In My Head There is an Alchemy Emperor
Chapter 1: The Great Cultivation Age
“In modern cultivation theory, whether it is the so-called True Energy or Inner Energy, everything is bioenergy. They don't just show up. Unless you can break through the bridge that connects Heaven and Earth and become an Innate Stage powerhouse that can absorb the energy in the air, The True Energy generated through your current cultivation is the energy that comes from your body. When Your True Energy is used up, it means that You are using the energy of Your body. If you do not fill it in time, your body will wither!”
The Class 11 High School No. 13 Calm Ocean City, a man about 30 years old was talking. His neat black clothes belonged to a martial artist.
There was a big mat in the middle of the class and he was standing in the middle.
There were over 50 youths sitting around him, all Grade 11 students. They were male and female, and most looked to be around 16 or 17 years old. Each of them wore martial arts clothes.
Among the students, there was a young man who saw about 15 or 16 sitting in a rather remote corner. He looked muscular but had a gentle face. Of all the students, he was quite ordinary and inconspicuous.
Chu Yunfan looked at the man in the middle. He is the 11th Class martial arts trainer, Qin Wu. Rumor has it that he retired from the military special forces. He had contributed a lot while serving, but no one knew why he retired out of nowhere and started teaching at No High School. 13. He was basically the only one who taught everything about cultivation.
“Therefore, people in the past said that those who were poor would study academically while the rich practiced martial arts. Why would only rich people practice martial arts?” Qin Wu stopped as he spoke. He pointed at a student and said, “Tell me, why is that so ?!”
The student was stunned for a moment. He then replied, “Because the process of practicing martial arts involves draining one's blood essence continuously. If they used it without replenishing it, they would soon perish. Supplements like ginseng and ganoderma were expensive in the past. Ordinary people can not afford it at all!”
“One stop. Although there were people who studied martial arts since the General Era, the numbers were very few. They were rare until the Kunlun Era. After humans discovered the Kunlun Realm and the Ancient Zenith civilization, both technology and martial arts flourished. For example, ginseng and ganoderma that are more than ten years old or even a hundred years old can be mass-produced easily now. They were served at the dining table of ordinary people. That's how the Great Cultivation Age came about, allowing each of us to practice martial arts!” Qin Wu stated while nodding.
At that moment, what Chun Yunfan learned about the past of the Kunlun Era from the history class appeared in his head.
Centuries ago, in the year 2035 AD, a giant sword flashed through the sky and through the universe, before finally landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
The whole world is in a major disaster. Countless countries were obliterated, and people were screaming everywhere. The population of mankind is down to less than a billion, most of them Chinese. Thus, they started the Chinese Renaissance.
Due to a disaster, half of the planet was destroyed, so humans began to search for another home.
Finally, they discovered a vast and endless realm on the other side of the tears created by the sword light. It was the Kunlun Realm.
Thus, humanity entered the Kunlun Era!
They later discover that humans are not the only creatures inhabiting the Kunlun Realm. Some tough creatures live there too. Due to the presence of spirit energy, the continent had many incredible monsters living within it.
Despite mastering advanced technology, mankind could not defeat legions of monsters. Some of the powerful could not even be killed with nuclear bombs. Under such circumstances, being unable to move to the Kunlun Realm, they fought to the border of the two realms. Monsters even raided the human camp, planet Earth itself.
At that time, the human immigrants knew about the Ancient Zenith civilization that once existed in the Kunlun Realm. It had a system that was completely the opposite of what humans used on Earth. It was a Martial Dao System that could be used to fight monsters by cultivating one's body.
All of that sounds exactly like an alternate world in a mysterious fantasy novel years ago. As more and more records of the Ancient Zenith civilization were discovered, including records of many system techniques, travelers from Earth began the Great Age of Cultivation.
With the strength of martial artists and advanced technology, humans began to stand tall in the Kunlun Realm instead of being annihilated by monsters.
Nevertheless, humans are constantly at risk of being attacked. The cities they built were in danger of destruction, leaving hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of people dead. Such tragedies have happened many times over the centuries.
Meanwhile, High School No. 13 Calm Ocean City on Earth is a very common high school among dozens of schools in the city.
Since the cataclysm, most of the environment on Earth is no longer habitable to humans. Hence, the overall life situation had been extremely chaotic since the General Era, leading to the formation of ten major base cities. Each base city has a population of up to 100 million. There were still over a billion people on Earth, and not a single one of them had entered the Kunlun Realm yet.
The herd of monsters in the Kunlun Realm made it too dangerous for ordinary humans. Although many creatures on Earth had mutated after the disaster, causing them to turn into monsters, they had only been in that state for hundreds of years. Such a relatively short period meant that they were much weaker than the monsters in the Kunlun Realm.
After all, humans as a whole were much stronger compared to them centuries ago. Back then, only a few people had the privilege of being able to cultivate and they were rare. In modern times, the Federation government is trying its best to get everyone to cultivate to fight against that terrifying monster.
