Spirit Plant Masters Sweep Across the Beast Taming Interstellar Space

Chapter 89 Who Can Be Called a Genius? [Two-in-One]

During this short month, Jiang Yan was not idle. He asked his family for a lot of resources and piled them on his porcupine.

He and the porcupine spent almost every day in the spirit chamber.

Of course, his family wasn't so wealthy as to build a separate wind-elemental energy room for Da Liu like Ge Bai did.

They chose a public spiritual energy room without any distinction in spiritual energy attributes, which is also significantly helpful in improving the spiritual energy of their pets.

Therefore, Jiang Yan, who could be considered to be in seclusion, did not have much contact with outside information.

He had no idea how many times Ge Bai had trended on social media, nor how popular Ge Bai was in the spirit plant master circle and the Jinggang City Arena circle.

All he knew was that he had worked himself to the bone to raise the porcupine beast from level 1 of the Mortal Spirit Realm to level 5 of the Mortal Spirit Realm.

To be honest, this score is already considered excellent among normal junior high school students.

It would take most people at least three months to reach this level.

Feeling confident in himself, Jiang Yan sought out Ge Bai, hoping to get revenge before graduation.

Upon hearing Jiang Yan's words, Ge Bai paused, turned around to look at him, and He Leyao also looked surprised.

"Jiang Yan, have you contracted a second pet beast, or have you raised the porcupine to the transcendent realm?"

He Leyao frowned and asked Jiang Yan. Since Ge Bai left the school, Jiang Yan also took leave the next day, so she really didn't know much about Jiang Yan's situation. She asked very sincerely.

"What?"

When Jiang Yan heard He Leyao ask this question, he thought she was mocking him, so he chuckled coldly, ignored He Leyao, and spoke directly to Ge Bai.

"My porcupine beast has already reached level 5 of the Mortal Spirit Realm. Ge Bai, I was careless last time, let's fight again today."

As he spoke, Jiang Yan drew a summoning circle and called out his porcupine beast. The porcupine beast, which appeared in miniature form, did look more energetic than before, and the spikes on its body had evolved into black and white patterns.

Ge Bai glanced at the porcupine, and was about to use his spiritual communication system to check the porcupine's attributes when he remembered that the system was upgrading.

It's really inconvenient. She didn't think the Shennong system was that useful before, but now that she can't use it at all, she realizes how uncomfortable it is.

While reflecting on whether he had been too harsh on the Shennong System, Ge Bai took out the mobile terminal that the Spirit Plant Research Institute had upgraded for him and subtly began scanning the porcupine beast.

[Race: Porcupine (Overlord Level)]

[Spiritual Power: Mortal Spirit Realm Level 5 (12/500)]

[Attribute: Earth]

[Skill: Porcupine Charge - Beginner]

[Skill: Tail Arrow Needle - Beginner]

The pet information scanned by the mobile terminal is obviously not as detailed as that seen in the Shennong system, but it is sufficient.

Upon seeing this data, Ge Bai barely managed to suppress the urge to roll his eyes.

She thought Jiang Yan would have some kind of extraordinary encounter that would bring her some surprises, but unexpectedly, it was all so ordinary.

Shaking his head, Ge Bai pulled He Leyao into the examination room.

"Ge Bai, are you scared? If you're scared, you can admit defeat."

Jiang Yan had no intention of letting her go. Seeing Ge Bai turn and leave, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth and shout.

He Leyao couldn't stand it anymore. Had Jiang Yan just come out of the deep mountains and lost his internet connection?

She was about to retort when Ge Bai grabbed her arm.

"Okay, I'll call you after the exam."

Ge Bai was too lazy to waste words with Jiang Yan, but there were less than ten minutes left before the exam started, so he decided to finish the graduation exam first.

Having received an affirmative reply, Jiang Yan chuckled twice and turned to leave.

A boy standing next to Jiang Yan looked worried.

Jiang Yan went into seclusion and disconnected from the internet, but he didn't disconnect.

Today, as soon as Jiang Yan arrived at the school, he dragged him here without saying a word. He didn't know what to do, but he saw Jiang Yan provoking Ge Bai.

Although he believed his good friend was no less capable, it seemed that Ge Bai was gaining more attention lately.

Following Jiang Yan upstairs to their exam room, he thought for a moment and then cautiously asked Jiang Yan.

"Brother Jiang, can you defeat a level 1 or 2 Transcendent Realm pet?"

Jiang Yan wasn't thinking about the exam at all; he was only thinking about how to command the porcupine to beat up the ancient willow tree and get revenge.

He was clearly taken aback by the question. This was the second time he had heard the term "transcendent realm" in just a few minutes. He Leyao was one, and so was his friend.

"What's going on? Why are you all talking about the transcendent realm?"

Jiang Yan looked confused.

