【Name: Xiao Bai Mo】

【Age: 18 years old】

【Realm: Qi training level 5】

【Spiritual Root: Gold 23, Wood 27, Water 23, Fire 17, Earth 10】

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In Danxia City, at the fifth high school of the Immortal Sector, by a window of a certain classroom, a handsome young man picked up his thin and jade-like mobile phone, and opened up his personal profile data.

The new semester had just begun, and the homeroom teacher was checking the progress of each student’s cultivation over the holiday. Xiao Bai Mo was editing some content that needed updating.

He had logged into the teaching network, ready to click on his personal profile and send it to his homeroom teacher when he heard a voice near him.

"Huh, you actually spent the holiday cultivating in seclusion, and broke through to the fifth level of Qi training," a classmate said, his tone slightly sour. He had just submitted his own profile, and glanced at Xiao Bai Mo's, seeing the realm filled in as【The Fifth Level of Qi Training】.

Even though each student filled out their own profile, it was easy for the school to verify the accuracy of the information via various tests, so basically, no one would falsify information. After all, being caught fabricating details would be recorded in the student's file, and could negatively impact their future study or even placement into battles.

Within the Immortal Sector, punishments for deception were relatively severe.

"I'm not like you. I have a real Spiritual root. As long as I work hard, my cultivation progress is bound to be much faster than your fake Spiritual root," Xiao Bai Mo said with a hint of pride in his words. He had spent most of his holiday in home seclusion for intensive cultivation. Other than when his mother took him to the temple to burn incense, he had finally broken through the bottleneck with the help of elixir and advanced to the fifth level of Qi training.

“That your Spiritual root type could be categorised into the real Spiritual root tier, it’s just too unfair.”

His deskmate was filled with exasperation, but there was nothing he could do, as that's how the rules of the Immortal Door were.

One would be considered to have a spiritual root if their spirit root attribute exceeded 20. He, unfortunately, was not given much attention when the heavens were distributing talents in his mother's womb. His attributes were somewhat evenly distributed among four properties, categorizing him as a pseudo-spirit root.

However, in reality, his spirit root attribute points were not much different than those of Xiao Bai Mo, you could say it was a matter of six of one and half a dozen of the other.

"Hmm, good, many people have made progress during the holiday."

At this point, the class teacher on the podium had finished examining everyone's panels, a rare smile emerged on his usually stern face.

Following that, he individually praised each student who had shown progress.

Among them, was Xiao Bai Mo.

The teacher's praise made the two beauties in front turn their heads, furthermore, Xiao Bai Mo couldn't resist showing off his chest in a self-satisfied manner.

Being in the realm of the fifth layer of Qi cultivation, he could be considered among the top twenty in the entire class.

Now that he was a senior, if he put in some effort, he might be able to advance to the next level before the Immortal Door's college entrance exam.

If he reached the sixth layer of Qi cultivation, he wouldn't be accepted into the top four major Taoist academies, but reaching the second tier academies is not impossible. As far as the third tier academies, like the local Danzhu and Chixia academies, it's essentially a sure bet.

And as long as he can enter the Taoist academy after college entrance exams, he won't be drafted into the Frontier Wars by the Immortal Door within the next ten years.

Perhaps there's a chance that he could even build a foundation.

"Finally, I want to give special recognition to Song Zheng and Yan Bingxuan. I didn't expect in my lifetime that I would actually have two students in the late stage of Qi cultivation."

Chai Deyun had become a homeroom teacher six years ago. This class was his first complete batch, and it held the deepest emotions for him. With a face full of sentimentality, he put down his tablet, and his usually stern gaze suddenly softened, directing his gaze along with everyone else in the class towards the boy and girl who had stood up.

These two are the top students in their class, known for their outstanding spiritual roots. As expected, they did not let anyone down. They have reached the seventh level of Qi cultivation before the college entrance examination.

With such impressive results, they're pretty much guaranteed a spot in a second-level Taoist college. Within the span of a decade, they'll have the chance to reach the foundation-building stage. If they succeed, they will become golden core Taoist cultivators. Even among the sects of the immortal world, they'd be important targets for cultivation.

Xiao Bai Mo's face was full of envy. Unlike his borderline true spiritual roots, Song Zheng and Yan Bingxuan possess genuine spiritual roots. One of their spiritual roots has surpassed 40, doubling the effectiveness of their cultivation.

"Alright, that's it for today's lesson.”

When the bell at the highest floor of the school rang, Chai Deyun, after gathering the test papers, announced the end of the class.

All students immediately dispersed at once.

That includes Xiao Bai Mo. He grabbed his cellphone and jumped out from the nearby window, rushing towards the cultivation room.

Luckily, his cultivation increased by one level after spending his vacation in closed-door training. His acceleration technique got faster by three minutes, thus letting him beat the majority to the practice field.

Without any time to choose, he headed straight into the first cultivation room he saw that had an open door.

"Ding."

Xiao Bai Mo swiped his electronic student card on his mobile phone, and the word “empty” on the electronic screen at the entrance of the cultivation room instantly disappeared. The door then slowly shut.

"Damn!"

Outside, a student who was late by a step cursed under his breath before quickly darting towards another empty cultivation room.

You can't blame them for their haste.

It's simply because spiritual energy is difficult to come by.

The local star has been exploited by the Immortal Sect for six thousand years, and its resources are almost exhausted. Within the territories occupied by the thirty-six Heavenly Holes and seventy-two Fortunate Lands, all the spiritual veins and resources have been nationalized. The residual spiritual energy left fluttering between Heaven and Earth is barely sufficient to maintain the basic respiratory needs of cultivators.

If a cultivator wants to absorb spiritual energy for cultivation, they must pay a virtue fee to the Immortal Sect.

The supply of first-tier, low-quality spiritual vein energy to one's dwelling requires 10 virtue points per month.

Xiao Bai Mo, who is at Qi Training Level Five, no longer has any use for first-tier, low-quality spiritual energy.

For first-tier, mid-quality spiritual energy, one needs to pay 20 virtue points per month.

For the first-tier, high-quality spiritual energy, the monthly virtue fee has reached 40 points.

For Xiao Bai Mo, first-tier mid-quality spiritual energy could barely ensure the stability of his cultivation level and pushed him to make reluctant progress. To rapidly improve, it's best to have access to first-tier, high-quality spiritual energy.

Of course, if he could have access to second-tier or even third-tier spiritual energy, that would be better.

But that’s just wishful thinking.

Feeling that the concentration of spiritual energy in his three-square-meter cultivation room was starting to rise, Xiao Bai Mo opened an application on his phone that tests the value of spiritual energy.

After waiting for nearly a minute, the value on the screen finally stopped changing.

[Spiritual Energy Value: 10]

The quality of the spiritual vein can be quantified by the spiritual energy value.

According to the rules of the Immortal Sect, a spiritual energy value of 1-10 is considered a first-tier spiritual vein.

A spiritual energy value of 10-100 indicates a second-tier spiritual vein.

A spiritual energy value of 100-1000 points to a third-tier spiritual vein...

And so on. The highest tier in the entire Immortal Sect is the sixth tier spiritual vein, which is rumored to be where the two patriarchs of the Soul Transformation level reside.