In the Academy's cafeteria in the evening.

Sun Chuci and Tuanzi didn't go straight back to the dorm but came here to eat.

Tomato scrambled eggs, potato chicken cubes, stir-fried oil spinach, and vinegar bean sprouts. This was tonight's standard fare in the cafeteria – free, no points needed.

From a nutritional standpoint, the free food was actually quite good.

The two ate with their heads down. At the next table, someone was peeling crayfish, picking crab legs, and gnawing on lamb chops—all exchanged for points.

Among the students, there were always some spendthrifts who, after earning points, would come to the cafeteria and bars to enjoy themselves.

As everyone passed by Sun Chuci and Tuanzi, they couldn't help but look sideways at their shabby appearance.

The characteristics of this Agricultural Academy were just too obvious.

Someone nearby muttered in a low voice, "Are these Agricultural Academy students? It's too miserable…"

"Heh, they asked for it."

Tuanzi raised her eyebrows while eating, Sun Chuci glanced at her: "Don't pay attention to them."

Tuanzi sighed, "I just don't understand why you had to sign up for the Agricultural Academy. The others in our team don't understand either."

Sun Chuci pondered for a moment but didn't refute.

Their team had always consisted of seven people, working together in the Inner World to get where they are now. Everyone listened to him.

It was only on the matter of enrolling in the Agricultural Academy that others had different opinions. Everyone felt that going to the Agricultural Academy was useless.

After all, the Academy was fun and new for everyone. The colorful life here, even if it meant working hard to earn points, was enjoyable.

The Technology Academy's courses could turn you into a scientist or hacker, and the Supernatural Academy had personal tutors for Cultivation. Either was better than the Agricultural Academy.

Having finally become a Time Traveler, how could you go farming?

So, only Sun Chuci enrolled in the Agricultural Academy, and Tuanzi enrolled only because she couldn't bear to leave him alone.

Sun Chuci thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you transfer? I asked, and the procedure is very simple. You can apply on the Academy's website."

Tuanzi pouted, "Leave you alone? I won't do that."

Saying this, Tuanzi secretly looked at Sun Chuci before continuing to shovel food into her mouth.

At this time, the other five members of their team arrived, along with a new friend they had just met.

Upon seeing Sun Chuci and Tuanzi's appearance, they were immediately surprised, "You really did this to yourselves."

"Mmm," Sun Chuci nodded, "How about you guys?"

One of them laughed, "Not bad. The Supernatural Academy has many interesting people. There are over a hundred Awakened Ones who aren't Time Travelers. A classmate in the Academy has a particularly powerful ability—he can pull others into his mirror world and make them lose their way."

Sun Chuci smiled, "Amazing. Let's have a small meeting tonight? I'll talk about my views on the Agricultural Academy, and I also hope you'll join me."

The five members of the team looked at each other, "Ah, Chuci, we've already taken a lecture class tonight. It's about classic Inner World Metahumans battle videos—supposedly footage of Shendai Yunluo and Xu Linsen fighting. We still have class...By the way, the class gives 10 points."

Sun Chuci was silent for a few seconds before smiling brightly, "Then you guys should hurry to class."

The five hesitated for a moment before finally leaving.

Sun Chuci looked across at Tuanzi, who was quietly crying. He smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"

Tuanzi wiped her tears with her dirty hand, smudging her Face[-], "Nothing, I just feel it's been pretty tough for everyone all this time, and now it's suddenly like this."

Sun Chuci took a bite of food, "What are you thinking? We're not parting ways. It's just that we're not in the same Academy."

In a lifetime, people have many friends. Sometimes they drift apart, sometimes they reunite. It's all normal.

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In the dorm.

Xiao Yu cried after showering, "No, I want to transfer. I'd rather die than go to the Agricultural Academy!"

Ma Jingjing tried to persuade her, "Hang in there. It won't be this tiring every day. There will definitely be easier times later, and we're Time Travelers. We should be able to endure some hardship."

Xiao Yu said hysterically, "Enduring hardship is one thing, but this Agricultural Academy clearly doesn't teach anything. It's just digging, digging, digging all day."

