This is too hilarious!

39. Next up, the midterm exams!

Throughout the entire evening self-study period, Bai Hui ignored his classmates' curious inquiries, only repeatedly asking to go to the toilet during class.

This led to rumors circulating in the class that "Bai Hui may have some problems with his kidney function."

Bai Hui didn't care at all, and knew that because of the existence of the long-tongued parrot, there was no way to avoid it.

Anyway, these rumors will "disappear" once the midterm exams are in a week.

There were four evening self-study sessions. Bai Hui sold a total of twelve homemade iced Americanos to Zhang Yan. Each cup cost eighteen yuan. After deducting the cost, Bai Hui made a profit of about 200 yuan!

Considering that Feng Jue and the other two would provide him with food expenses later, Bai Hui's financial pressure was indeed somewhat alleviated.

In addition to that, what's even more important is that Bai Hui has found a way to learn various nursing-related martial arts for free!

As a fake, Zhang Yan's inner evil spirit had long since dissipated. Even though there were some signs of it rekindling recently, it would not recover in a short time.

Therefore, the damage that his martial arts moves could cause to Bai Hui was extremely limited. In fact, since those martial arts were mostly healing-type moves, Bai Hui not only escaped unharmed, but also benefited from them!

The only slightly problematic thing is that after buying twelve iced Americanos, Zhang Yan drank them down in one gulp without stopping!

This seems to align to some extent with some of the rules of "Ghost Stories: The Working Class" that turned her into a pseudo-human, thus allowing her "inner demons" to "revive" from another perspective...

Its "Heart-Slaying" color is not black or red, but exactly the same as that of an iced Americano. It can be added to the "Emergency Recovery Palm" and has a very obvious refreshing effect!

This stuff is a consumable; Zhang Yan can't condense it herself and needs to replenish it with iced Americano...

In a sense, an iced Americano can be considered a form of energy needed by the "ghostly" working class...

……

For the next period of time, Bai Hui spent his days cramming on high school knowledge, studying with He Qing, Feng Jue, and Li Youye.

Li Youye's thoughts remained chaotic. His mental capacity was too abstract, and his family didn't put much pressure on him. His father even bluntly said, "Learn what you can, don't exhaust yourself." As a result, Li Youye's progress in condensing his inner energy almost came to a standstill.

Fortunately, the existence of the study group allowed Li Youye to acquire a considerable amount of high school knowledge, and even without condensing his inner demons, his rationality was visibly becoming more resilient.

His extensive knowledge gained from long-term internet surfing even significantly helped other members of the study group!

The four members of the study group all saw a significant improvement in their grades as a result!

Bai Hui benefited greatly from this.

In the evening, Bai Hui continued to sell Zhang Yan his homemade iced Americano, replenishing her "strange power - caffeine" while also learning more about all the nursing skills she had mastered!

With the addition of the "week's worth of meals" promised by Li Bindao, Bai Hui shamelessly applied for direct cash payment, and the daily meal expenses paid by the other three members of the study group... Bai Hui's financial pressure was temporarily alleviated to some extent.

By the way.

On the second night after the study group was formed, He Qing, as promised at the beginning, introduced Bai Hui to a part-time job.

Express delivery sorting!

This job isn't difficult, it's just hard and tiring, and you have to fight for it... Because this kind of work with a huge workload is very beneficial for condensing one's inner demons, martial artists in the demon body realm often do this kind of work.

Of course, since there is an upper limit to the workload, it is generally only martial artists at the lower level of the Sha Body Realm, that is, those whose total Sha points are below 25, who will go there.

The hard work and fatigue of this part-time job were acceptable to Bai Hui.

But Bai Hui only went for one night before giving up – because he was at the age where he was "growing up" and his daily martial arts practice was already enough to meet his exercise needs. Continuing to do express delivery sorting would be beneficial for the accumulation and growth of his inner energy, but it would also require more nutrition and energy to improve his physical fitness.

Under normal circumstances, it would be fine, but Bai Hui's family has a cook!

