I've already reached the Nascent Soul stage, and you're saying I didn't time travel?

Chapter 22 Who is A-Cheng?

"I'm coming!"

"Qi Shen has finally opened the door!"

"Why are you more than ten minutes later than usual today?"

"Maybe Qi Shen is watching the live stream too."

"Qi Shen, can you give me some hints about which stocks to buy next? I'll buy whatever you tell me!"

"Hurry! I just connected my son to the mortise and tenon joint, and now he can't pull it out. What should I do?"

"What prince?"

"My beloved dog."

"I want to see you on the news tomorrow."

……

Facing the camera, Qi Xuan stretched lazily, yawned, and then spoke:
"I was a bit caught up in my meditation this morning and didn't pay attention to the time, so I'm a little late. Sorry."

Netizens burst into laughter upon hearing this:

"Sleeping while cultivating, is that it?"

"So you're a master of staying up all night, huh?"

"High-speed differentiation in the early morning, right?"

"The streamer has such great skin, slurp slurp."

……

In fact, Qi Xuan wasn't lying.

Yesterday, I drew a Spirit Gathering Pill while squatting on the edge of a cliff.

After a good night's sleep, he felt refreshed and began taking medicine and practicing meditation.

It must be said that the effects of the Naling Pill were indeed remarkable, increasing his cultivation speed by almost 30%.

Unfortunately, the spiritual energy in the outside world is too thin, so even if the cultivation speed increases threefold, it won't be of much use, as there simply isn't enough spiritual energy to absorb.

"Sigh, if only I could draw a pill that provides spiritual energy!"

Qi Xuan felt somewhat helpless.

To this day, his cultivation progress has reached one-third of the first level of Qi Refining. If he wants to advance to the second level of Qi Refining, it will take at least another week without the help of external forces.

"No rush, no rush, there's plenty of time."

"Since we were able to draw the Spirit Gathering Pill, we might be able to draw other pills that provide spiritual energy."

"There will always be a day when your cultivation will advance by leaps and bounds."

Qi Xuan pulled his wandering thoughts back and said to the camera:

"Yesterday we explored the east side, but unfortunately, the end of the east side is a steep cliff that seems to have no bottom. I'm afraid I won't be able to cross it in a short time."

Let's try a different direction today and see what's to the north. We can't really get stuck in this forest and never find our way out.

With that, Qi Xuan strode forward.

Not far north, the tall twin trees quickly thinned out, the ground was covered with new vegetation, and the surrounding woods became denser, more like a normal forest.

Qi Xuan was completely happy to see this happen.

With more normal trees, the forest's ecological cycle can be established. Even if you don't encounter carnivorous animals like rabbits and pheasants, you'll at least have more edible plant fruits.

"It seems we came to the right place today."

Qi Xuan broke two pomegranate trees and happily harvested a large pile of pomegranates.

Along the way, they successively harvested more than a dozen kinds of food, including amaranth. They picked up a few here and a few there, and soon their nearly empty personal space was completely filled. It has to be said that the abundance of food in this forest to the north completely surpasses that of the west and east.

He could survive in the forest for a long time just by relying on the food produced here.

However, as social animals, humans can hardly survive on food alone. Without companions and interaction, they will eventually become a walking corpse, and it is not surprising that they may even have a mental breakdown and commit suicide on the spot.

We still need to find a way to locate the local indigenous people.

Even if all else fails, having one or two pets is still a good idea.

After walking for a while, perhaps having passed through an area rich in food, the surrounding trees gradually became shorter and the shrubs became more numerous, but we still didn't see any living creatures.

Qi Xuan was so bored that he started talking into the camera:

"...Before I transmigrated, many people online said that it was particularly difficult for liberal arts students to find jobs. There were very few jobs in society that liberal arts students could do in their field. Even liberal arts PhDs often ended up delivering food."

Actually, I think your thinking is too limited. How can a liberal arts graduate not find a job related to their field? Open your mind, there are plenty of jobs out there.

For example, humanities PhD students could conduct live online reviews, downloading humanities theses from various universities online and checking for data fabrication, logical fallacies, or plagiarism.

See, this way, netizens have entertainment, humanities PhDs can earn money from live streaming to support themselves, the Ministry of Education reduces its workload in random paper checks, universities avoid academic misconduct, and the humanities also prove their value. It's a win-win situation, so why not?

Upon hearing this, netizens all became excited:
"Haha, I never expected such a thing!"

"New employment channels for liberal arts majors, explained clearly to you."

"When it comes to employment, we still have to listen to Qi Shen."

"Any humanities PhDs want to try? I'd really like to see my papers being randomly checked."

"Live stream room has been created."

"I have already started searching for humanities papers on the web."

The paper titled "Criminal Policy of 'Strictly Prohibiting Drugs'" has been found.

"Your live stream has been banned. Reason for ban: Do not cause inconvenience to others by exercising your rights legitimately."

"Damn, you're going through this process way too fast."

"In this new era, efficiency is king!"

"I suggest we investigate back ten years of literature, philosophy, history, politics, and economics."

……

In the live stream, Qi Xuan continued with a smile:
"...Just take what I just said as a joke. Actually, it's not just liberal arts students who are finding it difficult to find jobs; science students are also facing the same problem."

I myself am a science student, majoring in computer science in college. Unfortunately, by the time I graduated, the computer industry was already oversaturated, and with the rise of AI, finding a job was extremely difficult.

Luckily, my best friend, whom I've known since childhood, comes from a family with some money. After graduation, none of us could find satisfactory jobs, so we decided to get together and make games.

"Many people have probably thought about making games, but unfortunately, only a very small number of people in the world are able to make games and make a living from them."

We also made games, and we did make them, but after they were released, they flopped so badly that nobody recognized them. They only sold a little over three thousand copies on the gaming platform, which was completely disproportionate to the money and effort we invested.

After the results came out, we tried to salvage the situation, but realized it was beyond repair. We had a farewell dinner and went our separate ways.

"Actually, I feel quite sorry for my childhood friend. He's a second-generation rich kid, and his family had prepared a position for him to inherit from the beginning."

As a result, because I impulsively decided to make a game, someone abandoned their family business without hesitation and joined in, investing nearly two million yuan and expending countless hours of effort, only for the game to fail. To be honest, I feel quite guilty.

At this point, Qi Xuan couldn't help but look at the camera:

"Cheng, although I've often made you take the blame since we were little, and I've always tricked you out of your snacks and internet fees, I really remember your kindness. If it weren't for your help, I probably wouldn't have gotten to where I am today, or at least it wouldn't have been so easy."

"If you can see this live stream, please pray that I return from the other world soon so I can take you flying! Putting everything else aside, I guarantee you a life of wealth and luxury that you could never spend in several lifetimes."

Upon hearing this, countless netizens had only one question in their minds—

Who is A-Cheng?

(End of this chapter)