Conversation between 282 and Jiaojiao

"Oh? Dr. Zhuang was also a student at Dao School in East China?" asked Zhou Bai curiously. "He has always been at the 0th realm, how come he wasn't expelled?"

Jiaojiao replied, "Although he was at the 0th realm, he was making progress during every evaluation. The Dao School expels students who do not show long-term progress, not students at the 0th realm."

Zhou Bai asked, "Always making progress? In what way? Hasn't his cultivation level always been at the 0th realm?"

Jiaojiao explained, "Indeed, there was hardly any improvement in his Dao Conversion Degree or Primordial Spirit strength. However, his theoretical understanding of cultivation was rapidly improving. He had a strong aptitude for learning the theories behind arrays, runes, and magical instruments and could even assist the teachers in various research projects at many times.

Thus, until he graduated, he was not expelled and was instead nurtured as a purely theoretical researcher."