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Chapter 473

Next is the appointment ceremony, formally announced by Su Hao one by one.

Under the statue, Su Hao’s voice was full of dignity, his attitude serious, not to be refused, assigning corresponding responsibilities to each position.

From this moment on, the seven people present, in addition to their original identities as disciples of the Yunzhong Valley, also had another bond, which was the responsibility from the ‘Starry Sky Cultivation Technology Academy’.

Yashan served as vice president, also responsible for teaching “Social Cognition” and “Cultivation History and Change” courses.

Feng Hua served as the director of teaching, also responsible for teaching “Cultivation Basics”.

Feng Yan served as the deputy director of teaching, also responsible for teaching “Mechanics and Formations and Productivity”.

Feng Ling served as the disciplinary officer, unable to teach anything.

Feng Cheng served as the instructor of “Techniques and Spiritual Power”.

Feng Yuer served as the instructor of “Beauty of Nature and Spiritual Power” and “Algebra and Geometry”.

Yun Qingping served as the instructor of “Material Chemistry” and “Physics Exploration”.

After the announcement, Su Hao looked at Feng Hua and Feng Yan, smiling, and said, “Director Feng Hua, Director Feng Yan, what stage have your cultivations reached now?”

Feng Hua shook his head and said, “Stuck at the fourth level of the Golden Core, ‘Golden Firmness’, still exploring ‘Spiritual Sense’, but unable to enter.”

Feng Yan also said, “Me too.”

Su Hao said, “Tomorrow, you two go find Director Yue Ying. Let him help you find ‘Spiritual Sense’ and break through the Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible.”

Feng Hua and Feng Yan were shocked to hear this, looking at Yashan incredulously, “Spiritual Sense can still help find it? And breaking through the Nascent Soul stage?”

Su Hao nodded seriously and said, “That’s right! At the latest within three years, it can help you break through the Nascent Soul stage.”

Feng Hua and Feng Yan both knew that since Su Hao said so, it must be true!

The astonishment on their faces grew stronger and stronger, unable to help but exchange a glance.

They had confirmed that what they had cultivated for so many years must be false immortality without a doubt!

At this moment, Feng Ling jumped out and asked, “Feng Wei, what about me? I also want to break through to the Golden Core stage! Can you help me?”

Su Hao asked, “Has the master prepared to draw the spiritual power structure of the five viscera?”

Feng Ling helplessly said, “I’ve practiced countless times, but I still can’t find the sensation of the five viscera. Even if I draw it out, it’s useless, so I dare not break through.”

Su Hao turned to look at Feng Yuer and Yun Qingping and asked, “Are you two the same?”

Feng Yuer and Yun Qingping nodded, “Indeed, without certainty, we dare not act recklessly.”

Su Hao understood and then pondered for a moment before saying, “The three of you, for the next month, adjust your physical condition first, prepare to draw the spiritual power structure at any time, and then wait for Yue Ying to find you. Within at most two months, you will be able to break through to the Golden Core stage.”

Feng Ling just casually asked, but didn’t expect that Su Hao really had a way to help them break through to the Golden Core stage. For a moment, she showed a joyful expression!

She didn’t have the stubbornness of ‘I’ll rely on myself’ at all. She didn’t want to sit still every day, searching for that elusive ‘sensation of the five viscera’. Not to mention the sore butt, the key was that she had no clue at all. For her, daily cultivation was simply torture.

She wasn’t afraid of cultivation; she was afraid of making no progress year after year!

Feng Yuer and Yun Qingping were the same. Both of them were not the kind of people who had to prove their strength. Maybe they were before, but not anymore. Could anyone be stronger than Su Hao?

So, what’s the point of proving oneself? It’s better to spend more time learning some knowledge. Recently, the article on spiritual power research sent by Teacher Yue Ying had shocked them, but they hadn’t had time to study and digest it properly yet.

As soon as Feng Yuer heard that Su Hao could help them break through to the Golden Core stage, her first reaction was surprise, followed by doubt: How could Feng Wei help them find the ‘sensation of the five viscera’?

The key was, the five viscera were her own. If she couldn’t find them herself, how could others find them?

Feng Yuer looked at Su Hao, her eyes sparkling, and thought to herself, “How smart is Feng Wei after all? It always feels like there’s nothing he can’t do!”

Helping Feng Ling and the others find the rhythm of the five viscera was not difficult for Su Hao. It would take at most half a month to figure out a solution.

