Chapter 1: The Possibility of Taking a Different Path

"Practicing Qi is really simple..."

"Just complete the two steps of strengthening the foundation and nourishing the essence."

On the podium, class monitor Tan Weifeng was showing off complacently.

Everyone in the class was speechless, but they didn't know how to refute.

It sounds simple, but the two steps of strengthening the foundation and nourishing the vital energy can stump most people.

"In theory, as long as a person completes these two steps, he or she will naturally have a sense of Qi and be able to refine essence into Qi..."

As he said this, Tan Weifeng glanced at Liang Xiao in the last row with a half-smile.

Suddenly, there was a burst of booing in the class.

There were voices complimenting Tan Weifeng, as well as voices sneering in disapproval of him.

However, because Qi-cultivating cultivators are superior to others, no one dares to say it openly even if someone is unhappy with him.

Because even though the Qi training stage is the lowest realm among cultivators, they are still cultivators, and it is absolutely not something that mortals can disobey.

In the last row, Liang Xiao seemed not to hear Tan Weifeng's sarcasm and was concentrating on calculating something on the draft paper.

My deskmate Wu Jun said indignantly, "That guy is mocking you again. If it weren't for that incident, you would have entered the Qi training stage half a year ago. But now, a guy who has only been in the Qi training stage for a few days can mock you."

"Other people have their own mouths, and it is their freedom to say whatever they want."

Liang Xiao's expression didn't change at all.

"You are really open-minded."

Wu Jun couldn't help but speak up for his deskmate: "If it were me, I wouldn't be able to stand this kind of humiliation."

After saying this, he subconsciously shrank his neck and secretly glanced at Tan Weifeng on the podium.

Seeing that the other party didn't notice him, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Liang Xiao said nothing more and continued to calculate his own "special golden elixir method" on the draft paper.

Having lived two lives, he was already accustomed to the wickedness of human nature and the fickleness of human relationships, and he would not care about the sarcasm of a seventeen-year-old boy at all.

Speaking of which, he traveled to this world, also called Earth, ten years ago.

At that time, this body was only seven years old.

There is a grandfather with one blind eye above.

There is also a two-year-old brother who is born blind.

In addition, the world is full of crises, with evil spirits wreaking havoc and monsters roaming the wilderness. Humans can only huddle in cities protected by formations and struggle to survive.

It can be said that misfortunes never come singly.

So, after learning that this world possessed mysterious powers, he began to prepare for cultivation.

The cultivation system in this world belongs to a cultivation system that practices the false to become the true.

But if you want to enter the Qi training stage, you must first complete the strengthening of the foundation and the nourishment of the essence so that the body can accommodate the "Qi".

However, the two mortal stages of strengthening the foundation and nourishing the vital energy are enough to stump most people.

Liang Xiao started preparing for this at the age of seven. He worked as a child laborer to earn money, got up early and went to bed late, and lived thriftily.

Anyway, he was an ordinary person in his previous life. He ran around for a living and was very hardworking.

Finally, after eight years of preparation, half a year ago, he successfully completed the process of strengthening his foundation.

It seemed that he would naturally enter the Qi training stage and become a superior cultivator, but suddenly the heavens played a joke on him.

One night half a year ago, an "evil disaster" broke out in the Heping community. He had just returned from practicing in the "Chiyan Xiuzhen Pavilion" and ran into an evil spirit.

In that encounter, his energy was almost drained out, and if the patrolling cultivators had not discovered him in time, he would have confessed.

But even though he managed to save his life, he was in a very miserable state, because the evil power penetrated his whole body, causing a hole in his dantian, making it unable to contain true energy anymore.

It is a pity that a young man with a bright future suddenly turned into a useless person who is unable to practice.

During that period, Liang Xiao was indeed depressed for a while, but he was unwilling to give up and continued to try to refine his essence into qi.

After some exploration, he found that his problem was not that he could not refine his essence into qi, but that -

The pierced Dantian cannot retain the refined true qi.

