Master is too ambitious

The car circled the city and headed towards the bounty hunter center.

The sign of the Bounty Hunter Center is particularly eye-catching and can be seen clearly from a distance of a hundred or eighty miles. Ji Qian finds this quite interesting. Unlike in the past in Taiyi Heaven, the gatherings of independent cultivators usually took place in some restaurants and hotels.

After entering the bounty hunter center, eyes from all directions were focused on him. Seeing that Qin Annai was only in the Qi Refining stage, they were quite disdainful. And facing Ji Qian, whose cultivation level was unknown, they were a little more vigilant.

Suddenly, there was a commotion at the door. Everyone looked towards the door and saw a young man in a black windbreaker walking in with high spirits. He held up a jade box and said, "Miss Lan Xin wanted the Heart of Rock, right? I, Xiao Zhishi, have already snatched it!"

As soon as he spoke, an extremely domineering aura spread out, making people want to submit to him!

Ji Qian snapped his fingers lightly, dispersing the overbearing aura, allowing Qin Annai beside him to come to his senses. Qin Annai was panic-stricken, and felt that the overbearing aura just now was going to force him to kneel down on the spot.

Huh! The people around took a breath of cold air. This Heart of Rock was in the Deep Sea Tomb, which was filled with all kinds of terrifying beasts and extremely dangerous. Unexpectedly, Xiao Zhishi not only came out of the Deep Sea Tomb alive, but also brought back the Heart of Rock.

Xiao Zhishi smiled and said, "Not only did I bring back the Heart of Rock, I also advanced to the Golden Core!"

The people around him gasped at the announcement. He had advanced to the Golden Core stage?! How difficult was this? Most Golden Cores had to practice for hundreds of years before they could reach the Golden Core stage. How old was Xiao Zhishi, and he had actually advanced to the Golden Core stage?! How was this possible?!

Seeing everyone's expressions of surprise and disbelief, Xiao Zhishi smiled confidently and exerted a powerful pressure, which was the pressure of heaven and earth that only existed in the Jindan stage!

Seeing the respectful looks of all the people, Xiao Zhishi smiled with satisfaction. He looked around and saw only one person still standing there. It seemed that the pressure just now had no effect on him at all. He couldn't help but frown in his heart. Who was this person? He was so disrespectful to him, the Jindan Grandmaster.

Ji Qian raised his eyebrows slightly in the crowd, feeling that this man's aura was really overbearing. He then saw Xiao Zhishi looking at him with a frown, and nodded slightly at him.

Xiao Zhishi asked: "Who are you? Why are you disrespecting me?"

Ji Qian found it quite funny to hear him asking such questions. He was still a primary school student. When he saw that others had no opinion of him, he would grab them and ask them. No, this was not popular among primary school students nowadays.

Seeing that the man did not reply but just looked at him with a half-smile, Xiao Zhishi felt annoyed and he used his mighty power again. This time, the people with lower cultivation around him were almost forced to kneel down.

"Snap." The crisp sound of finger snapping suddenly rang out, and Xiao Zhishi's domineering pressure disappeared. The people around him wiped the cold sweat from their sweat and couldn't help but look at Xiao Zhishi and Ji Qian.

Xiao Zhishi smiled and said, "You are also a golden elixir!"

Ji Qian remained calm, as if none of this had anything to do with him.

Xiao Zhishi said excitedly: "From now on, you will be my opponent!"

Ji Qian curled his lips. What kind of outrageous middle school speech was this? He said, "What does this have to do with me?"

Xiao Zhishi didn't care. He just smiled and said, "Do you dare to bet with me, who will achieve the Yuan Shen first?!"

Ji Qian said, "It doesn't matter to me who becomes a god first." He paused, then said, "Since you are so confident, then I'll say you win."

Xiao Zhishi never expected Ji Qian to say that. He laughed out loud and said, "What's your name? You are my opponent and I will remember you." He then said, "It doesn't matter if you don't tell me, but you must remember that my name is Xiao Zhishi!" After saying that, he actually walked out with a smile.

As soon as Xiao Zhishi left, the entire bounty hunter center immediately began to talk.

"Who is this person?!"

"He looks unfamiliar, but judging by his appearance, he must be a Jindan Grandmaster, right?!"

"I think Xiao Zhishi will definitely win?"

Ji Qian was really speechless about this crazy person. He could only smile helplessly and said to Qin An Nai: "Let's go. We'll come back in a few days."

After leaving the Bounty Hunter Center, the two returned to the car, and Ji Qian asked, "Can we find information about Xiao Zhishi just now?"

Qin An Nai said: "I know something about Xiao Zhishi."

