Chapter 41 (1/2)

Chapter 41: Practicing Tao Means Not Being Distracted by External Factors

When he opened the door, Zhou Bai saw a red-haired girl in a black track suit standing at his door. She was less than 1.4 meters tall and stared at him with an upset expression.

“You’re…Shirley?” Zhou Bai remembered who she was.

The girl, who looked to be only 14 or 15, was one of the students in the entering class whose Primordial Spirit Value reached 99. She ranked tenth in the entrance exam.

Although she ranked tenth, Shirley was too young, so from another perspective, she might have a greater gift for practicing Tao than the rest of them.

Shirley said to Zhou Bai, “Teacher Lu told me to come to get you to class…”

Zhou Bai gave it some thought, then slammed the door shut.

Shirley pounded the door furiously. “Zhou Bai! Get out! Did you hear me?

“If you don’t come out, I’m going to abort the child!”

Zhou Bai stuffed tissues into his ears, then lay down on the bed to continue sleeping. He heard others discussing him outside, and he reminded himself, Inner demons, they’re all inner demons! Don’t try to disrupt my practice.

Shirley pounded on the door for another ten minutes, but at least didn’t break the school’s dorm door. Seeing class was about to start, Shirley kicked the door a few times and yelled at Zhou Bai before she left.

“B*stard!”

“Idiot!”

“I’m so angry!”

Hearing her leave, Zhou Bai let out a sigh of relief, then fell into a deep slumber.

He slept until dusk, when a starving Elsa leaped on him and licked him awake.

“Zhou…Bai…

“I’m…hungry…”

“All right, all right. I’ll get you food right now.”

Zhou Bai glanced at this auxiliary practice system.

Degree of Taoification: 0%

Primordial Spirit Value: 99

Divine Map: Deva Nine Disasters

Laziness: 850

“Not bad. Looks like I can light up the third star point by tomorrow.”

Zhou Bai headed to the cafeteria to eat and bring food for Elsa, but Shirley intercepted him on the way there.

“Zhou Bai! Why aren’t you going to class?” Shirley pointed at him and said, “Do you know what your place at this school represents? Do you know how many people are silently making sacrifices out there so that we can have the time and resources to practice? And yet look at what you’re doing.”

Zhou Bai could only pretend like she didn’t exist. After all, she was trying to persuade him to go to class out of good intentions. He could only silently eat and silently go back to his room.

Seeing Zhou Bai ignore her, Shirley yelled angrily, “Zhou Bai! You big b*stard!!”

After he returned to his room, he continued to self-study. Zhou Bai read through the basic textbook materials on his desk, writing and drawing in his notebook now and then, taking notes.

Since he was already bearing the blame anyway, Zhou Bai held his breath too. Aside from gaining Laziness points every day, he would also need a solid foundation and to bridge all the gaps in his Tao practice knowledge.

“The understanding of differentiation of five elements in Spark…is an abstract concept, rather than actual matter such as water and fire…”

He self-studied for another night.