Cultivating Immortality Starts with Rubbing a Computer

Chapter 221 The World Ten Thousand Years Later
"Dear Customer: Your personal social support expense mortgage loan, ending in **1234, will begin its first payment on 10055815, for a total of 600 installments, with a total principal and interest payment of 100 points of Fortune Coins. [Heavenly Court Bank]"

Lin Xiaolu silently put her phone away, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath.

He shook his head again.

The twin ponytails on both sides swayed continuously.

"Candidate number 1234, Lin Xiaoluo."

Lin Xiaoluo stood up, walked into the interview room, bowed first, and showed a smile she had practiced for a long time: "Hello, teachers, I am Lin Xiaoluo from Hengcheng Junior High School."

The interviewer in the middle said calmly, "Tell me, why do you want to apply to our high school?"

Lin Xiaoluo: "Your school has a long history and rich cultural heritage, and has always cultivated many outstanding talents for society..."

Listening to Lin Xiaoluo's eloquent speech, the interviewer nodded: "Well said. Looking at your application materials, you got full marks in all subjects. No wonder you were recommended."

Lin Xiaolu said excitedly, "Thank you so much for the praise, teacher..."

Wow!

The interviewer picked up the documents on the table and threw them at Lin Xiaoluo: "Who the hell praised you! The questions in this small place are so simple, getting a perfect score is not a given! You trash with a measly 50 points of luck dare to apply to our Sanyang High School!"

Lin Xiaolu dodged the flying documents: "But teacher, wasn't the cutoff score 40 points of luck last year? Why..."

The interviewer interrupted him directly, saying, "What the hell? You dare to dodge even the things I throw at you. You clearly don't know how to be patient. There's no future for someone like you."

Lin Xiaoluo persisted, asking, "Why?"

The interviewer scoffed, "You still dare to ask! A smart candidate would have already picked up the materials themselves and thrown them onto the table to make up for their previous mistakes. See you still asking why now!"

"However, I am a magnanimous man and will give you a chance. Now kneel down and lick the tips of my shoes."

Lin Xiaolu looked at the three interviewers with mocking smiles on their faces: "Licking them will get you approved for the application?"

The female interviewer on the left laughed heartily: "How could that be? You only want to make us happy, you know? Making us happy is the greatest blessing you can receive in your life."

The male interviewer on the right said, "That's right, that's right. So many people would love to lick it but can't, and we even think their saliva is dirty."

Lin Xiaoluo's chest trembled with anger: "This is just an interview! Why!"

The interviewer in the middle sneered, "You know it's an interview, yet you don't even bother to set aside your dignity and increase your chances of passing by even the slightest bit? You think you can pass with this kind of attitude?! Get the hell out of here!"

After Lin Xiaoluo left, the interviewer in the middle shook his head: "Don't you know that only by enduring humiliation can one unleash their potential? This child's resolve to pursue the Dao is not firm."

The female interviewer said, "In recent years, the quality of people in the First Heaven has been getting worse and worse. No wonder they are descendants of trash."

The male interviewer said, "There's nothing we can do. There are just too many people who don't work hard enough. They even have to leave their children to be raised by the Heavenly Court. Don't they know the Heavenly Court has a heavy burden?"

Lin Xiaolu walked out of the teaching building, where there were two promotional slogans.

"Those who illegally jump off buildings will be sent to the Hell of Unjust Death after death, with a sentence of 90 trillion trillion years and a pain level of 8 trillion trillion."

"Those who illegally cultivate immortality will be sent to the hell of knives and saws after death, with a sentence of 2 trillion trillion years and a pain level of 100 trillion trillion."

Lin Xiaoluo was so angry that her chest trembled, causing her some pain.

This is truly a bastard world!

If you don't work hard while you're alive, you'll go to hell after you die.

But she knew she had no time to vent and rushed off to the next interview.

"Kneel down and bark like a dog and I'll let you in! What! You're not even willing to bark like a dog? Is your faith in the Way so weak? Get out of here and don't waste my time."

"This is a partnership contract. You can enroll in the school once you sign it. Of course, my contract is very lenient. You only need to hand over 99% of your daily luck. If you can't repay the social support loan from Heaven, no problem. Our school can help you restructure your debt. Once you agree, our school will become your new creditor."

"Hehehe, what a pretty little girl. You can go to Tianle High School if you want. You ask what Tianle means? It means the interplay of Yin and Yang."

Why wouldn't you want to? Look at Hengcheng No. 1 High School over there. Any good-looking boy who spends a day with those four brothers is guaranteed admission. Our Tianlemen is no less prestigious than Hengcheng No. 1 High School.”

"Look, this is a transparent and open interview, the fairest and most impartial one. Ji Yonghuai got into the school by kneeling and kowtowing, You Xiuchen got into the school by licking the tips of his shoes, Yu Binshan got in... When it's your turn next, you should study hard so that you can increase your chances of success in the interview."

"Well, although your luck meets our admission requirements, you lack the resilience and forbearance to withstand hardship. Therefore, you will not pass the interview. However, I can offer you an option: our school has collaborations with some medical companies."

You can choose between pontine surgery and sterilization, or both. You ask what the purpose of these two surgeries is? It's simple: they're both to allow you to connect with the divine will and increase your cultivation speed.

Side effects? What side effects? As long as you successfully cultivate immortality, no side effects matter.

