80: Chapter 80 Are you Tang Long?

Rent near the First Specialized Academy was not cheap. After walking through several streets and asking at six or seven places, the average annual rent was over twenty thousand, and the money in Tang Long's hands was only enough for the deposit.

He had to walk to a more remote area, found a small house that allowed short-term rentals, and paid two months' rent in advance, plus the deposit.

Afterward, he bought some clothes and daily necessities, got a clean and crisp buzz cut, and had a full meal. The six thousand-plus in his hands became three thousand.

A month into his rebirth, this was the first good night's sleep he had had.

Early the next morning, waking up from the warm and comfortable bed, it felt like a lifetime ago.

And it truly was a different lifetime.

After eating breakfast, he arrived at school. Upon entering the classroom, Tang Long noticed that his classmates were still looking at him with strange expressions, and their reactions were even more exaggerated than yesterday.

Especially some of the female students; their gazes would dart away, but when he turned his head, they would stare at him intently again.

A while later, Jiang Xiaolan walked into the classroom, her gaze also fixing directly on him. She froze for a few seconds, seemingly realizing it was inappropriate, before hurriedly returning to her seat.

Seeing that class time was approaching, Sun Jian rushed in and sat down beside him.

Then, he also asked with exaggerated shock: "You... are you Tang Long?"

"Of course I am."

Sun Jian was shocked, "How did you... change so much?"

"Following the class monitor's instructions, I went back yesterday and tidied up my appearance."

"Damn! Buddy, you call this tidying up? This is comparable to plastic surgery! I really didn't notice you were this handsome yesterday! Within our First Specialized Academy, no one is better looking than you; even I am slightly inferior to you."

From Sun Jian's words, Tang Long suddenly understood why everyone had those expressions.

Yesterday, he had looked like a refugee hillbilly, but after cleaning up, he was now a handsome and bright young man. Perhaps the contrast was a bit too large.

Plus the charm increased by the Aurora Breathing Method... that was only sixteen points, was it really worth such a reaction?

Tang Long couldn't help but sigh; the arduous Doomsday Era had made him almost forget what it was like for young women to have crushes.

However, he wasn't very interested in green apples; he still preferred them ripe.

Today, the first class was a theory class, and the second was a Guidance Technique class.

The Guidance Technique that many martial artists in the wilderness never even get to touch was something Tang Long learned very easily.

[General Guidance Technique LV1: Spiritual Energy power increased by 1% - 3%. Proficiency: 0 / 10000]

The so-called Guidance Technique is a method that allows martial artists to burst forth with greater power by guiding Spiritual Energy.

However, the bonus from this General Guidance Technique clearly could not satisfy Tang Long.

Level 1 is only 3% at most? It's just slightly better than nothing.

Furthermore, the sparring organized in class was truly a torment for him.

There was simply no way to fight.

If he let go even a little bit, the skinny, monkey-like Sun Jian across from him would be crushed.

If he used no force at all, the proficiency wouldn't increase much, and this thing had absurdly high proficiency requirements.

Like dancing on ice shards or embroidering on bubbles.

He didn't want to waste his mental energy; he might as well just coast until class ended.

"Tang Shuai, did you not sleep well last night?"

"Get some energy! The Guidance Technique class is the most important; learning theory until you're blue in the face is useless. The only thing that matters is actual combat."

"Come on, let loose a bit. Don't be afraid of pain; I'll try my best not to hurt you."

Tang Long expressed his gratitude, but he kept defending.

Seeing him in this state, Sun Jian also couldn't do anything about him.

However, Jiang Xiaolan, not far away, couldn't watch anymore.

"What are you two doing?"

She walked over quickly, "Tang Long, did you pull strings and go through so much trouble to enter the Martial Arts College just to slack off? Because this semester is almost over, do you think you can't keep up, so you've decided to just give up?"

Sun Jian had already scurried away like a mouse seeing a cat. Tang Long was also left speechless by the questioning, but Jiang Xiaolan still wasn't finished.

"Or is it that you've only grown in height, but your courage hasn't grown along with it?"

"Our cultivation as martial artists is for the sake of battle! If you don't even have the courage to fight, then why bother cultivating!"

"Senior Lu, whom you saw yesterday, is still so young. Yet even when facing classmates with a higher cultivation realm than his own, he dares to fight and struggle. But what about you?"

