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

Shen Bai was also forced to drink alcohol.

The boy drank it because he was jealous and wanted to compete.

Girls drink because they admire them and want to give them a little push.

Everyone has their own thoughts.

In the midst of their drinking spree, Qian Kai suddenly shouted, "Let's toast Jia Feng!"

The noisy private room immediately fell silent. Shen Bai then added, "Let's also toast Teacher Ding!"

"Respectfully, Jia Feng! Respectfully, Teacher Ding!"

Everyone felt a pang of sadness at the loss of their classmates and teachers who had died at the hands of the monsters. Today was just a normal farewell, and there would be opportunities to meet again in the future. But Jia Feng and Ding Jin were saying goodbye to everyone forever.

Everyone was a little drunk.

This farewell dinner lasted from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m.

As we left the hotel, a group of people were still singing loudly together.

The young drinkers were still a bit tipsy and wanted to find a place to continue partying, but Shen Bai reminded them, "If you drink any more, you'll all make a mistake."

That simple sentence immediately brought many people to their senses.

In martial arts and Taoist cultivation, one must not break one's body before reaching the innate level; this is a principle taught from childhood.

Unless you don't want to take another step on the path of cultivation, then you can indulge in unrestrained behavior. Otherwise, you have to obediently suppress that lustful fire.

A group of people had just graduated and were not yet real members of society. They hadn't reached the point of giving up on themselves. Everyone harbored dreams of cultivating immortality, so naturally they wouldn't make mistakes at this time.

Even the couples who had just confirmed their relationship at the dinner table could only wave goodbye with reluctance.

"How will you get home?"

Looking at Bai Qingqing and Xie Beibei, who were wearing dresses, Shen Bai didn't see that they had brought flying skateboards.

"My mom's here to pick me up, I'm leaving now!"

Xie Beibei looked at Shen Bai with some reluctance, then finally mustered up her courage and walked to his side: "Shen Bai, can I hug you?"

Shen Bai was very grateful to the girl who had always protected and admired him, so he generously opened his arms and said, "Come on!"

Xie Beibei, her face flushed, snuggled into Shen Bai's arms and whispered, "Even if I can never have you in this life, it'll all be worth it!"

Shen Bai hugged her tightly: "You deserve better!"

This hug seemed to set the stage for others to follow suit, with some emotional girls bursting into tears: "We must get together often!"

Some of the boys shouted in the plaza outside the hotel, "I'll definitely reach the Qi Refining stage within a year! I'm going to become a master alchemist!"

"Local academies are no good? I refuse to believe it! Shen Bai, you just wait, I will definitely defeat you in ten years!"

"The Ten Great Taoist Academies, here I come! The future capital city will surely have a place for my Qian Kai!"

……

Shen Bai, unusually roused by everyone's youthful enthusiasm, declared: "I'll be waiting for you all to challenge me in the capital!"

One sentence immediately provoked the boys to curse and the girls to giggle.

The sorrow of parting and the anticipation of the future washed over them once again. After indulging themselves for a while, everyone either went home together, were picked up by their parents, or wobbled home on their flying skateboards.

Bai Qingqing watched everyone leave before walking up to Shen Bai, slightly drunk.

My parents aren't home tonight.

……

Shen Bai arrived home in the early hours of the morning.

Shen Wenwen was sitting on the sofa waiting for him as usual. When she saw him sneaking into the house, the girl angrily shouted, "Shen Bai, you drank so much again!"

Shen Bai grinned and pulled a bowl of stir-fried cold noodles from his storage ring. A hint of surprise flashed in the girl's eyes, but she still kept a straight face: "Smell the fragrance on you. How many female classmates have taken advantage of you?"

Shen Bai pulled out another candied hawthorn, and the little girl's face finally couldn't hold back anymore: "What else? Take it all out!"

Shen Bai laughed and took out a few more lamb skewers for her. The girl with pigtails immediately jumped up from the sofa and landed in front of Shen Bai: "You're just trying to bribe me! Don't do that again!"

Shen Bai affectionately ruffled her pigtails: "This is a reward for you reaching the fourth level of the Heavenly Realm!"

"That's it? All my hard work and effort in cultivating, and this is the reward?"

Shen Wenwen happily ate her grilled cold noodles and ate lamb skewers while glaring at Shen Bai.

Shen Bai took out a piece of paper from his ring and handed it to Shen Wenwen. The girl was eating lamb skewers when she looked down at the paper. When she saw the first few lines of text, she stopped eating.

"Is this true?"

"real!"

"Ahhhhh—Shen Bai, I love you to death!"

Holding a lamb skewer in one hand and a candied hawthorn in the other, Shen Wenwen jumped and bounced on the sofa. Not content with that, she jumped onto Shen Bai's back and grabbed his hair, giving it a good tug: "I can go to school in the capital! Hahaha! That's great!"

Shen Bai also smiled.

Shen Bai obtained this transfer by exchanging a reward from Jiangbei City.

In view of Shen Bai's outstanding performance in this monster tide, Jiangbei City originally wanted to reward Shen Bai with some cultivation resources, but Shen Bai replaced them with this transfer certificate.

Don't underestimate this transfer certificate.

People without a Beijing household registration are not qualified to study in Beijing.