You're not choosing any of them? Ha! Do you want to go to a lousy vocational school for intermediate cultivation? Graduates from those schools will be stuck at the Qi Refining stage their whole lives, never reaching Foundation Establishment, and will remain at the very bottom of society forever.

Lin Xiaoluo had become numb to the endless interviews and the same questions.

Is this still the immortal world she knew, where everyone cultivates immortality and immortal technology is advanced?
Why does the happy and harmonious society we experienced in junior high school turn into this awful mess in high school?

Fan Kang: "Haha, so what if I'm last! I still got into Hengcheng No. 1 Middle School, and even got a scholarship!"

Bi Wenqi: "How is that possible! I was having a great time with my four older brothers, so why didn't I get a scholarship!"

Fan Kang: "That's because your learning level isn't good enough."

The large group of a thousand junior high students was deathly silent. Apart from the two students who had entered Hengcheng No. 1 Middle School, no one spoke.

Hengcheng No. 1 High School is one of the best high schools in Hengcheng, and it was also the high school that Lin Xiaolu had originally planned to attend.

But now, Lin Xiaoluo feels that all her efforts over the past fifteen years since her transmigration have become a complete joke. As long as she is unwilling to lower her head, even being the top student in the entire school won't get her into the worst high school in Hengcheng.

Yes.

Lin Xiaoluo is a time traveler.

In her past life, she was an orphan, and she is the same in this life.

Originally, I was at the bottom of the class in the provincial key school, but one day a senior named Fang Jun suddenly came back to the school to give a promotional report.

She was moved by the report.

Then he worked hard and miraculously broke through the admission line for Tsinghua and Peking Universities.

As a result, an accident occurred the day before the college entrance examination.

I came into this world.

From then on, he began to work hard in preparation for cultivating immortality.

but now……

This damn world makes people so hard!

However, Lin Xiaoluo also knew that she had to make a choice, otherwise she would not be able to pay the social support loan at the end of next month.

If you can't pay, you'll go to hell.

The thought of going to hell made Lin Xiaolu shudder!

It is said that the pain level of childbirth is 10, and she can't imagine what it means to have a pain level that is hundreds of millions or even billions of times higher.

Coupled with the seemingly endless prison sentence, it was simply the most terrifying torture in the world.

You're saying that once the pain level exceeds a certain threshold, there's no difference? People also become numb.

Haha, you're overthinking it.

The great Heavenly Court did not build Hell for you to enjoy happiness; it guarantees that you will experience 100% authentic suffering.

So……

……

"Clang, clang, clang—!"

The sound of hammering echoed throughout the classroom. Lin Xiaolu numbly swung the hammer in her hand, her hands feeling as heavy as lead, yet she dared not relax for a moment.

"Another person has fallen."

"They're even slacking off while forging iron! Quickly, feed them the ox blood potion!"

"No, the ox blood potion won't work!"

"Useless! You've wasted two school points of transport coins. What are you waiting for? Quickly throw the corpse onto the blacksmith's table and make use of it."

After hearing the teacher's words, the other students did not hesitate at all and skillfully threw their classmate's body onto the scorching blacksmith's table.

Soon, the clanging sounds of forging echoed across the blacksmith's table.

The materials for magical treasures in the world are nothing more than various ores and monsters. One characteristic of monsters is that they possess magical power, and aren't humans also a special kind of monster?

Lin Xiaolu was already used to this, and since it wasn't her blacksmith's job, she didn't even stop hammering away.

She thought that by escaping the high school where she had to sell her dignity, she could come to the free vocational school.

Even when she came to the technical school, she didn't know what possessed her to choose the weapon crafting major, thinking that she would gain freedom.

But now she truly understands why high school teachers referred to vocational schools as the lowest rung of society.

If consumables aren't the most basic thing, then what are they?
The blacksmith teacher stood aside and watched: "Vocational school is not a place for you to waste your time; it's a place for you to learn a skill."

"So when forging iron, you must be diligent. If you can't kill it, then forge it to death."

"Using death to avoid blacksmithing is a form of illegal laziness."

"Like this student..."

The blacksmith pointed to the corpse on the blacksmith's table: "Don't think that you can get away with it after death. You'll be sent to the hell of sawing and beheading."

One classmate couldn't help but say, "He's not shirking his blacksmithing duties; he simply can't afford to pay off his social support loan. After blacksmithing for twelve hours every day, he also has to practice qigong for ten hours. He only sleeps two hours a day, so of course his body will break down."

The blacksmith teacher's face immediately darkened: "Sleeping only two hours a day? No wonder you can only come to a vocational school. Do you know that those high school students don't sleep for 24 hours a day?"

"I don't want to hear any more excuses about hardship and exhaustion. Or are you trying to slack off and go to hell to pay off your loans?"

The students around him shuddered upon hearing this.

The idea that debts are wiped out upon death is simply impossible in the world of Immortal Ruins.

Why did Heaven create eighteen levels of hell?

Before attending vocational school, Lin Xiaolu didn't know why, but she thought it was just simple torture and intimidation.

Now Lin Xiaoluo knows, it was all to pay off the loan.

The basic currency of this world is luck, which is the kind of luck that can increase cultivation and obtain fortuitous encounters in other novels.

However, the immortal techniques in the Immortal Ruins world are so advanced that ordinary mortals can cultivate the path of fortune and gain fortune along the way while refining their qi.

They also invented a technology for the lossless transfer of air and gas.

In vocational schools, all the students are orphans from the first level of society, each burdened with social support loans from birth.

