Great Xia Federation, Bi Lan Star, Xiyuan City Sixth High School, Class 6, Senior Year 3.
“It feels so good to have hair…”
Li Cang stood by the railing outside the classroom, caressing his full head of hair with affection.
Not long ago, he spent three years, plus a full head of hair, finally completing an indie game. Unexpectedly, while indulging himself at a bar, his vision went black, and he fainted.
Upon waking, the first thing he saw was not a hospital but a classroom, and his initial thought was that he had been reborn into his student days.
However, as unfamiliar memories flooded his mind, he suddenly realized.
He hadn't been reborn; he had transmigrated.
“Hey!”
Suddenly, a fair, small hand poked his lower back.
Li Cang turned around to see a delicate girl with a ponytail standing behind him. He quickly matched her with the image in his memory.
Her name was Su Xi, the Class 6 monitor. Her appearance wasn't stunning but was very pleasing to the eye. Her long hair was always tied in a ponytail, her school uniform was always clean and tidy, and her personality was relatively gentle.
“Come with me,” Su Xi beckoned.
“Where to?” Li Cang asked, confused.
“The school has a one-on-one assistance program to help students with lagging grades improve their overall martial arts level. You are my assisted student.”
Su Xi’s tone was calm, but her eyes revealed a hint of reluctance.
Li Cang understood why she was reluctant.
The original owner of this body was also named Li Cang. Unlike him, who graduated from a top-tier university, this Li Cang was a complete academic slacker.
He never listened in class, never studied after class, relied on guesswork for cultural exams, and completely gave up on martial arts exams.
Not long ago, someone gave him a tailor-made nickname—
The parasite of twelve years of compulsory education.
So it was no wonder Su Xi had this attitude. For a perennial bottom-dweller like him, anyone would frown.
Seeing Li Cang not moving, Su Xi grabbed his arm and walked towards the stairs.
“Don’t space out. Time is life. Come with me to the cultivation room. I’ll gauge your level and formulate a sprint plan for you.”
Li Cang followed her to the cultivation room, but he felt like something was missing.
When they reached the Martial Arts Zone, he slapped his thigh suddenly.
That’s right!
Where are my transmigration essentials?
…
The Martial Arts Zone was located behind the administrative building. The overall architecture adopted a modern minimalist streamlined style, and in the center stood a magnificent, nameless martial artist bronze statue, encircled by a ferocious black dragon.
Li Cang took another look at the massive bronze statue, and memories of this strange world surfaced in his mind.
This was a world where technology, martial arts, and spellcraft coexisted.
The Nine Great Star Domains circled to form the diverse Cangqiong Star Ring.
Countless forces and races thrived, coexisting and yet battling each other.
The place Li Cang was currently in was the Great Xia Federation on Bi Lan Star in the Big Dipper Star Region, a renowned land of chaotic martial arts throughout the Nine Great Star Domains.
Cultivation Room 155.
The school had built a large number of individual cultivation rooms.
The cultivation room was not large, about twenty square meters, but it was well-equipped. The walls were made of high-strength shield material, which could effectively resist damage during cultivation.
In the middle of the room, there was an array disk that could adjust the aura, regulating the Origin Qi concentration and flow speed according to the cultivator's needs.
“Your martial arts realm is ‘Form Condensation Third Stage’? Uh, how can it be so low? This is even lower than my fifth-grade realm…”
“How about this, you sit cross-legged and breathe for a bit so I can see.”
Su Xi pondered for a few seconds, hands on her hips, looking at Li Cang, her expression a bit troubled.
“Okay, Teacher Su.”
Li Cang joked casually.
He sat cross-legged according to the posture in his memory, somewhat awkwardly performing the Yuan Gang Breathing Technique.
The Yuan Gang Breathing Technique was a basic cultivation method popularized throughout the Great Xia Federation, a compulsory martial arts course from the compulsory education stage of elementary school.
However, his breathing movements were full of errors, making Su Xi somewhat unable to bear to watch.
“Stop, stop, stop. Is this your Yuan Gang Breathing Technique? If you don’t inhale and exhale three times, how do you draw Origin Qi into your body?”
