“Good, I’ll take your word for it.”

Qi Rui heartily drank most of the jar in one gulp.

“By the way, Brother Qi, is there a betting platform for the sect’s grand competition?”

Qi Rui, who was halfway through his drink, choked on Chen Mobai’s words. Both he and Xi Jinghuo widened their eyes, looking at the latter.

“What are you up to?”

“I’m just asking.”

From their expressions, Chen Mobai knew there wasn’t one, and he felt a bit regretful.

After finishing the drink, the three of them marveled at the place called Xiaoyangling. Even the true disciples of the sect were only given second-tier superior spiritual vein caves.

Chen Mobai was assigned such a spiritual land just by joining the Spirit Plant Department, which showed how much he was valued.

The sect’s grand competition arrived quickly.

Although Qi Rui was at the ninth level of Qi Refining, he had just advanced, and his sword techniques and talisman methods were not as good as those of the veteran Qi Refining peak practitioners. Despite his fierce fight, he made it into the top fifty, but ultimately fell before the true disciples.

As for Xi Jinghuo, he didn’t even make it into the top three hundred.

After watching the entire sect’s grand competition, Chen Mobai admired the fighting methods of the cultivators in the Tianhe Realm even more. If he were to go up, even among those at the same level, he would probably be at the bottom.

After the New Year, it was time for the Dao Academy to start.

Before the start of the school, there was one more thing to do, which was the make-up exam.

When Chen Mobai entered the examination room and saw the questions, he relaxed.

The teacher who set the questions was merciful, only asking them to draw a first-tier superior “Lightning Attraction Talisman”.

This was a talisman that was emphasized in the first-grade textbook. Chen Mobai picked up his bamboo pen, spread out the first-tier talisman paper prepared for him in the examination room, and closed his eyes to recall.

About three minutes later, he confidently dipped his pen in ink and drew the talisman in one go.

After finishing, he infused his spiritual power to confirm that it could be activated.

But to avoid accidents, he took two more first-tier talisman papers and drew two more “Lightning Attraction Talismans”, all of which were successful.

“Teacher, can I hand in my paper now?”

The invigilator who had just sat down looked at his watch. It had only been ten minutes.

But in college, especially in the Four Dao Academies, handing in papers early was quite normal.

After all, some geniuses were too monstrous and couldn’t waste their precious time.

The two invigilators walked over to Chen Mobai and checked the three “Lightning Attraction Talismans” he had drawn. They found that the level of refinement was no less than their own.

They looked at the candidate information in the upper left corner.

So he was that Chen Mobai!

These two teachers also taught elective courses related to talismans, so they naturally heard of this name. They originally thought it was just a rumor, but now it seemed that he really was a genius.

“Okay, there’s no problem, you’ve passed the make-up exam.”

Due to the small number of people, the make-up exams for the talisman courses were graded and accepted on the spot. After the two invigilators agreed, Chen Mobai completed this make-up exam with full marks.

His credits increased by three points.

However, these three points could only be used to exchange for spiritual objects at the end of this semester.

The other people in the examination room looked at Chen Mobai with shocked eyes. Among them were five from their grade who had failed, and some from the upper grades who had failed and were left behind. Looking at the handsome young man who left casually, they all felt the gap in talent.

They all studied during the same holiday, so why did he become so powerful?

Could it be, this is the “sleeper” after awakening?

Si Guanyu and Zhuang Jialan felt a bit of pressure when they saw the make-up exam results.

“He probably just guessed the questions correctly.”

Seeing Zhuang Jialan, who was a bit nervous, Si Guanyu couldn’t help but comfort her.

Then, when the results of the first monthly test of the talisman course for this semester came out, he also started to get nervous.

“For this Dust Collection Talisman test, the first place goes to Chen Mobai.”

The teacher who taught them the talisman course was named Xu Xiu. He handed the full-mark Dust Collection Talisman in his hand to Chen Mobai, a satisfied look in his eyes.

“Very good, I accurately assessed your level last year, choosing that question to fail you was absolutely correct. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have worked so hard this semester.”

Chen Mobai, who was in a good mood because he had scored first place, was stunned by Xu Xiu’s words. He looked at the teacher in front of him with disbelief.

How could a teacher be like this!

But Xu Xiu thought highly of his teaching skills and was pleased with himself. He waved his hand and let Chen Mobai go.

“Second place, Si Guanyu.”

“Third place, Zhuang Jialan.”

The class president and the study committee member still had similar scores, but they were no longer alternating between first and second place. For the entire semester, they never touched the first place again.

After being stimulated by Xu Xiu’s failing teaching method, Chen Mobai, under the sidelong glances of all his classmates, swept all the first places in the six monthly exams in the first half of the year.

In fact, he could have continued to win, until the final exam, directly taking twelve consecutive championships.

But something happened at home, forcing him to take leave and return home.

Chen Xinglan had reached the age of sixty and had to mobilize his spiritual power to start the Foundation Establishment.

The Zeng Shishu of the Pill Refining Department of the Shenmu Sect had not come out to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill. Chen Mobai even took the time to return to the Water Mansion and took the array plate embedded with superior spirit stones, in case there were Foundation Establishment Pills available for trade, he could try to exchange for them.

Unfortunately, things didn’t go as he wished.In the end, he still couldn’t wait.

After reaching the eighth level of Qi Refining, Chen Mobai used a Foundation Establishment treasure to help his father calculate the success rate of Foundation Establishment. It was only 14.5%.

Reality proved that this calculation was accurate.

Chen Xinglan failed to establish his foundation.

However, it was fortunate that Chen Xinglan did not risk his life to try. After the process of transforming his muscles and bones, he felt that his own condensation of Qi into liquid had begun to struggle. He thought of his family and decisively gave up the subsequent transformation.

At the cost of self-mutilation and self-injury, he stopped the process of Foundation Establishment.

When the door of the cave dwelling was opened from the inside, Chen Mobai saw Chen Xinglan, who was haggard but still in good spirits, and had not suffered a severe loss of vitality.

“It’s okay, don’t cry. Life is full of disappointments, and having a son like Mobai is more than enough for me.”

After Chen Xinglan came out of seclusion, he saw Tang Pancui crying uncontrollably and couldn’t help but comfort her with gentle words.

“Big brother, I’m glad you’re okay.”

In addition to Chen Mobai’s family, his second aunt Chen Yulan and his uncle Chen Baolan also came.

After gathering at home in Danxia City for two days, Chen Xinglan and Tang Pancui went to Qingshan Village together.

He hadn’t seen his in-laws for two years because of his Foundation Establishment.

“Son, after I recover from my injuries in Qingshan Village, I will take your mother to travel around the Immortal Gate. You should focus on your studies at the Weapon Dance Academy and don’t worry about us.”

Seeing his father so open-minded, Chen Mobai could only nod.

However, seeing his father’s hunched back when he left, he made up his mind to succeed in Foundation Establishment.

After returning to the academy, Chen Mobai began to study even harder than before.

From the monthly exams to the final exams of the talisman class, he finished his second year with full marks and ranked first.