Chen Yi's lips curled up slightly: "With this 'One Glance at the Array' entry, who wouldn't recognize me, the King of Array Formations?"

If he encounters a cunning old fox using a formation to trap him in the future, he might have a chance to break free...

[Warning: It's time for the session. Please proceed to the meditation room immediately!]

[Travel time allocation: 3 minutes.]

After so many days, the schedule also showed that Chen Yi had made it a habit to practice his martial arts in the quiet room.

Therefore, it also thoughtfully added a travel time.

Chen Yi estimated that if they didn't arrive at the meditation room by this time, they would probably be struck by lightning again.

Three minutes is indeed the limit for his current speed.

"You really understand me, cousin..."

Chen Yi shook his head and rushed to the quiet room at full speed.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened on the way, and he arrived at the quiet room in about two minutes and fifty seconds.

"Excuse me, senior brother, there's only one quiet room left for the Earth Element Qi Gathering Array," said the junior student who was receiving Chen Yi.

"Hmm?" Chen Yi raised an eyebrow.

There was more than one quiet room with an earth-elemental energy-gathering array, so even during peak periods, he had never encountered this situation.

It's probably because the monthly exam results were released that some people were intermittently on high alert, causing the most expensive quiet rooms to be fully booked.

Chen Yi said, "Then give it to me."

“But this quiet room is being watched by several people, and they’re arguing outside it,” the junior student said helplessly.

Chen Yi calmly said, "Take me there to have a look."

"Ah? Okay..."

This junior seemed to be new and didn't recognize Chen Yi.

But since he was so stubborn, she had no choice but to take Chen Yi with her.

The two arrived at the quiet room on the third floor, and sure enough, they saw a group of people arguing loudly outside the door.

The female students in the first and second years of high school didn't dare to interrupt.

Because the two groups arguing were both senior high school students, and their cultivation level was at the sixth level of Qi Refining, with the two leaders being at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Of course, they only pushed and shoved each other, and dared not actually fight.

After all, there are arrays set up both inside and outside the meditation room. If they are damaged, we will have to pay a lot of money.

When they saw Chen Yi approaching, one of the two groups yelled at him, "Don't come any closer, this is between us."

However, the other group remained silent.

Clearly, they recognized Chen Yi.

"Why did you stop yelling? Weren't you just clamoring to go to the martial arts arena and break my brother's legs?"

Seeing that they had suddenly stopped talking, the people on the other side became even more emboldened.

Chen Yi walked straight through the crowd and was about to push open the door to enter the quiet room.

"Hey? Can't you understand human language?"

A hand suddenly landed on Chen Yi's shoulder.

Unexpectedly, he coldly replied, "You're just occupying the toilet without using it."

Then, with a flick of his arm, the man was sent flying.

The remaining people were about to argue with them when they were stopped by another group.

"Are you all crazy? Don't you know who he is?"

"who?"

"The top student in this monthly exam!"

"What? He's Chen Shenren... Chen Yi?"

People on both sides stared wide-eyed.

Some of them had even participated in the gambling game surrounding Chen Yi's monthly exam, and some had even lost a month's worth of food expenses, so the impression was naturally deep.

"From now on, this quiet room will belong to me during this time period. Who agrees? Who disagrees?"

Chen Yi's calm voice came from the crack in the door; he hadn't closed the door completely yet.

The two groups stared at each other, but neither dared to say a word.

Finally, with a loud "bang," the heavy stone door slammed shut, and the corridor fell silent...

This is Xiande Middle School, this is the world of cultivation, where academic performance and strength are equivalent to social status.

The female student stared blankly at the door.

The person I was actually hosting was the one who had recently made it onto the campus popularity charts...

Inside the quiet room, Chen Yi sat cross-legged on the rock, like an old monk in deep meditation.

Tomorrow is the day to go to the secret realm, and he needs to try to break through to the seventh level of Qi Refining.

He formed a hand seal, and the surrounding spiritual energy surged wildly into his body, like a funnel.