The blacksmith teacher said with great distress, "You all didn't live in an era where even ordinary people couldn't cultivate immortality, which is why you don't cherish this hard-won opportunity at all."

"In ancient times, ordinary people could not cultivate immortality and were just grass on the ground. When two powerful cultivators fought, the aftershocks would cause countless deaths and injuries."

"But now, even the most powerful immortals dare not kill any ordinary person at will."

"This is the Heavenly Court's protection for you. The Heavenly Court even allows all of you to cultivate immortality, giving you a slight possibility of ascending to immortality."

"Don't underestimate this tiny bit; you have to understand how remarkable this achievement is. Going from 0 to 1 is far more difficult than going from 1 to 1 million."

"Of course, the Heavenly Court's resources are also limited. Therefore, you will have to pay part of the cost yourselves, which is the social support fee."

"But this is already incredibly good. In the past, it would have taken at least a hundred or a thousand times more resources to enable an ordinary person to cultivate immortality."

"The Heavenly Court is granting you a first-rate blessing by only requiring you to sacrifice 6 points of your luck, do you understand?"

The students answered in unison, "We know!"

The blacksmith raised his voice: "Louder!"

The students shouted in unison, "We know!"

The blacksmith teacher continued to emphasize, "This is the correct understanding. Like this deceased student, it was because he didn't have this correct understanding that he didn't practice his qi for two more hours every day to repay his social support loan."

"Remember, we are forging iron to make the entire Immortal Ruins more prosperous, and to enable all ordinary people in the future to cultivate immortality."

"Don't waste the resources of Heaven in Hell for your own selfish gain."

The students shouted in unison, "We've got it!"

The blacksmith said, "By the way, in order to meet the targets left by Chang Yuze after his death, we'll have an extra hour of training today."

The students: "..."

The blacksmith teacher gave a stern look around.

The students shouted, "We understand!"

"Clang, clang, clang—!"

The clanging of blacksmiths rang out once more.

The blacksmith teacher nodded in satisfaction, walked around the classroom with his hands behind his back, and as he passed Lin Xiaoluo's seat, he smiled and said, "Lin Xiaoluo, you look exhausted. Do you need to buy some Bull Potion?"

Lin Xiaolu's pigtails kept shaking: "No need."

The blacksmith's expression changed: "You're so exhausted, how can you finish building the Beautiful Immortal Ruins? You must use medicine! You must use medicine!"

Lin Xiaoluo still refused: "Teacher, I can hold on."

The blacksmith teacher, exasperated, said, "You used to have such a sincere heart, spraying medicine every day. Why don't you do it anymore? Have you forgotten your ideal of serving the Immortal Realm?"

Report it to the police!
Lin Xiaolu really wanted to curse. When she first arrived, she was naive and couldn't endure hardship, borrowing money every day to get medicine, and now she was drowning in debt. If she continued to get medicine now, she would be the next one to end up at the blacksmith's table.

This is also the current situation for vocational schools. Social support loans are manageable; with hard work, everyone can still afford to pay them back.

However, due to various reasons, the debt has increased, which has greatly increased the pressure on each student to repay their loans every month.

Lin Xiaolu: "I think I can keep going."

The blacksmith sneered, "You think you can just keep going? What makes you think you can? Besides, is the pesticide being sprayed on me? It's on you!"

"To put it more realistically, if you don't study hard in school, you won't even be able to find a job after graduation. How will you support yourself if you can't even find a job?"

"If you can't support yourself, won't you become a useless person and a burden to the Heavenly Court? Think about it carefully."

After saying that, the blacksmith teacher turned and left, continuing to sell the potion to other students. And surprisingly, a great many students bought it.

The students weren't unaware that this was a short-sighted solution, but unfortunately, a person's physical and mental strength has its limits. No matter how much they borrow, they're basically stuck at 007; not taking any action will only lead to their doom. Everyone knows which choice to make.

After finishing thirteen hours of blacksmithing, there was neither cheering nor jubilation, only the sound of hurried footsteps rushing to the canteen and the speed at which meals were finished in less than a minute.

Yes, that's right, it's just one minute.

Because the cafeteria doesn't serve any good food, only pre-made nutritional paste cooked into a paste.

Swallow it in one bite, swallow it in two bites, and finish it in three or four bites.

Lin Xiaoluo was naturally one of them. After eating, she immediately dragged her tired body back to the dormitory. No matter how hard it was, she had to make sure she could complete her daily Qi cultivation practice.

The Qi cultivation technique she practiced was called "Basic Qi Cultivation Technique".

Although it is named "Basic", it can refine and utilize Qi, and in ancient times it could be considered a celestial-level technique.

Its concept is very simple.

"Luck is luck, and fortune is fortune."

"If you learn the way of Qi, you can control Qi."

Its cultivation is also very simple; anyone can practice it, even an ignorant and incompetent student who is at the bottom of the class.

Moreover, it has another characteristic: the higher one's luck, the faster one can practice.

Legend has it that this being possesses extraordinary luck, capable of consuming all their luck through the "Basic Qi Refining Technique" and achieving immortality in a single day.

[You have completed one cycle of breathing exercises. You have gained 1 point of basic Qi Refining experience, 1 point of cultivation experience, 0.01 points of mana, and 1 point of luck.]

[Basic Qi Refining Technique Level 1 (1099/3000)]

[Qi Refining Level 1 (999/1000)]

[Mana: 9.99]

[Currency: 3.67]

This isn't data from some kind of cheat system; it's simply data from a mobile app, a simple recording tool.

