Alien Science Cultivation

"Hmm? I just punched with all my might... He must have seen my strength, but he's reluctant to point it out now... It seems he knows I'm trying to keep a low profile... Since she knows everything, that means... Shadow Peak is safer than Physical Training Peak, and the Peak Master isn't here yet..." Thinking of this, Zhang Qiang slowly spoke, "I'll choose the place that suits me best... But thank you for your honesty and... well, what?" With that, Zhang Qiang nodded slightly at Wang Yan and leaped to the top of the mountain. He had carved a cave into the cliff face. The entrance faced the cat-shaped rock at the top. The cave's only window, perched high on the cliff face, was Zhang Qiang's favorite. He could always see the starry sky through the window. Across from the window was Fiery Peak, where he could vaguely make out its buildings and bursts of flames. Zhang Qiang was quite satisfied with the location.

However, what Zhang Qiang didn't know was that after he left, Wang Yan's suspicions deepened. "The Sect Master clearly communicated his focus on Chen Ying and didn't mention Zhang Qiang, which means there's no chance Zhang Qiang is a spy. Could the Sect Master have misjudged him? Could he have misjudged someone like him? Haha... How could the Qingshan Sect have gotten this far? Could it rival the Holy Land's status... Forget it, I'll just do as the Sect Master tells me... Even a Divine King can't see through him, so how could a mere Nirvana Realm cultivator like me see through him? Let's practice... The war seems not far off... I wonder if Master is doing well. I'm sure the hardship of being an undercover agent must be tough..."

In the dead of night, Zhang Qiang opened his third dantian. His spiritual awareness flickered slightly, and the black bamboo leaves on his thigh flashed, slowly appearing before him. "Since the Peak Master isn't here... I might as well be bold... Refine these bamboo leaves as quickly as possible, starting with you... The Guixu Qi can't be replenished, and the Guixu power is limited. I'll try refining them with the spiritual energy from my first and second dantians..." An hour passed, and Zhang Qiang had no choice but to stop refining. "Oh my god... No reaction at all... It's too hard... I'll try the void power of my third dantian..." Another hour passed, and Zhang Qiang went from being ecstatic at first to being puzzled now. "These bamboo leaves can be refined in just one hour with the Guixu void power. However, the book says that it takes many years to successfully refine innate spiritual treasures, even for powerful people. I'm too fast. Refining one bamboo leaf requires two-thirds of my void power. It seems I can only refine one, and I'm content..." Thinking of this, Zhang Qiang bit his finger and drew blood to recognize the master. As the blood fell onto the bamboo leaves and was slowly absorbed by them, a sudden sensation entered his consciousness. It seemed as if there was a bamboo leaf, moving in accordance with his thoughts, and the leaves outside were also doing the same. He seemed to be able to sense the power of this bamboo leaf, which was definitely not weaker than the previous Nether Dagger. Zhang Qiang had no idea how powerful it was. After all, he didn't dare to act recklessly here, nor did he want to waste his remaining Void Power to drive it. The effect of driving it with spiritual energy was too poor, even worse than the current Nether Dagger. He looked left and right, admiring it for half an hour, and then, satisfied, prepared to put it into the Qiankun Ring. "Oh shit... I can't get in... This is a ghost..."

Zhang Qiang tried several more times unwillingly, but still couldn't put it in. An hour later, Zhang Qiang completely gave up the idea of putting the bamboo leaves into the ring. Not only the Qiankun Ring, but also the Qiankun Bag didn't work. It seemed that it was the same as before it was refined and recognized as the master. "It seems that I have to go to the Sutra Library... This thing can't be sealed in my thigh forever!..." Thinking of this, Zhang Qiang planned to seal the bamboo leaves in his thigh again. The so-called seal is nothing more than using the spiritual power in his body to wrap the bamboo leaves and put them into his skin. His own spiritual energy can well cover the breath of the bamboo leaves, making the bamboo leaves become a part of his own organization! However, when he saw the rising sun shining on the Fiery Peak opposite, Zhang Qiang gave up the idea of sealing the bamboo leaves. "That word... Chen Ying's explanation shouldn't be too wrong. That habit of looking at the watch... clear reasoning from a technological planet... Could it be that, according to Chen Ying's speculation, this treasure can be kept inside the body to grow? How can it grow? The powerful object in the beast core... then can it be placed inside the golden core? This is no joke. What if the golden core explodes... it's game over. Let's try..." Thinking this, Zhang Qiang moved his mind, and the bamboo leaf flew towards Zhang Qiang's third dantian. Tentatively, he slowly brought the bamboo leaf closer to the dantian. The bamboo leaf's phantom in his mind seemed extremely eager and excited, and the closer it got to the dantian, the harder it became to control. The little creature seemed to have its own consciousness. "Since it has recognized its master, if it harms me, it will also suffer harm... Let it go and let it make its own choice..." Thinking this, Zhang Qiang once again controlled the bamboo leaf, carefully bringing it as close to the third dantian as possible, relinquishing his mental control. The little creature, indeed, possessed a modicum of self-awareness. It instantly pressed itself close to Zhang Qiang's third dantian and, with the tail of its bamboo leaf, tapped the outer wall of Zhang Qiang's third dantian, as if assessing its quality or perhaps checking if it was what he desired. Zhang Qiang's consciousness observed its every move, a look of nervousness on his face, fearing it would disdain him and flee without him. Or perhaps, perhaps even fretting over his inner self. After about a minute, the little creature, seemingly unimpressed by Zhang Qiang's third dantian, vanished in an instant... "Damn... I really was disliked..." Zhang Qiang was speechless, about to use his consciousness to detect if it had truly fled when he suddenly noticed the little creature reappear at his second dantian, seemingly unfazed this time. The bamboo leaf mysteriously crossed the outer wall of his dantian, as if resting comfortably in a bath of spiritual energy. Zhang Qiang's anxious heart finally calmed, and he prepared to withdraw his consciousness and head for class. Something strange happened again: the restless little creature suddenly stepped out of his second dantian and vanished again. "Fuck you... Grandpa... what are you doing?" The little guy seemed to sense Zhang Qiang's displeasure. He appeared at the third dantian and stepped in without hesitation. He hunched his back towards Zhang Qiang's gaze, as if in disdain or grievance, his body twitching as if he were crying. "Fuck you... How much do you dislike yourself? How much have you wronged it? Sigh... But honestly, this Qi training level isn't worth all the years of practice..."

Afterward, Zhang Qiang ignored the bamboo leaf and quickly exited the cave, sprinting towards the bishop's building. When Zhang Qiang reached the entrance to the hall, the freshmen class had already begun. Glancing at Wang Yan, who was listlessly teaching, Zhang Qiang looked embarrassed and tiptoed into the crowd. Wang Yan naturally noticed Zhang Qiang was late, but to her, his lateness was far superior to his absence, and the corners of her eyes and mouth lifted involuntarily.

When class started, Wang Yan hadn't seen Zhang Qiang, thinking he'd gone to the Physical Training Peak. Now that she saw Zhang Qiang back, she was naturally happy. With that terrifying speed and power, if she left Shadow Peak, it would definitely be a huge loss for her!

A week passed in a flash, and the day Wang Yan had mentioned—the trial at the edge of the Western Forest—had arrived. Zhang Qiang had initially assumed only the Shadow Peak disciples would be going, but unexpectedly, every disciple in the sect would be going, including former disciples. Of course, this "everyone" only referred to those who could go. After all, a sect as vast as Qingshan Sect still needed disciples to protect it.