Study Monster Cultivation System

Chapter 106: Day 106 of the Decisive Battle

"I... I’m not going to hang out with you guys anymore…" Xu Mengxi put down her report card, curled up and buried her head, increasingly feeling what Jiang Qinghua had experienced.

We were just playing basketball together.

How come you all scored in the six to seven hundreds…

"No more fooling around," Li Zheng raised his hand, "Can you let me see your math and physics papers?"

"They’re really bad…" Xu Mengxi mumbled with her head down.

"I told you, your problems are my problems."

"Alright, alright… please stop saying that…" Xu Mengxi felt drained and reluctantly handed over her papers to Li Zheng.

Li Zheng quickly glanced through and made a judgement about Xu Mengxi’s academic performance.

First was math, where she lost many points on basic questions that she clearly knew how to solve, but made various careless mistakes along the way.

Looking at the intermediate problems, her approach was somewhat chaotic, as if she was just chancing upon answers.

As for the advanced questions, she basically jotted down a few formulas randomly—grasping any point she could get.

Overall, in a good state, doing normal, she could have scored at least 110 points.

This paper, if he had done it himself, would probably only score up to 130 points, still quite challenging.

The situation in physics was not much different from math.

Li Zheng then came up with an idea and started to search through his own library on his phone.

Xu Mengxi was basically stuck at the intermediate question bottleneck, needing a deeper review of the concepts and then enhancing it with intensive problems.

The appropriate review material was now clear—

"First master ’High School Mathematics Constructive Problem Solving Thinking Skills’, and if you have energy left, use ’Higher and Faster High School Math Second Round Review’ for advancement, you need to organize thoroughly, you can put off doing problems,"

"As for physics, if you have more time, delve into ’Secondary School Physics Thinking Methods Series’, which includes 13 books. Although numerous, they vary from high to low, simple to complex, and are very addictive to read. If you’re short on time, go for ’High School Physics Ideas, Methods, Refinement, and Expansion’."

"Physics, unlike mathematics, does not entertain these tricky cunning tactics; understand the concepts thoroughly and naturally achieve high scores."

"I’ve sent you the purchase links for these books, Brother Dong’s place usually ships faster."

Li Zheng rambled on before realizing that Xu Mengxi had no reaction.

He turned around.

She was stupefied.

Or rather, spellbound.

Xu Mengxi herself hadn’t expected this.

Recommendation of textbooks, had bizarrely come off as seductive.

Was it Li Zheng who was ill or herself?

"Ahem." Li Zheng awkwardly put away his phone, looking toward a few teammates shooting baskets, "Delaying your study really is my fault, you have no idea how guilty I feel, I just wish… wish… I could give you some of my points."

"Pff…" Xu Mengxi, who had just been charmed by a strange allure, burst out laughing at this moment.

She picked up her phone and managed to say, "I haven’t really seen these books before… Does Brother Dong have them all?"

"Right, look at my memory." Li Zheng was startled, slapped his head, and pulled out his phone again, "The chemistry notes you gave me are priceless, and yet I still asked you to buy them yourself."

No sooner had he spoken than he swiftly placed the order, then turned to ask, "Address?"

Xu Mengxi was breathless again.

It seemed something was stirred.

What, what is this…

I’ve heard of giving money, cars, houses.

But giving practice problems?

She was unwilling, even angry, "I’ll buy it myself."

"Ha, no chance," Li Zheng chuckled, quickly typing in his password, "I asked Brother Dong to deliver to the school, I’ll pick them up tomorrow morning for you."

"I don’t want them, cancel the order," Xu Mengxi grabbed Li Zheng’s arm, annoyed, "How much are they? I’ll pay you."

"I’m giving you the textbooks, what does it have to do with you?" Li Zheng put away his phone, smiling confidently.

Xu Mengxi had completely given up.

What is this?

Despotic quiz king?

Forcibly stuffing you with problems, are you scared?

"Ah... really…" Xu Mengxi was utterly defeated, mumbling to herself in resignation.