Ji Qian said, “I would like to hear the details.”

Xiao Zhishi was born into the same ordinary poor family as Qin An'nai, but Xiao Zhishi had three spiritual roots, so naturally his cultivation speed was faster than Qin An'nai.

Moreover, Xiao Zhishi was very confident. He firmly believed that he was a genius. He kept talking nonsense all day long, saying that he would become a single spiritual root, marry the most beautiful woman in the world, and trample all the powerful people in this world under his feet.

In response to these remarks, everyone in the school thought that Xiao Zhishi was crazy, and naturally would not let the shameless Xiao Zhishi go. They often verbally insulted him, and some even set traps for him behind his back. During a mission, some even deliberately abandoned Xiao Zhishi's cultivation status and wanted to kill him. Unexpectedly, Xiao Zhishi not only came back, but also became a single spiritual root.

This change surprised everyone in the school. Teachers and classmates alike tried to find out how Xiao Zhishi had changed his mixed spiritual roots into a single spiritual root. However, Xiao Zhishi suddenly became smart and refused to mention anything about it.

From then on, Xiao Zhishi's path of cultivation went smoothly. He quickly broke through from Qi Refining to Foundation Building, and the Foundation Building was soon completed. He said that he wanted to marry Lan Xin, the granddaughter of Yuanshen Zhenren. Now no one laughed at him for being a toad wanting to eat swan meat, and Lan Xin said that she would consider it if he could go to the Deep Sea Tomb to get the Heart of Rock.

And now, Xiao Zhishi not only obtained the heart of the rock, but even broke through the golden elixir, which is really unbelievable.

After listening to Qin Annai’s explanation, Ji Qian found it quite interesting. Isn’t this a Long Aotian-style plot?

The system said secretly: "This Xiao Zhishi should have traveled through time as well. I just saw him and his luck is very good, even comparable to yours, the host."

Ji Qian smiled slightly and said, "I don't know whether I can travel through time or not, as long as it doesn't hinder me."

The system was playing tricks on him and asked, "Do you want to use the Heavenly Justice Banner to swipe him?"

Ji Qian said: "Why bother? Even if he traveled through time, wouldn't it be fun to be the protagonist of a cool novel?"

The system grunted and stopped talking.

Qin An Nai saw that Ji Qian was silent, so he asked, "What do you think of Xiao Zhishi?"

Ji Qian smiled and said, "I don't have any opinion. As long as he doesn't come to make trouble, we can all go our separate ways. It has nothing to do with me."

Qin An'nai was stunned for a moment. Facing such provocation from Xiao Zhishi, he thought Ji Qian should be a little angry. As a result, Ji Qian didn't seem to take Xiao Zhishi seriously at all, which surprised him somewhat.

Ji Qian asked, "If I want to see the exercises now, is there a place where I can see them?"

Qin An'nai felt a little numb when he heard this question. The matter of martial arts was taken very seriously here. If it was revealed to others casually, the lighter punishment might be sentencing, and the heavier punishment might be killing.

He asked, "Why do you always want to see the exercises?"

Ji Qian was quite surprised by his question, but then he thought, this was not the Luofu Immortal Sword Sect of Taiyi Heaven. Sect points could be exchanged for martial arts, and as long as one reached the Golden Core stage, one could read any martial arts of the sect. Alternatively, there were many elementary and intermediate martial arts in the market, which could be purchased as long as one had spirit stones.

“Reading different martial arts techniques can give you different insights.” Ji Qian answered. He also thought that putting martial arts techniques aside might be the reason why the cultivation level in this world is not very high.

Qin An Nai heard this explanation and smiled bitterly, saying, "For people like us with poor spiritual roots, being able to enter the school is already a very lucky thing."

Ji Qian asked: "What can we rely on to exchange for skills in school?"

Qin An Nai said: "If you are chosen by a teacher, you can learn the skills. If you are not chosen, you will only be exposed to the basic skills."

Ji Qian nodded in understanding and asked, "Can I borrow the basic exercises for a look?"

Qin An'nai hesitated. In fact, the basic skills were not secret. As long as he spent some spirit stones, he could buy them. The so-called learning he participated in after graduating from school was actually just some basic training in the unit.

But he was still a little afraid. Ji Qian was the Jindan Grandmaster, so naturally no one dared to question his responsibilities. But Qin An Nai was different. He was just an ant with low cultivation.

Seeing that Qin Anai didn't say anything, Ji Qian stopped asking and thought about finding a way to search for the martial arts method.

Qin An Nai suddenly asked, "Why did you come to this world?"

