Chapter 234: Chapter 233: God
Translator: 549690339
The dormitory area of Penglai Academy was vast, filled with row houses stretching as far as the eye could see. Du Gang estimated that there were more than ten thousand just within his sight.
“Considering the number of years this place has been accumulating students, and that many still belong to several generations ago, this is actually not too surprising…”
At this moment, Du Gang was leading all the students in his class to the dormitory area.
Even though Xiang Xinjian had left hurriedly, he had still instructed them to handle the dormitory arrangements.
“Hello, we’re here to handle our dormitory placement!”
Upon entering the dormitory area, Du Gang approached what seemed to be the only distinct building amid all other dormitories.
At the entrance, an old man was flexing his muscles. Upon hearing Du Gang’s remark, he examined the crowd, gestured a nod, and asked, “There are three types of dormitories, which one do you want!”
He took out a signboard, on which the differences between the three types of dormitories were briefly described.
“Third-class, location: far inside the area, 100 kilometers away from the entrance. 1 merit point per year.”
“Second-class, location: middle of the area, 20 kilometers away from the entrance. 10 merit points per year.”
“First-class, location: front of the area, within 10 kilometers from the entrance, 100 merit points per year, includes a special maid service.”
Du Gang was taken aback and asked, “Does each dormitory have different features?!”
Given the tenfold difference in cost, does the distance justify the price? For instance, could one provide a way to accelerate cultivation?
The elderly man grinned, “Isn’t having a shorter distance to the entrance enough?”
“Think about it carefully, you will at least go in and out once a day. If you choose a third-class dormitory, that’s 200 kilometers. Even if you’d run at full speed using your current power, travelling 200 kilometers would take a long time, at least six hours. This measure only covers the commute, think about how much time you’d waste throughout a year!”
Unable to hold himself back, Long Aotian interjected, “Old man, don’t fool us. Even if we are not strong enough, we can at least cover 200 kilometers in an hour, right?!”
“An hour?!”
The elderly man chuckled, “Alright, Long lad. Let’s bet, merely for a hundred Divine Crystals. If you can reach the third-class dormitory within an hour, I’ll give you a hundred Divine Crystals. If you fail, you’ll give me a hundred Divine Crystals!”
Long Aotian furrowed his eyebrows, feeling that something was amiss.
“Why not bet with him? It’s a hundred Divine Crystals after all!”
From the side, Little Hawk King chimed in, “It’s just betting 100 Divine Crystals for a 200 kilometers distance. You can certainly make this old man go bankrupt within minutes!”
Long Aotian cast him a glance, retorting in annoyance, “You’re so confident, why don’t you accept his bet?”
“Haha!”
Little Hawk King laughed heartily, his wings fluttering behind him, “I’d love to bet, but I fear the old man wouldn’t dare…”
The elder glanced at him, his eyes landing on the wings, “You want to bet?”
Little Hawk King smirked triumphantly, “Dare you accept?”
The elder snorted in amusement, “Sure, same terms as him. 200 kilometers; you have to reach there within the hour!”
“Are you serious?!”
Little Hawk King questioned him, a serious look on his face.
A hundred Divine Crystals was no small sum to him; if he saved up a bit more, he could exchange it for some inexpensive Rune Stones.
The elder pointed to the crowd around, chuckling, “With so many witnesses here, are you afraid that I will go back on my word?”
Saying this, he added, “Anyone else want to bet? Come on!”
Upon hearing his words, no one else dared to bet.
They knew that the old man must have some knowledge that they weren’t privy to, hence their suspicions of foul play.
After hearing this, Little Hawk King also started to regret his impulsiveness. However, having already spoken his mind and believing in his wings, he thought it shouldn’t be an issue.
Even if there was an issue, it was just a hundred Divine Crystals. It would simply mean he’d eat dirt for a year…
“Ready to start?”
The elderly man wore a smug grin, watching Little Hawk King as if he were about to make big money off him.
Feeling quite uneasy under his piercing gaze, Little Hawk King huffed, “Let’s start then!”
