Starting as an infant, with parents who are blond-haired delinquents?

He wasn't quite sure where this achievement stood in the current Central Country, but it certainly wasn't too low.

[Repetitive Behavior]: Repeated for the 17th time, with an additional 0.34 points of spiritual power control!

Don't underestimate the small numbers this time; when all the numbers are added together, the resulting increase is groundbreaking and terrifying.

Otherwise, Zhang Chaoqiang wouldn't have continued doing it so tirelessly. Now, he could vaguely sense that his ability to communicate with spiritual energy was becoming increasingly powerful.

In addition, the control over mental energy at the spiritual level and the resilience of mental energy are also incomparable to his former self.

Although Zhang Chaoqiang very much wanted to proceed with the third stage of second-order artificial crystal core synthesis, the problem was that once a growth goal was chosen, it required repeated actions and could not be changed midway.

If you want to change things, you can only start over, but the missed attempts will not accumulate. Therefore, he will lose a lot of [Spiritual Power Control] points.

However, there is one advantage...

That is... Zhang Chaoqiang is getting faster and faster.

"I'm getting faster and faster!"

Zhang Chaoqiang spoke furtively, looking at his outstretched hands, with a strange sense of resentment in his voice.

These seemingly normal words indicate that one's synthesis speed is being improved repeatedly through what appears to be a constant, tedious repetition of practice.

However, if his parents heard this, it would likely cause a great deal of misunderstanding.

At school, Zhang Chaoqiang continuously manipulated his spiritual power, starting from 17 times... 20 times... 25 times...

It only took one day.

In other words, his spiritual power seemed to be being driven so powerfully that it was about to burst into flames.

Finally, he stopped in the afternoon.

"Using spiritual power repeatedly and frequently actually causes it to smoke..."

The reason he stopped was none other than the smell of burning. It was then that he realized that the spiritual energy within his body, under his constant control and manipulation, had actually begun to ignite and rise into flames.

This was the first time he had encountered such a state. He immediately stopped and released all the spiritual energy in his body like a flood...

The spiritual energy, which had generated high temperatures and emitted a faint burnt smell due to continuous use, was directly released.

Then, it absorbed the pure spiritual energy from the artificial synthetic crystal core and replenished it back into its body, finally stopping.

So he rushed to the school library and looked for some relevant books and case studies.

"In the 536th year of Earth, the Great Emperor of the Central Kingdom, in order to resist the invasion of demonic beasts, devoted himself to arduous cultivation day and night. Finally, after 81 consecutive days of continuous cultivation, he succumbed to his injuries due to his prolonged immersion in a state of selfless cultivation..."

Ultimately, he succumbed to demonic possession and spontaneously combusted, a true tragedy for humanity!

"In the 886th year of Earth Star, during the Minjiang City All-People Martial Arts Competition, several sixth-level martial artists, while preparing for the competition, underwent seven days of continuous training. Ultimately, they suffered a qi deviation and spontaneously combusted, burning to death."

"Holy crap, I think I've discovered something..."

Recalling his parents' words, Zhang Chaoqiang suddenly had an inspiration.

Spiritual energy is like a wire. If you cultivate it continuously, it's like repeatedly folding the wire, eventually causing it to overheat and break.

The martial artist's physical body, as the carrier of spiritual energy, is essentially a flammable object, under which spiritual energy is constantly being used.

As long as not a single drop of the original spiritual energy within the body is completely exhausted, the remaining fatigued spiritual energy will undergo continuous and repetitive movements, causing high-temperature spontaneous combustion.

Once the spiritual energy ignites, it becomes extremely difficult to extinguish. Fortunately, Zhang Chaoqiang was able to detect the burning smell earlier, thanks to his [Beast Smell Sense II].

In fact, that smell is absolutely not easy to detect; otherwise, such spontaneous combustion caused by demonic possession would not occur so frequently in this world.

Zhang Chaoqiang became increasingly convinced that the so-called "going astray" was essentially a combustion phenomenon, only that he had stopped it in time before it spontaneously combusted.