Yi Wenbo analyzed, "We've all been through Forbidden Zone 10. Who the dean is, I don't need to say more. And who else can make zard act like a little follower? Judging from his attitude towards the dean, the dean is undoubtedly Qing Chen."

Xiao Yu thought about this, "Then I don't want to go either. Why don't you guys go? You can tell me if there's any good news."

This sentence implied a sense of, "You suffer, I enjoy the benefits."

Ma Jingjing pondered, "That seems like a way to do it. After all, we're a team, and we don't have to be in the same Academy. No matter which Academy has good news, we can share the information."

To be honest, Ma Jingjing knew very well that there were so few people in the Agricultural Academy that if you left, you left. How could you possibly enjoy the benefits of the Academy after leaving?

But there was nothing to be done. He also didn't want to comfort others every day. After all, every adult had their own choices.

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The sound of rushing water came.

Steam rose from the washroom in the dorm, someone was showering.

"Kongyin, are you really not considering transferring?" A chubby girl in the same dorm asked through the glass door, "Look at how dirty your clothes are. This Agricultural Academy isn't for classes; they're treating you like coolies."

No one in the washroom spoke.

The girl continued, "You were so relaxed filming outside. I don't know why you came to the Academy, and now you're farming. Do you know what people are saying outside? They say you're a fallen princess. It's infuriating to hear. I know you came to the Academy to seek Cultivation inheritance to protect yourself, but going to the Agricultural Academy doesn't align with your goal. What can you learn there?"

At this time, Shendai Kongyin came out of the bathroom wrapped in a bath towel.

She sat on the bed in a daze, occasionally looking at the vast ocean outside the floor-to-ceiling window.

"What kind of princess am I? I'm just an ordinary Time Traveler like you," Shendai Kongyin said.

The chubby girl sat on the bed eating chips, "It's different. Before you became a Time Traveler, you were the artistic goddess of that island nation, the heroine of a national treasure-level director. You're like our country's "Mou girl'."

Shendai Kongyin looked at the blisters on her hands, then smiled gently, "Those are things of the past. Let's not talk about it. I need to rest. I'm really tired today."

"Kongyin, I'm curious. Why did you want to join the Agricultural Academy?" The girl asked.

Shendai Kongyin laughed, "I just thought there might be someone there. Although I haven't found him yet, maybe he'll appear someday. It's quite interesting. And, the Agricultural Academy has so few people. I can easily rank in the top fifty, and those points are pretty good too."

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Agricultural Academy, morning.

Zard again scurried over to bring Qing Chen a chair. Qing Chen lay on the chair with a smile, "Two fewer people, only six left."

At this time, among the people on the field, there were only Nangong Yuanyu, Sun Chuci, Tuanzi, Ma Jingjing, Yi Wenbo, and Shendai Kongyin—six people. Xiao Yu and Li Mengyun had transferred.

Qing Chen didn't mind.

Nangong Yuanyu calmly asked, "Dean, the pits are all dug. What are we doing today?"

"Fill them up."

All six students showed a surprised expression, with a hint of incomprehension and anger.

Qing Chen said, "It's still possible to transfer now."

Saying this, he began to close his eyes and rest, visualizing that thunder decision in his mind.

He found that even just visualizing those Immortal Seal Script characters could nourish and slowly strengthen the thunder in his body.

He wondered what changes would happen after deciphering the entire text.

Nangong Yuanyu was silent for a moment before turning to get a shovel and refilling the pit with earth.

The others also silently got to work.

Qing Chen lay down from morning till evening, as if he were sunbathing on the beach.

After the six people had refilled all the pits, he had zard pick a leaf from each Chicken Blood Bud: "Crush it and rub it on your hands to heal injuries. Use it; otherwise, your hands will rot and you won't be able to work tomorrow."

Saying this, he walked into the shadow of the war fortress.

Zheng Yuandong leaned against the wall and smiled, "You're not old, but you're quite ruthless. I saw Tuanzi and Shendai Kongyin, their eyes were red when they filled the pits."

