Chapter 32: Chen Xinglan

Although the Qi-replenishing Spirit Water is only a first-grade elixir,

the formula is written on the glass bottle, but only the cultivators of the Gumu Dao Academy and the Imperial Medical College can master its preparation.

The young nurse in the white uniform hasn't gone to university yet, and she is about the same age as Chen Mobai, so it's unlikely that she extracted and mixed it.

Chen Mobai recalled his two purchases at that pharmacy.

The girl said she has a master, who is an alchemist.

It must be that she assisted her master, and the previous spirit water was refined by her master, with the final packaging process done by her, which is why he saw her.

Chen Mobai speculated in his mind.

He picked up the empty glass tube and put it in his backpack.

Then he took out the needle box.

He had possessed this magical tool for over a month and knew that it was controlled by magnetic force. During his practice time at school, besides reading and studying, he spent time exploring the use of this magical tool.

Hard work pays off, and he has basically mastered the use of the needle box and the twelve flying needles.

Launching three needles at once is the normal attack.

In this state, he only needs a very small amount of spiritual energy to perfectly control the flying needles using the magnetic force of the needle box. The speed can be fast or slow, and at its fastest, it can reach the speed of a bullet. He has tested it, and at this speed, the flying needles can easily pierce through the floor tiles of the Water Mansion.

Chen Mobai can launch up to six needles at once.

He can control more, but it's not as smooth, and they would interfere with each other, reducing their power.

However, the true power of this magical tool has not been tested in actual combat, so he has no clear idea.

The Immortal Sect has been peaceful for a long time, and to test the power of magical tools, one can only go to specialized clubs, but they all charge fees, and Chen Mobai doesn't want to waste his good deeds on this.

When he was about to put away the needle box after practicing, Chen Mobai suddenly thought of something.

He took out his phone and entered the keyword "magnetic force" in the auxiliary cultivation software. As expected, he found several documents on controlling magnetic force with spiritual energy, and even two demonstration videos.

After spending two hours reading the documents and watching the videos, Chen Mobai gained a lot. He could now control eight flying needles simultaneously.

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

Unfortunately, it was almost dawn on Earth, and Chen Mobai had to rush to class.

"Sigh, now I feel that going to school is somewhat hindering my cultivation progress."

Chen Mobai suddenly understood why Yan Bingxuan dropped out of school. After reaching the later stages of Qi Cultivation, the free cultivation rooms provided by the school are no longer very useful, and knowledge can be gradually supplemented after entering university.

After all, in the Immortal Sect, realm is the most important.

If it weren't for the fact that the representatives of the Dao Academies and Imperial Colleges would test students in alchemy, arrays, and techniques during the college entrance exam, selecting the best students, those geniuses at the later stages of Qi Cultivation probably wouldn't come to school at all.

"I wonder which area will be emphasized in this year's exam?"

Everyone's college entrance exam papers are the same, but the scores are just the threshold for the major Dao Academies and Imperial Colleges.

If the college entrance exam scores are sufficient and one's realm meets the minimum requirements, one can choose to fill in the Dao Academies and Imperial Colleges as their preferences.

Then there is the entrance test of the Dao Academies and Imperial Colleges. Last year, half of them tested array formations.

Chen Mobai feels that the probability of testing techniques this year is very high, but although he chose the technique major, his grades have always been average. Even if he hits it, it probably won't be very useful.

"Sigh, I should focus on breaking through to the seventh layer of Qi Cultivation first."

Breaking through to the later stages of Qi Cultivation, even if the college entrance exam scores are not ideal, he should be able to enter one of the last few of the top ten Imperial Colleges. This would bring honor to the family and make his parents very happy.

After returning to his room, Chen Mobai pretended to have just woken up. After washing up, he was about to go to school when he suddenly noticed his father making breakfast in the kitchen.

"Hey, Dad, are you on leave? Didn't you say the factory has been busy recently?"

Chen Mobai's father, Chen Xinglan, is a middle-aged man with a square face, neither tall nor short, neither fat nor thin. Although the father and son don't see each other often, their relationship is very close.

"You woke up pretty early. I'll be done in a moment. Go upstairs and call your mom."

Chen Xinglan continued his work, turned off the stove, and placed a pot of steamed egg yolk buns on the dining table.

"Coming, coming, no need to call her."

Tang Pancui came down from the second floor with a basket of clothes to wash. Before she even arrived, her voice was heard.

"Son, how's your cultivation going?"

At the dining table, the family of three rarely gathered for breakfast, enjoying a harmonious meal.

Chen Xinglan casually asked about Chen Mobai's cultivation, and the latter did not hide anything, saying he had already broken through to the sixth layer of Qi Cultivation.

"Hey, you just advanced to the fifth layer of Qi Cultivation during the summer vacation. How did you break through again in just over a month?"

Chen Xinglan originally intended to use the opportunity to ask about his son's cultivation to share some good news, but he didn't expect Chen Mobai to give him good news first.

"It seems that after going to the temple in our hometown to offer incense during the summer vacation, I had a sense of enlightenment. My understanding of the Five Elements Technique suddenly deepened."

Chen Mobai's words were half true and half false, but saying this made him think that perhaps he should return to his hometown during the winter vacation.

Since the turtle shell came from that temple, the abbot who argued with his mother over the merit of a single incense stick might be a hermit sage.

"I told you, that temple is very powerful. The son of our village chief was almost out of breath when he was born..."

Tang Pancui completely forgot that she had cursed the temple when Chen Mobai was hospitalized due to the turtle shell. She began to talk non-stop about the legends of the temple she heard as a child.

Chen Xinglan didn't want to listen to this and lightly coughed to interrupt. A Qi Cultivation ninth-layer aura burst from his body.

"Dad, you broke through."

Chen Mobai was excited.

Chen Xinglan's talent was slightly better than his, with a maximum Fire Spirit Root of 34 points. However, he failed the college entrance exam and had to retake it for a year before getting into the local Chixia Academy.

Unfortunately, one step behind led to more steps behind. He spent ten years at Chixia Academy, barely breaking through to the seventh layer of Qi Cultivation, and then had to join the military to open up the sea.

However, good fortune and misfortune are interdependent. It was during the sea opening that he met Tang Pancui, and the two fell in love and got married.

After ten years of sea opening, Chen Xinglan brought Tang Pancui back to Danxia City, and the following year, Chen Mobai was born.

It was the birth of his child that elevated Chen Xinglan's mental state, allowing him to break through to the eighth layer of Qi Cultivation.

And now, at the age of eighteen, he has finally reached the ninth layer of Qi Cultivation.

Next, he can start preparing for the Foundation Establishment stage.