I Alone Am Immortal: My Rebirth and Leisurely Cultivation

Chapter 103 We Join In
Go home in the evening.

Ye Hui posted several Chinese and math problems that Li Yan had come up with in the class group.

Ma Liang: No way, you're doing it again?
Yang Xiong: It seems like we haven't learned these ancient poems yet.
Yu Qingya: These questions are cult classics!

The students discussed the matter at length, expressing their concerns about the exam.

The math teacher and the homeroom teacher both came out to reassure the students that the exam wouldn't include it.

Of course, if the students are really worried, we can give them a few questions tomorrow.

Ye Daijia: No, teacher, we're not worried.
Yu Bin: Yes, teacher, really.

Guo Cailing: Add one
After reassuring the teacher in the official group chat, the students started chatting in private smaller groups.

Zhang Wei: I'm speechless with this homeroom teacher. Does he think he's funny?

Ma Liang: Of course! To even practice? That's just crazy!

Ma Liang: The class monitor is something else, why did he give out this kind of thing?
These words immediately drew supporters of class monitor Ye Hui.

Yang Xiong: The class only gave out a question; it was you who were terrified of it.
Ye Daijia: Exactly, there weren't that many problems to begin with.
Just as an argument was about to break out, Ye Hui stepped forward.

Ye Hui: [Red Envelope]

Ye Hui: I originally sent it to Li Yan because he was the one who gave me the question. I didn't expect it to cause such a commotion.
Immediately, people claimed the red envelopes, and in the blink of an eye, they were all gone.
Lin Yufan: One hundred and eight! Class monitor, you're so generous!

Yu Qingya: Grand!
Li Yan, who was watching the screen, subconsciously clicked "+1", but he didn't expect that he would have something to do with it.

But it didn't matter anymore; Ye Hui had already resolved the matter with a red envelope.

Thursday noon, in the cafeteria.

After finishing their meal, Li Yanjiang, Yingzhu, and Mei Mengqian took a walk on the playground.

It's mid-October, and the playground is finally showing signs of autumn.

The leaves have fallen, the air has cooled, and the sunlight is no longer scorching, but warm.

Some people are taking a walk, while others are sitting and watching them walk or play ball.

"Looking at it this way, there are quite a few couples in our school," Guo Cailing said to Yu Qingya, who was sitting on the edge of the playground.

They were all boarding students, sharing a dormitory, and liked to wander around the school or the surrounding area during lunchtime.

“Not all of them,” Yu Qingya said, pointing to Li Yan’s location.

There are three people there.

Guo Cailing looked over and saw Li Yan, Mei Mengqian from her class, and a pretty girl who occasionally came to visit other classes.

Just then, they saw them greet a girl next to a senior high school building, and then the girl joined them!

"Another one!" Guo Cailing's eyes widened. "Qingya, do you think they're playing some kind of game?"

"what are you saying?"

"Otherwise, why would they wave and the girl join them for a walk?"

Yu Qingya was speechless. "It's obvious they know each other."

"Really? One man and three women, what kind of combination is that?"

Guo Cailing, for some unknown reason, pulled Yu Qingya closer to Li Yan and the other three.

"What are you doing?" Yu Qingya asked, puzzled.

"Qingya, let's join them!"

"?"

When she typed a question mark, Yu Qingya knew that her best friend had some brilliant idea again.

"Qingya, look! Lots of people are watching them on the playground, including those young couples." Guo Cailing smiled amusedly.

"One man and three women have already attracted so much attention and amazement. Wouldn't it be even more fun if we joined in?"

Yu Qingya glanced at the playground, and the situation was indeed as Guo Cailing had described.

However, the boys attracted the most attention.

Since she had nothing better to do, and this seemed quite interesting, Yu Qingya, with her long, shapely legs, followed Guo Cailing closer.
Li Yan was listening to Jiang, Hua, and Mei chatting when he saw Yu Qingya and Guo Cailing walking over.

"what's the topic?"

The two naturally joined in and stood on Mei Mengqian's side.

Jiang Yingzhu recognized these two people; they were Li Yan's classmates from before. She immediately and openly said:
"School activities? I wonder if there's a sports meet? Senior, you should know, right?"

Hua Junshu nodded. "There's a sports meet, but I don't know when."

She paused for a moment, then continued, "There's also the New Year's Eve party and a talent show."

At this point, she glanced at Li Yan.

"When was that?" Guo Cailing asked.

"Cailing, you're so silly! The New Year's Eve party is definitely on New Year's Day!" Jiang Yingzhu said without any shyness.

A slight look of shock appeared on Guo Cailing's chubby face.

How did you know I was asking about the New Year's Eve party?

"My senior just said the date for the sports meet is uncertain," Jiang Yingzhu said.

She tilted her chin slightly and glanced at Guo Cailing, experiencing for the first time what it meant to feel intellectually superior.

"Oh, right." Guo Cailing suddenly realized.

The group started talking about the New Year's Eve gala performance when Li Yan's phone rang.

He glanced at it; it was Hua Ningxia's. So he stopped and told Jiang Yingzhu and the others to walk slowly while he answered the phone.

"Hey, Xiaxia, any results?"

"Yes."

Hua Ningxia spoke in a somewhat relaxed tone.

"According to the test report, the beauty essence contains only trace amounts of drug ingredients and can be marketed as a cosmetic product without undergoing drug verification."

Even the fastest drug testing takes at least a year, except during special periods.

Li Yan's beauty serum clearly didn't disappear during any special period.

However, in the process of refining the beauty elixir, the vast majority of the ingredients were undoubtedly medicinal.

However, on the other hand, Li Yan also knew that alchemy and modern medicine preparation were different.

