Chapter 50: Cultivating Divine Consciousness

After Chen Mobai finished buying the books, he left Nanshixiang Market.

After he left, two cultivators emerged from the shadows of the street.

"Should we chase him?"

"He Qun said he is at least at the Sixth Level of Qi Cultivation, and he might be concealing his cultivation, possibly a late-stage Qi Cultivator."

"Then let's not chase him."

"Let's wait a bit longer. From his attire, he might be from a major sect. We've just settled down in this market, and it's not worth exposing ourselves for twenty spirit stones."

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Since he was carrying a large sum this time, Chen Mobai did not return to the city from the desolate mountain but went back to the Water Mansion.

He sat cross-legged on a cushion, looking at the twenty-two translucent, neatly cut spirit stones in front of him, feeling an unprecedented sense of joy.

If he brought these back to Diyuan Star and exchanged them at the bank, they would be worth 220,000 merit points.

However, Chen Mobai definitely wouldn't send these spirit stones to the national bank. That would be like openly inviting the Immortal Sect to investigate the source of his large fortune.

He put two of them in his backpack and stored the rest in the Water Mansion.

Before going home, he didn't forget to water the young green plum tree.

He noticed that the leaves seemed a bit greener than before, possibly due to the good spiritual energy in the Water Mansion.

With this thought, Chen Mobai pressed the return button and, in a flash of silver light, returned to his room.

Good news kept coming one after another.

The next day, while he was at school, he received a message from Qingnü.

She said that all the herbs had been cold-extracted, and only the final step of blending was left.

Chen Mobai, who had expected to be very nervous, found himself surprisingly calm. This was probably because a man's confidence grows with a fuller wallet.

When the time is right, everything works together.

In the school's cultivation room, Chen Mobai practiced the "Nurturing Mind and Casting Spirit Technique" as usual and discovered that he had unknowingly broken through the bottleneck. The seed he visualized sprouted from the soil, growing a green sprout.

At that moment, he finally grasped the transformation of his mind and spirit.

"This is divine consciousness!"

Since he had experienced it once before, Chen Mobai was very calm this time. In the cultivation room, he visualized his own body, and the colorful spiritual energy swirled like a vortex, though the vortex was a bit distorted and not smooth enough.

After cultivating divine consciousness, he could actively correct the flow of spiritual energy within his body.

Following the techniques explained by Qingping Senior, Chen Mobai slowly sent the spiritual energy into his dantian in a clockwise direction, then used this to correct the originally skewed vortex. After one full cycle, the originally angular vortex finally became less prominent.

He felt that with more time, he could completely shape the spiritual energy vortex in his dantian. When the Five Elements Technique was in operation, it would automatically help refine the spiritual energy, greatly saving effort.

According to the Five Elements Technique courseware, if the spiritual energy vortex was shaped, it could even increase the probability of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.

Chen Mobai followed Qingping Senior's teachings as if they were gospel. Now that he had cultivated divine consciousness, he could perform this step and felt that the spiritual energy was slightly refined.

"Once the Qi-supplementing spirit water is blended and given to Dad, I'll tell him about this too."

As he muttered to himself, his phone alarm went off, signaling that the time in the school's cultivation room was up.

Chen Mobai got up and left.

"I heard that the representatives from Butiantao Academy arrived today."

"The representative from Wuxiadao Academy is said to be the famous Bian family."

"Then only Jumang and Kunpeng are left among the four major academies, but they should be coming soon. After all, they need a lot of time to set up their entrance exams."

He had just walked out when a group of classmates, who had also finished their cultivation time, gathered in twos and threes, exchanging the gossip they had heard.

"I've finally reached the Fifth Level of Qi Cultivation!"

A joyful shout rang out, and Chen Mobai looked over to see it was his desk mate, Lu Hongsheng.

"Great, great."

"Congratulations, you've finally moved out of the bottom."

Two female classmates teased, drawing a scolding from Lu Hongsheng.

"Being fat early doesn't count; being fat later is what matters. I've been accumulating and breaking through naturally, unlike someone who needs to take pills to break through, with a weak foundation. I don't know if they have stabilized their realm yet."

As Lu Hongsheng spoke, his eyes glanced at Chen Mobai, who he had never been convinced about breaking through to the Fifth Level of Qi Cultivation during the holiday.

He had been holding his breath all this time, wanting to prove himself.

Moreover, he believed in the non-pill-taking school of thought, thinking that the spiritual energy cultivated this way was pure and would make the process of liquefying spiritual energy during the Foundation Establishment stage easier, increasing the success rate.

"Old Chen, since I've broken through today, why don't we go out for a good meal?"

Seeing that Chen Mobai wasn't responding, Lu Hongsheng immediately came over, clearly wanting to show off.

However, Chen Mobai's realm was now higher. He had cultivated divine consciousness, and with sufficient spiritual energy, he could easily reach the Seventh Level of Qi Cultivation. For these classmates still at the mid-stage of Qi Cultivation, he suddenly felt a sense of unspoken distance.

"Another day, I have plans with a friend today."

As Chen Mobai spoke, he turned to leave.

"Friend? Do you have any other friends besides us classmates? I'm happy today, let's go together."

Lu Hongsheng walked over, trying to stop Chen Mobai.

However, Chen Mobai didn't even pause. The Sixth Level of Qi Cultivation spiritual energy he released instantly shattered the Qi aura that Lu Hongsheng, who had just broken through to the Fifth Level, had released unintentionally.

"How is this possible..."

With his Qi aura shattered, Lu Hongsheng's steps faltered, and he stumbled.

Chen Mobai reached out and placed his hand on Lu Hongsheng's shoulder to steady him.

"When you break through, your emotions shouldn't fluctuate too much, or you might easily fall back."

After saying this, he released his desk mate and left the cultivation room.

"This guy, when did he break through to the Sixth Level of Qi Cultivation!"

Lu Hongsheng stood there, muttering to himself, his face full of disbelief.

"Sixth Level of Qi Cultivation!? It might be even higher."

Song Zheng walked out. He had just left the cultivation room and had not planned to stay, but he unexpectedly witnessed a good show.

Others might not have noticed, but he, at the Seventh Level of Qi Cultivation, felt the active divine consciousness fluctuations from Chen Mobai.

This was a sign of cultivating divine consciousness, indicating that the bottleneck of the late-stage Qi Cultivation had been broken.

"It seems there's another one in the class worth paying attention to, besides Yan Bingxuan."

Song Zheng thought about how Chen Mobai frequently entered Old Ding's office, pondered for a moment, and then turned to find his teacher.