The way of formations was extremely mysterious. It could be considered complex beyond measure as the smallest change would cause a multitude of effects. Any regular joe would need to spend their entire life studying just to scratch at the surface.

Intermediate formations were on another level compared to basic formations.

At the basic level, Ye Lingchen could only use it to attract the spiritual energy in the area around him with limited range. However, at the intermediate level, the quality of the spiritual energy attracted and its range would be much higher—sufficient to change the Fengshui of a place.

Apart from that, Ye Lingchen's formation had started to take on a shred of the 'imprisonment' properties. He could make a formation to imprison others, or to prevent entry to a certain location.

Its practicality had grown multifold. It was suitable to be used for all sorts of situations.

'Maybe the system knows that I've acquired an island, thereby rewarding me with this particular skill.'

This round of lucky draw left Ye Lingchen completely satisfied after acquiring the two great intermediate skills.

Next was the main show—the advanced skill upgrade.

Eight Extremities Brute Training (Intermediate), Arhat's Fist Force (Intermediate), Animal Taming (Intermediate), Formation (Intermediate), Wood Spirit Constitution (Intermediate).

'Other than the Animal Taming skill, the other four out of five skills are desirable. I refuse to believe I'll get Animal Taming with these odds.'

10 million popularity points consumed, advanced skill upgrade begins!

The dark golden glow made clicking sounds as it hovered over the five skills at high speed. This round, Ye Lingchen was fully confident. He was already imagining how powerful the skills would be when he gets them.

Nevertheless, as the speed of the light slowed down, the edge of his eyes began twitching uncontrollably.

'F*ck!'

'At this rate, will I really get Animal Taming? Do you need to be so cruel?'

'F*ck my life!'

Ye Lingchen almost smashed the keyboard out of spite. The advanced skill upgrade suddenly lost its allure.

'Animal Taming (Advanced): Young lad, congratulations for being the (human) king of a hundred beasts.'

'Screw your hundred beasts. What's with the brackets, are you trying to mock me?'

Ye Lingchen felt miserable. However, with things already set, he could only take a few deep breaths to calm his heart.

'At least the next time I have the advanced skill upgrade, it'll only be the ones I want.'

After some consoling himself, Ye Lingchen started familiarizing himself with the Animal Taming skill.

After upgrading Animal Taming to the advanced level, Ye Lingchen's control over animals was even stronger. It was as though a tiger was given the title of king of beasts; the aura emitted from his body would make other beasts respect him.

Furthermore, a lot of animal taming methods appeared in his mind, allowing him to train beasts into spiritual beasts, and attain intelligence. It was equivalent to him obtaining the ability to grant spiritual awakening.

'Damn it. If I really took the time to train some beasts, wouldn't I be creating demons?'

'Cough cough. Why don't I try my hands on a fox?' Ye Lingchen assured himself that it was just a trial and not due to ulterior motives1.

The skill was not too bad. It seems that it was about time for him to get some pets. The island was huge after all, and it would need a few guardian beasts—the grandeur of that.

After this lucky draw, his popularity points were immediately reduced to somewhere over 3.6 million. It took him so much effort to save them up, yet he spent them all in a matter of moments. 'This is just the typical exploitation by the system!'

Ye Lingchen retorted, lost his interest in the lucky draw, and got out of the system menu.

He enjoyed the next few days.

It was considered the relaxed days of cultivation. Every so often, he would immerse himself in water, feeling the currents. He would also occasionally be in the trees, listening to their murmurs. At the same time, he had even helped ants relocate and also successfully tamed a magpie, who greeted him every day in front of his door.

That day, Ye Lingchen woke up early in the morning and headed toward Capital University. Although he could skip the classes, he was not exempted from the exams.

Seeing Ye Lingchen appearing for the exams, the entire class stirred.

Several people took out their phones to record the scene and uploaded it online.

[I'm sharing the same exam hall with God Ye. Ahhh, my mind is all blank. How can I take the exam? Waiting urgently for a solution.]

[Previous post, you're just showing off! Do you still need to consider? Just rush up to him and go down on all fours while live-streaming it.]

[Previous post, I suspect that you're joking.]

[F*ck! I'm jealous. Forget the exam, go get his autograph!]

[As expected of my husband, so hardworking. Do your best in the exam, muacks.]

[I almost forgot. God Ye is not only good at basketball, he's also the top student at Capital University. He should be the celebrity with the highest education level. Most importantly, he's also very handsome.]

…

Unexpectedly, that photo triggered a heated debate online. Although it only gained some minor attention, it was better than nothing, which gave Ye Lingchen some popularity.

"Ye'zi, you're already a celebrity. Why are you still coming for exams?" Potato lamented. "Do you need to be so motivated?"

"Nonsense. If I don't come for my exams, wouldn't that mean I'll never graduate?" Ye Lingchen rolled his eyes.

"Actually, it's too late for you to take part in the exam now." Xiang patted Ye Lingchen's shoulders sympathetically, then growled, "You have no idea how crazy this final exam is. It's testing us on politics! Can you do it?"

"That's right, Marxism-Leninism and other philosophical ideas. It's so scary. It's impossible to remember all of them." Little Gen nodded along.

Ye Lingchen considered for a moment.

Before he could speak up, a creepy grin appeared on the three moron's faces as they unbuttoned their shirts. "Tada!"

"Look what's here?"

On the inside of their shirts were multiple copies of notes. Most of them were hidden in their sleeves, while some were stuck near the collar. No wonder they were all wearing jackets even when the weather was not too cold.

Those micro-printed notes would always be sold in the campus shops during exam periods, and they always sold like hotcakes!

"Look here as well!"

Xiang opened his hand to reveal his palm and other parts of his arm covered with points that were likely to be tested on.

That was just...too dumb.

"Hahaha, we're all prepared and are not planning to fight an impossible battle!" Potato smiled smugly, then offered generously. "Ye'zi, don't worry. We'll cover you! We'll secretly pass you the notes during the exam. Everything will be fine!"

"Ye'zi, don't fret. We're all brothers. We need to live and die together in dangerous times like this!" Little Gen agreed to it enthusiastically.

Ye Lingchen maintained his silence and merely rubbed his nose as he entered the exam hall.

Along the way, although the students moved stealthily, he easily noticed that most of them were carrying some form of notes on them.

Politics were unlike other subjects. The contents they needed to memorize were plentiful and most of them were foreign ideas. Most importantly, the subject was not something they were interested in. It was just too difficult for them to memorize everything. Add to it the wide scope of the test, it might be impossible for them to pass without sneaking in notes.

"Behave yourselves. Nobody comes out scot-free for cheating under my supervision! Consider carefully before you try anything!

There were three teachers proctoring the test. The chief proctor was a middle-aged lady teacher with glasses. She seemed domineering and managed to intimidate the hall with her opening statement which made the students feel even more stressed. Some of them were even beginning to sweat on their foreheads.

After that, the teachers mentioned the things to look out for during the exam and started distributing the test papers…

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Sure, Ye Lingchen is sooo~ not planning to raise a fox demon. Note: Fox demons in Chinese mythology have the ability to transform into beautiful women to seduce men.