Su Hao thought to himself, “If they can’t find it, it’s okay. Change the approach, adjust the rhythm of the five viscera, and then actively find them, isn’t that better?”

As long as one’s mind doesn’t slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties.

Half a month later, Su Hao successfully developed a version of the “Five Viscera Coordinating Amplifier” rune, which could amplify the rhythm of the five viscera by more than ten times and could continue to enhance it.

With this, if Feng Ling and the others still couldn’t find the sensation of the five viscera, Su Hao wouldn’t bother!

Just as Su Hao was about to continue developing the spiritual power calculator, a prompt came from a small black room in the pinball space.

Su Hao opened it and saw a message from the big cat arranged by the Immortal Master.

The voice of the Immortal Master came: “Friend Jia Wei, I have completed the breakthrough. It can be considered a success, but also a failure. For the specifics, Friend Jia Wei can personally come and check.”

After seven years, the Immortal Master finally completed the breakthrough, two years slower than expected.

However, what did the Immortal Master mean by success, and what did failure entail?

“Let’s go and see.”

After checking the information about Immortal Master in pinball space and finding nothing special, Su Hao transformed into a [Child of Fate] and, using the Immortal Master as a coordinate, teleported to his side.

As soon as he appeared, he saw the Immortal Master waiting on the side.

The Immortal Master could hardly conceal his joy when he saw Su Hao in his tall golden armor. He even greeted him actively, “Friend Jia Wei, your demeanor remains unchanged!”

Su Hao asked, “What’s the result?”

The Immortal Master raised his hand, and a faint purple light circulated on it, faintly visible. He said, “According to the plan, I repeatedly superimposed spiritual power in the ‘Unity – Nascent Soul – Unity – Nascent Soul’ stages, using up the fifty-eight bodies of Unity spiritual power collected before plus one monster, and adding my own spiritual power. In total, I superimposed four layers, reaching the limit, and there’s nothing more to add.

The spiritual power in my body has now reached an unimaginable level. It can be said that in this state, I am firmly above Unity, almost reaching half of the ‘Cycle Realm’.”

Su Hao asked, “Then why do you say it’s a failure?”

The Immortal Master sighed and said, “My body is about to reach its limit. Although I forcibly piled up to this extent using a large amount of spiritual power, I can feel that my lifespan hasn’t fundamentally increased. It seems that two thousand five hundred years is already the limit of life.

Moreover, if I don’t actively refine spiritual power, my spiritual power will gradually dissipate. It’s very subtle, but I can perceive it. It can be imagined that as time goes by, this dissipation will accelerate. When I can no longer stop it, it will collapse like an avalanche, and that will be my end.

However, being able to explore the limit of life to this extent, I have no regrets in this life! It’s a pity…”

This kind of result was almost as Su Hao had expected.

It was inevitable to gain stronger power, but extending lifespan might not necessarily work. No matter how powerful the spiritual power was, it would still be limited by the physical body. After the body decayed, even the most powerful spiritual power would be like water without a source, eventually drying up.

Therefore, Su Hao became more certain that spiritual power was definitely not the main path to immortality. It was just a bridge, a tool, a tool used to explore the long-lasting consciousness.

Su Hao said, “What a pity.”

The Immortal Master looked at Su Hao and suddenly smiled, “Friend Jia Wei, if I hadn’t met you, it would have been more perfe! Because in that case, reaching my current level, I would think that this is the way to cultivate immortality. In two hundred years, I could die perfectly.

Now, although I have achieved the goal that I have been pursuing all along, I have found that I was wrong from the beginning. Everything I have done is meaningless. Even with such powerful strength, I still can’t defeat you, a mere Nascent Soul friend. It’s ridiculous, pitiful, and lamentable.”

Su Hao also smiled rarely, “I always thought that Friend Immortal Master was a person who single-mindedly pursued the Great Dao, but unexpectedly, you have such a sentimental side. As for whether I can defeat you… Heh, do you want to try?”

The Immortal Master shook his head and said, “No need. I know in my heart, and besides, I am already a person without a goal. It’s all meaningless!”

Since that was the case, Su Hao boldly made an unreasonable request, “Friend Immortal Master, may I investigate the changes in your body now?”

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    Chapter 473

    Following the declaration of the academy's establishment came the official appointment ceremony.

    Standing beneath the towering statue, Su Hao announced each appointment personally.

    His voice was calm, solemn, and carried unquestionable authority. Every responsibility was assigned by him without room for objection.

