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

Night falls very quickly in the forest; even though it's only four or five in the afternoon, the forest is already beginning to darken.

Shen Bai took out a simple tent from his backpack, quickly set it up, and then took out some compressed biscuits to eat.

Teacher Yang Xiao once said that forests are dangerous at night, so don't wander around rashly. Using this simple tent with small defensive formations can avoid a lot of trouble.

These tents are not cheap at all; they cost 200 low-grade spirit stones each, and that's the lowest grade.

Shen Bai gritted his teeth and bought one before he came.

Listen to advice, and you'll have a full meal.

Some money should be saved where necessary and spent where appropriate.

In fact, I spent quite a bit of money on this exploration of the White Dragon Secret Realm.

500 bullets, worth 150 spirit stones.

Two Desert Eagles, worth 200 spirit stones.

A protective tent is worth 200 spirit stones.

These alone cost 550 spirit stones.

This doesn't even include the Golden Light Talisman and Rejuvenation Talisman on his body; all of these, added together, amount to quite a sum.

Before I started working as a sparring partner, I definitely wouldn't have been willing to spend this money.

Now, however, he doesn't even blink.

He knew very well that this money was being spent to save his life.

……

As night fell, various spirit beasts began to appear in the forest, and the sound of spirit talismans exploding could be heard from time to time. It was unclear whether students were fighting.

While cultivating, Shen Bai kept his mind focused on the outside world, not daring to relax in the slightest.

The next morning, the chirping of birds startled Shen Bai from his cultivation.

Quickly packing up the tent, Shen Bai got up and walked deeper into the forest. Along the way, he began to encounter some students, some from Beijing No. 1 High School, some from Jiangbei No. 1 High School, some alone, and some in small groups of three or five.

They all cautiously maintained a certain distance from each other.

Outside, we are classmates who are as close as brothers and sisters.

In the secret realm, everyone is a competitor.

The different environment has made the originally innocent college entrance examination students more realistic and cautious.

Seeing Shen Bai alone, no one came over to invite him to join them.

Many people at Jiangbei No. 1 High School knew him and knew that his cultivation level was not high, while the students of Didu No. 1 High School looked down on Jiangbei No. 1 High School. Therefore, Shen Bai could only silently search for opportunities in the forest on his own.

The forest was vast; nearly two thousand students were thrown into it without much trouble. Shen Bai walked for a whole day without even encountering a single classmate from Class 3-2.

After a whole day without much success, Shen Bai had no choice but to pitch his tent again and start eating compressed biscuits again. Even though Shen Bai was always hardworking, he was starting to feel a bit tired of them.

As they were eating, they heard footsteps approaching. Shen Bai looked up and saw An Li and several male classmates appearing about ten meters away.

Several male students, some from Jiangbei No.1 High School and others from Didu No.1 High School, were all taken aback when they saw Shen Bai eating compressed biscuits in front of the tent.

"Chen Bai?"

An Li walked over quickly, overjoyed. After wandering in the forest for several days without finding anything, she was overjoyed to finally encounter someone she knew.

[Ding! Jealousy from Tan Hong'an +5, current level 65!]

[Ding! Jealousy from Dou Ming +5, current value 65!]

[Ding! Yu Changyin's jealousy level increased by 5, currently at 65!]

……

Shen Bai's eyes lit up. He had thought that at most he would only bring back a piece of jade from the White Dragon Secret Realm, but he hadn't expected to get something for nothing. He greeted An Li warmly, "Finally, I've met a tycoon! Do you have anything good to eat? I've been eating compressed biscuits for two days, I'm going crazy!"

"I have spirit beef here!"

An Li took out a piece of spirit beef from her backpack, and Shen Bai took it without ceremony and started eating, which made the people behind An Li envious.

Damn it, we've been following An Li for two days and haven't even given her a kind look. How come we can eat and drink whatever we want with you?

[Ding! Jealousy from Tan Hong'an +10, current level 75!]

[Ding! Jealousy from Dou Ming increased by 10, current value 75]

[Ding! Yu Changyin's jealousy level increased by 10, currently at 75!]

……

After finishing the spirit beef in a few bites, Shen Bai felt like he had come back to life. Although the compressed biscuits were filling, they had little nutritional value and tasted terrible.

There was no other way, so he left all his money to Shen Wenwen, and only carried a few dozen spirit stones with him to replenish the spiritual power of his flying skateboard and Desert Eagle.

"Shen Bai, when did you reach the eighth level of the Heavenly Realm?"

A student from Jiangbei No. 1 High School standing to the side was suddenly surprised to find that Shen Bai's aura was heavy, similar to his own: "Weren't you at the sixth level of cultivation before?"

Shen Bai grinned, revealing eight teeth, "Ever since I started following that rich little lady An Li, I've been eating and sleeping well, and my cultivation has been skyrocketing! There's no stopping it!"

After gaining three times the aptitude, Shen Bai officially stepped into the eighth level of the Heavenly Realm during his battle with An Li on the night before the Lunar New Year's Eve. Only An Li knew about this before.

This was what surprised An Li the most, because the two had only known each other for less than a month, and Shen Bai's cultivation level had risen rapidly from the sixth level to the eighth level, as if by rocket. Such talent made her take notice.

Although his cultivation speed is still somewhat behind that of the geniuses in the capital, An Li knows better than anyone what resources and environment Shen Bai had in order to get to this point.

Therefore, during this period, An Li turned a blind eye to some of Shen Bai's excessive remarks, taking it as tacit approval.

The students from Jiangbei No.1 High School were utterly shocked. They had originally thought that Shen Bai's cultivation level was at the bottom, but now they found that he had reached the same level as them, which they could not accept no matter what.

You were just good-looking before, but now not only are you good-looking, your cultivation level is also gradually catching up with everyone else. How can you accept this?

Are you trying to kill us?

Although the talented students from the capital looked down on Shen Bai's cultivation level, when they learned from the others that a month ago, Shen Bai was only a sixth-level martial artist, their gazes towards him began to flicker.

[Ding! Jealousy from Tan Hong'an +10, current level 85!]

[Ding! Jealousy from Dou Ming increased by 10, current value 85]

[Ding! Yu Changyin's jealousy level increased by 10, currently at 85!]

……

Almost simultaneously, the jealousy level of the six classmates exceeded 80. Shen Bai happily accepted the abilities they contributed. The abilities that the students from Jiangbei No. 1 High School could provide were not enough. The three genius students from the capital city gave Shen Bai a pleasant surprise.

[Knowledge of Tier 1 and 2 Elixirs]

[Knowledge of Tier 1 and 2 Spirit Ore]

[Knowledge of Tier 1 and 2 Spirit Talismans]

These three types of knowledge are exactly what Shen Bai urgently needs right now. In a short moment, this knowledge was integrated with his experience as an apprentice alchemist, talisman maker, and weapon crafter, making his apprentice-level knowledge and experience much more solid.

As expected of a genius student from the capital, his knowledge and experience are truly extraordinary, even managing to make up for the lack of apprentice-level experience he had gleaned from others.

No wonder An Li looked so dejected after participating in the exchange competition last time; the difference in their knowledge alone is enough to show the gap between them.

Soon, Shen Bai found the illustration of blood-red jade in the vast knowledge of spirit ore.

Upon seeing the corresponding description, Shen Bai was stunned.