"Now I will be your opponent. Don't tell me you don't even dare to throw a punch against a woman!"

"Punch! Punch! Punch!"

In her anger, Jiang Xiaolan threw a punch first. Tang Long was very helpless and had to cooperate by continuously retreating.

"Fight back!"

Jiang Xiaolan threw another heavy punch. Tang Long pretended to lose his footing and fell to the ground. Jiang Xiaolan's expression looked even worse.

But just at this moment, the bell for the end of class rang.

The deputy class monitor, Wei Lin, also hurried over to persuade her, "Xiao Lan, don't force him. After all, this is Student Tang's first day of class, and his foundation is so poor; it's normal for him to not be accustomed to this for now."

"Tang Long, the class monitor also has your best interests at heart; she's just a bit impatient in her methods and attitude, so don't blame her. Rest for now; we'll talk about it in the next class."

Jiang Xiaolan said with a dark face, "The next class is a combat class. I will personally tutor you."

Tang Long didn't say anything, got up, and walked out of the classroom.

Sun Jian quickly followed him and whispered to him.

"Tang Shuai, you're in trouble."

Tang Long smiled bitterly, "Need you say it? Isn't it obvious?"

Sun Jian lowered his voice mysteriously, "What I'm talking about isn't the same as what you're thinking. I'm afraid you don't know yet, right? Our class monitor's dad is our school's board member, and the Jiang Family is also one of the four great wealthy families in our Song City. And our deputy class monitor, Wei Lin, is the young master of the third branch of the local Wei Family. The Wei Family is also one of the four great wealthy families."

Tang Long frowned, "What does that have to do with me?"

"Can't you tell? Young Master Wei has those kinds of thoughts about the class monitor, and the Wei and Jiang families also have intentions of intermarrying. Now that the class monitor is paying too much attention to a handsome guy like you, Young Master Wei is already a bit displeased."

"Damn! What kind of messy nonsense is this? You're connecting things blindly."

Sun Jian was very proud, "In terms of height, you might be a bit taller than me. But when it comes to understanding women, I'm at least one floor above you."

"The eldest Miss Jiang is a famous cold beauty. If she really wasn't interested, she wouldn't even pay attention to you. The more intense her emotions are toward you, the more it means..."

"I won't go into detail. Anyway, I'll give you a piece of advice: don't be foolish. If you provoke Young Master Wei, you'll be in big trouble. That little connection you have won't be of any use at all."

Tang Long knew that what Sun Jian said made sense.

He just didn't expect that women on Blue Star were so similar to women on Earth.

Although he wasn't afraid of any Wei Family, he didn't want to provoke this kind of trouble either.

Better to avoid it for now.

Anyway, the Martial Arts College grades students based on cultivation realm and strength; as long as the realm is reached, skipping grades is possible. He didn't plan on staying here for very long anyway; he would aim to graduate in about a year, and naturally, he would jump out of here.

He didn't need to attend the third period combat class, and the fourth period was self-study.

He skipped class directly and ran to the library.

The library was very large and spacious. Huge bookshelves over ten meters high stood like a forest, yet not a single person could be found.

After activating Fire Eye, he finally discovered a white-haired old man in a corner of the library, on a high ladder against a bookshelf.

The old man wore glasses and had the air of a refined, scholarly pedant, but the spiritual light within his body was terrifyingly bright. He was probably a powerhouse on the same level as Elder Xie from Feng City or Bishop Lv Yang.

"Is anyone there?"

Tang Long tried calling out, but unexpectedly, the old man's figure flashed suddenly and appeared behind him.

"Loud noises are prohibited inside the library."

Tang Long was startled and hurriedly said, "Excuse me, are you the librarian? I would like to borrow some books to read."

"There is no librarian here. I am the director, surnamed Zheng. You don't even know who I am? Are you new?"

Tang Long hurriedly nodded with a smile, "Yes."

"The rules here are: no books are allowed to be taken out of the library doors, and damaging or defacing them is strictly prohibited. There is a catalog in front of each bookshelf; take whatever books you want to read yourself, and after you finish, you must return them to their original place according to the number. If you violate any of these rules, you don't need to come back again."

"I will remember that."

"Student ID."

Tang Long took it out and presented it. The old man glanced at it casually, returned it to him, and then flashed back to the high ladder.

He secretly used Detection, but it was full of question marks.

Hmm, truly an expert.

However, it shouldn't be a threat.