The advantages of studying in the capital city are self-evident; just look at the senior students at Beijing No. 1 High School to know how good the educational resources are there.

Shen Wenwen has been cultivating desperately during this period, and even broke through to the fourth level before the first year of junior high school was over. However, she has been worried that Shen Bai went to the Imperial Capital Academy, leaving her all alone in Jiangbei City.

"Next, you must cultivate diligently and reach the Qi Refining stage as soon as possible, so that you can be exceptionally admitted to Qingbei Dao Academy!"

With her divine talent, Shen Wenwen's future is limitless. Shen Bai eagerly anticipates the day she crushes countless geniuses in the capital.

"Don't worry!"

Shen Wenwen brandished the mutton skewer in her hand like a sword: "This summer vacation, I should be able to train my Mighty Vajra Leg to perfection!"

"Then, I'll show the geniuses of the capital how powerful I, Shen Wenwen, truly am!"

……

Ten days after the college entrance examination, Shen Bai was about to leave for work when he was blocked at his doorstep.

"Shen Bai, the college entrance exam results are out. I already knew your score through internal channels. Your score..."

A middle-aged man in a gray Taoist robe looked at Shen Bai with eager eyes.

"Do you need to hide Shen Bai's achievements like this? Within half a day, the title of this year's martial arts champion will spread throughout the entire empire!"

A middle-aged woman in a black business suit descended from the sky, saying disdainfully, "Don't use the same rhetoric you use on ordinary top scorers from other cities on Shen Bai. His results speak for themselves!"

"Hello, Teacher Liang!"

"Hello, Teacher Li!"

Looking at the two of them, Shen Bai knew that the moment to reveal the answer had arrived.

During this period, Teacher Liang from Longhu Taoist Academy and Teacher Li from Qingbei Taoist Academy visited him more than once, but Shen Bai remained tight-lipped about who he would choose, which gave the two teachers, who had extensive experience in student recruitment, a real headache.

Other top students either had a goal early on, or made a choice readily after hearing about their own family's circumstances.

When they got to Shen Bai, they were met with a cold shoulder. The two were initially a little unhappy, but when Shen Bai's results came out, they were both stunned!

"999 points!"

"You're just one point away from a perfect score!"

"Shen Bai, we have inside information that you've already become this year's national martial arts champion! So, let's talk about the admission requirements!"

Teacher Li, being straightforward, looked directly at Teacher Liang and said, "No matter what conditions Longhu Daoyuan proposes, Tsinghua and Peking University guarantee to offer a higher price!"

"Teacher Li, don't be so sure of yourself!"

More than ten streams of light descended from the sky, and the admission teachers from the ten major Taoist academies also arrived.

"Although our top ten academies may be slightly less renowned than yours, our expertise in alchemy, artifact crafting, talisman formations, and other arts and sciences is by no means inferior! A prestigious academy isn't necessarily more useful than a good academic discipline!"

"Shen Bai, you need to understand that the job market is very tough right now! It's not uncommon for graduates from Tsinghua and Peking Universities to go home and live off their parents. On the contrary, graduates from our top ten universities are the most sought-after everywhere!"

"Recently, it's been common to see graduates from Tsinghua and Peking University Daoist academies returning home to raise spirit pigs, deliver packages, or work as construction workers. This shows that the 'Holy Academy' is just a name; the best specialist teachers are all in our top ten!"

……

Faced with the two holy academies, the admission teachers of the ten Daoist academies were united in their hatred and used bloody real-life cases to show Shen Bai that the holy academies were not necessarily the best choice.

Shen Bai smiled and said to the dozen or so teachers outside the door, "No matter how much we talk, it all comes down to practical matters. I believe the Ten Great Dao Academies and the Two Great Holy Academies are all very good, but I'm just a poor student. So, let's talk about something more practical."

The admissions officers immediately fell silent, and the ten academies that were originally on the alliance side now looked at each other warily.

Just then, leaders from the Jiangbei Municipal Education Bureau, along with Mo Qingfeng, Yang Xiao, and other principals and teachers from Jiangbei No. 1 High School, arrived.

Immediately afterward, Du Haiyang and Deng Zhi, old acquaintances from the Enforcement Hall and the Night Fiend Hall, arrived together.

The once spacious courtyard suddenly became crowded.

Mo Qingfeng introduced Shen Bai to Qiu Ren, the head of the Inheritance Hall. Qiu Ren looked at Shen Bai with a broad smile: "I have long heard that a heroic young man has emerged from our Jiangbei City, who has repeatedly made great contributions to Jiangbei City. This time, he has become the new martial arts champion of our Xuan Yuan Empire. On behalf of Jiangbei City, I would like to present Shen Bai, a student from a poor family, with 50,000 spirit stones!"

As soon as Qiu Ren finished speaking, many more luxurious flying boats appeared in the sky, and one after another powerful figures descended from the heavens.

"Congratulations to Shen Bai on becoming the new martial arts champion of our Xuan Yuan Empire! Kun Bai Pharmaceutical is gifting Shen Bai, a student from a poor family, 30,000 spirit stones and 30,000 worth of pills!"

"Jiangbei Liuling Flying Boat: 30,000 spirit stones and a brand new Liuling flying boat as a gift!"

"The Jiangbei Chamber of Commerce is gifting 30,000 spirit stones and a set of third-tier formations!"

……