My stats are higher than yours!

"No need to be modest. Getting an S-rank rating is already the mark of a peerless genius. I'm still very curious, how did you manage to get such a high score? Those human bastards in the trial are not easy to deal with," the school doctor asked.

"Well..."

Bai Shuodong gave a shy smile, and then said, "I just set some restrictions, at the cost of permanently losing all rewards, to take over the Heckler Empire... and then I raised my courage value to 200 points at the start."

"Going this far? Aren't you afraid you won't be able to destroy the country?" The school doctor's lips twitched, looking at him as if he were a monster. Then he continued to ask, "What did you do next? How did you deal with those useless, incompetent officials in the kingdom?"

"I haven't even left the starting village."

"?"

"Actually, it's like this..."

...

After a few minutes

"Holy crap? This doesn't even work! The hero's gone, and they're starting to panic? They're beginning to take human form?"

The school doctor's expression was priceless. He frowned and asked, "Aren't you afraid that the demons will directly overrun the human kingdom? If they take control of the Holy Mountain, you're doomed! How will you pass the trial then?"

"Mastering psionic energy is a worthwhile investment."

"Brilliant."

The school doctor clapped his hands; he had nothing more to say.

He wasn't stupid, and of course he could guess that Bai Shuodong had omitted details. The Trial of Courage could not possibly be passed by simply idling; there must have been many dangerous details hidden within it. It's just that these details were too troublesome to explain, so there was no need to mention them.

First of all, it's highly questionable that the human kingdom can hold out for 20 years. That old devil, the Demon King, must have received some kind of intelligence, which made him hesitant and afraid to directly attack the human kingdom.

Without top-tier combat power to counterbalance them, the Demon King would have already crushed the human race.

This kid's something else...

His ability to mediate among top experts, balance various forces, and ultimately complete the trial to obtain the reward demonstrates his exceptionally sharp strategic vision.

"you're good."

The school doctor patted him on the shoulder.

"It's just a matter of persistence and hard work."

Bai Shuodong replied.

"Ah."

The school doctor responded, sat down on the sofa in the rest area, leaned back, and said, "Your choice is fine. Although this kind of psionic option seems to be designed specifically for mages, it is actually strong for warriors as well, especially for a naturally strong warrior like you."

“Remember this: any psychic needs to master psychic power. The most likely reason for thinking that psychic power is useless is that you are too poor and useless. You don’t have the money, resources, or talent to control psychic power, so you think that learning psychic power is useless.”

"..."

Bai Shuodong remained silent.

On the warrior side, it seems that generally...

"Now that you have successfully mastered psionic energy and possess this level of conversion efficiency, your full-power Fire Fist is probably two or three times more powerful than a normal punch, right?" The school doctor crossed his legs and looked at Bai Shuodong.

"Almost there."

Bai Shuodong nodded in response.

"Well, but I have to remind you, although you're very strong in using psionic energy now, it's difficult for you to continue improving given your current conditions. The school can't afford to train you, so you have to understand," the school doctor said with a sigh.

Is it expensive to continue improving?

"Of course, the simulated elemental training room that the mage uses in the early stages can gather the amount of elements inside to a temperature equivalent to 400 degrees Celsius, but at the same time it will not ignite. The actual temperature is only about 40 degrees Celsius. The cost per hour is more than a hundred times that of your private training room."

"?!hundred times!?"

Bai Shuodong's eyes widened, feeling as if his worldview had been severely damaged.

A mere 400-degree Celsius environment, and this useless training room costs a hundred times more? Are all these mages crazy? Why not just light a fire and sit inside?

"Because mages who have not yet become psionicists have very low physical constitutions, in order to suppress their attributes, their physical constitutions may even be worse than those of ordinary people. Therefore, when designing high-temperature environments, the tolerance of these top mages must be taken into account, which naturally increases the overall cost."

"That's too expensive."

Bai Shuodong still couldn't understand it; these people were simply insane, complete lunatics.

"expensive?"

The school doctor suddenly smiled, tilted his head slightly to look at Bai Shuodong, and slowly said, "Because each mage's physique is different, the elemental cultivation rooms they use are all custom-made versions. If the internal environment is a little worse, the cultivation speed will be much slower. Those guys won't skimp on this kind of place."