Don't be surprised, the immortal technology in the Immortal Ruins world is so advanced that it can refine Qi and extract fortune, making digitization incredibly easy.

Research suggests that precise digitization provides positive feedback, which in turn can increase the enthusiasm of the general public for cultivating immortality.

Therefore, the Immortal Ruins world had already completed the digital reform of the immortal path a long time ago.

Lin Xiaoluo currently has 100 points of luck. Under normal circumstances, she can gain 1 experience point per week of cultivation and breathing exercises, and a week of breathing exercises consumes an average of one hour.

That is, 1% of the luck in one hour, and the extracted luck is also 1.

Of course, these newly generated fortunes are generally called fortune coins because they cannot be used directly to improve cultivation or refine fortunes immediately after they are generated.

It requires complete integration into oneself.

However, this process involves losses; it takes 1000 points of luck coins to convert into 1 point of fortune.

However, there is no essential difference between the two in the process of trading; they are equivalent, with 1 point of luck being equivalent to 1 point of luck coin.

Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, no one is willing to directly trade away their luck.

After all, this is the lifeblood that directly generates money.

It is a means of production.

In theory, Lin Xiaoluo only needs to cultivate for 10 hours a day and 10 days a month to be able to pay the Heavenly Court's social support loan on time.

However, theory is still just theory.

Since graduating from junior high school, the social support loan provided by Heaven has been exhausted. After that, whether it's entering high school or vocational school, or any aspect of life, from food and clothing to entertainment, everything requires luck.

No luck? No problem, the Immortal Ruins Society offers loan services.

The Basic Qi Refining Techniques course lasts for three years and thirty-six sessions, with each session lasting one month. Each session requires a repayment of 150 points of luck coins.

The cafeteria's gruel provides nutritional supplements to meet your daily cultivation needs, and you get 1 cultivation coin per day.

Vocational school tuition is even more expensive. It also takes three years and thirty-six installments, but each installment requires a loan repayment of 500 points of travel currency.

In this way, if the average person spends normally for 30 days a month, they would need 780 points of travel currency.

If you can't afford to pay it back, that's okay. You can choose to study for twelve hours a day to receive a three-year grace period for monthly payments, and then make the payment after three years.

Learning is like working, because the vocational school teacher said, "This is called learning while working, and the learning efficiency when you have a job is a hundred times that of learning when you don't have a job."

Lin Xiaolu simply chuckled at this, neither confirming nor denying it.

Even so, under such ideal circumstances, if Lin Xiaolu could maintain ten hours of cultivation, she could still accumulate about 20 points of luck coins each month.

But in reality, let alone ten hours, even twelve hours wouldn't be enough.

You've just arrived at school, are physically weak, and have a weak will. How will you adapt to twelve hours of high-intensity blacksmithing and the subsequent Qi cultivation? Will you be able to maintain your mental and physical strength without medication?
But you don't have enough coins to buy medicine, and your luck is your principal. Trading it out would be a loss, so you have no choice but to borrow.

Lin Xiaoluo was able to have 100 points of luck because she gained 50 points when she broke through to the first level of Qi Refining, which brought her to 100.

However, in the process of breaking through to the first level of Qi Refining, he borrowed a lot of money to repay his loans.

This is considered good; some students had even lower principal, starting with only 30 points, so they had to borrow more and faced greater pressure.

In addition, excessive use of medication can harm the body, and one could easily die suddenly.

For blacksmiths like Lin Xiaoluo, their bodies would be used for forging after death, and the debt would be paid in 1000 coins.

The rest, you can pay back in hell.

The dead can certainly be used to extract coins, though the efficiency is low. Fortunately, their souls are resilient and can last longer, at least enough to pay off loans taken out in life.

Once the debt is paid off, the soul will naturally be scattered.

According to the vocational school teacher, the prison sentences outside are just propaganda from Heaven. The truth is that such trashy souls are a waste of resources in Hell. They should pay off their loans and move to another place instead of staying in Hell to freeload.

Lin Xiaoluo's additional debt has reached more than 2,000 Yunbi, and the total amount of monthly loan repayments is more than 400 (basic 280 + others), which means she is basically living on borrowed money.

But it's okay, Lin Xiaoluo still has hope.

Or perhaps there is still hope for the other people in this world. That is, to increase their principal or improve their earning efficiency. As long as they have enough capital or their currency refining efficiency is high enough, they will eventually be able to repay their loans.

You definitely can't increase your principal by borrowing money, because the interest rates are too high, and you'd be in deep trouble within a month if you did that.

The only way to increase your principal is to elevate your level of understanding.

Just as Lin Xiaoluo gained 50 points of luck when she broke through to the first level of Qi Refining, she also gained 10 points of luck when she broke through to the second level of Qi Refining.

Secondly, it is necessary to increase the level of the Basic Qi Refining Technique. Reaching the second level of the Basic Qi Refining Technique will shorten the breathing time by 10%.

As long as you can get through the hellish trials in the early stages, the better days are yet to come.

When the breath energy passes through the last acupoint.

Lin Xiaoluo, who had kept her eyes closed, opened them, her eyes gleaming brightly!

Five months of hard work! Second level of Qi Refining! Success today!
[You have completed one cycle of breathing exercises. You have gained 1 point of basic Qi Refining experience, 1 point of cultivation experience, 0.01 points of mana, and 1 point of luck.]

