Chapter 5 - The Perfect Cultivation Method is Just Awesome

"Bro, am I amazing or what?" Su Ye asked, tilting her head in a charmingly expectant way, as if waiting for praise.

"Indeed, my little Ye is amazing," Su Mu indulged her with a compliment before shamelessly adding, "Although not as good as me, you're still better than many others."

Thick-skinned and heartless—these were the trademark skills of scheming planners. If they didn't possess these abilities, how could they ever swindle small amounts of money from the wallets of their players?

Yet, Su Ye genuinely admired him, saying from the heart, "Bro, you're truly incredible!"

Facing his sister's adoring gaze, even Su Mu, thick-skinned as he was, couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed and chuckled awkwardly, "Let's keep a low profile, low profile."

He quickly changed the subject, putting on a serious face, "Although you've understood the theory, you can't get arrogant. I've seen many people who talk a good game about theory, but fail when it comes to actual cultivation. You must never become like that."

Su Ye nodded earnestly, "Mhm, I'll definitely avoid arrogance and impatience, and take you as my role model."

After dinner, Su Ye took the initiative to wash the dishes while Su Mu washed his hands and began making qi refining pills.

Su Mu was very familiar with the pill-making process, and in no time at all, he had produced several cherry-sized pills, including the perfect version and other assorted grades.

Su Mu put on the Huawei smart band he had borrowed from Liu Peng and made some adjustments. Immediately, a line of information appeared on the screen: "Spiritual Qi Value: 910."

In this world, smart bands were not only capable of displaying time, monitoring sleep, counting steps, and other functions, but they could also measure spiritual qi values.

Su Mu took a perfect version qi refining pill, chewed it twice in his mouth, and then swallowed it down with water.

The taste was quite nice, sweet, and much more delicious than the Six-Flavor Rehmannia Pills…

Afterward, Su Mu started practicing the 7th Set of National High School Qi Cultivation Technique. This was a basic technique, used to stimulate the effects of the medicine and provide reference data.

Su Ye, having finished with the dishes, came back to the living room and sat on the sofa, cheek in hands, watching Su Mu practice with great interest.

After completing one set of the national high school qi cultivation technique, Su Mu was covered in sweat and panting.

Su Ye was prepared, immediately offering him a towel and warm water.

Su Mu drank some water, and while wiping off his sweat, he checked the data on his Huawei smart band. The displayed spiritual qi value was 910.4, an increase of 0.4 from before.

Don't underestimate this 0.4.

Once the spiritual qi value exceeds 800, the speed of cultivation slows down significantly. Before 800, it's possible to increase the spiritual qi value by 1 point each day. After 800, an increase of 0.3 per day is considered quite good.

To Su Mu's knowledge, the top students in the senior year of his high school, who consumed ordinary qi refining pills, only saw an increase of about 0.1 in their spiritual qi per cultivation session, totaling around 0.4 a day, and sometimes even less.

By this calculation, the effect of the perfect version qi refining pill was at least four times that of the ordinary version!

It was simply too awesome!

Next, Su Mu tested several other versions of the qi refining pills and gathered a series of data.

The 7-point qi refining pill had an effect similar to those sold on the market. The 8-point version increased spiritual qi by 0.2, about twice the effect of the market version. The 9-point version reached an increase of 0.3, which is three times that!

"From the test results, the 8-point version of the qi refining pill is most suitable for selling. Its effect is twice that of the ordinary version. At this critical moment before the examination for cultivation, where every extra point could change one's destiny, such an effect will surely make many willing to pay."

"As a basic alchemical pill, its effects are not as outrageous as the perfect version, so even if people take notice, they won't resort to illegal measures to acquire it. Selling the formula for the 8-point version won't cause me any heartache, and it will also help raise funds for Su Ye treatment..."

After some thought, Su Mu decided to earn money with the 8-point qi refining pills.

As for how exactly to sell them, that still required some strategizing.

Time flew by, and before he knew it, it was already eleven at night.

Su Mu handed a perfect version qi refining pill to his sister: "You start cultivating first, I'll watch over you. If there's any problem, I'll help you correct it immediately."

Su Ye nodded, swallowed the perfect version qi refining pill, and began her cultivation on the sofa.

With the aid of two perfect version pills, it wasn't long before wisps of spiritual qi swirled around Su Ye, entering her body with her unique breathing rhythm.

The stuff given by the cheat was just awesome!

Seeing that his sister was cultivating smoothly, Su Mu also wanted to cultivate, but he had already practiced the Qi Cultivation Technique four times today. Although it was the 7th Set of the National High School version, he still couldn't cultivate the perfect version.

Only after midnight did he hurriedly consume a perfect version qi refining pill and started his cultivation.

By 1 a.m., the siblings had finished their cultivation sessions.

Su Ye, still excited from her practice, said, "Cultivation feels so fun, like there's an energy scurrying around inside my body, just like a little mouse."

"You have to work hard to make that little mouse listen to you," Su Mu replied, looking down at his Huawei smart band, which now displayed a spiritual qi index of 912.5, up by 1.5.

Could the combination of the perfect version Qi Cultivation Technique and the perfect version qi refining pill be so explosively awesome?!

At this rate of increase, Su Mu could improve his spiritual qi value by more than 90 points in just half a month!

His eyes lit up at the thought.

Does this mean that during the examination for cultivation, my spiritual qi value could soar above 1000?!

If that were to happen, it would be incredibly awesome!

With a spiritual qi value of 1000, one qualifies for foundation building. Once successful, one becomes a cultivator, officially entering the realm of cultivation.

No.7 High School, where Su Mu studied, was a provincial key high school, but in the history of the examination for cultivation, there have only been a few top students with a spiritual qi value over 1000. Their pictures were placed on the school's wall of honor, each smiling as brightly as blooming flowers...

Now, Su Mu also had the chance to be on that wall, to be idolized by his juniors.

The thought was exhilarating!

Su Mu laughed heartily and handed the Huawei smart band to his sister: "Put this on and let's see the results of your cultivation."

Su Ye obediently took the band and put it on.

"How is it, what's your spiritual qi value?" Su Mu asked eagerly, even more anxious than Su Ye.

Su Ye glanced down at the band: "100 points."

"Already 100 points?!"

Su Mu was somewhat surprised, but after thinking it over, he felt it made sense.

After all, his sister had been practicing cultivation with him every day, even if it was without any visible effects. She treated cultivation like a low-intensity workout, persistently carrying on with it.

These 100 points of spiritual qi value must have slowly accumulated over that process.

It was just that previously the energy was dispersed and not concentrated, which is why they hadn't noticed it.