His "Mysterious Immortal Technique" was already highly mastered, and his rate of breathing in spiritual energy was comparable to that of a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

This is also why his cultivation has progressed so rapidly these days.

Moreover, this time he did not split the spiritual energy he had absorbed into his body in two.

Previously, he would also allocate a portion of his spiritual energy to temper his muscles and bones, and improve his "Rock-Solid Bone Forging Technique".

But tonight, he decided to go all out, dedicating all his spiritual energy solely to breaking through to the seventh level!

Under these circumstances, the speed at which his cultivation improved became exceptionally astonishing.

At this moment, in the quiet rooms next to his, Zhao Manjin frowned.

"Strange, why does this spiritual energy concentration feel a bit odd? A Qi gathering array that costs 120 per hour is almost the same as one that costs 80 per hour?"

However, in order to break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining as soon as possible, Zhao Manjin still planned to leave this quiet room and find another one.

Unexpectedly, no sooner had they stepped out of the quiet room than someone walked in.

Zhao Manjin was dumbfounded.

He had a bad feeling.

When I went to ask, I was told that there were no high-end quiet rooms left, only the low-end quiet rooms that cost 40 yuan per hour were available.

He cursed under his breath, "I should have known better than to cancel the reservation..."

......

"Boom!"

Spiritual energy gathers in the body's meridians, like countless streams, washing over the meridians and acupoints throughout the body.

Chen Yi's cultivation level was increasing significantly every minute and every second.

From 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., the concentration of spiritual energy in the surrounding quiet rooms was somewhat abnormal.

Chen Yi also pushed his Qi Refining Level 6 cultivation to its peak within those two and a half hours.

He had vaguely reached a bottleneck.

Only by breaking through this bottleneck can one advance from the mid-stage of Qi Refining to the late-stage of Qi Refining.

To break through the bottleneck, it's not just about the impact of spiritual energy; there are other things involved as well.

For example... insights!

Sometimes it's a flash of inspiration, sometimes it's the result of years of accumulated knowledge, and sometimes it's a sudden, unexpected moment that leads to a breakthrough.

But Chen Yi clearly didn't have time to accumulate knowledge over time; however, he was prepared for a sudden flash of inspiration...

He then took out nine talismans.

It is precisely the Happy Talisman that can help people enlighten their minds and break through the barriers of their spiritual realm.

These four drawings were done during his break between classes.

After finishing the talisman drawing last time, he had 13 talisman papers left. He used 4 of them to draw thunder and fire talismans, and used the other 9 to draw happy talismans.

Wu Lingyao used 7 Happy Talismans and broke through to the late stage of Qi Refining overnight. Chen Yi felt that his body's aptitude might not be as good as Wu Lingyao's, so to be on the safe side, he prepared 9 talismans.

After all, if he makes a mistake and fails to advance, he will have to wait a while to regroup, and he doesn't want to wait.

"Buzz!"

As he activated and used each Happy Talisman, he entered a mysterious state.

In this state, he would feel a sense of breaking through a bottleneck every moment.

When these illusions accumulate enough, he will find the intuition to truly break through the bottleneck.

One Happy Charm lasts for 10 seconds, and nine Charms can last for a full 90 seconds!

He incurs significant trial-and-error costs.

After using up all nine Happy Charms, he recovered from that hazy feeling.

"We're 99% confident now, let's go for it!"

He then guided the spiritual energy within his body toward the bottleneck.

At first, it was as if a tidal wave had crashed into a wall; most of the spiritual energy surged back, with only a small amount managing to advance...

But as more and more spiritual beings were on the right path, Chen Yi seemed to hear a clear echo.

"Click~ Click~ Click!"

The sound of a mirror shattering echoed within his body, and the spiritual power continuously broke through the winding bottleneck, like countless earthworms burrowing from the depths of the earth to the surface, finally reaching a wider world.

"boom!"

That barrier between the mid-game and late-game completely crumbled...

Qi Refining Stage 7, achieved!