Ji Qian said: "In order to pursue my true self, for my Tao."

Qin Annai had never heard such an answer.

When it was first discovered that I had spiritual roots, my parents were very happy, because having spiritual roots meant having a future, and the family could live a good life.

Later, when I entered school, no one seemed to care why I practiced. It was a cannibalistic place where strength and hierarchy were the most important.

But Ji Qian said that it was to pursue his true self and his way.

This completely overturned Qin Annai's cognition.

Qin Annai was silent. He was driving, thinking about the conversation with Ji Qian, thinking about what Ji Qian asked him, why he practiced, and also thinking about what he should do in the future.

After sending Ji Qian to the temporary residence, Qin Annai went back.

Ji Qian did not return to his residence, but waited for Qin Annai to leave, then turned into a breeze and disappeared into the room.

The procedures that Qin Annai handled for him included general knowledge, which is equivalent to the Internet in the real world. Just now, through the general knowledge query, Ji Qian learned about the information of this world.

Ji Qian showed up at the largest library in the city, and with the help of the completed procedures, he entered the library.

The library is very large and the contents inside are varied. Ji Qian focused on the history and cultivation techniques of this world and began to read.

This world is called the Dongxuan World. In ancient times, spiritual energy was abundant and the world of cultivation was full of talented people. Later, for unknown reasons, the spiritual energy suddenly faded, and it became increasingly difficult for mortals to practice. Until now, only two Yuanshen Zhenren have appeared in this world in thousands of years.

Ji Qian became curious. Why did the spiritual energy suddenly fade? Perhaps there was something wrong. He put this question aside and planned to explore it later.

Then we came to the basic skills area which was only open to cultivators. There were many people here, but few skills, and most of the skills on the bookshelf were replicas of the same content.

But Ji Qian did not despise these basic skills. He read each book in detail and compared the contents of each book carefully.

Later, he discovered that these basic cultivation techniques would not have been a big problem if they were used in the ancient times when spiritual energy was abundant. But now that spiritual energy is scarce, people only focus on training their bodies and accumulating spiritual power, but not on training their Tao heart and true self. It is probably a bit of a fantasy to want to build a foundation or go further.

Ji Qian put the book down, sighed, and stopped looking at other techniques. Instead, he left the library directly.

Ji Qian asked: "System, in ancient times, were there many people who achieved the Golden Core or Primordial Spirit through this method?"

The system touched its bald head and said, "This method has too many disadvantages. Host, I'm afraid this is not the original method."

Ji Qian was shocked and asked, "Did someone tamper with the technique?"

The system hummed and said, "I was created by Him, and until now, I have never seen such a method of cultivation, so I made this guess."

Ji Qian understood. If the system's guess was correct, it meant that the golden elixirs and primordial spirits of this world did not want others to share these pitifully scarce resources. They hid their true skills and then could lie down peacefully and suck blood from the millions of people in this world in order to further their cultivation.

This approach is the opposite of the practice of many major sects in Taiyi Heaven delegating some of their skills to enhance the strength of the entire cultivation world.

If this was true, Ji Qian understood what he should do here.

Now what we need to do is to prove whether these conjectures are correct or not.

On the other side, Qin Annai returned home. He kept thinking about Ji Qian's words and was heavy-hearted.

Qin Tian saw his son's worried look and asked, "Annai, what happened today?"

Zhang Xiaomei brought the food and asked, "Annai, if you are unhappy, just tell me. Mom and Dad are listening."

Qin An Nai held the chopsticks, he hesitated for a moment, and said: "The master asked me why I practiced, I... I couldn't answer..."

Qin Tian originally thought that Qin An Nai was being embarrassed or bullied by someone, but when he heard that it was this question, he was relieved and said, "Mom and Dad sent you to practice, thinking that since you have spiritual roots and can practice, you will definitely be able to do great things and bring honor to the family."

He paused, sighed, and said, "Mom and Dad don't ask for these things now. We only hope that if your mom and I leave, you can be safe and sound, not be bullied, and live a happier life."

Zhang Xiaomei looked at her son, Qin An'nai. She didn't know if it was a genetic mutation or something, but he was extremely handsome and had spiritual roots. She was happy when she was young, thinking that if her son could build a foundation, he would be able to lead the whole family to a good life. This thought weighed on Qin An'nai in disguised form. Now that she was older, she saw through it and only hoped that her son could live a stable life.

Qin Tian said, "Mom and Dad don't ask you to be rich anymore." He paused, and then said, "Son, go do something you like, don't practice for us two old bones."

Qin Annai was stunned. He didn't know what to say for a moment, but his throat was choked with sobs.