Study Monster Cultivation System - Chapter 35

Chapter 35: How Wonderful~

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Impossible. I never release my questions to the public.” Sun Leyang started to scan through and grade the paper.

A moment later, he slammed the paper onto the table and turned his head. He stared angrily at Li Zheng. “Li Zheng, what mischief are you up to? Don’t you know that my time is valuable? Why are you putting up a pretense at your level?”

“…” Li Zheng had nothing to say.

“Don’t be angry, Old Sun…” Yu Hong coaxed in a hurry. “I can guarantee that his grades are really poor. He has no intention of joking with you.”

“You call this poor?” Sun Leyang pointed to the test paper and said, “94 points. In terms of first-year knowledge, he’s almost at the average level of the students in the High School Affiliated to the Renmin University of China. Coupled with the speed at which he completed the questions, I truly don’t know how to describe this.”

“Li Zheng,” Yu Hong asked, “What have you been doing these past two days?”

“About that. I got Xu Mengxi from the third-year elite class to tutor me. I also borrowed her notes. I’ve been tackling the content we’ve learned over the past two days. I probably spent about 20 hours on that.”

“You didn’t sleep?” Yu Hong said in shock.

“Yes.” Li Zheng rubbed his fists. “What right do I have to sleep with grades like this?”

“You sure are extreme…” Sun Leyang was also shocked. “Is your brain still normal?”

“I feel alright.”

“Alright, my foot. You’re about to turn into a demon,” Sun Leyang thought.

Sun Leyang ultimately didn’t utter those words.

“I’ll believe you for now.” Sun Leyang quickly took out the same paper he gave Lin Yujing. “There’s not much time left. Try this paper out and turn it in to me when the preparatory bell rings. Answer as many questions as you can.”

“Thank you, teacher.”

Li Zheng received the paper and quickly returned to his seat to attempt the questions.

He didn’t notice Lin Yujing the entire time.

However, Lin Yujing could clearly hear their conversation.

Hm.

She didn’t feel too good.

Chemistry was a subject where she could utterly crush Li Zheng in every area.

“How is it possible that he so easily caught up with me?” she thought.

“Xu Mengxi…”

“Traitor!”

“Betrayer!”

“I’ll bite you!”

She didn’t have the time to continue with her thoughts. She quickly got back to her questions.

She got more frustrated the more questions she attempted.

“These questions are so difficult,” she thought.

However, every time she glanced at Li Zheng…

She would see his terrifying quantum state.

All she could do was fight back her tears and continue tackling the questions.

She was like a cat who was forced to do work.

She looked pitiful.

On the other hand, the two teachers were still overcome with shock.

Yu Hong was dumbfounded.

“What Xu Mengxi did in a day,” she thought.

“Was more effective than what I did in a semester?”

Sun Leyang quickly raised his hand and consoled Yu Hong. “Every student is different. Perhaps to some special students, Xu Mengxi’s thought process might be more effective.”

“Yes…” Yu Hong picked up the paper Li Zheng had just completed and looked through it. “His answers are decent. Even though they’re not as good as Lin Yujing’s, he got all the points that an average person could get.”

“Yes, the six points he lost were from questions set to differentiate the good from the exceptional. It’s hard for a person without special training to answer those questions.” Sun Leyang patted Yu Hong and said, “Provided he wasn’t talking nonsense, then this Li Zheng isn’t simple. He completely fixed his shattered foundations in one night.”

“It’s all because Xu Mengxi had a way to help him. Ultimately, it’s because you’re an exceptional teacher,” Yu Hong smiled and said.

“Sigh, if you say this, then I can only accept your praise.” Sun Leyang smiled as he stroked his hair. His expression became flippant again.

“This, Mr. Sun, let me give you a tiny piece of advice. Next time, try not to smile when you’re meeting a new student.”

“…”

…

At the same time…

Li Zheng looked at the advanced test paper.

He found it hard to advance.

The questions seemed clear and simple. They were all testing key foundational concepts learned during the first year.

But why were they so difficult?

For example.

There is a compound made up of KCl, NaCl, and Na2Co3. The mass fraction of Na+ in the compound is 31.5%, while the mass fraction of Cl- is 27.08%. Thus, the mass fraction of Na2Co3 within the compound is ___.

He had learned about these three chemicals, their reactions, and their ionic states. It wasn’t difficult.

