This is too hilarious!

13. Can ghost stories be taken in exams?

"Controlling the score? Bai Hui?"

Zou Shuhuai asked doubtfully, "You guys aren't joking, are you? This kid's grades aren't that good. Besides having three Dream Artifacts at home, he sits in the last row of the class..."

Wait, are you serious?

"We still have doubts."

……

"It's already midnight... I hope I don't encounter any ghost stories?"

Bai Hui came out of the restroom in the teaching building.

He officially began answering the exam questions during the second evening self-study session.

Four hours have passed, and the students have long since finished school.

The teaching building was quiet and dark.

Bai Hui, still in the "simple lines" state, looked around calmly.

In the shadows, the outline of the parrot's ghostly figure glowed with eerie colors, its long tongue coiled like a venomous snake.

As Bai Hui's gaze swept over it, it shimmered with a strange, slightly glamorous luster.

He wasn't afraid to make eye contact with the long-tongued parrot.

Not to mention that Bai Hui has already become a martial artist at the Fiend Body Realm, the main group of people in the school who are giving rise to this strange tale have already left school.

It's estimated that unless Bai Hui goes to the student dormitory, it won't cause any chaos.

In addition, when Bai Hui first transmigrated here, he used the [Ultimate Color] skill on the long-tongued parrot and gained some inexplicable insights.

Later, when he was refining his inner energy, he further utilized this insight to his own advantage to a certain extent!

Bai Hui can now be fearless towards the long-tongued parrot for the time being.

He looked at the mirror on the sink—

Name: Bai Hui

[Identity: Student of Class 3, Grade 1, Yuncheng No.1 Middle School; Descendant of a Martyr]

[Realm: Fiend Body (Initial)]

[Heart-Slaying Star: 0.3]

Martial Arts Skills: Caregiver's Fist (Beginner's Guide), Basic Eight-Section Brocade (Practice Makes Perfect), Variety Xingyi - Long-Tongued Parrot (Beginner's Guide), Variety Xingyi - Li Bin Dao (Mastered)

[Sanity Value: 58/100]

[Current image quality: Simple lines]

……

As Bai Hui's cognitive level improves, the amount of information he can obtain in the "simple lines" state also increases.

"Even with the [Simple Lines] mode enabled, solving problems by brute force still takes a considerable toll..."

He glanced down at his right hand.

Continuous high-intensity writing, further amplified by the aid of mental exertion.

Leaving aside the doubled physical exertion, the key issue is that the intense, focused writing of a large number of "answers" also severely depleted Bai Hui's mental energy.

This directly resulted in his sanity level dropping to 58 points after two exams...

Bai Hui had no idea how those answers were derived.

He just "knew" that writing it that way would get him points...

"In addition, the wrist will be over-trained as a result..." Bai Hui looked at his right hand, which was trembling slightly and uncontrollably even though he wasn't answering the question.

He commented casually, "If you keep maintaining this state, the strength of your right hand will probably exceed that of your left hand, and even other limbs, leading to an imbalance... It probably won't be of much benefit to your future cultivation."

It's a pity, it would be better if there were corresponding martial arts techniques to enhance it.

He pondered for a moment, thinking about the relevant martial arts techniques, and decided that he could check them out at the school cafeteria after school at noon today...

Are there any techniques to make your wrist vibrate at a high frequency...?

"As long as my monthly exam results are just average, that's fine. After all, time is too tight. If I continue to work this hard, I might not pass all of them, but I'll definitely waste more time."

I'm afraid we might not finish all the exams by tomorrow noon...

Thinking this, Bai Hui decided to go back and continue answering the questions.

But after looking at his current 'panel data', he couldn't help but become curious about the 'Alien Form and Meaning - Long-tongued Parrot' and, on a whim, tried to practice it a little.

Recalling the feelings I had when I saw the long-tongued parrot in the [Ultimate Color] state, and the feeling I had when I was concentrating my inner energy.

Bai Hui stuck out his tongue, bent and swung his arms, and with certain body movements, his whole posture became slightly strange.

This is merely a clumsy imitation of the ghost story of the long-tongued parrot.

Fortunately, although the long-tongued parrots in the teaching building were resting at this moment, they were not very strong and could hardly affect the martial artist in the Sha Body Realm while still being observed by Bai Hui.

The human body's "stick figure" form obviously cannot fully match the simplified line shape of the ghost story "Long-tongued Parrot".

But Bai Hui had seen the true nature of the long-tongued parrot—

[Attempting to recall something beyond the realm of reason...]

As a result, his sanity began to drop.

In Bai Hui's eyes, the black and white line drawing was beginning to show faint wisps of crimson dotted lines spreading across the void...