Suddenly, he felt grateful for his decisive action of clearing his spiritual energy earlier. Otherwise, if he had waited until the exhausted spiritual energy that had shown signs of spontaneous combustion completely ignited on a large scale…

By then, it will probably be too late.

I almost got killed by my parents again!

Zhang Chaoqiang's breathing gradually became rapid; he was now able to accurately pinpoint who the real culprit was.

After all that has happened, Zhang Chaoqiang has developed a universal formula: when faced with a life-threatening situation, he should immediately shift the blame onto his parents.

Although it's hard to break down, it's really effective because it was basically all caused directly or indirectly by Zhang Huolong and Shen Qiangwei.

Just like this time, if Zhang Chaoqiang hadn't been constantly tormented while cultivating at home, and if his parents hadn't called him every few days, he wouldn't have given up practicing synthesis at home.

Then he compressed all his time into school. Originally, he would have a lot of rest time during each practice session. With the reduction of practice time at home, he could only compress this time into the daytime hours when he was in school.

The compressed workload is immense, leaving no time for rest. Repeatedly doing this over and over again makes it impossible not to go mad...

Bang!

Achieved [Holmes' Exploration]: Your keen perception and deductive reasoning abilities allowed you to directly identify the culprit! Monster sense of smell +5, physical three-dimensional attributes +0.1!

Cow.

Increasing the experience points for the sense of smell is one thing, but increasing the strength of one's physical body is a bit of a hellish joke. Is it to make one's body tougher so that one doesn't spontaneously combust and die so quickly?

Chapter 218 Solving Menopause

To avoid truly going completely mad, Zhang Chaoqiang had to reduce the frequency of his practice at school during the day.

The frequency and number of practice sessions were averaged out over the evenings, although the increase in repetitive behavior was significant.

But nothing is more precious than life.

As for my parents' nagging, I can just bear with it; a week of spending time with them won't make a difference.

Until sometimes, when he could no longer control the interference from Shen Qiangwei and Zhang Huolong...

Zhang Chaoqiang would decisively run outside to enjoy a moment of peace and quiet by himself.

But his parents' actions will always keep him in line.

On the very first day he fled his home, Zhang Chaoqiang was reported to the police by his parents.

The reason was that Zhang Chaoqiang had not returned by 9 p.m., and the two of them were worried that Zhang Chaoqiang might have disappeared or been abducted by human traffickers!

But when the police told them, "Based on your individual strength and abilities, Mr. Zhang Huolong, Ms. Shen Qiangwei..."

In my opinion, you are perhaps even more likely to be abducted or disappear than Zhang Chaoqiang…

These words choked Shen Qiangwei and Zhang Huolong, who were anxiously waiting.

Goodness, the policeman's disdainful gaze swept over them from head to toe. After looking them over from all angles, these two unreliable young parents seemed more like the kind of people who would be easily deceived and kidnapped.

They're worrying about their son coming; they're worrying for nothing.

Therefore, Zhang Chaoqiang believes that Zhang Huolong and Shen Qiangwei have both entered menopause, which is a distressing period. Menopausal parents are even more affected than rebellious children.

But Zhang Chaoqiang didn't go through a rebellious phase at all, while his parents were genuinely going through menopause.

Menopausal symptoms often manifest in an overemphasis on controlling one's children. Studies have shown that most parents experience some obsessive behaviors and communication with their children during menopause.

Shen Qiangwei and Zhang Huolong's menopausal behavior led Zhang Chaoqiang to discover a mechanism: as long as he was within their sight, everything would be fine.

If they are not able to appear within their sight, they will experience a sense of anxiety and uncertainty.

After a preliminary diagnosis by the doctor, it was confirmed that the two of them had some degree of anxiety. In a sense, these anxiety symptoms could be called menopausal symptoms, which is not entirely wrong.

Following the doctor's advice, Zhang Chaoqiang arranged reasonable relaxation exercises and activities for them.

However, its effect isn't negligible. In fact, it's practically nonexistent!

