Study Monster Cultivation System

Chapter 105: Without experiencing greed, anger, and ignorance, how can one learn to detach and let go?

"Cough..." Jiang Qinghua suddenly gestured to Xu Mengxi, "Hey there, about the decline in grades, I have some small experiences I can share."

"It’s okay, it’s okay..." Xu Mengxi hurriedly waved her hand.

"Hmm!" Lin Yujing forcefully pushed her over.

Jiang Qinghua looked straight ahead, his tone growing colder, "I guess you’ve been distracted, right?"

"Ah." Xu Mengxi was taken aback.

It seemed Jiang Qinghua had hit the nail on the head.

She hurriedly replied, "...Well... I indeed got distracted by the chemistry competition."

"Heh." Jiang Qinghua laughed, sounding somewhat desolate.

Xu Mengxi also felt a chill down her spine.

This man, he has a story.

Just as Jiang Qinghua indulged in his moment, a pair of huge palms came flapping over.

They landed heavily on his back, dusting off all the snow.

"Speak if you have something to say, who are you putting on an act for?" Qiao Bixia scolded.

"Cough..." Jiang Qinghua felt like he had suffered an internal injury and wiped his mouth before speaking, "About being distracted, I have deep insights. When you’re distracted, you can’t do problems coherently, your study will wander, and you can’t even sleep peacefully."

Xu Mengxi was extremely flustered, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

"In short, I too have been delayed in my studies due to distractions," Jiang Qinghua glanced at Lin Yujing’s shoes, not daring to directly confront his past, and turned his head to say, "My method is to shift focus, watch a 2 to 10 minute video to refresh and clear the mind of stray thoughts."

"Brilliant." Li Zheng chimed in, "I also watch cat videos when my mind isn’t clear."

"Cat videos are not good, they’re addictive. We need short, quick ones that can give an immediate boost. I call them ’motivational videos,’" Jiang Qinghua gestured with his hand and pulled out his phone, "My recent boosters have primarily been ’Victory Belongs to Us’ and ’The Master of Shadows.’

Following that, several people crowded around.

First appeared a man with an unusually long head, a unique hairstyle, and an inexplicably booming voice.

"Whatever difficulties we face, we mustn’t fear, face them with a smile!"

"The best way to eliminate fear is to face it!"

"Persistence—equals victory!"

"Come on! Victory belongs to us!"

Watching the man’s final excited expression.

Even Li Zheng was energized, "This is good, really wakes you up, I want it too."

Lin Yujing also started humming along, "Victory belongs to hmm!"

Afterward, the second clip played.

With dynamic music, three identically dressed men danced with a bewitching charm.

"Could this be the excuse you’re using for a breakup???"

"If you could do it all over again???"

"Would you love me???"

"Love brings joy???"

"..."

Although this video wasn’t as direct as ’Victory Belongs to Us,’ it had a magical power that sucked you in. After watching it, all stray thoughts were gone, and everything forgotten.

Only the enchanting figures of the three men in long johns remained.

Li Zheng also added this video to his favorites.

Lin Yujing even hummed the tune with relish, "Hmm hmm~~hmm~hmm~hmm~hmm~hmm hmm??"

Amid their amazement, Jiang Qinghua sadly put away his phone and said to Xu Mengxi, "The rest, you’ll have to figure out on your own."

He sighed with a bitter smile after speaking.

"Without experiencing greed, anger, and foolishness, how can one understand detachment?"

Xu Mengxi was completely stunned.

What exactly had this person been through?

Speaking of which, his hairline has been receding a lot lately.

"Excuse me..." Liu Xin asked after saving the video, "The distractions you mentioned, are they really just about the chemistry competition?"

"You’re everywhere!" Qiao Bixia grabbed him, "Come shoot a couple of baskets with me."

"Hmm..." Lin Yujing also gently patted Xu Mengxi’s back to comfort her, but she couldn’t stop humming, "Hmm hmm~hmm~hmm~hmm~hmm hmm??"

