Chapter 4

Before Zhao Xing could react, he had unknowingly entered the illusion.

"Master..."

The beauty in the bath barrel leaned over, making him forget everything; his eyes were full of this delicate and charming beauty, and only crazy, primitive desires dominated.

Until his physical strength was exhausted, he fell into a deep sleep on the bed with the help of the beauty.

When Zhao Xing woke up again, the ink on the yellow paper on his forehead had dried, and it drifted to the side.

The Guidance Talisman on his abdomen had been soaked through with sweat.

"Hmm, what a comfortable dream..."

Zhao Xing clutched his head and straightened up, remaining still for a long time before he realized what had happened.

"What? Failed?"

"!!"

However, the lingering charm of the dream remained, and there were several record reminders on the panel:

[You have entered the secret realm 'Great Dream Academy']

[You have entered the 'Heart-Asking Platform' test.]

[Heart-Asking failed, you gained nothing from this attempt.]

Zhao Xing closed the panel and muttered:

"It must be that this body is too young, it's the age of being full of energy, or the old version of the Heart-Asking Platform is too powerful... that's why I returned empty-handed from the treasure mountain."

"No matter, next time I fight, I will definitely take it down in one go!"

Comforting himself, Zhao Xing saw that the sky was slightly bright, so he immediately put on his clothes and went out to start today's labor and cultivation.

Second night.

Great Dream Academy.

"Hmm, what a comfortable dream... Huh? Failed again?"

Third night.

Great Dream Academy.

"Such powerful force, it actually makes people sink into it involuntarily; next time I will definitely pass!"

After cycling like this for half a month, Zhao Xing spent his time in annoyance and happiness.

Even Chen Ziyu and Qian Dong were a bit strange:

"Brother, why have you been looking so listless lately?"

"Could it be that you've been sneaking out to play behind our backs?"

"Ziyu, how can you think of Brother like that? Brother must be training day and night, which is why he looks a bit tired."

"……You two, stop talking."

Zhao Xing was somewhat melancholy; the old version of the 'Heart-Asking Platform' was too powerful, and coupled with the fact that a young body was at a time of strong desire, he was unable to pass it for a while.

After reflecting on his pain, Zhao Xing re-examined his inner heart.

The Great Dream Academy was a supreme treasure for testing elites in the Great Li Dynasty; without putting in some effort, it was really difficult to pass the old version of the Heart-Asking Platform.

He began to devote himself wholeheartedly to cultivation, eliminating all distractions every day; besides eating and sleeping, he practiced spells and Qi Gathering.

He used crazy self-discipline to strengthen his belief; sometimes he even had to discipline himself while eating.

He would deliberately place a bowl of delicious food in front of him when he was very hungry, but he would force himself to endure and not eat, only starting to eat after enduring for the specified time.

He didn't want to eliminate desire, but to make his body achieve a goal: delayed gratification of desire.

Finally, on the night of a certain day.

Great Dream Academy, Heart-Asking Platform.

"Master..."

The woman by the bath barrel turned around,

her posture was extremely charming, and she shrank into Zhao Xing's arms.

But Zhao Xing didn't make the slightest move.

"Master~ is the flower medicine bath prepared by the slave still comfortable?" The beauty asked in a whisper in his ear, as if murmuring.

Zhao Xing remained clear-headed this time, recalled the previous failures, and praised sincerely: "It is indeed comfortable."

"Then why is Master indifferent? Is it that the slave didn't do well enough?" The beauty raised her head, her eyes watery and pitiful.

"I still have desires." Zhao Xing shrugged, then pushed the woman away: "It's just that my ambitions are high."

"If I want to play, I'll play the best, and this desire test doesn't count as the best."

The illusion shattered in the beauty's somewhat stunned expression.

Next, Zhao Xing climbed 10 stairs in one breath.

All kinds of beauties appeared before his eyes, doing their best to tease him.

