Chapter 5: Family Academy

A few days passed in a blink of an eye, and when they arrived at the academy entrance early, all the little friends had arrived.

There were also two or three children he didn't know. They should be the immortal seeds tested to have spirit roots among the mortal clansmen this time.

Lin Zhangqing hurriedly went over to stay with his little friends. After waiting for a while, the family's Third Elder Lin Fanzhen came over slowly.

Seeing that everyone was there, the Third Elder said: "Not bad, you all came quite early, keep it up in the future, come in!"

Everyone entered the academy and sat down according to their own preferences.

Seeing that everyone was quiet. The Third Elder opened his mouth and said: "This year the family only tested eight of you to have spirit roots. You all know what attribute cultivation method you should practice, right?

If you don't know, come find me privately after class. Those whose families are not on the ancestral mountain will live in the dormitory uniformly. Those on the ancestral mountain can choose to live in the dormitory or go home.

It's just that if you want to go home, you need to report to me. You are all the same now, cultivate in the morning, learn cultivation knowledge in the afternoon.

The academy learning time is one year.

This year is mainly for you to learn family history, basic knowledge of the cultivation world, and traditional etiquette.

And teach you to introduce Qi into the body, leading you to formally start cultivation."

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

"Learning family history is to let you know that the reason you can live, learn, and cultivate here with peace of mind is entirely due to the blood, tears, sweat, and even lives paid by the ancestors of past generations.

It is to let you know that cultivation is not peaceful and harmonious, but a place full of the law of the jungle. If you don't work hard to cultivate today, you might be swallowed by someone tomorrow, without even a bone left.

And learning etiquette is to let you know how to deal with peers or senior experts when you meet them outside in the future.

How to deal with various emergencies, mainly to learn to respect seniors, and don't cause trouble for the family casually.

Otherwise, if you are slapped to death outside, you will still implicate the family.

Of course, we don't cause trouble, but we are not afraid of trouble. If the Nine Peaks Mountain Lin Family had a soft backbone, it would have been exterminated hundreds of years ago."

Alright, this is an aside, you continue to listen!

Five years later, you will be sent to the side of seniors who possess cultivation skills to test your talent in the hundred arts of cultivation in turn.

If you have it, you can stay by the senior's side to learn until you achieve success.

If you don't, you can only choose to go down the mountain to guard spirit mountains, or join the transport team, or work in the family's shops in the market, etc. So, for these six years, you don't need to worry about anything, just cultivate.

Children, you must cherish these few years of time. After six years, you will have to earn spirit stones and cultivation resources yourself. In the future, you won't be able to just focus on cultivation like now."

Alright, now follow me.

Everyone followed the Third Elder to the family ancestral hall.

Those whose names were called kowtowed three times to the ancestral tablets of past generations and offered three sticks of clear incense. This counts as formally entering the clan genealogy.

Lin Jie, ranked fifth in the 'Chang' generation, bestowed the name Lin Changjie.

Lin Changjie respectfully kowtowed and offered incense before the ancestral tablets.

Lin Qing, ranked ninth in the 'Chang' generation. Bestowed the name Lin Zhangqing.

Lin Zhangqing stepped forward and respectfully kowtowed and offered incense. In his heart, he thanked the ancestors of the Lin family. After achieving success in cultivation in the future. He must repay the family well.

After everyone finished kowtowing. Returning to the academy, the Third Grandfather announced that those who formally advanced to the Qi Refining stage in the future should go to him to receive their identity jade tokens.

That's it for today. Those who want to find him, go to the back hall later. Lin Zhangqing and his little friends didn't live in the dormitory. After telling the Third Grandfather, they ran out.

On the way home, everyone re-ranked their ages. Lin Changjie ranked fifth, Lin Zhang Yuan ranked sixth, Lin Zhangqing ranked ninth, Lin Zhang Hao ranked tenth, Lin Changlian ranked twelfth.

Lin Zhangqing was both an older brother and a younger brother this time. After playing for a while, everyone went home separately.

Just like this, Lin Zhangqing started his life of cultivating in the morning and going to the academy in the afternoon.

Three months passed in a blink of an eye, and the academy's homework was fine, basically no problem. After all, Lin Zhangqing's experience from two lifetimes combined, understanding these common-sense things was no problem at all, and he could even draw inferences about other cases, deeply praised by the Third Elder.

But in terms of cultivation, he dragged his feet. Lin Changlian, with a three-attribute spirit root, only took ten days to introduce Qi into the body, Lin Changying with a four-attribute spirit root took a month, Lin Zhang Hao with a five-attribute spirit root took a month and a half, and Lin Zhang Yuan also succeeded in introducing Qi into the body last month.

Lin Zhangqing has been at it for three months now, and can only feel the small light spots of five colors in the air; these small light spots are the spiritual energy of five attributes.

Another month passed. This day, in the spirit gathering array of his own cultivation room, Lin Zhangqing, who was cultivating, was fully focused. He tried to guide these small light spots into his body.

It's just that in the past, these small light spots were too naughty, like disobedient children, always wanting to break free from his restraint and jump around outside! But today was different, he had a very strong feeling that he could succeed today.

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

Carefully running the cultivation method for one heavenly circuit, after the small light spots were refined, they entered the dantian, and finally settled down in the dantian, no longer making trouble.

Lin Zhangqing knew he had succeeded. He shouted and yelled excitedly in the secret room.

No way, he was simply too happy. It was the first time in two lifetimes!

The heaven and earth power of the cultivation world belongs to oneself; this is the first step to cultivating into an immortal.

To confirm whether he was hallucinating, he finally calmed down his mood.

He tried cultivating for another heavenly circuit, and the spiritual energy in the dantian increased by a strand the size of a hair tip. No wonder so many people like to cultivate.

It is simply too fascinating, watching the spiritual energy increase bit by bit, becoming stronger bit by bit, sure enough, cultivation is addictive.

Calming his mood, Lin Zhangqing quickly left closed-door cultivation and told his family that he had succeeded in introducing Qi into the body.

Everyone was especially happy to hear it.

Lin Zhangqing hadn't succeeded in introducing Qi into the body, and they were also very anxious. Now it was finally good, and they breathed a sigh of relief.

"Go quickly and tell your grandfather."

Lin Zhangqing responded and ran to his grandfather's house. He told him this good news.

After hearing this, Grandfather smiled and said, "Four months to succeed in introducing Qi, a bit slow, but it doesn't matter, cultivation still depends on who can go higher and further."

Introducing Qi into the body opens half of the door to the cultivation world, and only when the first meridian is completely opened will it be the first layer of Qi Refining; only then can one be considered a true cultivator.

The younger one is in the Qi Refining stage, the fewer impurities in the body, and the meridians will be easier to open, so the early stage of Qi Refining will be relatively faster.

Therefore, try not to take too many pills that increase spiritual energy during the Qi Refining stage. Lest too much pill poison accumulates, affecting future advancement to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Go back and cultivate well. When you advance to the Qi Refining stage, I have a gift for you.

Thank you, Grandfather, Lin Zhangqing bowed happily and retreated. When he left, he took another plate of spirit fruits from his grandfather.

On the way back, Lin Zhangqing pondered that he should seize the time to cultivate next. When he goes to the academy in the afternoon, he will share the good news with his little friends.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 6 =====