I Became the Alchemy Master by Picking Up Trash-Chapter 69 - 68: Terms and Conditions

"Mm, very good." Wen Dao nodded, his expression becoming even more amiable, and asked, "Do you have any questions about what happened today?"

"Can I get a refund for the one hundred and sixty thousand spent on the Element Testing?"

Wen Dao was taken aback: "That’s what you’re most concerned about?"

According to Yang Zhou, this child spent all her spare time working part-time jobs and has amassed a considerable fortune. How did she become so obsessed with money?

"Refund! It must be refunded!"

Li Xing was delighted and continued to ask, "Principal, if I start training my spiritual power now, do you think I still have a chance?"

Li Xing was just asking casually, but she didn’t know that in Wen Dao’s eyes, her current performance was the epitome of resilience and refusal to bow to fate.

The old principal’s eyes welled up with tears. While admiring Li Xing, he also felt more heartache, wishing he could immediately go to the Elder Council and give Jiang Hongfei two big slaps. The Element Testing Instrument was managed by Jiang Hongfei, and a great talent was delayed due to his negligence.

"People on the Qianyuan Continent start showing their talents from the age of three. Because of individual differences, some show it earlier, some later. Generally speaking, spiritual power appears later than the Primordial Spirit, but it usually does not exceed the age of six."

"Some children with sensitive constitutions, when their spiritual power begins to manifest, may experience insomnia, headaches, or hallucinations, but these symptoms will naturally disappear after the age of six. Thus, six years old is the watershed for spiritual power development, which is why the Elder Council has set the age for testing both Primordial Spirit and spiritual power at six."

"After hundreds of years of research and experience summarization, the most authoritative experts on spiritual power research now believe that when human spiritual power first manifests, the Spirit Sea is at its most malleable. If this period is met with scientific guidance and training, it can help expand the Spirit Sea, and the spiritual power might even have the possibility of upgrading." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

"The later the spiritual power is developed, the smaller the capacity of the Spirit Sea. If the spiritual power has not been trained, the Spirit Sea will shrink and dry up, and the level of spiritual power will fall exponentially, rendering it useless, becoming wasted spiritual power."

"The current latest age for Spirit Sea development is ten, and you are already sixteen. Theoretically, it’s hard for you to externalize your spiritual power. Of course, nothing is absolute, and you can’t believe everything the experts say. You can try training, and maybe you’ll set a precedent and raise the latest age limit to sixteen!"

Li Xing nodded. Whether or not she could train it didn’t matter much to her, the key was to find a reasonable explanation for future exposure of her Divine Sense. As long as it wasn’t completely impossible, she could manage.

"Principal, you just mentioned that spiritual power can upgrade?"

"Yes, but not everyone can achieve an upgrade in spiritual power. It requires guidance from professionals, as well as a lot of financial and material support. Sometimes, even taking medicine is necessary, which common people simply can’t afford."

Li Xing understood, it’s yet another arena of capital battle; there’s a reason the poor rarely make it into the gentry.

"For example, if developed and trained in time, the Spirit Sea would indeed be as vast as the ocean. If not developed timely, it becomes a small stagnant pond the size of a washbasin."

"Since spiritual power can upgrade, can the Primordial Spirit upgrade too?"

Wen Dao nodded: "Of course, it can. There are two ways for the Primordial Spirit to upgrade, one being a pseudo-level drop after exhausting Elemental Power, where the Primordial Spirit can generally return to its original level as long as enough energy is replenished."

"The other, an upgrade by changing aptitude, is much rarer. For example, someone with a naturally B-rank Primordial Spirit aptitude wanting to upgrade to A-rank must absorb a large amount of Elemental Power that matches the Primordial Spirit Attribute."

"During the absorption process, there is the danger of going berserk or body implosion. If one is fortunate to survive the energy absorption period, they enter the refinement period. Whether one can successfully advance depends on whether they can thoroughly refine the absorbed energy for personal use."

"But the upgrading of the Primordial Spirit also depends on the individual’s aptitude and resilience. Those with good aptitude have a higher chance of advancing, and even if they can’t advance, they can purify their Primordial Spirit and enhance their combat power. Those with poor aptitude are more prone to failure, which not only renders the Primordial Spirit useless but can even result in death."

Li Xing suddenly realized.

"Li Xing, I deeply sympathize with your situation. You can make three requests of me, and as long as they don’t violate Harssas Academy’s rules, I’ll grant them as compensation from the school."

Li Xing’s eyes suddenly lit up.

"I want to live in a single dormitory."

"Approved!"

"Upgrade my meal card to the staff meal system."

"Sure!"

"I want to audit the Rune Master Department and the Healing Master Department’s courses."

"No problem!"

This last condition, even if Li Xing didn’t bring it up, Wen Dao would have suggested it. After all, in history, all those with Double Heaven Armor expertise have mastered all three disciplines. Although Li Xing’s spiritual power is lacking, one can never have too many skills, and learning more always has its advantages.

Li Xing left completely satisfied. After a slight rest, Wen Dao slumped back in his chair, sent out a few lightbrain messages with a furrowed brow, and then slammed the door open in a rage.

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Datang City.

Yang Zhou looked at the message Wen Dao sent and couldn’t help but curse.

This bunch of bastards really messed up Li Xing’s Primordial Spirit!

A rare double Double Heaven Armor, capable of causing celestial phenomena, buried to the point where the Spirit Sea dried up—it truly pained him.

Yang Zhou suddenly recalled the scene years ago in the cafeteria when he used his spiritual power to probe Li Xing; she didn’t react at all to his spiritual attack at the time.

He thought Li Xing had no spiritual power, but thinking back now, there’s actually another explanation—that Li Xing’s spiritual power was actually above his, so she didn’t feel any lower-level spiritual attacks!

His spiritual power was B-rank, so that means Li Xing’s...

Fuck—!

No wonder Li Xing’s physical strength was so poor when she entered school. How could a naturally gifted Healing Master compare physically with a Martial Master?

She should clearly have gone to the upper city for more targeted education, but was treated as a Martial Master and forcibly trained in a hellish way for ten years, altering her nature. The suffering was hard to describe, but the child accepted it all silently and never complained.

Remembering this, Yang Zhou felt both anger and ache in his head. He cursed as he dashed out of the office, running into Li Yi, who came for his signature.

"Li Yi, I don’t care what methods you use, take some people and surround the City Lord Mansion immediately. If a single fly leaves the mansion before I get back, you can kiss your job goodbye!"

"Huh?" ૮(ﾟ∀ﾟ)ა What!

After circling the spaceport twice, Yang Zhou reached the Elder Council at record speed, just in time to meet the furious Wen Dao.

"You’re here too?" Wen Dao rolled up the sleeves of his large academy robe, revealing a menacing smile.

"Can I swallow this anger? Tell me, what’s the plan?" Yang Zhou asked with an eerie calm.

"Same as always, I’ll handle the diplomatic approach, you go for the brute force!"

Yang Zhou bared his teeth: "Then what are we waiting for, let’s go!"