Winner in Life

"Indeed, the Vermilion Fruit is a specialty of Chicheng Mountain, with the warmth of fire spirit."

In the Alchemy room of the Treasure Bottle Pharmacy in Vermilion Cloud City, Qing Nü took the Jade Box handed to her by Chen Mobai, opened it, and nodded in satisfaction.

"This thing can only be picked after the exchange is confirmed. As soon as I heard your request, I took Wang Xingyu of our Alchemy, and searched every mountain peak of Chicheng Mountain for the Vermilion Fruit Tree, and selected the best quality one among the Second Grade."

For this matter, Chen Mobai even took a week off during the final exams to tutor Wang Xingyu.

"Let me take another look at your Bamboo Fruit."

Qing Nü opened another Jade Box that Chen Mobai had placed on the table. The pure and refreshing spiritual energy made her squint her eyes and nod slightly.

"Now that we have the two main medicines, we still need twenty-four Auxiliary Medicine. Are you ready?"

The elixir they were preparing to refine was called "Clear Eye Bamboo Spirit Dew," a Spiritual Water used to cultivate eyesight and enhance Spiritual Sense.

Chen Mobai's eyesight has slightly decreased due to his long-term practice of the Crimson Flame Sword Art and his prolonged focus on the Azure Sun Fire Seed.

So he consulted Qing Nü about any magic cure for this situation.

It just so happens that Bamboo Fruit has the medicinal effect of brightening the eyes and refreshing the mind. Qing Nü consulted a lot of information from the Goumang Dao Academy and found the recipe for "Clear Eye Bamboo Spirit Dew".

Bamboo Fruit is cold in nature, so it needs another mild and yang-tonifying Spirit Fruit as the main ingredient to neutralize it.

The Vermilion Fruit, a specialty of the Wuqi Dao Academy, perfectly meets the requirements.

The twenty-four Auxiliary Medicine are even simpler.

When there is trouble, the disciples will do the work.

Chen Mobai made a special trip back to the Sky River Realm for this matter, and then summoned his eldest disciple after emerging from seclusion, entrusting him with the task.

Liu Wenbai lived up to expectations. Despite the different names of the medicinal herbs in the two realms, he managed to collect all eighteen of them by relying on Chen Mobai's hand-drawn illustrations and descriptions of their properties.

Given time, he should be able to purchase the remaining six types as well.

But Chen Mobai stopped tormenting his disciple.

He went back to the Immortal Sect and spent 200,000 Merit Points to buy the remaining six items.

To refine this "Clear Eye Bamboo Spirit Dew", Chen Mobai invested over a hundred Spirit Stone and two hundred thousand Merit Points in the Auxiliary Medicine. Fortunately, the Bamboo Fruit was an unexpected gain, and the Vermilion Fruit could also be exchanged for academic points.

Otherwise, in the Sky River Realm, it would take at least a thousand Spirit Stone to gather the materials needed for this one refining.

"It takes half a month to extract the medicinal properties of these two main ingredients, so it looks like my holiday this year is ruined."

Qing Nü said something that sounded like a complaint, and Chen Mobai could only give an awkward smile.

"Thank you for your hard work."

"It's no trouble at all. You just need to give my younger siblings some guidance in their cultivation."

Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai immediately patted his chest and promised to complete the mission.

Kong Feichen and Yang Jing have also returned this year, probably because Qing Nü summoned them.

"By the way, what's the best way to deal with this ' Azure Wood Spirit Heart '?"

After discussing the minor matters, Chen Mobai and Qing Nü moved on to the main event.

"Clear Eye Bamboo Spirit Dew" is only Second Grade Spiritual Water. After the second semester at the Goumang Dao Academy, Qing Nü passed the assessment for Second Grade Alchemist. As long as she is careful, there is basically no possibility of failure in refining this kind of Spiritual Water.

But the "Azure Wood Spirit Heart" is different. Chen Mobai has checked and found that in the Immortal Sect, spiritual objects that can open up the Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness of Consciousness are at least Third Grade.

Although Qing Nü was already learning the knowledge of Third Grade Alchemy, there was still a possibility of failure when refining Third Grade pills.

"I checked the information, and it's actually best to refine this thing in its original form. However, with your current Foundation Establishment Level 1 cultivation, it's indeed impossible for you to perfectly absorb the effects of the Azure Wood Spirit Heart in one go."

"It just so happens that you have an old classmate who cultivates Ice Spiritual Power. You can absorb a portion of it first, and then have her cast an ice sealing spell to reseal this activated Azure Wood Spirit Heart."

"I will prepare a batch of Primordial Spirit Water and buy a sealed container. With triple sealing and warming, the spirituality of the Azure Wood Spirit Heart will not be lost."

After listening, Chen Mobai couldn't help but give Qing Nü a thumbs up.

As expected of a professional.

There's no time like the present, so after listening to Qing Nü's plan, he immediately picked up his phone and called Yan Bingxuan.

"Hey, old classmate, are you back?"

"You arrived yesterday! Why didn't you tell me? I could have picked you up at the station."

