[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-cultivation-i-studied-abroad-in-the-modern-world":3,"chapter-cultivation-i-studied-abroad-in-the-modern-world-cultivation-i-studied-abroad-in-the-modern-world-chapter-125":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Cultivation: I Studied Abroad in the Modern World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2263851,4418,"Chapter 125: Invitation","cultivation-i-studied-abroad-in-the-modern-world-chapter-125",125,"\u003Cp>“I want to find a mountain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Bai Lao’s house, Zheng Fa said solemnly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing Zheng Fa’s words, both Bai Lao and the other man stared at him, stunned by his serious expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Find a mountain?” Bai Lao asked, baffled. “Why ask me? Go ask a geography teacher!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Lingwumin also looked at Zheng Fa, seemingly unsure what he had just meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two people before him were the ones who understood him best in the modern world, had helped him the most, and whom he trusted the most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa would also need to explain his future plans to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you want to cultivate immortality too, you need to find a suitable mountain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa explained briefly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “Spirit Mountain Method” simply couldn’t be explained in just a few sentences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Lao slowly furrowed his brow and muttered: “Mountain? Spiritual land? Daoist seat?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa nodded. “You can understand it that way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the spiritual energy of this spiritual land itself comes from me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are we going to establish the Jiushan Sect? Or reopen our mountain gate?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Lao widened his eyes, excitedly saying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Not the Jiushan Sect. Me personally.” Zheng Fa fell silent for a moment, then explained his idea to them: “This isn’t a sect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not a sect?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want to find some scholars—like Professor Bai—to study immortality—essentially, a cultivation laboratory.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...” Bai Lao clicked his tongue. “Those two words together sound weird, but I get what you mean.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Lingwumin nodded beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So why are you telling us this now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both could tell Zheng Fa wouldn’t suddenly become this serious without something important to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I formally invite you both to join this laboratory.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey! Don’t get so serious!” Bai Lao laughed. “I thought I’d already joined—we’re already a team, aren’t we?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Lingwumin nodded beside him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t understand what I mean,” Zheng Fa said softly. “I need to find a mountain with special topography—wherever that mountain is, the laboratory will be there. That means joining the laboratory means going there with me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You mean...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa nodded. “For example, Professor Bai—you might have to leave your family, at least as if you were relocating for work.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For example, Tang Lingwumin—if there’s no suitable mountain in Jingcheng, you won’t be able to attend Jingcheng University.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Zheng Fa’s words, Bai Lao fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa didn’t rush. This was a major life decision—for Bai Lao and her, he hoped they would follow him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Lao not only had expertise in mathematics but could help him build the skeleton of this research institution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After spending his entire life working at Jingcheng University, even if he wasn’t a manager, he understood better than Zheng Fa how to run a laboratory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Lingwumin—well, her greatest advantage right now is her family background.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this girl’s own efforts were more than enough to earn Zheng Fa’s approval.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she excelled in computer science, she’d be a tremendous asset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zheng Fa wouldn’t force them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even just based on their friendship, he was willing to respect their choices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long silence, Bai Lao suddenly spoke: “Actually, if you’d said you wanted me to join the Jiushan Sect... I might have hesitated—this sounds boring.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa looked at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Lao grinned. “But you said ‘cultivation laboratory’—now that’s fun!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know what the luckiest thing in science is?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?” Zheng Fa asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Discovering a blank field no one has ever explored—no matter what you find, you’re founding a new school!” Bai Lao exclaimed. “A cross-discipline between cultivation and mathematics—this blank space? That’s my playground!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if struck by a brilliant thought, a mischievous grin spread across Bai Lao’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa turned to Tang Lingwumin beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl had said nothing, her expression seeming detached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Lingwumin looked between the two, puzzled: “Do I need to say something too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t it obvious?” Tang Lingwumin frowned. “I never considered any other option!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if you can’t get into university?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...This is cultivation!” Tang Lingwumin widened her eyes. “I can just get a diploma online... wait, I don’t even need a job—I don’t need a diploma at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Zheng Fa was momentarily speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rich women are capricious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, if I say no, my mom might disown me!” Tang Lingwumin said with an odd tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your mom?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Lingwumin sighed. “That soup she made? I didn’t even get to taste a single spoonful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I swear, if you say you’re taking me away, she’ll pack me up herself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that... the test results out?” Bai Lao guessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Lingwumin nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three exchanged glances and burst into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, you said you’re setting up a laboratory—do you have criteria for recruiting people?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa thought for a moment and said: “Our advantage is obviously cultivation—I might even be able to cure other illnesses later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The most attractive condition would be... patients? Elderly people?