Successfully mastering the Woolen Thread Illusion gave Wen Xiancheng a sudden boost of confidence and enthusiasm.
For the rest of the morning, he even forgot to eat breakfast, continuing to practice according to the notes on page five of the notebook.
Day broke.
In Cui Qianqian's dorm room, the girls began getting up one after another.
Mouse Clone hurried off Cui Qianqian's notebook, slipped out of the room, and hid in the grass by the dormitory exit.
Cui Qianqian would have to pass this way.
Sure enough, after half an hour of waiting, he saw Cui Qianqian emerge from the dormitory building with a small black backpack.
Even as she walked, he could see Cui Qianqian's lips moving as she murmured something.
In her left palm, a banana flickered in and out of existence.
Mouse Clone hurried through the grass at a distance, following Cui Qianqian.
Cui Qianqian went to the cafeteria, bought a few slices of cake, and put them in her backpack. Then she bought some steamed buns and a cup of soy milk and sat down in a corner.
Most of the girls in the cafeteria were in groups.
That made Cui Qianqian look rather lonely.
Mouse Clone began to feel a little sorry for Cui Qianqian.
Although she was a little fat and not particularly pretty, the notes she had taken were truly exquisite.
So who exactly said fat people were stocks with hidden potential?
If she really had so much potential, how could no one pay her any attention?
And who said that wasn't fat, just cuteness bursting at the seams?
How could nobody like such a cute, chubby girl?
Unfortunately, this body of mine is a Mouse Clone. I certainly can't give her any love.
As for my human body, I already have an inextricable connection with Xue Ruigao.
While the chubby girl ate with her head lowered, conjuring a banana in her left hand, Mouse Clone scurried over and behind her.
When her backpack touched the chair, he quickly climbed up and slipped inside.
Hiding in the backpack, Mouse Clone caught the scent of bread and began wolfing it down.
I'm sorry to do this to Cui Qianqian, but I haven't eaten all night.
If I don't eat soon, I really will starve to death.
I'll find a chance to make it up to her later!
Once Cui Qianqian finished eating, she went straight to the classroom.
Mouse Clone gripped the zipper in his teeth, pulled it open a crack, and poked his little head out.
He needed to see the route.
He had to remember where Cui Qianqian attended class each day.
He couldn't keep following Cui Qianqian everywhere every day.
Once he remembered the way, he could come by himself whenever there was a class, without having to spend every day on tenterhooks like this.
The moment Cui Qianqian entered the classroom, Mouse Clone darted out of the backpack and climbed down her clothes.
He raced behind the curtains by a classroom window. Seeing that Cui Qianqian hadn't noticed his movements at all, Mouse Clone shook his head.
This Cui Qianqian really is a star student.
And she's a little too absorbed in it all.
Even while eating and walking!
Remembering the girls' mocking remarks on the sports field, Mouse Clone couldn't help wondering.
Does she really want to become the next Liu Lanzhi?
More and more people entered the classroom.
In the end, twenty people showed up!
Mouse Clone memorized all twenty faces.
Perhaps that would come in handy someday.
At eight twenty, as the bell rang, a series of clacking footsteps approached.
When the bell stopped, the classroom fell so quiet that not even a crow or sparrow could be heard.
Every student in the classroom wore a serious expression.
All eyes turned toward the classroom door.
With a click, the door swung open, and a woman with long, chestnut-colored waves walked in.
She looked barely past thirty.
She had a palm-sized face, large eyes, fluttering lashes, a pert nose, and a small, cherry-red mouth.
Add to that her full bust and almost S-shaped curves.
She was the very picture of a sultry older beauty, so ripe she practically dripped!
"Stand up!" Cui Qianqian suddenly rose and called out.
"Good morning, Teacher!" All the students stood in unison and greeted her respectfully.
The woman nodded with a smile and walked up to the lectern.
She didn't use a computer at all.
She simply swept her hands apart.
At once, a floating phantom image appeared before her in the classroom.
It was the image of a classroom.
At first glance, it looked like a projected slide.
"You've all been attending my classes for two years now," the woman said. "Summer vacation is almost here, and I've already decided on your assignment. It will be this-"
Liu Lanzhi pointed to the floating classroom image. "Create an illusion of a building you know well. On the first day of the new term, each of you will cast your illusion in front of me so I can experience it for myself. Successfully casting it will earn you sixty points."
"Only sixty points?"
"Then where do the other forty points come from?"
"That's a very good question," Liu Lanzhi said with a smile. "By our previous standards, completing the illusion would earn you a hundred points. So why is it only worth sixty this time? Apparently, you haven't the faintest idea."
She flicked her right hand, and a streak of yellow light flashed along her arm.
Then a pointer appeared in her right hand.
Tapping the blackboard with the pointer, Liu Lanzhi's smile vanished, and her face darkened. "What have you been studying for the past six months? Turning illusory constructs into reality! Simply casting illusions was what you learned when you first started taking my classes! It's time to make some progress."
"For every additional second you can maintain the physical manifestation of your building, you'll earn another point."
"Understood?!"
The students all hung their heads. "Yes."
Only then did Liu Lanzhi set her book on the lectern. "Now, let's first review what we've covered recently. After that, one of you will come up and demonstrate what you've learned so far."
Liu Lanzhi went over a great deal of material. Hidden behind the curtain, Mouse Clone felt as though she were racing along in a rocket. He couldn't understand a word.
He understood only her final question: "Now, who would like to come up and demonstrate what you've learned in our recent lessons?"
Seeing the students lower their heads one after another, not daring to look at Liu Lanzhi, Mouse Clone remembered his own days in class and couldn't help smiling knowingly.
Just then, Cui Qianqian stood up. "Teacher, I'll do it!"
As she spoke, she rose to her feet and held out her left hand.
Under every student's gaze, countless specks of white light gathered in her left palm, finally forming a banana.
Liu Lanzhi walked over, took the banana from her palm, and peeled it. Only after she had pulled down three strips of peel did the banana vanish with a pop.
Smiling, Liu Lanzhi nodded at Cui Qianqian. "Excellent as always, Cui Qianqian! This banana is very good. You should all learn from her instead of thinking only about having fun! When you go home, spend more time reviewing what we've covered over the past two years. If you can't complete your assignment by the start of next term, don't bother coming back to my class. All right, let's begin today's lesson!"
(End of chapter)
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