So he asked Hua Ningxia to have the ingredients tested first.

If there are too many medicinal ingredients, he'll have to resort to some cultivation techniques. It seems that alchemy is indeed different from modern medicine preparation; perhaps under spiritual power, most of the useful substances are beyond the reach of modern science?
With this guess in mind, Li Yan asked, "Sister Xiaxia, would you mind telling me about the components that were detected?"

"Okay," Hua Ningxia said crisply, her voice coming through the soft rustling of papers.

"Besides trace amounts of drugs, the majority of the substance is water, some inorganic matter, and then sugar."

At this point, Hua Ningxia's voice became somewhat strange.

"If your beauty serum didn't actually work so well, I would have been a little skeptical."

Upon hearing this, Li Yan simply smiled, thinking to himself that it was indeed much as he had imagined.

Is the most abundant substance water?

I suspect that half of them are spiritual energy products that cannot be detected.

Li Yan didn't understand the underlying principles, but he could make guesses, such as the observer theory.

Just then, Hua Ningxia continued:
"I've already started promoting the product on campus, but it's not enough."

Upon hearing this, Li Yan's expression froze.

"I'll mail you another batch to show that we're going for a high-end approach."

"Use the company name for the brand name, and you can decide on the product name."

"I see."

Hua Ningxia nodded and glanced at the company name—Qiqi.

She didn't know what the two numbers meant, and felt they were somewhat overused online.

However, it's easy to remember; brand names shouldn't be too complicated or difficult to pronounce.

In fact, Li Yan came up with this idea based on his pen name.

After all, seven times seven equals forty-nine.

As the ancients said: Heaven evolves in cycles of forty-nine.

It matches his name perfectly.

After arranging things in Ningxia, Li Yan caught up with Jiang Yingzhu and the others.

During evening self-study, class monitor Ye Hui, along with Guo Cailing, suddenly walked up to the podium with a stack of papers and a calligraphy brush.

She turned off the Attack on Titan anime playing on the multimedia player, waited for everyone's attention to return, and then said:
"Just letting you know that the school is going to hold a campus calligraphy competition. I have paper and pens here, both pen and brush calligraphy are fine. Students who want to participate can ask me for them."

Upon hearing this, the classroom erupted in noise, and Guo Cailing raised her hand:
"Class monitor, what prizes are there for this competition?"

"Yes, the champion will receive a prize of 200 yuan and a 100 yuan cafeteria meal card."

Ye Hui paused for a moment, then held up a water-based pen and a calligraphy brush.

"The calligraphy competition is open to all students in the grade. It is divided into a brush calligraphy group and a pen calligraphy group, and the champions of both groups will receive a prize."

"The second and third place winners, as well as outstanding students, will receive different amounts of meal card rewards."

As she spoke, Ye Hui scanned the entire class, pausing briefly on Li Yan and Mei Mengqian.

As someone in the same row, she knew that both of them wrote very well.

"Everyone participated enthusiastically to bring honor to the class. The calligraphy of students who wrote well will be framed and displayed on campus. There will also be a calligraphy exhibition."

"Haha, it's time for me to show off my skills! I'll show you what cursive script is all about!"

Xiao Shuai laughed loudly, picked up the hard-tipped pen, and quickly wrote a poem on it with a water-based pen.

"Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again"

Hu Die glanced at it and immediately recognized the title; the content was utterly disgusting.

"Xiao Shuai, your handwriting is just as bad as the author of this poem."

"This is cursive script; don't talk nonsense if you don't understand it."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the back row scoffed. Yu Bin destroyed the opponent's crystal and then calmly commented.

"I reckon you won't even recognize your own handwriting in five minutes."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Shuai glanced at the calligraphy post and immediately gave a disdainful smile.

"Brother Bin, you're wrong this time. I don't recognize you anymore."

Everyone was speechless.

Ye Daijia chuckled and turned around to start writing with a pen.

He considered himself to be quite skilled, looking at the strokes, how beautiful the lines were!
"Class monitor, I will definitely get a good ranking and bring you glory."

After distributing the items, Ye Hui glanced at his calligraphy practice book. He couldn't even make the strokes straight; they were all crooked and messy. She couldn't be bothered to look at it.

"I understand, Ye Daijia. Please clear the table and have Li Yan lay out the Xuan paper."

Upon hearing this, Ye Daijia was taken aback and turned to look.

Li Yan was surrounded by a circle of female classmates and boys in the back row, all watching with great interest.

Beside him, Mei Mengqian was loosening the brush bristles and pouring ink for him.

In the front row, Yu Qingya spread Xuan paper on his table, while Lin Yufanzi smoothed the paper from behind.

In the blink of an eye, he covered the desk that class monitor Ye Hui had cleared and came to the front of him.

"Move your hand!" Yu Qingya said.

"oh oh."

Upon hearing this, Ye Daijia blankly removed her hand from the table.

He got up and moved to the side, making room for Yang Xiong, and whispered:
"He's really putting on an act. Let's see what he writes next!"

“Exactly! He’s just a pretty face trying to fool people. The class monitor will definitely see through his rottenness.” Yang Xiong nodded.

As the most handsome boy in the class, Li Yan's popularity with girls was so high that it made everyone around him jealous.

There are many others who share the same thoughts.

Chen Xiyuan, who was located on the side of the passageway between the first and second groups and occupied a second-class viewing position, did not.

He simply wanted to see just how strong Li Yan, the top student in his grade, really was.

If you're not as capable as him, don't blame him for using you as a stepping stone.

He also knows calligraphy; he wrote the couplets for the gate of his hometown.

(End of this chapter)