The Alluring Boss O's Slacker A (Transmigration GL) - Chapter 4

“In the second half of fourth year, many students choose to intern with a legion. Isn’t it a little too late for you to suddenly say you want to change majors?” Counselor Teacher Li put down the application form and looked at Wen Jin in confusion. “Did you run into some difficulty with your studies?”

In truth, Li Xue Zhen did not have much of an impression of Wen Jin as a student. Wen Jin’s grades were around the lower-middle range, her physical fitness barely met the standard, and her combat techniques lagged even further behind.

The Ancient Martial Arts Department had a points ranking list for students in the same year.

Wen Jin ranked near the bottom. Her points were only in the double digits, which basically meant unemployment upon graduation.

Li Xue Zhen had originally thought that since Wen Jin had always gone in and out together with Luo Xi, and Luo Xi was the Luo family’s S-rank genius Alpha girl—not to mention that the Luo family was one of the four great families—her future prospects were limitless. The whole school knew that Wen Jin would later follow behind Luo Xi and at least get a hot meal out of it.

Since even anyone with eyes could see this future ahead of her, why was Wen Jin so determined to change majors?

This concerned a student’s future, so Teacher Li decided to persuade her a little more.

In the end…

“Teacher.” Wen Jin’s red lips parted slightly, and she delivered the explanation she had prepared long ago with heartbreaking sincerity. “I’m very sorry to disappoint your efforts to keep me. My physical fitness is poor, my mental strength isn’t good either, and my family background is even less presentable. Last month, my dad sold our house to pay off gambling debts. Life is tight. I thought about it for a long time, and in the end, I still decided to choose a major that will allow me to earn money as quickly as possible.”

What Wen Jin said was true. Between bread and ideals, one should indeed choose the former.

This time, Li Xue Zhen did not continue trying to persuade her.

Everyone knew that the process of ancient martial arts cultivation required enormous expenses.

Ancient martial arts were divided into innate and acquired, but to this day, the highest ancient martial artists only existed at the acquired Heaven-rank level.

As for the acquired level, it was further divided into four ranks: Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow. For each rank advancement, aside from one’s own dedicated cultivation and accumulated combat experience, medicinal potions were also needed for support.

However, in the Federation, potions were the most precious things in existence. The higher one climbed, the rarer and harder to find the plants required for the potions became. Generally, they were difficult to obtain even with a thousand gold.

Even with potion formulas and raw materials, there was not a single god-level pharmacist in the entire interstellar world.

This was also why, to this day, no one in interstellar ancient martial arts cultivation had broken through beyond the acquired level.

“Then you want to transfer to the Service Department?” Teacher Li asked.

The Service Department was generally for high-end restaurant servers, sales staff, and the like.

As long as students in this department learned etiquette well, they could start working right after graduation. The only downside was that the salary was low.

As soon as Teacher Li finished speaking, she saw Wen Jin firmly shake her head twice.

“The Computer Science Department?” The moment Teacher Li said it, she rejected the idea herself. “If you transfer there in fourth year, I’m afraid you won’t be able to keep up. You might not even be able to get your graduation certificate by then.”

Wen Jin knew Teacher Li was thinking on her behalf, but she felt that none of Teacher Li’s suggestions suited her sun, beach, and goji berry tea lifestyle.

So she took the initiative and said, “I want to transfer to the Pharmacy major. Could you sign this for me?”

Teacher Li was startled, and the fountain pen dropped onto the desk with a clack.

“What?”

Everyone in the entire interstellar world knew how difficult it was to get into the Pharmacy Department.

Not only did one need talent, one also needed vast knowledge and the ability to identify medicinal herbs and plant species.

Of course, aside from these, one also had to endure loneliness and possess limitless passion for potions.

Spending all day in the laboratory, constantly adjusting bottles and jars on the experimental bench, was dry and tedious.

There were even large numbers of potion researchers who achieved nothing in their entire lives.

Even so, interstellar students still flocked to pharmacy studies.

Because after graduation, they could work at a local research institute or at the Capital Star Research Institute.