"Of course we can't beat them. We've only been contracting pets for less than a month, how could we possibly reach the Transcendent Realm? It'll be at least next year."

When Jiang Yan said this, he was confident and self-assured. Even if he reached the Transcendent Realm in his first year of high school next year, he would still be considered one of the best among his peers.

Hearing Jiang Yan say this, the boy pursed his lips, looked at Jiang Yan with a meaningful expression, swallowed hard, and spoke dryly.

"Then Brother Jiang, don't go looking for Ge Bai later. Her spiritual plants can defeat Transcendent Realm pets, and she even knocked down several of them."

Jiang Yan stood there, stunned.

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The graduation exam wasn't difficult, and He Leyao answered it with ease, let alone Ge Bai.

Ge Bai, who originally intended to hand in his paper early, glanced at He Leyao, who was still writing furiously in the same examination room, and decided to sit quietly in the examination room and wait for her for a while.

The chances of meeting again will become fewer and fewer. If she leaves first today, He Leyao will definitely come looking for her and complain afterwards.

When the exam ended, Ge Bai and the others left the examination hall together.

"Sigh, it's only now that I realize my junior high school life is really over."

He Leyao began to sigh as soon as she left the examination room.

"There are still high school recruitment exams to take place, aren't you going to prepare properly?"

Ge Bai ruthlessly pulled He Leyao back to reality.

"My school admission process is simple; I just go to whichever public high school I can get into, since my parents will pay for the tuition anyway."

He Leyao is very carefree and doesn't take things seriously.

"By the way, Ge Bai, how's your preparation for the Beijing-Hong Kong No. 1 High School recruitment going? Judging from your performance in the preliminary rounds, you've got it in the bag, right?"

Ge Bai shook his head.

"It's hard to say."

As the two were talking, Ge Bai's mobile terminal rang.

"Hello, Ge Bai. This is Ms. Wu from the Special Admissions Office of Beijing-Hong Kong No.1 Middle School. Your application materials have been approved. Please come to classroom 207 on the second floor of Building 1 at Beijing-Hong Kong No.1 Middle School this afternoon for on-site confirmation. Do you have any questions?"

The teacher from the special admissions class of Beijing-Hong Kong No.1 Middle School got straight to the point, probably having recited this standardized speech countless times, and it was very fluent.

"no problem."

After thinking about it, Ge Bai realized that although it conflicted with the preliminary rounds of the arena competition, it didn't matter much. Clearly, the special recruitment by Beijing-Hong Kong No. 1 Middle School was more important.

"Okay, get ready. This year's special recruitment exam is earlier than in previous years, and the exam is expected to start tomorrow."

Seeing that Ge Bai agreed so readily, Teacher Wu kindly reminded him that she was also looking forward to seeing what kind of surprise this recently popular young genius plant master would bring them.

"Confirmation this afternoon? Exam tomorrow?"

He Leyao was standing right next to Ge Bai. When Ge Bai answered the phone, he didn't hide it from her, so she heard everything clearly.

"Oh dear, I was thinking of asking you to go shopping this afternoon, but that's not going to happen now. You should go back and rest, and get ready."

He Leyao was very good at distinguishing between what was important and what was urgent, and she was thinking about Ge Bai's best interests. When she saw that Ge Bai really had something important to do, she quickly urged her to go back.

Ge Bai nodded obediently, "Okay, then let's get together another day."

The two walked towards the door together, neither of them remembering Jiang Yan's challenge.

The camera pans to the examination room where Jiang Yan is located.

After the exam, the candidates filed out, but Jiang Yan remained seated.

The proctor came over, but seeing that he had already put away his stationery and hadn't exceeded the time limit for answering the questions, he didn't say anything and started collecting the papers on his own.

After most of the examinees had left, Jiang Yan slowly moved to the podium, smiling broadly at the proctor, and expertly put on the act of a good student.

"Teacher Qin, let me help you count the exam papers and draft paper."

The proctor had taught Jiang Yan's class before, and seeing that he was willing to help, he was naturally happy to agree.

Jiang Yan then naturally stayed in the examination room to continue dawdling.

Hopefully, Ge Bai will have left by now.

As Jiang Yan slowly counted the draft papers, he prayed silently in his heart.

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"Ms. Ge Bai, are you sure you don't want to come to the preliminary round today? It will have a significant impact on your ranking."

The staff at the Beijing-Hong Kong City preliminary rounds received a call from Ge Bai. Upon learning that she might temporarily withdraw from the preliminary rounds, they sincerely offered her a reminder.

According to the rules of the preliminary rounds, contestants can notify the organizers at any time to suspend the competition.

In this way, the organizers will not include this player in the random match list for that day.

Although the organizers will not reset the rankings of players who have suspended their matches, there are new players and new records every day.

Players who don't consistently participate in competitions will see their rankings plummet.