"You guys have a competition this weekend, times when you really need to focus, why bother worrying about me..."

"Yeah… It’s all because I’m too far behind… distracting you guys…"

"Give me one more textbook and I’ll beat you up!"

After scolding, Xu Mengxi buried her head deep, not daring to look at Li Zheng.

There’s nothing to be distracted about.

Studying, studying, just focus on studying.

Even if I have to be distracted…

After the exams… we’ll talk…

Yes!

I don’t want to think about it anymore.

Finals... I definitely won’t score this poorly again...

Li Zheng looked at Xu Mengxi’s clenched little fists, feeling very gratified.

Suddenly, something strange appeared.

[?Succubus Challenge?]

[Successful Summon: Xu Mengxi]

[Challenge Progress: 6/50]

This was...

Even more gratifying.

Who would have thought, simply by following one’s heart, you could inspire classmates to study.

Deliberately researching marketing techniques and Tai Chi training, however, yielded little effect.

Li Zheng gained a bit of insight from this.

It turns out, by simply being oneself, you can naturally inspire others. Those so-called tactics are actually superfluous and crude.

Unfortunately, now was not the time to be distracted.

After the Chem Competitions, there would be plenty of time to be oneself.

...

In the week that followed, after the basketball game, Li Zheng once again became a popular figure, and even the number of love letters he received daily saw a modest increase.

Li Zheng had never thought that in this day and age, being good at studies could also bring in love letters.

Are there really faces as beautiful as jade in the books?

Altogether, the number of love letters received during this period had already exceeded a hundred.

Of course, some people had written several letters, using this as a daily journal; Li Zheng had no energy to keep track and simply collected them all in a cardboard box.

The reason he didn’t use them as draft paper was mainly that among these people, perhaps many could be influenced to study the way of magic. It wouldn’t be too late to inspire them one by one after the competitions.

Speaking of competitions, communication between Li Zheng and Old Demon Sun had become even more frequent, convening for a half-hour WeChat tutorial almost every night.

Sun Leyang was initially resistant, but upon sensing Li Zheng’s terrifying rate of progress, he was immediately stimulated to participate actively. Although he mainly provided guidance on the big picture, he also offered some tips for tackling difficult points, especially in the experimental problems, owning a uniquely sneaky approach to cracking competition questions.

These competition-specific techniques were, indeed, hard to find in textbooks. Li Zheng truly appreciated the power and cunning of a great teacher.

...

November 10, Saturday.

For most people.

One thing mattered most on this day.

Loading items into the shopping cart.

Buying at midnight.

Assembling shopping squads to earn points.

But for a select few, they had long forgotten what Double Eleven was.

To them, this day had only one meaning—

The 32nd National Chemistry Olympiad Preliminary Round.

They carried pencil cases and calculators, rushing to the examination venues.

Three years of preparation, for a three-hour battle.

The day had finally arrived.

As in previous years, the preliminary rounds were hosted by the Provincial Chemical Societies, with the same exam nationwide.

The Chinese Chemical Society would allocate the number of first, second, and third provincial prizes based on previous years’ results.

The Provincial Chemical Societies would then strictly award these based on scoring ranks, announcing the winners within two to seven days.

Among these, the top few scorers would be gathered to join the provincial team’s training, selecting the best dozen to compete in the national finals.

Li Zheng didn’t quite dare think about the national finals yet.

A provincial first place would be sufficient for him.

Even though he said this, the meaning of this day had already transcended competition for prizes.

This was the day he challenged excellence from mediocrity for the first time in his life.

With an enormous effort, he strived to close in on and surpass that genius benchmark.

Then to buy discounted textbooks on Double Eleven.

Stop, that’s for later.

Anyway.

At this moment.

Li Zheng had covered knowledge points several times the scope of the preliminary round.

The practice problems he had slain were more than tenfold.

Standing in front of the final boss of the Chem Competitions.

All he had to say was,

"You are already dead."