Chapter 63: Chapter 63: Heavenly Spiritual Root_l
Translator: 549690339
Chen Mobai remembered that there was still a used spirit stone in the drawer of his room. Full of energy, he immediately ran back to retrieve it.
“Crushing this into a spiritual extract will filter out the toxic remnants of two doses of raw medicine, but we still need a reactant.”
Qing Nu didn’t question why Chen Mobai had such an item. She had simply assumed his family once produced a great cultivator and now he was a somewhat downcast young master.
“Can the reactant be purchased?”
“It’s cheap. You can buy a large jar for 100 Good Deed Points, which is enough to compound 50 doses of spiritual extract.”
Qing Nu’s words eased Chen Mobai’s worries. His Good Deed Points were not in abundance and while the three main elements needed to make Qi-replemshing Spirit Water could be purchased in the Tianhe Realm, the four auxiliary ones could only be bought here on Earth. His remaining Good Deed Points would only be enough to purchase enough for three doses.
“Do I no longer need a flavor modifier?”
Qing Nu noted the omission and Chen Mobai shook his head, indicating that he had run out of pocket money. He had no choice but to cut back on expenses in any way possible.
“Then I’ll first refine a dose of Spirit Water without flavor modifiers for you to try. If you can tolerate the taste, we’ll continue in this way for the rest.” As she said this, Qing Nu was still apprehensive. She had tasted it before and found it unbearably bitter.
Chen Mobai nodded. At the same time, he was thinking of going to Southstream Market to collect some used spirit stones. He packed away the 20 tubes of Qi-replenishing Spirit Water that was successfully refined and prepared to leave.
“Right, you’re the same age as me. How are your preparations for the college entrance exam going?”
At this point, Chen Mobai remembered this detail and asked with a touch of concern.
“Whether I take the exams or not, it doesn’t matter. I’ve already been given a direct admission.”
“Really? Which university have you been admitted to?”
“Jumang Daoist Academy!”
“Oh, that’s a great university…wait, what academy did you say…?
Chen Mobai’s eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at Qing Nu, unsure if he had heard her correctly.
“Jumang Daoist Academy. Why else would you think the Baoping Pharmacy would rent me this alchemy room? I’m essentially using the facilities of my
own school.”
After a long silence, Chen Mobai took a good look at Qing Nu. Remembering their first encounter at the top-tier high school, she had always concealed her face with a mask and hat.
Originally, he thought it was because she was beautiful and had many suitors at school.
Now it seemed more likely that she was simply too famous within the school. “Now it makes sense why Gu Changfeng, a cultivator who has reached the Foundation Establishment realm, could not resist taking you as a disciple when he came to give a lecture at the school. Even if a Golden Core realm expert met you, they would probably not be able to resist. Your spiritual root is indeed a Heavenly Spiritual Root.”
Chen Mobai sighed and felt foolish for not realizing this sooner. “Actually, that’s not the case. Although those with Heavenly Spiritual Roots cultivate quickly before core formation, the absence of obstacles and bottlenecks in the early stage inhibits the success rate of Nascent Soul Formation. It’s not as high as those with ordinary spiritual roots who climb step-by-step. Among the Nascent Soul realm cultivators today, only four started off as Heavenly Spiritual Roots. So if there are sufficient resources, my future achievements might not even surpass yours.
Qing Nu shook her head. Her words rendered Chen Mobai speechless. Only a short while ago, his sole ambition was to successfully establish his foundation within his lifetime.
“What realm are you in now?”
“Qi Cultivation Rank-6.”
Hearing this, Chen Mobai finally felt a bit better – he was at the same level as her.
However, considering that the spiritual energy in Qing Nu’s apartment was only Rank-1 Lower-grade and she could only practice Qi cultivation two hours a day in the cultivation room at her school, it was undoubtedly impressive that she could reach Rank-6 under such conditions.
“You carry on then. I’m going back to review.”
“Alright, come back for the Qi-replenishing Spirit Water tomorrow. After filtering out the toxic residues with spiritual extract, we should still have enough left to compound about fifteen more tubes.
Chen Mobai nodded appreciatively. He reminded himself that he now had the good fortune of the Tianhe Realm. If he became a major trader between the two realms in the future, there would be an endless supply of spirit stones. Even though he didn’t possess a Heavenly Spiritual Root, he still had a promising future.
The next day, Chen Mobai went to Southstream Market and happened to run into Qi Er at the entrance. Qi Er was very grateful, saying that he would have died in Yun Meng Ze if it hadn’t been for the Green Arrow Talisman.
in the course of their conversation, Qi Er wanted to give Chen Mobai the two spirit stones he had earned as a reward, but Chen Mobai shook his head and declined.
Afterwards, Chen Mobai enlisted Qi Er’s help to buy some used spirit stones, preferably those depleted of spiritual energy.
Even though Qi Er found the request odd, he successfully collected the used spirit stones from several small loose cultivators in his network in less than half a day, totaling seventeen.
Qi Er informed him that he had purchased each spirit stone for 10 taels of gold. Chen Mobai nodded and handed him a 500 tael gold note.
With this amount of spiritual extract, Qing Nu had more than enough for refinement, so Chen Mobai didn’t linger any longer in the market.
Spurred on by the news that Qing Nu had already secured a place at Jumang Daoist Academy, he devoted himself even more assiduously to his studies over the next two months.
After acquiring a sufficient amount of Qi-replenishing Spirit Water, he stopped wasting time peddling goods altogether, focusing solely on studying and cultivation in the hopes of achieving a high score in the college entrance exam. If he couldn’t make it to the four top Daoist academies, he at least wanted to get into one of the top ten academies.
For now, his goal was set on the Pure Yang Academy!
Thus, Chen Mobai embarked on the most hardworking and upwardly mobile time of his life.
Every night, he would cultivate Qi in the Water Mansion. In the mornings, while attentively listening to lessons at school, he also reviewed the basic knowledge from the past three years for all four subjects.
Nurturing divine sense, or in ancient times referred to as ‘enlightenment’, opened up the door of wisdom.
The spells, formulas, talismans, formations he had once found complicated and difficult to understand became intelligible with a few reads, coupled with his consistent consulting of teachings from the educators. His foundations solidified over time, and he gradually became more scholarly.
The most surprising thing for Chen Mobai was his breakthrough in his realm of cultivation.
Perhaps due to his consistent practice of the Nourishing Thought Forge God Technique and the early readiness of his divine sense, the bottleneck of the later stage of Qi Cultivation didn’t exist; coupled with a steady supply of Qi-replenishing Spirit Water and Rank-2 spiritual energy from the Water Mansion, he broke through to the 7th realm of Qi Cultivation a week before the college entrance examination.
Henceforth, Chen Mobai finally gained confidence that he could try for entrance to the Four Great Daoist Academies.
However, after reaching the 7th realm of Qi Cultivation, he was once again confronted with a crucial question.
Should he continue practicing the “Five Elements Cultivation,” or shift to the “Pure Yang Scrolls”?