552. Didn't You Read Novels Even If You Never Cultivated Immortality? (5k)

(P. S.: Sorry, I was too sleepy and made a mistake. I've corrected it. If there are any duplicates, please clear your cache.)

If you escape alive, you'll skin me alive, tear me apart, and burn me to the ground? You've said that already, how could I possibly let you escape?!

Qi Zixiao attacked directly, and the already precarious Demonic Cultivator was no match for her. He was immediately beaten until he vomited blood, and then was strangled on the spot by a group of City Guard.

"Thank you, Qi Saintess."

After the battle, while cleaning up the battlefield, they respectfully bowed to Qi Zixiao to express their gratitude.

"Well, it's alright. Everyone has the right to kill such Demonic Cultivator. It's just a matter of lifting a finger."

Qi Zixiao spoke calmly.

Dan the Fatty and the others huddled together, looking at each other, vaguely sensing that something was wrong, but what exactly was wrong?

I can't explain it.

"That is also thanks to Qi Saintess."

The City Guard leading the group cupped his hands in greeting. "However, we have important matters to attend to and it is not advisable for us to linger here. We request that Qi Saintess and all fellow Daoists of the Purple Mansion report immediately if you discover any trace of the thieves."

"Yes, that's for sure."

Qi Zixiao nodded immediately, seemingly unfazed.

Report it to higher authorities?

Dream on!

She muttered to herself.

Dan the Fatty and the others responded one after another, but where were they going to look for any trace of the thief?

I have absolutely no idea!

Qi Zixiao's operation this time may not be perfect, but it really didn't leave any trace. So what if someone traces it back to the ' Black-Clothed Woman ' or ' Zhou Na '?

It has absolutely nothing to do with Qi Zixiao!

No matter how they investigated, no one could trace it back to Qi Zixiao.

This directly led to the lockdown of the Three Saints City Cities for three days!

Thousands of people, including various Heretical Cultivator, Demonic Cultivator, and wanted criminals, were captured from within the city!

Leaving the city isn't impossible; one can simply Heavenly Dao Oath, declaring that they have nothing to do with the three Stone Sculpture or the thieves.

otherwise?

Then you're not allowed to leave!

At first, everyone in the Three Saints City was full of confidence, believing that the thieves would not be able to escape.

But three days passed, and although over a thousand "bad guys" had been arrested, there was still no trace of the thief, as if he had completely vanished.

This made them gradually anxious...

The Three Saints City cannot be permanently sealed off!

At this moment, within the Three Saints City, there were also geniuses and elders from the Seven Great Holy Lands. It was impossible to ask everyone to open their Storage Bag or even their Dantian and Sea of Consciousness for inspection.

Everyone has secrets.

Who would be willing to investigate for you?!

In particular, even the Dantian and Sea of Consciousness must be opened up for anyone to explore...

If it were just some small -Rogue Cultivator, they could bully him all they wanted; what else could he do?

But at this moment, there are quite a few 'big shots' from all over the country in the Three Saints City. Under such circumstances, are you asking them to open their Sea of Consciousness, Dantian, and Storage Bag for the City Guard to investigate?

How could that be!

Even Heavenly Dao Oath won't work...

If they are all Rogue Cultivator or small-scale practitioners, and you ask them to distribute the money, they will have no choice but to do so.

However, nowadays, all the major sects have a large number of elders and geniuses present. If you ask them to make Heavenly Dao Oath, they will make Heavenly Dao Oath.

Don't those holy lands and First-Rate Sect have any pride?

Even if the other person didn't steal it, he wouldn't post it!

This directly led to a stalemate in the operation to capture the thieves...

check?

Not found!

Search them one by one?

Impossible!

What to do?!

When the matter was reported to Huo Yuan, Huo Yuan, who had already lost both his magic and his magical artifact, was even more depressed, rolling his eyes to the heavens.

"Who exactly is it?"

His Divine Sense swept across the entire Three Saints City, investigating everything, but... he really didn't know who it was!

After some thought, Huo Yuan suddenly felt that the 'method' and 'style' of the crime were somewhat familiar.

"Could it be Senior Sister Mu Xue?"

The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed!

This kind of 'uprooting' approach, leaving not a single hair behind, isn't that exactly Su Muxue's style?

