"If you really can't handle living here, you can always move to my room to live with me. My place is slightly bigger than yours."
Seeing how determined Chen Pingan was, Brother Xiong passed the keys to him and reminded him, "The Academic Affairs Office contacted you. Remember to get back to me and don't forget to go to class on time."
"It's your first class. Wear something decent and make a good impression on the spectating higher-ups and the students in the class."
Chen Pingan took the keys and made an OK gesture.
After that, the two of them got busy. Although it was just a single room, the room was still divided into many areas. There was the washroom and the kitchen, as well as a huge rest area.
It took them a while to clean such a large area. It was almost dark when everything was done.
After that, Brother Xiong received a phone call and headed out. Before he left, he repeated what he said earlier to Chen Pingan to make sure Chen Pingan didn't forget.
"Looks like everything is done. I'll just bring the remaining clothes over later."
Chen Pingan looked around the room. Although it was small, it had all the essentials. He thought that he didn't need to move all of his stuff here and would just bring two suitcases over later. After that, he would be officially done.
He walked out of the staff dormitory and left the school according to his memory.
…
At Xin Guang Residence.
It took Chen Pingan less than ten minutes to get from the school to the neighborhood. He closed the doors and windows at home, picked up his luggage, and walked out of the neighborhood.
Perhaps it was because it was mealtime, there were not many residents in the neighborhood plaza. The group of old men that usually hung out at the plaza was also nowhere to be seen.
Chen Pingan turned around to look at the plaza. He had witnessed many things here, and now he was finally leaving.
He felt… unbelievably unhappy!
He had finally escaped from this neighborhood!
Chen Pingan left without looking back. He felt relieved in his heart. In the future, no expert would disturb his cultivation!
His path of cultivation would return to its normal trajectory. Now, he would finally be free and unaffected by anyone's threats and constraints!
…
Qin Kai Cultivation School.
At the staff dormitory.
Perhaps it was because he had left Xin Guang District, Chen Pingan felt unusually relaxed at this moment. Due to this, Chen Pingan also started to feel that this single room was actually not that bad.
Here, no one disturbed his cultivation. The room was dark, but there was no lack of Spirit Qi!
After all, what he needed the most was not sunlight, but rich Spirit Qi!
Chen Pingan ate a simple dinner and placed the items in his new home one by one. After that, when the food in his stomach was more or less digested, he took out the cultivation books he bought earlier.
Last time, he had read the Low Level Compulsory Cultivation Lesson Book. By now, he had already digested most of the contents of that book and had gained a lot of enlightenment. For the past two days, he could no longer learn anything new from the book.
Chen Pingan decided to study a new book tonight. He took out another book from his luggage. It was a book called the Intermediate Compulsory Cultivation Lesson Book.
He had a premonition that the comprehension he obtained from this book would be even deeper than before.
[What is immortal cultivation?]
Chen Ping found this sentence written in the middle of the blank page as soon as he opened the book.
[Isn't cultivating just a method of becoming stronger?]
He continued to flip through the pages, ignoring them. When he read the contents of the next page, he was greatly shaken.
[What is immortal cultivation?]
[What is the purpose of immortal cultivation?]
[Ask yourself, why do we cultivate?]
All sorts of thoughts and questions appeared in his mind.
All kinds of questions regarding cultivation appeared in an instant. Before one question could be answered, another question appeared.
Chen Pingan's initial indifference turned into contemplation. He now started to ponder the question on the first page: What is cultivation?
Naturally, he didn't have anyone around to give him an answer or explanation.
Chen Pingan kept the question in the back of his head and continued reading. The strange thing was that this book did not have a catalog.
He couldn't find the answer to his question.
In the next second, his pupils suddenly shrank, and his lifeless eyes shone with a dazzling light. In the dim yellow room, he held the book in his hands and began to read in a daze.
[Improving one's body and tempering one's character. That is what cultivation is!"]
The question that had been lingering in Chen Pingan's mind had been answered. With just one sentence, everything had now been explained clearly.
"Wonderful! The question that has been bothering me for so long has been answered so easily!"
Chen Pingan was pleasantly surprised. This book was definitely a rare treasure!
He continued reading.
[The reason why people cultivate is no different from eating, drinking, and defecating. It is an activity that must be carried out. There is no choice involved and it is something that must be done.]
[If one struggles with eating, drinking, or defecating, problems will definitely arise in the body. This is the same for cultivation. People who don't cultivate will have a shorter lifespan!]
[Cultivation has to be progressed step by step and also needs to adhere to certain principles. Otherwise, major problems will easily arise!]
Chen Pingan's eyes lit up. There were a few sentences that did not seem particularly eye-catching at first glance. However, after careful study, he realized that these three sentences were the essence of the entire page.
This book had actually accurately described the cultivation process. It explained that cultivation needs to be slow and steady, or else there would be unpredictable problems.
Chen Pingan had been too anxious during his last cultivation. Back then, Spirit Qi had surged into his body, causing many of his capillaries to rupture.
Fortunately, he discovered it in time and controlled his speed to avoid a disaster.
"The person who wrote this book must be an expert above the Tribulation Stage. He's just too powerful. He knew what problems cultivators such as myself experience."
Chen Pingan could not contain the excitement in his heart. He suddenly became extremely humble, as if the most powerful expert was sitting in front of him at this moment. Realizing that the book was the hard work of some expert, Chen Pingan felt a deep respect towards the author and planned to absorb all of the contents of the book.
He was engrossed in the book and had no idea how much time had passed. For a long time, he held the book in his hands and was mesmerized by the world described in the book.
This intermediate level compulsory cultivation book was different from the previous low level compulsory cultivation book. It was no longer a picture book describing an immortal cultivator floating in a fairyland, but a detailed diagram explaining how Spirit Qi entered the body.
The diagram clearly described how Spirit Qi operated when it passed through the body, as well as the corresponding effects.
The next diagram was about how people control Spirit Qi and the process of absorbing Spirit Qi.
All the complicated processes became easy to understand with the help of the diagrams.
All the problems that had existed since his first cultivation session had been easily solved. Chen Pingan was ecstatic. He had completely understood the cultivation process.
Although he had the help of the Qi Refinement Technique provided by the system in his first session, he still needed to rely on himself to slowly figure it out.
Even though he was lucky enough to enter the elementary level of the Qi Refinement Stage, he still had many unanswered questions after completing the process. These questions that troubled him started to increase as he cultivated more and more.
If the problems were not solved after a long time, it would just become more and more difficult for him to break through the chains and reach the next realm.
Chen Pingan knew this very well. However, today, he had gotten the answers from the book and solved the problems that had been troubling him for a long time!
How could he not be excited?
Chen Pingan closed the book and was extremely excited. He had gained a lot of knowledge tonight!
His newfound comprehension had given him a new cultivation path!
With a new cultivation technique that was based on this newly-acquired knowledge, Chen Pingan was confident that he would break through to the middle stage of the Qi Refining Stage by tonight.