Half a Year

Chapter 21 Half a Year

During his month-long winter break, Ling Tianyu's activities revolved around three main themes: meditating at home, helping Mu Ningxue with proper health care at the park (serious health care), hunting demons with the city's demon-hunting team, and visiting Xinxia when he had time—a fulfilling and meaningful experience.

During her winter break, Mu Ningxue would set aside time each day to meet secretly with Ling Tianyu, ostensibly to "recover her health," but the real reason...

Anyway, by the end of the winter break, Mu Ningxue had gotten used to Ling Tianyu's hugging and cuddling, so this was a good start.

Xinxia is preparing for the magic entrance exam. Mingwen Girls' Middle School has merged its junior and senior high school levels. Apart from girls from wealthy families, only those with excellent grades like Xinxia can be admitted. Therefore, the pressure of competition for her is unimaginable.

In this large city, the frequency of demons appearing is not low. During the entire winter vacation, the demon hunting team only dealt with seven giant-eyed blood rats and three one-eyed demon wolves. During the hunt, Ling Tianyu's sharp reactions, calm attitude, and skillful magic star trails completely won over all the members of the demon hunting team. Now, even Cai Tang, who had never liked Ling Tianyu, had come to regard him as her partner from the bottom of her heart.

Combat does indeed help increase stardust; in just one month, Ling Tianyu's curse system has already shown signs of a breakthrough.

Unfortunately, since breaking through to the servant level, his body's efficiency in absorbing blood energy has significantly decreased. The combined blood energy of the three servant demons was not even enough to allow him to break through to the middle servant level, with most of it being wasted and dissipated into the outside world.

Currently, it seems that to improve physical fitness, one should not blindly pursue qi and blood, but also need sufficient personal conditions.

In fact, Ling Tianyu had tried other methods, such as doing some push-ups, running, sit-ups, and other common exercises before absorbing the power of qi and blood. These methods had some effect, but they were far from meeting his expectations.

After the winter break, Mu Ningxue returned to the Imperial Capital Academy, and Tianlan Magic High School also started a new semester.

Stepping into the school gate, Ling Tianyu felt as if he had entered another world. He spent his days cultivating in the park and his nights hunting demons with the demon-hunting team. Bloody scenes were commonplace for him. Although his mental will was strong, it still inevitably affected him. It took him a long time to recover psychologically.

Looking at the youthful faces of my peers, I felt a moment of disorientation. Now that I think about it, I realize that I have already surpassed most of my peers. Even someone like Ai Jiangtu, who comes from a military family, probably couldn't have achieved this level at his age.

"Brother Yu!" Zhang Xiaohou grinned and ran to Ling Tianyu.

"Hey monkey, how was your winter break? How many stars did you catch?"

"Don't even mention it!" Zhang Xiaohou said with a bitter expression, scratching his head. "I barely managed to control the fourth wind-element star a few days ago. The control of these stars gets harder and harder as you go on. I don't even know if I'll be able to cast spells during the final exam!"

"Four? That's impressive, Monkey!" Ling Tianyu exclaimed in surprise.

"Brother Yu, I always feel that there is a different kind of aura about you, but I can't quite put my finger on it..." Zhang Xiaohou said after hesitating for a moment, guessing that he was sensing the sharp aura he had accumulated from hunting demons during the winter break.

The two chatted as they walked toward the classroom, amidst the constant chatter of classmates.

"Hey, have you heard? Xu Zhaoting has already mastered five stars!" The pretty girl with glasses said to the slightly chubby girl next to her.

"No wonder he's one in a thousand lightning mage! But I heard that Mu Bai from the next class also seems to have mastered five stars!" the slightly chubby girl replied.

"I really don't know how they cultivate!" the bespectacled girl exclaimed. "I've only managed to control three stars!"

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When the two arrived at the classroom, they found Mu Bai surrounded by his male and female classmates, with Zhao Kunsan chattering incessantly beside him, perfectly embodying the term "lackey".

"Brother Fan!" Zhang Xiaohou's eyes lit up as he keenly noticed Mo Fan sitting in the back row by the window.

"Tianyu, monkey!" Mo Fan felt out of place among the group of students who looked like lackeys in front of him, and could only idly ponder his future cultivation plan.

In the class, only Ling Tianyu and Zhang Xiaohou were on the same wavelength as him.

Upon seeing the two arrive, Mo Fan beamed with pride, clearly ready to start showing off.

"Brother Fan, your fire element..." Zhang Xiaohou was genuinely worried about Mo Fan's cultivation progress. Since the winter break, Mo Fan's mastery of fire element had stagnated, and his grades were the worst in the class.

Ling Tianyu understood the reason; it was because he had chosen the concubine with the thunder element first.

"Monkey, just wait and see how your brother Fan dominates the final exams!" Mo Fan said with a disdainful smirk.

"Judging by that smirk you're practically curling to the sky, you haven't even budged your fire magic, yet you can unleash lightning magic?"

"Hehe, I knew I couldn't hide it from you! Let me tell you, the power of that lightning seal is simply incredible!"

Suddenly, Mo Fan's expression froze as he looked towards the door, and the classroom instantly became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Ling Tianyu was puzzled at first, then a voice that could bewitch all living beings rang out.

"Good morning, students. Your magic practice teacher is sick and resting at home. Starting today, I will be teaching you magic practice classes. My name is Tang Yue!"

"Tang Yue, that beautiful judge?" Ling Tianyu thought of the original plot. It seemed that she was hiding her identity and working as a magic high school teacher during this period. Her age was probably equivalent to that of a recent college graduate.

I just don't know if she has a teacher's certificate.

Teacher Tang Yue was dressed in a formal business suit. The black blazer and the white shirt that was faintly visible underneath accentuated her stunning figure. She exuded a mature and alluring aura. Her foxy eyes and mature figure made all the boys in the class stare in disbelief, while the girls couldn't help but feel a little envious.

Ling Tianyu was indeed slightly amazed. In terms of looks alone, Tang Yue was definitely not inferior to anyone. However, he did not lose his composure like the others. Was it that the cute and adorable Ye Xinxia was no longer pretty? Or that Mu Ningxue was no longer appealing?

However, the other hot-blooded teenagers in high school couldn't resist such temptation, and the thought involuntarily crossed their minds: "When will the buttons on her blouse pop open?"

"Bang! Bang!" Teacher Tang Yue patted the blackboard, her serious attitude waking up the boys who looked like idiots and starting her lecture. However, she couldn't help but notice the boy sitting in the middle of the back row.

Her charm is so irresistible that even women might find it hard to resist. Surprisingly, there are male classmates here who can remain almost completely unfazed in front of her.

A faint sense of curiosity welled up in Tang Yue's heart.

"Since everyone has only awakened their magic six months ago, none of you have been able to cast spells yet, but I hope that you all..."

Surprised as I was, Ms. Tang Yue was indeed very dedicated and responsible. She made the knowledge points in class interesting and engaging, and the students were very "engaged" in the class.

"Alright, students, follow me to the playground, and I'll show you the true power of magic!" Tang Yue said with a smile and gentle demeanor.

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