    From this day onward, besides being former disciples of Moonwatch Valley, the seven of them now shared another identity.

    They had become the founding members of the Starfall Cultivation Technology Academy.

    Yashan was appointed Vice Dean, responsible for teaching Social Cognition and History and Evolution of Cultivation.

    Feng Hua became Director of Teaching, responsible for Cultivation Fundamentals.

    Feng Yan became Deputy Director of Teaching, responsible for Mechanics, Formations, and Productivity.

    Feng Ling became Director of Discipline. Since she lacked the theoretical foundation, she was not assigned any academic subjects.

    Feng Cheng became the instructor for Techniques and Spiritual Power.

    Feng Yuer became the instructor for The Beauty of Nature and Spiritual Power as well as Algebra and Geometry.

    Yun Qingping became the instructor for Material Chemistry and Physical Exploration.

    After the appointments were completed, Su Hao looked toward Feng Hua and Feng Yan with a smile.

    "Director Feng Hua. Director Feng Yan. What stage have the two of you reached?"

    Feng Hua shook his head.

    "I'm still stuck at the fourth stage of the Golden Core Realm, Golden Firmness. I've been searching for Spiritual Sense, but I still can't cross that final step."

    Feng Yan nodded.

    "The same for me."

    Su Hao said calmly,

    "Tomorrow, the two of you should go see Vice Dean Yue Ying."

    "He'll help you awaken Spiritual Sense."

    "And he'll assist your breakthrough into the Nascent Soul Realm."

    The two were stunned.

    "Help... awaken Spiritual Sense?"

    "And even help us break through to the Nascent Soul Realm?"

    Su Hao nodded.

    "That's right."

    "Within three years at the latest."

    "You'll both enter the Nascent Soul Realm."

    The two no longer questioned him.

    If Feng Wei said it could be done...

    Then it certainly could.

    They exchanged glances, the astonishment in their eyes growing stronger.

    After cultivating for more than a hundred years...

    They suddenly felt that perhaps everything they had pursued before had been walking along the wrong road.

    At that moment, Feng Ling hurried forward.

    "What about me?"

    "I want to reach the Golden Core Realm too!"

    "Can you help me?"

    Su Hao asked,

    "Have you completed the Spiritual Power structure of your five internal organs?"

    Feng Ling sighed helplessly.

    "I've tried countless times."

    "But I still can't perceive the rhythm of my five organs."

    "Even if I force myself to draw the structure, it won't be accurate."

    "So I don't dare attempt the breakthrough."

    Su Hao then looked toward Feng Yuer and Yun Qingping.

    "You two as well?"

    Both nodded.

    "Without confidence, we don't dare take the risk."

    After thinking briefly, Su Hao said,

    "For the next month, adjust your physical condition."

    "Prepare yourselves for constructing the Spiritual Power structure."

    "Then wait for Yue Ying."

    "Within two months, all three of you will reach the Golden Core Realm."

    Feng Ling had only asked casually.

    She never imagined Feng Wei truly had a solution.

    Joy immediately filled her face.

    She had never stubbornly insisted on relying solely upon herself.

    Searching day after day for the vague rhythm of the five organs had long become torture.

    It wasn't cultivation she disliked.

    It was making no progress despite years of effort.

    Feng Yuer and Yun Qingping felt much the same.

    Long ago, they might have wanted to prove themselves.

    Not anymore.

    Who in this world could surpass Feng Wei?

    If no one could...

    Then what was there to prove?

    They would rather spend that time studying.

    Especially after reading the Spiritual Power research papers Yashan had recently distributed.

    Those papers had completely overturned their understanding of cultivation.

    Yet one question lingered in Feng Yuer's mind.

    How could Feng Wei help another person perceive the rhythm of their own internal organs?

    She secretly looked toward him.

    Her eyes sparkled.

    "Just how intelligent is Teacher Feng Wei?"

    "It feels as though nothing is impossible for him."

    To Su Hao, however, the solution was simple.

    If someone couldn't perceive the rhythm naturally...

    Then simply amplify the rhythm itself until it became impossible to ignore.

    As long as one's thinking didn't become rigid...

    There would always be more solutions than difficulties.

    ...

    Half a month later, Su Hao successfully completed a new rune.

    The Five-Organ Resonance Amplifier.

    Once activated, it amplified the natural rhythm of the five internal organs by more than ten times and could continue increasing that amplification.

    With this, if Feng Ling and the others still failed to perceive the rhythm...