At that, his wings spread out and he transformed into a large hawk. He soared up, heading straight towards the direction of the third-class dormitory.
Seeing this, the crowd followed quickly.
The students native to this country were in the lead. Having grown up here, they suffered no discomfort and were moving very fast, leaving Du Gang and the others behind in no time.
“There’s nothing we can do about this. We will need some time to adjust to this incredibly strong gravity!”
The crowd gave a collective sigh of helplessness.
However, as they kept running, suddenly, the local students, who had long outpaced them, reappeared in their sight.
“What’s going on?”
Du Gang was puzzled and caught up to a trailing student to ask.
The student turned his head and upon seeing Du Gang, didn’t dare to hide anything and replied, “Don’t you feel it’s getting harder and harder?”
“Is it?”
Du Gang glanced back at everyone.
Long Aotian bitterly commented, “Even taking a single step feels strenuous. Under such intense gravity, it’s impossible to tell if gravity has increased!”
Du Gang nodded, “So, the gravity has increased in the front?”
No wonder the old man was so fearless, there was this reason as well.
“No way, are we really this weak now? We can’t even stand around and watch?!”
Someone in the crowd couldn’t accept this reality.
“Yeah, we are too weak indeed…”
But in fact, under such extreme gravity, their bone density and muscle density are being heavily compressed, which is very beneficial for physical strength training.
With myriad emotions, everyone kept running. As the students had mentioned earlier, the gravity kept getting stronger. Towards the end, they couldn’t even run, they could only walk.
They didn’t know that at this moment, high above, Xiang Xinjian was standing with the old dormitory manager, squinting and chatting.
“Did we go a bit too far?”
“Are you referring to the gravity being too intense?”
“Yeah, from the moment they entered the academy, we have been subtly increasing the gravity, making them believe they have weakened…”
Xiang Xinjian shrugged his shoulders, “They’re not really weak. Besides, this is a way of improving their strength. Plus, these geniuses come once in a million years. If we don’t properly temper them, how will they grow?”
While the Primordial Continent indeed had intense gravity, it hadn’t reached such extremes.
Here, although God Spirit Level beings couldn’t fly physically, they could still move in the spiritual form, bringing their bodies along.
However, Xiang Xinjian didn’t share this with them. He planned to train these people under an intense gravitational environment for a year. This would serve as an excellent body training in that year.
“One hour is up, my hundred divine crystals have arrived!”
The old dormitory manager laughed heartily and paid no further attention to Xiang Xinjian. He dashed forward. In a blink, he returned with Little Hawk King in tow.
At this point, Little Hawk King was soaked, his body seemingly drained and spiritless.
“Have you ever heard of the phrase ‘force till ashes’?”
The old man chuckled, “This kid, although he barely managed, insisted on flying. However, he’s actually quite impressive. He flew a hundred kilometers in an hour, quite remarkable!”
Upon hearing this, Little Hawk King cracked a rare smile.
I am strong. You all only traveled a dozen kilometers, but I am a hundred kilometers away!
“However, strong or not, as we agreed, pay up your hundred divine crystals!”
The old man didn’t forget, his words took a turn and he asked for the crystals.
Little Hawk King’s face fell in disappointment, “Can I get a discount?”
Handing over the hundred divine crystals he just got to someone else?
What if my father finds out, will he kill me?!
“Do you think this is grocery shopping? Asking for a discount?!”
The old man said while casting his gaze at Little Hawk King’s wings, mumbling, “These wings aren’t bad, if we cut them off, they might be worth a hundred divine crystals…”
Hearing this, Little Hawk King shivered in fear and hastily stood up, “Alright, I’ll pay!”
Saying this, he quickly pulled out a hundred divine crystals, watching reluctantly as the old man collected them.
“Hahaha!”
The old man laughed, “Now tell me, which dormitories are you choosing?”
“If you don’t have enough merits, you can use divine crystals to exchange – one crystal for one merit point!”
Suddenly, a group of students immediately surrounded him.
“I’ll exchange, I want to live in a first-class dormitory.”
