32: Take stock of the harvest

Ma Hui calmed his emotions; he knew Qi Da was talking nonsense and concealing the true source.

But he had no evidence...

After all, what if there really was some exotic treasure capable of tampering with the Formation?

The path of Martial Arts is boundless, and anything is possible...

Moreover, the over one million citizens of Chenyang City were indeed saved because of it!

Based on this alone, Qi Da was a well-deserved hero, not someone they should be interrogating!

Isn't it normal for a Martial Artist to have their own secrets?

"Since Principal Qi insists on this 'fact,' I will report it to my superiors as such. They are waiting for an explanation."

Qi Da waved his hand, saying indifferently, "Report it then."

"There is one more thing... I want to examine this Formation."

"The Formation patterns couldn't bear the load and have already shattered." Qi Da was not surprised by Ma Hui's request and led him to the school's open ground.

Ma Hui stomped his foot, and the concrete ground rippled layer by layer, churning like ocean waves!

Qi Da's eyelids twitched as he watched, feeling a bit of heartache... but he said nothing; after all, the damage caused by Ma Hui would definitely have to be compensated by the Zhenwu Bureau.

He followed Ma Hui's gaze, looking at those broken, chaotic Formation patterns.

However, his research into Formations was not deep; it was limited to recognizing some common ones.

And these Formation patterns at his feet... even though they had lost their effectiveness, their complexity still made him feel dizzy.

Ma Hui was the same; it was the type of situation where the Formation patterns knew him, but he didn't know the Formation patterns...

However, he hadn't come to study them anyway, but rather to snap a bunch of photos and upload them to his terminal.

"What a pity..."

"What's a pity?"

"Of course, it's a pity that the Formation is broken."

Qi Da was silent. In fact, he suspected that Chu Yuan had deliberately destroyed the Formation.

However, such a vicious and violent Formation was not something that should remain in Chenyang City, so if it was destroyed, then so be it...

Qi Da certainly didn't want to be refined into a Medicinal Pill one day.

"I'm leaving now, and also... congratulations in advance, Principal Qi." Ma Hui prepared to leave after taking photos of the Formation patterns.

Qi Da had saved Chenyang City, which was a great achievement, so there would naturally be rewards later.

Great Qin never let Martial Artists work in vain.

"What about my students?" Qi Da asked. He was referring to those promising young talents who had previously been taken away by the Zhenwu Bureau under the pretext of 'preserving the seeds.'

To his surprise, when Ma Hui heard this, the smile on his face slowly faded: "They... should be home by now."

"What do you mean 'should be'?"

...

It was already dark after he finished Cultivating. Chu Yuan extended his Divine Sense and saw Han Cui and Chu Ying eating in the living room.

Han Cui knew her son was Cultivating, so she didn't call out to him.

In fact, Chu Yuan wasn't hungry. After stepping into the Foundation Establishment, he had already achieved Inedia and no longer needed to eat mundane food.

That would actually be a burden on his body, and after eating, he would have to clear out the Impurities...

However, some things weren't calculated like that; at the very least, Chu Yuan enjoyed the act of eating with his family.

He didn't rush to go out, but instead tallied up his harvest first.

There were ten 'Blood Pills' refined from the Physical Body of Martial Artists, and twenty-one 'spirit nurturing pills' refined from the anomalies and the Souls of Martial Artists.

These were all names Chu Yuan had just come up with.

Naturally, there weren't only this many enemies in the Blood Sea Soul Locking Formation.

It was just that he didn't care for the ones that were too weak; the lowest level of existence he refined was at the Fourth Realm...

Among them, the Blood Pills could enhance his cultivation, while the spirit nurturing pills could strengthen his Divine Sense.

In the short term, he shouldn't have to worry about Medicinal Pill for his practice.

No wonder so many people insisted on becoming Demonic Cultivators; Demonic Cultivators really did Cultivate fast... If he were a bit more ruthless and threw all the experts from the Zhenwu Bureau, the military, as well as the citizens of Chenyang City into the Blood Sea Soul Locking Formation, he could probably push himself to the Golden Core Stage even without subsequent Cultivation Techniques, right?

Chu Yuan felt a tiny bit of darkness in his heart, but immediately began considering the matter of Cultivation Techniques.

In reality, Cultivation Techniques weren't difficult to obtain; the simplest method was to just ask Qi Da for them.

And Qi Da would likely not refuse him.

But after all, the Principal was only a Martial Artist in the Divine Power Realm, so the Cultivation Techniques he could obtain through his channels... were likely not the best!

Even with the System conversion, the quality of the Cultivation Techniques converted by the System was related to the original Cultivation Techniques.

If he hadn't hidden his achievements this time, he could have used that to demand the top-tier Cultivation Techniques from the authorities.

But Chu Yuan didn't want to be targeted by people prematurely...

"Tsk~" Shaking his head, Chu Yuan walked out of the room.

Han Cui heard the movement and looked over, saying, "The food is in the pot."

Chu Ying said excitedly, "Brother! You've finished your seclusion! I'll serve you some rice!"

Without waiting for Chu Yuan to speak, she trotted into the kitchen and brought out a bowl of rice.

Chu Yuan couldn't help but chuckle; ever since this child became a bit rebellious, he hadn't seen her act this sycophantic in a long time...

He straightened his chopsticks and said unhurriedly, "I heard from Mom earlier that you skipped classes 'again'?"

The smile on Chu Ying's face stiffened: "No way... Mom is framing me! I just dawdled a bit today and didn't make it to school in time..."

Han Cui put down her chopsticks, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "I'm framing you? Your homeroom teacher called me last time..."

Chu Yuan couldn't help but ask, "Mom, why didn't you ever tell me?"

"You are in a critical period right now; don't worry about these things. I was planning to go to her school to talk to her homeroom teacher these past few days, but I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen..."

Chu Yuan nodded; he could understand Han Cui's concerns.

"Why did you skip class?"

Chu Ying lowered her head and mumbled, "It's just... I just feel like I can't learn anything..."

Chu Yuan sighed: "Sigh, how can that be? Look at Martial Artists nowadays; where are the illiterate ones? If you don't study hard, you won't even be able to understand Cultivation Techniques in the future..."

"Oh, Brother, I know! I promise you I won't skip classes anymore, okay?"

Chu Yuan chuckled lightly and didn't pay her any more mind, but he felt a bit suspicious in his heart.

Judging from the expression he observed on Chu Ying's face with his Divine Sense earlier, the reason she didn't want to go to school didn't seem to be as simple as she claimed.

But then what was it? Bullying?

Chu Yuan thought of this possibility immediately, but he dismissed it just as quickly.

Because Chu Ying's clothes were clean every day, and there were no bruises or wounds on her exposed skin; it didn't look like she was being bullied.

He would just have to go and see for himself when school started...