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Chapter 7: Spiritual Stone Clue, The Path to Immortality is Near!
Translator: yikaii Editor: yikaii
【A member of the Tarot Club tells you that in Nanjing, Jiangnan Province, a Grandmaster-rank expert possesses a treasured item known as a Spiritual Stone.】
【Overjoyed, you rush to Nanjing overnight.】
【You contact the Grandmaster-rank expert and offer to buy the Spiritual Stone for 100 million Great Xia coins.】
【The Grandmaster agrees.】
【However, on the eve of the transaction, the mysterious person finds you.】
【You died at the age of thirty-three!】
【You activate the Unyielding Gaze talent!】
【Your eyes stare fixedly at the mysterious person.】
【The mysterious person, displeased, crushes your head with a stomp.】
【You lose your eyes, rendering the Unyielding Gaze talent ineffective.】
【This simulation ends!】
【You can choose one of the following rewards: Calm and Serene (Talent), Half of the Everlasting Spring Technique (Technique)】
Seeing this, Su Xing was ecstatic.
“Finally… a clue to spiritual energy! The Spiritual Stone… it must be related to spiritual energy!”
Su Xing calmed down, and he had no hesitation about the simulation rewards this time.
The Calm and Serene talent was quite average and didn’t offer much improvement for Su Xing; it just looked cooler.
But the Everlasting Spring Technique was a legitimate method that could allow him to cultivate!
Now that he had a lead on the Spiritual Stone, he might be able to bring it back next time and start his cultivation!
So…
“I choose the Everlasting Spring Technique!”
【Ding, you have chosen to bring back Half of the Everlasting Spring Technique from the simulation, consuming 3000 points of energy. Remaining energy: 182 points.】
At the same time, an ancient book appeared in front of Su Xing.
Su Xing was overjoyed and quickly began to examine the Everlasting Spring Technique.
【Half of the Everlasting Spring Technique】: The core technique of the Everlasting Spring Sect in the Azure Cloud Realm. This technique has six levels and can be cultivated up to the Void Returning stage. However, as this is only half of the technique, it can only be cultivated up to the Foundation Establishment stage. The Everlasting Spring Technique absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, nourishing oneself, and can achieve the effects of prolonging life and maintaining youthful vigor.
The cultivation method is as follows: “First level: Embrace the growth of all things, sleep early and rise early, walk broadly in the courtyard, and let the spirit be refreshed… Second level: The union of heaven and earth…”
Seeing the description of the Everlasting Spring Technique, Su Xing was elated.
This Everlasting Spring Technique already looked much more reliable than the “Three Years to Immortality” guide he had previously purchased.
The first half of the Everlasting Spring Technique was only a few hundred words, and Su Xing memorized it thoroughly in less than half an hour.
Looking at the technique in his hand, Su Xing sighed slightly:
“This technique has the effects of prolonging life and maintaining youthful vigor… but it’s a pity that the world will end in fifteen years. Extending life won’t help then!”
After memorizing the Everlasting Spring Technique, Su Xing began to plan for the next simulation.
He knew he could only simulate once a week, and each simulation required a lot of energy, making the opportunities extremely precious.
Since he needed to accumulate strength quickly, he had to have clear goals for each simulation.
“The immediate priority is to step into the threshold of cultivation, so the next simulation will likely aim to obtain the Spiritual Stone…”
Su Xing thought about it. Unless he drew an extremely valuable talent in the next simulation, he would definitely choose the Spiritual Stone.
“But I don’t know the true value of the Spiritual Stone or how much energy it will cost. Before the next simulation, I must accumulate enough energy!”
Su Xing currently had over 800,000 Great Xia coins in his account, which could be converted to almost 4000 points of energy at most.
Whether 4000 points of energy would be enough to bring back the Spiritual Stone was still unknown.
Su Xing sighed inwardly, realizing the truth of the saying: “A penny can thwart a hero.”
Bang!
At that moment, the dormitory door was kicked open.
A chubby figure walked in—it was none other than Yu Yan.
Su Xing rolled his eyes and joked:
“Fatty Yu, can you be a bit gentler? You’re going to break the door one of these days!”
Fatty Yu chuckled heartily and said:
“Haha, I’ll be more careful next time.”
After a brief hesitation, Fatty Yu continued thoughtfully, “By the way, it seems Teacher Liu wants to see you… It’s probably about your profession…”
Su Xing nodded, not surprised at all.
In a top-ranked Beijing Awakened University like Beijing Awakened University, slacking off for three years and being considered a recognized loser, Teacher Liu probably wanted to see Su Xing to suggest he voluntarily withdraw from school, right?
After all, having a “failure” in a prestigious school like this would create a bad impression.
Fatty Yu had obviously figured this out too. He patted Su Xing on the shoulder and said:
“Old Su, don’t worry too much. Our Beijing Awakened University has never expelled a student before… Besides, you can’t choose your profession, and you haven’t done anything wrong. Just go with confidence!”
“No matter what happens, you’ll always be my brother!”
Su Xing believed this, especially since in the simulation, Fatty Yu never broke off contact with him even until his death.
After a moment of hesitation, Su Xing said:
“Fatty, I’m a bit tight on cash recently. Can you lend me some money?”
Fatty Yu raised an eyebrow. He knew Su Xing’s character. Despite having a rough three years in college, Su Xing had never borrowed money before. It must be serious now.
So, Fatty Yu nodded and said:
“How much do you need? Just name a number.”
Su Xing gritted his teeth and said:
“Five million, do you have it?”
Fatty Yu nodded, took out a bank card, and handed it to Su Xing, saying:
“This card has five million… The password is my birthday.”
Su Xing took the card, feeling a surge of gratitude, hesitating to speak.
“Fatty…”
Fatty Yu waved his hand and said:
“Old Su, there’s no need for sentimental words. Five million is nothing to me! After all, you’re my brother!”
“Um, actually, I wanted to ask, what is your birthday again…”
Fatty Yu: “…”
Grinding his teeth, Fatty Yu said, “Give me the money back!”
Su Xing dodged to the side, chuckling, and said:
“Just kidding! I’m off to see Teacher Liu!”
With that, Su Xing headed to the teaching office.
Teacher Liu, whose full name was Liu Xiaodong, was the life counselor and class advisor for Su Xing’s college. Students usually went to him for living-related issues.
Back then, Su Xing was recruited into Beijing Awakened University by Liu Xiaodong.
Knock, knock!
Su Xing knocked on the office door.
“Come in!”
Su Xing walked into the office and saw a middle-aged man leaning back in his chair, drinking tea with a leader’s demeanor.
“Teacher Liu, what did you need to see me about?”
Su Xing asked directly.
Liu Xiaodong smiled warmly and said:
“Su Xing! How has your cultivation been going recently? Any level-ups?”
As expected, this was the reason for calling him in.
Su Xing had already anticipated this and shook his head, saying:
“No, still the same. But I will work hard to cultivate and strive to break through to the Silver level as soon as possible!”
Liu Xiaodong’s smile didn’t falter. He took a sip of tea and said:
“Su Xing, actually, I wanted to discuss something with you…”
“You know, there’s less than a year left until graduation for your class, and our college has assessment and employment rate requirements…”
Su Xing internally sneered, already guessing about 80% of what Liu Xiaodong was going to say, but he still pretended to be unaware and asked:
“So, Teacher Liu, what do you mean? Please be straightforward.”
Hearing this, Liu Xiaodong dropped the pretense and said bluntly:
“Su Xing, I hope you will voluntarily withdraw from school. It would be better for both your and the school’s reputation!”
(End of the chapter)