Chapter 48

One hour later.

A knock on the door rang out.

The robot butler walked to the door, stared at the monitor, and said: "Please place it in the delivery cabinet at the door."

Movement came from outside the door.

A few seconds later, it became quiet.

The robot butler lowered its body and opened the mechanical lock under the entryway.

With a click.

A cargo box slid in.

"He just fell asleep, should I wake him up?"

The robot butler hesitated for a moment, thought of Jiang Jian's instructions, and still walked to the sofa.

"15 portions of cultivation medicine have been delivered."

Its voice was slightly raised.

On the sofa.

Jiang Jian opened his eyes, and the invisible aura around him dissipated.

From beginning to end.

He hadn't been sleeping at all.

Instead, he had been cultivating the *Jing Ling Zhen Fa* without stopping for a moment.

"Good."

Jiang Jian got up, took the cultivation medicine from the cargo box, and put it into his schoolbag.

Seeing him about to go out again, the robot butler reminded him: "Long-term sleep deprivation will lead to physical decline and mental confusion."

Jiang Jian remained silent, just waved his hand, opened the door, and walked toward the elevator hall.

He had already tried it, in his current state.

Using cultivation to replace sleep.

It was completely feasible.

"In the cultivation class, Zhang Jian said."

"You need to cultivate for at least half a year before you can use subconscious cultivation while sleeping."

"But for me."

"I just started cultivating."

"And I've already achieved this point."

Jiang Jian stepped into the elevator, his eyes thoughtful.

This afternoon, in the campus cultivation room, he had cultivated for a full 5 hours.

At that time, Jiang Jian had already noticed.

Not only was he not tired at all.

But he felt relaxed all over, with his meridians unobstructed.

For him.

Cultivation felt as natural as breathing.

Sleep was cultivation.

Cultivation was sleep.

"Perhaps it's because my resolve is firm."

"Subconsciously."

"What I'm thinking about is also cultivation."

Jiang Jian smiled to himself, tapped his identity device, and called for a flying shuttle.

"It's 8:00 PM now."

"I can cultivate until 6:00 tomorrow morning."

In the campus cultivation room.

Jiang Jian sat cross-legged on the floor.

In front of him were 20 portions of cultivation medicine.

The array in the room vibrated and hummed.

Time passed bit by bit.

The paper packets of medicine in front of Jiang Jian gradually decreased.

The aura surging around him was continuous, returning to the Shenque.

Like a stream flowing into the sea, it was slowly but firmly increasing.

In the corner of the room, on the semi-transparent screen, the clock ticked.

2 hours.

5 hours.

10 hours.

Outside the building.

The night color receded like a tide, and the golden-red dawn approached.

Jiang Jian opened his eyes.

Deep within his pitch-black pupils, that dark red flame was still burning quietly.

The aura around him suddenly converged, silent and soundless.

"Qi foundation has increased quite a bit."

"More importantly."

"My control over Qi has also become much more refined."

Jiang Jian stood up, closed his eyes, and opened them again.

The eerie flame in his eyes quietly faded away.

10 hours of extreme cultivation.

Jiang Jian noticed extremely clearly.

His cultivation spiritual essence had increased once more.

"Every time I cultivate, there is progress."

"This feeling of every minute and every second."

"Moving further away from death."

"It's truly fascinating."

Jiang Jian took a deep breath and let out a long sigh.

He felt relaxed and refreshed all over.

For some reason.

Deep in Jiang Jian's heart, there was always a terrifying intuition.

That strange illness of losing consciousness was very terrifying.

However.

Ever since the God-Gift ceremony.

This strange illness had never flared up again.

Every time he cultivated, the increase in his Qi upper limit.

Made Jiang Jian have a feeling.

That he was getting further and further away from the strange illness.

Beep!

A communication rang out.

Jiang Jian opened his identity device and logged into his mailbox.

Jiang Jian scanned through dozens of advertising emails and threw them into the trash bin.

"Senior Jiang Jian, are you getting used to staying at Linjiang Academy?"

In a video email, Nie Zheng was wearing a school skirt, smiling lightly, "I will also apply for Linjiang Academy in next year's God-Gift exam."

