Revelation of the Way of Heaven

Xu Yafen was merely offering Qin Xiaochuan friendly advice and had no other intentions. Seeing that he had a clear plan for his cultivation, she didn't say anything more, nodded to him, and then walked away.

After she left, Qin Xiaochuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. What he had just told her was just a delaying tactic. It wouldn't work in the long run. If he continued to learn D-level skills after he had fully mastered those two skills, he would definitely be suspected, which would be really troublesome.

"Sigh, I wonder how Han Kexin's investigation into the Seven Star Lamp is going. If this continues, I'm under a lot of pressure." Qin Xiaochuan thought for a moment, then continued studying his fireball technique.

After finishing his morning classes, Qin Xiaochuan had no more classes in the afternoon. After lunch, he immediately called Han Kexin. As soon as the call connected, he heard a cold voice on the other end: "What is it? Speak!"

Hearing her icy voice so suddenly, Qin Xiaochuan couldn't help but shiver, even though it was noon. He really didn't know what he had done to offend her again.

He asked cautiously, "How's the investigation into the Seven Star Lamp incident going?"

"Is this all there is to it?" Her voice remained icy.

"Yeah, otherwise what did you think...?"

Before he could finish speaking, she coldly said, "We'll talk about this tonight. I'll only tell you one thing now."

"What?" Qin Xiaochuan asked quickly.

"If you call me again at noon unless it's something really important, I'll make you wish you were dead." With that, he hung up the phone.

Qin Xiaochuan stood there for a while, holding the phone, before she realized what was happening. Yes, it was noon, but to her it was the middle of the night. No wonder she was angry.

"Even though we're in the same city, it feels like we're separated by the Atlantic Ocean, and I have to deal with the time difference." Qin Xiaochuan shook his head helplessly and walked towards the back of the Spiritual Studies Department's teaching building.

The back mountain is where the spiritual studies department practices their skills. Since it was noon, most people had gone back to their dormitories, so there was no one else on the mountain.

Because the back mountain was previously used by the biology department as a place to tame animals, it was not particularly developed, and the mountain was covered with towering trees and jagged rocks.

He stood in front of a pine tree with a diameter of 20 centimeters, and used his consciousness to control his spiritual power. A red fireball the size of a bowl appeared in front of him, and then, with a thought, he swiftly smashed the fireball into the pine tree.

With a muffled thud, the fireball shattered, leaving a black dent on the pine tree trunk. He walked over and took a look; the dent was about one centimeter deep.

Qin Xiaochuan nodded in satisfaction. Although it was only a D-level skill, the fireball spell was still quite powerful. If it hit someone, that person would be seriously injured even if they didn't die.

"I wonder what the effect would be if I used level 8 spiritual power to cast a fireball spell?" Qin Xiaochuan wondered to himself.

He had been thinking about this problem during class this morning, but it wasn't convenient to test it in the classroom at the time. Now it's a good time to give it a try.

With that in mind, he first released all his spiritual power into the witch's ring, and then channeled the spiritual power from the witch's ring into his body.

As soon as that small spoonful of level 8 spiritual energy entered his body, he immediately cast a fireball spell.

Another fireball appeared in front of him, but this one was dark red, a much deeper color than the previous one, and it looked like it could destroy everything.

"Fireball!" he shouted, and the fireball hurled itself at the pine tree once more.

"boom!"

A loud bang rang in his ears, startling him. He hadn't expected the fireball spell to be so powerful; it nearly shattered the tree trunk, which was almost a meter long.

"Oh no!" He suddenly realized something, and seeing the tree trunk slowly falling towards him, he took off running, with the sound of branches hitting each other echoing behind him.

"Boom!" Another loud noise, and the tree trunk fell behind him. Watching the leaves fluttering in the wind, Qin Xiaochuan did not stop for a moment.

He knew he had to hurry here; if he were discovered, there might be unexpected trouble, and he didn't want to become famous again.

"I didn't expect that the power released by level 8 spiritual power would be so great. Judging from the effect just now, even a normal C-level skill couldn't achieve that." Qin Xiaochuan pondered to himself, feeling an indescribable excitement.

However, this consumes a lot of spiritual energy. Now he only has half of the spiritual energy left in his body. In other words, if he doesn't use the spiritual energy in the Witch's Ring, he can only use the Fireball spell twice. This amount of consumption sounds frightening.

Although the ring contains a lot of spiritual energy and there is no immediate worry about it running out, it is definitely not good to only take in and not give out. He decided that he would store spiritual energy into the ring from time to time in the future.

Returning to his dormitory with joy, he first released all the spiritual power in his body into the witch ring, and then began to meditate and cultivate his spirit according to the method he had learned in class.

Meditation, to put it simply, is somewhat similar to sitting meditation; it involves entering a state of selflessness, in which one's willpower is greatly enhanced.

However, entering a meditative state is not easy. It requires the person meditating to concentrate their consciousness highly. If there is even the slightest distraction, the meditation will fail. Therefore, it is a test of a person's willpower.

A person's willpower is influenced by their celestial soul power, which is one of the reasons why soul power determines the speed at which one's courage increases.

Because of the damage to Qin Xiaochuan's Heavenly Soul, meditation is really difficult for him. Whenever he tries to enter a meditative state, other thoughts always flash through his mind, making it impossible for him to concentrate. He has racked his brains over this.

But then he discovered a trick to quickly enter a meditative state.

The trick is simple: before meditating, he releases all his spiritual energy into the magic ring. Due to the lack of spiritual energy, his head immediately feels very heavy and tired. When he meditates, he has no extra energy to think about other things, and meditation immediately becomes easier.

In addition, he also discovered that through this kind of meditation, his spiritual power improved much faster than before. Although he had only cultivated for three days, he already felt that the spiritual power in his body had increased a lot. At this rate, even without the Seven Star Lamp, he could immediately rise to level 3 of spiritual power, which was a pleasant surprise.

He could stay in a meditative state for half a day (which was a miracle for someone like him who couldn't sit still). After dinner, when he was about to return to his dormitory, his phone suddenly rang.

He picked up his phone and saw that it was Han Kexin calling. He immediately answered the call, and her cold voice came through: "The whereabouts of the Seven Star Lamp have been found. We'll go pick it up on Friday night."

He asked, "Where do I pick it up?"

"I'll tell you when the time comes," Han Kexin replied simply and hung up.

"Haha, I've finally found it! I don't have to worry about being exposed anymore," he thought excitedly.

I just don't know how far away the Seven Star Lamp is; this woman is really tight-lipped.

He shook his head to banish these pointless thoughts, then thought, "Whatever, tomorrow's Friday anyway, things will be clear then."

As soon as he got back to the dorm, Ma Qichao grabbed him and said in a thick accent, "Xiao Chuan, we've been waiting for you. Turn on the computer quickly."

"What are you doing?" he asked, puzzled.

"Let's play together! It's been so long since we played together. You have to play today no matter what," Ma Qichao said, dissatisfied.

Qin Xiaochuan smiled at him, but he hesitated in his heart. In fact, he wanted to continue cultivating.

Gao Xiang noticed his hesitation and said, "You're not still thinking about meditating, are you? I'm saying you've gone crazy choosing this spiritual studies major. Why do you do nothing all day but meditate? Is this a spiritual studies major? It looks more like a Zen studies major."

"Haha." Qin Xiaochuan laughed, but didn't explain much to them (nor could he explain it clearly), and then said loudly, "Okay, let's have a good fight tonight. You guys go next door and call two more people. We'll play five-man and crush the elementary school kids."

"Okay," Gao Xiang said happily, and before he finished speaking, he had already run to the next room.