Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest-Chapter 1126: True Proof (2)

Sitting in an internet café filled with all sorts of strange smells for half an hour, Wang Chen confirmed three things.

First, this world is real, not a figment of his own imagination.

Second, he himself truly exists.

Lastly, Wang Chen guessed that he must be going through the True Proof process.

Cutting off worldly ties, resolving karma, and letting go of emotional entanglements!

Since Wang Chen traveled to the world of immortal cultivation, it’s impossible for him to achieve True Proof in the Haotian Realm or the Mountain and Sea Realm and then be sent back to his original world by some mysterious force.

Moreover, time has rewound by more than a decade!

Wang Chen knew that he now had the chance to make up for past regrets and settle karma and worldly ties.

Did he have any regrets in the past?

A lot!

For instance, when he was fifteen and went to study in the provincial No. 5 Middle School, out of his parents’ supervision, he was dazzled by the city’s glamour and pursued only pleasure without ambition, wasting two years of high school life in a daze.

It wasn’t until a big change occurred in his family during the summer break at the end of his second school year that Wang Chen had an epiphany. Repenting, he worked hard and eventually got into a renowned polytechnic university in the country.

But he had wasted two years and barely made the cut for the college entrance exam, ending up studying a major he didn’t like due to admission adjustments.

His four years in university were quite tough, barely managing to hang on by working part-time.

Late on, he did not pursue a master’s degree and went straight to work for an ordinary state-owned enterprise.

Then he resigned and started working as a new media creator.

Until the transmigration to the Immortal Realm, he had not settled down and started a family as his parents had hoped.

Looking back now, he truly felt ashamed of his life and let down his parents!

Fortunately, Wang Chen finally had the opportunity to make amends.

He logged off the computer, greeted the front desk manager, and headed back to school the way he came.

By now, the school had ended its morning classes, and the students were rushing to the cafeteria for lunch, paying no attention to Wang Chen.

He followed his memory back to his dorm room.

The dorm room where Wang Chen lived was for six people, and his five roommates were all out, probably gone for lunch.

The lower bunk in the middle on the left side was Wang Chen’s; he reached under the pillow and pulled out a slightly worn smartphone.

The familiar startup screen caused a momentary daze in Wang Chen’s mind.

After the system entered the desktop, he opened the contacts and dialed the number fixed at the very top.

After a while, the call was connected: "Xiaochen..."

But this gentle and affectionate voice almost brought Wang Chen to tears on the spot, shaking even his hardened heart from enduring so many tribulations.

"Mom..."

Immediately sensing something was wrong on the other end of the phone, Wang’s Mother asked, "Xiaochen, what’s the matter? What happened? Tell Mom quickly, don’t scare me!"

Wang Chen hurriedly replied: "It’s nothing, Mom, I just suddenly missed you, missed the braised lion’s head you make, the pan-fried mackerel, and the rice cake stir-fried with crab, the food in the school cafeteria is getting worse and worse!"

"Hehe."

Wang’s Mother laughed: "You have the nerve to say that, always being picky at home, now outside you realize how good Mom’s cooking is? Stop trying to smooth-talk me, are you out of money again?"

"Your Majesty Mother is omniscient!"

Wang Chen replied cheekily: "I just paid for some materials a few days ago, and now I only have a little over a hundred left, please show your great mercy and pity your son."

"Where did you learn such sweet talk!"

Wang’s Mother was not fooled by his words, snorting twice before speaking: "Tell me, is it because you have a girlfriend?"

"Really not."

Wang Chen laughed and cried: "I swear to heaven!"

After much persuasion, Wang’s Mother finally ended the call, still half doubting.

After hanging up, Wang Chen’s expression returned to calm.

Though he was young, and the fondness and admiration for his mother remained undiminished by life’s dramatic upheavals or the passage of time.

But the Wang Chen of today was no longer the naive, stubborn youth he once was!

The phone "beeped" twice.

Looking down, Wang Chen saw that his mother had just transferred one thousand yuan to him.

Wang Chen replied: Thank you, Mom, love you (heart sign)

He knew that their family’s financial situation was still manageable, and he needed money right now, so he felt no pressure to cajole.

At this moment, a tall and thin student pushed the door open and entered.

Seeing Wang Chen sitting on the bed, he paused for a moment and hesitantly asked: "Wang Chen, have you eaten?"

Wang Chen nodded: "Yeah, I have."

This was his classmate Jiang Zhiqiang, who, like him, also came from the county below.

But Jiang Zhiqiang’s academic performance was much better than Wang Chen’s.

No. 5 High School was a provincial-level model high school, and although it ranked behind No. 1 High School, No. 2 High School, and Elite High School, it was still much better than most of the high schools in the lower cities and counties.

Wang Chen’s school record was still in his hometown, and he had entered No. 5 High School on a borrowed status through connections.

The annual fee for this borrowed status was thirty thousand yuan!

Bear in mind, this was thirty thousand yuan in the year 2012, which could buy several square meters of an apartment in the provincial capital.

For the three years of high school, just the fee for borrowing status had cost his family ninety thousand yuan, and together with other expenses, he had invested over a hundred thousand!

By contrast, although Jiang Zhiqiang’s family conditions were not as good as Wang Chen’s, he had been selected based on his own strong academic performance.

Wang Chen’s relationship with Jiang Zhiqiang was quite average.

The latter didn’t have much to say to Wang Chen and just took out his books to read on his own.

Soon, the other few roommates also came back, and the small dormitory became lively.

No one else greeted Wang Chen.

There were six people in a dorm room, and although boys were not as complicated as girls, they still formed different cliques.

Wang Chen came from a county below, and in theory should share common ground with Jiang Zhiqiang, but his poor academic performance and fondness for fun, often sneaking off to internet cafes to stay overnight, put him out of sync with Jiang Zhiqiang.

The other few roommates from the provincial capital were mostly from wealthy families and also looked down on Wang Chen.

So most of the time, Wang Chen was a loner, and his acquaintances were mostly other poor students.

Thinking back on his former self, Wang Chen now felt embarrassed.

At the same time, he also made a decision.

That was to look for an opportunity to move out of this dormitory and rent a house outside.

In order to make up for all the regrets, Wang Chen first needed to make himself strong, so living in a crowded dormitory was inconvenient and restrictive.

However, moving out wasn’t a big problem, the key issue was that Wang Chen didn’t have much money at hand, and the rent near No. 5 High School wasn’t cheap.

But making money was not the most important thing right now.

The most important thing was academic performance!

Bear in mind that in one month, there would be the end-of-term exams, which were also city-wide annual examinations.

This exam’s results were very critical, as classes would be split next semester.

Furthermore, according to the rules of No. 5 High School, if a borrowing student like Wang Chen could score within the top one hundred of his grade in the annual examination, he could waive the borrowing fee for the next year!

If he ranked within the top three hundred in the city, his school record could be transferred to No. 5 High School, and from then on, he would take the college entrance examination there!

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The second update is here.