Chapter 43 Cultivation Version of Laundry Technique
After returning to his small villa in Shangqingyuan, Achen took out the pile of books from his storage ring and laughed as soon as he saw the titles!
This senior, Xiao Shi, is really good. He chose books that are suitable for him to read, such as "Notes on Wandering in the Misty Heaven", "Practical Basic Techniques", "Records of Common Spiritual Plants", "Basic Alchemy Experiences", and "Errors in Elementary Talisman Drawing".
Achen felt that, based on these books alone, the Ten Directions Academy was well worth the investment.
However, it's fortunate that he only kept this idea to himself. If those who worked so hard but still couldn't get in knew about it, they would probably want to beat him to death!
With these books suitable for his studies, Achen decided to spend all his spare time studying diligently.
His mother and the others went to find her people, but they didn't take him with them. Achen guessed that their trip must be complicated, and might even be dangerous.
However, his cultivation level is still too low. If they really encounter danger, he will not only be unable to help them, but may even become a burden to them.
So he listened to them and obediently entered Shifang Academy to study, because it was safe and secure there, and he wanted to ensure they had no worries.
His mother and the others didn't bring his godmother and Mr. Xiao either, because the main purpose of inviting them on the voyage was to create an opportunity for the two of them to reconcile, and to protect them on their journey.
Now that they've reached their destination, Mom naturally doesn't want to drag them into any more danger.
However, Ah Chen wasn't too worried. Firstly, he had the ability to foresee danger, and he didn't sense any danger when his mother and the others left.
Now, all he wants to do is study hard and cultivate himself, striving to become a powerful figure that his parents can rely on as soon as possible.
Yes, that's right, he's that ambitious!
On his first day at Shangqingyuan, the future bigwig Achen learned three spells from "Practical Basic Spells": Cleansing Spell, Nourishing Spell, and Whirlwind Spell.
Learning the art of dust removal is obviously for the purpose of removing dust.
If he were to clean such a large villa bit by bit, he would probably be exhausted to the point of vomiting blood before he could get it clean.
Furthermore, the villa wasn't even equipped with cleaning tools, which suggests that the guests used dust-removing techniques.
Fortunately, the basic spells are only difficult to learn at first; once you learn the first one, the rest will fall into place.
For Achen, who has been using superpowers since childhood, the spells in this cultivation world are actually quite similar to superpowers.
Moreover, he was originally a psychic ability user, and now he has grown the Netherworld Spirit Root and the Dark Spirit Root. His basic spells are nothing more than using his mind to guide the spiritual power in his body for his own use.
Take the Cleansing Technique for example. It involves using your mind to guide the spiritual energy within your body into particles, which then envelop each dust particle and carry them into the soil.
This can be considered "dust to dust, ashes to ashes," right?
The second spell Ah Chen learned was the Nourishing Spell, which he learned for the sake of the flowers and plants in the yard.
Thanks to his mother's expertise in planting, Ah Chen often played in his mother's plantation in District 48 of Green Algae Star since he was a child.
He was quite knowledgeable about plants. When he visited his new home, he casually strolled around his small garden and found that some of the flowers and plants were short of water, while others were lacking fertilizer.
There was a well in the yard, but he was too lazy to draw water bucket by bucket to irrigate the plants.
This is the cultivation world. Why would he waste his energy "huffing and puffing" on a problem that can be solved with magic?
The basic spell of Nourishing is to transform one's own spiritual power into water-attribute spiritual power, and then use it to attract water vapor in the air to form spiritual rain.
A problem that can be solved with a simple moisturizing technique naturally eliminates the need for a gardener to manage the flowers and plants.
Therefore, Achen concluded that, since these villas in Shangqingyuan have owners, no gardeners would come to take care of them.
Because he was a beginner in the spell, Achen used the Cleansing Spell 16 times to clean all the dust in the room.
The situation was slightly better in the garden. After using the Moisturizing spell 12 times, all the wilted flowers and plants became fresh and vibrant again.
Ah Chen was so tired he was almost collapsing, but looking at the fruits of his labor, he still felt a great sense of accomplishment.
Then he took out the food he had brought with him from his storage ring, ate and drank his fill, and prepared to wash up and go to bed.
When I took off my shoes, I was almost suffocated by the stench of my own feet.
Achen has sweaty feet and his mother started training him to wash his own handkerchiefs, socks, and other small items when he was three years old.
He's very skilled at using the washing machine, and he definitely wouldn't hand-wash large items like coats and pants.
But he discovered that there were no home appliances in this cultivation world, and washing machines and refrigerators were out of the question.
In the past few days, with Lele's aunt around, she secretly took his large clothes to wash, but now, there's no one to help him.
Ah Chen, who has loved innovation since childhood, decided to create a magic technique that could replace the washing machine.
Think about the principle of a washing machine; it's nothing more than water flow and rotation. He has just learned the Moisturizing Technique, so water is naturally not a problem. He just needs to make a slight modification to condense the spiritual rain into a water ball, and that will be fine.
