Study Monster Cultivation System - Chapter 15
Chapter 15: Ching
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Li Zheng did not show any emotion. He silently laid the result slip flat on his table. He did not say a word throughout the process.
Liu Yue became uninterested and went to mock the other students with the result slips in hand.
At his seat, Li Zheng scrutinized his result slip and slipped into deep thought.
“Name: Li Zheng.
“Student Number: 20170423.
“Language: 91 points, rank 134.
“Without a doubt, I’ve failed to perform up to standard here. I usually place in the top 60 no matter how badly I do.
“Mathematics: 117 points, rank 13.
“I’ve done exceptionally well for this monthly exam compared to the year-end exam last semester. I was ranked 30 for mathematics for that exam.
“I did not expect to be ranked so highly even with such a score. It looks like the monthly exam for mathematics was especially difficult this time.
“English: 114 points, rank 39.
“That’s normal. I can’t comment on that.”
Li Zheng then looked at the subjects Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. These subjects had not been combined to form a general science module but were all scored out of 100 points.
“Physics: 92 points, rank 9.
“I’ve maintained my rank and even made a slight improvement. Not bad.
“Chemistry: 57 points, rank 176.
“F***.
“I didn’t pass.
“I dropped over 60 places in the rankings.”
Indeed, Li Zheng had been unsure of the topics of thermal effect and electrolysis that had been the focus of this semester. It had already been difficult for him to memorize the content taught, so he would be immediately stumped if there were variations to the questions tested.
With the rankings displayed before his eyes, Li Zheng would have started his battle against chemistry even if he had not had the system.
He read on, “Next…
“Biology: 82 points, rank 32.
“That’s my standard score.
“Total: 552 points, level rank 51, class rank 3.”
“It’s obvious,” he thought.
“This is a humiliating score. This is a ranking that I cannot be proud of.
“I even lost my position as second in class.
“Jiang Qinghua is always busy with organizing activities and playing basketball. He has much less time for his studies than I have.
“However, he has surpassed me.
“I have to work doubly hard.
“No, I have to work 28 times as hard.”
Li Zheng silently opened his pencil case and stuffed his result slip into a transparent folder.
This way, he would be able to see his humiliating grades every time he used his pencil case.
Suddenly, an irksome voice rang out from beside him.
“Hm?”
Lin Yujing had returned with her rocket-shaped water bottle. She was stretching her neck and looking at Li Zheng’s grades in his pencil case.
Li Zheng’s face turned red. He zipped his pencil case in a hurry.
“Damn it,” he thought.
“She’s the only person I do not want to see my results.”
“Tsk.” Lin Yujing turned her head and pulled out her result slip.
The result slip landed perfectly onto the table before Li Zheng’s eyes as if Lin Yujing had intentionally placed it there.
Li Zheng’s eyes were polluted with the information even though he did not want to look at the result slip.
“Name: Lin Yujing
“Student Number: 20170101
“Language: 139 points, rank 1
“Mathematics: 147 points, rank 1
“English: 142 points, rank 1
“Physics: 99 points, rank 1
“Chemistry: 100 points, rank 1
“Biology: 94 points, rank 1
“Total: 721 points, level rank 1, class rank 1”
“Damn it…” Li Zheng thought.
“That’s too… too… too…
“Too bloody gorgeous.
“So gorgeous that it’s comforting.
“And that blindingly perfect score for Chemistry.
“Those confusing equations and reaction conditions. Just how does she do it?
“She must be God. Are hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, and boron her relatives?
“And that total score of over 700 points.
“She’s miles ahead of the rest.
“It causes despair.
Lin Yujing waited for a long time before she reached out her hand to gently pick up her result slip.
She waved it in front of Li Zheng.
She finally left in a good mood after she finished appreciating the scene.
Li Zheng looked at Lin Yujing in a daze. His expression was a little unsightly.
“F***,” he thought.
“We weren’t competing.
“We did not have any problems for the whole of the first year.
“Why has she suddenly become so irksome?”
Lin Yujing returned to her seat with her water bottle in hand. She carefully opened a slit in the windows and gently adjusted her shirt before she sat down comfortably. She opened the cap of her bottle that was shaped like the tip of a rocket and placed it on the table, then calmly poured herself a cup of warm water.
A slow morning breeze blew into the room. The morning light caressed her body.
She finally regained the arrogant demeanor she had always had in the past.
It was as though she had found herself once again.