Qing Chen didn't respond but asked, "Have the Taoists arrived?"

"They have. They all know Immortal Seal Script."

Ten minutes later, Qing Chen sat in the Kunlun command center, looking at the five gray-haired old Taoists in front of him and politely said, "I've troubled you all to come and help translate some text."

The old Taoist, "Is there food?"

Qing Chen was stunned, "Yes."

"That's fine."

Qing Chen couldn't help but smile. Taoists were more casual than Buddhists. They didn't want payment, just food.

"Do you have any other requests?" Qing Chen asked.

"No," one of them drooped his eyelids, his eyebrows hanging down to his chin, "Being able to see what our ancestors left behind is already quite rare. Logically speaking, we should thank you."

Qing Chen shook his head, "I won't show you the full text. I'll scramble the order of the 281 characters and divide them into five parts for you to translate cross-referencing to confirm the correctness."

The old Taoist smiled, "It's alright. After the translation, you can tell us the name of this article."

Qing Chen glanced at Zheng Yuandong and divided the thunder decision into five parts, each with 201 characters, cross-referencing each other to prevent anyone from pretending to understand.

He needed three people to translate a character correctly before he could believe it.

After all, there weren't many Taoists in this world who understood Immortal Seal Script.

After less than half an hour, the five old Taoists each handed over a piece of paper.

Qing Chen first pieced together the title and questioned, "The title is Myriad Gods Thunder Technique?"

A Taoist's eyes lit up, "Myriad Gods Thunder Technique? Is there really a Myriad Gods Thunder Technique in this world? The Myriad Gods Thunder Technique of the Nine Heavens Responding Yuan Thunder Sound Universal Heavenly Venerable?"

Qing Chen ignored him, recalling the characters the old Taoists had translated and piecing together the Myriad Gods Thunder Technique inheritance.

These 281 characters, excluding the title Myriad Gods Thunder Technique, contained 277 characters.

These are divided into four sections:

The first section is the Supreme Dao.

The second section is the Number of Qi.

The third section is the Three Calamities and Nine Misfortunes.

The fourth section is the Control of Life and Death.

Four sections of Breathing Technique again?

Why are orthodox Cultivation inheritances all four-section Breathing Techniques? The Zhunti Method is, and the Myriad Gods Thunder Technique is too.

The words of the Cultivation inheritance are its essence, but the real way to unlock it is the Breathing Technique.

The first node is inhalation, the second node is exhalation, sentence after sentence forming the Breathing Technique, opening the Cultivation inheritance.

Qing Chen constantly adjusted his breathing, memorizing the frequency of his breathing with the rhythm of the text.

When he completed the first section of Breathing Technique, "Supreme Dao," golden light appeared in his tightly closed eyes, as if golden light were about to flow from the gaps in his pupils.

Ni Ergou watched from the side, even suspecting that if Qing Chen were to shed a tear at this moment, it would be a thunderbolt.

When Qing Chen completed the second section of Breathing Technique, "Number of Qi," golden clouds appeared with his every breath.

Judging by the momentum of the Breathing Technique alone, this Myriad Gods Thunder Technique was far grander than the Zhunti Method.

When Qing Chen completed the third section of Breathing Technique, "Three Calamities and Nine Misfortunes," his aura remained strong, and thunder flashed behind him.

When Qing Chen completed the fourth section of Breathing Technique, "Control of Life and Death," flame patterns suddenly bloomed on both sides of his cheeks, and circular thunder floated behind his head.

The old Taoists were shocked by this sight, "Heavens… Heavenly Venerable?!"

Saying this, the old Taoists were about to kneel down. Ni Ergou quickly stopped them, "Don't do that, don't do that."

The old Taoist didn't know where he got the strength but pushed away Ni Ergou, a B-class Awakened One. The old man angrily said, "Don't be unreasonable in front of the Heavenly Venerable! Kneel down quickly; don't offend the Heavenly Venerable!"

Ni Ergou: …

Lu Yuan: …

Zheng Yuandong: …

Qing Chen opened his eyes and looked at Zheng Yuandong, "It's a Breathing Technique, you can Cultivate."

