Chapter 230: Level 4 Medical Skills
"Because they are not you!"
He got her...
Facing Ye Fan's serious gaze, Ning Xi's red lips moved, but she didn't know what to say. Her small face was completely flushed.
Ye Fan wasn't surprised by this. He took the stationery bag from Ning Xi's hand and smiled brightly. "Where are we going shopping tomorrow?"
"Shopping?"
Ning Xi looked at Ye Fan in confusion and asked, "What shopping?"
Today was May 25th, and there were only 11 days left until the college entrance exam on June 6th.
At a time like this, who had the time to go shopping? Every moment should be spent reviewing.
Shopping?
Sorry, she wasn't worthy!
All because Ye Fan insisted on betting with his parents, saying he would score 750 points in the college entrance exam...
If it were just Ye Fan, that would be one thing. But he had dragged her into it too, which put her under immense pressure.
Ye Fan shrugged his shoulders and glanced in the direction where the three girls had just left. "Xiao Xi, your memory isn't that bad, right?"
"Just now, you clearly said you had plans with me to go shopping tomorrow. It's only been a short while—what, are you trying to go back on your word?"
"..."
Upon hearing this, Ning Xi finally understood what he meant.
She raised her hand to rub her forehead and said helplessly, "I was just saying that casually. How could you take it seriously?"
"Mm, but I did take it seriously."
Ye Fan nodded with a smile, his expression seemingly saying, "I took it seriously. If you don't go, it counts as breaking a promise!"
Ning Xi's small face showed distress as she sighed, "Didn't you say you wanted to invite me to visit Linhai during summer vacation? If I don't get a perfect score on the college entrance exam, your plan won't happen."
"I don't really mind. If you insist on dragging me shopping tomorrow, I can go. But after the exam, don't blame me."
A counterattack!
A flicker of surprise flashed through Ye Fan's eyes as he curiously examined the girl in front of him and teased, "Xiao Xi, you're getting smarter. You've learned how to exploit my weakness? Not bad!"
"I'm just telling the truth."
Ning Xi blinked innocently and said softly, "As the saying goes, 'you can't have both fish and bear's paw.' You can't expect me to go shopping with you and still score a perfect mark on the college entrance exam, right?"
"If we have time for that, wouldn't it be better to think about how to teach me how to write essays? My essay-writing skills aren't great. At least, aiming for a perfect score is unrealistic."
Saying this, she smiled and looked at Ye Fan softly. Her pitiful and innocent gaze was something no man could resist.
"Gege, whatever you decide, I'll go along with it."
"..."
Ye Fan took a deep breath, and for the first time, his usually calm expression wavered.
That look...
Too lethal!!!
"You win."
With these three words, the matter was settled.
Ning Xi's clear eyes sparkled with amusement, misty and playful, as her lips curved slightly. Bathed in the gentle sunlight, she was a breathtaking sight on campus.
After watching Ning Xi leave, Ye Fan went home.
He put down his school bag, sat by the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room, and opened his status panel to check his progress.
[Host]: Ye Fan
[Knowledge]: Level 4 (1223/10000)
[Intelligence]: Level 4 (69/10000)
[Physical Strength]: Level 4 (76/10000)
[Medical Skills]: Level 3 (0/2000)
[Virtue Points]: 80
[Experience Points]: 8827
[Skill]: Flowing Inspiration
With his accumulated experience points, he could already upgrade Knowledge to Level 5.
However, Ye Fan had no such intention. After all, Level 4 Knowledge was more than enough to handle the college entrance exam.
Level 5?
Too wasteful!
Besides, he was passively gaining a lot of experience just by reading books. There was no need to upgrade Knowledge for now.
Good steel should be used on the blade!
If he saved up for about four more days, he could level up Intelligence to Level 5. Once that happened, his rate of earning experience would increase again. This kind of positive cycle was the best strategy.
The system task released on the first of this month was ridiculously unreasonable, and combined with Ye Fan's bad luck, the rewards were pitifully low.
"Huh?"
Thinking about tasks, Ye Fan suddenly remembered something very important. He smacked his forehead in frustration.
Lately, he had been so focused on studying or tutoring Ning Xi that he had completely forgotten something crucial.
Damn it!
The system had mentioned that once all his attributes reached Level 4, the task release restrictions would be lifted, upgrading to a random task system.
He had long accumulated enough experience to upgrade Medical Skills to Level 4, but he had forgotten to do it.
So frustrating...
"Upgrade Medical Skills."
System: "Upgrading Medical Skills requires 2000 experience points. Confirm upgrade?"
"Yes!"
System: "2000 experience points consumed. Medical Skills successfully upgraded to Level 4."
Ding—
"System detected that all host attributes have reached Level 4. Task release restrictions have been lifted. The system will now issue random tasks. Completing tasks will randomly reward experience points, with the reward range upgraded from 100-1000 to 1000-10000."
Ding—
"New task issued: The host must achieve a perfect score and rank first place in the Three-Linked Exams."
Hearing this string of notifications, Ye Fan was momentarily stunned. But before he could think further, a flood of medical knowledge surged into his mind.
It took nearly ten minutes before his dazed eyes gradually regained focus. He had fully absorbed the new medical knowledge, making his understanding of many illnesses clearer and more precise.
He let out a light breath, and when he recalled the system's new task, the corners of his mouth curled up.
Achieve a perfect score and rank first in the national exams?
No problem!
Upgrading Medical Skills not only removed the task release restrictions but also increased the range of experience point rewards. This was a double win!
With Medical Skills upgraded, Ye Fan's status panel had also changed.
[Host]: Ye Fan
[Knowledge]: Level 4 (1223/10000)
[Intelligence]: Level 4 (69/10000)
[Physical Strength]: Level 4 (76/10000)
[Medical Skills]: Level 4 (0/10000)
[Virtue Points]: 80
[Experience Points]: 6827
[Skill]: Flowing Inspiration
Spending 2000 experience points was totally worth it!
With just one completed task, he could earn back those 2000 points—maybe even more. As for future tasks, they were guaranteed profit.
Very good!
Feeling cheerful, Ye Fan happily continued his grind for experience points after dinner, even humming a tune.
…
Time passed, and soon it was past 8 PM.
Inside an office at the Ministry of Education building—
Sun Kaiyuan sat at his desk, staring intently at his email inbox, his face filled with anticipation.
He was eagerly waiting for the results of the Three-Linked Exam for the selected top students!
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