The Modern Immortal

Studying

Daemon laid his eyes on his study table. Just the test papers alone were stacked two feet high, and the amount of reference books was even more.

It was not only Daemon’s table that was like that. At a glance, all the tables in the class were like that. If there was really a need to point out one difference, then it would be that all the books and test papers that were on Daemon’s table looked brand new and neatly arranged, while the rest of his classmates’ table had their books and test papers piled up in a mess, looking like a disaster.

Daemon randomly pulled out a few test papers to take a look and found out that he could not understand most of the questions. The numerous fresh red zeros on his test paper even made his face turn red.

“It seems that I must resolve the issue with my studies first before resolving the issue with my cultivation. Or else, I would really be expelled from school due to my grades, and mum would definitely be sad.” Daemon whispered to himself softly before taking out a book from his table and seriously skimming through it.

After having stopped studying, although Daemon’s lost focus and wasn't able to totally give his best , his attitude towards his studies was very proper. All his study materials from Year 1 to Year 3 were neatly arranged underneath his table, and Daemon therefore would not need to waste his time and effort gathering studying materials.

As he was from a single-parent family, Daemon was extremely obedient and very diligent in his studies. Since primary school to high school, Daemon had always been the dictator in academic results. He was ranked first in the entire cohort for his entrance exam into S City First High School. And subsequently in Year 1, Daemon had also dominated the entire cohort by ranking first in his final year’s examination.

However, due to a car accident of his mother in the first half of the school term in Year 2, Daemon started taking care of his mother due to which he had to skip class or sometimes he didn't even go to school for weeks. After his mother's condition stabilized he again tried to start studying but he would always lose focus randomly from time to time. No matter how hard he tried, he was not able to catch up with the pace in class, thus his results kept on falling until he became the last in his cohort.

If Daemon wanted to improve his results, he would not only have to self-learn the content from Year 2 and Year 3, but also relearn all the content before Year 2. If it was the previous Daemon, it would be impossible to take back all the glory that should have belonged to him using just three months. But this wouldn’t be of any issue to the current Daemon.

“Eldest Brother, don’t bother wasting your effort, us brothers are just not fit to study. It wouldn’t be of any use no matter how hard we try.” Daemon had only flipped a few pages of his book before he felt a hand over his shoulder, and a low voice resounded beside his ear.

The one who was speaking was naturally his tablemate Edward. He was thinking that Daemon was affected by Teacher Lin’s words and couldn’t help himself from looking through his study materials, so he wanted to console him.

Edward was one of Daemon’s good friends that was hard to come by, and was considered his brother-in-arms.

Edward’s result was also extremely outstanding when he first entered school. However, during the second half of the term in Year 1, his parents got divorced, and after that, Edward began to frantically skip classes, getting into fights, getting into relationships, and even skipped examinations. From an exquisite model student, he became a bad student that teachers hated in a short period of time.

Two years had passed, and although Edward had calmly accepted the fact that his parents had divorced, the harm inflicted onto him by his parents was unable to be salvaged. His enthusiasm towards his studies was also unrecoverable.

“Fatty, let’s just study properly, or else…” Daemon stopped his sentence halfway and was not able to continue. The reason why he was willing to go back to school to study was to fulfil his mother’s wish, but Edward hated his parents and so would do anything that would make his parents feel miserable.

“Ai, forget it, our situations are different. You better study hard and not let down your mum’s expectations. For me, it will always be like this for the rest of my life.” Seeing that Daemon had stopped speaking further, the smile on Edward’s face gradually disappeared as he became downcast.

“Fatty, since you still persist to come to school for lessons on time everyday, then this says that deep down you still have the passion for learning. You are only doing this because you want your mum and dad to feel miserable and regret, that’s why you are giving up on yourself, am I right?” Daemon stared at Edward as he asked.

After hearing Daemon’s words, Edward’s expression changed, and he avoided Daemon’s gaze with guilt.

“Fatty, even though I don’t know why your parents decided to file for divorce, but during this two years, I have seen how much they care for you. They didn’t divorce because they don’t love you anymore, but because they felt that they were not suited to be together. If you still continue giving up on yourself, you will suffer, and your parents will be in pain as well. So why the need to be like this?” Seeing that Edward was properly listening to him, Daemon took the opportunity to advise him.

If the bunch of experts from the Immortal World saw how earnest Daemon was giving advice to a mortal ant to reflect, then their jaws would definitely have dropped to the floor.

This was because the Daemon in the Immortal World was simply too arrogant. Even to his disciples and good friends, he did not bother talking to them much, and he was even colder towards strangers.