Since the offline channels were a dead end, Lin Jiaxin decided to make her first attempt online.
She didn’t know if it would work yet.
But one thing was certain—this was a very unconventional Manifestation.
Hopefully it’ll work!
“Hoo…”
Lin Jiaxin took a deep breath, calmed her thoughts, and sat cross-legged on the bed, entering a meditative state.
Whether it worked or not, she’d practice first and think later.
She knew that some of her more talented classmates were already able to shoot energy blasts!
And they only got the technique yesterday—they’d already broken through on day one!
She absolutely couldn’t fall too far behind!
…
The school was considerate enough to give the students three days to rest and adjust.
After all, the Heavenly Dynasty (Tianchao) spanned a vast territory, and the students came from all over. Traveling by car and boat took a lot out of them.
That would be very disadvantageous for the month-long military training ahead.
But speaking of military training, with so many people gathered, it was the perfect opportunity to Manifest Sainthood Before Others.
Lin Jiaxin was well aware of this, so she redoubled her efforts in training.
She had to completely master this technique before military training began. Then, in front of her peers, she would show off big time.
Her peers: suffering through honest military training.
While she: a genius appearing out of nowhere, overwhelming all rivals.
That felt nice 😄…
…
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Lin Jiaxin changed into the somewhat ill-fitting camouflage uniform she’d picked up from school and strode confidently to the square.
The square was as big as two football fields. Formal assembly hadn’t started yet, and the area was already packed with people, gathered by their majors.
Lin Jiaxin swept her gaze once and looked away.
Most of these students had no spiritual energy fluctuation at all—clearly not yet initiated.
Her online Manifestation last time had indeed worked!
She felt secretly elated. Her training over the past two days had been completely free of the initial blockage.
It was incredibly smooth!
But there was a downside: the effect only lasted about a day and a half before it faded. The sense of obstruction in training returned, making progress twice as hard.
She now fully understood the true meaning of “with an unstable Dao Heart, even an inch of progress is impossible.”
At the same time, she was starting to enjoy that feeling of unimpeded cultivation.
It was like when you’re on the toilet, and the perfectly firm-and-soft log slides out slowly like a slender banana, making you reluctant to even cut it off…
During this time, Lin Jiaxin also took a moment to browse the school forum for some hot news.
In the freshman section, besides some “technique pitfall guides” posted by students themselves, the most popular posts were about a few students who had caused a stir with their training.
Lin Jiaxin swiped past the former without even clicking in.
She didn’t know what were in them.
But she was sure that her copy of the Nine Heavens Manifestation True Solution was definitely near the top of the “worst” list.
Too crappy!
As for the latter… she was very interested in those students who had made a big commotion.
After all, she had spent most of the past three days training and researching how to be a Jiahao.
She didn’t have much time or energy to socialize with her peers.
Her peers: bragging, slacking off, avoiding training.
While she: striving hard, aiming for the top.
That felt…
Lin Jiaxin didn’t want anyone to overshadow her.
What if, during some grand display, she got intimidated and unconsciously felt inferior? Her thoughts would be blocked, and her cultivation would suffer!
Time to gather intel!
As she pondered how to get specific information, she absentmindedly walked to the center of the square.
This area was all physical training majors.
Their head tops were pointed, their shoulders were twice as wide as a door, and they were packed with muscle. The shortest was at least 1.85 meters.
A group of these burly men huddled together, discussing their daily dosages.
“Yeah, yeah, Arnold’s protein powder is right… I eat a pound a day, gains come fast. This stuff is limited to VIP members. You guys never had it, right?”
“Poor thing, can’t afford gear, don’t even talk. That little bit of protein powder counts? Me, after every meal I hit trenbolone acetate, trenbolone, methenolone, stanozolol, oxandrolone, oxymetholone, boldenone undecylenate, nandrolone phenylpropionate—three times a day, Nine Dragons power. How can you compete with my gains?”
“No no… isn’t Nine Dragons enough for gains? Oh yeah, yeah, with Nine Dragons you don’t need anything else… oh no no, protein powder isn’t enough…”
“Then… then let me ask you, if you take Nine Dragons, what brand do you buy? Let me ask you, if you take the Nine Dragons brand, then let me ask you, do you think Master Arnold’s protein powder tastes bad? Then let me ask you… who’s this female classmate? Why is her head so pointy? Do we have any female classmates in our class?”
Lin Jiaxin watched as a bunch of bald or pointy-headed muscles suddenly all turned to look at her.
She instinctively stepped back, not wanting to get too close.
Getting near them felt like it would lower her SAN and get her assimilated.
“Um, I’m not in your major. I’m from the magic cultivation department next door. I just wandered here by accident… Also, classmate, my head isn’t as pointy as yours, is it?”
Originally she wanted to leave directly and find her own major’s formation.
But the last comment about her “pointy head” rubbed her the wrong way.
Before going out, she had carefully checked herself for any issues, planning to make a grand Manifestation.
To avoid messing up her hair, she just tied it in a high ponytail. If it got messy, it’d be easy to fix.
And the key point: she had brushed her hair before tying the ponytail. There was no way that would cause a bump on top!
Meanwhile, the guy’s head was actually the pointy one—because he had so little hair, and there was a high little bun on the back of his head, making his front profile look like a cone.
“Then… then let me ask you, if you’re from the magic department, did you wander in or wander in? If you, you, you, are a girl, you, you, you ask me that kind of question, uh, why? Then let me ask you, is your head pointy or bald or dyed yellow or red? Then let me ask you… uh? Or are you wearing a wig?”
The little-bun guy was displeased and immediately shot back loudly.
But his way of speaking was already halting; when he got agitated, his words became even more incoherent.
“…”
Lin Jiaxin was speechless for a moment.
She took a deep breath and looked up again at these pointy-headed muscles.
After careful observation and listening to their earlier conversation, she reached a conclusion.
These guys… were probably on way too many performance-enhancing drugs.
So Lin Jiaxin didn’t argue further.
That one unintentional retort of hers had already made the guy stammer.
If she went another two rounds, would his single-threaded brain crash?
She shot them one last look of awe, then lowered her head and quickly walked away.
Too powerful—she couldn’t provoke them!
Better hurry up and prepare for the upcoming Manifestation.
She couldn’t let her cultivation slip! She was going to become an existence that stands above eternity!
Charge! Charge! Charge!