Chapter 88: Several Months Flicked By

Another few months passed in a flash. These past months were calm and peaceful. Nothing like fox demons seeking revenge or encounters with certain beauties happened. It was utterly uneventful.

Chen Xiyi, however, made fast progress because he had Cheng Zhen as someone he could learn from.

Usually, he read books in the morning, asked Cheng Zhen for answers to his questions in the afternoon, and reviewed on his own in the evening.

His efficiency was so quick that Chen Xiyi began to doubt himself.

‘Is my brain really this good? Why is my learning progress so fast?’

He didn’t know the reason for this. He could only attribute it to the strengthening of his Primordial Spirit, which boosted this aspect too.

With these three approaches working together, within just half a month, he finished reading and learning all the books in Cheng Zhen’s study.

There were over a hundred books in total. Though the number seemed large, these books had few words. The longer ones had thirty to fifty thousand words, while the shorter ones only had one or two thousand words and still counted as a book.

Additionally, Chen Xiyi learned quickly and had Cheng Zhen to answer his questions, so it was normal for him to finish reading and learning them.

Later on, Chen Xiyi rarely asked Cheng Zhen for answers. Instead, the two of them began to discuss, and both gained a lot from these exchanges.

But gradually, Chen Xiyi noticed that Cheng Zhen could no longer keep up with him. In many cases, it was Chen Xiyi who was explaining things to Cheng Zhen.

He understood that a Qi Refiner’s Primordial Spirit had highly efficient abilities in this regard. It wasn’t just that Cheng Zhen couldn’t keep up; the other reason was that without the Primordial Spirit’s perception of the Qi Mechanism, Cheng Zhen couldn’t see things from Chen Xiyi’s perspective.

Chen Xiyi perceived the Qi Mechanism with all Five Senses, while Cheng Zhen could only catch bits and pieces. He didn’t even know what the Qi Mechanism was. For many things, he had to rely on experience and guesswork. Even with his inherited knowledge, he still couldn’t fully grasp it.

Therefore, Chen Xiyi later changed his approach. He stopped discussing the Qi Mechanism and similar topics with Cheng Zhen, and instead began discussing Qi Refinement and Spirit Cultivation.

This opened Chen Xiyi’s eyes. He had thought everyone’s Qi Refinement and Spirit Cultivation was the same as his, but that wasn’t the case.

Cheng Zhen had practiced Qi Refinement and Spirit Cultivation for decades and spent who knows how much money on it.

Hearing that it cost money, Chen Xiyi found it strange. Did this require spending money? How?

He later found out that Qi Refinement and Spirit Cultivation wasn’t something you could succeed at just by following the method. Generally, you needed various aids to succeed.

For example, every time you practiced Qi Refinement and Spirit Cultivation, you needed to burn incense and bathe. Both the incense and the water used for bathing had their origins. Basically, each session of burning incense and bathing required materials worth at least one Silver Dollar.

But that was only one step. During the process, you also needed pills, talismans, and so on. All of these cost money.

More importantly, every session of Qi Refinement and Spirit Cultivation required calculating the time, location, and whether it matched your own Qi Mechanism. Otherwise, not only would it not increase the success rate, but it could also harm you.

Hearing this, Chen Xiyi was stunned. If it was so difficult, how did he succeed so easily back then?

And he succeeded so simply, just by trying once, and his Primordial Spirit was born.

He guessed it was most likely due to the Qi Mechanism the fairies had bestowed upon him. There was also a possibility that it was because he was a Player and had loaded the Zhou Tian Qi Circulation Module, which reduced the difficulty.

As for relying on himself, that was also possible. He found that his brain worked much better than before, especially in learning. It was as if he were a genius?

But the thought that he might be a genius was quickly dismissed by Chen Xiyi. He felt it must be an illusion, just like the illusions of “she likes me,” “I can turn the tables,” and “someone is calling me.”

After all, in his previous life, he wasn’t a smart person.

So learning quickly was probably due to the Home Game.

During these months of study, Chen Xiyi gained a thorough understanding of the Qi Refiner system and became increasingly skilled in using the Qi Mechanism. Originally, he was only adept at controlling three types of Qi Mechanism: Water Qi, Earth Qi, and Purple Qi, while he was unfamiliar with the others. But now, after systematic learning, he could manipulate them all with ease.

So he felt it was time to leave. He also planned to ask Cheng Zhen if he would sell his family’s inherited knowledge.

He still vividly remembered the scene where Cheng Zhen turned into a golden figure and twisted the fox demon’s neck. He was particularly impressed by Cheng Zhen’s technique of applying the Qi Mechanism to his body. These were far more valuable than the books in the study.

There were some spells and talismans in the study, but they were basically useless.

For example, the Pure Yang Demon-Suppressing Talisman guided Yang Qi into the talisman paper. If it encountered Yin Qi, Baleful Energy, and so on, it would automatically react and counterbalance.

It didn’t require much skill. Cheng Zhen could draw over ten of them at noon. As a proper Qi Refiner, Chen Xiyi was even more exaggerated. He could draw them at midnight when Yang Qi was at its lowest.

Apart from having a grand-sounding name, it was a basic talisman. Probably the cool name made it more convincing.

Although it was a basic talisman, it was useful against ordinary demons and ghosts. It was effective in large quantities, had good power, and could increase in potency with specific times, weather, locations, etc. It was quite practical.

Chen Xiyi carried a bundle and walked toward the study. Over the past few months, it had become a habit for him to visit Cheng Zhen every afternoon. Cheng Zhen had also grown accustomed to this schedule, as both of them benefited from their discussions.

The bundle contained ten gold ingots, melted and neatly shaped, and they were quite heavy.

He was going to ask Cheng Zhen to sell his inherited knowledge.

If Cheng Zhen was willing to sell, then they could discuss it. If not, then Chen Xiyi would definitely leave.

If the inherited knowledge wasn’t for sale, then the manor held no further benefits for him. There was no reason to stay, so he would naturally leave.

He had already delayed here long enough. His original plan was to find items with Historical Connotation and complete Spirituality to perform Enlightenment and Spirit Communication. If not for the need to learn the basic knowledge of Qi Refiners, he wouldn’t have stayed here.

Without this basic knowledge, even if he found a divine skill manual, he wouldn’t understand it.

If you can’t even walk, how can you think about running? Tall buildings need a solid foundation to support them.

“Fellow Daoist, you’re here. Please, sit, sit.” Cheng Zhen saw Chen Xiyi enter and quickly greeted him, but he found it odd to see Chen Xiyi carrying a bundle.

“I’m here.” Chen Xiyi walked over and sat down, placing the bundle containing the gold ingots on the table. Then he continued, “Fellow Daoist Cheng, I have an unreasonable request. Please don’t be angry when you hear it.”

“Please, speak.” Seeing Chen Xiyi’s expression, Cheng Zhen understood that he had something serious to discuss and put away his smile.