I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

A visible tornado of air formed around him, transforming into a whirlwind tens of meters high, engulfing dozens of students who screamed and struggled within it.

"Ugh!!"

"Teacher Xue!"

……

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Chapter 333 Arriving at the Examination Hall, Reuniting with Zhou Yinglin (4K)

In the following half hour, Chen Xingyan, together with Cao Sini, Zhao Longtu, and the remaining few strong students, launched several more attacks.

They were all easily defeated by Xue Jing.

Insufficient skill, lack of teamwork, and inadequate ability to adapt to changing circumstances...

The students, who were still far from being able to get Xue Jing's bell to ring within half an hour, had not succeeded.

Therefore, Xue Jing did as he had said beforehand and didn't let the students eat dinner that night.

"Damn it!!!"

"I'm starving... I've never been this hungry in my life."

"Teacher Xue is too cruel... Can we eat this table? Sniff, I think I can smell the food Teacher Xue made for lunch from it."

A group of people gathered in the cafeteria, sighing and slumping over the tables, looking at the empty food counters. They were so hungry they were seeing stars and almost hallucinating.

The actual sparring with Xue Jing was already exhausting, and most of them had used moves like the Serious Punch that depleted their physical strength and energy, so they were now extremely hungry.

"Who was it that just said it was too easy and had no difficulty?"

Someone said through gritted teeth.

At first, Xue Jing only told everyone to find a way to make the bell on his body ring, without adding the condition that if they didn't succeed within an hour and a half, they wouldn't get any food.

I only added it after hearing someone say it was too easy and had no difficulty.

Upon hearing this, although everyone couldn't remember who said it, they all turned their attention to He Han.

He Han, who seemed to be in relatively good spirits, suddenly changed his expression and hurriedly said, "No, really no, everyone, don't wrong an innocent person like that. Do you think I'm the kind of person who talks too much?"

"It's pointless to blame anyone now," Chen Xingyan said, waving his hand.

"At the time, most people probably thought the same thing, that it was too simple, but they just didn't say it out loud..."

He stood up and said, "In the end, we were too weak and failed to meet Teacher Xue's requirements... Let's go, let's all go out and get something to eat."

"Hey, is that okay? Didn't Teacher Xue say we weren't allowed to eat tonight?" someone asked hesitantly.

"It's not like military training... Even in military training, we're not allowed to eat. Before Teacher Xue left, he didn't take any coercive measures. He definitely didn't expect us to go without food all night. Didn't he say before that we had to make sure we got our nutrition sorted out?"

"Maybe if we actually listen to him and foolishly refuse to eat anything, he'll be disappointed instead."

"...Sigh, but every meal Teacher Xue makes is one less we can have. It's so hard to accept that we'll miss out on one of her meals."

Everyone sighed upon hearing this.

Zhao Longtu asked in surprise, "Is it really that delicious? It sounds like you guys have been smoking it."

Upon hearing this, everyone glanced at him and said, "It's great that you don't have to experience the pain and suffering we are going through."

"I really don't know whether to say you're lucky or unlucky... you've never experienced that kind of exhilarating pleasure."

"Cherish life, stay away from the Xue family's food."

The crowd shook their heads and sighed at Zhao Longtu, as if they had all been there. Although their words seemed to imply that he was lucky, there was also a strange sense of superiority about them.

Zhao Longtu disagreed.

It's just food. Unless it's been given some strange drug, how powerful can it be?

This group of people has never experienced hardship. For someone who has, food is just a necessity for survival, and taste doesn't matter at all. It's like a diabetic patient who needs insulin but doesn't find the process of injecting insulin enjoyable.

If necessary, he can completely skip the eating process and live on nutritional supplements.

These people are just too full, which is why they crave this kind of pointless enjoyment.

……

the next morning.

"Something's wrong."

"Something's wrong."

Uncontrollably, Zhao Longtu grabbed a large steel basin and kept shoveling rice into his mouth.

