At last, under Lv Chongyang's immense pressure, Zhou Bai temporarily obtained his permission.
Watching Old Lv leave, Zhou Bai let out a sigh of relief.
"Two months later... I must succeed."
On the other side, shortly after Lv Chongyang left, a paper crane appeared in front of him, emitting strands of Primordial Spirit power.
"Chongyang, how's Zhou Bai?"
"What? You agreed to let him miss two months of classes? What are you doing? Do you know that this could ruin a genius?"
"You're being too irresponsible..."
"Ah, fine, I understand. You are... really, too soft-hearted. During the second round of exams, you were the only one who explained the three major rules of cultivation in advance."
"Now this Zhou Bai as well, letting him do as he pleases like this."
Lv Chongyang replied softly, "Teacher, haven't you said that cultivation is a matter of personal will, a self-choice? Since Zhou Bai chose this path himself, holding him down another path doesn't make sense."
The paper crane voiced, "What if he fails?"
"Then it means he chose the wrong path. Every cultivator must pay the price for their decisions."
...
On another side, behind the police station window, Li Xiuzhu watched Zhou Bai and Lv Chongyang leave separately, a playful smile on his face.
A colleague approached from behind him, "We found out that the man who contacted Ying Zi is named Wei Dong. According to border records, he left Donghua City by car this morning."
Li Xiuzhu asked, "Where did he go?"
"We don't know. According to the driver, he disappeared halfway through the journey. They couldn't find him."
Li Xiuzhu mused, "He fled to the wild? Show me the route of that flying car."
"What are you up to? At the dormitory site, we found traces of a second person helping to set up the array and the talisman paper made by Wei Dong.
Besides, Wei Dong hasn't returned to his dorm room since last night and now has fled to the wild, clearly evading punishment."
Li Xiuzhu looked at the information and said, "Escaping to the wild? Don't you find that odd? With his first-tier cultivation, he can't possibly survive out there."
"Who knows? Maybe the Sky Flipping Sect's people are meeting him outside."
Li Xiuzhu said, "Then why is there no Sky Flipping Sect mark in Ying Zi's room? They left marks in Jian Xing and Sun Chuan's rooms; why not in Ying Zi's?"
"Who knows? Maybe they forgot. Hey, you aren't thinking of investigating further, are you?"
Li Xiuzhu said, "Arrange a flying car for me... No, book me a ticket on the flying car Wei Dong took."
"What are you planning?"
Li Xiuzhu smiled, "I think this Wei Dong is shady. I might as well go find him myself."
...
Meanwhile, Zhou Bai returned to the dormitory, feeling lighthearted. After a night's time, it was nearly dawn.
"I'll sleep first, and get up in the evening to continue self-studying." Zhou Bai exhaled, "Two months later, I must get first place."
Although Elsa didn't know what had happened, seeing Zhou Bai so motivated, she cheered along.
But as Zhou Bai lay down, he found that he was too excited to sleep.
In addition, in his mind, Christina, who had been curled up during training, was now stretching and yawning.
Shoo!
Seeing Christina emerge from his mind, Zhou Bai said, "You finally woke up. Do you know how dangerous last night was while you slept like a pig?"
Christina gave Zhou Bai a sidelong glance, "How do you talk? What's with sleeping like a pig? Do you see any pig as good-looking as me? Don't you know I was cultivating?"
Speaking of this, Christina's cat tail raised high, looking at Zhou Bai with pride, the Primordial Spirit power radiating off her, flowed toward Zhou Bai.
Zhou Bai also unleashed his Primordial Spirit power, blocking Christina's attack, and then exclaimed, "Your Primordial Spirit power..."
"Hahaha!" Christina laughed, "99! This genius shut myself off for a few days and cultivated my Primordial Spirit power to 99! Zhou Bai, from now on, you can forget about..."
Bang!
Wrapped in Primordial Spirit power, Zhou Bai directly used the combined force of his body and Primordial Spirit to push aside Christina's Primordial Spirit power.
"Silly cat, I have already cultivated the Divine Map to the fourth star point."
"What?"
The next moment, Christina was placed into Zhou Bai's sea of consciousness. She stared at the four lit star points on Zhou Bai's Taiyin Roulette, turned her head away reluctantly.
"Hmph, cheater."
Originally thinking that after coming out, she would impress Zhou Bai with her astonishing cultivation speed; she hadn't expected this kid to be such an extraordinary cheater.
Christina had to rein in her inflated ego and slowly find new opportunities.
So that night, watching Zhou Bai ponder deeply over foundational study materials, Christina's eyes lit up.
The white cat lightly leaped, jumping onto Zhou Bai's desk, with her tail high, strolling back and forth in front of Zhou Bai.
Zhou Bai waved Christina away with a hand, "Don't distract me from studying."
Christina snorted, "I see you're having trouble studying. Need help? Want me to tutor you?"
Zhou Bai sneered dismissively, too lazy to bother with Christina.
Hearing Zhou Bai's dismissive laugh made Christina's fur stand on end.
With a meow, she jumped onto the desk, "I'll tell you, after my Primordial Spirit value hit 99, I remembered a lot of things! My current cultivation theory totally trumps yours!"
Seeing Zhou Bai still disbelieving, Christina straight away jumped onto Zhou Bai's book, pawing at a passage, "Hmph, your notes are wrong here! The concept of the Five Phases of Spiritual Energy refers to the five states of spiritual energy's gestation, growth, outcome, decline, and extinction, not the five examples you understood!"
Zhou Bai's eyes moved, his recent confusions suddenly dissolved.
Then Christina launched into an explanation, making things clear and understandable for Zhou Bai instantly.
"What's next?" Zhou Bai asked Christina, "Why'd you stop?"
Christina sprawled out on the desk like a rug, wagging her tail, "Sigh, I'm too tired to talk."
Zhou Bai immediately extended his hand, rubbing Christina's neck and back, watching as the cat contentedly closed her eyes. He said, "Tina, let me give you a massage. You're so exhausted, your body has been curled up for almost a week, of course you're tired. How's this pressure?"
Just with Christina's explanation, Zhou Bai felt it was worth several days of reading.
Indeed, learning is most efficient with guidance, but he had to hide the existence of the auxiliary cultivation system, concealing his rapid advancement in cultivation and couldn't let anyone know about his weak basics.
Hearing Zhou Bai's words, Christina sighed, "Sigh... A cute little girl, an amnesiac girl, turned into a cat, ended up in a fool's hands. Did she do anything wrong?"
"Uh..." Zhou Bai mumbled.
Christina continued, "Such a poor little girl, now has to mop floors, clean toilets, walk dogs, wash underwear, restrained to cooking even after turning into a cat. Isn't that excessive?"
Zhou Bai replied, "This... It's all a misunderstanding really."