I am a demonic cultivator, not a capitalist with a conscience.

Chapter 34 Spell Seeds
In Tianyuan or other cities, if a cultivator fails to get into university, they will remain at the Qi Refining stage for life and will never qualify for Foundation Establishment.

Therefore, the college entrance examination becomes extremely important, and many monks dedicate their lives to serving the college entrance examination, but unfortunately, they never succeed in their lifetime.

Without foundation building, one will not receive the seed of Daoist magic bestowed by the Star Lord, and thus will be unable to perform spells.

Therefore, Qi refining is only the foundation of cultivation; Foundation Building is the true path to immortality.

After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, not only will one's energy increase significantly, but one's absorption and utilization of spiritual energy will also reach a new level. With good fortune, one may even obtain supernatural abilities that can be used without magical power, truly a meteoric rise to the top.

Some people even go so far as to sacrifice their lifespan to associate with demonic sects or evil gods, all in order to obtain the qualification for Foundation Establishment, even if it means becoming a heretical cultivator despised by everyone.

But Luo Tong's research approach is different.

He was a talisman genius from a young age. Before he could speak, he could draw sixty-four kinds of talismans, and as soon as he could hold a pen, he could draw pictures, which was amazing.

After entering high school, he mastered all sixty-four types of talismans and was a popular candidate for entering the Xuanfa Sect last year.

However, he still failed.

Because of his extraordinary talent, his research on talismans reached an exceptionally high level, and he eventually discovered that some combinations of talismans could be used to perform magic without the need for a Dao seed.

Although the types of spells that can be cast are limited, this breaks with previous understanding and represents a completely new direction for talisman research.

However, this discovery was too advanced for its time, and no one recognized it.

In order to gain the acceptance of his theory, Luo Tong took advantage of the only opportunity that everyone could see and wrote down all his ideas in the essay question of the college entrance examination.

The good news is: he has indeed gained attention.

The bad news is: it's the supervisory bureau.

The supervisory bureau at the next higher level in Tianyuan City took direct action and detained him on charges of colluding with evil gods. All aspects related to talismans were given a score of zero, and even the three good brothers he had mentored were affected.

If it weren't for the Tianyuan Cultivator Committee's insistence that Luo Tong was innocent, it would be questionable whether he could even get out of prison now.

Because of the immense blow, Luo Tong was unable to recover for a long time, even to this day.

After a moment of silence, Glasses said in a low voice, "Luo Tong, have you thought this through? You were underage before, so you weren't criminally punished, and you were lucky that the Tianyuan Cultivator Committee paid the fine. If you get caught again, things will be much more difficult."

"A scholar will die for one who understands him! President Chen has treated us well, and I cannot hold back. Besides, even if I get arrested this time, it's just my problem, so you can just blame it on me."

“…Send…send it to me!” the short man said haltingly. “I…I’m underage.”

The tall, thin man patted his chest, indicating that it was for me.

Telling the brothers to calm down, Luo Tong said, "Just give it to me. If you give it to me, they'll definitely trace it back to me anyway. By the way, don't let President Chen know about this. After all, it's a crime, and we can't drag President Chen into it."

"Understood." Glasses nodded. "How's your research going? Any progress?"

Luo Tong gave a bitter smile: "When I was in the Supervision Bureau, I was still unwilling to give up and still wanted to prove myself. I actually found a few usable spells. Unfortunately, I made a lot of mistakes and almost didn't make it out."

Extending his finger, Luo Tong pointed at a reference book beside him, and several talismans were casually drawn out, forming a magic circle.

Ordinary spells are also based on talismans, but after they are connected, it is necessary to communicate with the relevant star deities, and then the star deities will grant permission to help perform them.

However, the spell Luo Tong used this time bypassed the Star Lord directly, reaching the profound mysteries of the origin of heaven and earth, and using magical power as fuel to draw out that mysterious and profound power. Seeing the unique ethereal light of the spell, the three bespectacled people were still somewhat dazzled.

Magic is the most fundamental power of a cultivator; a cultivator who cannot use magic is merely a much stronger mortal.

Guided by magic, he extracted all the words from the book, which then fell into his spiritual brain and became the text within it.

Moreover, he extracted the key knowledge points from the book and, according to Chen Yu's needs, turned them into questions and corresponding multiple-choice questions, which greatly reduced their working time.

"I would call this technique 'highlighting key points'. By using this technique, you can highlight all the key points in a book, making it an excellent technique for creating questions and reviewing. Moreover, it is very simple to cast, requiring only one-tenth of a unit of mana."

"Wow..." Glasses said, mesmerized. "No matter how many times I see it, I feel that your method is amazing. But is this spell complicated? Or will it be like before, only you can perform it?"

"It is indeed complex, but not that difficult to perform. I have written all that I have learned in this book. As long as you learn everything in the book, you will be able to perform some of the spells I have summarized, and even innovate upon them! What do you say..."

"No need. Your teaching ability is ridiculously poor. Although understanding it will indeed improve your understanding of spells, we only need to learn this key point."

"No...that's right. Jane...it's torture."

The tall man remained silent as usual, only displaying his disdain for Luo Tong's teaching abilities with a look of disgust.

Shaking his head helplessly, Luo Tong deeply felt that geniuses are always lonely.

There was no other way but to teach them how to highlight key points.

Although the three of them already had some basic knowledge, it was still quite difficult for them to learn.

Moreover, Luo Tong is a genius; he can understand many things entirely through intuition, but explaining them is troublesome.

It took him a lot of effort to teach the three people, and it was already late at night.

Although it took some time to learn the spells, once you master them, it becomes very easy.

Glasses was the first to learn. When he activated the talisman and transformed the magic power in his body into spells, he immediately felt the fluctuations of the spells and saw the book beside him turn into words, becoming a series of exercises.

Looking at the scene before him, Glasses was lost in thought for a long time, and suddenly tears streamed down his face uncontrollably.

It's impossible to say you feel no resentment at being implicated by your brother.

But he also knew that it wasn't Luo Tong's fault, nor was it his own.

But he had no idea whose fault it was.

Occasionally, in the dead of night, he would find himself wondering if things would have been different if he hadn't gotten so close to Luo Tong, if he hadn't been attracted to her.

But every time this happened, he would feel ashamed of his own darkness, yet he would unconsciously start thinking in that direction.

The double torment was about to become his inner demon, but this resentment vanished today, making him feel that it was really great to have met Luo Tong.

He cried without restraint, took off his glasses, blew his nose, and then said firmly, "That's enough, let's continue. Let's try to produce enough material for President Chen by tomorrow morning."

The short man stood on tiptoe, patted his shoulder, and said firmly, "Don't...don't blow your nose on my...my head!"

(End of this chapter)