Nuwa, the goddess of immortality, said that cultivating immortality does not require spiritual energ

After lunch, Qin Le and Chu Xiaonan went to the academy's body tempering room and found the teacher in charge of teaching body cultivation courses—who is also the academy's only body cultivation teacher at the Earth Immortal realm.

The teacher looked two or three years younger than them, with a baby face, big round eyes, and a petite stature. She was wearing loose sportswear and looked like a middle school student who had accidentally wandered into a university classroom.

However, she is indeed a body cultivator.

This stark contrast made Qin Le take a second look.

Upon seeing Chu Xiaonan, the teacher immediately brandished her little fists and glared at him fiercely:

"Chu Xiaonan! You dared to skip class this morning? You think I won't beat you up?!"

However, with that harmless baby face and those seemingly soft fists, it didn't pose much of a threat to Qin Le.

Of course, this was just Qin Le's opinion that it had no lethality.

Chu Xiaonan had clearly learned her lesson before, and immediately backed down, quickly explaining:

"Teacher, I didn't skip class this morning, I really practiced cultivation!"

"Where did you go to cultivate?" The teacher looked him over suspiciously.

"I'll use this." Chu Xiaonan quickly took out the magical artifact Chen Yun had crafted from her storage ring and placed it on the ground. "I use this to aid in cultivation; it's incredibly effective!"

Then, he quickly explained the auxiliary effects of the magic artifact, the number of spirit stones it consumed, and his hope that the academy could equip the body tempering room with a few of them.

"This 'sea urchin'...is it really as good as you say?"

The teacher walked around the magical artifact, examining the densely packed gun barrels and cannon muzzles—it really did look a bit like a metal sea urchin.

Chu Xiaonan patted her chest and guaranteed, "The effect is amazing! Qin Le can vouch for it!"

As he spoke, he tugged at Qin Le beside him.

The teacher glanced at the two of them, his brow furrowing slightly. "I can try applying to the academy, but I can't guarantee it will work. After all... the consumption of spirit stones is a bit frightening."

As a teacher, she naturally hoped her students could have better cultivation conditions. However, the daily consumption of nearly 500,000 spirit stones was no small sum for the academy or even the alliance.

While this product is effective, it's not indispensable; its cost-effectiveness is a hurdle.

"Teacher, please try your best?" Chu Xiaonan looked at her expectantly.

Other physical cultivation students who were practicing or resting nearby also looked over, their eyes filled with the same anticipation—who wouldn't want such an efficient forging artifact?

"Alright, alright, I'll go ask." The teacher waved his hand, turned around and walked out: "You guys keep practicing, don't slack off."

She needs to go and sound out Dean Shen Qingyan first.

Seeing the teacher leave, Chu Xiaonan turned to look at the classmates around her whose eyes were shining, and grinned:

"Seniors, would you like to... try it out first?"

Before the words were even finished, a tall, slender senior student immediately raised her hand:

"I'll have it! Give me 30,000 spirit stones' worth to try first!"

As she spoke, she deftly took out her phone and transferred thirty credits to Chu Xiaonan.

At the academy, one credit can be exchanged for one thousand spirit stones, but most people prefer to exchange credits for resources directly, as it is more cost-effective than exchanging for spirit stones and then buying them.

Chu Xiaonan did not refuse the transfer. It wasn't that he lacked the credits, but rather that he knew that giving them away for free might leave his senior with a grudge, affecting the stability of her Dao heart.

Those who cultivate themselves value the clear distinction between cause and effect.

Soon, the group activated the protective array of the tempering chamber, enveloping the magical artifact, Qin Le, Chu Xiaonan, and the senior student within it to prevent the aftershocks from damaging the facilities.

"Senior, are you ready?" Qin Le asked with a smile, holding the controller.

"Come on!" The senior student got into a fighting stance, her aura subtly surging.

Qin Le nodded and quickly set the attack intensity on the controller to the late stage of the Refining Void and Merging Dao setting.

Boom boom boom boom—!!!

In an instant, blazing fireballs, sharp ice spikes, blinding lightning, and heavy rocks poured out like a torrential rain, completely engulfing the senior student.

The attack intensity was far greater than what Chu Xiaonan had used that morning, and correspondingly, the speed at which spirit stones were consumed was also astonishingly fast.

The senior student gritted her teeth, her blood and qi surging throughout her body, forming a faint red blood and qi domain around her body, which she withstood the continuous bombardment.

She was already in the late stage of Refining Emptiness and Integrating Dao, and had initially grasped the essence of the realm, but she had not yet been able to integrate the essence into her body and use it by borrowing a domain—that step was an insurmountable barrier.

After a round of saturation attacks ended, the smoke and dust inside the protective array slowly dissipated.

The senior student stood there, radiating heat, her skin flushed, but her eyes gleaming brightly, as she exhaled a long, hot breath:

"That feels so good!"

The forging effect of this magical artifact is far superior to her cultivation within the existing formations of the academy!

If she weren't short of money, she would love to have one custom-made.

Then, the other physical training students took turns stepping forward to enjoy a tailor-made saturation attack.

Although they were all grimacing and sweating profusely from the bombardment, they were all radiant and beaming with satisfaction afterward.

Qin Le watched from the side, somewhat speechless.

So much for the supposedly excruciatingly painful path of physical cultivation!

Why do these people look like they're enjoying themselves?

After finishing their business, Qin Le and Chu Xiaonan left the body tempering room and headed to the training ground to continue their afternoon training.

Dean's Office.

The physical cultivation teacher was sitting opposite Shen Qingyan, explaining in detail the effects and consumption of that magical artifact.

After listening, Shen Qingyan lightly tapped the table with her slender fingers, her brows slightly furrowed:

"I can try to apply to the alliance for you, but... I can't guarantee it will be approved."

As the dean, she understands and supports improving teaching conditions, but the allocation of resources by the college ultimately requires the approval of the alliance.

If the alliance deems the cost-effectiveness insufficient, even if the magical artifact is successfully crafted, the subsequent supply of spirit stones will become a problem.

"I understand." The teacher nodded, smiling broadly. "Just do your best. Whether you succeed or not, I'll appreciate it."

"If..." Shen Qingyan hesitated for a moment, then smiled bitterly, "If this thing could unleash attacks at the level of laws, the application process would be much easier. Unfortunately..."

"What are you thinking?" The teacher rolled her eyes at her, annoyed. "If it can bear and release the power of laws, can it still be called a 'magical artifact'? That's a magic treasure!"

The difference between ritual implements and magical treasures is as small as one word, yet they are worlds apart.

Magical artifacts are used by cultivators in the mortal realm, and their maximum capacity is to bear power at the level of artistic conception.

Magical artifacts, at the very least, must be able to contain the power of laws; powerful magical artifacts can even be controlled by saints.

In fact, even in the celestial realm, the number of magical treasures is far less than that of magical artifacts. Many celestial soldiers and generals only use high-grade magical artifacts.

Refining magical artifacts requires extremely high skill levels from the refiner and high-quality materials. Almost every new magical artifact is immediately assigned to key combat forces on the front lines.

"you're right."

Shen Qingyan rubbed her temples, realizing that she had been indulging in some wishful thinking.

With Chen Yun's current skill level in weapon crafting, he is clearly not yet at the threshold of creating magical treasures.

Perhaps in the future, but not now.

The teacher stood up and said with a smile, "Then I'll go back first and wait for your news."

"Um."

Shen Qingyan watched her leave, her gaze returning to the simple instruction manual for the magical artifact on the table, her fingertips unconsciously tapping the paper.

Five hundred thousand spirit stones a day... How will the Alliance calculate this?