50: First time cultivating in the Spirit Tower

Jiang Peng cursed and swore, finishing his coffee in one gulp. "Those shameless bastards."

Another half minute passed.

"Being shameless is good. It's better than being too proud and holding onto one's status. Shameless is better."

After finishing the coffee, Jiang Peng stood up to leave, but was unexpectedly stopped by a waiter.

"Hello, you haven't settled the bill yet."

Jiang Peng: "?"

"Settle the bill?"

"Yes, settle the bill."

"You... I... they..."

The waiter smiled slightly. "They didn't settle the bill."

Jiang Peng gritted his teeth. "How much?"

"8 points."

"What did you say?"

Jiang Peng's face darkened. "Are you trying to extort me too?"

The waiter maintained his smile. "You're joking. Those two just ordered two cups of dragon fish milk tea. It contains Dragon Fish Essence and is a Spiritual Qi Drink, worth 4 points."

Hearing this.

Jiang Peng's expression softened slightly as he murmured, "At least they had a conscience, knowing to order a 4-point coffee for me."

"Wait, that coffee was just ordinary coffee."

"Good grief, you dare run a shady shop in the academy?"

The waiter explained, "Your coffee was a complimentary gift."

"What the hell?"

"Please mind your tone, guest."

Jiang Peng clenched his fists, his chest heaving. He felt like he was about to explode with rage. "Those two bastards actually gave me a complimentary gift."

"Still not right. If the coffee was free, why is it 8 points?"

"You still dare to say you aren't a shady shop?"

The waiter still maintained his smile. "Because when those two left, they took two cups of dragon fish milk tea to go, so it's 8 points in total."

"Ha... haha..."

Jiang Peng laughed out of pure anger. "Good! Very good!"

"8 points, I'll pay!" Jiang Peng growled.

"Thank you, please come again!"

After swiping his Wristband, Jiang Peng left.

As soon as he stepped out, he roared at the sky.

"Xiao Weiqing, Wei Lan, you two just wait."

Meanwhile.

On the way to the Spiritual Energy Tower, the two of them paused slightly. "Brother Qing, was someone calling me?"

Xiao Weiqing nodded. "I think I heard someone calling me too."

"Forget it, let's go. Now that we have points, let's Cultivate well. We can't let the senior down; your cousin really is a good person."

"Mhm, my cousin has always been very good to me."

"Let's go, let's check out the Spiritual Energy Tower."

Ten minutes later.

The two of them arrived in front of a giant tower.

"Wow, so this tower is actually this big," Wei Lan exclaimed.

Xiao Weiqing was also a bit stunned.

On their first day at Luo Jiang Academy, they had seen several towers from the zhi yong ship. They knew the buildings were large then, but they hadn't expected them to be this massive.

Just this Spiritual Energy Tower alone, looking at it with the naked eye, covered an area of over 100,000 square meters.

Xiao Weiqing opened the academy's intranet and found the introduction for the Spiritual Energy Tower.

The Spiritual Energy Tower is divided into nine segments.

It covers an area of 105,000 square meters.

Floors 1-5 have nearly 3,000 Spiritual Energy Cultivation Rooms, with a Spiritual Qi concentration twice as high as the outside world.

Floors 6-10 combined also have 2,000 Spiritual Energy Cultivation Rooms, with a Spiritual Qi concentration three times as high as the outside world.

The higher one goes, the fewer cultivation rooms there are, and the higher the Spiritual Qi concentration.

The Spiritual Energy Tower has a total of 50 floors, stands nearly 240 meters tall, and contains over 10,000 Spiritual Energy Cultivation Rooms.

As expected of Luo Jiang Academy, once a top-three academy.

"Let's go in."

The two of them entered the Spiritual Energy Tower.

Inside the tower, it was divided into four large areas by two corridors running east-west and north-south.

The circular hall in the center was a place for resting, also providing food and drinks.

Scanning the area, people were constantly entering cultivation rooms, while others were trickling out.

"Brother Qing, which floor should we go to?"