But Zhao Xing quickly broke free from all of them; after experiencing the confrontation of self-discipline, he finally found the feeling of being a 'high-level player' passing the Heart-Asking test in his past life, no longer influenced by the body of this life.

Fake illusions are fine for a taste, but how can one truly be addicted?

"Student Zhao Xing, passed the desire test of Heart-Asking."

"At the initial stage of Qi Gathering, passed the first level of Heart-Asking, firm Dao heart, reward 'Dao Embryo Pill'."

A voice sounded in his ear, and Zhao Xing found an ancient box floating out of the mist.

"Dao Embryo Pill? I got rewarded with this treasure on the first level?"

Zhao Xing's calm expression broke the moment he heard the reward.

Causing him not to even go to the eleventh stair, he directly woke up voluntarily.

Suddenly sitting up in shock, Zhao Xing immediately looked down.

He saw that his left hand was holding the ancient box, exactly the same as in the dream.

"Dao Embryo Pill, this is the top-tier refining pill that can be obtained before the recovery version! None other!" Zhao Xing was overjoyed.

He hadn't even eaten this thing in his past life; making it himself was too expensive. Buying it from others, he couldn't afford it, it was too expensive!

By the time he could afford it and get it, he didn't need it anymore.

"Is this real?"

Zhao Xing couldn't believe it now, thinking he was still in a dream, so he hurriedly rubbed his eyes until he saw the panel record to confirm.

[You have entered the secret realm 'Great Dream Academy']

[You have entered the 'Heart-Asking Platform' test.]

[Heart-Asking successful, you obtained 'Dao Embryo Pill' from this attempt.]

[Dao Embryo Pill: A treasure of the ancient Great Li Dynasty royal family, can help people be reborn and reshape their Dao foundation.]

"The Heart-Asking Platform actually rewards such an exaggerated treasure?"

Zhao Xing quickly inferred a reason: "Is it because my realm is too low, but I was able to pass the tenth level of Heart-Asking, so the reward level increased significantly?"

The rewards for the Great Dream Academy's assessment are not entirely fixed, but are determined according to individual performance.

Zhao Xing being able to pass the tenth level of Heart-Asking at the Qi Gathering realm (Li Dynasty cultivation system) was extremely rare, which had nothing to do with the time spent; even if a second-tier Qi Gathering person took 100 years to pass, they would still be awesome, so the Heart-Asking Platform gave a high reward.

"I'll eat it!"

Zhao Xing couldn't wait to open the box and swallowed the pale red pill inside in one gulp.

An extremely violent heat instantly washed over his whole body, and Zhao Xing's body couldn't help but tremble.

But the next second, this feeling disappeared abruptly.

The abnormality came quickly and went quickly.

The magic of the 'Dao Embryo Pill' lies in this; except for the initial abnormality, it won't cause any discomfort to the user, nor will it directly improve the realm, but will gradually and subtly change the foundation.

However, the changes brought to Zhao Xing by the Dao Embryo Pill were still not small!

It could be seen from the panel.

[Name: Zhao Xing]

[Realm: Unranked]

[Qi Luck: Yan Two]

[Spells: Basic Cultivation (Max Level)]

[Thriving Growth: Low-level (201/9999)]

[Cloud Walking: Low-level (352/9999)]

[Qi Gathering: Second-tier (142/1000)]

[Reborn and reshaping Dao foundation: Special state (in progress), this state cannot be detected by those below the First Rank.]

"Added a special state, truly worthy of being the strongest refining treasure."

"Qi Gathering went from 71 points at the first tier to 142 points at the second tier, directly doubling. No way, even if it only shows a little bit of effect at the beginning, it is enough to have a significant improvement at the current stage; fortunately, this improvement is not too conspicuous at the low-level stage."

"Wait, how did my Qi Luck level also become Yan Two? I've never heard that taking a Dao Embryo Pill can increase Qi Luck level."