Ch. 31 - Spirit Nourishing Pill
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Haha, Ling Qingxue left them far behind! And it's just the beginning...
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Haha, Ling Qingxue left them far behind! And it's just the beginning...
The time before the mock exam.
Ling Qingxue was entirely focused on cultivation, simultaneously improving her vitality and her spiritual power.
Cultivating her vitality was essential to break through the First Rank peak in Physical Cultivation. With the corresponding physical strength, she was confident she could assimilate the star essence within the Star Stone into her body.
This would prevent others from coveting the treasure and, at the same time, significantly enhance her strength.
Instead of keeping a high-quality treasure on her, it was better to use it up sooner.
At the same time, the successful cultivation of the "Divine Star Ten Thousand Manifestation" technique accelerated the progress of her spiritual power. She had now officially entered the late stage of the First Rank.
Ling Qingxue kept all the spiritual power-enhancing herbs from Zhao Xin for herself, giving the rest to Wu Liang as a reward for his previous hard work.
This was also a way to protect herself, fearing that Wu Liang's spiritual power might surpass hers and cause him to rebel.
She didn't lie to Wu Liang; the Taotie didn't rely on spiritual power in combat, and improving other attributes was far more effective.
Lying on his back on the small bed, Wu Liang was struggling with the spirit formation.
He was extremely curious about the formation set up by the Spiritual Masters. The power of the spirit formations was strange and concealed, extremely difficult for anyone other than a Spiritual Master to detect.
He had seen it in the mine. Even Lin Lang, a Second Rank peak cultivator, couldn't detect the spirit formation set up by Ling Qingxue, a mere First Rank mid-stage cultivator.
Ling Qingxue's superior skill in setting up the spirit formations also played a part.
"The principle of a spirit formation is using spiritual power to harness the surrounding energy and put it to use. The more powerful the spirit formation, the more powerful the spiritual power needed to control it. Simply learning about spirit formations won't help you," Ling Qingxue explained.
"That makes sense. Eating is much simpler."
Wu Liang had originally wanted to learn about spirit formations to pass the time, but whenever he actually tried to learn from Ling Qingxue, the dreaded god of sleep would appear.
After struggling a few times, he had given up completely.
He was definitely more suited to the gluttonous lifestyle, indulging in eating and drinking.
Ling Qingxue stopped her practice, stood up, and tidied her belongings in the dormitory.
Today was the day of the mock joint exam, and also the day to enter the secret place.
The purpose of Linjiang Middle School's mock exam was to assess students' cultivation progress and screen out underachievers.
That was how this world worked; the vast majority of resources were concentrated in the hands of the strong and those with high talent.
Those with less talent had to fight for resources themselves.
If resources were distributed equally, it would be unfair to geniuses.
Wu Liang jumped onto Ling Qingxue's shoulder and walked into the classroom with her.
Before entering the secret place, the students had to undergo a test of their vitality and spiritual strength. Those who met the standards could enter.
For those who didn't become martial artists, the school provided job opportunities. One could choose to drop out and work, or continue to work hard for four months, hoping to get into a martial arts university.
But everyone knew that after two and a half years without a breakthrough, how could one break through in the remaining four months?
In this case, continuing the studies was a waste of time. It was better to choose the employment opportunities offered by the school, so as not to find themselves unable to get a job after graduating from high school.
The classroom was already full when the lead teacher, Wang Jianming, finally arrived, carrying an old thermos.
He glanced around before sitting down.
"Students, there are only four months left until the National Martial Arts Examination. Whether you can get into a Martial Arts University is pretty much decided now. Those who are willing to accept job assignments from the school can come to my office later."
"Furthermore, the principal attaches great importance to this mock examination. The rewards this year are much better than in previous years. The top thirty will all receive resource allocations."
"The third place will receive a mid-grade spiritual weapon."
"The second place will receive a mid-grade spiritual weapon and a high-grade martial arts technique."
"And the winner will receive an additional Spirit Nourishing Pill on top of the second-place winner's reward!"
As soon as the words "Spirit Nourishing Pill" were uttered, a huge wave of excitement swept through the classroom.
"My god, the Spirit Nourishing Pill is a top-grade pill, worth a million!"
"Money is nothing. The Spirit Nourishing Pill's effects are truly powerful. It can directly allow someone to break through to the Spiritual Master Second Rank without any side effects!"
Ling Qingxue's eyes narrowed slightly, a flicker of interest crossing her mind.
Spiritual weapons and martial arts techniques weren't of much use to her, but this Spirit Nourishing Pill was currently a very valuable treasure.
Her spiritual power had already broken through to the late-stage of the First Rank. With the help of the Spirit Nourishing Pill, she was confident she could break through to the Second Rank within a month!
"It seems I have no choice but to take first place!"
...
Wang Jianming explained the relevant content of the mock examination, and then began the tests of vital and spiritual power.
Two sophisticated instruments were pushed into the classroom, familiar to everyone.
After all, they conducted tests almost every month.
"Line up one by one to test your vital and spiritual power. Let me see if anyone in our Class Ten has a chance to enter the top ten in the whole school."
Although Wang Jianming said this, he didn't seem very convinced.
He knew that Class Ten was practically the worst-performing class in the entire school, lacking even a single First Rank late-stage martial artist. Forget the top ten, they probably wouldn't even be in the top thirty.
He'd lost face countless times already. Whenever other teachers discussed his students, he'd walk far away to avoid further humiliation.
"Liu Yang. Vitality 218, First Rank mid-stage Physical Cultivator. Spiritual Power 54, Spiritual Master not yet ranked."
"Zhang Changsheng. Vitality 135, First Rank early-stage Physical Cultivator. Spiritual Power 69, Spiritual Master not yet ranked."
...
"Zhang Yuan. Vitality 321, First Rank mid-stage Physical Cultivator. Spiritual Power 100, First Rank early-stage Spiritual Master."
All eyes turned to look at Zhang Yuan, and even Wang Jianming smiled.
"Not bad, not bad. You're not far from the 350 vitality points needed for the First Rank late-stage, and you've even reached 100 points of spiritual power. This shows you have some talent for the Spiritual Master path. You can spend some time learning Spiritual Master techniques in the future."
Zhang Yuan smiled. "Thank you for the praise, Teacher Wang. I will work even harder."
She glanced at Ling Qingxue, her eyes full of pride.
To achieve this effect, she had been frantically taking medicine for the past two days, finally reaching 100 points of spiritual power and putting on a good show.
Ling Qingxue and Wu Liang had humiliated her a couple of days ago, and today, she wanted to get revenge.
One by one, the students were put through the tests.
So far, no one in Class Ten had broken through to the First Rank late-stage, and only two or three students possessed talent for cultivating spiritual power. Their results were utterly dismal.
Even Wang Jianming almost couldn't bear to watch.
Ling Qingxue stood up and stepped forward, placing her palms on two testing devices.
Within a few breaths, the vitality and spiritual power values were displayed on the large screen.
"Ling Qingxue. Vitality 420, First Rank late-stage Physical Cultivator. Spiritual Power 385, First Rank late-stage Spiritual Master."
Everyone stared in disbelief at the values calculated by the instrument.
Zhang Yuan nearly fainted.
"She cheated! How could her vital and spiritual power be so high!"
"Teacher Wang, I hope you can check if Ling Qingxue took any prohibited drugs for temporary boosts, and check if there's a problem with the instrument!"