Huh? I'm flirting?

"Tomorrow morning, gather directly in front of the Experiment Building. You can come over yourselves after breakfast. Remember the assembly time is 7:30."

After imparting the Aura Technique, Zhao Jingzhong instructed them and then had them put away the Crystal Bodies before leading them out of the Experiment Building.

The other students also filed out, clearly very excited. Some even started trying to use "Clothing" and "Lock," though they usually just ended up turning their faces red.

"Did you all learn it?" Yuan Dang asked.

"Of course we learned it," Jie Qiansi said. "Direct comprehension, no need for words, awesome! This is how cultivators learn!"

Another student from the Eighth Team also said, "I originally thought we'd be learning some metaphysical methodologies, like what a Divine Treasure is, or what the Gate of the Mysterious Female is, and my classical Chinese isn't great... I didn't expect it to be direct knowledge infusion."

"If we had this method when we were in school, we wouldn't have had to waste so much time listening to lectures, and we could have had fun."

"This teaching method will definitely lead to a major change in the education industry. It seems the teaching profession won't last long."

"Maybe in the future, we'll quickly master all kinds of knowledge. At the very least, we'll have bachelor's degree level knowledge in all subjects."

Only Qiao Muyi poured cold water on their enthusiasm: "Did you notice that your Qi Vortexes are almost depleted?"

Everyone was stunned. Their Qi Vortexes hadn't formed a rotation yet, so they couldn't really feel the state of their Qi Vortexes normally. Now, they all used the Breathing Method and found that their Qi Vortexes only had one or two wisps of floating airflow left. They had to draw Aura in to create a vortex flow.

"This Aura Technique download probably consumes one's own Aura, which is why you need to have a Qi Vortex to be taught," Li Qingxuan said. "The consumed Aura definitely isn't much, it should be the amount that ordinary people can have when they first open their Qi Vortex."

"The Aura Cognition Class mentioned before that the Qi Vortexes in the Formation Stage and the Rotation Stage are actually similar. Our cultivation these past few days has only accelerated the Qi Vortex rotation. In fact, the amount of Aura within the Qi Vortex hasn't increased. So, if the country has precise control over the Aura consumed during teaching, they can indeed impart the technique to the 'target population' just right."

Everyone was surprised to hear this information, and soon someone reacted: "So this kind of download requires consuming one's own Aura? Then if it's downloading other knowledge..."

"Probably also required. And as for the Clothing and Lock techniques, how should I put it, they are actually just feelings. The information content of feelings isn't large, maybe a dozen bits for network transmission. But if you want to download textbook knowledge, you can't handle it without a few Mbit, and a lot of knowledge requires images and practical experience. By then, you'll be afraid it's a few Gbit."

Yuan Dang nodded and said, "So downloading knowledge is not impossible, but first, someone needs to be willing to upload it, and second, your Aura amount needs to be sufficient to sustain such terrifying consumption."

"Simply put, we are still in the dial-up internet era, so don't expect download content from the fiber optic era."

Everyone was also relieved. Anyway, as the first batch of cultivation civil servants in the country, they would eventually enjoy whatever they could enjoy. Now they were already among the top 1% of cultivators globally and had learned two Aura Techniques that could make them Supermen. What more could they ask for?

At this moment, Ren Suo approached Qiao Muyi, patted her shoulder, and whispered, "Muyi, there's something I want to talk to you about privately."

Qiao Muyi first looked at Li Qingxuan and the others before replying, "Okay."

The two of them quietly dispersed with the crowd, but it was naturally easy for someone with a keen eye to notice. Jie Qiansi and the others all noticed their Roommate's actions, but they remained silent. After a while, Li Qingxuan and the others also noticed that Qiao Muyi and Ren Suo were gone, but everyone was an adult, so naturally...

Those who understand, understand.

Now, the two who understood were walking towards the base's supermarket, but Ren Suo didn't plan to go to a crowded place, so he pointed to a Small Woods not far away, which was a green area in the base that hadn't been completely cleared. "Let's talk over there."

Qiao Muyi nodded and followed Ren Suo towards the Small Woods, but she stopped before Ren Suo entered the Small Woods and said, "Here is fine."

"Here?" Ren Suo looked around, there was no one, and it felt okay. "Alright."

When Ren Suo patted Qiao Muyi's shoulder just now, he found that it would only take him 3000 seconds to obtain the key from a conscious Qiao Muyi.

There are only 3600 seconds in an hour. Now he could obtain the key by continuously contacting Qiao Muyi for less than an hour, which indicated that their relationship was much better than when it took over nine thousand seconds before.

Tomorrow is the fifth day, and they will take a bus back to the city at noon. Ren Suo doesn't know what kind of work the National Security Bureau will assign them after they return, whether they will be transferred to other cities for business trips or even long-term assignments – they have learned cultivation methods and Aura Techniques, can they say 'no' to the country's assignment?

Today was Ren Suo's best chance to obtain Qiao Muyi's key.

After all, everyone will have mobile phones after returning. The collective life of these few days is nothing. He also doesn't know if Qiao Muyi will be very busy after returning. If Ren Suo doesn't act now, this matter will be delayed indefinitely.

Ren Suo was never a procrastinator. He was the typical student who preferred to get the hard work done first and enjoy the rewards later. If he didn't do his homework on the first day of summer vacation, he definitely wouldn't do it later. When he saw something he wanted, he would quickly estimate his purchasing power and buy it immediately, never wasting time.

Ren Suo looked at Qiao Muyi with a complicated expression. Just as he was fabricating a reason to make Qiao Muyi obediently fall asleep in front of him, Qiao Muyi suddenly said, "I don't like to drag things out, so... we can only be friends."

"Mmm-hmm... hmm?" Ren Suo hummed a questioning sound through his nose.

"I'm sorry, although you're a very nice person, I don't have any plans to be in a relationship right now," Qiao Muyi said. "Also, your gender doesn't quite meet my requirements."

What, what, what? Ren Suo was dumbfounded. He wanted to reach out and grab Qiao Muyi to explain, but Qiao Muyi nimbly avoided his 'salty pig hand' and said, "I'm going back now. See you tomorrow."

Then Qiao Muyi seemed to show a satisfied smile and quickly slipped away, leaving Ren Suo standing alone at the edge of the woods, like a petrified piece of large garbage – commonly known as an idiot.

At this moment, Ren Suo recalled his actions over the past few days:

Chatting with Qiao Muyi and the others;

Going to the girls' dormitory to play cards;

Insisting on eating with them;

Joining their discussions whenever there was nothing else to do...

Could it be that he was thought to be flirting or hitting on them?!

As a potential otaku who already considered his game console his wife, Ren Suo realized for the first time what he had been doing these past few days. Although he didn't have the 'shy when talking to girls' virgin syndrome, he usually didn't chat with girls either... Okay, okay, he did have a bit of the shy single dog syndrome. It was normal for single dogs to be like this.

However, these past few days, Ren Suo had treated 'obtaining the key' as a game quest, treating Qiao Muyi as an NPC. And knowing there was a design like indirect favorability, he had done his best to 'conquer' Qiao Muyi.

Now, looking back, Ren Suo realized that all these actions of his were very much in line with the current Xuan Country social culture for increasing favorability.

Ren Suo remembered the 'appreciative' looks from Jie Qiansi and the others, and the strange smiles from the girls, and he understood that he had been misunderstood by them, by the girls!

He really wanted to chase after Qiao Muyi and shout, "I just wanted you to sleep, I didn't want to be in a relationship with you!"

"Pfft... haha."

Ren Suo turned his head and saw figures on the grass in the woods.