's face lit up with delight. He muttered inwardly, Yes, yes, just like that. Hurry up and throw me out. Let me skip class! I'd even be fine sleeping outside! Sleeping in class can increase my Laziness Qi Value, so skipping class will definitely give me even more!!

Lü Chongyang said, "From now on, you'll stand through class! Zhou Bai, I know you're a genius. Your talent is extraordinary, and you placed first in the entrance exams, but don't think that means you can rest easy. The road of cultivation is long, and countless geniuses fall by the wayside."

Zhou Bai thought, I'm not a genius! If I actually listened seriously in class, I'd be the one who couldn't keep up with you guys!!

"With your current state, you won't even pass the assessment two months from now..."

Zhou Bai thought, If I waste the next two months listening to lectures, then I really won't have any hope of passing!!

"The balance of the three essentials of cultivation—do you know how important this course is? The entire class is crucial material, and it will definitely be tested two months from now. That goes for all of you too! Whoever refuses to listen can wait to be expelled..."

"Zhou Bai! Let me tell you, in my twelve years teaching at Donghua Dao School, not a single student has dared sleep in my class. From today onward, I'll keep my eyes on you in every single lesson. You'd better not let your mind wander for even one second!"

Zhou Bai: "!"

Lü Chongyang used his Primordial Spirit Power to forcibly lift Zhou Bai up and make him stand to one side. Listening to Lü Chongyang's reprimand, Zhou Bai's heart instantly turned cold.

"Damn..." Zhou Bai lamented inwardly. Why the hell did I have to run my mouth... why did I have to provoke him...

Zhou Bai was made to stand by Lü Chongyang for the entire morning, listening to theoretical lectures all morning without understanding a single thing. His mind was completely blank, and he did not gain any more Laziness Qi Value.

After class, Lü Chongyang called him out again and earnestly lectured him for another half hour before Zhou Bai was finally released.

"This is killing me." Zhou Bai sighed inwardly. "I can't keep taking this class. If this goes on, I'm finished." His mind began racing as he considered countermeasures.

Jing Xiu walked over from the side and looked at Zhou Bai. "Big Brother Zhou, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, I'm fine." Zhou Bai thought for a moment, then said, "Come on, let's eat first."

Throughout the entire meal in the cafeteria, Zhou Bai was thinking about his next plan, a contemplative glint flickering constantly in his eyes.

As they left the cafeteria, Zhou Bai said to Jing Xiu, "Jing Xiu, I need to go back to the dorm and bring food to my dog. Go to class first."

Jing Xiu did not suspect a thing and obediently went to class.

After getting his food, Zhou Bai returned to the dormitory, lay down on the sofa, and had absolutely no intention of going out.

"No, I really can't keep attending this class. I should skip the afternoon class too." Rubbing his chin, Zhou Bai fantasized, "I wonder how much Laziness Qi Value skipping class will give me. Could one afternoon be enough to light up the next star point?"

At the thought, the corners of Zhou Bai's mouth could not help curling upward.

Then his expression changed again. "But I haven't learned how to cultivate Daoization Degree yet. If I directly add points to it, I'm afraid it might be dangerous."

He thought of Jing Xiu, diligently taking notes. "Mm, I'll find a chance to borrow Jing Xiu's notes. If that doesn't work, I'll go ask Old Lü after class..."

But when he thought of how Lü Chongyang could lecture for half an hour at the drop of a hat, hesitation appeared on Zhou Bai's face again.

Just then, Christina, who had been curled up in a ball beside him for an entire day and night, slowly unfurled. She stretched her limbs, glared at Zhou Bai, and said, "Zhou Bai! Where's my Breathing Method?"

Zhou Bai's eyes lit up. Right, the library should have complete textbooks. In my current situation, while skipping class, I should start learning from the basics. I can't rely on the auxiliary cultivation system to add points forever—that's far too unreliable.

If this had been a peaceful world of immortal cultivation, Zhou Bai might have simply added points all the way to the top.

But in a world where the Heavenly Dao was twisted and cultivators became more likely to go mad the higher their cultivation rose, blindly adding points and leveling up like that made him feel far too uneasy.

So after lying on the dormitory sofa for a while and seeing that his Laziness Qi Value really had begun to increase after he skipped class, Zhou Bai simply took Christina into his consciousness and headed to the library with her to find textbooks and a Breathing Method.

Upon entering the library, he found that the entire place was divided according to cultivation progress, with strict supervision over each section.

At the entrance to the library, an entire wall was covered in cultivation safety precautions.

Zhou Bai glanced over them. They all warned cultivators not to rashly come into contact with knowledge beyond their own realm.

After all, with the Heavenly Dao now twisted, every advancement was like walking on thin ice for cultivators.

For low-level cultivators to come into contact with advanced knowledge of the Heavenly Dao carried an even greater chance of madness and mutation.

Therefore, in order to nurture its students, the school library did not charge anything for borrowing books, but it strictly classified the types of books each person could borrow.

Someone like Zhou Bai could basically only borrow the most fundamental materials, which suited him perfectly.

But after searching around, there don't seem to be any books on basic subjects like mathematics or physics in this entire library. Don't they study those?

Later, while chatting with other students, Zhou Bai learned that they truly did not study such things. All technological products were uniformly produced and constructed by the government; they had nothing to do with either cultivators or ordinary people.

At this moment, after borrowing several basic cultivation materials from the library and helping Christina select a Breathing Method with the highest number of borrowers, Zhou Bai wanted to find a place in the library to study.

Only then did he discover that while skipping class, he could not study at all, because as soon as he studied, he could no longer gain Laziness Qi Value.

"Then should I go back?"

After thinking about it, Zhou Bai did not return to the dormitory. He was afraid that Lü Chongyang would discover he had skipped class and go straight to the dorm to catch him. Wouldn't that be walking right into the trap?

Thus, helplessly, Zhou Bai could only suppress the urge to study within him and slump across the table, pretending to nap.

After Christina thoroughly read through the Breathing Method she had obtained, much of her knowledge related to breathing gradually awakened in her mind. She began cultivating the Breathing Method within Zhou Bai's mind, silently drawing in and exhaling Spiritual Machine, little by little increasing her Primordial Spirit Power.