Fairy, please step aside, I've taken a liking to your man.

[Ding! Jealousy from Ding Jin +10, current level 91!]

[Ding! Rival Ding Jin's jealousy level has reached 91. You can extract one of his abilities.]

[Please choose one of the following three abilities from your rival, Ding Jin.]

[Skill 1: Alchemy Apprentice Experience]

[Ability 2: Lesser Mastery Level Nine-Turn Daoist Sword]

[Ability 3: Weapon Manipulation]

[Note: The current rival's level is too far below the host's; this skill is temporarily unavailable after being obtained during the Qi Refining stage.]

……

Shen Bai, who was chatting with An Li, suddenly stopped. He hadn't expected to receive Teacher Ding's jealousy for no reason.

Teacher Ding, what's going on with you?

He chose ability one, bringing all his skills to the apprentice level, then glanced at Ding Jin in the distance and saw Teacher Yang Xiao walking away from him angrily.

It became clear immediately.

The conversation between the two of them just now must have been about him.

Thank you, Teacher Ding, for helping me complete the last part of my arts and crafts journey. I'm pretty sure that even if I don't get a perfect score in the humanities section of the college entrance exam, I'll still get around 380 or 390 points!

With this, plus his current doubled aptitude, six months would be enough for him to reach the tenth level of the Heavenly Realm!

The Holy Temple no longer seems like a dream!

……

"I need to go to work now, see you tonight!"

Shen Bai checked the time, got up, and picked up the flying skateboard beside him. Ever since the flying skateboard saved his life last time, he now takes it with him wherever he goes.

See you tonight!

Seeing Shen Bai's growing confidence, An Li was increasingly unable to understand him. She thought she had gotten to know him well enough through their time together, but she never expected him to keep surprising her.

I'm really looking forward to tonight's sparring session!

How many secrets do you still hold after you become stronger?

……

The next day, a huge airship appeared in the sky above Jiangbei No.1 High School. The students who were waiting on the playground looked up at the huge airship and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

This colossal behemoth, which blots out the sky, far surpasses the household flying boats that people usually see.

In terms of appearance, this airship looks like a huge three-story ship, with thousands of students in white school uniforms standing on it, each of them exuding a powerful aura.

The students standing on the playground immediately felt an overwhelming sense of power.

"Welcome to the gifted young talents from Beijing No. 1 High School!"

A clear voice rang out, and a man dressed in a blue Taoist robe, with his hands behind his back, soared into the sky.

It was Mo Qingfeng, the principal of Jiangbei No.1 High School.

"Haha, Lao Mo, I didn't expect that after all these years, you'd still be as dashing as ever!"

A rugged, bald man dressed in white walked out from behind more than a thousand students, a happy smile appearing on his face as he looked at Mo Qingfeng.

"Li Hongfei, you mustn't scare my students this time you've come to Jiangbei!"

Mo Qingfeng landed on the flying boat, looking at the more than a thousand students with envy. The lowest cultivation level of these students was the tenth level of the Heavenly Realm, the ultimate cultivation level. Most of them were innate realm martial artists, and there were also quite a few students in the Qi Refining stage.

The capital city is indeed a place of outstanding people and abundant resources, easily crushing local schools.

"Old Mo, you're too kind. My brats are all so arrogant. I'm waiting for your students to teach them a lesson!"

Despite his polite words, Li Hongfei's expression betrayed his smugness.

Mo Qingfeng shook his head with a wry smile: "Stop pretending. Please go easy on them later. After all, the college entrance exam is coming up, and we can't hurt their passion for martial arts!"

"No problem!"

At Li Hongfei's command, more than a thousand students, with astonishing momentum, leaped off the flying boat.

"So strong!"

Upon closer inspection, the thousands of students from Jiangbei No. 1 High School on the playground directly felt the powerful aura of these more than a thousand students.

Some freshmen were even unable to withstand the powerful aura and couldn't help but take a few steps back.

More than a thousand gifted students stood quietly in a square formation, without uttering a single word, just standing there silently.

An Li and the other top students from the Ninth Heaven all looked rather grim at this moment.

The once arrogant high school students finally realized just how big the gap was between themselves and geniuses.

Even the weakest student on the opposing team was at the tenth level of cultivation, easily crushing all the top students at Jiangbei No. 1 High School.

"Is this a deliberate attempt to intimidate us?"

Qian Kai, who was always arrogant, muttered curses to Wang Wei and the others: "If we didn't have fewer resources than them, how could they have even reached the Innate Realm?"

"What can we do? Who says a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake? This is a case of a powerful dragon crushing a local snake!"

"With such a strong aura alone, they'd probably be scared before the battle even begins!"

……

As Shen Bai sensed the surging aura of the geniuses in the capital, his Xuan Yuan Heart Sutra unconsciously began to circulate wildly. Despite being only at the seventh level of the Heavenly Realm, he remained as resilient and upright as a proud sword in the face of the aura suppression from those above the Innate Realm, without any change or even a sway.

These genius students certainly have a strong presence, but Shen Bai never thought he was any worse than them!

The oppressive aura lasted for a moment before Mo Qingfeng and Li Hongfei landed on the platform, instantly silencing the imposing presence of the more than a thousand talented students.

"call--"

Several thousand students from Jiangbei No.1 High School breathed a sigh of relief almost simultaneously.

too strong!

That's incredibly powerful!

I can't breathe at all!

"I'm sure you've all gotten to know the geniuses from the capital!"

Mo Qingfeng looked at the students' poor performance below the stage, but instead of mocking them, he comforted them, saying, "Cultivating immortality is going against the heavens! Martial arts are just a cornerstone of cultivating immortality. If you can't hone your physical body, don't talk about cultivating immortality. If your heart for martial arts is not firm, you won't go far in cultivating immortality."

Every successful cultivator, true master, or true lord possesses a fearless and undaunted heart yearning for the Dao. Today, facing these geniuses, what you need to do is identify your shortcomings and from now on, cultivate diligently and practically.

The path to immortality is fraught with difficulties. Geniuses may perish, and mortals may become immortals. Do not underestimate yourself; perseverance is the key!

Let's give a warm welcome to the geniuses from the capital! They will be living and eating with us for the next month, which is the best opportunity for everyone to learn from outstanding individuals.

"In the entire empire, only we have such a good opportunity this year!"

As soon as Principal Mo finished speaking, thunderous applause erupted in the room!

Unlike the conflicted feelings of senior high school students, the freshmen and sophomores looked at these geniuses with eager eyes.

Although An Li, Qian Kai, and other top students from the Ninth Heaven had solemn expressions, they all applauded enthusiastically.

Shen Bai's gaze never left the flying boat in the sky.

"If I could take Shen Wenwen up there for a while, I bet she'd be so happy she'd give me a few big kisses! Then she probably wouldn't call me Shen Bai so disrespectfully anymore!"