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Lao understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. I need outstanding talents from all walks of life—people who are usually not too young, since youth often means insufficient foundational knowledge.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“On the other hand, elderly people—like Professor Bai—have likely suffered from illness and fear death more deeply. Our place will attract them even more.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One more point,” Zheng Fa fell silent for a moment, then voiced his final consideration: “Time reveals character.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Character?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If someone has maintained a good reputation and integrity for decades, they’re relatively trustworthy,” Zheng Fa explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this wasn’t certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at least the probability of good character is higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Bai Lao and Tang Lingwumin understood Zheng Fa’s meaning—recruitment must focus on character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, what should we call this laboratory?” Bai Lao asked eagerly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s your suggestion?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear the old man already had an idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Twilight Hermitage!” Bai Lao declared loudly. “Think about it—all elderly academic masters, secluded in deep mountains... what a perfect name!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What kind of books do you usually read...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that not good?” Bai Lao blinked, muttering. “Yeah, maybe too Westernized. How about the Great Luo Cultivation Assembly? That’s classical!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Lingwumin, as if suddenly remembering something, said: “In my father’s business network... places where people like this gather are usually called nursing homes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa and Bai Lao stared at Tang Lingwumin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Lingwumin blinked, whispering: “...Eco-nursing home? High-Intellectual Elderly Eco-Nursing Home?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You said you want to find a mountain—what do you mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long silence, Bai Lao, as if suddenly forgetting about naming, asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa pulled out the handwritten “Treatise on Spirit Veins” from his backpack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this book written by the Sect Master, he summarized the forms of all spirit veins in the world, identified essential characteristics, and stated in the “Spirit Mountain Method” that only mountains possessing these traits could activate the method’s power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This book looks just like some feng shui theory about dragon veins and gold deposits...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa couldn’t help but wonder again what kind of books this old man usually read.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This seems complicated—we don’t know feng shui or how to read mountain formations.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Lao flipped through the “Treatise on Spirit Veins” and sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa was also troubled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was troublesome in the modern world—but even more so in the Xuanwei Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Xuanwei Realm was vast, and mountains often housed cultivators or demonic beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fully observing mountain formations was extremely dangerous—you might accidentally provoke someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the Jiushan Sect had many topographical maps of the Xuanwei Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sect Master used these materials to compile the \"Treatise on Spirit Veins,\" thereby revising the \"Mountainspirit Law\"—according to the Sect Master, had the Nine Mountains Sect not itself been a spirit vein, finding a suitable place to cultivate the \"Mountainspirit Law\" would have been difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Difficult?” Tang Lingwumin asked, puzzled. “Can’t you use satellite maps?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa and the others stared at Tang Lingwumin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Lingwumin asked blankly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maybe you shouldn’t come at all?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa always felt that the old white man’s ideas often led him astray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with satellite maps, finding a suitable location wasn’t easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this matter wasn’t urgent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was currently only at Qi Refining fourth level, still far from the Qi Refining seventh level required to cultivate the “Mountainspirit Law.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Zheng Fa’s estimate, he wouldn’t truly reach Qi Refining seventh level until after the college entrance exam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The resolution of these maps is still insufficient.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were mainly searching near Jingcheng, and after hours of looking, they found four or five mountains that appeared to meet the requirements for spirit veins described in the “Treatise on Spirit Veins.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But whether they were truly suitable still required an on-site inspection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let my mom send a survey team.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa froze, looking at Tang Lingwumin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My mom’s been asking for your help lately,” Tang Lingwumin said softly. “And even if you find a mountain, who to lease it from, how to build the house—my mom can help you with that too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Isn’t it a bit too much, siding with outsiders like this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old white man beside them gasped, watching how easily Tang Lingwumin had sold out her mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Teacher, you don’t understand... I’m not selling her out—it’s my mom who’d sell herself out.” Tang Lingwumin sighed helplessly. “Today, when I came over, my mom even said—no, she begged me to ask Zheng Fa to come to our house tomorrow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, when Zheng Fa arrived at Tang Lingwumin’s home,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he finally understood why she had said that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was still the same driver in the baggy shorts, still the same black sedan—but as Zheng Fa prepared to step out, a hand eagerly opened the door for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aunt Ye stood before him, radiant and beaming with warm enthusiasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Lingwumin, as if expecting this, sighed and walked over to her mother’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two women standing together looked remarkably like sisters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, Aunt Ye had been in excellent spirits this week.\u003C\u002Fp>",1663,"2026-06-19T19:16:02.864Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","fdeff4ac7aa422b75673104199ebe09c7ad8f024e8401604742ab6e5d33941f5","cultivation-i-studied-abroad-in-the-modern-world-chapter-126","cultivation-i-studied-abroad-in-the-modern-world-chapter-124",487,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcultivation-i-studied-abroad-in-the-modern-world-cover.jpg"]