The local students didn’t give it much thought. Those who had money promptly made the exchange and chose to live in a first-class dormitory.
While those without money mostly opted for second-class dormitories. Although it was twenty kilometers away, they could reach the entrance in about an hour, which wasn’t too bad.
Only these geniuses from the universe didn’t hastily join the crowd. Instead, they turned to Du Gang.
Although they lacked experience, they were stronger than local students, as they had all experienced life and death situations, so they naturally had more considerations.
Du Gang didn’t rush his decision either.
His body sensitivity was actually very strong, but he was not accustomed to the environment as he had just arrived.
Upon careful retrospect, he identified an issue – the gravity environment within the academy was different from that of the Primordial Continent!
Moreover, this technique didn’t come to his recognition, it was a gradual way to increase gravity subtly.
Could it be possible that this intense gravity environment was intentionally set by the academy to train us?
Very likely!
Realizing this, Du Gang immediately stated, “I choose the third-class dormitory!”
The old man narrowed his eyes, warning, “You must think it through, the third-class dormitory is 200 kilometers away. It’s not a short time if you want to come over!”
Du Gang nodded, “I have thought it through, please handle it for me.”
“Cheapskate!”
After hearing Du Gang’s reply, local students began mocking him.
Although Long Aoshi was hit by Du Gang, it didn’t stop them from mocking him.
Long Aotian and others, however, frowned. “Are you really choosing the third-class dormitory?”
Du Gang shrugged and smiled, “Poor, no other choice…”
“Didn’t the Academy give us ten merit points?”
Du Gang laughed, “You have no idea how expensive it is to live here. They only gave a total of ten merit points. I’d use them for accommodation, never mind…”
“No, you still have ten merit points after becoming the monitor!”
“Too little, these merit points aren’t even enough to buy a Rune Stone. You’re not planning to save them, are you!”
Upon hearing this, Du Gang ignored them. If anyone believed him, they could listen. If not, they could do as they please.
“Teacher, please process it for me!”
“Alright!”
The dormitory old man couldn’t help but look at him differently.
This place had just set up something to hone them, and this was his first time here, but he had already detected something amiss and made the best choice for himself at the moment.
Soon, the dormitory old man handed over a key, “The number is written on the key, find it yourself when you get there!”
Du Gang nodded, glimpsed at the time, and without hesitation, he quickly moved forward, heading towards the third-class dormitory area.
“He’s just leaving?!”
“Ha-ha, take your time. I wonder if you can even get to the dormitory by class tomorrow…”
All the local students chose either the second–class dormitory or the first-class dormitory. Not a single person chose the third-class dormitory.
However, the students from the universe began to have doubts.
“Is what Du Gang said true?”
They were a bit puzzled and didn’t know what he was thinking.
Long Aotian wanted to choose the first-class dormitory, but seeing Du Gang leave with such resolution, he started pondering if Du Gang had discovered some hidden benefits.
He was always the one to be the first to benefit, and he had even made a fortune of seventy billion Saint Crystals before, how could he make such a decision to save a hundred Divine Crystals?!
One hundred Divine Crystals are merely one million Saint Crystals. For someone who has once held a fortune of seventy billion Saint Crystals in their hands, aren’t they just petty cash?
He gritted his teeth and immediately said, “Teacher, I also choose the third-class dormitory!”
The old man glanced at him, nodded, and said, “Alright!”
Soon, he also handed him a key.
Then, Little Hawk King also stepped forward.
“I also choose the third-class dormitory!”
He didn’t think too much, mainly because he had just lost one hundred Divine Crystals in a bet and couldn’t get that much money out at once, and he was not willing to sell his belongings. So, seeing the other two choosing it, he also chose it.
Honestly speaking, the third-class dormitory wasn’t too far for him, he had wings, according to the previous situation, he should be able to reach there in about two hours.
The rest of them, seeing all three of the most arrogant and outrageous people choosing the third-class dormitory, basically didn’t hesitate and made the same choice.