However, even in his current state, Li Zheng took a long time to establish the thought process needed to calculate the answer.

This was a relatively simpler question that Li Zheng knew how to approach.

Most of the other questions were harder questions that he couldn’t even understand.

The paper was so difficult that it made him feel despair.

Even though Li Zheng felt his scalp crawl when he attempted the paper…

He couldn’t help but say that Sun Leyang’s paper was…

Wonderful~~

It was as if he were playing an extremely difficult, extremely punishing game.

A true hardcore player would feel happier the more he died~~

Li Zheng had long forgotten about the time. He had also forgotten about his study plan.

He had entered a strange yet wonderful state of abusing the questions.

Rather than call it abusing the questions, he might as well have been abused by the questions.

Most people would feel more and more hopeless the further they got into the paper.

However, there would always be someone…

Who got more and more courageous the more setbacks he faced.

Sometime later, he suddenly saw a flash in his eyes.

[Chemistry: 83 ↑↑↑]

[Passion for a Single Subject: mission complete.]

[20 Game Coins have been credited to your account.]

[New buff received.]

[Passion for Chemistry: Studying efficiency for Chemistry has been increased by 100%. This buff is only effective during the foundational stage.]

Ah.

Unknowingly, Li Zheng had become one with the questions.

He had unintentionally…

Completed the mission while he was attempting the questions.

He had achieved an understanding while doing battle with the sea of questions.

“So this is what it means to train in battle,” he thought.

At the peak of his excitement, the preparatory bell rang.

Li Zheng immediately put his pen down.

He followed the rules strictly. Time’s up meant time’s up.

He only now noticed that his paper was covered in beads of sweat.

They were remnants of his agitated battle.

“Li Zheng…” Sun Leyang said a little fearfully when he saw Li Zheng’s state. “You should sleep when it’s time to sleep. The human brain can be damaged if it’s too tired.”

“It’s alright… It’s just enough…” Li Zheng picked up his paper and walked toward Sun Leyang.

It was at this moment that he saw that Lin Yujing was also there.

Even though the bell had rung, Lin Yujing was still frantically scribbling on her draft paper.

Her pen was racing all over the page. She looked haggard.

She had lost the usual elegance she had when attempting questions.

Li Zheng smirked.

“From the looks of it, Lin Yujing must be in pain,” he thought.

“Indeed, it is definitely painful to attempt difficult questions like these.”

“Unfortunately, you’re stuck at the previous level—fighting the pain.”

“As for me, I’ve already become one with the pain and started to enjoy adversity.”

“Give me some time. I’ll definitely crush you underfoot sooner or later.”

He then looked at the two teachers.

The two teachers disregarded Lin Yujing fighting for time. They picked up Li Zheng’s script and started to grade it.

“To be able to answer this many questions, that’s not easy…” Sun Leyang silently kept track of Li Zheng’s score as he went through the questions. A few seconds later, he placed the paper down and let out a long sigh. “How unfortunate. 59 points.”

“It’s not unfortunate, teacher. Doing poorly means doing poorly.” Li Zheng nodded sincerely.

In actuality, he had spent more than seven hours on this paper.

He had attempted this paper with several times more time than the average person had, and despite this extreme cheating, he had only managed to achieve this result.

He did poorly. There was not much to say about it.

“I have to say, I like your attitude.” Sun Leyang smiled and nodded, then continued with his flippant expression. “This is the paper set for the final examinations of the first-years at my school. Do you want to know what the average was back then?”

“What was it?”

“63.” Sun Leyang pouted and said, “Being able to reach this level in such a short amount of time is exaggerated enough.”

He took out another piece of paper and handed it to Li Zheng. “This has the noted answers and thought processes behind them,” he said. “You can have it and compare your answers to them. Don’t pass it around. Return it to me next week on Friday. Same time, same place. Just like today, I’ll focus on teaching you next week and give you a new test paper to do.”

“Thank you, teacher!” Li Zheng bowed in excitement.

“What is this?” he thought.

“This is a study session with Sun Leyang.”

“A priceless treasure!”

“Compared to this…”

“Buffett’s dinner was a ball of yarn.”

“Lin Yujing, you should submit your paper too.” Yu Hong turned her head and rushed Lin Yujing. “Mr. Sun is about to go teach his class.”