Free Web NovelChapter 508: Chapter 218: I Will Not Rest Until I Break the Qi Sea
"Senior Brother, did you find anything?"
Inside a small building in the northeast corner, a handsome youth asked a man in his early thirties. Another man stood at the entrance, seemingly awaiting their summons. Chu Lingguang was no stranger to the man at the door—he was none other than Teacher Yun Hong from the Northern Territory Trial Ground.
The man in his early thirties was reviewing a file. The subject of the file was Chu Lingguang himself.
It contained records regarding Chu Lingguang’s Sea of Consciousness Power.
These were the details Li Dayao and Liu Wan had reported to their superiors as required, after witnessing Chu Lingguang freely manipulate Wind and Wave Power and generate a significant Attack Power at the academy.
"He hasn’t made any waves. Keep watching him."
The man in his early thirties said dismissively, tossing the file onto the table and leaving with a hint of disappointment. After he was gone, Yun Hong entered to tidy up. He found several files on the table, and his face filled with astonishment when he saw that the one on top was Chu Lingguang’s.
「Inside the small room.」
Chu Lingguang gazed at a sentence written over and over on the wall: "Persevere! I swear I won’t stop until I break through the Qi Sea!"
Every sentence was the same.
But the handwriting was different.
Clearly, these identical words had been written by different candidates. They all shared the same fierce ambition: to achieve a breakthrough at the academy and become True Martial Realm experts.
The Mental Realm was like a lamp within the body; the brighter it shone, the clearer one could perceive every response. While the academy’s training focused on evolving the Mental Realm, the ultimate goal was to use that evolution to advance one’s cultivation, break through the body’s limitations, and ascend from the Qi Sea to the True Martial Realm.
Captivated by the different styles of handwriting, Chu Lingguang picked up a stone from the floor. In a blank corner, he too wrote the words: "Persevere! I swear I won’t stop until I break through the Qi Sea!"
’I’ll see for myself just how big the gap is between the Qi Sea and the True Martial Realm, and why so many people get stuck here.’
Every candidate who made it to the Imperial City Academy was the most coveted new blood of the Great Yuan Dynasty. The cultivation resources here were far more plentiful than in the Northern Territory Trial Ground.
Not only could they eat Demon Beast Flesh and Blood with every meal, but they also received three bowls of Spirit Tea daily. Back in the Northern Territory Trial Ground, Teacher Yun Hong’s Spirit Tea was a rarity that not just anyone could drink; even Chu Lingguang had only had it a few times.
Here at the Imperial City Academy, however, everyone received three bowls of Spirit Tea a day, regardless of their performance. Even if their Mental Realms didn’t evolve and they failed to break through the Qi Sea, their Qi Sea Power and Flesh and Blood Power would still improve by leaps and bounds over the next few months.
No wonder the Hui Yuan and the champion were, almost without exception, chosen from the top three candidates of each region. This made Chu Lingguang admire his Eldest Brother, Yang Shaorong, even more. Yang Shaorong’s performance in the Provincial Examination hadn’t been outstanding, so he never had the chance to train at the Imperial City Academy. Yet, he still managed to distinguish himself in the Imperial Examination. It seemed the Dantian Power Yang Shaorong had awakened was far more profound than anyone imagined.
On the first day at the academy, students were simply allowed to familiarize themselves with the environment; there were no training sessions. That evening, however, everyone received a book after dinner.
Chu Lingguang glanced at the cover, his attention caught by the four words written there.
*Mental Realm Evolution Method*.
Eunuch Liu had been right. The first lesson at the academy was indeed about how to evolve and strengthen the power of one’s Mental Realm. Just like everyone else, Chu Lingguang eagerly opened the book and read it through several times.
Chu Lingguang found that the *Mental Realm Evolution Method* was divided into three parts. The first explained what the Mental Realm was, the second explained its importance, and the third detailed why an evolved Mental Realm could more easily draw responses from both within and outside the body.
Although the book contained methods for evolving the Mental Realm, its contents were far more esoteric than other Martial Arts manuals. Chu Lingguang was utterly baffled. ’This is definitely not an issue with my intelligence,’ he swore to himself. ’I bet even Yan Zhen and Tuoba Yunhong couldn’t make sense of this *Mental Realm Evolution Method*. Without guidance from the academy’s teachers, I’m afraid very few could learn it.’
He sat on his bed and sighed. Left with no other choice, he decided to check his panel.
Favor Points: 41,451
Mixed Element Skill (0-10,000)
Consciousness Sea Power Basic Cultivation Method (15,000-15,000)
Celestial Master Technique (6,000-6,000)
(Remaining Lifespan: 179 years)
After passing the Martial Examination, Chu Lingguang had gained over thirty thousand Favor Points from Guo Wei, and another ten thousand or so from his hometown elders, Lin Yuanfu, and others. He had used some of them to advance his Celestial Master Technique to the Perfection level.
He now had over forty thousand Favor Points remaining, which was the source of his confidence for his training at the academy.
To his disappointment, he found that even after reading the *Mental Realm Evolution Method* several times, it had not been added to his panel. It seemed he would have to wait for guidance from the academy teachers; only after he understood the cultivation content could this Skill be integrated into his panel.
He grew expectant. He wanted to see for himself what was so special about the *Mental Realm Evolution Method* that it was the main curriculum at the Imperial City Academy. Even Eunuch Liu had praised it effusively and stressed that he must, no matter what, master this Skill.
’I wonder if over forty thousand Favor Points will be enough to raise this Skill to Perfection?’