The surge in exercise and the excessive imbalance between physical fitness and mental state will lead to a further increase in the chef's requirements for Bai Hui's daily nutrition and energy intake.

After just one night of sorting packages, Bai Hui earned eighty yuan a day, but the cook demanded an extra five hundred yuan for food...

Therefore, Bai Hui does not plan to work in express delivery sorting in the short term.

He Qing did have other part-time jobs, but after all, she was just a high school student from a poor family. It didn't matter that she didn't have connections, and there weren't many she could introduce to Bai Hui—she still needed to earn money herself!

So Bai Hui could only continue practicing martial arts and studying to enrich himself, enduring the increasingly rampant rumors and gossip at school as time went by.

Make the most of every physical education class to secretly learn as much of Wu Peng's martial arts as possible.

And so, a week passed.

Midterm exams are here!

……

"I remember we just had a monthly exam two weeks ago, right? Why do we have another one?!"

Li Youye lay on her desk, sighing.

Bai Hui glanced at him and laughed, "That's rare! You actually remember there was a monthly exam two weeks ago? Looks like you've made quite a bit of progress this week!"

However, you're still wrong—this is a midterm exam, not a monthly exam.

"Midterm exams? Oh! I remember now, it's the one about students who have condensed their inner demons fighting in a tournament!"

Li Youye immediately perked up, quickly glancing at Yu Lian's back in front of him, then whispered, "Bai Hui, if you run into Yu Lian, remember to go easy on her..."

We'll see when the time comes.

Bai Hui chuckled.

This past week, not only has Bai Hui made progress, but the other students have also made good use of their time.

Two monthly exams, plus two weeks of study and training, and the passive pressure that those who had honed their mental fortitude earlier in each class exerted on the other students' minds...

Throughout the first year of high school, more than 300 students have successfully condensed their inner energy—this was discovered by Feng Jue and He Qing through joint investigation. Although Bai Hui focused on studying and practicing this week, he did not neglect the growth of his peers because of the existence of the study group!

However, he didn't feel much urgency, since apart from wealthy second-generation students like Tian Qiyuan, the other students had basically the same access to educational resources.

Bai Hui not only possessed nearly a complete set of "nursing martial arts" compared to them, but also had three dream artifacts to assist him. He even secretly learned some of the martial arts of Wu Peng, the only martial artist in the school at the Martial Meridian Realm, during his daily physical education classes!

While this might sound arrogant, but...

Bai Hui really didn't take his classmates seriously!

As for Yu Lian... she is Li Youye's crush. Some time ago, due to some unexpected events, she developed some interest in Bai Hui and has been trying to communicate with him on several occasions this week.

Bai Hui's mind isn't on these things right now, so his financial pressure has only been somewhat alleviated, but there's still no room for error.

During this week, Bai Hui was almost completely absorbed in his studies. Yu Lian tried several times but failed to strike up a conversation with him. Instead, some rumors started circulating in the class... so she got angry.

It wasn't that he was ignoring Yu Lian, but he still had to carefully budget his monthly food and rent expenses, so Bai Hui really didn't have the mind to think about matters of the heart.

Of course, Bai Hui's week of study and training hadn't been in vain. He casually switched to [Simple Lines], took out a small round mirror from his pocket, and saw his current [Personal Panel]—

Name: Bai Hui

[Realm: Evil Body (lower position)]

[Heart-Slaying Star: 2.5]

【武技：护工拳（LV.3）、基础·八段锦（LV.3）、形意拳（LV.2）、后颈晕人敲（LV.1）、急救复甦掌（LV.1）、护心罡（LV.0）、巡房步（LV.4）、秘技·反覆横跳（LV.1）、碧空劲（LV.1）、深蹲·千斤坠（LV.1）……】

[Sanity Value: 98/100]

[Current image quality: Simple lines]

……

Previously, his martial arts levels were all at the level of "beginner" or "practice makes perfect," but as Bai Hui's cognitive level continued to grow with his learning, he began to adjust them.

Using numerical levels for labeling now looks much better...

So next up is the midterm exam!

……