After experiencing the temple and the Secret Realm of the Sky-Opening Axe, they’ve gained some insights into picking up opportunities while following Du Gang. They were worried that Du Gang had discovered something they didn’t know about, so they gritted their teeth and all chose the third-class dormitory.
“Ha-ha, as expected of the cosmos arrival, all cheapskates!”
Regarding these insults, two of them wanted to rebut, “What do you guys know, we…”
But before he could finish speaking, the others stopped him.
If the third-class dormitories do have any advantages, they certainly won’t tell them!
And so, the two groups split, with the local students heading for the first and second-class dormitories, and the cosmic students following Du Gang to the third-class dormitories.
After watching both groups leave, the dormitory old man disappeared and flew into mid-air.
“Should we remind these local students?”
Xiang Xinjian shook his head, “These people, who grew up on the Primordial Continent, are arrogant and inexperienced. They have more mental issues than others. It’s better to teach them a lesson than giving them the benefits of physical training!”
The old man was astounded, “These fellows really are unlucky. The academy added some God Fusion Powder on the way, didn’t they?!”
“Yes!”
Xiang Xinjian showed envy, “Back in my days here, I never enjoyed such treatment…”
Damn it, if I hadn’t already become a True God, I would like to start over and go through this journey all over again!
“These fellows really are lucky…”
On the ground, Du Gang was puffing and panting, running towards the third-class dormitory area. At this moment, his entire body was soaked in sweat.
It had been years since he’d been in such a state.
“Three years, perhaps?”
“No, it’s a hundred and three years!”
Du Gang let out a dry laugh. He always forgot about those hundred years of inheritance.
At this moment, Long Aotian and the others followed closely behind him. Just like him, they were all sweaty.
“Du Gang, why did you choose the third-class dormitory?”
Long Aotian couldn’t hold back any longer. If he didn’t know there was a benefit in doing so, he couldn’t bear it.
The others also chimed in, wanting to know Du Gang’s decision.
“Ha ha!”
Du Gang laughed, “What else could be the reason? Of course, it’s because I’m too poor!”
“Tsk!”
The crowd sneered. They couldn’t believe that someone who once had seven billion Saint Crystals would choose not to use the best facilities because of being poor!
They weren’t buying it!
“Du Gang, stop kidding, we’re all friends here…”
“Are we?”
Du Gang smirked and glanced at Yu Shuiyao at the end of the line, but he froze upon seeing her.
“Gulp!”
He couldn’t look anymore, a disaster would happen if he continued looking!!
He hurriedly stopped and closed his eyes, calming his mind.
Seeing him stop, everyone else also stopped.
“What’s wrong?”
Everyone was curious, looking at Du Gang with his eyes closed.
“Could it be that he’s found some advantage and started cultivating?!”
One person speculated with uncertainty.
“Very possible!”
The others were startled and hurriedly ceased their chatter. They closed their eyes and started to feel quietly.
And so, a group of over sixty people all stopped in the middle of the road, with their eyes closed, as though they were realizing something.
After quite some time, Long Aotian finally couldn’t resist and opened his eyes. “Did any of you understand something?”
Hearing this, the others who also couldn’t stand the silence, opened their eyes.
“I didn’t. How about you?”
“I didn’t either!”
The people present looked at each other, then at Du Gang. He was still in the same state, seemingly realizing something.
“What on earth did he understand?!”
“I have no idea, but judging from his state, it could be something extraordinary!”
Yu Shuiyao was also in a state of surprise at this moment.
Du Gang, the sneaky guy, gave her a mocking glance, then the very next second he seemed to realize something. So, what’s going on?
Could it be…
Amid everyone’s speculation, time passed, as much as it takes to have a cup of tea.
Only then did Du Gang come back to his senses.
“Whew~!”
He took in a deep breath and opened his eyes.
“Huh?!”
Looking at the crowd surrounding him, he couldn’t help but falter, “What are you guys doing?!”
“Just as I thought, this guy had just entered a state of Dao Enlightenment, losing any perception of the outside world…”
Envy was written all over the crowd’s faces.