Jiang Jian was silent for a moment and replied formulaically: "Good luck."

Then he swiped away the message.

Nie Zheng was born very beautiful.

One could even say she was born extremely beautiful.

Except for Jiang Zhao, Nie Zheng was the girl with the best bone structure Jiang Jian had ever seen.

Compared to Zhao Jianxue, she was no less inferior.

Walking out of the cultivation building.

The bright golden sunlight was a bit dazzling as it shone down.

Jiang Jian squinted his eyes.

Suddenly thinking.

Of a moment from back then.

It was so similar to this very moment.

That was in Guangling City.

He stood in the shadow zone, looked up, and gazed at the suspended giant city under the sunlight.

Only.

The thing he was looking up at now.

Was no longer the Divine Illumination zone of Guangling City.

But the Five-Fold River City of Linjiang Prefecture.

And even more so, the towering Mount Tianzhu, like a wall of heaven.

"Could it be."

"That one must look up at something."

"To see one's own insignificance?"

Jiang Jian withdrew his gaze and stepped onto the unmanned flying shuttle.

Outside the window, the light and shadows were mottled, alternating between bright and dark.

Reflecting the boy's pale face.

At this moment.

His gaze was as cold as an abyss.

6:30.

The flying shuttle stopped below the large classroom.

The stairs spiraled upward, and the wooden handrails were also carved with river patterns.

There wasn't a single student here yet.

Jiang Jian sat in the flying shuttle, circulated the *Jing Ling Zhen Fa*, and cultivated to himself.

Although outside, the cultivation speed was very slow.

Compared to the campus cultivation room.

This speed was even like a turtle crawling.

But Jiang Jian was unwilling to waste any time that could be used for cultivation.

1 hour.

2 hours.

Until 8:30.

Below the stairs, students came one after another.

"Have you all played with the virtual pods in the dorms!"

"It's truly realistic!"

"This level of realism, this pain sensation, it's really exciting!"

"I played virtual games all night, it was so stimulating!"

A few playful students chattered, discussing the virtual pods in the dorms.

More students stood silently in twos and threes, waiting for class.

The First Academy only had 50 students.

After all, it was the academy department with the best assessment results in the first-year zone of Linjiang Academy.

Most people here had Level 3 talent and were also very diligent in their cultivation.

Even if their level of diligence couldn't compare to Jiang Jian's.

It had already far exceeded the other departments in the first-year zone.

"Jiang Jian, you're here really early."

Shi Xuan jumped off the flying shuttle, walked up, and knocked on Jiang Jian's glass.

Jiang Jian glanced at the time.

8:50.

Stepping off the flying shuttle, Jiang Jian stood with Shi Xuan and said: "I cultivated in the campus cultivation room last night, didn't return to the dormitory building, and came straight to the large classroom this morning."

Shi Xuan, carrying the Moon-Chasing Blade on his back, looked at the classmates not far away and lowered his voice: "I went at 3:00 in the middle of the night and also stayed in the cultivation room for 5 hours."

Speaking of this, he turned his head, "The campus cultivation room is really useful, it's just that the credits are spent really fast."

Jiang Jian said softly: "This weekend, I'm going to accept learning tasks to earn credits."

Shi Xuan responded naturally: "I'll go with you."

Jiang Jian nodded.

Shi Xuan's Moon-Chasing Blade was a Level 3 God-Gift weapon.

This blade alone was worth millions of Alliance coins.

During the enrollment assessment, Jiang Jian was clear.

Shi Xuan's combat power could be considered reliable.

What's more.

Learning tasks were numerous and varied.

However, tasks that rewarded a large number of credits could never be completed by one person alone.

Shi Xuan pondered for a moment and said: "Let's find three more classmates and form a five-person team, that would be better."

Jiang Jian turned his head and pursed his lips: "Isn't one coming right here?"

Shi Xuan turned to look.

Not far away.

Liu Tiezhu walked over with big strides: "Jiang Jian, Shi Xuan, morning."

His smile was honest, but his eyes flashed with shrewdness.

(End of chapter)