Chapter 168: Inquiring About the Foundation Establishment Pill

Wen Xiong found it a bit hard to accept why someone capable of entering the Wǔqì Dao Academy looked so ordinary.

However, at that moment, after Chen Mobai announced his school, everyone's attention shifted from Wen Xiong to the refined young man. It was the Wǔqì Dao Academy, after all! Those admitted were geniuses among geniuses, almost certainly future Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"Young man, could you sign something for my child?" a young man holding a little girl asked, his face alight with adoration. Chen Mobai, unaccustomed to such a display, touched his pocket and realized he hadn't brought a pen.

"Use this," Shi Wanyu said, immediately opening her bag and taking out a lip liner.

Chen Mobai hesitated. He actually had a bamboo brush for drawing talismans in his bag, but faced with the bright girl's expectant gaze, he felt embarrassed to refuse.

"Thank you," Chen Mobai said, nodding to Shi Wanyu as he took the lip liner. Her pretty face flushed slightly, and she seemed a bit excited. This was a senior from Wǔqì Dao Academy, after all!

Chen Mobai signed his name on the handkerchief tied around the little girl's neck. Afterward, others in the carriage crowded around with various items for him to sign.

Eventually, the entire lip liner was used up. The commotion was heard in the adjacent carriage, and another group of people surged over.

"Sorry, I'll buy you a new one after we get off the train," Chen Mobai said apologetically, handing the used-up lip liner back to Shi Wanyu. She immediately shook her head, indicating it wasn't necessary.

Then, her pretty face slightly flushed, she took out her phone and shyly asked, "Could I add your contact information?" "Okay," he replied.

Wen Xiong's ears turned red with anger. Shi Wanyu's preferential treatment made him unable to bear it any longer, and he blurted out, "Who knows if it's real or fake?"

At this moment, Gu Mingxuan also couldn't help but feel a pang of bitterness and nodded in agreement.

Hearing them, the passengers from the adjacent carriage who had initially surged over for an autograph hesitated. After all, students from the Four Great Dao Academies were extremely rare.

"What's going on?" Just then, the commotion in the carriage attracted the attention of the attendants, and two people in blue uniforms walked over.

After understanding the situation, one of the male attendants, clearly of a higher rank, saluted Chen Mobai. He then very politely stated, "This passenger, students of the Four Great Dao Academies are allowed to ride first class unconditionally on any public transport in the Immortal Sect."

"Oh, is that so?" Chen Mobai genuinely didn't know about this.

"Could I see your student ID?" "I just enrolled this year; my student ID hasn't been processed yet." Hearing this, some people looked suspicious, but the chief attendant had previously served several students from the Four Great Dao Academies and knew there was more to the story.

"How about your admission certificate?" Chen Mobai opened his phone and found a screenshot of his electronic admission certificate in his photo album. After the chief attendant scanned the student ID number on it, his attitude became even more respectful.

"Your presence in the regular carriage is likely to cause a crowd. Perhaps you should come with me to first class."

Chen Mobai was somewhat reluctant, as it was a rare stroke of luck to be seated next to a beautiful girl. However, seeing passengers from two nearby carriages crammed in the aisle trying to get in, he decided it was better to leave with them.

"Then I'll trouble you," Chen Mobai said, thanking the chief attendant. He picked up the ancient book from the table, put on his small backpack, and stood up to leave.

"Oh, I almost forgot," Chen Mobai said as he was leaving, taking out his phone to add Shi Wanyu's contact information. "See you again, if fate allows."

Hearing his words and watching the refined young man's graceful departure, Shi Wanyu suppressed the flutter in her heart. Was this what a genius from Wǔqì Dao Academy was like?

Gu Mingxuan and Wen Xiong exchanged glances; the former was crestfallen, while the latter still looked a bit defiant.

Upon reaching the first-class carriage, Chen Mobai discovered he was the only one there. "These are generally reserved for Foundation Establishment cultivators and students from your Four Great Dao Academies," the chief attendant explained.

The chief attendant explained, then pointed to the young and beautiful attendant beside him, indicating that she was responsible for the first-class carriage and could be approached if anything was needed.

"Thank you very much," Chen Mobai said. After thanking them again, he finally found peace and began to seriously read the "Everlasting Life Scripture."

Since it only contained the Qi Cultivation section, the length wasn't extensive. However, the convoluted and obscure characters made Chen Mobai begin to doubt his own comprehension.

He was, after all, considered a genius for getting into the Wǔqì Dao Academy, so why couldn't he understand this ancient text?

Chen Mobai, refusing to be defeated, took out his phone and began to look up the meaning of each character, one by one. He was busy until dusk, and the attendant outside brought dinner, before he finally completed the annotation and translation of the entire text.

Even then, Chen Mobai felt that his understanding might still have some issues.

When night fell, after the attendant turned off all the lights in the train car, Chen Mobai went to the restroom and used the Turtle Treasure to teleport to the Heavenly River Realm.

"Senior Brother Yuan, I have some questions about the 'Everlasting Life Scripture' that I'd like to ask you." "My fees aren't cheap," Yuan Chiye stated upfront.

Chen Mobai naturally couldn't afford the 10 spirit stone fee. However, he only wanted to inquire about a few sentences, to compare them with his own translation and check for any misunderstandings.

He gave Yuan Chiye two spirit stones, and only then did Yuan Chiye reluctantly proofread for Chen Mobai for twenty minutes.

The result was that Chen Mobai's general translation was correct, but there were slight discrepancies in his detailed understanding compared to Yuan Chiye's.

"Don't worry about that. As Old Ancestor Zhou once said, 'A thousand people have a thousand faces.' If everyone cultivated the same technique in exactly the same, unchanging way, then the Divine Wood Sect would be not far from extinction."

Yuan Chiye considered this difference to be natural, and Chen Mobai could only accept it for now.

However, for actual cultivation, he decided to consult the professors and teachers at the academy after reaching the Scarlet City Cave Heaven.

As Chen Mobai was leaving, he suddenly remembered something else. He tentatively asked Yuan Chiye a question: If life became truly unbearable, would he choose to sell that Foundation Establishment Pill?

Yuan Chiye's attitude was very firm. Even if he were to die, he would consume the Foundation Establishment Pill before his death.

The Divine Wood Sect could only harvest Jade Marrow Golden Ganoderma once every ten years. If Yuan Chiye gave up his current Foundation Establishment Pill, he would have to wait another ten years. Moreover, it was questionable whether the sect would even allow him to exchange for another Foundation Establishment Pill after ten years.

Even a genius like E Yun, if he failed his first Foundation Establishment attempt, his value would be greatly diminished in the eyes of the higher-ups.

Therefore, although there were cultivators in the Divine Wood Sect who succeeded only after taking two Foundation Establishment Pills, all true disciples knew that only by succeeding in one go could they gain the sect's favor and receive more resources.

"Only true disciples who succeed in Foundation Establishment on their first attempt can enter the Three Divine Trees and obtain our sect's true inheritance."