She picked up the rocket’s nose cone and slowly brought it to her lips. However, she seemed as though she suddenly recalled something. She turned her body and looked at the indignant Li Zheng, then gently raised her hand and drew the numbers “5” and “1” in the air with her index finger. Finally, she smiled as she toasted, “Ching…
“Ahhhhhh…”
Li Zheng wanted to vomit.
“Also, what does ‘Ching’ mean? How did she make such a sound?” he thought.
“Did she swallow the first five elements of the periodic table?
“That’s not important. What’s important is that I feel like beating her up.
“Come to the basketball court if you have the guts!”
Fortunately, a greasy, hairy figure quickly suppressed Li Zheng’s gag reflex.
“Oh my, I didn’t expect this.” Liu Xin sat firmly at his seat. He had a smile on his face as he picked up his result slip and waved it in front of Li Zheng, “Brother Li, I’ve improved.”
Li Zheng scratched his head.
“Am I so off my game that even Liu Xin is showing off in front of me?” he thought.
Liu Xin was blunt. He showed his result slip directly to Li Zheng, “Give me your opinion, Brother Li.”
“Name: Liu Xin
“Student Number: 20170444
“Language: 52 points, rank 263
“Mathematics: 37 points, rank 264
“English: 49 points, rank 263
“Physics: 22 points, rank 264
“Chemistry: 3 points, rank 264
“Biology: 48 points, rank 258
“Total: 211 points, level rank 263, class rank 44”
“Look at how auspicious his student number is,” Li Zheng thought.
“His competition with the person ranked 264 sure is intense.
“I have to admit that looking from the perspective of the class average, Liu Xin’s existence completely erases the advantage Lin Yujing brings us.
“As Mrs. Hu’s greatest worry, it had not been easy for him to have advanced to the second year.
“It’s unfortunate.” Liu Xin licked his lips. He was a little proud. “If not for the fact that Chemistry was so difficult, I would have been placed one rank higher.”
“Don’t show off that expression. Mrs. Hu would be sick again if she saw it,” Li Zheng said in a hurry, “Lower your head, feel more dispirited.”
“What’s there to be dispirited about? I improved my ranking by one.”
“That’s not the case. That person ranked last seems to have missed a few exams.”
Liu Xin waved his hand, “I don’t care. At least I can sit in my seat for a longer time than him. That’s also a component of skill.”
“Alright,” Li Zheng thought.
“I guess this attitude is worthy of learning.”
Li Zheng readjusted his emotions. He vowed not to look at Lin Yujing.
“Forget it, I’ll steal another glance,” he thought.
“Hm? She’s moving around a bunch of pens on her table.
“Why is she doing that?
“Must she conduct a sacrificial ritual to the God of Examinations and Literary Affairs after she scored first?”
Soon, Lin Yujing created an image by using pens like matchsticks. It was the number…
51.
She turned her head with satisfaction, then squinted and let out a deplorable laugh, “Ching…”
“Damn it, I shouldn’t have looked!” Li Zheng thought.
Ring…
Hu Chunmei charged through the door at the exact moment the bell rang. She walked toward the podium and slammed her teaching materials down on the table.
Bam! Wham! Boom!
What followed was a murderous look.
She scanned the entire class with eyes like lasers and left no one alive.
She had started to feel a little better after what happened yesterday, but then she began to feel irritable again after she saw all of the results for the monthly exams.
“How should I teach you?
“Tell me, how should I teach you?
“At the end of last semester, I said that you guys were slightly below average and could improve with a little effort.
“You guys sure did not disappoint me.
“You ranked the last among the science classes!
“Your average score is 3.7 points lower than the second-last class.
“Have you been sent by the heavens to anger me to death?
“A leopard never changes its spots, you guys are hopeless…
“No, no, the teaching committee doesn’t allow such words anymore.
“I have to relax…”
She put her hand on her chest. Her breathing gradually became heavy.
Finally, she pulled out a chair and sat down.
Her tone slowly became weaker.
“The parent-teacher meetings will be conducted soon. You guys have it good, but how do you expect me to answer to your parents?”
She could not continue her scolding. She could only let out a sigh.
The students had been used to her harsh scoldings.
However, her sigh pained many students.
“Mrs. Hu… I am putting in the effort…” Liu Xin lowered his head as he said.
“You… you… you…” Hu Chunmei pointed at him. Her index finger trembled for a long while, but she ultimately could not find words to say, “I don’t care about you anymore. Do whatever you want.”
Hu Chunmei suddenly noticed something amidst the mournful atmosphere.
There were many books piled around the ground, as well as the table, beside Liu Xin.
It looked like a large dam. She could not see the person sitting behind the books.
