After the provincial competition ended, it was already late December, and the first semester of the sophomore year of high school was about to come to an end.
Both basic subjects and beast control subjects are very important, so the school team also stopped training to let Chen Wen and others focus on their studies.
It's not very strict to say that training is stopped. After all, Chen Wen and others are still free to move around during the training class and can accept the guidance of Lu Dong and Su Xin.
It’s just that there are no more special trainings after school and no more games on weekends.
Returning to normal campus life, Chen Wen was a little uncomfortable at first, but gradually he became immersed in various teaching aids.
He did not relax in his studies during the previous competition. With his level, it is not difficult to get a high score if he pays close attention, but it is not so easy to get a scholarship.
After all, real academics don't relax after school. Even if they are not tutoring on weekends, they are still writing papers, but Chen Wen went to participate in the competition.
Chen Wen now has enough scholarship money of 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, but he has not slacked off because of this.
He learns and knows that learning is for himself, to acquire knowledge and improve himself, and scholarships are just incidental.
In the next month, Chen Wen practiced and studied step by step.
During this period, Chen Wen spent a lot of points to satisfy A Bao's reward of a week's food supply, which made A Bao a little more mellow.
In addition, Chen Wen only used system points to purchase primary mental power potions and Qi-increasing powders. The former was used to assist in the practice of primary meditation methods, and the latter was used to assist in the practice of Quanzhen internal power.
The effect of the primary mental power potion was very powerful when used for the first time. After practicing, Chen Wen's mental power increased a lot, and the number of runes he could meditate on reached twenty-two.
After that, the effect weakens linearly, and it is almost the same as the Ningshen incense that can be purchased online. It can only increase the effect for a significant period of time.
Of course, the effect is still better than Ningshenxiang.
At the end of the semester, Lu Dong once again organized a mental test for the school team.
Yang Wenhan ranked first with level nine spiritual power.
Next up was Chen Wen, whose mental power of level eight or close to level nine shocked everyone's attention.
If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't get points for the shock he caused, Chen Wen guessed that he would have gained at least several thousand points this time.
Next up are Luo Yin and Zhang Dewang, both of whom have level eight mental powers.
Below them are Li Siyu, Xu Song, Fu Yunfei and He Xiong. The mental power of the four of them has reached level seven.
After that, none of the other members of the fighting club reached level seven mental power.
At this point, Chen Wen was almost completely behind his classmates in terms of both his pet beast and his personal strength.
In addition to the improvement of mental power, Chen Wen and Abao successively penetrated the Yin Qiao Meridian and Yang Qiao Meridian after consolidating their foundation.
The connection of the two meridians increased the reserves of spiritual energy, and combined with the magic core obtained from the beast fighting competition, Po was promoted to the eighth stage of mortal life.
Unfortunately, Po didn't gain any new skills.
During this period, there were other things that made Chen Wen depressed.
One week after the provincial finals, the rapid increase in points stopped, stopping at around 750,000 points.
Although it seems to be only a quarter away from one million points, in daily life, 250,000 points is simply an astronomical number for Chen Wen.
Considering that there was nothing major happening for the time being, Chen Wen did not use the points all at once, but instead used them in a steady stream to purchase resources to assist his cultivation.
A month passed in the blink of an eye, and Chen Wen and others ushered in the final exam.
There are four subjects in total including Chinese, Mathematics, Thought and Comprehensive Beast Control, which are completed in two days.
In the classroom of the high school beast-control class, there was a rustling sound of pens rubbing against test papers.
Chen Wen was wearing a thick winter school uniform. He was holding a pen and answering questions on the test paper. The hot breath from his mouth immediately turned into white mist.
As Chen Wen was writing, the white test papers on the desk were quickly filled to the brim.
Although he was distracted to participate in the competition, the test questions on the paper did not stump Chen Wen.
"I feel like my memory has improved a lot. No wonder the beast master's cultural achievements are not bad. Is there such a benefit to improving mental power?"
After a random guess, Chen Wen neatly answered the last question.
