Chapter 5 Family School
A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and when I arrived at the school gate early in the morning, all my friends were there.

There were two or three unknown children. They should be the immortals with spiritual roots detected among the ordinary people this time.

Lin Changqing hurried over to stay with his friends. After waiting for a while, the third elder of the family, Lin Fanzhen, came over slowly.

Seeing that everyone was present, the Third Elder said, "Not bad, you all came early. We should keep it like this in the future. Come in!"

Everyone entered the classroom and sat down according to their preferences.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, the third elder spoke up, "This year, the family has found out that the eight of you have spiritual roots, so you all know what kind of skills you should practice.

I wonder if he will come to see me privately after the ceremony. Those whose families are not in Zushan will live in the dormitory. Those who are in Zushan can choose to live in the dormitory or go home.

You just need to report to me before going home. You are all the same now, practice in the morning and study the knowledge of cultivation in the afternoon.

The study period in the school is one year.

This year, you will mainly learn family history, basic knowledge of the immortal world, and traditional etiquette.

I will teach you how to draw the Qi into your body and guide you to formally begin your cultivation."

"Third Grandpa, why do we have to learn family history and etiquette? Wouldn't it be better to spend more time on cultivation?" Lin Changjie asked.

“Learning family history is to let you know that the reason you can live and study here peacefully is entirely due to the blood, tears, sweat, and even lives paid by your ancestors.

I want you to know that cultivating immortals is not a peaceful and tranquil place, but a place full of the law of the jungle. If you don't work hard to cultivate today, you may be swallowed up by others tomorrow without even a bone spitting out.

The purpose of learning etiquette is to let you know how to deal with people of the same generation or seniors when you meet them in the future.

How to deal with various emergencies is mainly to learn to respect predecessors and not to cause trouble to the family.

Otherwise, I would be beaten to death outside and my family would be implicated.

Of course we don’t cause trouble, but we are not afraid of it either. If the Jiufeng Mountain Lin family had been spineless, they would have been wiped out hundreds of years ago.”

Okay, this is off topic, please continue listening!

Five years later, you will be sent to various elders who have mastered the skills of cultivation to take turns to test your talent in the hundreds of arts of cultivation.

If so, you can stay with your elders and learn until you have achieved success.

If not, you can only choose to go down the mountain and guard Lingshan, or join the transport team or work in the family's shop in Fangshi to help out, etc. So, you don't have to worry about anything in these six years, just practice.

Children, you must cherish these few years. After six years, you will have to start earning spirit stones and cultivation resources on your own. You won’t be able to just focus on cultivation like you do now.”

Okay, now follow me.

Everyone followed the third elder to the family ancestral hall.

Those whose names are read out kowtow three times in front of the ancestral tablets and burn three sticks of incense. This is considered as formally joining the clan.

Lin Jie, the fifth child of the Chang generation, was given the name Lin Changjie.

Lin Changjie kowtowed and burned incense respectfully in front of the ancestral tablet.

……

Lin Qing, the ninth child of the Chang generation, was given the name Lin Changqing.

Lin Changqing stepped forward and kowtowed respectfully, offering incense. He thanked the ancestors of the Lin family in his heart. He would definitely give back to the family if he succeeded in cultivation in the future.

After everyone finished bowing, they returned to the school and Third Grandfather announced that those who would officially advance to the Qi Refining Stage would have to go to him to get their identity jade badges.

That's all for today. Those who want to see him can go to the back hall later. Lin Changqing and his friends don't live in the dormitory. After saying something to his third grandfather, he ran out.

On the way home, everyone re-arranged themselves: Lin Changjie ranked fifth, Lin Changyuan ranked sixth, Lin Changqing ranked ninth, Lin Changhao ranked tenth, and Lin Changlian ranked twelfth.

Lin Changqing was both the older brother and the younger brother this time. After playing for a while, everyone went home.

In this way, Lin Changqing began his life of practicing in the morning and going to school in the afternoon.

Three months passed in the blink of an eye, and the schoolwork was fine, basically no problem. After all, Lin Changqing had the experience of two lifetimes, so he had no problem understanding these common sense things, and he could even draw inferences from one example, which won him the praise of the third elder.

But in terms of cultivation, they lagged behind. Lin Changlian, who had three spiritual roots, took only ten days to draw Qi into his body, while Lin Changying, who had four spiritual roots, took a month, and Lin Changhao, who had five spiritual roots, took a month and a half. Lin Changyuan also succeeded in drawing Qi into his body last month.

For three months now, Lin Changqing can only feel small spots of five colors in the air. These small spots of light are the five attributes of spiritual energy.

Another month passed. On this day, Lin Changqing was concentrating on his practice in the spirit gathering array in his own practice room. He tried to guide these small spots of light into his body.

It’s just that in the past these little spots of light were too naughty, like disobedient children, always trying to break free from his restraints and jump around outside!
But today is different, he has a very strong feeling that he can succeed today.

I don’t know how long it took, but these little light spots seemed to be tired of playing and began to obediently enter his body.

After carefully practicing the technique for one week, the small light spot was refined and entered the Dantian, finally settling down there and no longer making any noise.

Lin Changqing knew he had succeeded, and he shouted excitedly in the secret room.

I can't help but be so happy. This is the first time in my two lifetimes!

In the world of cultivating immortals, the great power of heaven and earth belongs to oneself. This is the first step in cultivating and becoming an immortal.

In order to confirm whether I was hallucinating, I finally calmed down.

I tried practicing for another week, and the spiritual energy in my dantian increased a little bit. No wonder so many people like to practice it.

It is so fascinating, watching the spiritual energy increase little by little and become stronger little by little, it turns out that cultivation is addictive.

After calming down, Lin Changqing hurried out and told his family that he had successfully guided the Qi into his body.

Everyone was very happy to hear it.

Lin Changqing had not been able to successfully draw Qi into his body, and they were very anxious. Now that it was finally done, they breathed a sigh of relief.

"Go tell your grandfather."

Lin Changqing responded and ran to his grandfather's house to tell him the good news.

After hearing this, Grandpa smiled and said, "It took four months to successfully draw in the Qi. It's a little slow, but it doesn't matter. In the cultivation of immortals, it still depends on who can go higher and further."

Successfully drawing Qi into the body has opened half the door to the world of cultivation. Once the first meridian is completely opened, you will have reached the first level of Qi Refining, and only then can you be considered a true cultivator.

The younger you are in the Qi Refining stage, the fewer impurities there are in your body, and the easier it will be to open up your meridians, so progress will be relatively faster in the early stages of Qi Refining.

Therefore, during the Qi Refining Stage, try not to take too many pills that can improve your spiritual energy, lest the accumulation of too much poison from the pills will affect your advancement to the Foundation Building Stage in the future.

Go back and practice well. When you advance to the Qi Refining Stage, I will give you a gift.

Thank you, Grandpa. Lin Changqing bowed happily and left. When he left, he also took away a plate of spiritual fruits from Grandpa.

On the way home, Lin Changqing thought that he should seize the time to practice. He would go to the academy in the afternoon and share the good news with his friends.

(End of this chapter)