I Can Extract Abilities – Chapter 50

Chapter 50: Ordinary and Unremarkable

Yude No. 3 High School!

Knock! Knock!

In front of an office, Li Feng knocked on the door.

“Come in!”

Hearing the response, Li Feng immediately pushed open the door and walked in. As soon as he entered, he saw Ye Buzhou playing with a bird, looking quite relaxed.

“Yo, it’s been almost a month, why do you look so awful? Did you stay up all night playing games?” Ye Buzhou looked at the dark circles under Li Feng’s eyes and scoffed.

“I was studying hard, improving my strength,” Li Feng answered honestly.

During this month, he had spent most of his time leveling up and extracting skills, so there was nothing wrong with what he said.

However, Ye Buzhou didn’t think so. He admonished, “Cut the c*ap. Playing games is playing games. Don’t think that just because you got first place, you can slack off. Jianye Academy is not Yude No. 3 High School. It’s a gathering place for geniuses from all over the country. It’s not comparable to a small place like Chengde County. If you don’t work hard there, you’ll quickly fall behind.”

He felt it was necessary to give Li Feng a good talking-to, lest he think that getting first place in Chengde County meant he could fly to the sky.

“You don’t understand me,” Li Feng said quietly, sighing inwardly. Why was it so hard to find someone who understood him?

So what if he played games? He could become stronger by playing games.

“Enough nonsense.” Hearing this familiar phrase, Ye Buzhou was a little speechless. After scolding him, he quickly added, “Do you know what the most important thing is when entering a university?”

“Study hard and make progress every day,” Li Feng weakly uttered the classic eight-character phrase.

“B*llshit!”

Ye Buzhou slammed his hand on the table and said, “The most important thing in university is to find a good mentor. The connections and resources a good mentor can bring you are unimaginable. Some people enter the university without knowing anything and choose mentors with no reputation, ultimately wasting their time.”

“For example, your skills are biased towards the Mechanical type, which is very rare. Some mentors don’t even have Mechanical type dungeons. This requires a lot of time to transfer classes, and you’ll always be one step behind others. I’m not trying to discourage you, but a top scorer from a small county really isn’t valued much in Jianye Academy.”

Li Feng asked humbly, “So what should I do?”

He was just an ordinary and unremarkable student, with no connections, no resources, and heavily in debt.

“Luckily you have me. I’m your biggest backer.” Ye Buzhou glanced at him, handed him an invitation letter to Jianye Academy and a sealed letter, and said, “This is a student I taught before. Take my letter to him, and you should be able to become his disciple. By the way, his name is Xia Yutian. He should be called Instructor Xia now.”

“Thank you,” Li Feng accepted the invitation and the letter.

Ye Buzhou waved his hand and said, “After all, you are considered my student. This is just a small matter. You can go now.”

………

After leaving Ye Buzhou, Li Feng headed towards Zhou Zhengyang’s office.

Inside the office, Zhou Zhengyang was bragging with a few other teachers.

“Teacher Zhou, impressive! I didn’t expect your class to produce a top scorer.”

“Yeah, yeah. Yude No. 3 High School hasn’t had a top scorer in a long time. Teacher Zhou’s teaching methods are amazing. I need to learn a lot from you.”

“. . .”

“No, no, it’s all because Li Feng is diligent enough. I often advised him to play games to relax and not to work so hard, to avoid getting exhausted.”

Zhou Zhengyang was beaming with pride and a big smile.

Li Feng: “. . .”

Hearing Zhou Zhengyang’s words, he began to doubt himself. Was he really that diligent in the past? Without a doubt, he was indeed diligent when it came to gaming.

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Zhou Zhengyang: “. . .”

“Why is this kid here?”

Seeing Li Feng, Zhou Zhengyang felt a headache coming on. He felt like he’d been caught red-handed. He didn’t expect to be heard by the person he was bragging about. His face turned red, and he coughed lightly, “Li Feng, what do you need from me?”

Li Feng glanced around, seeing that all eyes were on him. He immediately put on a big smile and said, “Naturally, I’m here to thank Teacher Zhou for your years of nurturing. Without you, I wouldn’t be where I am today. Also, I have some private matters to discuss with you. Is it convenient for you, Teacher Zhou?”

He emphasized the last few words particularly heavily.

“Convenient, of course, it’s convenient. Let’s go outside and talk.” Zhou Zhengyang saw the envious and jealous gazes from around him and felt a little touched.

Then, the two of them left the office with their arms around each other’s shoulders.

………

“Not only is Li Feng good at his studies, but he’s also so respectful to his teachers. I’m so touched.”

“Yeah, yeah. There were rumors that Li Feng was a gaming addict. Now, it’s clear that he’s a well-mannered, handsome, and sunny young man. These rumors are terrible.”

Inside the office, sounds of envy filled with jealousy could be heard.

………

“Li Feng, what do you need? You can tell me now!” Zhou Zhengyang looked at Li Feng and felt a little emotional. Back then, no one could have imagined that a gaming addict would become the top scorer in the Gaokao, even surpassing those transfer students.

After the Gaokao, those transfer students, upon learning that the top spot was taken by a local student from Chengde County, slinked away, too embarrassed to stay any longer.

“Ahem, Teacher, you often taught me that a person should keep their word. When will my prize money be distributed?” Li Feng rubbed his thumb and index finger together, hinting with his eyes.

Zhou Zhengyang’s proud expression froze. He didn’t expect Li Feng to come asking for money. He chuckled awkwardly and said, “Don’t worry, your prize money has already been approved. It will be automatically deposited into your account in the next few days.”

“That’s good. I’m done then. You can go back now,” Li Feng waved his hand dismissively.

“Don’t you have anything else to say to me?”

Zhou Zhengyang’s mouth twitched slightly. The touched feeling he had earlier had completely vanished. Looking at Li Feng, it was still the same old formula, the same old taste, nothing had changed.

“Nope, do you have something?”

“Nothing.”

………

After leaving the school, Li Feng was in a good mood. In a few days, he would have another 50,000 yuan income. Although it was a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of Skill Reset Water, he was still very satisfied.

“Oh right, I forgot to ask Yang Wei and Sheng Xu which universities they got into. And Lin Ling’er, I haven’t seen her in a while either. I didn’t see her this time either.” Li Feng suddenly slapped his forehead after returning home.

At school, they had only briefly caught up before he rushed off to see Ye Buzhou.

Thinking of this, Li Feng immediately sent a message to ask the two of them.

Yang Wei quickly replied, “The universities Sheng Xu and I got into are confidential. As for Upperclasswoman Lin Ling’er, she plans to take the Gaokao again next year. I heard she wants to try for a top academy.”

Li Feng replied with an ‘Understood’ after reading the message. He was a little surprised by Lin Ling’er’s decision. However, considering her good family background, if she could find suitable Beginner skills, and without the influence of transfer students next year, she did have a chance to get into a top academy.

These two chapters are relatively uneventful, serving as a transition in the plot. Starting tomorrow, there will be at least three updates per day. A new round of recommendations has begun.