Li Yao was indeed repairing the boiler.
He was one of the first examinees to hand in the test papers in the Starry Federation. The college entrance examination took just over three hours, and he finished all the questions and left the classroom with a slap on his butt.
There were still two hours before the end of the college entrance examination, and Li Yao had nothing to do, so he just walked leisurely around the campus with his hands behind his back, and walked to the abandoned big bathhouse behind the school before he knew it.
When the limestone area was the most prosperous, there were more than 10,000 students in Miners' Children Middle School. In the living area behind the school, a large-scale bathhouse was built to provide convenience for students and open to the public on rest days.
However, with the exhaustion of the mine veins and the gradual decline of the limestone area, there are fewer and fewer students in the middle school for the children of miners, and there are very few people who come to take a bath. It is not worthwhile to put a large pool of hot water just for these three or two kittens. I don't know when the bathhouse was closed.
After decades of disuse, the boiler room responsible for providing heat for the bathhouse is also rusty, covered with cobwebs and dust.
Li Yao glanced casually into the boiler room through the incomplete glass window, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his eyes were fixed on the dark boiler.
He found that standing in the boiler room was a "Fire Bear" boiler refined more than 90 years ago. There are upper and lower layers of flame talisman arrays, which can continuously output heat energy, and the temperature is very stable. Its structure can be called classic.
Li Yao had only seen anatomical diagrams of this type of boiler in books before, but had never seen the real thing.
As a magic weapon fan, naturally he would not let go of a great opportunity.
The door of the boiler room was not locked at all, but the door hinges were rusted. Li Yao pushed hard, and the door opened with a "squeak, squeak, squeak". The boiler room was filled with dust, and a few bats and birds flew out of the boiler room. .
A little bird also dropped some shit on Li Yao's head.
However, Li Yao didn't care much, his eyes sparkled, like a mouse that had discovered a rice vat, rushed over recklessly, hugged the "Fire Bear" boiler, and concentrated on studying it.
For more than three hours, he was immersed in the wonderful world of magic weapons.
Although the Fire Bear Boiler was a civilian magic weapon nearly a hundred years ago, the structure of the double-layer talisman array is extremely mysterious. A total of 36 flame talisman arrays are connected by more than 100 extremely thin crystal lines. Move the whole body, every design makes Li Yao have endless aftertaste and enjoy it.
Before he knew it, Li Yao pouted his buttocks and crawled into the boiler. His face, hands and body were covered with oil stains, and he was disfigured. Only two rows of neat teeth were left, which were still white. It looks as sloppy as it needs to be.
His eyes are getting brighter and brighter, his ten fingers are as soft as goose feathers, gently brushing the crystal thread, just like the most brilliant luthier stroking the strings, playing beautiful music.
Vaguely, he seemed to have grasped the essence of the three-dimensional talisman structure. The huge boiler turned into translucent parts, which were continuously decomposed, scattered, and reassembled in the depths of his brain to operate.
"It turns out that this is the case. The design of this structure is so ingenious. It collects back the escaped fire-type psionic energy and prevents the psionic energy from being wasted to the greatest extent. It's really a miraculous design!" Li Yao exclaimed.
"Classmate Li Yao? Classmate Li Yao? Li Yao!"
Headmaster Mao was flushed and out of breath. He stood on his knees at the door of the boiler room for a while, and he didn't respond after calling him several times. He had no choice but to look around. He picked up a fire stick and placed it on Li Yao's buttocks. It poked lightly.
"Student Li Yao!"
"Wait, President Mao, wait for everything, I'll figure it out soon, it's like this, so it's like this... It's amazing! Why didn't I think of it earlier, it turns out that these three crystal lines are working! "
Li Yao slapped his thigh without turning his head, and said excitedly, "Principal Mao, just wait a little longer, I am absolutely sure to repair this boiler, and it will be as good as brand new!"
Principal Mao couldn't laugh or cry, and yelled: "Li Yao! What time is it, what boiler are you still repairing? Come out for an interview, you will be the number one in the Fuge City college entrance examination!"
"Don't shout, there's an echo in the boiler, it's making my head hurt, I'll wait until I fix the boiler for the big deal, isn't it just the college entrance examination certificate... what? I'm the top student in the college entrance examination!"
Li Yao let out a wolf howl in the boiler, and jumped up excitedly.
But hearing a "boom", the entire boiler room vibrated, and dust fell from the beams.
It was Li Yao who forgot that he was still in the boiler, and hit his head hard against the steel plate, knocking out a bulge in the boiler, and a big bump bulged on the top of his head.
Ignoring the pain, Li Yao climbed out of the boiler with his head in his arms, took two deep breaths, collected himself, grabbed Principal Mao's shoulder and shook vigorously: "Principal, I am really the number one student in the college entrance examination in Fuge City." ?”
"Hey, hey, are you going to tear apart my old bones? Don't you know if you look online yourself?" Principal Mao was so painful that tears came down.
Li Yao hurriedly let go, scratched his hair a little embarrassedly, a cloud of dust rose from his messy hair, he opened the crystal brain, entered the special page for the college entrance examination, entered his student number, clicked to confirm, and soon the results popped up and ranking.
