Chapter 216: Picking stars?

Chapter 216: Picking stars?

Chapter 216: Picking stars?
The teaching elder guessed that Tian Lin was hiding his true abilities because of Elder Xue, a powerful Yuanying (Nascent Soul) stage cultivator.

The other students did not have as many thoughts and ideas as the teaching elder. Some of them could not help but say:

"It is said that Junior Brother Tian is from Huahualang, so it is inevitable that his foundation is weak. I estimate that not only does he have no attainments in formation, he probably won't have any good results in alchemy either."

This is not to belittle Tian Lin, but to tell the truth about Tian Lin.

Sure enough, Tian Lin, who was in the circle on the right, just stood there stupidly, with no intention of setting up a formation at all.

The teaching elders outside the circle were so angry that they laughed. If Elder Xue hadn't been beside them, he would have definitely scolded Tian Lin.

After a quarter of an hour, the fourth unit on the left had finished its formation, and Elder Xue finally said, "Now let's start breaking each other's formation."

After the ban was lifted, No. 4 over there finally saw Tian Lin.

He and Tian Lin bowed to each other and exchanged positions.

Not to mention that No. 4 was cautious in the place where Tian Lin set up his formation, Tian Lin took out a compass from the circle on the left at this time.

The formation compass in his hand was borrowed from Ju Yunhai. The entire formation compass started to click as soon as it entered the circle.

But Tian Lin didn't need the formation compass to guide him. His true eye was obtained by eating the [True Eye Fruit] from the tomb of Nine-Life Immortal.

The carved stones in the circle disguised as weeds, mud, and stones could not escape his sharp eyes at all.

Tian Lin walked around in a circle and used the formation compass to demonstrate and mark the locations of several engraved formation stones.

His actions instantly won the admiration of the surrounding students.

Finally, after Tian Lin used his flying sword to clear away the weeds and stones marked by him, the No. 4 formation was broken.

Elder Xue's expression was calm, but the elder instructor beside him looked much better.

"It's not too bad, I'd rate it as above."

The monthly exam was still going on, and Elder Xue left only after reviewing all of Tian Lin’s exams.

Among the five elective courses that Tian Lin took, only swordsmanship received an excellent evaluation.

As for alchemy, formation and talisman making, they all deserve high praise.

Funeral studies is indeed the students' favorite subject. Even Tian Lin, a new student, received an above-average evaluation.

Calculated in this way, Tian Lin's three left-handed methods are rated as low-level, with only one of them being medium and high-level, which is far from enough to become a disciple of Class C.

In this monthly exam, no one from Class D and Class C succeeded in getting into Class C. On the contrary, some students from Class C ended up getting into Class D and Class C because of their poor monthly exam results.

As a result, the number of students in Class Dinggui increased from 22 in the middle of the month to 25 at the end of the month.

These three new students, like Chang Xue, were students who dropped out of Class C.

Everyone knew that they had the best chance of getting re-admitted to Class C, so no one dared to laugh at them.

But others did not laugh at these three people. One of them was sensitive and always felt that everyone in Class Dinggui was laughing at him. His smile was filled with ridicule and mockery.

During the break the next day, a student from Class Dinggui was slapped in the face by Zhao Tong, a senior student from Class C.

The reason was that the student approached Zhao Tong during the meal with a smile on his face.

The student was slapped in the face and was so aggrieved that he wanted to fight for his life with Zhao Tong.

But Zhao Tong was worthy of being a student from Class C, and he slapped the student twice.

Fortunately, Senior Brother Changxue stepped in and stopped Zhao Tong.

However, from then on, the students in Class Dinggui gave up the idea of ​​making friends with the three students from Class C.

This caused Zhou Jin and Wang Yanyu, who were also from Class C, to be isolated by the students from Class D and Gui.

"By the way, it's enough for Class D to have the senior teacher from Class C to teach. But why did Class D and Class Gui change this month and have the senior teacher teach in person?"

Wang Yanyu is in her early twenties. For a young cultivator like her who is at the foundation-building stage, it is impossible for her to have bad skin.

Besides, she was pretty and kind to everyone. Whenever she asked questions, everyone was happy to explain to her.

But her problem is also the problem faced by the students in Class Dinggui.

The teaching elder of the Dinggui class doesn't seem to be such a hardworking person.

"Perhaps it's been a long time since Class D and Class Gui produced a student who could enter Class C, and the teaching elders couldn't save face, so they decided to teach in person after careful consideration."

Senior Brother Changxue spoke up, his expression looking rather unnatural.

He suspected that the teaching elder was dissatisfied with him and blamed him for not teaching his fellow apprentices well. Otherwise, he would not have given up his precious time to intervene in the teaching of the Dinggui class.

Besides, it was a pity for Senior Brother Chang Xue that Elder Xi would not be able to use him anymore since he was the Senior Brother Chang Xue.

He would lose sixty high-grade spirit stones as a reward every month. His family was relatively poor, unlike other outer disciples, who would receive one or two hundred high-grade spirit stones as pocket money every month.

"In fact, it is a great thing for the junior brothers in Class Dinggui that the teaching elder comes out to teach in person. It is also a good thing for you, Senior Brother Xiao."

Wang Yanyu was considerate and said with a smile:
"Brother, you have delayed yourself for a long time in order to teach. Otherwise, with your ability, how could you not be able to enter Class C for so many years?"

Senior Brother Changxue pondered for a moment, wiped away the dejection on his face, put down his bowl and chopsticks, and bowed to Wang Yanyu: "Thank you for your advice, Junior Sister Wang. Xiao should really study hard."

He secretly vowed to be admitted to Class C next month.

In addition to senior brother Changxue, the newcomer Zhou Jin also vowed to enter Class C.

