Bored out of his mind, Lan Xiang decided to cultivate to pass the time. He closed his eyes, feeling the circulation of qi inside him.
"Eh, a bottleneck."
He opened the system instead.
"Even though I have a cultivation of Attribution Form realm, without proper combat techniques to utilize my qi, I would end up wasting at least half of my potential attack power."
He browsed through the techniques in the system.
Out of the 21 techniques, 6 were for cultivation, 14 were for combat, and the last one was named The Basics of Marital Arts. "Ahem, ahem, Xie Jian will be pleased with that, ahem."
Lan Xiang picked out the combat technique that sounded the coolest.
Dragon Fist
White level technique
Training difficulty: Extremely high
Limit: Level 0.2 (Not Even Close Bro)
Strength: Extremely low
Element: Fire
Founder: ブロシット (12 years ago)
Sell value: 20 tech points
"Hmm, to upgrade it to purple level like last time, I need 430 tech points. I'm missing 150 right now.
"Should I sell the Xie Family Technique for now?"
Lan Xiang weighed his options.
"Yeah, I'll sell it, can't use it anyway! 1000 tech points, here I come!"
Do you want to sell: Celestial River Stream?
1000 tech points (10% interest when buying back)
Yes/No
"Yes!"
Tech points: 1280
Seeing the amount of tech points exceed a thousand filled Lan Xiang's heart with joy. He immediately upgraded Dragon Fist to purple level.
Dragon Fist
Purple level technique
Training difficulty: Easy
Limit: Level 18 (Realm of Ascension)
Strength: Extremely high
Element: Fire
Founder: Lan Xiang (a few seconds ago)
Sell value: 200 tech points
Tech points: 850
"Dragon Fist still has a limit? I can only use it right up to Realm of Ascension, huh.
"Well, no matter! I'll train this technique later. I can't possibly train in the hallway, right?"
As he was thinking, the teacher exited the classroom.
"Ah, teacher! Can I go to the training grounds?"
.....
Inside the classroom.
The teacher entered the classroom.
"Okay, time's up! Pass your papers in front!"
"Ah, teach, wait! I'm almost done!"
"Shite, I didn't answer any of them correctly!"
"Come on, do it faster!"
While the students clamored for time, the teacher spoke up once more.
"Pens up! Late papers will not be graded. 10, 9, 8..."
At that point, everyone who was rushing became hopeless and passed the test paper in shame. Ren Weiwei was no different, but for a different reason.
Usually, she would ace the test and get praised by the teacher, with an offer for her to be put into Class A. Yet, she would reject that offer since she was still waiting for Lan Xiang.
Now, however, her mind went entirely blank, filled with thoughts of how she should interact with Lan Xiang now that he's back, and as such, she didn't get to answer the questions properly.
"Hai, why didn't he come talk to me earlier. I got too used to him being absent that now he's back, I'm... kind of scared."
She was scared. Scared that he wouldn't recognize her. Scared that he would be put off by her. Scared that she would be driven away by him.
"...But isn't that putting too little trust in our friendship? Yeah, our bond isn't that fragile! Besides, if I were him, I'd take my sudden change in appearance as a positive thing."
Hyping herself up, she sat still and waited for Lan Xiang to come inside the classroom.
"Okay, class is dismissed, time to go home."
The students' noise went up to 11 as soon as they heard that they were dismissed. Soon, they started to disperse and exit the classroom.
While the rest of the class were going out, a handsome guy walked in the classroom.
"Underclassman, me and my friends are going to watch the new movie tonight. Wanna come?" A blushing boy, Lin Fan, offered a ticket.
The absent-minded Ren Weiwei only shook her head and didn't respond further.
"Eh, why?" Lin Fan was embarrassed. He was hailed as the most handsome of the entire school, and came all the way here to see Ren Weiwei, and yet he was rejected.
"I'm still waiting for Xiang."
"Xiang? Lan... Xiang?" Thinking of the trash, Lin Fan got angry. "Why are you waiting for him?"
"...Do I need to tell you? Who are you anyway?" Ren Weiwei was annoyed by the man's invasive questions.
"Ahem, I am Lin Fan." Lin Fan didn't expect anyone to not know about him, much less a girl!
"Don't know, don't care." Ren Weiwei turned her head away.
"Erm, then I'll take that as a rain check!" Defeated and embarrassed, Lin Fan left the classroom. "That Lan Xiang, dare to steal the girl I set my eyes on, wait till I get my hands on you!"
Behind Ren Weiwei, were three of her friends, Lu Xifa, Ye Qingle, and Zhang Ying.
"Was that Lin Fan? Did you just reject him?"
"Girl, that was epic! I always hated that guy."
"Eh, but he's quite handsome, no?"
Ren Weiwei replied, "Xiang's more handsome anyway..."
"Lan Xiang? The guy who only resumed attending school today? He feels like a delinquent."
"Ah, he's not a delinquent! You don't know since you three just transferred to this school, but Lan Xiang got into an accident three months ago and has been in a coma up until now, I think."
Ren Weiwei wasn't quite sure when he woke up. When she tried time and time again to visit his house, she was blocked by those guarding the main gate.
"Ah, really? I feel sorry for him."
"How's he gonna catch up now?"
Ren Weiwei's eyes lit up. "That's it! Before he went into his coma, he always asked me for help regarding his studies. I'm going to offer teaching him...! A perfect plan!"
"Ooh, Weiwei, do you... have a crush on him or something?"
"Eh? N- no! Of, of course not, hehe." Ren Weiwei shook her head vehemently. "I just... want to restore our friendship."
Even with that answer, Lu Xifa still had a smug grin on her face.
"Well, hypothetically speaking, emphasis on hypothetical, even if I did like him, I still don't really have a chance. He has a girlfriend, after all." Ren Weiwei's tone carried a sort of dejection.
"That's..." Lu Xifa shut her mouth. She realized that she hit a sensitive topic to Ren Weiwei.
Ye Qingle covered Lu Xifa's mouth.
Zhang Ying grabbed both of their hands. "Well, then. We'll be on our way, good luck with waiting for him and rekindling your, ahem, friendship!"
"Bye!" Ren Weiwei smiled as they left the room.