At this moment, the thunder in his body surged endlessly. Previously like stagnant water, it was now like a long river.

Qing Chen said, "Don't give the fourth section of Breathing Technique to anyone casually. You must proceed step by step. Using the fourth section of Breathing Technique rashly may lead to a Trial of Heart state. You can understand it as a demonic obsession. If you're not careful, you'll die."

At this time, referring to the Zhunti Method and the Myriad Gods Thunder Technique, Qing Chen finally confirmed one point: Cultivation inheritances in this world converge into one path. To cross the gap between B-class and A-class, you must undergo a Trial of Heart.

But strangely, why don't Awakened Ones need to undergo a Trial of Heart?

Qing Chen pondered.

No, no.

Those grieving opportunities that can awaken people are, in themselves, another form of the Trial of Heart.

The good news is that the True Qi cultivated from the Myriad Gods Thunder Technique can't increase his physique but can increase the thunder in his body.

Perhaps this Myriad Gods Thunder Technique is the key to helping Awakened Ones break through the A-class.

However, Qing Chen still didn't know when the thunder would reach the qualitative change from quantitative change.

On the side, Ni Ergou and Lu Yuan looked at each other, Did they really get the Cultivation inheritance?

An orthodox Cultivation inheritance with four sections of Breathing Technique and no side effects?

Zheng Yuandong let out a long sigh of relief.

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In the Academy forum.

Someone posted, "It's said that the students of the Agricultural Academy dug pits all day yesterday and then filled them up today. Haha, really, it was revealed by someone near them."

Someone replied, "That's too miserable…"

"It's really miserable. I saw them after school today; they were so tired they didn't even bother running for points."

At this time, someone posted, "Brothers and sisters, I'd like to ask for your help. My brother is in Yunlian Company in City 10. Is there anyone influential in the company who can help? I'm currently competing with another person for the supervisor position. Whoever can help me get promoted, I'm willing to trade 40 points. This is what I've managed to save in the past two days."

Now that everyone was burdened with the Secret-Keeping Technique, revealing their identities didn't seem to matter much. So some people thought that maybe they could help each other, letting the big shots help them.

This seemingly ordinary post caused a stir because before, no one had tried trading points between students!

Someone replied to the post,

The poster replied, "It's simple. On the last page of A, there's a point trading platform for students to post tasks."

"Eh, it seems there really is!"

"Wow, you can actually trade points? Wait, I'm willing to pay 10,000 yuan to buy 100 points. Anyone selling? I can go drinking haha!"

Someone commented, "Wow, you meet a P2W player everywhere?"

However, after glancing at the trading interface, everyone realized that each transaction here must post a legitimate task, and the task must be reviewed by Kunlun. Then someone accepts the task, completes it within the time limit, and receives the points after Kunlun's review.

You can't post a task like "Help me fart in the Inner World" to launder money; it won't pass the review.

This is all manual review. P2W players immediately realized that this would increase the difficulty and cost of direct point trading.

At this moment, a new official announcement was posted at the top of forum A:

The Academy will launch a point exchange system. Currently, only one item can be exchanged: the first section of Breathing Technique from the orthodox Cultivation inheritance, Myriad Gods Thunder Technique. The exchange amount is 200 points.

This is a very low threshold. Students who run for points can earn it in about seven or eight days. Even for the lazy ones, twenty days is enough to get it.

This means that everyone in the Academy, regardless of whether they are in the basic Academy, the Supernatural Academy, or the Technology Academy, can Cultivate.

This is a kind of universal benefit; the overall strength of the Academy will be improved.

However, in the Supernatural Academy, there are people who specifically teach fighting skills, Cultivation techniques, assassination and infiltration, intelligence reconnaissance, etc.

At this point, no one mentioned selling points anymore.

Why sell points? Even if you sell points, you have to exchange this awesome-sounding Myriad Gods Thunder Technique first!

Ma Jingjing looked at her phone with bright eyes. They finally got what they wanted.

And the Agricultural Academy gives 30 points a day, which is higher than what others get from running.

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