As Coach Qin Wu said, talent is not the only factor in cultivation. The right environment, partners, methods, and money are needed. None of them should be less. The process of practicing martial arts is very dangerous for one's body. If one did not replenish what had been depleted, it was normal for one to die when they were still strong at 30 or 40 years of age. The better the fighters, the sooner they will expire.
“You should all understand, the source called True Energy is actually your own bioenergy. The higher the cultivation level your body reaches, the more True Energy will be generated. Even if you guys have a chance to reach a higher level, body cultivation remains the source!” Qin Wu stood with his hands behind his back, straight like a rifle, like he was about to pierce through the sky. “In ‘The Poetry Attacking the Hexagram’ Line written by the cultivation master, Lu the Ancestor, during the feudal period, he mentioned that the first problem of cultivation was simply developing one's mind, not one's life. It meant it was wrong to cultivate one's dao rather than cultivate one's body. One must develop wisdom and life!”
Chu Yunfan nodded and recalled the cultivation knowledge he had learned in the previous school. The cultivation path is long. Ever since the Ancient Zenith civilization was discovered, those cultivators had gone through many years of discovery and categorized all stages of cultivation. The first is the Physical Stage.
The Physical Stage was a mandatory path when one traveled to Martial Dao. Reaching the peak of Martial Dao was like crossing an endless ocean and one's physical body was a boat. The stronger one's physique, the higher the chances of getting to the other side.
Therefore, training one's physical body was the foundation of Martial Dao. That is why it is called the Physical Stage.
In turn, the Physical Stage is divided into nine stages or small tiers – Muscle Training, Bone Strengthening, Skin Refinement, Tendon Adjustment, Inner Strengthening, Joints Popping, Blood Renewal, Internal Observation, Tendon Adjustment, and Nutrition Qi.
One could only claim to have a foundation built after cultivating the Physical Stage perfectly. Since the body needs to absorb more True Energy for deep circulation, a stronger physique is required.
Once one reached the ninth level of the Physical Stage, Qi Nourishment, and then absorbed a mouthful of True Energy, the sea of qi would be activated in their dantian. Their sea of qi would allow them to absorb endless True Energy. This was known as the Qi Sea Stage.
After the Qi Sea Stage came the Acquisition Stage, Innate Stage, and more, but Chu Yunfan did not know much about them. After all, many teachers in the No. 13 Secondary School were only at the Qi Sea Stage. There were only a few Innate Stage powerhouses in the entire Donghua City.
“I know that most of you will take the year-end exam in a month, and you probably won't be able to get into the martial arts stream but the liberal arts stream. I want you all to understand that in addition to successful cultivation, you all have to rely on your personal cultivation to be able to live a long healthy life in the future! Qin Wu scanned everyone in the class as he continued. “During the Common Era, the average person only lived for a few decades. No one has reached 100. Why so? It was because their bodies were weak, and they were in an unhealthy state for a long time. What else do they expect? On the other hand, everyone in the modern Kunlun Era was a cultivator. The average lifespan has exceeded 100 years, and some can even live up to 120 years. That's the advantage of practicing martial arts!”
Hearing Qin Wu mention the martial arts flow and the liberal arts flow, Chu Yunfan could not help but become somewhat gloomy.
Although everyone wanted to cultivate, there was a level of human ability. According to the standard of High School No. 13, those who reach the Tier-7 Physical Stage before taking the Year 3 examination have great potential and will be put into the martial arts stream. While those with ordinary abilities will be placed in the liberal arts.
Prior to the division of the school, the curriculum included half liberal arts and half martial arts. It was somewhat balanced, but it would change as soon as they went into separate streams.
As the name suggests, those who get into the martial arts stream will have a proper reduction in the lessons on the liberal arts and will spend more time cultivating.
Meanwhile, although the students in the liberal arts stream would not stop cultivating completely, their cultivation time would be limited. They will be preoccupied with studying the liberal arts for admission to a university in the future. After that, they would do the work from nine to five like ordinary people.
As excited young people, most of them wanted to become capable martial artists. Beyond the extraordinary abilities and stature they could obtain, it was easier for martial artists to make a living compared to liberal arts graduates who were destined to work in fixed-income jobs. Whether by joining government departments, the military, or becoming a corporate monster killer mercenary, graduates from martial arts streams would have higher incomes.
Furthermore, an outstanding one could go to the Kunlun Realm to study in one of the nine Holy Lands of Martial Arts, becoming the highest powerhouse whose name would be famous throughout the world.
However, the reality was cruel, so not everyone had the talent to cultivate. Most people's talents are mediocre, and it's hard for them to pick them up. Only students who demonstrate appropriate talent will be selected to be well trained in the martial arts stream.
Meanwhile, Chu Yunfan was a young man with little to show. He had only reached the Level-5 Physical Stage during his senior year. Let alone comparing him to those who could get into the martial arts stream, he was considered ordinary even among those who were destined to be placed in the liberal arts stream.
“All right, that's it for today's class. You guys better not miss tomorrow's lesson, as I will be demonstrating martial skills for real combat. If you miss it, I won't teach it anymore. Understood?” Qin Wu asked all the students while looking at them.
“Understood!”
Their eyes sparkled as they answered.