Chapter 6

Over the next few days, Yuan Hanshuang felt right at home in the school.

Having resolved the most pressing issue of food, she practically walked on air.

The only regret was that the school doctor strictly limited her daily intake of nutrient solution, fearing that she would consume too much at once. However, based on this limited intake, Yuan Hanshuang could only eat a small half-meal each day.

What good was it to drink just a small half-meal’s worth of nutrient solution for free? After experiencing true hunger for some time, she had completely adapted to this state of starvation.

Furthermore, the amount of nutrient solution delivered to the Junior Academy each day was limited and couldn’t be supplied indefinitely.

If she were allowed to eat to her heart’s content, Yuan Hanshuang suspected she might be expelled on the spot.

Even in the school gate area, she overheard the staff members specially responsible for delivering nutrient solution to the Junior Academy chatting.

“The consumption of nutrient solution in the Junior Academy has suddenly increased so much lately.”

“I don’t know. Could it be because they admitted more students? Based on the increased consumption, they must have admitted at least a hundred more!”

“Let’s understand. These are the future flowers of the empire. The children need to grow.”

Yuan Hanshuang, the future flower of the empire and a professional freeloader: “…”

She silently walked away.

Apart from this small episode, everything else was calm.

Although she had a falling out with Young Master Gu , he didn’t come looking for trouble. They would just stare at each other fiercely when they met in the hallway, and during combat classes when the two classes trained together, he would voluntarily request to be in the opposing team against her.

Everywhere, he would oppose her… As a responsible adult, even if Yuan Hanshuang noticed these little tricks, it was hard to get angry. At most, she would think to herself, ah, this child has so much energy, youth is truly wonderful.

Little did she know that this cold treatment only fueled Young masters Gu’s hatred for her, making him gnash his teeth even more.

As a day student, Yuan Hanshuang left school on time every day. After determining the lunch break time and class schedule, she consciously allocated her time to prioritize important classes, attend them promptly, and skip or leave early for unimportant ones, using the extra time for training and work.

The other students in the academy were all serious little beans, but she, with the maturity of an adult, had a different mindset. If she converted the lessons for talent students in the Junior Academy, they were equivalent to the elementary school curriculum from her previous life, and she breezed through them effortlessly.

Adding to that, Yuan Hanshuang discovered that most of their classes at this age focused on theoretical foundations and psychic cultivation. She had long since mastered meditation on her own, and she had a good grasp of the textbooks for general subjects. Students who came from the conveyor belt of exam-oriented education found it easy to breeze through the end-of-term exams.

“Thanks to the previous college entrance examination education, otherwise I wouldn’t be where I am today.”

The majority of the remaining classes were physical training and combat classes.

Needless to say, in this category of classes, Yuan Hanshuang, who was a former martial arts champion and a master of ancient martial arts, was truly an expert. She could teach teachers in these classes.

So she consciously focused on learning the knowledge she currently needed the most, and after obtaining a set of teaching materials that couldn’t be bought on the market, she felt at ease skipping classes.

With the extra time, Yuan Hanshuang continued her oblivious act of studying hard.

The speed of training while half-full was far slower than when she was full, almost half the speed. This discovery made her increasingly anxious.

After half a month, she was sure that although she seemed to have a defect in her manifestation, there were benefits to eating a full meal.

Yuan Hanshuang discovered that the speed and efficiency of her training depended entirely on her satiety level. The higher her satiety, the faster she trained. The lower her satiety, the slower she trained.

“So, it’s a bit like a battery. It can only release its maximum power when it’s fully charged.”

It’s worth mentioning that if she stopped training, her appetite would return to a normal level.

And her manifestation would also increase in size and length as her training level increased, with significant results.

What she had awakened was originally a fish that was no bigger than her palm, but now it was as long as half of her arm.

To make full use of every minute and second and to better utilize her half-full state, Yuan Hanshuang usually meditated at night and continued with basic physical training during the day.

Reaching the first rank as soon as possible was her current main goal.

One day in class, Yuan Hanshuang listened particularly attentively.

“Today, we will talk about another method of combat for talented individuals – Resonance Combat.”

Teacher Xiao Yunmeng stood in front of the podium, providing a popular science explanation to the hungry students, “Compared to the straightforward and direct shapeshifting combat, Resonance Combat is more powerful but also more difficult.”

“Even if I explain it to you in detail today, it may still take you six months to a year to become proficient in using it.”

Yuan Hanshuang tilted her head in confusion.

Last week, she had already tried this new combat method based on the content in the textbook. It wasn’t very difficult, and she succeeded after just an afternoon.

She didn’t expect that the interstellar still used this reverse teaching method, deliberately exaggerating the difficulty to stimulate students’ competitiveness.

“Why is Resonance Combat stronger? Because in a state of resonance, talented individuals can use skills. And skills can only be used in a state of resonance.”

A student raised their hand, “Teacher Xiao, how do we acquire skills?”

“Skills cannot be acquired, they can only be developed on your own.”

Xiao Yunmeng said, “Each talented individual develops different skills, depending on your imagination and the characteristics of different Manifestations. For example, hedgehogs are good at defense, woodpeckers are good at healing. Developing skills in these two directions is more efficient.”

“Of course, skill development cannot defy common sense.”