[Basic Qi Refining Technique Level 1 (1100/3000)]

[Qi Refining Level 2 (0/2000)]

[Mana: 10.00]

[Currency: 4.67]

Your luck has increased by 10 points.

【Luck: 110】

……

The next day, Lin Xiaoluo arrived at the classroom at seven o'clock sharp and once again felt an indescribable sense of oppression.

She knew that some students would not return to their dormitories after dinner, but would instead stay in the classroom and meditate all night.

Has someone else died?
Yes, there is indeed a new body on the ground.

But haven't we all gotten used to it? Why has the atmosphere become so strange?
Xiang Tianyu, who was in the same group as Lin Xiaoluo, sighed and said to Lin Xiaoluo, who was about to start working, "Do you know? Last night, when Zhu Hongjun was breaking through to the second level of Qi Refining, almost all of his luck was stolen by a luck thief. Now, sigh..."

She was the classmate who spoke up for Chang Yuze yesterday, and Lin Xiaoluo quite approves of her.

Lin Xiaolu exclaimed in surprise, "Theft? Is the school's security that bad?" Heavenly Court has limited resources. Even with 840 million Four-Duty Officials patrolling the Thirty-Three Heavens, it is impossible to see everything clearly every minute of every day.

A person's life experiences can only be reviewed once, when they go to the underworld, by the Book of Life and Death.

This makes crime possible in the world.

Furthermore, since fortune is the currency of this world, and fortune is a panacea, the essence of any crime is inseparable from obtaining fortune.

Of course, there are thresholds to being able to commit a crime.

In this world, everyone knows how to refine and use one's fortune, but there is one secret that is the most closely guarded secret.

That is the method of transferring fortune.

This is because this method is the foundation upon which the Heavenly Court was established. The Heavenly Court was able to be established based on the method of transferring Qi (vital energy).

The method of transferring fortune has penetrated into every aspect of the Immortal Ruins world, from clothing, food, housing, transportation, and loans. Wherever fortune is involved in a transaction, this method is present.

However, although it is a closely guarded secret, the method of transferring fortune is still too rudimentary, and it is also related to refining and using fortune.

There will always be exceptionally talented individuals who discover this method. Even if they cannot achieve the same level of transfer as the Heavenly Court, and even with various other conditions, as long as they can transfer their fortune, they can steal and plunder the luck of others!

The thieves were born from this.

Xiang Tianyu sighed again: "It's just that bad. Even after we called the police yesterday, the duty officer came, but they still didn't find any clues."

"But he warned us that the smuggler might try again, and that we should always be careful."

Lin Xiaolu: "We're so poor, why would the luck thieves want to steal our luck? Wouldn't it be better to go to the Third Heaven?"

The first heaven is the world after Lin Xiaoluo transmigrated there. It is full of orphans who have no parents and are raised by the Heavenly Court.

As for where the parents went?
Of course they are still alive, but because they couldn't repay the loan, they gave birth to offspring to be raised by the Heavenly Court in order to reduce the loan amount.

But since it has already been handed over to the Heavenly Court, legally speaking, there is no longer any kinship between the three parties.

The second level is where Lin Xiaoluo goes to school, which is the location of the technical school.

The third level is the residence of technical school graduates, a place filled with factories.

Xiang Tianyu: "According to the duty officer's deduction, the thief was probably seriously injured in the third heaven and forced to flee to the second heaven."

"Otherwise, think about it carefully. People can earn hundreds of coins a day just by casually practicing breathing exercises."

"Why take such a huge risk just to covet our little bit of luck?"

Lin Xiaoluo: "Not necessarily. Breathing exercises take a lot of time, while plundering only takes a moment. People who get used to stealing can never go back to a normal life."

Xiang Tianyu: "That's true, so we still need to be extremely careful and call the police immediately if we find anything unusual."

After that, the two stopped chatting and began their day's work as blacksmiths.

When the blacksmith teacher arrived and saw Zhu Hongjun's body, he ordered the students to drag it to the blacksmith's table and walk around on it.

She muttered under her breath, "Everyone, please don't follow Zhu Hongjun's example and commit suicide. There's always hope in life. If you die, not only will you suffer in hell, but it will also affect our class's blacksmithing quota."

"An extra hour will be added today!"

With just one sentence, Lin Xiaolu could feel the atmosphere of shared sorrow turning into hatred for Zhu Hongjun.

Even Lin Xiaoluo found herself slightly affected.

Because those damn blacksmithing quotas are just awful!
Even though someone dies, the class's performance indicators never change.

Therefore, even though everyone's cultivation and skills have improved, there is still always work to be done.

……

boom!
A huge fist slammed into the wall, making it rumble loudly. The student next door frowned upon hearing this, wanting to yell back, but ultimately remained silent so as not to interrupt his breathing exercises.

"Damn it! That damned Zhu Hongjun, how dare he call the police!"

"If he had just agreed to my request and become my subordinate, why would I have devoured all his luck?"

"The owner of the fist, Xiang Tianyu, said angrily."

"Xiang Tianyu, this is perfectly normal. The Heavenly Court has ruled this world for countless years, and its authority is too profound. Not everyone has the courage to rebel against the Heavenly Court's rule."

A voice came from the shadow behind Xiang Tianyu.

Xiang Tianyu suppressed his anger: "You're right, people are foolish and fear the eighteen levels of hell."

"Little did they know, as long as they didn't die, the eighteen levels of hell were nothing."