“Du Gang, what did you realize?!”
“Dao Enlightenment?”
Du Gang blinked, “What have I realized?”
The crowd was dumbstruck for a moment, then someone chuckled.
“Such a good actor, Du Gang. Or did you forget that time at the auction when you duped Jiang Tiansheng? I was there witnessing everything!”
Long Aotian scornfully looked at him, “So what if you have attained Dao Enlightenment? If you don’t want to say it then don’t say it, no need for this pretense!”
Du Gang was bewildered, “What am I pretending?!”
At this point, Little Hawk King also laughed, “Okay, no one’s forcing you to say anything. Let’s leave!”
Finished, he shook his head and continued on towards the dormitories.
“What utter nonsense!”
Du Gang, unconcerned with them, once again began to stride towards his dormitory.
This time, he felt something different, as an Ancient God, his internal strength was not the same as that of an ordinary person.
At this moment, there was some inexplicable thing emanating from the ground below, constantly pouring into his body.
It’s not harmful!
After carefully sensing it, he discovered that this thing was strengthening his body at an extremely fast pace.
Seems like, taking this route has its benefits!
Thinking of this, he immediately picked up his speed.
Because he discovered that the more fatigue he felt and the worse his physical state, the quicker he absorbed this energy.
Given that, he decided to up the ante!
Just then, he overtook Little Hawk King, Long Aotian and the others and secured the first place. His sprint never let up, his speed was still increasing.
“What the hell is happening?”
“Is he on steroids or something?”
The crowd was a little dumbfounded watching Du Gang, who was clearly exhausted, yet relentlessly speeding up.
“Chase!”
Long Aotian gritted his teeth and chased after him.
He firmly believed that there must be some advantage that Du Gang had discovered, that’s why he was running like that!
“Huff Huff~~!”
Finally, after nearly four or five hours of running, Du Gang finally reached his dormitory, which was absurdly located at the far end of the area.
His dormitory probably had the longest walk of all the dormitories, it was the last one!
He took a walk around his dormitory and didn’t find anything special.
Feeling the strong gravity transmitted from the ground, along with that subtle energy, Du Gang pondered for a moment and then went to the yard of the dormitory and started punching.
He realized that, as long as his body was fatigued, the energy from the earth would rush into his body. So, practicing martial arts here shouldn’t be a problem.
“Thud, Thud!”
As expected, the moment he started practicing, the energy from the earth began to slowly emerge.
Seeing this, Du Gang fought even harder.
After roughly practicing for two hours, he glanced at the time. Five hours remained until class started the next day, just enough if he traveled at full speed.
So, he stopped, stepped out of the dormitory, and loudly announced, “Class is starting! Everyone, get up and we’re leaving!”
Unlike him, the others had come back to the dormitory, tidied up a bit, and promptly fell asleep.
Hearing him now, they were all too tired to even move.
Ignoring their responses, Du Gang headed for the entrance.
“If people who are better than you are still working hard, what excuse do you have to slack off?!”
Surprisingly, Long Aotian was the first person to leave the dorm after Du Gang. He even cheered himself up.
Hearing this, everyone got up, as if ignited, and rushed toward the entrance, pushing through their fatigue.
“Why on earth did I come back here?!”
“Yeah, wouldn’t it be better to stay in the classroom?”
By the time Du Gang and the others arrived in the classroom, their bodies worn and tired, Xiang Xinjian was already there waiting for them.
“You’re late!”
He stated meticulously, “Being late, as per school rules, costs one merit point!”
“What?”
Everyone voiced their discontent, “Professor, our dormitory is just too far…”
“Far?”
Xiang Xinjian responded indifferently, “I didn’t ask you to choose that dormitory. If it’s too far, why not leave early?”
“In addition, if you find it inconvenient, you can upgrade to a better dormitory…”
Hearing this, a few people could not help but consider upgrading their dormitories.
Soon, everyone went back to their seats, and Xiang Xinjian began the lecture again.
“After kindling the Divine Fire, we can absorb Mental Power, purify it, and begin cultivating the Divine…”
“The current question is, how do we absorb Mental Power?”
