Fairy, please step aside, I've taken a liking to your man.

"Did you hear that? Shen Bai has been spending the last few nights at the school beauty's house!"

"That was so exciting! From what I can tell, the fight last night was so intense that you tore your clothes to shreds?"

"Of course! Otherwise, why would they send over two new school uniforms so early in the morning?"

"Ugh, damn it! I've been single for so many years and haven't even held a girl's hand, while Shen Bai already has both the class beauty and the school beauty. He's just a little better looking than me, right? In terms of cultivation and grades, what do I lack compared to him?"

……

The rumor that Shen Bai stayed overnight at the school beauty's house spread throughout the entire school in the shortest amount of time. As he walked out of the school gate at noon, the system message arrived as expected.

[Ding! 521 rivals detected, jealousy level 60. When the rivals' jealousy level...]

I was right.

Although Shen Bai was pleased that the number of his rivals in love was increasing, these were all ordinary rivals whose jealousy level increased slowly and whose skills were not necessarily good.

After all, aside from his cultivation level, his martial arts skills and theoretical knowledge of alchemy, talismans, arrays, and artifacts were all top-notch at Jiangbei No. 1 High School. If he wanted to advance further, he would need to find a rival of even higher caliber.

For example, Professor Ding Jin!

Shen Bai's eyes lit up as he watched Teacher Ding Jin walk past him.

He strolled up to Teacher Ding Jin and asked, feigning surprise, "Teacher Ding, why didn't I see you and Teacher Yang leaving get off work together?"

Ding Jin was completely bewildered. What did that mean?

Shen Bai laughed and said, "I thought Teacher Ding and Teacher Yang were dating!"

Ding Jin was somewhat surprised: "Why do you think that?"

Shen Bai glanced around to make sure no one was paying attention, then whispered, "I feel that among the younger teachers, only Teacher Ding is worthy of Teacher Yang!"

Ding Jin laughed heartily, his pride evident in his expression. He looked at Shen Bai with great satisfaction: "You're doing very well. You need to work harder on your martial arts skills recently. If there's anything you don't understand, feel free to ask me!"

Shen Bai nodded repeatedly, his eyes suddenly lighting up. He gestured behind him with his chin, "Teacher Ding, Teacher Yang is out! Go ask her out!"

Ding Jin was overjoyed. He quickly smoothed his hair with his fingers, coughed lightly, and turned to greet Yang Xiao, who had just walked out of the school gate.

Flying is not allowed on campus, so Teacher Yang Xiao went to an open space outside the school, took out her small and cute flying boat from her storage ring, and was about to board the flying boat to go home when she saw Teacher Ding walking towards her with a beaming smile.

"Hey? Shen Bai? Shen Bai, come here for a second!"

Upon seeing Ding Jin, Yang Xiao also noticed Shen Bai behind him. She waved to Shen Bai, completely ignoring Ding Jin who was walking towards her.

[Ding! Jealousy from Ding Jin +3, current level 73!]

Shen Bai quickly overtook Ding Jin and arrived in front of Yang Xiao: "Teacher Yang, is there something you need?"

"I happen to need to take care of something at your sister's school, I can give you a ride!"

Yang Xiao carefully considered her words and felt that she hadn't hurt the boy's pride.

"Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Shen Bai pretended to decline, glancing at Ding Jin behind him.

"What's the big deal? Come on up, aren't you going home to cook?"

Yang Xiao strode into the airship with her long legs. Just before boarding, she remembered Ding Jin standing awkwardly beside her and smiled slightly at him: "Teacher Ding, why haven't you gone back yet? We have something to do, so we'll be leaving now."

Shen Bai turned around, shrugged at Ding Jin, and stepped into the flying boat!

[Ding! Jealousy from Ding Jin +5, current level 78!]

Under Ding Jin's watchful gaze, the small flying boat slowly rose into the air, and after reaching the designated altitude, it quickly disappeared into the sky.

[Ding! Jealousy from Ding Jin +3, current level 81!]

[Ding! Rival Ding Jin's jealousy level has reached 81. You can extract one of his abilities.]