"It's alright, it's been a long time since we last met. How about we go out for a meal together?"

"Nobody, just acquaintances."

"Okay, see you tonight."

After making the appointment with the beautiful Yan, Chen Mobai gestured to Qing Nü as if to say "it's all done," completely unaware that the corner of the pretty young woman's mouth twitched slightly.

"By the way, where are your younger brother and sister? Would you like to come along? I just brought two of the purest-tasting Blood Jade Carp from my hometown. They're an absolute delicacy you've never tasted before."

The mainstay of Chen Mobai's Senior Disciple's family is fishing. At the end of the year, this teacher expressed that he missed the taste of the Blood Jade Carp very much.

When Liu Wenbai delivered New Year's gifts, he specially gave him a tank of nine fish.

One of them was even a Second Grade Blood Jade Carp King.

Qing Nü was still a little angry, but when she thought of the delicious fish that Chen Mobai had brought earlier, she swallowed and nodded involuntarily.

At least he still remembers that I like to eat fish!

Two fish seemed like just enough for five people, so Chen Mobai didn't call for any more.

"Hey, class monitor, what brings you here?"

When Yan Bingxuan arrived, she brought Mo Simin with her. Chen Mobai wondered to himself if there wouldn't be enough food.

"On the way."

When Mo Simin saw Chen Mobai and Qing Nü already sitting down, her lips twitched. However, she was worried about her naive best friend Yan Bingxuan going to the battlefield alone. With the mentality of "If I don't go to hell, who will?", she resolutely followed along.

"Alright then, boss, bring the food."

After all, they were old classmates, so Chen Mobai wouldn't kick them out. They ate at the same restaurant they had gone to four years ago when they parted ways. He had already sent two Blood Jade Carp to the restaurant, and they were now grilled to perfection.

Where are your younger brother and sister? Why haven't they arrived yet?

After the dishes were served, Chen Mobai noticed that Kong Feichen and Yang Jing had not yet arrived, so he asked Qing Nü beside him.

"Something came up slightly, I'll be there soon."

They waited for half an hour, until Chen Mobai and the others had finished eating a piece of food before the two arrived.

"Hurry up, we're waiting for you. Luckily I had the foresight to leave one."

A year had passed, and Kong Feichen had become even more mature. He was wearing a white coat and had his hair parted in the middle. After arriving, he greeted everyone before sitting down.

Yang Jing was different; he sat down without saying a word and started eating right away.

"By the way, wasn't it said that the success rate of Foundation Establishment with Mutated Spiritual Root was very high? How come you failed?"

Chen Mobai brought up the very thing that was most sensitive to, and Kong Feichen glared at him, instantly losing all taste for the delicious food he was eating.

"He has a knot in his heart, or in ancient terms, Heart Demon. He cannot go any further without breaking through the Heart Demon."

Qing Nü didn't hide anything, quickly picking up fish pieces while talking about her younger brother.

"Heart Demon?"

Chen Mobai glanced at Yang Jing, who had been eating nonstop since sitting down.

"It's pretty much what you're thinking, so I might need your help."

How can I help?

Putting aside his relationship with Qing Nü, Kong Feichen had run errands for them several times in the past two years, so it was only right that he helped.

"We'll talk about it later, let's eat first."

After saying this, Qing Nü lowered her head and began devouring the fish meat again.

"This fish tastes even better than last time."

After finishing her meal, Yan Bingxuan gracefully put down her chopsticks and wiped her mouth.

"That's right, it's a specialty of my hometown, you can't find it anywhere else."

"I've been to your hometown, and there's no such fish there."

"Huh?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai looked surprised and doubtful. He stared blankly at Yan Bingxuan, not understanding why this person would actually travel so far just to eat fish.

"Really?"

Everyone who heard Yan Bingxuan's words stopped eating in shock, and Mo Simin couldn't help but ask a question.

"I came back during the second year's holiday, but none of you were there. I didn't know how to kill time, so I took a spontaneous trip and went to Green Mountain Village. The wine there is good, but they don't have this kind of fish."

Yan Bingxuan's pure gaze was fixed on Chen Mobai, who couldn't help but look away, but quickly came up with a reason.

"It was my fault for not explaining clearly. The Taixu Mountain Range are vast. Actually, there is a lake three hills away from Green Mountain Village. It connects directly to an underground river. The fish that live there are the kind we eat."

"Take me to see it sometime."

"Alright... but I need to work with Qing Nü to refine the Clear Eye Bamboo Spirit Dew for a while, so I might not have time for another half month."

As he said this, Chen Mobai pretended to be overwhelmed and shook his head with a sigh.

"Oh, I see."

When Yan Bingxuan said this, her tone remained unchanged, but Chen Mobai felt inexplicably guilty.

"Really, I'm not lying to you. I happen to have a medicinal herb that I need your help to freeze."

"Really? Okay, I'll help you."

Whether it was a misperception or not, Chen Mobai felt that Yan Bingxuan's last words revealed a different kind of emotion.

Qing Nü only wants to say one thing right now.

[What business is it of yours what I do with Alchemy? I can handle it all by myself. Are you all just making things worse?!]

