Chapter 24 (2/2)
Zhou Bai shook his head. The principle of Laziness was too profound for him, and there was no use thinking about it. “Therefore, before the entrance exam officially starts, I’ll try my hardest to raise Laziness and increase my Primordial Spirit Value.”
Over the next few days, Zhou Bai lived in the old man’s home and practiced hard, continuously raising his Laziness and transferring those points to his Primordial Spirit Value.
“Christina! Go wipe the floor!”
“Christina! Massage my lower back. It’s so sore from lying down.”
“Christina! I want to eat Buddha Jumps over the Wall for dinner.”
Christina finally protested. “That’s enough! Buddha Jumps over the Wall? How about I kill myself and make a plate of Tiger Dragon Battle for you?”
As time passed, Zhou Bai practiced. The night before the entrance exam, he not only had raised his Primordial Spirit Value to 99 points, but he also had an extra 1,000 points of Laziness.
As he examined his points, Zhou Bai took on a serious expression. “Should I try to raise my Primordial Spirit Value to 100 points today?”
“According to Zhang Aidao, when Degree of Taoification is 0%, Primordial Spirit Value can only be raised to 99 points at most before one officially practices Tao.
“But the auxiliary system wasn’t conventional practice. It adds points to me directly, so it might be able to let me break through the 99-point limit and stand out during the exam tomorrow.”
Zhou Bai wanted to give it a try, but just as he was about to raise it, his mind was suddenly flooded with images from his memory.
“In the underground base, rows of corpses in the secret room…
“Elsa, demonified into a shiba inu…
“Bando’s distorted upper torso…
“Zhang Aidao’s father, with dementia…”
These images flashed through his mind and extinguished his desires little by little.
“Zhou Bai, this is my final lesson: Live on, no matter how lowly, how afraid, how hopeless… Live on…”
He heard a certain man’s voice in his ears again. Zhou Bai shook his head. “Phew, never mind. Safety first, safety first. And besides, exceeding 99 points and attracting everyone’s attention might not be the best move.”
Therefore, Zhou Bai didn’t raise his Primordial Spirit Value to 100 points in the end, and he left Laziness as is, got in bed, and slept until the next morning.
As Zhou Bai got out of bed in the morning, an aroma rushed into his nose.
Zhang Aidao’s father walked up with a bowl of noodles, saying, “Daodao, you’re taking the test today. Dad made you some noodles with two poached eggs.”
Zhou Bai went blank for a moment and then smiled. He took over the noodles and, after his first bite, said in a quiet voice, “Thank you, dad.”
The elder look surprised at this but also very happy.
When he was done eating, Zhou Bai opened the door and walked out while the elder waved at him from behind and said, “Daodao! Good luck!”
Zhou Bai waved his hand, signaling the elder to go back inside.
Christina lounged on the windowsill with a joyous smile on her face. “That devil is finally gone. I must leave quickly. I can’t live like this anymore. If I keep living like this, I’ll meowing die from exhaustion!”
As she said this and prepared to leave, Elsa appeared before her with a bowl in her mouth and swaying around her.
“I don’t have time to feed you!” Christina grunted and opened the window to leave, but suddenly she felt her body lighten. She turned into an invisible puff of white smoke and disappeared into Zhou Bai’s forehead, leaving Elsa staring out the window and making whining sounds with a bowl in her mouth.