"Besides, so what if there are eighteen levels of hell? The thirty-three heavens are essentially just the nineteenth level of hell."

Shadow: "It's good that you have this understanding. Continue to lie low, be patient, and gradually expand your influence."

"I will transfer the fortune I absorbed today to you."

Xiang Tianyu picked up his phone, glanced at it, and frowned: "I've worked so hard for so long, and I only have 20 luck coins?"

Shadow: "This method of devouring luck has a 30% loss, and you also have to spend some luck to cleanse it. Getting 20 points is already pretty good."

"Of course, once you successfully recruit a downline, you can use shares in the stolen treasure to make your downline hand over a commission every month."

"Even if each person only has 1 point, 300 people will have 300 points, which is equivalent to a month of your hard work."

"If you're even more ruthless and ask for two more things, then it'll be two months of arduous training."

Upon hearing this, Xiang Tianyu excitedly exclaimed, "I understand!"

Xiang Tianyu thought to himself, "This damn thing is not honest at all; it has definitely embezzled my luck."

But that's okay. Once I get hold of your connections, I'll find an opportunity to report you and then go it alone.

Shadow: "It's good that you understand."

The shadows whispered, "Do you have any doubts?" It didn't matter. The world is driven by profit; everyone is driven by self-interest. As long as you still want to advance, you can't escape my grasp.

What you've done is nothing more than a front for me.

If the official finds out, he'll kick you out and make you a scapegoat.

……

Huh?
What is this stuff?
In the dormitory, after finishing her meal, Lin Xiaoluo, who was practicing breathing exercises again, noticed something unusual about her dantian.

A round sphere, gleaming with black light, suddenly appeared in her dantian.

The sphere was touched and surrounded by Lin Xiaoluo's magic power, and the two became one.

Lin Xiaolu was startled, because she remembered a warning she had seen: those who steal fortune would place magical artifacts in other people's dantian to steal their fortune.

No way! No way! I'm so unlucky! I've actually been targeted by a thief!

We must call the police!
Lin Xiaoluo didn't want to wait until her luck was devoured before taking action.

Why did Zhu Hongjun commit suicide? It was because he called the police too late, resulting in huge losses and no hope for the future.

Don't ever think that your luck will return after you report a loss to the police. In organized theft crimes like this, your luck has already cycled countless times over the thirty-three days in just one minute.

It's impossible to find it again.

However, the Heavenly Court has limited resources and is in dire financial straits, so reporting to the police will not make up for Lin Xiaoluo's losses!

Even if the losses are made up, the most that can be done is to compensate for the lost currency.

However, what one loses is one's luck. The two are equivalent in a transaction, but not at all equivalent for the person in question.

Therefore, Lin Xiaoluo had to call the police immediately.

However, to her horror, she was unable to stop her breathing exercises and allow her consciousness to leave her dantian.

"Luck is luck, and fortune is fortune."

"If you learn the way of Qi, you can control Qi."

What is this? Isn't this the "Basic Qi Refining Technique"? Why are the words "Basic Qi Refining Technique" appearing on this black sphere?

Lin Xiaolu was extremely anxious. She strongly suspected this was a thief's scheme. Otherwise, if everyone discovered the problem and immediately called the police, how would the thieves make any money?
But Lin Xiaolu didn't have any good ideas.

"I have observed the long river of fate and come to understand that there are five kinds of fortune in the world, the first of which is the fortune of reality."

"This is the foundation of the existence of all things. If things do not have this foundation, they will perish without a trace."

Is this new content?

But isn't this describing luck?
Aside from losses in transactions, luck is fundamental to a person's life.

If your luck is zero, you'll choke to death while drinking water, get hit by a meteorite while walking, or suffer a qi deviation during qi cultivation. In short, there will always be an accident that will kill you.

However, generally speaking, the stronger one is, the higher one's luck will be. The reason why Lin Xiaoluo's breakthrough in cultivation will increase her luck is that strength itself will bring luck.

However, fortune is not static. If one's fortune suddenly fluctuates and declines, then you will be in trouble.

The more you lower your expectations, the more bad luck you'll experience.

For example, Zhu Hongjun's suicide after his luck was stolen is hard to say if it wasn't a form of bad luck.

As for the increase in fortune, if it is due to the acquisition of treasures or the growth of cultivation, the benefits have already been obtained.

"..."

"The next period of fortune is the period of longevity."

"A person's lifespan is determined by Heaven, not by human will. Therefore, if Heaven decrees your death, you have no choice but to die. However, while the way of Heaven is fixed, human actions can still influence it. Thus, a method was created to alter one's destiny and lifespan, named the 'Scripture of the Great Way of Heaven'..."

Upon seeing this, Lin Xiaolu was shocked; this was no ordinary method of transferring fortune.

Rather, it is the supreme method of cultivation.

According to the text, practice this method.

One can transform one's lifespan into actual fortune, or one's actual fortune into lifespan.

Even if one has an endless lifespan, boundless fortune, and unparalleled cultivation, one will die immediately once their lifespan and fortune run out, without exception.

But as long as one's lifespan is endless and one's actual fortune is zero, even if one is as weak as an ordinary person or even as weak as an ant, one can live a long and healthy life and survive endless calamities.

Yes, if there is a conflict between one's actual fortune and one's lifespan, then the lifespan should take precedence.

Or rather, lifespan is a much deeper level than actual fortune, and it is the destiny that governs the life of a living being.

