At dusk, before the nine gates of the imperial city closed, a team of fast horses passed through the gates and entered the city.
The old man on horseback was covered in dust, his eyes were bloodshot, and his clothes were wrinkled and stained with mud.
Anyone who saw such honor would not believe that he was the wealthy man of Shuzhou today, the famous imperial merchant Chen Baiwang.
Even the most familiar friends would not recognize him if they saw him like this.
Chen Baiwang hasn't slept a wink since learning that his beloved son is missing.
How could a healthy person just disappear right under the nose of Haotian Academy?
The headmaster Wu Jiutian brought him a special message, saying that Chen Ke might have arrived in Beijing early.
Chen Baiwang hurriedly dropped what he was doing and rushed to the capital overnight.
On his way, he received an express letter from the capital, saying that someone took Chen Ke's token and withdrew one thousand taels of silver from the Chen family bank in the capital.
Chen Baiwang was both surprised and happy. He was happy that his son was finally found, but he was worried why his son didn't go to withdraw the money in person, and why he only withdrew one thousand taels?
Did something happen?
Or maybe he sent someone to get the money just to let me know he was safe?
Along the way, Chen Baiwang forced himself not to think of the worst, and in agony, he finally arrived in the capital.
At the intersection, there were already several carriages waiting there, and they hurried forward when they saw them.
The shopkeeper Hu said with a happy face: "Boss, there is news about the young master. He is fine!"
Nothing happened?!
Chen Baiwang was extremely surprised. After getting off his horse, he couldn't wait to ask, "Where is he?!"
"Young Master went to the Great Xia Academy today to complete the enrollment procedures. Principal Lu specifically asked Young Master to stay at the academy and take the entrance exam tomorrow morning!"
"Sure?"
"Of course I'm sure, Boss. The news has spread throughout the capital. I've had someone confirm it, so there's no mistake!"
Chen Baiwang let out a long sigh, a huge weight lifted off his chest, and he felt completely exhausted.
God bless you.
May our ancestors bless you.
It's okay, it's okay.
Only then did he notice how sloppy he looked and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Looking at the people who were traveling with him, they were all in a terrible state, not much better off than him.
Chen Baiwang looked at the shopkeeper who had brought the news and said proudly, "Shopkeeper Hu, immediately send someone to Xuanwu Lake to book the largest pleasure boat in Tianyue Tower for me, and also reserve two tables of the best food. We'll be there shortly!"
Shopkeeper Hu was taken aback for a moment, then he smiled and agreed, "I'll do it right away!"
While Comrade Lao Chen was doing his health care, Chen Ke was sitting in a meditation room, preparing to break through the Dragon Gate.
The teacher of the academy sent a lot of things, including various protective gear and elixirs needed to break through the Dragon Gate.
The protective gear and weapons of the Daxia Academy were certainly not as good as the professional equipment of the Ziyun Sword Sect, so Chen Ke put everything aside and only kept a jade pendant.
This jade pendant is used to save lives, just like the one used in the Seven Killings Secret Realm of Haotian Academy. When the challenger encounters danger, he can crush the jade pendant and ask for help.
Of course, once the jade token is crushed, it means that you can no longer continue to advance, so it is best not to use it if possible.
After putting everything in place, Chen Ke sat down cross-legged with his eyes lowered, and activated the mystery of "dead wood coming back to life in spring".
Green light projected from the inside out, and pure wood-attributed spiritual power traveled throughout his body, quickly repairing his damaged muscles and meridians.
He fought several battles today, but actually didn't suffer any injuries. It was just that in the final match against Lu Qingyun, he was hit back because of the forced change of tactics, but the injury was not serious.
In a short moment, Chen Ke's injuries were completely healed, and a large amount of impurities were discharged from his body.
He stood up, took a cold shower in the bathroom next door, changed into clean clothes, and walked into the courtyard feeling refreshed.
The night is deep, the stars and the moon are hidden in the light flowing clouds, and can only cast a dull light on the clouds.
The air is a little stuffy, it looks like it's going to rain.
For some reason, Chen Ke suddenly thought of the Qin princess who traveled west.
According to the itinerary, the Princess of Qin has not left the capital area yet, and I don't know whether the Hidden Dragon Pavilion has sent anyone to protect her.
In a few days, if it rains heavily, I will take the Fuyao Shenzhou to see her?
Chen Ke thought about it for a while, and estimated that the smell in the training room had almost dissipated, so he returned to the training room.
With his wet long hair loose, he sat down cross-legged, took out a green crystal from the ring space, and held it in his hand.
The crystal stone with green light is only the size of a palm, with round color and crystal clearness. After polishing, it is as exquisite as a work of art.
Although it is only the lowest grade, inferior spirit stone, in Chen Ke's opinion, its quality is comparable to the highest quality jade ever made.
He gently stroked the low-grade spirit stone with his hand and slowly lowered his eyes.
Refining spirit stones does not require any sophisticated methods. As long as you use your heart to sense and establish a channel between the spirit stone and your body, you can guide the energy in the spirit stone into your body.
My Wood attribute has been awakened for a while now, so refining it now should be no problem, right?
A low-grade spirit stone can absorb energy multiple times and can at least satisfy his cultivation for a month.
Under Chen Ke's careful perception, the green light on the surface of the spirit stone rippled gently like gentle water waves.
Almost at the same time, a thin green line extended from Chen Ke's dantian and finally coiled around his palm, forming a green vortex the size of a button.
The vortex swirled slowly, and gradually, it seemed to turn into a crisp horn, and the tip slowly penetrated into the interior of the spiritualist.
Buzz!
The spirit stone trembled slightly, and green light suddenly shot out.
A pure and powerful wood-attributed spiritual power was released from the inside of the crystal and poured into Chen Ke's palm.
Success!
The dense spiritual power was like a trickle of water, flowing along Chen Ke's arm and continuously towards the spiritual sea in his dantian.
boom!
The spiritual sea shook violently, and the space suddenly doubled in size.
boom!
The spiritual sea shook again, and the space doubled in size.
After two expansions, the spiritual sea space reached one foot!
Chen Ke felt happy and focused more, and the vortex in his palm swirled faster.
The spiritual sea space is the center of spiritual energy. The larger the space, the more spiritual energy it can accommodate.
It is said that when one reaches the 81st level of cultivation, the spiritual sea space of a practitioner can even reach ten feet in radius.
This energy level is too terrifying. If it were to be unleashed, how much power would it unleash?
Buzz!
Just as Chen Ke was daydreaming, the leaf floating in the spiritual sea space suddenly trembled.
The next moment, the spirit stone in his palm burst into brilliant light, as if it was about to explode.
The wood-attributed spiritual power inside the crystal stone, like a raging torrent, poured directly into Chen Ke's palm.
With a whoosh, this green torrent was completely sucked up by the Fuyao Divine Leaf!
Crash!
The spirit stone turned gray, and the next moment it turned into powder, flowing through Chen Ke's fingers.
(End of this chapter)