Observing Wang Qingxue's glistening eyes, Chen Shu knew his words had had an effect.
"By the way," Chen Shu said, "have Qingxue attend Nanjiang No. 2 High School from now on."
He figured the principal would wake up laughing in his dreams, as he had brought talent to the school once again.
Everyone began to enjoy the last dinner of the year, their faces alight with joy and excitement.
"Chen Shu, what university do you want to attend?" Xu Xiaoyu asked, not out of concern for Chen Shu, but for the school.
"Whether the school is orderly or not is entirely up to the 'fierce bandit' to decide!"
Chen Shu stated with certainty, "Huaxia University!"
"If you're going to cause trouble, it should be at the most awesome school!"
Chen Shu's contracted spirit was only F-class. By all accounts, he definitely wouldn't get into Huaxia University.
But that was for normal people. It had little to do with Chen Shu.
Chen Shu picked up a slice of fatty beef and asked, "What about you guys? What universities are you planning to attend?"
Xu Xiaoyu pondered for a moment before replying, "I'll choose a prestigious university in the capital."
Although she was the former top student of the year and was known as a seedling for Huaxia University, she knew in her heart that the possibility of getting into Huaxia University was slim.
Huaxia University admitted around five hundred students annually, and there were over six hundred cities in Huaxia.
This meant that some smaller cities wouldn't have a single student from Huaxia University.
Unfortunately, Nanjiang City was one of those smaller cities.
Moreover, big cities had abundant educational resources, and those admitted to Huaxia University were basically all from there.
The last person from Nanjiang City to be admitted to Huaxia University was Fang Si, and that was three years ago.
If nothing unexpected happened, it would be the same this year.
Xu Xiaoyu's talent was strong, but there were many people with similar talents, such as Wang Qinghan, Tang Lie, Xu Xingxing, and so on.
The rest of the group had similar aspirations, aiming to get into a prestigious university in the capital.
While not as good as Huaxia University, as long as they were outstanding enough, they would still receive excellent training.
Except for Chen Shu's ambition, everyone else's mood was a bit low.
Who wouldn't want to get into the best university?
Chen Shu comforted them, "Everyone, be optimistic. Since someone is destined to be a failure, why can't it be us?"
"Come on, everyone, cheer with me!"
"We are failures!"
The others looked at Chen Shu, thinking, "Are you really trying to comfort us?"
At nine in the evening, everyone's first gathering ended.
Although the atmosphere had been a bit somber midway, it quickly recovered. Huaxia University was an unattainable goal for most.
"We're leaving."
Chen Shu and two others were rather ungentlemanly, leaving as soon as they finished eating.
"Old Xie, why aren't you seeing them off?"
"I need to go sharpen my knife."
"What about Xiao Xing?"
"The weather is getting cold, I need to go customize some plush pajamas."
"You're unbelievable!"
Chen Shu gave Xu Xingxing the middle finger and said, "Oh, and get me a few sets customized too."
Xie Sunan asked, "Chen Pi, what are you going to do?"
"Me? I'm going to buy medicine."
Upon hearing this, the two couldn't help but laugh and asked with concern,
"Buy medicine? Are you sick? If not, let's not waste money."
"???"
Chen Shu's mouth twitched. "What are you two thinking? I'm buying medicine for the Slime!"
"So you're already thinking about feasting, huh?"
Chen Shu left directly and headed for the apothecary in the city center.
"Hello, sir, what kind of potions do you need?"
Chen Shu pointed directly at the shelves and said, "Forty bottles of basic fire resistance potion, ice resistance potion, and balance potion..."
Chen Shu bought most of the potions in the store.
Although the Slime had already consumed its limit of the main potions, it hadn't consumed most of the others.
The remaining potions offered little improvement to the Slime, but they could still be consumed. It was better than nothing.
The Slime was already basically perfect, but Chen Shu wanted to make it super perfect.
"Whether it improves or not, I'll have it consume them to its limit first."
He currently had fifty million Huaxia currency in his account. If he didn't spend it, he probably wouldn't sleep well.
The Beast Taming Pearls weren't very useful to him, and Lord materials were rare and couldn't be acquired in a short time.
He could only have the Slime consume various potions.
For normal people, they would definitely save their Huaxia currency.
Upon reaching the Black Iron tier, one would need to nurture two contracted spirits, and the materials at that tier would be several times more expensive.
But Chen Shu's thinking was clearly unusual. Since he could easily earn tens of millions, he could earn even more.
"If money isn't used, it has no value!"
"Understand the applause!"
"I'm sorry, sir, we don't have enough stock."
The server apologized profusely. After finally getting a major customer, their store was unexpectedly underprepared.
"You can wait a bit. We'll definitely have them all within two days!"
"No, I can't wait! I'll buy as much as you have!"
Chen Shu immediately took out his bank card, asking the server to process the payment.
He then summoned his Golden Slime.
The golden sphere, over three meters in diameter, appeared, constantly snoring. If left undisturbed, it would probably sleep until the end of time.
Chen Shu opened bottle after bottle of potion and poured them directly into the Slime's mouth.
Passersby stopped and stared, their eyes filled with shock.
"There's no justice!"
Potions costing thousands, even tens of thousands, per bottle were being treated like cabbage.
"Damn it! Spending so much money to cultivate an F-class contracted spirit, is this the world of the rich?"
Chen Shu spent millions in one go. He put away the Slime and rushed to the next apothecary.
Throughout the night,
Chen Shu visited nearly ten stores and ended up spending over forty million!
Generally, forty million was enough to cultivate a Black Iron tier contracted spirit, yet he used it to cultivate a level nine contracted spirit.
Most people would only give their contracted spirits potions they needed.
For example, fire-type contracted spirits would primarily consume fire potions, and strength-type ones would consume strength potions.
The slightly wealthier ones would consume defense potions, cell potions, and so on to increase their vitality.
But Chen Shu, regardless of whether it was useful or not, had the Slime consume all the potions.
Except for a small number of rare potions that were out of stock, the Slime had consumed almost everything,
making it "super perfect!"
"No need for potions for now!"
Chen Shu clapped his hands, put the Slime back into his Beast Taming Space, and prepared to go home.
"Mom, Dad, I'm back!"
Chen Shu returned to his room and began organizing things for his trip to Daxing City.
Urea bags were definitely a must. That was the standard equipment for a 'fierce bandit'!
In half an hour, Chen Shu had everything packed.
He started playing on his phone in bed and suddenly noticed the time.
Midnight!
New Year's Day had arrived, which meant it was now Revival Era 981.
Another new year had dawned, and blessings were definitely in order.
His eyes darted around, and he pulled all his elementary, middle, and high school classmates into a group chat.
"Happy New Year everyone!"
After typing, Chen Shu immediately left the group chat,
leaving hundreds of bewildered people behind.
"???"
"Chen Shu, are you sick?! Just to say Happy New Year?!"
Chen Shu happily turned off his phone. Group messaging was too troublesome; this way was much simpler.