"This is……?"

Bai Hui looked slightly surprised and walked towards the direction of the 'scarlet dotted line' while punching.

Silently and stealthily.

……

"...You're being way too nice to that kid, aren't you?"

On the quiet, dark campus path, Liu Shuyan exhaled a puff of smoke and said with some surprise, "It's just a late-night snack, a whole bucket of instant noodles will do, it's not like we eat this every day, this meal must cost several hundred yuan, right?"

"Hey, it's not like he's the only one eating," said the portly Li Bin, carrying three or four bags of late-night snacks. He chuckled and said, "We can't just stand by and watch, can we? We need to eat too, right? It's no trouble at all to buy some together."

"But I heard you're going to feed him for a week?"

Liu Shuyan glanced at the large bags of late-night snacks and said, "That kid's situation is indeed pitiful, and his parents' plight is truly regrettable... but you're not going to keep feeding him like this for the next week, are you?"

"Young people are at the stage of growing, so it's good that they can eat more."

Li Bin said dismissively, "I've personally trained him for a week already. In the past, he would have been practically my personal disciple. What's wrong with treating him well?"

As he said this, Li Bin recalled the scene when Bai Hui successfully condensed his Heart Qi.

At that time, Li Bindao seemed to see a faint shadow of his past self in Bai Hui.

The martial arts passion that had long since cooled, which had been worn down by reality and made him appear "rounded and honest" now, also resonated slightly with him.

This is also the main reason why he said those things to Bai Hui in the car earlier—

Those words were not exactly kind to a martial artist who had just entered the Fiend Body Realm.

But Li Bin couldn't help it.

It's like suddenly seeing your "young and passionate self from the past," thinking about your current situation, wanting to apologize, yet also wanting to find some excuses for your present self...

"What are you saying..." Liu Shuyan laughed as well: "You even let this kid take on a disciple, right? Looks like this kid has good aptitude? Hey, hey, then I can't let you get all the benefits! Count me in for this kid's meals this week."

I'll ask around on campus later if there are any work-study positions available...

"What do you want to do?"

"Hey! That kid ran into that fake Teacher Zhang last time and spilled the gossip I'd carefully prepared. It didn't spread far, but it's stopped attracting any more gossipy parrots at school..."

I need to find a new 'secret' to attract those long-tongued parrots!

Liu Shuyan laughed and said, "Spending money to train students without my wife's knowledge is pretty good."

"You bastard..."

Li Bin laughed heartily: "Speaking of which, how is Teacher Zhang doing now? Is the situation confirmed?"

"Hmm, it's probably under control..."

……

In the distance, Bai Hui hangs from the ceiling of a building in a slightly strange posture, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

In order to avoid being noticed by these two high-level martial artists in the Fiend Body Realm, he did not get too close.

However, the combination of "Alien Form and Meaning: Long-tongued Parrot" and "Simple Lines" still allowed him to catch a glimpse of the "dialogue box" that appeared above the heads of the two grade directors as they were communicating.

Bai Hui felt like he was watching a 'moving comic'.

"Looks like I'll have to put in a little more effort..."

He muttered to himself, already feeling a slight ringing in his ears, but Bai Hui didn't feel anything was wrong.

From the shadows beside me, a brightly colored, long-tongued parrot, about the size of a palm, with a long, bright red tongue that extended beyond its beak twice the length of its body, quietly peeked out.

"Giggle giggle~ What are you doing?"

Bai Hui glanced at it, then suddenly an idea came to him: "I'm listening to the teacher's gossip."

"Gossip about the teacher? You heard it? What gossip? Whose gossip? What did they say?"

The long-tongued parrot immediately became anxious, flapping its wings and looking around furtively with great curiosity. After observing the surroundings, it anxiously asked Bai Hui.

"You want to know? First, tell me the gossip you usually hear about which grade of high school you're studying..."

"Hey, second-year high school student, hurry up and tell me! I'm so anxious, what gossip is it?!"

"Want to know?"

The long-tongued parrot nodded vigorously, its long tongue flicking through the air: "I want to know!"

Bai Hui's lips curled into a smile: "Then do me a favor first... As the gossip king of the second year of high school, you should be able to handle the first-year exams, right?"

"High school exams?"

Bai Hui, under the simple lines, relies on the "Alien Form and Meaning: Long-tongued Parrot" and the Heart Demon to try to discuss with the ghost stories in the dark.

He didn't care that his sanity, which had been steadily declining due to using his personal understanding of the "Strange Tales of Form and Intent," had now dropped to 29 points.

There are still 29 points left! That's so many, what's there to panic about!

……