Half a month had passed since True Monarch Guanqi took up residence in Tao Tingfeng's spiritual space. During this time, Tao Tingfeng studied cultivation knowledge with his clan uncle in the schoolhouse while also learning from True Monarch Guanqi—which naturally came with Guanqi's constant verbal abuse.
"Rubbish, pure rubbish! What kind of nonsense is he spouting?"
"How can Qi Induction possibly be done like that? No wonder your clan's cultivation is so pitifully low."
"You must calm your mind and sense the omnipresent spiritual energy. Then, use the first ray of morning dawn as a catalyst to stir the ambient spiritual energy of heaven and earth, drawing both the morning light and spiritual energy into your body at once. Throughout this process, the higher the concentration of spiritual energy around you, the better!" True Monarch Guanqi grumbled curses. "When you perform Qi Induction, do not use the method your clan uncle taught. It's utterly atrocious."
On the dais, the clan uncle at middle Foundation Establishment paused and said, "Of course, the Qi Induction method I just described is merely one of many. You may all have the opportunity to enter major sects in the future, and when that time comes, just use whatever method the sects teach you."
Hearing this, Lu Yang shuddered. He recalled the brutal ordeal when he first joined the sect and Eldest Senior Sister guided his Qi Induction—juggling water vats, catching tofu, eating tofu—until he developed a psychological trauma toward tofu before finally succeeding in Qi Induction and stepping into the Qi Refinement stage.
Supposedly, this was the earliest method used by ancient forebears for Qi Induction; though primitive, it was remarkably effective.
"Fairy, how did you do Qi Induction back then? Did you use the method of the ancient forebears?"
Immortal Fairy was quite astonished. "Huh? Qi Induction needs a method? Don't you just take a nap and that's it? Weren't you like that?"
Lu Yang: "..."
He turned to ask Meng Jingzhou, "Old Meng, how did you do your Qi Induction back then?"
Meng Jingzhou stroked his chin. "Let me think. Back then, before the secret was out and my dad and I were still on relatively good terms, he told me that for Qi Induction, the most crucial factor is the concentration of spiritual energy. The denser the spiritual energy, the better. After arriving at the sect, I arranged a ring of top-grade spirit stones around me, crushed them, and filled the immortal cave with thick, viscous spiritual energy. Then, I just drew in a wisp at will and that was it."
Lu Yang: "..."
Not even the only son of a Body Integration cultivator would dare to use such an extravagant method.
"Did you have some falling out with your dad?" Lu Yang had never asked Meng Jingzhou why he ran away from home in the first place, assuming he had just been restless with too much time on his hands.
Now it seemed there was more to the story.
Meng Jingzhou casually waved his hand. "Just trivial little things not worth mentioning. Too many for me to count, anyway."
Lu Yang felt that the day Meng Jingzhou returned home remained far off in the indefinite future.
After class, Tao Tingfeng jogged all the way to a large shop. A long line had formed outside the entrance, everyone's face lit up with excited smiles.
A wooden sign stood propped by the entrance, bearing the words: *A Bond of Longevity*.
"What kind of place is this?" True Monarch Guanqi frowned. In his memory, he had never seen an establishment like this. Was it some new gimmick popular among mortals?
"A Dream Bubble! Haven't you heard of it, True Monarch?" Tao Tingfeng looked at True Monarch Guanqi with utter astonishment. Was there anyone nowadays who didn't know about Dream Bubbles?
"Dream Bubble?" True Monarch Guanqi searched his memories carefully, but he truly had never heard of such a thing.
"They say an almighty figure from the Dao Seeking Sect created it. It allows you to enter an illusion and experience a different life."
True Monarch Guanqi sneered upon hearing that. Master of the hundred arts of cultivation, he immediately grasped the principle of the Dream Bubble just from the description. "And here I wondered what it was. An illusion realm, that's all. Frivolous contrivances—mere child's play."
"Dream Bubbles aren't child's play! They're wildly popular—the entire continent is watching them!" Tao Tingfeng corrected him, paying the fee to purchase an admission ticket.
Formations were inscribed across the floors and walls inside the shop, requiring the ticket in hand to activate.
Chapter 718