Chapter 160: Aspiration
The fantasy ended, and Gold Egg ca back to its senses, snuggling into Chen Beiwu’s arms to act cute.
Originally, it had no real goal. In this life, it just planned to follow its master, loafing around, eating well and drinking fine.
But Chen Beiwu’s earlier words had indeed struck deep into its heart.
If it wanted to transform into a dragon, it first had to learn how to cling to a strong thigh.
Gold Egg knew very well that with its own effort alone, not to ntion transforming into a dragon, even becoming a flood dragon would be difficult.
Otherwise, it would not have ended up as a decorative fish in a tiny pond, without even the chance to cultivate.
‘So, will you listen to what I say from now on?’ Chen Beiwu asked with his thoughts.
“Gulu.”
Gold Egg nodded again and again, declaring itself a most loyal subject.
If its master gave a command, not to ntion climbing the mountain of blades, even diving into the sea of fire was fine.
‘No need to go that far.’ Chen Beiwu chuckled.
After so many years of raising and nurturing, he already knew Gold Egg trusted him imnsely.
Even if Gold Egg succeeded in refining the Yin-Yang Blood-Purifying Pill, advanced to a Second-Realm Lesser Beast, and its cultivation surpassed him by an entire major realm, there was still little chance it would turn against him.
But to be extra cautious, Chen Beiwu still could not resist drawing the pie in advance, letting Gold Egg know that their relationship was one of shared glory and shared loss.
“Woof.”
Seeing Chen Beiwu and Gold Egg so close, Iron Egg let out a soft bark, reminding them of its presence.
“The bloodline transformation secret arts stored in the Thirteen Immortal Sects are definitely stronger than the ones available in the market.”
Chen Beiwu squatted down, stretched out his hand to scratch Iron Egg’s chin. “When the ti cos, I’ll definitely help you find a suitable bloodline secret art.”
The difficulty of advancing from First-Tier Exotic Beast to Second-Tier Spirit Beast was not high; it only required enough high-level cultivation resources.
But to greatly increase Iron Egg’s bloodline potential, Chen Beiwu leaned more toward using the Immortal Alliance’s secret arts, so that Iron Egg, too, might have the chance to beco a Third-Tier Treasure Beast.
Thinking of this, Chen Beiwu’s heart sank as he turned his gaze toward the Spirit of Clearwood within his dantian’s qi sea, where the Green Wood Shoot and Clear Spring Water nourished each other in symbiosis.
Through the nurturing of the Spirit of Clearwood, his qi sea had condensed three drops of liquid mana, each containing power beyond the Qi Refining level.
His intuition told him that if he wished, with these three drops of liquid mana, he could advance into a Foundation Establishnt cultivator at any mont.
But after so thought, Chen Beiwu decided not to advance just yet.
The reason was simple. Being a nineteen-year-old Foundation Establishnt cultivator sounded impressive.
But with Zhang Yang’s fallen-genius example before him, Chen Beiwu still chose to settle his foundation, aiming instead to attempt advancing to Flawless Qi Refining.
After all, a nineteen-year-old Foundation Establishnt cultivator was not eligible for special recruitnt into the Five Great Grotto-Heavens, but a nineteen-year-old Flawless Qi Refining cultivator was.
What did this an?
It ant that in the eyes of the Immortal Alliance’s higher-ups, those who could step into Flawless Qi Refining were the true geniuses, with much greater future potential.
Moreover, after Chen Beiwu surpassed the limits of Qi Refining, the previously difficult Seven Revolutions of Great Cycle Qi Refining suddenly beca especially easy.
This made Chen Beiwu wonder: “If he cultivated the Seven Revolutions of Great Cycle Qi Refining to perfection, could it perhaps feed back into the progress of the All Laws Converge, Heaven Book of the Divine Tree, successfully condense a Dharma Body, and step into the Flawless Qi Refining realm?”
Even if this guess was wrong, and the Seven Revolutions of Great Cycle Qi Refining could not nourish Flawless Qi Refining, the Heavenly Evolution Cycle Art existing in the Southern Wastes’ sects could also help him reach the thirteenth level of Qi Refining, transform his aptitude, and achieve Foundation Establishnt in a single day.
Thinking this, Chen Beiwu exhaled a deep breath, extinguishing the distracting thoughts in his heart.