"But if it's her... if she wants Stone Sculpture, she could just tell me. Why go through all this trouble?"

"No, that's not right!"

"If it really is Senior Sister Mu Xue, then she enjoys the process, not the result. So, it really could be her?!"

Moreover, it seems that Su Muxue also has a motive!

Because I tricked them, even though in the end I was the one who got into trouble. But in terms of my actions, I was the one who tricked them.

Thinking about this...

Huo Yuan took out the 'Celestial Machine', searched for Su Muxue's friends and added them.

Our City Lord Huo certainly doesn't lack those million Spirit Stone. Keeping up with the trend and buying a magic machine is no problem for him.

"Little Yuan?"

After adding Su Muxue, whose ID is "Fairy Sister," as a friend, she took the initiative to send a message.

Huo Yuan's lips twitched...

The City Lord of the Three Saints City said, "Senior Sister Mu Xue, why didn't you tell me you were coming to the Three Saints City? I would have certainly prepared a grand welcome for you."

Fairy Sister: "What nonsense is this?"

"When did I arrive in your Three Saints City?"

Su Muxue had some doubts in her heart.

That can't be!

Has his previous act of looting the Auction House's Treasure Vault been exposed?

Huo Yuan was taken aback and asked repeatedly, "Senior Sister Mu Xue, you're not here right now?"

Upon hearing this, Su Muxue immediately smiled.

With a hint of frustration, he replied, "I've been confined to my Mo Daolin. Although I'm not afraid of him, as a Holy Master, I still have to give him some face. Why would I go to your Three Saints City?"

"..."

Huo Yuan was speechless. The person he had finally come up with turned out to be wrong!

Awkward!

"It seems that I misunderstood."

"What? Is someone impersonating me?"

"... No, no, that's not true. Who would dare to impersonate Senior Sister Mu Xue?"

"... So you mean that I have too many enemies, and if I were to impersonate me, I would surely be beaten to death, so no one dares to impersonate me?"

Huo Yuan: "Not at all, Senior Sister Mu Xue has misunderstood."

You're quite self-aware!

Huo Yuan hesitated for a moment, but did he dare to say it? No, he wouldn't dare!

After chatting for a while, Huo Yuan ended his contact with Su Muxue in frustration, feeling even more troubled.

Not only does my head hurt, but my liver also hurts terribly.

First, he picked up a rock and smashed his own foot, then he got infuriated by those Old Madmen, and now he's encountered this kind of thing.

My liver really hurts.

The most frustrating thing is that I was so determined to catch the thief, but now I have no clue about the thief at all!

Should we continue searching?

That's possible, but those people from holy lands and First-Rate Sect were already being very lenient by being locked up for three days without complaining.

Are you going to keep them locked up?

That doesn't make sense!

So, what should we do now?!

Should we just give up?

That's too embarrassing.

Continuing? That won't work either...

"The methods of deduction are also completely vague, and no conclusion can be drawn at all. Who is this thief who is so despicable!"

Huo Yuan was in a dilemma at this moment.

To say how valuable...

In Huo Yuan's view, those three Stone Sculpture were not really that valuable; simply put, their symbolic significance outweighed their practical significance.

That's just a decoration, a symbolic object.

But it's unreasonable that they didn't even utter a sound after being taken away.

"That's enough!"

a long time.

Huo Yuan muttered to himself in frustration, "If all else fails, I'll just find some damned evil cultist and say that he took the Stone Sculpture away and damaged it."

"In this way, at least on the surface, we can save face..."

What if those three Stone Sculpture reappear later?

Just say it's a counterfeit product made by someone else!

Anyway, since I'm the city lord of the Three Saints City, even if it's genuine, as long as I say it's fake, then it's fake...

"If all else fails, this is the only way we can do it."

Breaking news!

Dan the Fatty returned from outside, a smile on his chubby face, "The thief has been caught. It was an Old Demon who did it. Unfortunately, the Stone Sculpture has already been destroyed. The Old Demon is being tortured now."

Qi Zixiao was taken aback: "(*▽*)".

They caught... they caught them?

She looked at herself, almost doubting that she had misheard.

"The Three Saints City have been unsealed, we can leave now."

Dan the Fatty's next words confirmed to Qi Zixiao that she hadn't misheard.

But that's even stranger.

"So, the scapegoat?"