What an incredible, heaven-defying technique!
It is the true secret to immortality!

Moreover, the essence of this method lies in transforming the life force that is usually useless into a huge amount of real luck during ordinary times, and rapidly improving real luck through the Basic Qi Refining Technique.

When one's cultivation reaches a certain level, it can then transform one's lifespan, allowing one to be free from disasters and calamities.

Lin Xiaoluo had already realized that this could absolutely not be the cultivation technique given to her by the thief of fortune, nor could it be the Heavenly Court.

Because of such a heaven-defying technique, the Heavenly Court would absolutely not allow it to leak out.

Otherwise, everyone would know how to do it.

Wouldn't the world be in chaos?
Lin Xiaoluo couldn't imagine what would happen if this technique were to spread throughout the world.

But she knew this could very well be the greatest opportunity of her life.

An opportunity to escape the world of immortals.

"Could this be the cheat code that allowed me to transmigrate?"

Lin Xiaolu couldn't help but ponder, this was the only difference between her and everyone else in this world.

She had hoped to determine whether changes in her own fortune would be beneficial. But it was clearly useless; everyone in this world cultivates their fortune, and even the Basic Qi Refining Technique has the ability to shield one's fortune.

In many cases, people only realize their fate has changed when they are about to die.

"Or are they just thieves posing as masters of divine power?"

Lin Xiaolu calmed down and considered this possibility.

There are very few fools in this world.

But why would they be deceived by smugglers?
It is precisely because of methods like these.

The Heavenly Court has also used anti-fraud propaganda to lure people in by impersonating ancient masters, secret realms, divine skills, and magical artifacts.

"Forget it, let's not use it. Let's find a way to call the police quickly."

However, the moment Lin Xiaolu had this thought, the black sphere dissolved, transforming into countless invisible characters that surged into Lin Xiaolu's sea of ​​consciousness.

"It's over! My luck is about to be stolen by the luck thief."

boom!
As if the world had been created, the sea of ​​consciousness, which should have been opened during the foundation building stage, appeared in an instant.

Then, Lin Xiaoluo learned this supreme skill.

"Why don't you give it a try?"

There's nothing more to say now that things have come to this.

Lin Xiaoluo had no choice but to accept it.

"Ding--!"

Name: Lin Xiaoluo

"Longevity: 236"

"Actual Operation: 110"

"Coins: 11.67"

Cultivation Level: Qi Refining Level 2 (8/2000)

Physical Fitness: 8.21

"Mana: 10.04"

"Divine Sense: 10.00"

"Dao Heart: 15.36"

"Cultivation Technique: "
Basic Qi Refining Technique Level 1 (1108/3000)

Basic weapon crafting skill level 1 (867/1000)

The First Level of the Heavenly Mandate Scripture (1/10)

This isn't some kind of system; rather, it's a record that Lin Xiaoluo tailored to her in her mind based on information from a mobile app.

After all, it's just a bunch of text, nothing difficult. Lin Xiaolu could even write "Immortal" in the cultivation level column, but that wouldn't make any difference.

The most difficult thing was how to standardize and digitize these cultivation levels and techniques, a problem that has been solved by the Heavenly Court's reform of the immortal path.

Lin Xiaoluo is just reaping what's already there.

The only difference is the "Heavenly Mandate Great Dao Scripture," whose level is determined by Lin Xiaoluo based on the knowledge she has acquired.

"Lifespan 236? I can live to 252? Does that mean I can break through to the Foundation Establishment stage?"

"No, no, 252 years old may not be the age of Foundation Establishment. But with a lifespan of 236 points, even if you are an immortal, you will die after 236 years."

"Wait, something's still not right. Why hasn't my fortune changed after I obtained such a powerful 'Heavenly Mandate Great Dao Scripture'?"

Lin Xiaolu carefully reviewed the information left by the black ball.

Then I realized that it wasn't that there was no improvement, but rather that the "Heavenly Mandate Great Dao Scripture" itself lacked fortune.

"The secrets of heaven are vast and boundless. Its number is fifty, and its derivatives number forty-nine. Its phenomena are myriad, and the number of those that are manifest is eight or nine. However, the mysterious and unfathomable one is the only one that remains hidden."

The "Heavenly Mandate Great Dao Scripture" is one of them.

"Never mind, let's go and try out the effect of the lifespan transformation first."

Your lifespan has decreased by 235 points.

Lifespan: 1

Your luck has increased by 235 points.

[Actual performance: 345]

About ten minutes later, almost all of Lin Xiaoluo's lifespan luck was converted into real luck, leaving only 1 point.

After all, having so much lifespan is really useless. Lifespan is different from lifespan. Lifespan is the theoretical upper limit, while lifespan is the actual time of death.

If it weren't absolutely necessary, Lin Xiaoluo would have preferred to have the procedure adjusted so that she would die the very next day.

[You have completed one cycle of breathing exercises. You have gained 3.45 points of basic Qi Refining experience, 3.45 points of cultivation experience, 3.45 points of luck points, and 0.015 points of mana.]

[Basic Qi Refining Technique Level 1 (1111.45/3000)]

[Qi Refining Level 2 (11.45/2000)]

[Mana: 10.095]

[Currency: 15.13]

too strong!
The luck is almost three times stronger than before!
Is this the powerful "Heavenly Mandate Great Dao Scripture"?
It's simply too powerful!
Not only is the cultivation level gain efficiency tripled, but the experience gain efficiency of the Basic Qi Refining Technique is also tripled.