"And you, my student, have already passed the trial rewards and raised your conversion efficiency to above the average level of a mage. To continue to improve, you need higher temperatures, and high-temperature environments mean higher prices. Even if your physique is better than a mage's, the final cost will not be low."

"Moreover, the school doesn't have many magicians, and it lacks this type of equipment. If you want to get the equipment, you have to import it, which is extremely expensive."

"Do you understand now? The school can reimburse you, but not this much."

"The cost-effectiveness is too low, I can't understand it, I just can't understand it. Why spend so much money on something else? There could be a lot of improvement in other aspects, right?" Bai Shuodong said with a furrowed brow.

"Well... let me put it this way, for those guys, neither money nor psionic points are mainstream currencies anymore, they're just simple numbers, so they don't really care about them."

"?"

Bai Shuodong opened his mouth slightly, as if he could see a corner of the Heavenly Palace. Even just a corner of the scenery was enough to shock him.

Chapter Fifty-Nine: Hardcore Solutions to Worries

"So, the lawyers at our school are all..."

"They're nothing but high-ranking mages, just a bunch of high-level mages in fancy hats. Real mages don't even go to high school. They complete their trials and become psionicists by middle school, and after graduation they can rise to the second or even third tier. How could they still be students at our academy?" the school doctor said with a smile.

"Huh? Second or even third tier? Aren't there ten levels in each tier? Doesn't that require a lot of time to accumulate? How could I advance so quickly? That's not how it's taught in the textbooks!"

Bai Shuodong asked incredulously, but as he continued, he realized an even more terrifying problem. His Adam's apple bobbed, and he said, "You just said they became psychics in middle school, which means that you were actually...."

“That’s right. I’m comparing you to a mage who was in middle school and hadn’t yet become a psionicist. You’re probably a twelve or thirteen-year-old mage.”

"..."

"Don't be too discouraged. After all, these people consume resources much faster than you, so it's normal for their strength to improve quickly."

The school doctor patted him on the shoulder and gently comforted him, "You don't need to surpass them at the same level. As long as you are qualified to be on par with them in some aspect, you are already far ahead of your peers, by several times, or even more than ten times."

"Take the warrior class in the first year of high school, apart from that little girl from the Xia family, who can withstand a single blow from you? You're already very strong and powerful. Keep training hard and try to get a legendary class!"

"Keep it up, young man!"

"Ah."

...

First year of high school, Warrior class, Class 3.

Bai Shuodong sat in the classroom listening to the lesson, but his eyes were dim and he was not concentrating.

Suddenly, a pale finger poked his side, making him shudder. He almost threw a punch back, but he managed to restrain himself.

He turned his head and met Xia Yanxin's gaze, who was also blatantly ignoring the lesson.

She was leaning against the table in an almost reclining position, one arm propped up against the table and supporting her head, her eyes fixed on him, her other hand just pulled back.

"What? Something on your mind?"

"Ah."

"Why don't you tell me about it?"

"..."

Bai Shuodong glanced at her, then looked away and said, "I don't want to talk to you."

joke!

I am destined to be an unparalleled powerhouse!

If she finds out that I'm feeling unsettled and have some negative emotions because I heard that the mage is far stronger than me, wouldn't that give her something to talk about later?

No! Absolutely not!

I will overcome this on my own!

"It's not convenient to say..."

Xia Yanxin narrowed her eyes slightly, then sat up, clapped her hands, and said with a grin, "Well then, I have a way to help you solve your problem, it's guaranteed to work."

"Ok?"

Bai Shuodong looked suspicious, and then asked, "Are you sure? You don't even know what's on my mind, so how can you help me?"

"Of course, I'm a genius! Don't worry, with a genius like me, solving this little problem will be a piece of cake!" Xia Yanxin smiled warmly, patting his back as if they were very familiar with each other.

"Hmm... well, I'll trust you this once."

"Yay, come with me after class."

"Ah."

...

After class, the two went to Xia Yanxin's private training room.

This time, when Bai Shuodong came in, he took a closer look at the layout and found that there were indeed many special items that were not found in ordinary training rooms, such as potted plants, incense burners, array patterns, etc., which should also be used to accelerate cultivation.