"About this." Li Zheng finally came up with a more realistic solution, "Teacher Mengxi, although my grades are average, I have thoroughly researched reference books and practice sets for all subjects. If possible, I’d like to see your report card and test papers to recommend some books for you."

"I’m really okay..." Xu Mengxi was almost amused to death by this group of people.

"Hmm!" Lin Yujing pushed her again.

Jiang Qinghua also said, "You must trust Li Zheng in this regard. He may not be the best at studying, but he’s certainly the most thorough in researching study materials."

Pushed and prodded by everyone, Xu Mengxi had no choice but to take out her exam paper and report card.

Jiang Qinghua and Lin Yujing, also tactfully went to play basketball with Qiao Bixia and the others, too embarrassed to peep at her grades.

Xu Mengxi clutched her report card, sitting next to Li Zheng...

She really didn’t have the heart to show it.

The highly emotionally intelligent Li Zheng, of course, noticed her distress, so he too picked up his schoolbag, took out his own report card, the one from the monthly exam, and cheerfully handed it over.

"It can’t be worse than mine," he said.

"Err..." Xu Mengxi grudgingly made the exchange.

Li Zheng took the paper, gave it a shake, and then carefully smoothed it out, not tolerating a single crease.

This was an essential ritual for reviewing a report card.

[Name: Xu Mengxi]

[Student ID: 20160108]

[Chinese: 120, Ranked 12]

[Mathematics: 88, Ranked 131]

[English: 129, Ranked 8]

[Physics: 91 (110), Ranked 78]

[Chemistry: 96 (100), Ranked 1]

[Biology: 77 (90), Ranked 30]

[Total: 601, Grade Ranking 21, Class Ranking 19]

Li Zheng, looking at Xu Mengxi’s grades, muttered to himself.

So even Teacher Mengxi has weak subjects.

Because in senior year they had already started using a comprehensive science exam worth 300 points in total, the total points for Physics, Chemistry, and Biology were no longer 100 each.

As for the specific scores, they varied from province to province and were adjusted every year,

Just in terms of this test paper, a score of 91 in Physics was not high, and 77 in Biology was not low.

But a Mathematics score of 88 was definitely an issue.

Next to him, Xu Mengxi, looking at Li Zheng’s score sheet, also exclaimed, "Are you kidding me with your Chemistry? 57 points, ranked 176?"

Li Zheng said with a smile, "Yeah, Chemistry is really bad, but with the right teacher, you can still work hard to reach competition level."

"Wait a second..." Xu Mengxi finally realized, "Is this your score from the previous monthly exam?"

"Yep," Li Zheng replied, scratching his head and grinning sheepishly, "Just showing you how bad it was for me, trying to cheer you up."

"Damn!" Xu Mengxi, huffing, reached out her hand, "I want to see the midterms."

"Oh, come on..."

"But you saw my midterm results!" Xu Mengxi snatched her report card back and hid it in her schoolbag, "You did that on purpose, always talking about teacher this, teacher that, I’m disowning you as my mentor!"

"Alright..." Li Zheng shook his head, resigned to showing his midterm report card, "Brace yourself."

"Hmph," Xu Mengxi started to look with annoyance.

Her expression visibly changed, her mouth gradually widening.

Mathematics 131, ranked fifth in the grade...

English 148, ranked first in the grade...

Physics 96, ranked second in the grade...

Chemistry 100, ranked first in the grade...

Total: 679, ranked second in the grade...

This... this...

Without a demon like Lin Yujing,

He’d definitely be first in the grade.

The best score she ever got was just 640 in total.

Xu Mengxi’s expression grew increasingly out of control.

Her mouth was practically melting.

She wanted to cry.

Being hit by Lin Yujing was bad enough.

Why did you have to do the same thing?

It’s so tough...

It’s too tough for me...