Xiao Weiqing said, "Since we entered the Upper Academy, we have a free monthly quota, but it's limited to floors 1-5. If we go to the 6th floor, the quota will likely be deducted more quickly, or we'd have to buy it with points."

"With our current strength, going to the 6th floor might be a waste. Let's find a Spiritual Energy room on the lower floors first to see the effect before deciding."

"Mhm, I'll follow your lead, Brother Qing."

The first floor was basically full.

The two of them went to the second floor, each found a room, swiped their Wristbands, and entered.

This Spiritual Energy Cultivation Room was about 20 to 30 square meters in size, with only a Prayer Mat in the center and nothing else.

Xiao Weiqing swiped for a 3-hour quota and impatiently sat down to begin his Spiritual Qi Cultivation; after all, this was all timed.

He hadn't felt much when he walked in, but when Xiao Weiqing began to activate the Qi Absorption Method...

Immediately.

The difference became apparent.

Fast.

Visibly fast.

The Spiritual Qi absorption was estimated to be more than half as fast, nearly eighty percent faster.

Xiao Weiqing didn't think too much and seized the opportunity to absorb Spiritual Qi.

Time passed.

Xiao Weiqing could clearly feel the Spiritual Qi in his shenque acupoint increasing continuously.

55%... 56%... 57%... it gave him the feeling of leveling up in a game after using a double experience card, making it hard to stop.

However, this rush came quickly and left just as fast.

Three hours passed in the blink of an eye.

A mechanical voice sounded within the Spiritual Energy Cultivation Room.

"Time is up. Trainee, please leave the cultivation room and do not leave any valuables behind."

Xiao Weiqing opened his eyes, feeling a bit reluctant.

"Oh no, I'm addicted to absorbing Spiritual Qi."

He felt like he could continue cultivating; his body was far from saturated, and another three hours wouldn't be a problem.

"This 120-hour free quota is simply not enough."

"If I have to spend points, double the Spiritual Qi would cost 20 points per hour."

"Even if I only Cultivate for two extra hours a day, that's 1,200 points a month. And that's just for the Spiritual Energy Tower; don't forget, the Meditation Tower also requires points."

What about later?

Triple Spiritual Qi, five times the Spiritual Qi... the points consumed would be unimaginable.

Thinking of this, Xiao Weiqing finally understood why even someone with Jiang Peng's strength couldn't bear to repair his damaged aircraft.

There were simply too many places where points were needed.

This was only the most basic cultivation. Because of the Luo River, there was no shortage of Demon Cores for the Body Tempering Tower, so points weren't needed there. Otherwise, his points probably wouldn't even cover basic cultivation.

According to the experience of seniors on the forum, a Technique Cultivator should at least learn one self-defense Innate Skill, whether it be blades and swords or hand-to-hand combat.

They couldn't rely entirely on techniques; their Spiritual Qi was far from enough at this stage, so knowing a close-combat Innate Skill was absolutely necessary.

But Innate Skills had to be bought with points. Even a Grade 2 Extraordinary Talent would cost over a thousand points, Grade 3 would easily cost several thousand or even ten thousand, let alone Grade 4.

The key issue was that if one chose a weapon, they would also need to purchase a corresponding Spiritual Qi Weapon, which was another expense of points.

Xiao Weiqing shook his head, "Forget it, I'll take it one step at a time. The academy also has ways to earn points; if all else fails, I'll just have to take out a loan."

He walked out of the Spiritual Energy Cultivation Room and went to the first-floor resting area.

Wei Lan was already waiting.

Xiao Weiqing also saw a young man talking to Wei Lan.

However, Wei Lan ignored him the entire time.

Xiao Weiqing walked over.

"Have you been waiting long?"

"No, Brother Qing, I just came out too."

The young man nearby saw Xiao Weiqing, glanced between the two, and seeing the look in Wei Lan's eyes, immediately understood something.

"Junior sister, sorry to bother you."

He then nodded to Xiao Weiqing and strode away without any hesitation.