Ge Bai is currently ranked in the nineties in the preliminary rounds. If he doesn't participate in the competition for one or two days at most, he will definitely fall out of the preliminary rounds qualifying list.

"Yes, the preliminary rounds conflicted with my special admissions exam for high school."

There was nothing to hide, Ge Bai calmly explained the real reason.

Upon hearing this explanation, the person on the other end of the phone was visibly taken aback.

The staff then realized that the contestant he had addressed as "lady" was excessively young.

"Okay, if you have time to continue participating in the preliminary rounds, please feel free to call us at any time."

The staff did their best to provide reminders, since only a few spiritual plant masters can stand out from the preliminary rounds each year.

"The preliminary rounds of the Beijing-Hong Kong City Tournament will end in 5 days. We suggest you make time to come and participate in the competition on the last day."

This reminder is already very sincere; who knows, Ge Bai might actually be able to make it back into the final list on the last day of the preliminary rounds.

"Okay, thank you, I'll do my best to arrange it."

Ge Bai took these reminders to heart. If there was enough time, it wouldn't be a bad thing to try and get a spot in the arena competition.

The sparring sessions at the martial arts school have all ended, and the preliminary rounds for the ring competition have been temporarily put aside.

Standing at the entrance of Beijing-Hong Kong No. 1 Middle School, Ge Bai looked relaxed.

She had longed for and meticulously planned for this special recruitment for many years.

I'm finally standing here.

Looking up at the gate of Beijing-Hong Kong No. 1 Middle School, Ge Baifa stared blankly for a while.

"Gebai".

Suddenly, she was called back by a cheerful female voice behind her.

She turned around in confusion to see a little girl waving at her and walking towards her, a girl she didn't recognize.

"You must be Ge Bai. I recognized you from behind."

The little girl was very outgoing; she skipped and hopped over to Ge Bai and stood beside her, smiling as she spoke to her.

"You don't know me, but I know you. I even went to the preliminary rounds of the ring tournament to watch your match."

The little girl's smiling face made it impossible for Ge Bai to feel any disgust.

"Hello, I am Ge Bai."

Ge Bai smiled and responded politely.

"Oh, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Fang Miaowen. I'm here today to confirm my special admission. We'll be classmates from now on."

This little girl was Fang Miaowen, who was holding the big polar bear in the stands during the match that day.

"Ran Caijiao is my cousin. She's been talking about you a lot lately, saying she's planning to invite you to Hengran Martial Arts Gym for another match."

Upon hearing the young girl introduce herself, Ge Bai's smile deepened.

She really liked her senior classmate, Ran Caijiao, and by extension, she also felt a bit more favorably toward her cousin in front of her.

"Huh? I can't even beat King Kong? I heard the special recruitment battle exam starts tomorrow, so I probably won't have time lately."

Ge Bai has also received challenges from Xiao Lajiao in the past two days, but she has politely declined them all.

"It's nothing, I was just saying. Once we're enrolled, we'll probably have plenty of opportunities to practice together."

After all that has happened, it can't be said that Ge Bai is more confident, but she is no longer the junior high school student from the orphanage she was a month ago.

In the past, if Fang Miaowen had said that, Ge Bai would have been quite modest.

But now, hearing these words, and hearing Fang Miaowen's implication that Ge Bai would be a classmate in high school, Ge Bai didn't feel anything was wrong and accepted it quite calmly.

This is not arrogance, but the confidence that Ge Bai has built up over this period of time.

Fang Miaowen stood naturally next to Ge Bai, and the two walked together toward Teaching Building No. 1.

Fang Miaowen kept talking as she walked.

"I heard that starting this year, Beijing-Hong Kong No.1 Middle School will no longer be divided into three teams according to grade. Only the senior three team will be qualified to represent the school in competitions each year."

"Instead, we switched to a team system, where all students selected for teams from all three grades train together, with only the starting players and substitutes divided into them."

Fang Miaowen's understanding of Beijing-Hong Kong No. 1 High School far surpasses that of Ge Bai.

Hearing her mention this, Ge Bai became interested as well.

"Put all three grades together? Wouldn't that put the first and second grades at a disadvantage?"

Ge Bai's thinking was very realistic: an extra year of study and practice would make a completely different level.

"The standards for students from the three grades to be selected for the team are definitely different. This big team model should just be that the training requirements are raised after joining the team. The main purpose is to raise the training standards of the first and second grades to the level of preparation for the competition."

Fang Miaowen continued.

"Last year in the high school league, Jinggang No.1 High School lost to St. Lan High School. I heard they might not be able to win this year either. They say St. Lan High School has produced several geniuses in recent years, and they've all been very strong."

"Beijing-Hong Kong No.1 Middle School is getting anxious because they're afraid of losing every year."

"Wow, a genius!" Ge Bai raised an eyebrow, now she was even more looking forward to her high school life.