[Please choose one of the following three abilities from your rival, Ding Jin.]

[Skill 1: Alchemy Apprentice Experience]

[Skill 2: Apprentice Experience in Weapon Refining]

[Ability 3: Weapon Manipulation]

[Note: The current rival's level is too far below the host's; this skill is temporarily unavailable after being obtained during the Qi Refining stage.]

……

Shen Bai, who was exchanging pleasantries with Yang Xiao, suddenly had a bright look in his eyes. As expected of a Qi Refining stage cultivator, even a casual skill he used was so powerful. He was still learning basic alchemy and weapon crafting knowledge, yet he could directly obtain apprentice-level alchemy and weapon crafting experience from Teacher Ding.

The art of weapon control is a compulsory course after entering the Dao Academy. Shen Bai abandoned this option without thinking. After thinking for a while, he chose ability two: weapon refining apprentice experience.

I want to make my strengths even stronger!

Although I don't have spiritual power yet and can't refine weapons, with this apprentice-level knowledge and experience in weapon refining, I can dominate the weapon refining subject in the college entrance examination. After entering the Dao Academy, my starting point in this subject will be much higher than others.

I made a profit!

Thank you, Teacher Ding!

"Shen Bai, what kind of part-time jobs do you usually do?"

While piloting the flying boat, Yang Xiao asked a question in a distracted manner.

"I used to work at a bubble tea shop and also did odd jobs repairing everyday magical artifacts. Recently, I've been working as a sparring partner!" Shen Bai still had a good impression of this kind-hearted Teacher Yang, after all, he still had the second-tier Rejuvenation Talisman that the other party had given him.

"A sparring partner? Isn't that incredibly dangerous?"

Yang Xiao's heart clenched instantly.

Sure enough, this child has been having a very difficult time! How can I help him?

"It's okay, you'll get used to it!"

Shen Bai didn't elaborate, and Yang Xiao didn't dare to ask any more questions.

The two fell silent, giving Shen Bai a chance to properly examine the interior space of the legendary flying boat.

Overall, this airship is more like a flying house.

Its interior space is not as small as it appears from the outside. This is due to the application of crafting techniques commonly used in storage rings.

From his newly acquired experience as a weapon-refining apprentice, Shen Bai immediately understood that the array used here was a spatial array. The Void Stone was used during the refining process, which doubled the size of the internal space while keeping the external space unchanged.

Yang Xiao decorated the interior of her flying boat in a very feminine style, with four sofas decorated in pink, several cute dolls on the sofas, and a bottle of fragrance on the coffee table.

There were several dressers nearby, with several framed photos on them, all of which contained pictures of her with her spirit pets.

The space wasn't large, but it was filled with warmth, which also revealed Ms. Yang Xiao's girlish heart.

The girlish heart of the tough Barbie!

Shen Bai suddenly thought of a famous scene and almost burst out laughing.

A few minutes later, the airship landed at Shen Wenwen's school gate.

Seeing Shen Bai descend from the sky and land beside her, Shen Wenwen was stunned: "Shen Bai, you've changed! Not only did you play the striptease game with the school beauty, you're even being kept by someone!"

"You big idiot! Hurry up and say hello to Teacher Yang!"

With a dark expression, Shen Bai pulled his younger sister to the front of the flying boat and thanked Teacher Yang inside.

"This is your little sister? She's so cute!"

Yang Xiao pretended not to hear the word "sugar baby," her ears slightly red, she greeted Shen Wenwen, and then sped away.

"Shen Bai, is it really not a sugar daddy arrangement?"

Shen Wenwen looked at her brother with suspicion.

My brother's behavior lately seems a bit off; he seems to be turning into a jerk.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Teacher Yang just gave me a ride on her way. Hurry home, aren't you hungry?"

Shen Bai habitually squatted down, wanting to carry Shen Wenwen on his back, but this action made Shen Wenwen even more certain of her thoughts.

"On the way? Why did her airship turn back?"

"Also, I didn't ask you to carry me today, so why are you being so proactive? Aren't you hiding something?"

"Shen Bai, you better tell me the truth!"