Starting from the two realms, cultivating immortality by taming beasts

Chapter 10 Heart-Cold Syndrome

"That's amazing," Chen Qin exclaimed. "I remember you just started your second year of high school. Have you chosen your companion beast yet?"

Chen Beiwu: "We have several targets, but they are not yet fully determined."

The Azure Spirit Salamander is just a backup option. If the Seven-Colored Encounter can be successfully triggered, allowing him to meet a fellow beast with higher aptitude and more compatible attributes in the Spirit Beast Pavilion, Chen Beiwu will naturally not miss it.

"The beasts in the Spirit Beast Pavilion are gentle in nature and of a higher quality than those sold on the market. I happen to have some information on the water-type spirit beasts of the Meteor Dragon Palace here, you can take a look." Chen Qin took out a crystal-clear jade slip from her bag.

Chen Beiwu accepted the jade slip without hesitation and thanked him.

"Don't thank me, it's only been a short time since we last met and you've already become distant. You weren't this polite when you used to touch my thunder!" Chen Qin glanced at him in surprise.

"Sister Qin, that's cardiac resuscitation, it's to save lives," Chen Beiwu said speechlessly.

Chen Qin smiled, straightened her back, and teased deliberately, "I don't care, just tell me whether I touched her or not."

Chen Beiwu glanced at the plump and tempting fruit in front of him, then shook his head slightly. "Sister Qin, please stop joking."

"Alright, I won't make things difficult for you anymore." Chen Qin turned to look at the community fountain and got down to business: "Beiwu, have you ever heard of the Cleansing Song?"

"Never heard of it." Chen Beiwu shook his head.

Musicians use music as a medium to play specific pieces that guide the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, allowing cultivators to gain various benefits.

Among the various arts of cultivation, musicians, though not as sought after by cultivators as alchemists, talisman masters, and array masters, still hold a certain position.

The Cleansing Song is the introductory piece for musicians; those who can successfully play this piece are considered first-level musicians.

The Cleansing Song is a melody passed down from ancient times. It contains a trace of the mysterious rhythm of heaven and earth, which can help ordinary cultivators improve their cultivation and break through bottlenecks. Unfortunately, it is only effective the first time you hear it. Listening to it multiple times is useless.

Besides, the Cleansing Song has another drawback: it emphasizes comprehension.

For those with low comprehension, the effect of listening to the Cleansing Spirit Melody is extremely limited, not even as good as a low-grade first-level Spirit Gathering Pill.

Conversely, those with high comprehension can not only quickly grasp the rhythm of the Cleansing Song, greatly increasing the purity of their magical power, but also glimpse higher realms and break through bottlenecks.

It is precisely for this reason that the Cleansing Spirit Melody has a common name known to all cultivators: the "Genius Test Melody." Cultivators who can advance a minor realm by listening to the Cleansing Spirit Melody are also called geniuses by the world.

Chen Beiwu once wanted to test the quality of the Xianmiao test, but was ultimately deterred by the high price.

"It's good that you haven't heard of it." Chen Qin breathed a sigh of relief, her gaze towards Chen Beiwu becoming even more serious: "Here's a little advice for you: try not to listen to the Cleansing Spirit Melody before you advance to the ninth level of Qi Refining."

Chen Beiwu was slightly taken aback, but he didn't ask why; instead, he nodded silently.

Seeing this, Chen Qin felt a warmth in her heart.

She hesitated for a moment, then tiptoed and whispered in Chen Beiwu's ear, "I'll let you in on a secret: after a cultivator breaks through to the ninth level of Qi Refining, listening to the Cleansing Spirit Melody can increase their chances of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage."

The delicate fragrance lingering at the tip of his nose and the warm current flowing from his ear made Chen Beiwu subconsciously take a step back.

"Tch, why be so shy? I'm not a man-eating tiger." She put her hands behind her back and walked away, her crisp, melodious boots clicking as she went.

Chen Beiwu stared blankly at Chen Qin's disappearing figure.

"What, haven't you had enough of watching this since you were a child?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu suddenly turned around, and a middle-aged man with a robust build and dark, rough skin instantly came into view.

"Dad, when did you arrive?" he asked in surprise.

