"This won't do!"
Han Yuan shook his head and said, "Choose something else instead."
He Qiang also persuaded, "Brother, you'd better choose something else."
Chen Qing looked at the two of them.
"Look at this 'Danger Level'," Han Yuan said with a solemn expression. "As long as these four words are there, even if it's just one star, it's extremely dangerous!"
"Generally speaking, things with a danger level of two stars won't appear here. These are all managed uniformly by a very mysterious organization in the headquarters - the Tianji Pavilion."
"Whether it's ancient artifacts or cultivation methods, as long as there are these four words 'Danger Level', they are all extremely dangerous."
"The reason why this is still here is that it hasn't been handed in yet."
He Qiang also tried to persuade:
"Brother, look at the remarks above. It means that once you lock a ghost into this Black Prison, there are only three outcomes: you die, it dies, or the contract is successful."
"The success rate of contracting ghosts is extremely low, probably less than 10%. This is almost like pushing yourself into a dead end. As long as you don't die, you can always try to contract another one. Why bother with this one?"
Chen Qing knew this naturally.
This was exactly the reason why he chose this cultivation method.
"I'll take this one."
Han Yuan looked at Chen Qing, frowning deeply. After gritting his teeth, he said, "Change it. Choose an SSS-level one. It's on me!"
But Chen Qing was very determined: "Thank you, Captain. Didn't you also say that those whose talent reaches A level all have their own opportunities? And my opportunity just requires this."
Han Yuan let out a sigh.
Then he took a very strange key and opened the box.
Inside was a very thin ancient book.
There were many acupoint markings on it, and beside them were annotations on how to control spiritual energy to flow among the acupoints.
After choosing this, he also chose a "Ghost Energy Level Detector". This thing looked like a watch and also had the function of telling time. It integrated some common functions like a compass. Most importantly, it could detect the energy level of ghosts.
Such as wandering spirits, evil spirits, and evil spirits of different levels.
For example, first-level wandering spirits, ninth-level wandering spirits, third-level evil spirits, and so on.
There was still one quota left, but Chen Qing couldn't think of what to choose.
"If there's nothing you like, you can choose next time."
"Okay!"
Next, he received the standard Kunwu Knife. It looked like a Tang knife, with blood-colored patterns on the surface and was quite heavy.
Then came the team uniform, identification cards, and so on.
"Your assigned room number is 5 - 27. There's no need for a key. It uses facial recognition."
"Both the Ghost-Eliminating Team and the Ghost-Controlling Army have to undergo concentrated special training, and you're no exception. But as long as you complete the daily training quota, you can go back."
"Report tomorrow, and the formal training will start the day after tomorrow. You came two days early, so you can go back first."
"Boss, is there a teacher for cultivation? I want to learn now."
"We've invited experts from the Martial Arts School to be your theory teachers. They should arrive in about two days."
"They arrived this morning," He Qiang said beside him.
"Oh, then you can go and find him by yourself."
Chen Qing quickly found the teacher's dormitory.
The teacher's surname was Wu, named Wu Kong.
He seemed to have just finished tidying up and arranging things. He was writing a PPT on his laptop, and the title was "The Essence of Soul Movement Is Mind Movement and Spiritual Movement".
Chen Qing explained his purpose, and Wu Kong was a bit surprised.
But he still nodded approvingly and said, "I like students who are eager to learn! What's your talent level?"
"A level."
"Wow! That's rare!"
Wu Kong was even more surprised. Due to the limited conditions in the dormitory, he welcomed Chen Qing in.
He put a glass of water on the stool and surrounded the glass with his hands about an inch away from it.
"Just imagine there's an electric current between your palms and try to drive it, just like this."
After saying that, the water in the glass trembled gently without any physical contact.
"This is the Soul Movement Realm. To put it simply, soul movement is mind movement, spiritual movement, and intention movement."
"Just like some people are born able to move their nostrils or ears, while others can't no matter how hard they try."
"The Soul Movement Realm is like this. Either you can do it or you can't. Although it's the simplest and most basic realm, without talent, it's useless even if you work hard for a hundred years."
"Generally speaking, it takes one..."
Wu Kong suddenly widened his eyes.
Because the glass of water between Chen Qing's hands had moved!
"… one day to one month."
"Is your talent really just A level?"
"Yes! The captain confirmed it himself."
Wu Kong was doubtful in his heart, but he still nodded and said, "Congratulations, you've already reached the Soul Movement Realm."
"Really?"
Chen Qing was delighted.
However, Wu Kong also said that this was the simplest and most basic realm, so it wasn't too unexpected that he could reach it.
Wu Kong took out a large card. It was a hard card that was folded. Once unfolded, it formed an A1-sized acupoint map.
"Come on, take off your clothes."
Chen Qing took them off immediately.
Wu Kong took out something that looked like a pistol. At the muzzle position was a jade stone the size of a thumb, and a ghost bead was embedded in the butt of the gun.
"Having an A-level talent means that there's already quite a bit of spiritual energy in your body,"
Wu Kong pressed the muzzle against the position below the throat, "This is called the TianTu acupoint. I'll use the guiding gun to mark it for you. Try to control your spiritual energy to flow here."
As he said that, the muzzle emitted a slight coolness and a bit of numbness.
Chen Qing had never felt the "spiritual energy in his body" before, but with his guidance, he really felt that there was "spiritual energy" all over his body.
He tried hard and indeed found that he could control it.
However, it was very difficult.
It was a bit like the effort when using a mouse for the first time - although it could move, it took a lot of effort to control it.
After a while, Chen Qing slowly found the trick and painstakingly urged the spiritual energy to flow towards the position guided by the guiding gun.
The ghost bead on the butt of the guiding gun gradually lit up.
Wu Kong opened his mouth wide and was stunned.
He succeeded on the first try?
What a freak!
"Teacher, is it like this?"
Chen Qing wanted to control more spiritual energy to flow there, but as the later waves pushed the earlier ones, only a little bit of spiritual energy could stay at the TianTu acupoint.
"Yes."
Wu Kong said in a daze.
He pointed at a red line on the acupoint map, "This circle of acupoints is what's called the 'Heavenly Cycle'. Controlling the spiritual energy to flow through this circle once is called 'one Heavenly Cycle'."
"If you have time, remember to control the spiritual energy to flow through the Heavenly Cycle more often. This will form something like a force field and attract more spiritual energy into your body."
"You can go back now. Take this."
Chen Qing took a very large and thin book.
"There's no shortcut in cultivation. You must practice more."
"Understood. Thank you, teacher!"
Chen Qing left, and Wu Kong was still in a daze.
After thinking for a while, he dialed Han Yuan's number.
"Captain Han, there might be something wrong with Chen Qing's talent test. His talent couldn't be just A level."
Han Yuan was silent for a while and then said with a stiff upper lip, "That's right. I tested it myself."
Then he asked, "What's the matter?"
"He's achieved Soul Movement! And he's already learned to control spiritual energy slowly!"
"Pfft—"
The sound of spitting water came from the other end of the phone.