The next step is to figure out how to make the water flow and rotate.
Then he set his sights on the Whirlwind spell, inspired by Aunt Mina's tornado. He thought that if he could combine the Moisturizing spell and the Whirlwind spell, wouldn't it become a cultivation version of a washing machine?
Chen has always been a pragmatist since he was a child; he strives to realize any idea he has.
Fortunately, he was a psychic with a powerful enough spiritual sense to easily split himself in two.
However, it is not easy to control two spells at the same time. Often, once the water ball is successfully condensed, if you are distracted to control the whirlwind spell, the water ball will fall to the ground and shatter with a "plop".
Sometimes when the water clumps together, and you try to control it so it doesn't disperse, you might accidentally use too much force when manipulating the whirlwind spell, causing it to spin too fast and tear the contents inside into pieces.
This two-in-one spell took him half the night to master. Fortunately, after washing more than a dozen towels, he finally succeeded in mastering this cultivation-style laundry technique.
The first thing Ah Chen washed was his smelly socks. He manipulated about two liters of water, spinning it rapidly in one direction. After the clear water turned murky, he condensed it back into a clean ball of water.
After repeating this process three times, the socks were spotless. Ah Chen was too exhausted to continue washing the coat, so he simply fell asleep.
Unbeknownst to him, after he fell asleep, a three-headed phantom appeared in his bedroom, its eyes crinkling with a smile:
"Not bad, not bad at all. As expected of a child who catches my eye. On his first day of learning basic spells, he has already learned to combine and innovate. It seems that living in Shangqing Garden was worthwhile!"
The three-headed phantom was the tower spirit itself. When it lent the book to Achen, it possessed one of the books and followed him to his residence.
Having been at Shifang Academy for fifty years, Achen was the first person to ask his name. Naturally, Xiaoshi wanted to come along and see what Achen was like when no one was around.
He was very satisfied with the result. Ah Chen was indeed a diligent and studious, and intelligent child who did not follow conventional rules.
As a spirit whose lifespan is measured in tens of thousands of years, Xiao Shi, a tower spirit who has lived for more than 30,000 years, is still in its infancy, so its natural form is a three-headed body.
However, in order to gain the respect of the students entering the tenth floor of the tower, he deliberately changed his appearance to that of an old man, so that they would respectfully regard him as their senior.
The Ten-Story Pagoda is a magical artifact that Zhuang Xingfeng, the master of the Confucian Hall, accidentally obtained from a secret immortal abode fifty years ago, and in doing so, he unexpectedly awakened the artifact's spirit, Xiao Shi.
Through Xiao Shi, Zhuang Xingfeng learned that the Ten-Story Pagoda was a growing magical artifact crafted by a highly learned and knowledgeable master.
It advanced by absorbing the spiritual essence from those ancient books in the Immortal Abode Secret Realm, gradually growing into an Immortal Artifact and awakening its intelligence.
However, after a long period of time, without new books to replenish it, it was unable to absorb more spiritual energy and was forced into a deep sleep.
Before this, Zhuang Xingfeng had never heard of "spiritual charm" in books. Xiao Shi opened up a new world for him.
Unfortunately, as the spirit of a celestial artifact, Xiao Shi was too proud and resolutely refused to acknowledge a master.
While Zhuang Xingfeng could forcibly erase Xiao Shi, the spirit of the artifact, the ten-story tower without the spirit would just be an ordinary library.
Finally, Zhuang Xingfeng used Xiao Shi's agreement to stay at Shifang Academy for a hundred years as a condition to bring the ten-story tower out of the secret realm.
The two parties agreed that over the course of a hundred years, he would provide Xiao Shi with various books and spirit-gathering arrays to help Xiao Shi advance in cultivation, while Xiao Shi would help the students of Shifang Academy choose suitable cultivation techniques and secret manuals to prevent them from taking detours.
A century later, Zhuang Xingfeng still enjoys a bit of freedom, and can choose to stay or leave as he pleases.
As it turns out, Zhuang Xingfeng's choice was correct.
Xiao Shi, a spirit that has absorbed the essence of millions of ancient books, selects books that make learning twice as effective for students.
Over the past fifty years, Shifang Academy has cultivated far more talents than in the previous two hundred and fifty years, which has led to its growing reputation and influence, making it a place that parents and children flock to.
Zhuang Xingfeng was very satisfied with this and worked even harder to collect various books for Xiao Shi.
Since moving into Shifang Academy, Xiao Shi has never left the ten-story tower.
Because he left the ten-story tower, he could no longer absorb the spiritual energy from the books and thus could not cultivate.
So much so that no one knew that his spirit could actually leave at will.
Today was the first time he had left the ten-story tower. Xiao Shi felt that being with Ah Chen, this little kid, made life seem less boring.
As for cultivating for a few less days, it wouldn't matter much to him as a spirit. After all, he has a long lifespan, and advancing a little later wouldn't kill him.
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