Then all my cultivation as an immortal has been for nothing?

Chapter 42 As Heavy as a Goose Feather
The basic spell class was held in a large lecture hall.

This tiered classroom reminded Wang Yi of his university days, when he and two buddies would hide at the back of the classroom and play on their phones during class. At first, they played Honor of Kings, then Peacekeeper Elite, and as graduation approached, they started playing Delta Force.

Thinking back, my university years were stolen by Tencent's games. My GPA was in danger when I graduated, and it was all Tencent's fault.

If I had studied harder and gotten a higher GPA, I might not have had such a miserable year of internship without getting a permanent position.

In short, it's all the penguins' fault.

After passing the buck to the penguins, Wang Yi started humming a song that had become popular again because of Delta Force: "It's rare to have a few true brothers, the camaraderie of peeling garlic~"

Elsa: "Thinking back to college days? You guys are starting to like this now, huh? A long time ago, I saw college students quoting 'My bunkmate, you're always there, so quiet~'"

Elsa has a very delicate, girlish voice, so when she sings songs by tough guys, it feels a bit strange, like naming a killer weapon "Pink Bunny."

Incidentally, Wang Yi has already decided that if his future natal magic weapon is a weapon, he will name it "Your Dad Suddenly," which is very morbid and not original at all. There are a lot of people who name their characters like that in any competitive online game.

Elsa got carried away with the song, perhaps recalling the conversation in the cafeteria earlier. As she sang, she gave Wang Yi a sly smile: "'The girl's letters are becoming more and more polite, you don't mention a word about love, you say you have many friends now'—ah, I don't have many friends, mine."

Hey!
Just then, the instructor came in: "Oh ho, you're singing now? Who's in such high spirits? Oh, it's a new student. I've heard so much about you."

Wang Yi: "No, no, I'm just an ordinary person with a spiritual root of 22."

“Your 22 spiritual root is also part of your ‘name’. It’s been a long time since we’ve had someone with such a poor spiritual root.”

That's the reputation!

"Since there are new students, let's reintroduce them." The instructor snapped his fingers, and a marker flew up. He unscrewed the cap and started writing on the whiteboard.

"My surname is Qu, and I am your basic magic teacher. I am responsible for teaching you how to use telekinesis to manipulate goose feathers in the classroom."

Wang Yi raised his hand: "Teacher—Instructor, is the entire basic spellcasting course just about manipulating goose feathers with telekinesis? Is there nothing else? What kind of assessment do we need to pass to graduate?"

Instructor Qu: "Student, you're very enthusiastic, asking so many questions at once. I'll answer the last one first: if you can launch a goose feather at Mach 0.4, you can graduate."

"Of course, many people can't do this even after practicing to the end, and they can only get a certificate of completion instead of a graduation certificate. Many Foundation Establishment cultivators come back to challenge themselves to launch goose feathers, which is why they changed their certificate of completion to graduation."

Wang Yi raised his hand again: "Does it count as long as it has ever reached Mach 0.4?"

“Yes, without external force, if you can reach Mach 0.4 and the goose feather remains intact, you can graduate.” Instructor Qu stared at Wang Yi. “Don’t think it’s that simple. Goose feathers are too light and brittle, so the company’s teaching syllabus has many considerations in setting this graduation standard.”

Goodness, it turns out it's stipulated in the company's teaching syllabus.

Wang Yi thought that Instructor Qu had just come up with this on a whim.

Instructor Qu scanned the entire lecture hall: "For most of you, the end point on the path of cultivation is the late stage of Qi Refining. Foundation Establishment is still out of reach. This goose feather is the heaviest thing you will ever encounter in your life. You could never lift it even if you tried your whole life."

Elsa: "So, Old Deng—oh, sorry, even the withered cicada Taoist hasn't reached that level?"

The old Taoist priest, bristling with anger, retorted, "You're no good either!"

Elsa: "Who said that? Give me the goose feather."

Wang Yi handed the goose feather to Elsa.

She then stepped directly onto the tables in the lecture hall, struck a baseball pitcher pose, and shouted, "Hi!"

The next moment, the goose feather broke the sound barrier, making an explosive sound, and the wind ripped everyone's hair.

Instructor Qu calmly explained, "It's possible to densely wrap the telekinetic energy around the goose feather like this and then throw it with your body. Being able to condense and manipulate such pure telekinetic energy is enough to graduate from the training."

Wang Yi looked at Elsa, who jumped off the table: "Didn't you say you lost your spellcasting ability?"

"It's just a thought. How profound do you think something newbies like you can learn is?"

That makes sense, but it hurts my pride a little. Master, please take care of your disciple's pride.

Instructor Qu: "Thank you for the demonstration, Teacher Elsa. Now, everyone, let's begin today's lesson: let the goose feather float for two hours. Note that the feather must not scatter. Anyone whose feather scatters must restart the timer."

After finishing his sentence, Instructor Qu turned to Wang Yi: "Did you have any prior experience with telekinesis, Wang?"

"No." Wang Yi blinked. "Should I?"

"People with spiritual roots usually encounter some supernatural experiences during their growth process."

Wang Yi: "I know, Harry Potter can make glass disappear and then say Parseltongue controls a giant python."

Instructor Qu: "The Western cognitive interference department is really powerful. That's roughly it. Haven't you had any supernatural experiences?"

Wang Yi thought for a moment and shook his head: "No."

He had never encountered a ghost or seen anything unusual since he was a child.

