[{"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-208":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},2263934,4418,"Chapter 208: Advertisement","cultivation-i-studied-abroad-in-the-modern-world-chapter-208",208,"\u003Cp>In the nursing home, Tang Lingwumin’s computer Foundation Establishment  panted as it ran, its fans whirring loudly before finally falling silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the computer quiet down, the group gathered around the screen; after clicking the mouse a few times, Tang Lingwumin spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Following the logic of a certain programmer—or rather, a certain being—corresponding to the second-class sub-symbol, I temporarily call it a Divine Name Sub-Symbol. If we classify the previously discovered glyph patterns using different Divine Name Sub-Symbols,” Tang Lingwumin explained while dragging the results on-screen, “we can see that there are already thousands of these Divine Name Sub-Symbols—even without inputting more glyph patterns.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Does that mean countless powerful beings have written their own rules?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Countless might be an exaggeration, but there are certainly many,” Tang Lingwumin nodded, then tapped the keyboard again. “But further study reveals that each Divine Name Sub-Symbol corresponds to a different number of glyph patterns.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you look at these dozen or so Divine Name Sub-Symbols with the most glyphs, they account for eighty percent of all glyph patterns.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you look at these three hundred-plus Divine Name Sub-Symbols, they account for nearly ninety-nine point nine percent of all Divine Name Sub-Symbols.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we treat this entire glyph system as a project,” Tang Lingwumin concluded, “a dozen or so individuals contributed eighty percent of the code… they are the project’s core team.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Lingwumin spoke, her expression slightly downcast: “But I don’t know what use this discovery has…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s useful,” Zheng Fa analyzed. “Let’s make a reasonable assumption: the stronger a powerful being, the more cosmic rules they can write. That suggests…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Among those who created these glyph patterns, there are a dozen or so extraordinarily powerful beings,” Zheng Fa slowly continued. “They are the strongest, and their created spirit glyphs are the most refined—if we study the final class of sub-symbols, we should pick one of these to focus on.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Lingwumin and the old white-haired man gave slight nods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And…” Zheng Fa stared at those dozen Divine Name Sub-Symbols, his tone tinged with speculation: “These might be connected to the secret of Soul Transformation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Soul Transformation?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa shook his head slightly, offering no explanation to the old man or the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Divine Name Sub-Symbols were still too distant for Zheng Fa and his group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their current research focus remained on heavenly tribulation lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zheng Fa, come take a look,” the old man called to him. “Lingwumin and I simulated on the computer—we’ve roughly modeled a few primal symbols of heavenly tribulation lightning.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa walked over; ten glyph patterns appeared on the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If any cultivator who had entered the Heavenly Stele Realm saw this, their spiritual core would likely shatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, transforming a technique into glyph art requires immense time—even centuries of gradual trial and error by generations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after finding a usable glyph pattern, turning it into a primal symbol takes unknown amounts of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they didn’t even know how heavenly tribulation lightning was generated in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Zheng Fa’s group had already created perfect primal symbols…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Zheng Fa’s team had not only deciphered the three classes of sub-symbols but also nearly fully understood the Divine Name Sub-Symbols and the Five Elements Sub-Symbols, deducing the spirit glyph for heavenly tribulation lightning became relatively simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To use an inappropriate analogy: they were still rubbing sticks together to make fire, while Zheng Fa was nearly inventing a lighter…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look,” the old man pointed at the screen. “We tested each Five Elements Sub-Symbol, and with yin-yang configurations, we got about ten.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa nodded, committing the ten glyph patterns to memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since modern times lack materials to craft spirit glyphs, they’d have to test these heavenly tribulation glyphs again in the Xuanwei Realm to determine which one is correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But selecting the correct glyph pattern from these ten was too simple…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, later, guard me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guard you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m about to break through!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa froze, staring at the old man. When Tang Lingwumin broke through Qi Refining Second Layer, the old man had been thoroughly shaken—was the effect really this immediate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My Five Thunder Body Technique is about to break through Flesh Strengthening!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man said proudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...You really are diligent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This breakthrough came far faster than his cultivation base had advanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man still mumbled about that dream of magnetic rotation, one punch shattering a star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa thought for a moment…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given the current situation, it didn’t seem like a dream anymore…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…The next morning, Zheng Fa was jolted from his cultivation by a rumbling noise. He stepped outside to see two excavators working in the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since the nursing home started making money selling vegetables, Zheng Fa had asked Tang Lingwumin to contact a construction team to build two laboratories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One for Teacher Tian’s agricultural lab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One for a physics lab—more precisely, an electromagnetism lab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the excavators worked, Zheng Fa felt inexplicably drawn, standing nearby for a long while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t get what’s so fascinating,” Teacher Tian muttered. “Old Bai got up early and squatted beside them for hours, even said he wanted to learn how to operate one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How to put it…” Zheng Fa scratched his head, unable to explain why. “This… maybe it’s just in our genes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where’s Old Bai?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He broke through his Five Thunder Body Technique last night and didn’t sleep a wink,” Teacher Tian said, frowning slightly. “I don’t know what he’s up to this early.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Lingwumin suddenly appeared, holding up her phone. “He’s downstairs at the guesthouse owner’s livestream.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa and Teacher Tian leaned in—sure enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guesthouse owner was livestreaming, and the old man was somehow beside him, chatting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they chatted, the old man suddenly unzipped his jacket, revealing what was underneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This flashy old man had somehow acquired a fitness tank top; as he shed his jacket, the smooth, defined muscle lines from his Five Thunder Body Technique’s advancement sent the livestream audience into a frenzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the guesthouse owner’s livestream Redu  surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa stared, dumbfounded, then slowly turned to Teacher Tian: “...Teacher Tian, what do you think…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Divorce,” Teacher Tian said flatly, voice hollow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t understand!” That night at dinner, Old Bai declared confidently. “Our nursing home is finally getting started. My physique, my aura—aren’t I a perfect live advertisement?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I already gave the guesthouse owner my number! He’ll promote me on his livestream!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, his phone rang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hello? Oh, it’s me. No, no, we’re a nursing home, not a gym… You’re a gym? Inviting me to advertise?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Bai hung up with a forced laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A while later, his phone rang again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not a gym! No advertising… What?” His voice dropped suddenly. Zheng Fa watched him rise quickly and step into the courtyard, curious to hear what he was saying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Senior dating? Interested, very interested.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? Same-sex dating?” The old man paused. “Pfft!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...” Zheng Fa turned to Teacher Tian. “I vote yes on the divorce.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But Old Bai’s right—we need to get the nursing home running,” Zheng Fa thought. Now that he had healing abilities and vegetables nourished by spiritual energy: “Once the labs are ready, we can start recruiting residents.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening the nursing home would increase income.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, of course, to recruit members for the cultivation research team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Fa most hoped to find someone who understood meteorology…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still had no idea how to research the Cloud and Rain Glyph.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1255,"2026-06-19T19:16:07.172Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","3a8fb6e828aee97f85598030c360695aa99f3584fb1a5b097485a543ecafb399","cultivation-i-studied-abroad-in-the-modern-world-chapter-209","cultivation-i-studied-abroad-in-the-modern-world-chapter-207",487,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcultivation-i-studied-abroad-in-the-modern-world-cover.jpg"]