Chapter 7: Ancient Demonic Clan’s Qi Cultivation Method
On the other side.
Sun Hai tried moving his leg and was instantly overjoyed.
The searing pain that had tormented him had vanished completely!
Even a specialized hospital couldn't have achieved such results so quickly!
"This effect is immediate!"
"Marvelous! Marvelous! You've even inherited the medical skills of the Martial Saint Huang Wu—this is truly marvelous!"
He finished speaking and stood up straight away.
Gone was his previous look of despair; he was now full of vigor and energy.
In just a short while, Xiang Nan had treated each of his teachers and the students injured during their escape one by one.
With this round of actions, he gained quite a few more skill points.
[Ding, by healing the sick and saving lives, your temperament aligns with Dr. Wong Fei-hung’s benevolence in medicine. Compatibility +2%.]
A familiar warmth coursed through his body, and his cultivation level broke through once again!
First rank, four stars!
In less than two hours since his reversion, his cultivation had advanced three levels!
Such speed!
He loved it!
Everyone watched as he set Sun Hai’s broken bone right in just a few moves, marveling at his miraculous medical skills and praising his benevolence and virtue.
Countless admiring glances from the students converged upon him.
Quite a few girls blushed, affection blooming in their hearts.
“I’m so moved, I’m about to cry!”
“He’s literally my ideal type—I want his babies!”
“My husband is just too outstanding!”
“Zhou Xiaoye, don’t embarrass yourself! Xiang Nan is mine!”
A few principals and executives from other schools who had come specifically to recruit him looked on.
Aside from Sun Liren, who was beaming with pride, the others were all pounding their chests in regret.
“A talent like this! Our offer was much too low!”
“A lifetime of regret! The chance has slipped by, and we should never have missed it!”
“Hmph! That brute Sun snatched up a huge bargain again!”
...
Four in the morning.
Xiang Nan returned home, his heart still racing with excitement.
Joy! Thrill! Elation!
He could hardly sleep.
He summoned the system once more to check his personal stats.
He was instantly delighted.
A new line had appeared on the information panel.
[Merit Points: 45 (earned by practicing medicine and saving lives)]
Peering into his storage inventory, he now had a medicine chest.
This was the initial medicine chest the system had granted when he triggered the trauma medicine skill.
He opened it to find ten medicated plasters, a bottle of trauma liniment, a bottle of healing white powder, and some medical supplies.
In the upper right corner of the system panel, a shopping store icon had appeared.
The store’s inventory matched the items in his medicine chest.
Each item was listed with a price and description.
Medicated plaster: 1 Merit Point.
Trauma liniment: 5 Merit Points.
Healing white powder: 6 Merit Points.
Auxiliary medical supply kit: 3 Merit Points.
Beyond these, there were no other items.
At the bottom of the interface was a prize wheel.
Beside it were small words: For every ten Merit Points accumulated, you can spin once.
With forty-five Merit Points, Xiang Nan could spin four times.
Without hesitation, he started spinning.
[You obtained: one Tiger Medicated Plaster]
What the—!
Not convinced, he spun again!
[You obtained: one bottle of Trauma Liniment]
Slightly better than the plaster.
Again!
[You obtained: one Medicated Plaster]
Hmm!
Stay calm! Keep calm!
One chance left—spin again.
[You obtained: “Clear Heart Incantation”]
Huh?
“Clear Heart Incantation?”
Xiang Nan quickly read the small annotation below.
Note: An ancient demon clan Qi cultivation method, enhances spiritual energy absorption tenfold.
Tenfold enhancement?!
Those four words struck Xiang Nan like lightning!
He was no longer concerned that this was a Qi technique from the demon clan.
He, a human, was about to practice a demon clan cultivation method—who knew if there would be any rejection?
But he couldn’t suppress his eagerness and clicked “Extract” on the lower right of the “Clear Heart Incantation.”
The next moment, a torrent of information flooded his mind.
He quickly adjusted his posture and began breathing and guiding energy as the incantation described.
Soon, a cool sensation spread through his body, utterly soothing.
After the coolness, he felt faint strands of spiritual energy drifting from the air and, through his breath, entering his body.
As soon as the spiritual energy entered, it circulated through a minor cycle and then settled in the center of his brow.
Within moments, Xiang Nan felt as if he had absorbed all the spiritual energy in the vicinity.
He opened his eyes abruptly.
He hadn’t expected the “Clear Heart Incantation” to be so powerful!
He, a first-rank, reverted martial artist, could already draw spiritual energy into his body!
Moreover, on Planet Earthstar, spiritual energy was so scarce it could hardly be described as thin.
Only during the annual alignment of the nine stars could some spiritual energy be felt; in everyday life, it was almost unnoticeable.
Yet the “Clear Heart Incantation” could quickly gather even the faintest traces of spiritual energy, draw them in directly, and store them without the need to refine them with his own true Qi.
This spiritual energy could enable Xiang Nan’s cultivation to soar!
Ecstatic! He was simply overjoyed!
He glanced at the plane ticket on the desk.
It had been handed to him by Principal Sun Liren when he left the exam site.
Though school had not yet started, the principal was already urging him to get to the capital as soon as possible.
Clearly, he was desperate to secure talent, afraid some mishap would occur if things dragged on.
For Xiang Nan, heading to the capital early was no bad thing.
He was an orphan, after all, and since leaving the welfare home at sixteen, he’d supported himself through work and study.
Though he hadn’t received the million-yuan scholarship yet,
with the system’s medicine chest, survival in the capital would not be a problem.
At the worst, he could set up a street stall and sell medicated plasters!
Yes, that’s settled!
...
Songjiang Airport.
“Please remove your jacket and shoes.”
“Raise your hands and turn around.”
“All right, next.”
At the front of the line, security staff were conducting a thorough 360-degree inspection.
Standing ahead of Xiang Nan was a tall, square-faced man with a solid, muscular build.
For some reason, Xiang Nan felt something was off about this man.
He couldn’t quite put his finger on it.
Sensing a piercing gaze,
the man turned, his eyes flashing with a fierce, cold light.
A chill went through Xiang Nan.
A dangerous aura!
Moments later, the man passed through security without incident.
“Next.”
The security staff looked at Xiang Nan.
He snapped back to attention, removed his jacket and shoes as required,
but his eyes remained fixed on the man’s departing figure.
After clearing security, Xiang Nan shouldered his backpack and continued forward.
“Excuse me, student, please wait.”
He turned around.
Behind him,
a girl of about sixteen or seventeen ran over, holding a jacket in her hand.
“You forgot your jacket.”
Her voice was soft and sweet, her slightly baby-faced features rather adorable.
“I completely forgot—thank you!”
He scratched his head in embarrassment—he’d been so focused on the strange man that he’d forgotten his jacket.
The girl smiled, her eyes curving: “You’re welcome.”
After saying goodbye and turning back,
the man was nowhere to be seen.
On the plane,
passengers boarded one after another.
Xiang Nan glanced down at his seat number.
When he looked up,
he saw a girl in a seat just ahead to the left beaming at him.
It was the very girl who had returned his jacket.