Someone answered, “Rune Stones! Absorbing Rune Stones can enhance Mental Power!”
Xiang Xinjian smiled and said, “Rune Stones are worth ten thousand Divine Crystals each. Who among you can afford to use them without a care?”
“Who knows how to increase Mental Power without using external tools?!”
Everyone looked at each other, unable to answer.
At the Sector Lord level, everything has an upper limit, so they focus more on how to increase battle power, not so much on Mental Power.
At this moment, Yao Zixuan from the back row murmured, “Mental Power is like toothpaste. Squeeze it and it’ll come out. Frequently depleting one’s Mental Power and then recovering can increase Mental Power. However, this method is not very efficient. It’s not as fast as absorbing from Rune Stones, but at least it doesn’t cost money!”
Xiang Xinjian nodded and said, “Right. If you want to increase Mental Power, this is the way. Continually deplete it until exhaustion, then recover.”
“By the way, I suggest you buy some things that can restore Mental Power…”
“While these items can be expensive too, they’re still much cheaper than Rune Stones that directly increase Mental Power!”
Seeing Du Gang deep in thought, Xiang Xinjian continued his lecture, “After talking about cultivating divinities, I’ll teach you next how to cultivate Divine Power and Divine Bodies!”
“Essentially, cultivating Divine Power and Divine Bodies simultaneously is very easy. You need to open Divine Acupoints. Each Divine Acupoint birthed produces Divine Power. As long as you have Divine Acupoints, adding Divine Power becomes easier…”
“There are a total of 108 Divine Acupoints throughout the body. The more you open, the more Divine Power you can contain, and subsequently, the more Divine Power you can cultivate!”
“The biggest difference between the God Spirit Level and levels below, is that there is no upper limit at the God Spirit Level”
Xiang Xinjian looked at the surprised faces below and said with a smile, “At the Sector Lord level, once you absorb enough energy, isn’t it basically impossible to further increase levels and you can only improve your fighting capabilities?”
“Yeah!”
Like normal people under normal circumstances, a few Saint Crystals would be enough to satisfy the cultivation of a Sector Lord.
Those with Sacred Bodies only need a few thousand, and even Du Gang, being a God Body, only used tens of thousands to completely absorb the energy, reaching the limit where elevation is impossible.
He continued: “But the God Spirit Level is different. Divine Acupoints are very mysterious, they don’t seem big, but they can contain endless amounts of Divine Power…”
“Just like I said before, Divine Power, like Mental Power, needs to be used frequently. Every time you deplete the energy in a Divine Acupoint, your Divine Power will slowly increase…”
“This means, the more Divine Acupoints you have, the faster your cultivation speed will be!”
“That’s why I suggest that you should kindle as many Divine Fires as possible and open as many Divine Acupoints as possible. With each new one, your cultivation speed will continue to double…”
Xiang Xinjian paused, and then continued, “You now know how to cultivate Divinities and Divine Power. Next, I’ll talk about Divine Bodies, which aren’t widely understood…”
“Before reaching the God Spirit Level, human beings placed great emphasis on body cultivation. After all, if the body dies, they also die…”
“However, after reaching the God Spirit Level, our Life Soul becomes one with the Divine Being. In other words, if the Divine Being does not die, we will remain alive!”
“Even if the physical body is destroyed, as long as the Divine Being is still there, we can recreate a new body!”
“So, after reaching the God Spirit Level, prerequisites and importance of cultivation are classified as Divine Being, Divine Power, and Sacred Body!”
Upon seeing individuals like Du Gang and Long Aotian, who excelled in physical combat, seeming somewhat downcast, he chuckled and said, “Of course, the Sacred Body isn’t useless. If you have a strong Sacred Body, it will offer many advantages in same-level battles…”
“However, compared to the cultivation of the other two elements, its cost-performance ratio isn’t high. So, it’s all up to you!”
Upon hearing these words, Du Gang nodded, showing no signs of unhappiness.