After pondering for a moment, she realized. "This City Lord Huo... he's got some tricks up his sleeve!"

"At least we saved face."

"I never expected to receive such news before even going to Earth, it's truly..."

Qi Zixiao almost laughed.

She was initially worried that if Huo Yuan was determined to investigate, and that he would control her body for the next three days, there might be some trouble.

As it turns out now...

Wow.

With a scapegoat already out there, what trouble could there be?

"Now I can finally go to Earth in peace. I wonder if Spiritual Qi Revival in Hua Nation?"

Return to Earth.

Qi Zixiao was already quite adept at this. While taking Happy Water, she took out her phone and started reading Lin Fan's messages.

"Hello, Zixiao."

At the beginning of the video, Lin Fan is smiling and waving.

"The Spirit Rice has appeared; this is a good thing."

"Moreover, the spiritual energy in Hua Nation has been completely revived."

"There were some problems in the South China Sea, but they have been resolved. Also, I hunted down quite a few Ferocious Beast, and their meat is all frozen now. You can go and get some to eat."

"Then, a ' Purple Bamboo Island ' appeared in the South China Sea. I don't know its origins. But there's a lotus platform on the island..."

"You must not sit on that lotus platform!"

"Remember this!"

"By the way, Xiaoran has already reached the Foundation Establishment stage, but the cultivation method she practices is one that popped into her mind. I think it should be quite good, so I didn't interfere much."

"Besides that, perhaps in the next few days, the people from the Resident Happiness Living Department will invite you to give a Cultivation Open Class."

"I've prepared all the presentation materials!"

"Just follow the instructions in class, but don't forget one thing: after class, you absolutely, absolutely, absolutely have to make them write papers!"

I love you.

At the end of the video, this guy made a heart shape with his hands.

Upon seeing this, Lin·Purple Firmament rolled her eyes and exclaimed, "Pah!"

"Never serious."

"However, if it's class..."

She pondered for a moment, "It should be similar to Big-Headed Zhou's lectures... uh, Elder Zhou's lectures, right? Or, like when Aunt-Master Su gives his lectures?"

"It should be quite fun, right?"

She was somewhat expectant.

At the same time, he was also somewhat interested in the lotus platform that Lin Fan mentioned.

"Never mind."

"If it were in the past, I would have insisted on doing whatever you told me not to do!"

"It's a pity now..."

"Sigh, once we agree to cooperate and benefit each other, there are many things I can't do."

"Life is a balance of gains and losses."

She sighed softly, feeling deeply saddened.

The capital city.

Inside a large conference room.

The "National Cultivation Course - First National Cultivation Open Class Arrangements Meeting" is currently being held in full swing...

The meeting was chaired by the Third Vice Minister of the Resident Happiness Living Department.

The presidents of all the 985 and 211 University in the country are on the list. Moreover, the presidents of all the national key high schools have also gathered here.

Elementary school... was no exception.

"Everyone."

The Third Vice Minister looked around at everyone and spoke softly.

The entire conference room immediately became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

"The meeting is now officially open!"

"As everyone knows, Spiritual Qi Revival in our country, and the cultivation courses that were promised to the people will gradually be put on the agenda."

"After this, all our schools, wherever conditions permit, must gradually open up cultivation courses and training classes, and we must fully implement this within three years!"

"At the same time, we plan to include cultivation courses in the ' National College Entrance Examination '. Of course, considering that not everyone has the talent, the cultivation National College Entrance Examination will not be for everyone, but only for students with talent."

"For those without talent, we've also considered offering elective courses such as alchemy, weapon crafting, formations, and Talismans. With the help of technology, even without a talent for cultivation, one can still acquire a skill!"

"Moreover, most of our original majors will not be canceled. Those who truly lack the talent and interest in cultivation can continue to study their preferred majors, just like before..."

The Third Vice Minister' statements were the finalized plans that they had discussed with their think tank for a long time.

The benefits of cultivating immortality are obvious to everyone.

Furthermore, given the potential threat of cultivating immortality, they naturally choose to do so whenever possible... Moreover, they don't believe there are many talented individuals who would refuse to cultivate immortality.

Therefore, cultivating immortality has become a 'required course' for this type of person.

No talent?

It doesn't matter.

You can learn alchemy, weapon crafting, formations, Talismans, etc., which are also very useful...