“Oh right, it seems it requires three inhales and three exhales.”
With Su Xi's reminder, Li Cang's fuzzy memory suddenly became much clearer. It seemed that his teacher taught it this way when he was in elementary school.
“It seems??”
Su Xi could hardly believe her ears and asked, “Then do you know which three inhales and which three exhales?”
“I forgot.”
Li Cang couldn't even be bothered to recall.
No way.
The original Li Cang was a pure academic slacker. The last time he practiced breathing was more than five years ago, and many basic knowledge points had been completely forgotten.
These years, he idled away his days at school in a daze, not learning or practicing. The teachers couldn't even bring themselves to say the phrase, “The child is very smart, he just doesn’t study hard.”
For a semi-illiterate like him, the fact that he still had vague basic breathing movements in his memory, Li Cang felt he could give him a thumbs-up.
“For…forgot…” Su Xi was dumbfounded.
“Oh my goodness, you can forget the three inhales and three exhales. In junior high, you… no, this is elementary school knowledge!”
Su Xi was a bit distraught, looking at Li Cang with both anger and helplessness.
How could she help with such a tiny amount of knowledge?
“Don’t get angry. Girls get too much internal heat, it’s easy to have irregular periods.”
Li Cang didn't care at all, seriously advising her to calm down.
For him, the chaotic knowledge structure of the slacker Li Cang was not something urgent or life-threatening.
If he didn't know it, he didn't know it; he just had to work hard to learn.
He considered it a return to the high school student stage, starting pure learning and exploration anew. Thinking about it carefully, it even had a certain charm.
“What irregular periods? Are you being a pervert? I’m already at the Quiet Yuan Realm, how could I still have irregular periods?”
Su Xi’s cheeks flushed slightly, and she retorted angrily.
“Don’t disbelieve me. My third sister is a powder keg. Her periods are like the stock market; whether they’re red or not depends entirely on her mood, completely irregular…”
Li Cang spoke with conviction.
Su Xi rolled her eyes, just about to retort, when she suddenly felt a warmth between her legs, and her expression instantly froze.
“See, it’s irregular now, isn’t it?”
Li Cang saw through it at a glance.
“Don’t meddle in girls’ business!”
Su Xi’s face was burning hot. She grabbed a copy of “Yuan Gang Breathing Technique” from the bookshelf and tossed it to him.
“You quickly practice the Yuan Gang Breathing Technique. Without mastering breathing, everything else is useless. The first mock exam is coming soon. You should also try to do yourself proud!”
After Su Xi finished speaking, she walked awkwardly out of the cultivation room.
It was clear that, not being on her period, she evidently hadn't used any protective measures.
After she left, a virtual light screen suddenly appeared before Li Cang.
He let out a light hum, unsurprised:
“Finally, I’ve waited for you.”
【Cultivation Realm: Form Condensation Third Stage】
【Overall Quality: 13 (Physique 5, Agility 3, Tenacity 3, Spirit 2)】
【Exclusive Destiny: Path of Idealism (First Stage 1/1000)】
【Cultivation Method: Yuan Gang Breathing Technique (Beginner 26%)】
【Martial Arts Skills: None】
【Spellcasting Talent: None】
Path of Idealism?
As a staunch materialist, Li Cang looked at the description of this exclusive destiny with some bewilderment.
【Path of Idealism: The mind is all phenomena, intent is the Way. With a single thought, all phenomena are born.】
【Current Stage: First Stage 1/1000】
Is this First Stage 1/1000 experience points? Why is there a 1?
Could it be that Su Xi’s sudden irregular period just now was me unintentionally triggering the Path of Idealism?
But she clearly had “irregular periods due to too much internal heat,” so how could it be the Path of Idealism?
Is this destiny reliable?
Li Cang frowned.
Path of Idealism Value +1
…
As soon as Su Xi left the Martial Arts Zone, she suddenly felt another warmth between her legs, covering her lower abdomen with annoyance and helplessness.
“What the heck, is this blood flow never-ending?”