All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 291 - 152 Emerging (2/3)

Chapter 291: Chapter 152 Emerging (2/3)

"Believe me, if you can understand this stuff within a month, you’re considered talented."

Although An Jing was a bona fide country bumpkin in the Tianyuan Realm, he understood what the online world meant better than Huo Qing: "While the Iron Hand Boss is out looking for supplies, let’s head over to Chonggang Town first."

"Okay!"

Huo Qing chuckled, "With Uncle back, I dare to use his car——but to be honest, I think we should also buy a new one."

"That’s true, that car is too old, and its cargo capacity isn’t big enough..."

"Damn it, if you despise it then don’t use it!" From the back room, Iron Hand listened to the two youngsters complain about how his old, beat-up car was riddled with problems, discussing buying a new one, all the while planning on using his old clunker to head to Chonggang Town, almost laughing from the irritation.

He should have been annoyed, but watching the two young men, whose ages combined were not even thirty, laughing and joking, full of youthful vigor as they took action for their business venture... Iron Hand was reminded of a time long, long ago.

He subconsciously wanted to light up a cigarette but, after pondering, decided against it.

Even his nephew now had his own business; it was time to get to work.

Thanks to Huo Qing’s skilled driving, and with no demon beast sieges this time, An Jing quickly arrived at Chonggang Town.

At this moment, the warehouse had been completely renovated, and Huo Qing had activated a few Earthwood Marionettes that had been delivered to perform basic refurbishment on the grounds and paint on the warehouse’s exterior.

Inside the warehouse, numerous shelves had already been moved aside, piled up.

A few Marionettes that had been activated, along with storage units, were placed there. There were also two that had been taken apart and were under maintenance, covered by tarps, likely the defective products Huo Qing was repairing.

In the part of the warehouse located to the west, which was where You Ruhui had pinpointed the ’Earth Pulse Node’, a Double Layer Spirit Gathering Array was in operation, with two Spirit Qi Furnaces charging there, most likely set up by Huo Qing after learning how to arrange the Gathering Array.

"With this mastery of Formation, the training academy should be a sure bet."

On the way, An Jing had also learned that Huo Qing was preparing to attend the training academy.

At that time, An Jing was quite interested in the topic, and now, he even considered the idea of investing: "It looks like I can specially collect some Formation materials you might need—don’t be shy; I might need your help making some Array Plates in the future. I’m just investing in advance."

"You need to be at least in the advanced stage of Qi Refinement with Divine Sense to make Array Plates."

While grateful, Huo Qing couldn’t help but feel helpless: "Isn’t that far too early? How could I accept that..."

"And..."

Hesitating for an instant, Huo Qing said softly, "An Jing, haven’t you thought about taking the Dao test?"

"Me?" An Jing raised his eyebrows, "A wilderness man?"

"As long as you have a chip, Xuanye City doesn’t care about that," Huo Qing shook his head. "That’s why Military Merit is important... prove that you’ve hunted demons, and you have enough wealth, and you can become a Xuanye City person."

"We’ll see."

An Jing thoughtfully noted this, but he was very clear that with his current Subdue Evil ability, he couldn’t make long-term plans in the Tianyuan Realm.

Three days is neither long nor short, but certainly going to school... it’s unreasonable to have to ask for leave after only three days.

In short, during the month and more when An Jing was away, Huo Qing did everything he could. With such diligence, how could An Jing not think of investing a bit more?

"If the Spirit Gathering Array could be stacked to a six-fold nested structure, it would meet the industrial Spirit Qi density standards, and provide normal charging for the Marionettes."

Huo Qing showed An Jing his accomplishments, proud of his work and couldn’t help but dream about the future: "Previously, there was a bit of energy left in the Marionettes, so I used it to tidy up the warehouse, but now even charging is difficult. Ten days of charging only lasts less than a day of use; it’s really troublesome!"

"It’s good enough to use."

An Jing was actually quite satisfied, "It already looks quite professional. Now, I can really start transferring goods from my old home!"

"Want to give it a try?"

Huo Qing had already begun to drag out several modified steel racks that resembled folding screens from a nearby shelf. He encircled the area where the Spirit Gathering Array was located, turning it into an octagonal Seclusion Room structure, "Although I can’t build a Seclusion Room, enclosing the spirit qi like this makes the concentration pretty good!"

With Huo Qing’s current Body Refinement cultivation, he moved the steel racks, each weighing at least several tons, without the slightest effort.

"Hey, this is really good!" An Jing knew Huo Qing wanted to show off his achievements and was himself someone who liked to try out new things. He promptly entered to feel it, "Now I have to cultivate for sure."

"It’s very good!" Huo Qing declared proudly, "I feel especially comfortable cultivating here. If I didn’t have to work for my uncle, I’d want to come here every day!"

"If he knew about your cultivation progress here, he definitely wouldn’t let you work." An Jing analyzed sensibly, "But you should also demonstrate it to me later, I want to see how far you’ve trained."

"Sure!"

Just as An Jing was preparing to go into seclusion in Chonggang Town to try Huo Qing’s Spirit Gathering Array.

Xuanye City.

Jiuxuan Third Middle School.

"Nian Quan, comprehensive score, very good. Literary Test, four excellents. Alchemical Method, extremely superior. Formation, superior. Artifact Refining, superior minus. Talisman, extremely superior. First in grade, first in Martial Test rankings, granted the right to free combat choice."

"Hong Li, comprehensive score, good, Literary Test, three excellents..."

"Chen Yue, comprehensive score, good..."

"..."

At Xuanye City Third Middle School, at the end of the semester, students were assessed on literature and martial arts tests. The Literary Test covered alchemy, formations, artifacts, and talismans, and the Martial Test involved cultivation level and practical combat with six categories of evaluation. Achieving excellence in four categories qualified students for a scholarship.

The names of the top ten in the Literary Test for the grade were displayed in a loop on the big screen on the sports field. These ten students were entitled to the privilege of free combat choice in the upcoming Martial Test. Unless there were any surprises, even if their combat abilities were slightly inferior, they could find a weaker opponent and thus obtain another excellent.

In other words, the top ten students with three excellents in the Literary Test could secure a substantial scholarship for their cultivation resources.

However, the name at the top, ’Nian Quan’, had directly achieved four excellents... This meant that irrespective of his Martial Test results, the scholarship was already his.

Looking at his own shining name on the big screen, the handsome young man with black hair and blue eyes showed no emotion and wasn’t excited about the dazzling achievement.

Because since he started school, he had never relinquished his position as first in the Literary Test for his grade.

And his name, unsurprisingly, caused a stir among the people on the sports field.

"Still Nian Quan? From pop quizzes to monthly exams to end-of-term tests, has he ever not gotten an excellent?"

"The worst he got was superior minus, which is really astonishing. How does he manage to get excellence in all four subjects? Can you really learn all that?"

"I heard he has a Heavenly Spiritual Root..." "But a Heavenly Spiritual Root only implies speed in cultivation; it has nothing to do with the Literary Test, right?"

"No, why would someone with a Heavenly Spiritual Root come to our so-so school?" "His family is poor. I heard he’s an orphan and couldn’t afford the certification."

The thoughts of most of the students were mainly admiration and disbelief, with a few malicious ones born out of envy, attacking personal and family backgrounds, which is typical for that age.

Nian Quan didn’t care about this. He lowered his gaze, closed his eyes in contemplation, and began meditating quietly amidst the watchful eyes of the crowd.