Even though he is an Ancient God, known for his physical strength, he doesn’t cease to exist when he doesn’t have a body.
“The road to cultivation is profound and intricate. Only with a heart full of reverence and constant learning and progress can you go further!”
“Next, I will tell you how to establish the Divine Acupoints!”
“The reason why it’s called ‘Divine Acupoint’ is because only beings above the God Spirit Level can sense and cultivate it!”
“It’s both inside and outside your body…”
“The relationship between it and the body can be described as dependant. That is to say, if your body is destroyed, your Divine Power will be rendered useless…”
“However, when your body is recreated, the Divine Power you cultivated earlier will still remain!”
“So, the Divine Acupoint is not just attached to your body, but also resides within your Divine Being!”
“As long as the Divine Being is alive, everything including Divine Power and Sacred Body will return!”
For the past few days, Xiang Xinjian had been emphasizing the importance of Divine Beings in his lectures, and the audience often nodded in agreement, further solidifying the notion.
Seeing their attitudes, he was greatly relieved.
He continued, “Okay, next, I will tell you how to cultivate the Divine Acupoints. You can try it now…”
Soon, he explained the cultivation method for the Divine Acupoints.
“Note, you must sense the Divine Acupoints with your Divine Being…”
“Teacher, should we use Divine Thought to sense it?”
“No!”
Xiang Xinjian shook his head, “Divine Thought is used to explore the external world and can also be used for communication. It’s a tool. The Divine Being is where your Life Soul resides. I need you to use your own Life Soul to sense the location of the Divine Acupoints…”
Everyone immediately began to attempt this. After a while, someone couldn’t hold back any longer and asked, “Teacher, how long does it usually take to cultivate the Divine Acupoints successfully?!”
Upon hearing this, Xiang Xinjian was taken aback and instinctively looked at Du Gang, noticing he was still cultivating, he sighed in relief.
He pondered for a moment and then said, “The cultivation of Divine Acupoints varies from person to person, depending on their understanding and fate!”
“But generally, ordinary people can comprehend it in about a month…”
“For prodigies like you, at the fastest, one week, and at the slowest, half a month, you should be able to comprehend it!”
At this time, someone asked, “Teacher, how long did it take you to comprehend it?!”
This time, Xiang Xinjian intentionally looked around and found that it was Long Aotian who asked the question. He gave him a somewhat reproachful glance.
“How long do you think your teacher took?!”
He suspected this was the youngster who asked the question last time causing him some embarrassment.
Did these two combine their efforts to trick me?
Feeling suspicious, Xiang Xinjian glanced at Du Gang, saw that he was still cultivating, shook his head thinking he was being paranoid.
He spoke again, “Your teacher only spent three…. one day to fully comprehend it!”
“One day?!”
As if recognizing his slip of the tongue just now, he quickly explained, “Right, to be honest, it actually took thirty hours, just a bit more than one day!”
One day time, impressive, right?
Educating you guys is more than manageable for me, isn’t it?!
Wait till each of you realize that even at the fastest, it takes a week, then you’ll understand how powerful I am!
“Teacher, can you help me see if this is a Divine Acupoint?!”
Suddenly, a discordant voice rang out.
Turning his head, Xiang Xinjian saw Du Gang, who was currently holding up his hand with an excited expression.
Is he serious?
Xiang Xinjian was somewhat skeptical. With a bit of apprehension, he slowly approached Du Gang. Slowly extending his divine senses and using his Divine Being to feel around, he quickly came across a Divine Acupoint within Du Gang’s body.
He actually comprehended it!
Xiang Xinjian was speechless, was this guy’s innate talent too good?
He comprehended the divine fire instantly before, and now he’s instantly comprehended the divine acupoints.
Not just him, at this moment, the other people in the class are looking at Du Gang with envious faces.
Especially Long Aoshi, he didn’t have any words to say at the moment, he wanted to find some trouble, but he couldn’t!
“Very good, student Du Gang comprehended very quickly, successfully practicing his first divine acupoint, this means, he will possess divine power.”