Instructor Qu: "Then you might be a little slower to get started."

Just then, a little devil came over with a goose feather and placed it in front of Wang Yi.

Instructor Qu stepped down from the podium and came to Wang Yi: "Imagine the feather floating up."

Wang Yi: "Shouldn't you teach me some methods first?"

Instructor Qu: "Without using any special techniques, the key to movement is to let your mind guide your thoughts. Imagine this thing floating up, and your Qi will naturally help you achieve it. That's why the foundation of magic and the foundation of Qi cultivation are developed simultaneously. The foundation of magic also helps you capture the Qi that the Qi cultivation machine helps you operate."

"Being able to sense Qi is the starting point of the entire path of cultivation."

After Instructor Qu finished speaking, Pang Jianming's voice came from the side: "Wang Yi is running 1000 meters in front of the starting line right now, but he can't reach it no matter how hard he runs."

Wang Yi really wanted to punch Pang Jianming.

In the online novel, Wang Yi should have succeeded on his first try at this point, and then thoroughly humiliated Pang Jianming. So, following the instructor's instructions, Wang Yi imagined a goose feather dancing ballet in the air while staring intently at it.

Elsa said from the side, "Yide, Cao's army is coming from the north. You're looking in the wrong direction."

what the hell!

Oh right, this classroom faces south, and my orientation is indeed facing south.

Unlike his mentor who complained, Instructor Qu was very responsible: "At the beginning, many people tried very hard, and often failed. Pang Jianming was the same. When you stop thinking about anything, you will succeed on the first try."

Wang Yi began to silently recite "Form is emptiness," emptying his mind.

Elsa: "When are you going to start catching demons, Immortal? Where's your Great Mighty Dragon?"

Wang Yi: "Don't rush me, you'll see!"

Instructor Qu: "I don't mean you should empty your mind. Can you ride a bicycle?"

Wang Yi: Yes.

Elsa immediately started singing an old song: "'Wearing jeans and wandering around, the sun on my face~ My bicycle is my wings, let's see what the world is like~'"

Wang Yi: "Where did you get so many old songs? These are all songs my dad would like!"

"Huh? Shouldn't your dad like things like 'Camel Bells'?"

"That's a song my grandfather liked!"

"Grandpa!" Elsa exclaimed, "He's been abandoned by the times!"

The withered cicada Taoist next to him sneered: "Hmph, he doesn't act like a master at all! He's a stark contrast to Instructor Qu."

Instructor Qu tried to smooth things over: "Oh dear, a monster who's a few hundred years old is like a child, while I'm already a father of four. Listen carefully, it's a bit like riding a bicycle; if you hold your breath from the start, you'll keep falling."

"Later, I gradually got used to it, and the bicycle became a part of my body. I often encountered many dangerous moments, and I was able to barely avoid them."

“Many people, apart from the period when they were learning to ride a bike, will never fall off a bike in their entire lives, and can even ride while dozing off.”

Rukawa Kaede? No, that's a meme my dad would like too.

Wang Yi quickly pretended he hadn't seen "Slam Dunk" (a local translation of the manga/anime series).

Instructor Qu, speaking in a tone remarkably similar to that of Old Man Wang Yi, said, "In short, it doesn't matter how much effort you put in or how much you empty your mind right now. Just keep experimenting. When the time comes, you'll naturally get it, and then mental movement will become a part of your life, an extension of your hands and feet."

Wang Yi began to recall his experience learning to ride a bicycle, and it seemed that he had indeed fallen quite badly, leaving a large scar on his knee.

Grandma was heartbroken and demanded that Wang Yi stop learning to ride a bicycle. But Grandpa secretly took Wang Yi out and pushed him from behind the bike. Once Wang Yi started gliding, he would secretly let go.

When Wang Yi turned around later, he found his grandfather smiling at him from a great distance.

After that, he learned to ride a bicycle.

Elsa: "I'll go!"

Wang Yi: "Huh? What's wrong?"

Then a goose feather floated down from the sky and landed on his nose.

Wang Yi: "I'll go!"

The withered cicada Taoist cursed, "Who's playing a prank?"

Instructor Qu: "No one's playing a prank. I can tell who the mental energy came from. You... are you really not a junior member of some cultivation family? Someone who's already been taken in by an ancestor?"

Wang Yi: "No, I don't know how I did it. I was recalling when I was learning to ride a bike, recalling my grandparents..."

Hold the goose feather in your hand and place it on the table.

"I'll try again."

As he spoke, he pointed to the goose feather with his index finger: "Lift."

The goose feathers remained completely still.

Instructor Qu: "This is normal. Don't be discouraged. If you can fly the first time, you can fly the second time."

Elsa interrupted the instructor while looking at her phone: "The AI ​​says we should try using suggestive language paired with actions."

Using AI is just too outrageous!

But there's no harm in giving it a try; AI is definitely more reliable than his own master.

Wang Yi picked up the pen on the table, pointed it at the goose feather as if it were a wand, and imitated the pronunciation of the Levitation Charm from Harry Potter in Cantonese: "Rong curry en nye wen o sa~"

The goose feathers fluttered in response.

Wang Yi raised his pen, and the goose feather rose all the way to the ceiling of the lecture hall.

Haha, Pang Jianming! Did you see that?! Get ready to be surprised!

Instructor Qu grunted in response.

It's coming, it's coming!

Instructor Qu: "Well done. Keep it up for two hours. If the feathers start to fall apart, start over."

Huh?
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