However, considering that Chen Mobai might be in trouble, she pouted and continued eating the fish in silence.

Kong Feichen clenched his fists tightly; if he hadn't known he couldn't win, he would have been tempted to fight back.

After paying the bill, everyone went their separate ways.

When Chen Mobai arrived home, his parents were sitting in the living room watching TV.

"Son, your uncle is arriving tomorrow night. Go pick him up from the airport, and then invite your aunt's family along so we can all have dinner together."

"Okay, Mom, are you planning to Green Mountain Village anytime soon?"

"No, why?"

Chen Mobai shook his head to indicate that it was nothing. He couldn't very well say that he needed to set up the scene and that the Blood Jade Carp was indeed a specialty of the Taixu Mountain Range.

Well, I'll just take it one step at a time. If things get really bad, I'll just say I have something to do at school and need to go back early because I'm really too busy.

With this thought in mind, Chen Mobai returned to his room.

Strangely enough, after he Foundation Establishment and returned to his hometown, all those annoying paparazzi reporters disappeared without a trace, and not a single one of them appeared before him.

This is probably what it means to have reached a higher level of understanding.

With that thought in mind, Chen Mobai sat cross-legged on his bed, holding a Spirit Stone, and began to cultivate the Pure Yang Dharma Body.

Today is the day he successfully cultivated the Three Yang Body.

When midnight arrived and the Spirit Stone in his palm dried up, Chen Mobai finished circulating his energy, the three-colored spiritual light within his body disappeared, and he opened his eyes.

[Spiritual Root: Metal 23, Wood 31, Water 21, Fire 44, Earth 10]

Looking at the results displayed on the Spirit Measuring Instrument's screen, Chen Mobai couldn't help but sigh.

At least there's something worth watching.

His Wood Spiritual Root had been enhanced again after eating the Jade Bamboo Shoots.

However, after raising his Wood Spiritual Root to 33 points, the Jade Bamboo Shoots no longer had any effect on him; it seemed to be a bottleneck. He lost two points again while cultivating the Three Yang Body; he wondered if he could recover them by eating bamboo shoots.

As for the Water Spiritual Root, forget about it. The Blood Jade Carp was useless to him a long time ago, and after he mastered the Three Yang Body, his Spirit Root Value in that area plummeted.

Once you reach the Four Yang Realm, you will drop below 20.

However, this means he has returned to the realm of True Spirit Root, which is a mixed blessing.

But the best news is that he can now attempt to Foundation Establishment using the Pure Yang Scroll.

With his high foundation in the Foundation Establishment Realm, it was incredibly easy for him to return to cultivating the Pure Yang Scroll Qi Cultivation Chapter. Within half a year, he directly brought his Pure Yang Spiritual Power to the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer perfection.

If it weren't for waiting for him to complete the Three Yang Body, he could have already released the Critical Point Method and started the Two-Phase Rotation.

But this is good, it's a good opportunity to give a live demonstration of how to Foundation Establishment.

The next day, Chen Mobai went to the Airport to pick up Chen Baolan and then joined his aunt's family to celebrate his successful Foundation Establishment.

After the family celebration, the principal of Immortal Sect Fifth High School came to visit.

Naturally, they wanted to invite Chen Mobai, a well-known alumnus, back to take some photos and, incidentally, request his calligraphy, planning to put up a banner.

There was no way to postpone it, so I could only go with a wry smile.

With the principal's arrangement, reporters finally dared to take pictures.

On the wall of the corridor of the Immortal Sect Fifth High School, there is a new photo of Chen Mobai looking into the distance.

After the news spread, his former classmates learned that this top student who had been admitted to the Wuqi Dao Academy had actually succeeded in Foundation Establishment and would be returning home in glory this year. They couldn't help but invite Chen Mobai to reminisce.

Helpless, he could only ask his old squad leader Mo Simin, to help organize a get-together.

At the same restaurant where they had their graduation farewell dinner, Chen Mobai and his group ran into Gong Xiangyu. It was a gathering of old classmates, and naturally, the group centered around Qing Nü, who had the Heaven Spirit Root from the Goumang Dao Academy.

"Huh, what a coincidence."

Gong Xiangyu's face turned red and then pale. He knew he couldn't confront Chen Mobai, a Foundation Establishment True Cultivator, head-on, but with so many classmates behind him, and since he had organized the event, he absolutely couldn't back down.

"Okay, don't forget to come tomorrow. I'll be waiting for you at the usual place."

Just as I was about to step forward and say a few words, a crisp sound rang out from behind me.

He didn't need to turn around to know that it was Qing Nü's voice.

At this moment, Gong Xiangyu realized that he was no longer qualified to talk to Chen Mobai.

"Do you want me to come help tomorrow?"

The person who asked this question was Yan Bingxuan, who was standing next to Chen Mobai. A couple of days ago, he had mentioned that he needed her help with something.

"That works too."

Chen Mobai seemed to agree rather reluctantly.

Upon witnessing this scene, everyone had only one thought in their minds.

Is this what it means to be a winner in life?

Damn, I'm so envious!