With a clear path toward Flawless Qi Refining before him, advancing to Foundation Establishnt now would only be putting the cart before the horse.
“Weng!”
Hearing the familiar sound of the door opening downstairs, Chen Beiwu rose and went down together with Gold Egg and Iron Egg.
Last night his parents had gone to bed early, so he had no chance to reveal his cultivation progress at ho. Now it was ti to give his mother a big surprise.
“Why didn’t you go into closed-door cultivation today?” Huang Xiaoling carried a basket of vegetables, glanced at Chen Beiwu, and casually walked toward the kitchen.
Chen Beiwu felt a little strange.
This ti, he had not used the Phantom Concealnt Pendant to hide his cultivation realm. His mother should have seen the difference at a glance. Why was her expression so calm?
“What, are you going to cook?” Huang Xiaoling asked curiously.
“I can.” Chen Beiwu stepped forward, circulating his mana as he began to show off his cooking skills.
By the ti he finished preparing a full table of dishes, his father had just returned ho from work.
Unlike Huang Xiaoling’s reaction, Chen Dong noticed the change in Chen Beiwu the mont he stepped through the door.
“Son, you broke through the limit of Qi Refining?” he exclaid in shock.
Chen Beiwu was about to explain, but his mother shot his father a glance and said calmly: “Breaking through the limit of Qi Refining is nothing. Do you even know what surpassing Qi Refining is?”
Hearing this, Father was stunned, his expression a little dazed.
What the hell—surpassing Qi Refining?
Could he really have sired such a son?!
“In order to give birth to offspring with good spiritual roots, even the mothers of Beiwu’s classmates ca to
on their own initiative,” Huang Xiaoling could not help but complain.
Her son’s breakthrough in cultivation was a good thing, but the news had spread all over town while she was the last to know.
Chen Dong was taken aback. “What, those noble ladies actually want to eat tender grass like old cows? How shaless! Absolutely not allowed!”
Chen Beiwu’s face darkened.
“What nonsense are you thinking!” Huang Xiaoling gave her husband a speechless glance. “They ca to
to arrange marriage ties, to discuss their daughters’ betrothal.”
“So that’s how it is.” Chen Dong let out a breath of relief and explained, “It was your wording that made
misunderstand.”
Too lazy to deal with her out-of-tune husband, Huang Xiaoling turned to Chen Beiwu. “Aren’t you curious whether I agreed?”
“I trust Mom.”
Chen Beiwu’s simple reply made Huang Xiaoling beam with joy.
“You’re still young. Right now, cultivation is what matters most. Marriage isn’t urgent. You decide for yourself—I won’t worry too much about it.” Huang Xiaoling laughed.
So what if they were Foundation Establishnt wanderers?
Her Beiwu was a nineteen-year-old surpassing Qi Refining cultivator!
With such confidence, Huang Xiaoling naturally would not rashly agree to a marriage.
If Beiwu was admitted into the Thirteen Immortal Sects in the future, she might even beco in-laws with a Golden Core True Person!
After happily eating lunch with his parents, Chen Beiwu returned to the second-floor cultivation room.
This ti, he did not head to the Southern Wastes but prepared for the upcoming Immortal Alliance entrance exam.
He took out his phone to search past Immortal Alliance exam preliminary test questions, but the first things that popped up were advertisents from various cultivation cram schools.
【The Immortal Exam is like a tribulation! The Seven-Nine Crash Course helps you get into the Seven-Nine Upper Sects!】
【Spiritual roots too trash? Just half a year of training, and you can rise from a Qi Refining servant to a student of the Ninety-Nine Orthodox Clans!】
【Not enough realm? Take an Immortal Loan—Condensing Qi Ascension Loan helps you knock on Heaven’s Gate, achieve Foundation Establishnt in half a year!】
Blocking out these ridiculous ads, Chen Beiwu directly opened the past years’ test papers.
The Immortal Alliance exam preliminary round was a cultural test, assessing students’ scores in Beast Taming and electives, with a total score of 850.
According to past standards, Chen Beiwu only needed to score above 750 in the cultural test to qualify for applying to the Thirteen Immortal Sects and participate in the Immortal Alliance exam’s re-examination at the sect.
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