This means that in just two months, I will be able to upgrade the Basic Qi Refining Technique to the second level.

No, I was wrong.

Simply practicing is not the most efficient method.

The best way would be to use coins to smash it!
Coins are a versatile tool; whether it's cultivation techniques or cultivation levels, you can use coins to upgrade your level.

She needs to spend 10 luck coins to increase her experience in the "Heavenly Mandate Great Dao Scripture" by 1 point, and she needs to spend 100 million luck coins to upgrade to the second level.

She had to give up on this for the time being.

However, the "Basic Qi Refining Technique" and cultivation level are not so outrageous; one point of luck coin can earn one point of experience.

In other words, Lin Xiaoluo only needs to spend nearly 2000 luck coins to advance to the third level of Qi Refining.

Based on his daily breathing exercises, he believes he can reach the third level of Qi Refining in just under two months.

But Lin Xiaoluo wouldn't do that.

Reaching the third level of Qi Refining only increases her Luck by 10 points, which, given her current Luck of 345, translates to a mere 2.8% increase in earning efficiency. In contrast, the Basic Qi Refining Technique increases it by 10%.

Based on Lin Xiaoluo's current luck of 345 points, with her own cultivation and the addition of luck-boosting techniques, she only needs about thirty days to raise the "Basic Qi Refining Technique" to the second level.

However, she wouldn't do that either.

The reason is simple: why should you honestly practice on your own?
Wouldn't it be better to take out a loan to upgrade your account level?
Lin Xiaoluo, who had just started cultivating immortality, did not do this because in order to increase efficiency by 10% and gain an extra 20 or 30 points of luck coins per month, she would have to bear an extra 100 or 200 yuan in monthly expenses, which was simply not worth it.

But now, Lin Xiaoluo can handle it completely.

……

"What! You want to take a leave of absence? No, no, do you know how much your studies will fall behind if you take a leave of absence?"

"Now is the time to fight for every second. If you take leave, you will fall behind, and if you fall behind, you will fall behind in class. If you fall behind in class, your studies will snowball and you will fall further and further behind."

"Even if your luck is above the class average and your cultivation has reached the second level of Qi Refining, cultivation is one thing. You will still need to rely on the 'Basic Weapon Refining Technique' to find a job in the future. Only when the 'Basic Weapon Refining Technique' is at a high level will you have a bright future."

“I know that these days of studying have made you feel tired and that you need time to rest and recover your energy.”

"But it's actually easy to solve. You just need to spend 5 points of luck to buy a cow blood potion."

"This will allow you to regain your mental and physical strength, giving you the resources to continue learning. Only in this way can you keep up with the pace of your studies and ensure that you don't fall behind in class."

"Don't disobey your teacher. I'm only saying this for your own good. If it were anyone else, I wouldn't care what they did. Whether they live or die is none of my business, but you are my student, and I have to be responsible for you."

"And don't forget, if you leave, our class might not be able to meet its targets."

The blacksmith teacher spoke to Lin Xiaoluo with righteous indignation.

At the same time, because of that last sentence, the other students present looked at Lin Xiaoluo differently.

This is certainly not because Lin Xiaoluo is too beautiful.

It's uncertain whether any of these people are even capable of having children.

In the world of Immortal Ruins, everything can be mortgaged.

The reproductive system, which is useless and hinders cultivation, is naturally the priority target.

It's not that the targets weren't met, so we'll have to extend the session today.

This greatly harmed the interests of classmates.

Xiang Tianyu tried to grab Lin Xiaoluo's clothes, seemingly wanting to stop her.

But Lin Xiaolu avoided that question, calmly staring into the blacksmith's eyes: "I said I wanted to take a day off. I understand the cost of taking a day off, it's only 100 transport coins, right? I'll pay it now."

As soon as he finished speaking, even the sound of hammering in the classroom quieted down a little.

This isn't 10 luck coins, it's 100 luck coins. Everyone works hard for a month and still can't earn 300 luck coins.

Who dares to ask for leave, and who can afford to ask for leave?
The blacksmith frowned and said, "You need to think this through. 100 points of luck can buy 50 bottles of Ox Blood Potion. One Ox Blood Potion can guarantee you a full hour of study."

"If you use 100 points of transport coins sparingly, it will be enough for you for ten days."

"These ten days of intensive study will significantly improve your skills, further enhance your 'Basic Refining Techniques,' and give you an advantage when looking for a job in the future."

"Don't you know what will happen if you don't have a job and enter the third level after graduation?"

Lin Xiaolu sneered inwardly. Everyone knows that you have a partnership with the manufacturer of the ox blood medicine. The more you sell, the more commission you get. And the 100 Yunbi coins are, frankly speaking, handed over to the school. The blacksmith teacher doesn't get a single commission.

Lin Xiaoluo: "Remember, this is a notice, not a plea. As long as I pay the money, you have to approve it whether you want to or not."

She decisively took out her phone, took out a loan to pay 100 points of luck, and then left the classroom without looking back.

The blacksmith teacher snorted and said to the students, "Look at this. This is what a self-destructive person looks like. At such a young age, they are content with the status quo, take out loans to enjoy themselves, and have given up their great dream of building the Heavenly Court."

"People like this will never amount to anything and will go to hell the next day. Students, never learn from them."

"Do you understand?"

"Oh, and don't forget that we still need to practice for an extra hour today."

The students' resentful voices rang out again: "We know!"

(End of this chapter)