So he suddenly had an idea: if he directly used up the true qi he had refined, instead of keeping it in the true qi state, would he be able to continue his fate as an immortal?

Although because of his low status and position, he is not qualified to come into contact with the strong and has no way to understand the physical structure of the strong in this world.

But as a time traveler, he was familiar with various fairy-tale novels in his previous life, so he knew very well that after practicing Qi, it is the foundation-building stage, and above the foundation-building stage is the golden elixir stage.

It was not possible to build the foundation in one step, because he simply could not understand what the foundation was.

But he knew about the Golden Elixir. Isn’t the Golden Elixir just a spherical pill?
If I could directly transform the refined true qi into silk and weave a golden elixir, would it be possible for me to possess the power of a cultivator?

Although it seems a bit far-fetched, how do you know it won’t work if you don’t try it?

Even if this "golden elixir" is not worthy of its name, and even if it may no longer be able to make further progress in the future——

But as long as he has the power comparable to that of a cultivator in the Qi training stage, he will be satisfied.

Once you become a cultivator, you no longer have to live in a slum. The country will allocate housing to you and help protect your loved ones, so you will no longer have to worry.

Moreover, if you encounter evil spirits again, you will not be unable to escape.

So, starting half a year ago, he kept calculating this possibility, and at the same time took out a lot of time to learn the technique of transforming true Qi into silk.

At the same time, he combined the Tai Chi diagram and Bagua diagram in his memories of his previous life with the basic knowledge of formations he learned from textbooks in this life, and developed a combination formation diagram that could theoretically form a sphere.

Because he felt that a sphere woven simply with Qi silk might fall apart on its own.

Only by using a formation to restrain it can the woven sphere exist for a long time.

So during the past six months, he got up earlier and went to bed later, and worked more diligently and thriftily.

It is not only for calculating the 'Special Golden Elixir Method', but also for raising cultivation resources to implement this plan.

Finally, now, his calculations have reached the final stage.

"What are you calculating? High school knowledge, is there really such a thing? Why can't I understand any of it?"

My deskmate Wu Jun leaned forward with a curious look on his face. "It's right that you don't understand."

At this time, Liang Xiao had already obtained the best calculation result and smiled with satisfaction.

"Jingle Bell……"

Just then the bell rang for the end of get out of class.

Tan Weifeng, who had been chattering on the podium about how easy it was to become a cultivator, had to stop and said, "Everyone, there are only three days left before the college entrance examination. Remember to review well when you go back. Okay, get out of class is dismissed."

The students, who had long been tired of Tan Weifeng's bragging, immediately rushed out of the classroom impatiently and ran madly towards the cafeteria.

"Let's go to the cafeteria together?"

Wu Jun stood up and asked.

"No, I have something else to do."

Liang Xiao refused, took the draft of the calculated results, and walked out of the classroom with Wu Jun.

As for the textbooks, I took them home yesterday. After all, there are only three days left before the college entrance examination, and I have to set up the examination room in the next three days.

"You're always so busy."

Wu Jun thought of what happened to Liang Xiao and couldn't help sighing. He consoled him, "With your academic performance, as long as you are admitted to the military academy, you will still have a chance to get a job assigned by the state after graduation. You may even be assigned a suite in a wealthy area."

Liang Xiao nodded. That’s right. Because he had lived two lives as a human being, the cultural subjects in this life were not much different from those in the previous life.

So my academic performance is very good, and as long as I can get into a military academy, I still have hope of moving to a wealthy area after graduation.

But that will take at least four years.

A lot can happen in four years.

And if you can become a cultivator, you will be assigned immediately and can move directly to the wealthy area.

"Half a year... After I go back today, I can implement my plan!"

Liang Xiao was determined: "Only by becoming a cultivator can one live the life that a human being should live!"

In this world, the strong will be respected after all.

Although cultivators cannot directly attack mortals due to legal restrictions, they can trample on the dignity of mortals at will.

