On the bench, Li Wen chugged down the last of his energy drink.
The cool liquid slid down his throat, bringing a touch of relief.
Yet it couldn't suppress the peculiar sensation receding like a slow tide from the depths of his brain. It wasn't just that his fatigue was being swept away; it was more like he had undergone a cleansing at the soul level.
Half a minute ago, the instant his [Scholar] level had leaped from lv3 to lv5, a wave of mental clarity—far more intense and distinct than the one from leveling up to lv3—had swept through his sea of consciousness.
It wasn't a simple cooling of the head, but a soul-deep sense of ascension. It was as if gentle yet resilient threads had thoroughly combed through his tangled, chaotic mental pathways, brushing away the dust and leaving every thought crystal clear and incomparably swift.