Xiang Xinjian reminded, “Owning these things, don’t be arrogant, the following time’s main focus should be igniting new divine fire and opening new divine acupoints. Once these foundation things are constructed, then you can start practicing.”
Du Gang understood, this was an efficiency matter. It’s like mining, do you want to mine with one machine or get several machines and mine all together? The latter of course would earn more!
The curriculum of the following few days was rather simple, Xiang Xinjian apart from continuing to enhance everyone’s focus on the gods, he just kept checking everyone’s cultivation situation, instructing everyone to ignite divine fire and open divine acupoints.
And by the third day, one after another some people also ignited divine fire and opened divine acupoints.
But Du Gang, had slowed down, as if he had encountered the same difficulties as normal people.
He was really frustrated.
Every time the divine fire seemed about to ignite, a ‘demonic wind’ would come along and his second divine fire just couldn’t light up.
And it was the same with the divine acupoints, every time he was about to open a new one, just when he was about to draw the acupoint, he would feel a force of resistance that made it impossible for him to pull it out.
Helpless, he could only find Xiang Xinjian and describe the problems he was facing.
After hearing this, Xiang Xinjian furrowed his brows.
“The kind of problem you’re facing, someone had it before …”
Du Gang was overjoyed, he just feared being a special case, so he hurriedly asked, “What was that person’s situation and how did they solve it in the end?”
Xiang Xinjian pondered for two seconds, then said, “Your divine acupoint is a hidden divine acupoint, which requires something to draw it out!”
A hidden divine acupoint?!”
Du Gang whispered to himself for a bit, then asked, “What can draw it out?”
Xiang Xinjian directly said, “The source, I’ve encountered such a person before, who couldn’t manifest their divine acupoints no matter what …”
“However, due to a chance encounter with the source, his divine acupoint was opened!!”
Du Gang frowned, did this mean, he needed to use the source in order to open his divine acupoint?
“Teacher, how much of the source is needed?”
Xiang Xinjian chuckled and said, “Normally, one divine acupoint requires one gram of source, however, you shouldn’t feel burdened with your hidden divine acupoint, which is due to it being too powerful to manifest. That means, once your acupoint appears, it will definitely be stronger than everyone else’s!”
A gram of the source was worth ten thousand divine crystals. Du Gang was in a dilemma, it was a bit expensive!
After hesitating a bit, he asked, “Teacher, does the academy have any ways to earn divine crystals?”
Xiang Xinjian laughed and said, “Merit points are equivalent to divine crystals. The academy has tasks you can do that have merit rewards!”
Upon hearing this, Du Gang was overjoyed. After thanking him, he left the teacher’s office area.
These past few days, whether in terms of divine sense or his physical body, everything was slowly increasing. However, there was no progress at all with the divine fire and acupoints, the tools to find the source. If it weren’t because his mentality already went through thousands of hardships, he would’ve already collapsed.
Now that he knows the cause of his issues, he feels much better.
“Let’s go look at the task area!”
After leaving the office area, he directly opened the doors to the task area.
After walking in, what surprised him was how many people there were in the task area, they were all former students taking on tasks.
However, what disappointed him was that the tasks in the task area did not reward high merit points.
For instance, the task of protecting a Sector Lord level genius only awards a few merit points, and there was also a time constraint, he had to protect for a certain amount of time.
The other tasks were either ones he couldn’t accept due to insufficient power, or they offered a scared few merit points.
The value of a source was equivalent to ten thousand divine crystals, and here, a task only yielded a few divine crystals. Not only were they a few, some tasks even required a considerable amount of time!
He was a bit deflated, was it this hard to make money here?
Should he, kidnap a few people again!!?
It wouldn’t work, this was the academy, no one was going to pay a ransom if he kidnapped someone, besides, the academy didn’t allow theft.
Suddenly, he saw a task with a not so low price and his eyes lit up.
“Demon Clan God Spirit level corpse, according to cultivation level, from one merit point to ten thousand merit points!!”
ps: The next update will be around 12 at night, over twenty thousand words.