Take Old Chen for example. Didn't he figure out a way to combine technology and cultivation to form an array before he even Entering Dao the Daoist path?

Such as formations and Talismans.

Could we combine it with high-tech Lithography Machine, precision industrial systems, and other advanced technologies?

This also requires people to research and implement it.

Like alchemy.

There are no alchemists on Earth yet, but judging from the 'encyclopedia' given by Lin Fan, alchemy might be able to be scientifically proven to support some things.

Then, ordinary people, by using technological means and the theories and knowledge of cultivation, may also be able to concoct Miraculous Spirit Pill!

These are all ways out...

Even without the talent for cultivating immortality, one can still create a decent future for oneself through hard work.

Do you really lack the talent and don't want to learn these things?

Can!

If you choose one of those ordinary majors and study it well, you'll have no problem supporting your family in the future.

After all, it's impossible for all other professions to simply disappear as soon as a cultivation course is introduced, right?

Impossible!

Some wise people have even offered their analysis, suggesting that after a period of time, various industries will not only disappear, but may even advance further!

For example, the 'major' of automotive design and manufacturing.

With more and more cultivators, will cars no longer be needed?

We definitely still need it!

After all, ordinary people can't just disappear, can they?

Moreover, this major may go further, providing more people with new job opportunities and better prospects.

for example...

Flying cars!

Although there is a theory about flying cars and so-called flying cars, they are far too immature to be practical.

However, if a student is interested in both cultivating immortality and cars, then he could try to thoroughly study the flight principles of a 'flying sword' and apply them to a flying car...

Next, they created flying cars that didn't require gasoline and were entirely natural, or they built flying swords that could fly without cultivation...

Isn't this a new job opportunity and a new prospect?

The Resident Happiness Living Department is very clear about this.

People's demands are actually very simple: to live and work in peace and contentment, for things to get better and better, and for them to see hope... that's all.

Therefore, they have been studying related issues from the very beginning, and now they have basically figured them out thoroughly, so they can speak eloquently about them.

As the Third Vice Minister explained, all the principals, meeting recorders, and others present were frantically taking notes and recording videos.

"This first cultivation class should be a public class, so that many students can attend. Afterwards, we'll also post it online!"

After outlining the various arrangements, the Third Vice Minister finally got to the 'real business'.

"Of course, this kind of open class is only one session, and it will certainly not teach people how to cultivate immortality, but will focus more on theory."

"However, since that person is the lecturer, he should not be overlooked."

"Next, let's all share our opinions and discuss how and where to conduct this open class..."

Boom!

As soon as the Third Vice Minister finished speaking, an uproar broke out below.

The world's first course on cultivating immortality, and it's a public course at that! Where is it being held?!

As a school principal, which one wouldn't want such a good thing to happen to their school?!

"Cough!"

"Please listen to me!"

Magic City University arrogantly stepped forward and chuckled lightly, "In my opinion, since it's an open course, and Cultivation Open Class at that, it should definitely be held on our university campus!"

"After all, open courses are our university's specialty."

"Besides, although we have never cultivated immortality, even a child could tell how profound the theory of cultivating immortality is. It is very difficult for middle school and elementary school students to fully understand it."

"Even if this class were offered in primary and secondary schools, it would be a waste of time and effort, not worthwhile or wise!"

His opening remarks immediately drew cheers from the crowd.

After all, there are quite a few university presidents here.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"That makes sense!"

"It's not that we look down on middle school and primary school students, but their knowledge and experience haven't been cultivated enough. The theory of cultivating immortality is too profound for them to understand!"

"Yes, in my opinion, it would be better to hold it at the university."

"..."

The principals of primary and secondary schools heard this.

Is that even possible?!

This is absolutely outrageous!

"I disagree!"

One elementary school principal slammed his fist on the table, spitting as he spoke, "This is utter nonsense! Even if you haven't cultivated immortality, you should at least have read novels, right?"

"Whether it's Martial Arts or cultivation novels, they all say that cultivation should start from childhood!"

"A college student? Too old. Their physical constitution is already set. It's unlikely they'll achieve much by starting to cultivate immortality at this age!"

"It would be best to hold this first lesson at our primary school!"

The principals, who were originally all very polite and refined, suddenly started arguing.

Both were red-faced and furious, neither willing to back down.