The indescribable deliciousness brought a terrifying pleasure that overwhelmed his taste buds.

It's something that can be made simply by putting rice and water in and pressing a button, something even a three-year-old could do... so why does it taste so good?

Zhao Longtu's mind uncontrollably recalled Aizen's... no, He Han's words.

'That was a tyrant who dominated the taste buds of all mankind through his culinary skills, making everyone submit to the power beneath his frying pan…'

Zhao Longtu understood.

So that's why Teacher Xue is called the 'Demon King'.

As expected...

"Bam—"

Cao Sini punched Zhao Longtu in the head.

"I have a feeling you're thinking of some weird, stupid thing... Also, don't just pick up the food bowl and start eating; other people need to eat too."

She spoke calmly.

The chaotic breakfast time ended quickly. From the moment Xue Jing finished cooking and put it on the table to the moment it was devoured in less than ten minutes.

Since Xue Jing didn't cook last night, he thought the students would be quite hungry, so he cooked a bit too much... but they ate it even faster than yesterday.

After the students had finished eating and rested, Xue Jing gathered everyone in the training ground and continued to teach them some new things.

The three-day training period flew by.

……

March 1st marks the official start of the seventh metropolitan area's cross-city joint examination.

Early in the morning, a large aircraft, resembling a long loaf of bread and about the size of a bus, hovered over the spacious training ground of Xuanwu Mansion, its exhaust flames billowing out.

"Is everyone here?"

Xue Jing looked at the students lined up neatly in front of him and asked.

Chen Xingyan, who was in the lead, replied, "Teacher, we just took attendance, and everyone is here."

"Mm." Xue Jing nodded and waved his hand.

"Then let's go up, let's set off."

"is teacher!"

The students responded and entered the aircraft's open hatch one by one in an orderly fashion.

After all the students had gone inside, Xue Jing followed them up.

The hatch closed, and the large aircraft roared into the sky, heading towards the wilderness outside Silver City.

On the aircraft, students sat in twos and threes, chatting in a relaxed manner.

"What a pity, the exam venue this time is actually in the 'Sea of ​​Steel'..."

"I heard that this border area is full of iron-based materials, and even the rivers are made of steel. If you want to eat, you can't even find food locally. It seems that Teacher Xue's breakfast this morning was really the last one."

"Ugh."

Everyone sighed.

"Don't panic, the rules say that everyone should bring a meal before going in."

"We'll steal the food from the other classes and beg Teacher Xue to cook for us..."

"Wake up, you can't bring kitchen utensils in either. Even if you have the ingredients, it will be difficult for Teacher Xue to cook it."

"Give up. Just pretend it was all a dream, and even after you wake up, your saliva will still be flowing..."

He Han rubbed his chin: "Aren't we being too complacent?"

"Joint exams can be deadly. This time, there are nearly twenty exam venues involved... I checked online, and the lowest casualty rate for such a large-scale joint exam is over 35%."

One of the female students laughed and said, "If this had happened three days ago, we would definitely have been very nervous."

"but now……"

"I feel that we are terrifyingly strong."

Everyone wore a subtle air of confidence.

No one knew how much progress they had made under the man they almost regarded as a god in just three days.

"I think being assigned to Teacher Xue's team is the luckiest thing that has ever happened to me in my life."

Someone spoke in a low voice.

"No matter what, we absolutely cannot let Teacher Xue down."

"Even if it means death, we must achieve a good result this time."

"Otherwise, Teacher Xue will be looked down upon by outsiders because of us... This is something I absolutely cannot accept!"

Everyone nodded emphatically.

The aircraft was quite fast, and before long it flew away from Silver City and arrived in the wilderness.

Inside the driver's cab, Xue Jing was chatting with the driver.

"...This area is the blank zone between the inner and outer ring roads."

The driver, a middle-aged man who was slightly overweight, introduced the vehicle with a smile.