In fact, Zhang Chaoqiang believes that there aren't that many illnesses in the world, just like some parents think that children have lumbar vertebrae or bones.

When Zhang Chaoqiang moved the synthesis table into the living room and practiced under the watchful eyes of Zhang Huolong and Shen Qiangwei, the two of them finally stopped experiencing their menopausal anxieties.

The synthesis stage can significantly reduce some of the radiation and radioactive substances generated during the communication of microscopic details, forming a transparent barrier. Therefore, there is no need to worry too much about whether it will cause any problems for your parents.

Afterwards, Zhang Chaoqiang began his daily work: the second stage of the synthesis of second-order artificial crystal nuclei. To carry out the second stage, the first stage was also indispensable.

In the process of continuous purification and compression, what ordinary people see is not the dazzling synthesis operation, nor the spectacular forging effects like in the movies…

Instead, it was Zhang Chaoqiang, who seemed to be doing something erratic, his hands twitching as if he were having a cramp, gesturing wildly in front of him...

After seeing it once or twice, Zhang Huolong and Shen Qiangwei thought that Zhang Chaoqiang had been possessed by a ghost again.

However, after learning more, they realized that Zhang Chaoqiang's actions were completely invisible to the naked eye.

Because of spiritual energy and spiritual energy, these things cannot be observed, seen, or even captured by the naked eye of ordinary people.

So, Zhang Chaoqiang was treated like he had epilepsy, constantly moving around in the living room, in front of his simple, bronze-colored table, staring at a piece the size of a fingernail...

The colorless box was waving its arms and gesturing wildly; it was incredibly bizarre.

The perspectives of ordinary people and martial artists are completely different, which is why Zhang Chaoqiang has been staying in his room practicing synthesis alone.

More than anything, it was because of his parents, who were afraid that he might be possessed by some evil spirit again.

If it were Ma Suying, or a martial artist or synthesizer with profound expertise in synthesis, observing Zhang Chaoqiang's synthesized movements on site...

What they see is completely different from what ordinary people see; it is a scene and feeling from another splendid world. Zhang Chaoqiang's synthesis technique is natural yet grand and decisive.

The spiritual energy is purified and compressed, starting with a single unit and then multiple units.

From refining the energy from the three lowest-concentration demon beast crystal cores, Zhang Chaoqiang has now developed the ability to purify and compress the pure spiritual energy from nine demon beast crystal cores at once.

This is basically the effect of practice makes perfect, which has enabled Zhang Chaoqiang to rival the top ten officially ranked contestants in the synthesis competition in the Central Country in this aspect.

However, this dazzling and beautiful composite image appeared completely different to Shen Qiangwei and Zhang Huolong; it was yet another bizarre and grotesque scene.

Finally, after the two had endured Zhang Chaoqiang gesturing and muttering to himself for almost an entire night, which resembled a ritualistic chanting, they finally succeeded.

Not only did it significantly affect their viewing experience and mood, but it also got in their way. So, they told Zhang Chaoqiang to go back to his room to practice.

But at this moment, Zhang Chaoqiang, who had betrayed the Heavenly Gang, was unwilling to accept this. Did he, as their son, have to be bossed around by Zhang Huolong and Shen Qiangwei, deprived of even the slightest bit of human dignity?

Afterwards, Shen Qiangwei and Zhang Huolong's anxieties and menopausal symptoms vanished, and they showed Zhang Chaoqiang that they had completely behaved themselves...

Zhang Chaoqiang was no longer in their way.

At this point, Zhang Chaoqiang happily continued his practice, while Zhang Huolong and Shen Qiangwei watched their TV with satisfaction, and everything returned to normal.

In comparison, Zhang Chaoqiang has achieved another accomplishment.

[Sanction]: There is no such thing as a rebellious period or menopause in life. As long as you have the right sanctioning ability, you can easily make them behave. Spiritual power control +5.

Okay, so sanctions are a form of control, right? And the increased values ​​are all in the area of ​​spiritual energy control.

However, at least Zhang Chaoqiang gained something tangible.