120: Chapter 120 The Shocked Professor

"It seems the Yao Race is not only technologically backward, but even their way of solving problems is so reckless."

"It's a pity that my beautiful Young Miss Xing Yan is about to trigger a defeat CG..."

"Get lost! Shut up, you clown. The Professor definitely made this intentionally difficult. That way, as long as no finished product is created, the final say remains with him. He'll just call it a draw so everyone has a way to save face. What do you know..."

The people attending the class were chattering away, but Xing Yaoyan, down below, remained completely unaffected.

Back at "Peach Blossom Spring," she had already managed to craft a semi-finished product after a crash course lasting ten days or so. However, due to various reasons at the time, that Teleportation Spirit Array had simply swallowed her core as fuel.

She didn't have such favorable conditions back then; she lacked so-called spirit seals and had to force her way through by controlling her Power Of Will to act as a carving knife.

However... times have changed. The spirit seal in her hand could effectively regulate the output of the spiritual energy stored within the pen, which greatly reduced her chances of making a mistake.

Therefore, she now had great confidence that she could successfully craft this item.

In truth, she had already mastered the key material for this course back at "Peach Blossom Spring." She had come this time mainly to experience what it was like to attend a class and, incidentally, to bring her two little followers along to familiarize themselves with the environment.

Helping them solve their problems would also serve to bolster her imposing image in their minds—three birds with one stone.

She hadn't expected a hotheaded fool to pop up halfway through and ruin the mood...

The young girl's hands moved with great speed; in almost no time at all, she had finished drawing half of the star crystal.

The chatter from the surrounding crowd gradually died down.

Having drawn halfway without any explosions or other anomalies was already telling enough.

Regardless of the final outcome, she had at least already surpassed eighty percent of the people present.

No! More than that!

Almost everyone broke into a cold sweat.

This young girl had only just listened to half a lecture! How could she have digested so much complex knowledge so quickly, and even be able to draw inferences to draw the spirit patterns on the core herself?

Furthermore, the Professor had stated that this was a difficult problem he had only recently cracked; she had nowhere to copy the answer from.

Could it be... that not only was she powerful, but she was also a Genius when it came to research?!

Having witnessed the young girl confidently and rapidly drawing, everyone present subconsciously regarded her as a profound scholar, almost forgetting that she was a Yao who came from the Kingdom of Myriad Demons, a place with backward technology.

The competition continued.

Yun Feng's forehead was already covered in dense beads of sweat.

In truth, his speed was quite fast, but compared to Xing Yaoyan, it was completely inadequate.

Suddenly, his pen faltered.

"Phew... that was close. I almost made a fool of myself..."

Because his mind was in turmoil, he had nearly made a low-level mistake just now. Fortunately, he had stopped in time, preventing an explosion.

He subconsciously turned his head to glance at the young girl's progress and discovered that she had already completed three-quarters of it.

"How could she possibly be this fast..."

Suddenly, he caught sight of a spirit pattern structure the young girl had just completed; it was a shape that had never appeared in any book.

"Tch... I thought she was something special. Turns out it's just scribbles. She's intentionally drawing useless spirit patterns rapidly to pretend she's skilled, hoping to destroy my mental state, huh..."

"But fortunately, I've seen through your scheme. You can't bluff me!"

Thinking this, a look of certain victory returned to Yun Feng's face, and he continued to draw with focus.

Even when Xing Yaoyan submitted her work early, it didn't cause the slightest fluctuation in his mental state.

On the other side, the Professor's eyes lit up when he received the core submitted by the young girl.

Based on his years of experience deep-diving into this Domain, he knew that spirit patterns related to space were extremely rare, and that they had a violently repulsive reaction with other types of spirit patterns.

To put it plainly, the probability of being able to draw other, useless spirit patterns onto a spatial core was very low, and even the slightest mistake could easily trigger an explosion.

Yet, judging from the thunderous, lightning-fast momentum with which the young girl had set her brush to paper, and the almost flawless, naturally formed Teleportation Spirit Array core now in his hands, he had a strong feeling: this thing was functional, and its effects were likely even better than what he could make himself!

"Hello there, student. My name is Professor Zheng Buxie. May I ask what your name is..."

Professor Zheng Buxie usually spent all his time holed up in the laboratory; unless a specific occasion required his attendance, he basically had no contact with the outside world.

He had only vaguely noted the arrival of Xing Yaoyan and her companions, but hadn't cared enough to even learn their names.

"Greetings, Elder Zheng. My name is Xing Yan."

Xing Yaoyan didn't dislike this "old urchin"; on the contrary, she actually respected him somewhat.

She also knew that Elder Zheng had hoped to use a difficult problem to let both sides end things amicably, which was his way of shielding them.

Therefore, her tone in responding wasn't as murderous as it had been when speaking to Yun Feng, and a gentle smile appeared on her face.

"Xing Yan, is it... Very well, I've noted it..."

After speaking, Xing Yaoyan turned and returned to her seat to bask in the adoring gazes of her friends.

Professor Zheng Buxie, meanwhile, continued to stare intently at the core in his hands, even turning it over and over as he used his own spiritual energy to sense the structure within.

A look of fascination gradually spread across his face, as if he had glimpsed the truths of the world.

At one point, he even began to feel impatient with how slowly Yun Feng was drawing; he couldn't wait to test just how successful this core really was.

I don't know how much time passed...

"Finished!"

Yun Feng, up on the platform, finally set down his final stroke and excitedly raised the star crystal in his hand above his head.

He felt that ever since he had exposed the Yao Race girl's scheme, his drawing had become smoother and smoother. He had even performed beyond his usual capabilities near the end, successfully drawing spirit patterns he had never been able to master before.

He was quite confident that he would definitely win this time.

In his mind, he had even begun to fantasize about the young girl kneeling before him in humiliation after he won...

Of course, the most important thing was to claim the generous reward listed on the "Task Board."

Hmph... That guy Wang Gang is just a simple-minded, brawny fool. You have to use your brain like I do to win...

Huh? Why are you all looking at me with pitying eyes?

Realizing that something was wrong, Yun Feng was startled and snapped out of his daydream.

He also noticed that from the moment he announced he was finished until now, the Professor hadn't even come over, nor had he said a single word!

He hurriedly turned his head, only to see the Professor gazing with fascination as he fiddled with a stone covered in complex spirit patterns.

That was... the core that the young girl had finished?

"Elder Zheng! He has also finished. Please begin the final test."