    Then there was truly nothing more he could do.

    Just as Su Hao prepared to continue developing the Spiritual Power Calculator, a notification suddenly appeared inside a secluded monitoring chamber within the Marble Space.

    He opened it.

    The message came from the large cat spirit beast he had left beside the Immortal Master years earlier.

    The Immortal Master's voice sounded.

    "Friend Jia Wei."

    "My breakthrough has been completed."

    "It can be considered both a success... and a failure."

    "If you wish to know why..."

    "Come and see for yourself."

    Seven years had passed.

    The breakthrough had taken two years longer than originally expected.

    "A success... and a failure?"

    Su Hao became interested.

    After confirming through the Marble Space that nothing unusual had happened to the Immortal Master, he transformed into his Life Bearer form.

    Using the Immortal Master as his teleportation anchor, he instantly appeared beside him.

    The Immortal Master had clearly been waiting.

    Seeing the familiar towering Crystal Armor, he smiled.

    "Friend Jia Wei."

    "You remain exactly the same as ever."

    Su Hao skipped the pleasantries.

    "Tell me the result."

    The Immortal Master raised his hand.

    A faint violet glow slowly flowed across his palm.

    "I followed the plan we designed together."

    "I repeatedly cycled between the Unity Realm and the Nascent Soul Realm."

    "I refined the Spiritual Power contained within all fifty-eight Unity Realm cultivators."

    "I also refined that monster."

    "Together with my own cultivation..."

    "I completed four full refinement cycles."

    "That is the absolute limit."

    "There is nothing left that can be added."

    He quietly looked at the violet Spiritual Power surrounding his hand.

    "The Spiritual Power within my body has reached an unimaginable level."

    "It can be said..."

    "I've stepped firmly beyond the Unity Realm."

    "I've reached roughly half a step into the Cycle Realm I once envisioned."

    Su Hao asked,

    "Then why do you call it a failure?"

    The Immortal Master sighed.

    "My body has already reached its limit."

    "No matter how much Spiritual Power I accumulated..."

    "My lifespan never fundamentally increased."

    "It seems..."

    "Twenty-five hundred years..."

    "is the true lifespan limit of this body."

    He continued quietly,

    "And..."

    "My Spiritual Power is slowly dissipating."

    "The loss is so slight that almost no one could notice it."

    "But I can."

    "I know..."

    "One day..."

    "The rate of dissipation will suddenly accelerate."

    "It will collapse like an avalanche."

    "And when that day comes..."

    "My life will come to an end."

    A faint smile appeared on his face.

    "Still..."

    "I've personally reached the limit of life."

    "I have no regrets."

    "It's only..."

    "a pity."

    The result was almost exactly what Su Hao had expected.

    The Immortal Master had undoubtedly become much stronger.

    But the body itself had not fundamentally changed.

    Once the body decayed...

    Even limitless Spiritual Power would become water without a source.

    At that moment, Su Hao became even more convinced.

    Spiritual Power itself was never the destination.

    It was only a bridge.

    A tool.

    The true goal had always been understanding consciousness itself.

    He nodded.

    "What a pity."

    The Immortal Master suddenly laughed.

    "You know..."

    "If I had never met you..."

    "My life might actually have been more perfect."

    He looked toward Su Hao.

    "If no one had shown me a higher possibility..."

    "I would have believed this to be the ultimate path."

    "I could have died peacefully two hundred years from now."

    "But now..."

    "I've finally reached the goal I spent my entire life pursuing..."

    "Only to discover that I had been walking in the wrong direction from the very beginning."

    "Everything I accomplished..."

    "Was ultimately meaningless."

    "And despite becoming this powerful..."

    "I still can't defeat a mere Nascent Soul cultivator."

    "How ridiculous."

    "How pitiful."

    Su Hao smiled faintly.

    "I always thought you pursued nothing but the Great Dao."

    "I didn't expect you to have such a sentimental side."

    "As for whether you can defeat me..."

    He chuckled.

    "Would you like to try?"

    The Immortal Master shook his head.

    "No."

    "I already know the answer."

    "And..."

    "I've lost the goal that drove me throughout my life."

    "Fighting no longer has any meaning."

    Seeing the dejected expression on the Immortal Master's face, Su Hao no longer hesitated.

    "Friend Immortal Master..."

    "May I examine the changes in your body now?"
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    #panic# chapter title number in source was wrong should be 473 but content is correct.
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