"Fuge City Miner's Children Middle School Li Yao, the total score of the college entrance examination is 781, the degree of spiritual root development is 92%, and the final score is 718.52, ranking first in the city!"
"awesome!"
Li Yao was extremely excited, his legs exerted strength, he did three backflips in a row, then jumped three feet high, and swung his fist fiercely in mid-air.
It looked like a gorilla who had finally ascended to the throne after a fight!
"I succeeded!"
"Within one month, I went from a cripple with a spiritual root development rate of 7% to a cultivation genius with a spiritual root development rate of 92%, and won the title of No. 1 scholar in the college entrance examination of Fu Ge City!"
"I have lived up to the trust of Sun Biao, Peng Hai, Ding Lingdang, Grandpa Wang and Principal Mao!"
"The most important thing is that I am one step closer to my dream. With this result, I can choose any major from the Ninth University!"
"Student Li Yao, calm down, there are hundreds of reporters outside waiting to interview you, don't get excited, calm down, please calm down!" Principal Mao said tremblingly.
He told Li Yao to calm down, but he also looked like he had just been injected with a large dose of stimulants, his face was red, his hands and feet were trembling, and he was extremely excited.
No. 1 in the college entrance examination. In the more than 100 years since the establishment of Fuge City Miners’ Children Middle School, not to mention the No. 1 in the college entrance examination, there has not even been one in the top 1,000 in the college entrance examination. How can Principal Mao be calm, how can he be calm
Otherwise, he was old and frail, and he wished he could do a few backflips like Li Yao!
After listening to Principal Mao's words, Li Yao took a deep breath, rubbed his cheeks vigorously, and muttered to himself: "Calm down, calm down, isn't it just a small Fuge City college entrance examination champion? It's too embarrassing to move the Federation and shake people in the entire Tianyuan world. This small scene is so excited that they don't know where to go. It's too shameful..."
Having said that, Li Yao still had a naive smile on his face. With a dark face and bright white teeth, he looked like a fool.
Seeing that he was a little flustered, Principal Mao reminded him: "Student Li Yao, I just heard those reporters talking about it. They seem to be very interested in your relationship with Chixiao No. 2 Middle School. When you speak later, pay attention and try not to say anything. If you offend someone, after all, you don't have a deep hatred, so it's not good to tear your face completely, you understand?"
"Oh?"
Hearing the words "Chixiao No. 2 Middle School", Li Yao was taken aback for a moment, and his smile was restrained. Two strange lights appeared in his eyes, and he strode out of the boiler room.
A large group of reporters rushed towards the boiler room like wild dogs running free.
"Student Li Yao! Classmate Li Yao! Please accept our interview!"
Li Yao's mind turned, he typed the manuscript quickly, and after a while, he walked forward with his head held high.
He coughed dryly and was about to speak, but a large group of reporters turned a blind eye to him, like a river meeting a rock, separated automatically, and bypassed him on both sides.
"Student Li Yao, where are you? Please come out and accept my interview!"
Li Yao raised his right hand in embarrassment: "I'm here!"
"Where? We didn't see anyone, Li Yao!"
A large group of reporters surrounded Li Yao. Dozens of suspicious eyes swept past Li Yao, but none of them focused on him.
It can't be blamed on the blindness of the reporters, it's because Li Yao's appearance at the moment is far from the much-anticipated "Number One Scholar in the College Entrance Examination".
He was completely black, as if he had just dug coal for three days and three nights, his hair was disheveled, there was a big lump in the center of his head, and there was a puddle of bird feces on his shoulders. Even his clothes were scratched by the rusted parts in the boiler at some point A big hole looks as shabby as it needs to be, as desolate as it needs to be.
The reporters looked at each other. After searching for more than half a minute, their eyes gradually focused on Li Yao. A female reporter hesitated and took out a wet wipe from her bag and handed it over: "You... are Li Yao's classmate?"
Li Yao said thank you, took the wet towel and wiped it vigorously for more than ten seconds, and finally wiped his dark face into a painted cat, and the facial features could be discerned vaguely.
Li Yao is a celebrity in Fuge City. Many reporters went to the hospital to see him when he was in a coma. The article "Flashing Demon Star" was written by one of the reporters.
Immediately someone shouted:
"That's right, it's Li Yao!"
At this moment, all the reporters' eyes lit up, and they scrambled to surround him. Amplifying crystal rods stabbed at Li Yao like snake spears. They hugged Li Yao's shoulders and placed a sound amplifier crystal rod between them.
"Student Li Yao, your performance in this year's college entrance examination can be described as possessed by a demon, an absolute super reversal, and everyone is completely crazy! Everyone is very curious about everything about you, but what we care about most is—you Why did you drop out of Chixiao No. 2 Middle School and come to this little-known school instead? You know, Chixiao No. 2 Middle School is a famous school in Fuge City, and its comprehensive strength ranks among the top three all year round. The city was at the bottom in 2010, may I ask if there is any hidden secret in it?"