The job came with the five social insurances and one housing fund, subsidies for extreme heat and cold, and if one was lucky enough to participate in a research project and develop a formula, one’s name would be directly written onto the interstellar celebrity ranking and displayed again and again.

Teacher Li was shocked by Wen Jin’s unrealistic idea of wanting to become fat in one bite. She narrowed her eyes, put on the air of a teacher, and began explaining the difficulty to Wen Jin.

“Do you know how many Alphas and Omegas with mental strength above A-rank try to enter Federal University’s Pharmacy Department every year across the interstellar world?”

Wen Jin shook her head.

“Thirty billion.”

Wen Jin gave an “oh.” That was somewhat exaggerated.

Teacher Li thought this number had managed to persuade Wen Jin. In the end, Wen Jin pursed her lips into a faint smile and took a crumpled transfer exam score sheet out of her pocket.

On that score sheet, which had been crumpled into a ball and then finally flattened with great effort, the score was written clearly.

Pharmacy Department Transfer Exam

Prospective Transfer Student: Wen Jin

Number: 21832

Score: 60

Evaluation: Excellent. Has unique insights into Ancient Earth plants.

Teacher Li’s hand trembled as she held the test paper. The way she looked at Wen Jin was as if she had seen a piece of glittering gold.

That gaze of looking at a treasure made Wen Jin shudder. She even suspected whether she had accidentally taken out a perfect-score paper.

She rubbed her chin, her mood inexplicably subtle. She had clearly controlled her score and tested exactly at sixty points, not allowing even one extra point.

How could Teacher Li still be amazed to this extent?

In Wen Jin’s way of thinking, the passing score was the admission score. Sixty points was neither too much nor too little. It was just right. As long as she reached the line, she could transfer departments.

Afterward, she could muddle through and become an inconspicuous Pharmacy student who did not reveal her abilities.

In another half a year, even if the Wen family did not take her back first, she could still rely on her academic background to casually find a small research institute somewhere, take the most secure five social insurances and one housing fund, work the most regular three-shift rotation, and then eat, wait for death, and retire peacefully.

That would be beautiful too.

But… why had scoring sixty points made her an unparalleled genius in the eyes of Federal University’s teacher?

Wasn’t this opening method wrong?

Wen Jin felt a tiny bit gloomy.

However, her gloom did not last long. At the table in the corner next to them, another conversation between a teacher and student directly interrupted her thoughts.

“Teacher understands that you just differentiated and your pheromones are unstable, but suppressants and blocking patches can prevent an Omega’s heat-period pheromones from leaking out.” Teacher Cui did not look as relaxed as Teacher Li. His thick brows were knitted together, and he was only just short of crumpling Ruan Ting Zhi’s transfer application and throwing it into the trash can.

Such a good seedling. For four years of university, she had ranked first every year. Before this, even with delayed differentiation, her combat techniques had reached full marks.

A few days ago, after Ruan Ting Zhi differentiated, although her gender was Omega, her mental strength was S-rank.

In the entire Federation, the number of Alphas and Omegas with S-rank mental strength could be counted. Cultivating ancient martial arts would produce twice the result with half the effort.

A talent like Ruan Ting Zhi would be fought over and reserved in advance by the four great ancient martial families, the Federal Legions, or mercenary organizations. Her future was limitless.

Teacher Cui had never expected that the proud disciple he favored most would want to transfer departments. With a gloomy expression, he soothed his throat and prepared to continue persuading her.

Then Ruan Ting Zhi opened her mouth.

“Teacher.” Ruan Ting Zhi took out the exact same explanation Wen Jin had used earlier, her attitude just as sincere. “Thank you very much for your cultivation over these past four years. Although my physical fitness is excellent and my mental strength is high, my family background is still not presentable. Last month, my mom sold our house to pay off gambling debts. Life is tight. I thought about it for a long time, and I still hope to choose a major that will allow me to earn money as quickly as possible.”

Teacher Cui: “…”

“As for the department transfer, you don’t need to worry. I passed the transfer application exam.” Ruan Ting Zhi lifted her eyelids and suddenly turned her head. Her gaze collided midair with Wen Jin’s.

She gave a pure, shy smile, then said, “Thirty-nine points.”

Wen Jin: “…”