But Zhou Jin did not stay with Wang Yanyu, but walked towards where Tian Lin was.

He put the food box down with his sword in hand, spread a mat on the ground, took out the table from the storage bag and placed it on the mat.

As the food and wine were placed on the table, Zhou Jin smiled and invited Tian Lin, "If Junior Brother Tian doesn't mind, how about we have a drink together?"

Tian Lin brought his own food, but compared to other people's food, Tian Lin's food was always shabby.

He had long been thinking about selling things to make a living. In addition to wanting to find food ingredients that could be used to cultivate the Five Elements Dharma Body, the ten spirit stones distributed by the sect were not enough for him to buy all the necessary materials such as an alchemy furnace and array stones.

Cultivation has always been a very expensive thing, and Tian Lin has no family behind him to give him pocket money every month.

"Thank you for your kindness, Brother Zhou."

Tian Lin did not hesitate too much. He guessed that Zhou Jin invited him to drink together probably because of the "sword intention".

He glanced at the dishes on the table, feeling a little disappointed.

There were also a few high-quality magical auxiliary elixirs on the table, but none of them could help one cultivate the magical power of the Five Elements Dharmakaya that Tian Lin had hoped for.

"I see that Junior Brother Tian seems to be very frugal in his food, clothing and daily expenses. Could it be that he is short of money? If he is really short of money, you can ask me for it."

Zhou Jin picked up his wine glass and pretended to clink glasses with Tian Lin.

Tian Lin drank some wine, and then he said to Zhou Jin:
"Brother Zhou, you want to ask me about the 'Sword Intention', but unfortunately, although I have cultivated the Sword Intention, I really don't know how to teach others to comprehend the Sword Intention."

Zhou Jin shook his head and said, "Brother, please don't misunderstand. When I was in Class C, I was good friends with Brother Ju Yunhai from Class B. Since you are his friend, there is no need for us to be so polite."

Tian Lin suddenly realized and said, "Come to think of it, I really haven't seen Senior Brother Ju for a while."

"Class B is different from us. They don't necessarily attend classes in the academy. They are more likely to go out and practice what they have learned. So if Junior Brother Tian wants to see him, he will probably have to wait until the middle or even the end of the month."

At this point, Zhou Jin suddenly asked Tian Lin in a secret voice: "Does Junior Brother Tian like Junior Sister Wang?"

Hearing him say this, Tian Lin began to doubt his purpose again.

Zhou Jin looked to be in his early twenties, and was handsome and elegant, looking a perfect match for Wang Yanyu.

Could it be that the other party regarded me as a love rival and therefore held a banquet to warn me?

"Brother, please don't misunderstand me. I only respect Senior Sister Wang and never have any feelings for her."

Tian Lin did not answer in secret, but looked at Senior Brother Changxue again and said calmly:
"I'm just a little curious about Senior Sister Wang's tea. If I remember correctly, the tea leaves in Senior Sister Wang's cup seem to be a product of the Goddess Sect."

Zhou Jin laughed when he heard this. At this moment, Wang Yanyu, who was on the side of Senior Brother Changxue, turned his head and looked at Tian Lin.

She nodded with a smile on her face as she spoke to Tian Lin and Zhou Jin, then whispered something to Bao Jian who was standing beside her.

She frowned slightly, but still nodded, then walked towards Tian Lin and Zhou Jin, and handed two small bags of tea to Zhou Jin and Tian Lin.

I heard Wang Yanyu telling Zhou Jin and Tian Lin:
"Junior Brother Tian likes cold incense leaves, and I have a few packets hidden here. But I don't have many cold incense leaves, so I can only give one packet each to Junior Brother Tian and Senior Brother Zhou."

Suddenly receiving this great gift, Tian Lin quickly stood up and tried to refuse it.

Zhou Jin grabbed Tian Lin's hand and said with a smile:
"Lengxiang leaves are good stuff. Five middle-grade spirit stones are needed to get one leaf. Junior Brother Tian, ​​don't feel bad for Junior Sister Wang. This thing is rare for us, but it's nothing for Junior Sister Wang."

Tian Lin seemed to be thinking about what he said, while Wang Yanyu smiled and said:
"Brother Zhou, you are joking. When it comes to wealth, how can I compare with you? You have a spiritual mine at home. If you want to eat Lengxiang leaves, you can go to Jade Peak and buy the Goddess Tree from Brother Zhuang."

After Tian Lin thanked Wang Yanyu, he sat down with a bag of cold fragrant leaves in front of him and asked Zhou Jin, "Does our sect also have a goddess tree?"

Senior Brother Zhou shook his head and said, "The Goddess Tree in the sect belongs to Senior Brother Zhuang, but not to the sect. If you really like Lengxiang leaves, you can spend spirit stones to buy some Lengxiang leaves to make tea.

But although this thing is delicious and can help improve spiritual awareness, it is still too expensive. We are not practicing the Taoist methods of the Goddess Sect. Do we drink it just to improve spiritual awareness a little bit?"

Tian Lin couldn't forget the Goddess Tree, but she knew that the Goddess Sect only accepted female disciples. Besides, men who wanted to join the Goddess Sect could only marry into the Goddess's family.

Tian Lin had no intention of marrying into the family, but he wanted the cold fragrant leaves from the goddess tree.

"Is this Senior Brother Zhuang in the sect now?"

After Tian Lin asked, Senior Brother Zhou smiled and said:
"Brother Zhuang is a disciple of Class A. He will probably enter the inner sect soon. Speaking of which, Brother Zhuang is not older than you, Brother Tian, ​​but he is already a well-known 'Star Picker'."

Picking stars?
(End of this chapter)