Mortals, however, have no power to resist and can only swallow their anger when they are bullied.

Only by becoming a cultivator can one be guaranteed safety and have dignity.

Suddenly, Wu Jun saw Tan Weifeng walking towards him. His face changed and he frowned, saying, "Squad leader, even if you don't get along with Liang Xiao, there's no need to keep targeting Liang Xiao, right? You're the squad leader after all. If you don't even have this little tolerance, how can you convince others?"

Because Liang Xiao would work part-time to earn money whenever he had a little free time, and often ignored the various tasks assigned by the squad leader Tan Weifeng.

How could Tan Weifeng, who came from a wealthy area and was also the class monitor, tolerate such a disobedient classmate?
So naturally, conflicts arose between the two.

Everything was fine half a year ago. At that time, Liang Xiao had a good chance of becoming the first cultivator in Changlin High School.

On the other hand, Tan Weifeng was born in a wealthy area, had a lot of resources for cultivation, and had just entered the Peiyuan period. Even if he was jealous, he didn't dare to target Liang Xiao too much.

After all, once you become a cultivator, you are superior to others and have privileges.

As a result, after the "evil disaster" in Heping Community half a year ago, Tan Weifeng was completely happy and gloated over the misfortune.

In particular, a few days ago, this guy finally completed the preparations for the Pei Yuan stage and truly entered the Qi training stage.

As a result, this guy became even more aggressive and would mock Liang Xiao whenever he got the chance.

"Student Wu Jun must have some misunderstanding about me. Why would I target my classmates?"

Tan Weifeng smiled and said, "I sympathize with Liang Xiao and feel sorry for what happened to him."

As he spoke, he looked at Liang Xiao with a good-natured expression: "You have such good academic performance and good physical fitness, which makes you very suitable for odd jobs. If you complete the tasks I assign you seriously, maybe I will ask my father to reward you with an easy part-time job. It's better than dirty jobs like sweeping the streets and picking up garbage. It's clean and beautiful, don't you think?"

"Thank you for your kindness, squad leader."

Liang Xiao said calmly: "Although the garbage is dirty, it is easy to wash clean and will not pollute my hands and conscience."

Tan Weifeng's face darkened, and the aura of the first level of Qi training emanated from his body. He squinted his eyes and said, "It's something that doesn't exist. If you talk nonsense about it, it will cause trouble."

Wu Jun's face changed: "Class monitor, the law stipulates that cultivators cannot attack mortals without reason. Please don't do anything rash, this is a school!"

Even at this time, he subconsciously used honorifics, showing caution everywhere.

After all, they were facing a cultivator.

Tan Weifeng's face changed for a while, and then he sneered: "You are such an ungrateful person, you deserve to be nailed to the slums and be an inferior forever!"

After saying this, he turned away with a gloomy face.

"Thank you for what you did just now." Liang Xiao thanked.

There is nothing I can say about this classmate who can stand up and speak for me at a time like this.

"It's awkward to tell me this. But honestly, it's not worth it to offend him. What if he makes things difficult for you..."

Wu Jun sighed and said, "Actually, even if I work for him, it's not a big deal, right? And I can earn more money."

"You do not understand."

Liang Xiao didn't explain.

Because of his good academic performance and physical fitness, the task assigned to him by Tan Weifeng was not school work, but to go out after class to sell various substandard pills to help the other party make money.

That kind of pill can kill people if it is not taken properly.

He did it once when he first came here, but never did it again after knowing the truth.

"I really don't understand. That guy doesn't think highly of me, who is still in the consolidation stage. Anyway, you should be careful. That guy has a narrow mind."

Wu Jun patted Liang Xiao on the shoulder and said, "I'm leaving first. Remember, no matter how busy you are, you can't be late for the college entrance examination in three days."

"I know, bye."

Liang Xiao nodded, separated from Wu Jun, and strode towards the school gate.

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(End of this chapter)