After checking it once, raise your hand and hand it in.
After walking out of the classroom, Chen Wen turned and looked under the wall.
I saw A Bao and Xiong Erxiong leaning quietly against the corner, with schoolbags hanging on their chests. One Xiong was holding spicy strips, and the other was holding slices of meat, enjoying the food comfortably.
"嘤嘤!"
Seeing Chen Wen come out, Abao shook his spicy stick and called out to his beast master.
As he ate more delicious food, A Bao no longer protected his food, at least not to his familiar companions such as Chen Wen, He Xiong and Xiong Er.
"You and Xiong Er can eat..."
A Bao still pays attention to hygiene, but Xiong Er doesn't care. Who knows if he drooled on the spicy strips and meat slices...
In order not to eat Xiong Er's saliva, Chen Wen refused A Bao's sharing.
After a while, He Xiong also handed in his papers and walked out.
"How did you do on the exam?"
When Chen Wen heard this, he said with a bitter look on his face: "It's too difficult! I used to focus on training and competition, and I didn't memorize a lot of knowledge..."
He Xiong sneered, and then said: "Do you think I will believe it? You stinky academic bitch!"
From elementary school to now, Chen Wen has never said that he did well in the exam.
He Xiong's ears were filled with trouble whether he performed poorly, what questions were too difficult, or why he had insomnia yesterday.
He still believed it at first, but after being sidelined time and time again, he has long since become more sophisticated.
Regarding academic performance, Chen Wen did not tell the truth.
"believe it or not!"
Chen Wen shrugged, a little disappointed that he didn't deceive Daxiong.
While they were chatting, Li Siyu also walked out of the classroom.
The three of them checked their answers, and Chen Wen asked Li Siyu, "Have you received the notice from the Beast Masters Association?"
"Yeah!" Li Siyu nodded.
He Xiong raised his hand and interrupted: "Is this something I can hear? How about I leave first?"
Chen Wendao: "Just listen. We are asked to go to the capital of Shu next Tuesday and then gather at the Beast Masters Association. I don't know the specific arrangements yet."
Hearing this, He Xiong patted Chen Wen on the shoulder and said, "A'Bao's strength is now at the eighth level of mortal. Now if he goes back to Linquan Secret Realm and improves it by one or two levels, won't he be on the verge of being promoted to extraordinary?"
"How can it be that easy?"
Chen Wen shook his head and said: "The secret realm of Lingquan has a better effect on pet beasts with lower strength. It is basically impossible to promote Bao to the ninth stage of mortal life within seven days."
Although Abao cannot be promoted directly, it can greatly improve Abao's strength and shorten the time it takes for him to advance to the ninth stage of mortal life.
As he spoke, he looked at Li Siyu and said, "Siyu's Red Flame should be almost at the eighth level now. This time I go to the Lingquan Secret Realm and I should have a chance to improve it by one or two levels."
Li Siyu smiled and said: "There is a chance to improve to one level, but two levels are impossible."
Then, she asked: "Why do you ask this?"
Chen Wen suggested: "What I mean is that we go together. There will also be people chatting with us on the way to relieve our boredom."
Li Siyu thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
He Xiong glanced at the two of them and pursed his lips slightly.
He also had to go to Shudu during the winter vacation.
He had just heard that Chen Wen was going to the capital of Shu, and he had originally planned to make an appointment with Chen Wen.
But seeing that Chen Wen and Li Siyu had made an appointment, as a good brother, he was going to take the high-speed train to the capital of Shu alone.
"As a brother, I can only help you so far!"
Feeling moved in his heart, He Xiong patted Chen Wen heavily on the shoulder, and then said: "You guys chat, I'll leave first!"
With that said, he picked up the schoolbag from Xiong Er's arms, put Xiong Er into the beast control space and left first.
"Well! Walk slowly..."
Chen Wen rubbed his shoulders, glanced at He Xiong inexplicably, and then continued to discuss the departure time and gathering place with Li Siyu.