Chapter 8: Strict

"Liu Shi, when can my child receive the medicine?"

"What is your child's name?"

"Su Wanyi."

"Boy or girl?"

"Boy."

"This child did not cultivate the first wisp of magic power yesterday—did he cultivate it after going home?" Liu Shi pondered briefly, then immediately asked.

"Yes. He cultivated the first wisp of magic power last night. My child has a very resolute heart for seeking the Dao—if he couldn't cultivate the first wisp of magic power, he wasn't planning to sleep."

Liu Shi's expression paused briefly before he said, "Truly a good child, but let me check to see if it's real. If it is, you can receive the medicine packet today."

"Alright, Liu Shi. Wanyi, come here quickly and let Liu Shi take a look." The parent beckoned the schoolchild standing beside him and pushed him in front of Liu Shi.

Liu Shi extended his hand and gently placed it on the child's dantian, sensing faintly.

Indeed, the first wisp of magic power had been born.

However, the magic power was not very pure—he must have taken some kind of supplementary pill.

Liu Shi sighed inwardly.

Then he smiled and said to the parent beside him, "Here is the token for you. You may go to the Medicine Instructor to receive the medicine packet."

Once the parent left, the boy immediately grabbed the hem of Liu Shi's robe. Liu Shi noticed the child seemed to have something to say to her, so she immediately cast a sound-isolating spell, enveloping the two of them. "Liu Shi, I only cultivated the first wisp of magic power because I took a Yellow Essence Pill."

The boy's expression was a little sad. "Liu Shi, I tried very hard, but my father said my talent is poor, and even if I cultivated all night, I wouldn't be able to cultivate the first wisp of magic power by this morning. He gave me one Yellow Essence Pill and told me to take it. He said that once I took it, the medicinal power of the Yellow Essence Pill could help me cultivate the first wisp of magic power.

I couldn't resist the temptation, so I took it."

Liu Shi patted the child's little head. "You cultivated the first wisp of magic power by taking a pill, so it isn't very pure. If you want to go further in the future, you must carefully nurture and temper this wisp of magic power, making it pure. Then condense the second wisp of magic power. Understand?"

Liu Shi thought: Although pills can increase cultivation speed, their drawbacks are also very obvious. So children who cultivated by taking supplementary pills will likely get stuck at the fourth, seventh, and ninth layers of Qi Refining in the future.

The more pills one takes, the earlier one will hit a bottleneck in the future.

"Liu Shi, then how should I purify my magic power?" the boy asked innocently.

"That's easy. Take the first wisp of magic power you've condensed and circulate it through your body repeatedly according to the Cultivation Technique's essentials. This will gradually refine away the impurities and medicinal residue within the magic power. When you no longer feel any foreign sensation in your magic power, it will be considered pure." Liu Shi explained to the boy.

The boy understood. "Liu Shi, I know what to do."

"Go on, go wait at your seat. Liu Shi will be there in a moment." Liu Shi patted the boy's tender little shoulder.

"Alright." After Liu Shi dispelled the spell, Su Wanyi entered the schoolroom.

Liu Shi's expression unchanged, she continued to receive the next parent bringing a child.

"Liu Shi, my child is named Su Jing. He is one of the sixteen children who cultivated the first wisp of magic power yesterday." The parent said somewhat proudly.

"Alright, go receive the medicine packet." Liu Shi also gave him a small wooden token.

"Liu Shi, can I let the child's younger brother soak in the medicinal bath with him?" the parent asked again.

"If two people soak together, it will halve the effect of the child's medicinal bath. You may not know, but starting from the second grade, all classes implement an elimination system. The bottom five in the class will be eliminated.

If you want your child to be eliminated in the future, then go ahead." Liu Shi's expression turned cold.

"Then forget it, let the child soak alone." The parent finished speaking and slinked away.

All the parents who came to receive medicine packets today received wooden tokens. With this token, they could receive the medicinal bath packet from the Medicine Instructor.

As soon as the previous parent left, Liu Shi began questioning the next parent.

"Liu Shi, this is my child Su Yunhu.

He had just gotten home not long before he cultivated the first wisp of magic power."

"Let me take a look." Liu Shi examined Su Yunhu.

She nodded in satisfaction. This child had cultivated the magic power on his own; it was very pure.

"Not bad, this is the spiritual medicine token. Take it and go receive the medicinal bath packet for him."

"Thank you, Liu Shi." The parent joyfully tossed his son aside and left on his own.

Su Yunhu wanted to wave goodbye to his father, but his old man didn't even glance at him.

Su Yunhu: "……"

I had already stretched out my hand, but my old man ran off so fast, not even one glance at me.

Just like an abandoned little puppy.

The corner of Liu Shi's mouth curved up, and she pushed the child into the schoolroom.

Better let him go find other little schoolchildren for comfort.

The next parent's expression was somewhat constrained. It was a young woman. "My child only cultivated the first wisp of magic power this morning. Can she receive the medicine packet?"

"Come, let me examine her." Liu Shi beckoned the little girl.

The little girl hurried over.

She saw that every schoolchild before her who had cultivated the first wisp of magic power only after going home had been examined by Liu Shi.

After the examination, Liu Shi's brows furrowed slightly.

"This child forcibly cultivated for a very long time last night?"

The parent looked at Liu Shi uneasily. "Yes, is there a problem?"

Liu Shi heard this, frowned slightly, and said, "The child is still young, and her meridians aren't thick or tough enough to sustain long periods of cultivation. We're not a demonic sect—don't keep challenging human limits.

Remember to keep a closer eye on her in the future. Don't let her keep forcibly cultivating. To cultivate the first wisp of magic power, she must have forcibly cultivated the entire night last night, right?

This child's meridians have been cracked by spiritual energy.

This pill is for repairing meridians. Little one, take it, and don't do this again next time. Understand?"

If the meridians are ruined, what path of cultivation is there in the future?

The female cultivator immediately became nervous. She said awkwardly, "I'm sorry, Liu Shi. I will definitely watch over her in the future and absolutely won't let her forcibly cultivate for long periods again."

"Mm." Liu Shi glanced at her, then looked at the little girl. "I remember you're called Su Chengyue."

The little girl nodded. She was a little scared now. Instructor Liu said her meridians had developed cracks, so would she still be able to continue cultivating in the future? "Take this pill here. You cannot cultivate for three days. You can only read books in the school hall. Understand?"

The little girl's face instantly turned very ugly.

"If you keep practicing blindly in the future, your meridians might rupture. And when that happens, it won't be three days of not cultivating—it'll be a lifetime of not cultivating. And you'll have to bear a lifetime of meridian pain on top of that," Instructor Liu said sternly.