"I've been here the whole time, but neither of you seemed to notice me."

Chen Dong spread out his large, thick hands, shrugged, and said, "A woman three years older than you is considered a lucky match. If you're interested, Dad won't object, but you might need to talk to your mom about it."

"Qin Jie and I are just friends." Chen Beiwu looked at the afterglow of the setting sun in the distance: "It's fine in front of me, but Dad, you can play matchmaker in front of Mom."

After returning home with his father and having dinner, Chen Beiwu discovered that the spirit beast meat that had been drying in the ventilated area for over ten years had suddenly disappeared.

Noticing her son's gaze, Huang Xiaoling began clearing the table of dishes. "Go and cultivate properly. You don't need to worry about things at home."

Knowing that his parents had something to discuss, Chen Beiwu could only get up and return to his cultivation room.

He sighed as he lay on the soft futon.

To clear the cold toxins from my mother's body and prevent future problems, we need to take at least three Frost-Reducing Pills, which is equivalent to nine hundred low-grade spirit stones.

This amount of spirit stones is too large; even emptying all the family's funds wouldn't be enough to come up with it.

Even if we could barely scrape together the money by selling our family's assets, my mother wouldn't agree, given her personality.

"Three years should be enough!" Chen Beiwu looked down at his heart.

Different regions have different college entrance examination reward policies.

In the relatively remote Yuankong County, candidates who successfully pass the entrance exam for the Seven or Nine Upper Sects will receive a reward of one thousand low-grade spirit stones from the Immortal Alliance's Worldly Hall, while students who pass the entrance exam for the Thirteen Immortal Sects will receive a reward of ten thousand low-grade spirit stones.

As for being admitted to one of the Five Great Grotto Heavens, that is an unattainable dream for countless candidates.

The rewards for the grotto-heavens announced by the Immortal Alliance alone amount to 500,000 low-grade spirit stones, not to mention the huge sponsorships from local cultivation families and enterprises.

Not to mention the small Yuankong County, even the higher-level Yunlong Prefecture has not yet had anyone pass the entrance exam to enter the Cave Heaven, so you can imagine how difficult it is.

It's no exaggeration to say that students who get into the Five Great Grotto-Heavens have essentially secured a ticket to the Nascent Soul stage. However, this ticket is so rare that even Chen Beiwu isn't entirely confident.

However, he doesn't need to be admitted to one of the Five Great Grotto Heavens. He only needs to enter a cultivation university of the Thirteen Immortal Sects or above, and all the difficulties at home will be resolved.

……

First floor kitchen.

"How many spirit stones are we short now?" Chen Dong asked solemnly.

Huang Xiaoling clenched her fist as she washed the dishes, then slowly relaxed it: "We've sold everything we could at home, but we're still short five hundred low-grade spirit stones."

Chen Dong frowned and got up to walk towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Huang Xiaoling asked quickly.

Chen Dong stopped in his tracks. "I'm going to borrow some spirit stones."

Huang Xiaoling pursed her lips, looking hesitant, and said, "You know the situation of the neighbors around here. We can't borrow many spirit stones, and cultivation in the Northern Martial Arts also requires spirit stones. Maybe I should stop taking the medicine."

"The pills only cost a few spirit stones, don't be reckless!" Chen Dong was anxious and quickly stopped. "The tile factory has a brick-making task recently, the pay is generous, if I take it, I should be able to barely raise the money for the surgery."

"No, that's too dangerous," Huang Xiaoling blurted out.

The task of firing bricks at Qinghui Ceramic Factory is no simple matter; it's practically the same as exchanging one's body for spirit stones.

"Then what do you suggest? I can't just stand by and watch you die." Chen Dong slammed his hand on the table, his chest heaving.

"Everyone dies eventually, it's just a matter of sooner or later." Huang Xiaoling said, feigning calmness. "The Heart-Cold Disease requires a breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment stage to be cured. Even if the surgery is successful, it will only prolong my life by a few years."

"What do you mean?" Chen Dong's pupils contracted.

"Bei Wu's talent far surpasses yours and mine. Spending five hundred spirit stones on him will broaden his future." She forced a smile.

(End of this chapter)