Chen Xinglan

Chen Xinglan

Though Qi Replenishing Spirit Water was only a first-tier pill.

Its formula was also written on the Glass Bottle, but in the entire Immortal Sect, only cultivators from Goumang Dao Academy and the Imperial Medical Academy could master its refinement.

White Nurse Uniform Girl had not yet gone to university, and she was about the same as Chen Mobai, so it probably had not been extracted and mixed by her.

Chen Mobai thought back over the two times he had spent money at that pharmacy.

The girl had said she had a master, an alchemist.

Then it should have been that she helped out as an assistant. The spirit water before had been refined by her master, and the final process of filling the tubes was done by her, which was exactly what he had happened to see.

Chen Mobai guessed this in his heart.

He picked up the empty Glass Tube and put it into his schoolbag.

Then he took out the Needle Box.

He had had this Magic Artifact for more than a month already. After learning that it was controlled by magnetic force, during his usual time in the school Cultivation Room, aside from reading and studying, he had been exploring how to use this Magic Artifact.

Hard work paid off. He had basically become practiced in using the Needle Box and the twelve flying needles.

Three needles released together were the normal attack.

In this state, it only required a very small amount of spiritual power to use the Needle Box's magnetic force to perfectly control the flying needles. Their speed could be fast or slow, and at their fastest they could achieve an effect like bullets. He had tested it before; at that speed, the flying needles pierced through the floor tiles of the Water Mansion with ease.

At most, Chen Mobai could release six needles at once.

It was not that he could not control more, only that he could not do it with ease. Instead, they would interfere with one another, and their power would plunge sharply.

However, the true power of this set of Magic Artifacts had never been tested in actual combat, so he had no clear measure of it in his heart.

The Immortal Sect had been in Peaceful Reign for a long time. If he wanted to test the power of a Magic Artifact, he could only go to those specialized clubs, but they all charged fees. Chen Mobai had no desire to waste Merit Points on that.

After practicing with the Needle Box for a while and preparing to put it away, Chen Mobai suddenly thought of something.

He took out his phone again and entered the keyword "magnetic force" into the Auxiliary Cultivation Software. Sure enough, he found several documents on controlling magnetic force with spiritual power, and even two demonstration Videos.

After spending two hours reading all the documents and watching the Videos, Chen Mobai gained a great deal. When he used the Needle Box again, he could actually control eight flying needles at the same time.

He felt that if he fully digested all the experiences of controlling magnetic force uploaded by others, completely mastering all twelve flying needles would be just around the corner.

Unfortunately, by this time, it was almost dawn over on Earth Origin Star as well, and Chen Mobai had to hurry off to class.

"Sigh, now I actually feel like going to school is holding back my cultivation progress a little."

Chen Mobai suddenly understood why Yan Bingxuan had dropped out. After one's cultivation reached Late Qi Cultivation, the free Cultivation Room provided by the school was no longer of much use, and as for knowledge, it could be slowly made up after entering university.

After all, in the Immortal Sect, realm was what came first.

If not for the fact that during the College Entrance Exam, the representatives of those Daoist Academies would set questions in Arts, Pills, Artifacts, Formations and admit students in order of merit, those geniuses at Late Qi Cultivation probably would not come to school at all.

"I just wonder which area they'll focus on testing this year?"

Everyone's College Entrance Exam paper was the same, but the College Entrance Exam score was only the entry threshold for the major Daoist Academies.

Only when one's College Entrance Exam score was sufficient and one's own realm also met the minimum requirement could one choose to fill in a Daoist Academy as one's choice.

Then there were also the Daoist Academies' own entrance tests. Last year, half of them tested Array Formations.

Chen Mobai felt that the probability of testing spell arts this year was very high. However, although he had chosen the Arts Discipline, his grades had always been neither high nor low. Even if he did run into it, it probably would not be of much use.

"Sigh, I should first think of a way to break through to Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer."

If he broke through to Late Qi Cultivation, then no matter how unsatisfactory his College Entrance Exam results were, he should be able to get into the few schools at the bottom of the Ten Great Academies. That would still be bringing glory to his ancestors, enough to make his parents happy for a long time.

After returning to his own room, Chen Mobai pretended he had just gotten up. After washing up, he was just about to go to school when he suddenly discovered that his father was actually making breakfast in the kitchen.

"Huh, Dad, did you take a day off? Didn't you say the factory's been pretty busy lately?"

Chen Mobai's father, Chen Xinglan, was a middle-aged man with a square face. He was neither tall nor short, neither fat nor thin. Although father and son did not have much time to see each other, their relationship was very good.

"You're up pretty early. I'm just about done here. Go upstairs and call your mom."

Chen Xinglan's hands did not stop moving. He turned off the heat and brought a pot of freshly steamed little buns with egg-yolk filling to the dining table.

"I'm here, I'm here, no need to call."

Tang Pancui came down from the second floor carrying a basket of clothes that needed washing. Before she had arrived, her voice had already carried over.

"Son, how has cultivation been lately?"

At the dining table, the family of three was rarely gathered together, happily eating breakfast in warm harmony.

Chen Xinglan casually asked about Chen Mobai's cultivation situation, and the latter did not hide anything, saying that he had already broken through to Qi Cultivation Level 6.

"Huh, didn't you just advance to Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer during the summer vacation? How has it only been a little over a month and you've broken through again?"

Chen Xinglan had originally planned to use the chance of asking about his son's cultivation to mention that piece of good news, but he had not expected Chen Mobai to give him good news first.

"It seems that during summer vacation, after I went back to our old home and offered incense at that temple, I had a feeling of sudden enlightenment. My understanding of the Five Elements Technique suddenly became much deeper."

Chen Mobai's words were half true and half false. But after saying this, he actually felt that during winter vacation, perhaps it would be necessary to make another trip back to their old home.

Since the Turtle Shell had come from that temple, maybe the abbot who had argued with his mother until neither side would yield over the Merit Points for one stick of First Incense was some hidden expert beyond the world.

"I told you, that temple is truly miraculous. Our village chief's son was almost out of breath when he was born..."

Tang Pancui had completely forgotten that when Chen Mobai had been hospitalized because of the Turtle Shell, she had cursed that temple in words. She began to pour out endless stories about the legends of that temple that she had heard when she was little.

Chen Xinglan had absolutely no desire to listen to these things. After lightly coughing to interrupt her, an aura of Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer erupted from his body.

"Dad, you broke through."

Chen Mobai's face was full of excitement.

Chen Xinglan's aptitude was slightly better than his. His highest Fire Spiritual Root had 34 points, but he failed the College Entrance Exam back then. Later, he repeated a year before he was admitted to the local Crimson Cloud Academy.

Unfortunately, one step behind meant every step behind. He stayed in Crimson Cloud Academy for the full ten years and barely broke through to Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer, then had no choice but to join the ranks and participate in opening up the Sea Domain.

However, fortune and misfortune leaned upon each other. It was precisely while opening up the Sea Domain that he met Tang Pancui. The two were of one heart and one mind, and became husband and wife.

After ten years of opening up, Chen Xinglan brought Tang Pancui back to Vermilion Cloud City. The next year, Chen Mobai was born.

It was also precisely the birth of his child that raised Chen Xinglan's State of Mind, allowing him to break through to Qi Cultivation Level 8.

And now, when Chen Mobai was eighteen, he had finally reached Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer.

Next, he could begin preparing for Foundation Establishment.