"Ptui! Shameless!"
Before Lin Mo could explain, a classmate passing by spat at him and Zhang Dahai, hitting them accurately.
Well, they were both implicated...
Lin Mo wiped his face, then looked up to see Zhang Dahai with a lecherous smile.
He turned back in surprise to glance at the "robust" figure of that female classmate, then looked back at Zhang Dahai and patted his shoulder:
"Bro, you're really hungry!"
Zhang Dahai looked at him puzzled:
"How do you know? Did you bring breakfast? I woke up late and couldn't get buns from the cafeteria!"
Lin Mo pushed him away with a slap and walked towards the small balcony inside the classroom:
"No."
"Where are you going?"
"To wash my face!!!"
After washing his face using the sink faucet, he felt a bit of the refreshing morning feeling return.
When he got back to his seat, Zhang Dahai was munching on a bun he had gotten from somewhere and asked:
"Want to go to the cultivation room together later?"
As seniors about to take the immortal exams, their regular classes had ended two months ago.
The remaining time was spent reviewing cultural studies and cultivating, cultivating, cultivating.
The school's spiritual energy cultivation rooms were open every day, even on holidays.
Still cultivating?
Just press 1 to increase cultivation!
Lin Mo raised an eyebrow, then nodded honestly:
"Let's go together."
Zhang Dahai nodded, yawned, and said:
"I played 'Immortal Cultivation Pal' until 3 AM last night. I'm going to take a nap first. Wake me up when the teacher comes."
Lin Mo frowned and said earnestly:
"Aren't you worried at all?"
"The immortal exam is in less than a month. Forget about the martial test, but at least get a high score on the written test, otherwise you won't even get into a regular university."
For students with no hope of becoming immortals, there were still options. They could enter regular universities through the written test.
After graduation, they could take the civil service exam and only have to work until 80 to retire and enjoy life.
Zhang Dahai chuckled:
"What's the point of going to university? My old man wants me to inherit the family bathhouse. Isn't being a small boss better than slaving away as a corporate drone after graduation?"
Lin Mo suddenly remembered that this guy was also from a wealthy family.
He snorted: "Then why are you going to the cultivation room later? Wouldn't it be nicer to sleep in the dorm? Or you could transfer your cultivation time to me."
Zhang Dahai scoffed and said:
"Why not use the free spiritual energy cultivation room?"
He shrugged and continued:
"I probably have no hope of becoming an immortal in this life, but a higher cultivation level can still help me live many more years."
"Like my old man, who had me at sixty. He's almost eighty now and still full of vitality."
"That old fox thinks I'm too useless, I heard he's planning to have another son or daughter recently..."
Lin Mo naturally knew all this that the other was saying.
This was also why most classmates, even though they knew they couldn't get into Daoist colleges, still came to school on time every day to cultivate.
Outside institutions charged 2,000 yuan per hour for cultivation rooms of the quality provided to students at school.
High school exam takers got two hours of free cultivation time daily, plus an extra hour, for a total of three hours.
If they maxed out the time every day, it was equivalent to earning 6,000 yuan for free.
Except for a few second-generation immortals with spirit gathering arrays at home, probably no one would waste this cultivation time.
Lin Mo's earlier complaint despite his actions was for this reason.
Merit points could increase experience, but free cultivation time was also nice~
It was a separate matter.
After complaining to Lin Mo, Zhang Dahai yawned and lay down on the desk, falling asleep to the sound of classmates reciting cultivation techniques.
Normally, Lin Mo wouldn't want to be his "tool and alarm clock".
But today he had to stay alert to accumulate [Merit Points], so he naturally couldn't slack off with Zhang Dahai.
To avoid seeming strange, he put his fingers in the drawer and covered them with a book. As his joints bent slightly then straightened, system prompts refreshed on the data screen:
[Merit +1]
[Merit +1]
[...]
Thanks to Lin Mo's efforts to stay awake, he accumulated another 65 merit points during the morning self-study.
Adding the remaining merit points from earlier experience gains, he now had a total of 155 merit points.
"Ring ring ring~!"
As soon as the bell for the end of morning self-study rang, Zhang Dahai woke up instinctively without Lin Mo calling him.
They looked at each other, and the next moment both stood up from their seats and ran towards the classroom door.
At this moment, the sound of chairs colliding rang out in the classroom as almost all the students rushed towards the door like them.
They all had only one goal -
To grab a cultivation room.
Although the school's spiritual energy cultivation rooms were prioritized for seniors, there were limited numbers. If you went late, you might have to wait until evening to get in.
So grabbing a cultivation room had surpassed grabbing food in the cafeteria as a daily challenge for seniors.
Lin Mo and Zhang Dahai's seats were in the back of the classroom, close to the back door.
They squeezed out of the classroom first without much effort.
But leaving the classroom was just the start of the "real war", as the hallway was already full of seniors like them, all frantically running towards the cultivation room building.
"Hey hey hey, don't push, I'm losing my balance!"
"Damn! Who touched my ass!"
"Stop rubbing, if you rub anymore I'll get pregnant!"
"..."
Noisy shouts came from the hallway.
Lin Mo kept his eyes on the gaps in the crowd and dove in quickly.
A burst of cursing came from beside his ears, but he ignored it and skillfully weaved through the crowd.
Zhang Dahai behind him stared wide-eyed at his nimble movements.
Did this bastard take drugs?
How is he so fast today!
While he was surprised, Lin Mo's figure had already disappeared into the sea of people.
Five minutes later...
Lin Mo narrowly "defeated" a senior of similar speed and squeezed into an empty spiritual energy cultivation room first.
After hanging up his student card, "vacant" instantly changed to "occupied", and he let out a long sigh of relief.
"Phew~!"
Looking at the slowly closing cultivation room door, Lin Mo wiped the sweat from his forehead, his expression showing a hint of satisfaction.
His physical abilities had greatly improved after advancing in realm.
In the past, even if he could grab one of the first batch of cultivation rooms, it would be one of the cramped rooms near the end.
How could he get a cultivation room in the middle or even front rows like today?
"Woo-hoo~ Awesome!!!"
Lin Mo cheered, while also remembering to bend and straighten his fingers -
[Merit +1]
As the cultivation room gradually closed, a familiar system prompt sounded in his ears:
[Entered Level 1 Green-grade Spirit Vein Cultivation Room (Lower), Spiritual Energy Bonus +12%, Remaining Time: 2 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds]