Chapter 47

"Testing Hall."

Jiang Jian extended a finger and swiped across the semi-transparent screen.

"Verification successful!"

"Identity Device clearance: First Academy freshman."

A notification sound rang out.

The Testing Hall's doors slowly opened.

What met his eyes was an extremely spacious hall.

The hall was supported by massive pillars, and the ceiling was very high, about six meters or more.

"These testing instruments."

"They're no different from the one Zhang Jian used."

The Testing Hall was very quiet, with only a few scattered people.

Jiang Jian walked in front of a light sphere and raised his wrist.

"Identity verification successful!"

"Would you like to test your cultivation foundation?"

A cold, mechanical voice rang out.

Jiang Jian tapped to confirm.

The previously dim light sphere suddenly brightened.

Beneath the light sphere, array patterns lit up one after another, and rich Qi surged and churned.

"Please circulate your Qi."

The light sphere rotated rapidly.

Jiang Jian circulated the *Jing Ling Zhen Fa*.

A wisp of pure, invisible Qi coiled out and drifted into the light sphere.

"Testing..."

The array patterns flickered with brilliant light.

After a full several dozen seconds.

The testing array finally came to a stop.

In front of the light sphere, a semi-transparent screen condensed.

Lines of small text appeared.

"Test successful!"

"Qi foundation test, time taken: 1 minute."

"Estimated Qi upper limit: approximately 5% of the God-Gift Realm."

Looking at the screen.

Jiang Jian frowned slightly.

"In the cultivation class, my Qi upper limit was already 5% of the God-Gift Realm."

"After 5 hours of cultivation, it's actually still 5%."

"Could it be that the improvement in spiritual essence is too minuscule?"

"Is that why it can't be detected?"

Jiang Jian swiped his finger to close the screen.

Although the test result hadn't changed.

Jiang Jian could clearly sense it here while manipulating his Qi.

After cultivating, his Qi upper limit had indeed improved.

His control and usage of Qi had both progressed.

"Cultivation is a long, dull, and arduous journey."

"It is absolutely impossible to achieve success overnight."

"Being impatient is meaningless."

Thinking of this.

Jiang Jian's mood steadied slightly, and he opened the academy platform to check his credits.

The credits for recycling the talent light orb had already arrived.

The remaining credits totaled 1100.

"The most urgent thing now is to cultivate my Qi foundation."

"First, buy time in the cultivation room, then buy cultivation medicine."

While pondering, Jiang Jian did not hesitate at all.

He went straight to the "Cultivation Room Time" page and clicked to purchase!

"You are about to purchase cultivation room time: 10 hours."

"Credits consumed: 100."

"Confirm?"

Jiang Jian tapped to confirm.

"Purchase successful!"

"You consumed credits: 100."

"Your remaining credits: 1000."

After buying the cultivation room time.

Jiang Jian turned around and walked toward the elevator.

In a corner of the Testing Hall.

Two students stopped what they were doing, looked at Jiang Jian, and whispered to each other.

"That's Jiang Jian from our academy!"

"His talent is a Level 3 Art!"

"He took first place in the entire academy in this morning's cultivation class!"

"Compared to Jiang Jian, that last-place Shi Luohua left a deeper impression on me."

"He's gone, let's go check his test results!"

While speaking, the two walked quickly to the light sphere and pulled up the test records.

The public Testing Hall had no privacy mode.

"God-Gift Realm 5%!"

"As expected of a Level 3 Art!"

One of them had their pupils contract, "My Qi foundation is only 1% of the God-Gift Realm!"

The other wasn't surprised and said, "This is the advantage of an Art; once you start cultivating, you're inherently a step ahead of others."

13th floor.

Jiang Jian stepped out of the elevator and returned to his room.

"Welcome back."

The robot butler was all smiles, "Would you like to dine?"

With the door closed, Jiang Jian sat back on the sofa, opened his identity device, and said, "The same as yesterday."

The robot butler smiled: "Double-pepper chicken lo mein, I'll go get the meal right away."

Jiang Jian swiped the screen, opened the Linjiang network platform, and searched for cultivation medicine.

"Cultivation medicine, 500 Alliance coins."

"Brewed using precious herbs, it can improve Qi foundation and increase cultivation speed."

Jiang Jian's finger moved slightly, and he adjusted the purchase quantity directly to 15.

"15 portions of cultivation medicine, 7500 Alliance coins."

"Confirm purchase?"

Jiang Jian tapped to confirm.

"Purchase successful!"

"Your current expenditure: 7500 shopping quota."

"Your remaining shopping quota: 52500."

"Your goods will be delivered to your door by a dedicated person and vehicle within three hours."

Closing the identity device, Jiang Jian smelled the fragrance and looked up.

The robot butler had already walked out of the mechanical room, carrying the steaming meal over.

"You have a delivery arriving this afternoon."

The robot butler set down the tray, turned around, and pointed to the box at the door.

"The shipment is from the academy warehouse; I've checked, and there are 5 portions of cultivation medicine inside."

Jiang Jian nodded: "I understand."

The 5 portions of cultivation medicine were the reward for the ranking match in the morning cultivation class.

Plus the 15 portions of cultivation medicine he just bought.

That made 20 portions in total.

"After I eat, I'll sleep for a while."

Jiang Jian said while eating noodles, "Wake me up when the cultivation medicine arrives."

The robot butler brought over a cup of mocha, looking concerned: "It's already evening; in a little while, it will be time to rest."

Jiang Jian shook his head: "I'm going to the campus cultivation room; I won't be back to rest tonight."

The robot butler said: "Your schedule shows that there is a theory class at 9:00 tomorrow morning."

"I know."

Jiang Jian smiled, "10 hours later, when I come out of the campus cultivation room, I'll go straight to the large classroom for class."

Hearing this.

The robot butler was stunned.

In its database, it recorded the daily routines of many academy freshmen.

But among these countless records.

There was absolutely no one like Jiang Jian.

A student who lived directly in the campus cultivation room the day after the academy started.

Cultivation room time required credits to purchase and was extremely expensive, which was one aspect.

More importantly, it was the gradual slackening of one's resolve, fishing for three days and drying nets for two.

In the corner of the living room, there were virtual gaming pods and virtual helmets.

These facilities had extremely high realism and were all provided free of charge by the academy.

They allowed students to have time to relax outside of their studies.

But Jiang Jian hadn't even touched these things.

"Credits, not enough!"

"Far from enough!"

Jiang Jian leaned on the soft sofa, gently closing his eyes.

His thoughts, however, were constantly churning.

1000 credits, if all used to buy cultivation room time, would only be 100 hours.

It was simply not enough to support the long-term cultivation in his plan!

Jiang Jian didn't know.

The campus cultivation room was one of the most expensive places within the academy.

The vast majority of students only went there when they were at a cultivation barrier or encountering a bottleneck.

Only then would they grit their teeth.

And take out their precious credits.

To buy a little bit of cultivation room time.

The amount.

Was often 1 hour, 2 hours.

Any more than that would be enough to make these students' hearts ache.

Because the channels for obtaining credits were too few.

Aside from the initial credits awarded upon enrollment.

To obtain credits, one could only accept "learning tasks."

Learning tasks were dangerous and made people turn pale at the mention of them.

No one was willing to go.

Moreover.

There were simply too many things that credits could buy.

Anything on the Linjiang network was available on the academy platform.

Anything not on the Linjiang network was also available on the academy platform.

"If I follow my plan and live in the campus cultivation room long-term."

"Every day, I'll consume at least 100 credits."

Jiang Jian opened his eyes, opened his identity device, and logged onto the academy platform.

He found the "Learning Tasks" page.

On the page, there were hundreds of learning tasks, densely packed.

The settlement rewards ranged from a few dozen credits to over a thousand credits.

But these learning tasks were all grayed out.

Jiang Jian tried clicking "Accept."

The identity device made a sound: "Insufficient clearance!"

Jiang Jian frowned slightly and clicked the help button on the right.

On the semi-transparent screen, an explanation popped up immediately.

"After detection, your clearance is freshman."

"Freshmen cannot accept learning tasks."

"Freshmen refers to all first-year students within seven days of the academy opening."

"After seven days, they can be accepted."

Jiang Jian swiped the screen away, his expression calm.

"I still have 10 hours of cultivation time in the campus cultivation room."

"The remaining 1000 credits can buy another 100 hours."

"Seven days."

"That's enough."

Thinking of this.

Jiang Jian gently closed his eyes and rested quietly.

(End of chapter)