Chapter 1: 1
Kyushu Immortal Alliance, Jiangnan City
[Killing a low-ranking demon insect, you have gained +0.1 experience points.]
[Killing a low-ranking demon insect, you have gained +0.1 experience points.]
[Killing a mid-ranking demon insect, you have gained +0.5 experience points.]
Controlling his character in the game, Su Chen continued to eliminate demon insects invading his spiritual field. At the same time, he used his sickle to harvest the fully grown spiritual rice.
After a few minutes, he gathered all the mature rice and placed it into his storage bag. At that very moment, the sky in the game world began to darken.
[Congratulations! You have completed the first novice mission: planting and harvesting mature spiritual rice (200/200 jin).]
[You have gained 1,000 experience points.]
"Twenty days in reality, two hundred in the game world… finally, the first novice mission is done," Su Chen muttered as he admired the 1,000 experience points added to his account.
"If things keep up at this rate, I could realistically reach the Foundation Building stage within a year. Even if I don't get there, I should at least reach the seventh or eighth level of the Qi Gathering Stage."
"With Qi Gathering Stage level seven or eight, I should have no problem applying to the top four Taoist academies in the Kyushu Immortal Alliance for next year's college entrance exams."
Su Chen's confidence stemmed entirely from the mysterious game that had appeared on his phone 20 days ago, named "Cultivation of Immortality."
At first, he didn't take the game seriously. But his outlook changed drastically when he realized that as his in-game character grew stronger, he also grew stronger in real life. From that moment on, he treated the game with utmost seriousness.
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[Character Panel]
- Name: Su Chen
- Identity: Student at Jiangnan No. 1 High School (servant disciple of the Taichu Divine Sect)
- Spiritual Roots: Low-grade mixed (gold, wood, water, fire, earth)
- Cultivation Level: Level 2, Qi Gathering Stage (2150/10,000)
- Cultivation Method: Five Elements Qi Gathering Technique
- Skills:
1) Rainfall Technique: Small Success (25/100)
2) Sharpness Technique: Small Success (15/100)
3) Five Elements Basic Talisman Technique: Entry Level (60/100)
- Remaining Experience Points: 1,050
- Second Novice Mission: Advance to the fourth level of Qi Gathering Stage and become an outer sect disciple of the Taichu Divine Sect (Status: Incomplete)
- Task Rewards: 2,000 Experience Points, +1 Spiritual Root Qualification
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In addition to the experience points, the mission offered a potential upgrade to his spiritual roots—a chance Su Chen couldn't overlook.
Due to an accident ten years ago, his cultivation qualification had been damaged, leaving him with a low-grade spiritual root. According to his homeroom teacher, someone with a low-grade spiritual root has only a one-in-a-thousand chance of reaching a ninth-grade human-level foundation. The odds of attaining an earth-grade foundation were even slimmer—one in a million.
And heaven-grade? Even those with top-grade roots rarely achieved it.
To hope for an earth-grade or even heaven-grade foundation, he would first have to upgrade his low-grade spiritual root to top-grade.
"If I complete this novice mission, my spiritual root will improve to middle-grade."
"Middle-grade roots are pretty good, but if I want a heaven-grade foundation, that's not nearly enough."
"To make the most of this mission, I need to upgrade my root to at least middle-grade before completing it."
Then, a thought struck him. "Wait… the school's Treasure Pavilion app has tons of skills and natural treasures. There might be something there that can help."
Su Chen put his game character on idle and opened the Treasure Pavilion app for Jiangnan No. 1 High School on his phone.
As the top school in Jiangnan, the Treasure Pavilion held a vast selection of skills and items exclusively available to students in exchange for credits. For high school students, finding resources outside was difficult, not to mention expensive. The Pavilion was the Kyushu Immortal Alliance's way of supporting its young cultivators.
After a few minutes of browsing, Su Chen found a technique that seemed perfect for his current situation:
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[Purple Cloud Divine Light Technique]
- Effect 1:Improves the user's aptitude.
- Effect 2: Grants Purple Cloud Divine Light body protection.
- Effect 3: Unlocks the Purple Cloud Divine Fire (upon reaching Great Success).
- Practice Requirements: Virgin body.
- Price: 100 credits.
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Seeing that such a valuable technique cost only 100 credits made Su Chen suspicious. Techniques that could enhance aptitude and offer divine protection were rare and expensive; typically, a technique like this would cost 1,000 credits, if not more.
As far as he knew, none of the nearly 3,000 students at Jiangnan No. 1 High School practiced it. Was there a hidden drawback? With curiosity piqued, he opened the comments section.
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**Comments:
- Student no. 1: Don't buy this technique. It's a huge scam. Don't fall for the description.
- Student no. 2: I regret ignoring the advice of senior students. This technique is a trap. Not only can you practice it for just ten minutes a day, but only during the brief moment when the purple clouds rise. Oh, and it's restricted to boys.
-Student no. 3: If you're still set on this technique, decide now: strength or relationships. You'll be single for decades and might never reach perfection. It's torture!
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(End of Chapter)
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