Forty Millenniums of Cultivation

”So it was like this — this is completely ingenious! The dissipating fire-type spiritual energy is collected again in order to lower the amount of wasted spiritual energy. This design is truly a work of art!” Li Yao clucked his tongue in marvel.

”Student Li Yao? Student Li Yao? Li Yao!”

Principal Mao ran with a red flush that extended from his face to his neck. Standing at the entrance of the boiler room, he leaned on his knees as he gasped for breath for a good while. He shouted for several times, but it was all in vain as he didn’t receive a single response. He was truly unable to catch Li Yao’s attention. He took a look around before picking up a wooden torch and lightly poked Li Yao’s ass with it.

”Student Li Yao!”

”Wait! Principal Mao, whatever it is, it can wait. I will soon figure it out… so it was like this, so it was like this… this is too formidable! Why didn’t I think of this sooner!? Originally, these three crystal wires were working in conjunction!”

Li Yao slapped his thigh. Without turning around, he said in excitement, ”Principal, can you wait again? I’m absolutely sure that I can fix this boiler — it will be as good as new!”

Principal Mao didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He yelled, ”Li Yao! It’s getting late. You still want to repair this boiler? Quickly come out now. You have to give interviews. You are Floating Spear City’s champion of the college entrance examination!”

”Don’t yell. The echoes inside the boiler room make my head hurt. Whatever it is, it can wait for me. Let’s talk about it after I repair the boiler. Even the college entrance exam’s cham... what? I am the college entrance exam’s champion!?”

Inside the boiler, Li Yao let out a wolfish howl and jumped in excitement.

”Boom!”

But soon after, the entire boiler room started shaking as the dust accumulated upon the beams of the room fell and covered the whole boiler room.

Li Yao had forgotten that he was still inside the boiler. His head violently collided with the steel plates as a bulge soon appeared on the boiler as well as on his head.

Li Yao did not care about the pain. Holding his head, he crawled out of the boiler and took two deep breaths as he collected himself. He grabbed Principal Mao’s shoulder and started shaking him. ”Principal, am I really Floating Spear City’s champion of the college entrance exam?”

”Hey hey hey, can’t you spare my old bones? Won’t you know after checking the net?” Tears of pain trickled down from Principal Mao’s eyes.

Li Yao immediately let go and somewhat embarrassingly scratched his head, thereby sprinkling the dust from his messy hair. Starting up the crystal processor, he opened the page dedicated to the college entrance examination. Entering his student ID before clicking to confirm, his score and ranking soon floated up on the display.

”Floating Spear City’s Mining Clan High School Li Yao, College Entrance Examination total score - 781, Spiritual Root Development Quotient - 92%, final score - 718.52, citywide first!”

”Awesome!”

Li Yao’s excitement had reached its peak. He even did three backflips before jumping three feet high into the air as he violently sent out a punch mid-air!

”I did it!”

”In one month, I, a waste with a Spiritual Root Development Quotient of 7%, has once again become a cultivation genius with a Spiritual Root Development Quotient of 92%. And I had also won the title of ‘Floating Spear City’s Champion of the College Entrance Examination’!”

”I didn’t disappoint Sun Biao, Peng Hai, Ding Lingdang, Grandpa Wang, and Principal Mao’s expectation!”

”The most important thing is that I’m one step closer to my dream. With this score, I can pick any one of the Nine Elite Universities!”

”Student Li Yao, calm down. There are hundreds of reporters waiting outside to get your interview. Don’t get excited. Calm down, you have to be calm!” Principal Mao said in a trembling voice.

He was asking Li Yao to remain calm, yet his appearance revealed the opposite of anything but calm; he appeared as though he had been injected with a large dosage of some stimulant. From his neck to his ear, his face was flushed red. His arms, his legs, and even his entire body was trembling; he was excited to the extreme.