NOVEL WEB Ch. 3
Chapter 3: Health Manager
“Ha ha ha ha……”
Pei Zhen laughed heartily and stroked his beard, saying, “Counting you, I have only three disciples in total. If the Twilight Shadow Pavilion isn’t given to you, then who else?”
As he spoke.
Pei Zhen patted Xu Zhengyang on the shoulder and flipped his hand to produce a finely crafted handwritten book with the title “Divine Mechanism Talisman Guide” on the cover.
Then he said to Xu Zhengyang, “Logically speaking, this book should only be given to you for study after you’ve formed your foundation. Lest you get distracted by talismans and delay your cultivation. But since you have a talent for multitasking, it wouldn’t hurt to take a look now.”
Xu Zhengyang respectfully received the Divine Mechanism Talisman Guide from Pei Zhen’s hand and solemnly said, “This disciple will not fail Master’s trust. I will study the way of talismans earnestly without delaying my cultivation!”
“Mm.”
Pei Zhen saw that Xu Zhengyang had accurately understood his intentions, and nodded in satisfaction.
He then handed Xu Zhengyang a jade dragon-patterned gourd.
At the same time, he said, “This is the Yellow Dragon Pill. It can help Qi Refining stage cultivators strengthen their foundation and increase their cultivation. It’s perfect for your current use. The eighth day of next month is an auspicious date. With the spiritual vein of the Twilight Shadow Pavilion, plus the aid of the Yellow Dragon Pill, even if you have a mixed spiritual root, a little more than a month is enough for you to break through to the second layer of Qi Refining. At that time. I will hold the disciple initiation ceremony before the Sect Master and the elders to inform the Ancestors, formally accepting you as my disciple!”
“Disciple initiation ceremony?”
Xu Zhengyang was taken aback and said, “Didn’t I already acknowledge Master just now?”
“Silly disciple.”
Pei Zhen laughed loudly and stroked his beard as he explained, “Our True Essence Sect is the top righteous sect in Qingzhou!”
Speaking of this.
Even Pei Zhen couldn’t help but show a proud expression on his face, “As the Head of Divine Mechanism Peak, every move I make represents the face of the True Essence Sect. How could something like accepting a disciple be treated lightly?”
Xu Zhengyang had just entered the immortal sect and didn’t understand the rules here.
But having lived two lives, he knew that the leader is never wrong.
Thus, Xu Zhengyang smoothly responded, “Master’s decision governs all.”
“Mm.”
Pei Zhen nodded and gave his final instructions, “This coming month will be a bit hard on you. Focus on your cultivation here. Once the disciple initiation ceremony is over on the eighth day of next month, and your identity is legitimized, I’ll select a few well-mannered and good-looking outer sect disciples to serve your daily life and manage the Twilight Shadow Pavilion for you.”
“Thank you, Master,” Xu Zhengyang said.
“That’s enough.”
Pei Zhen waved his hand and said at last, “The disciple initiation ceremony cannot be sloppy. Some things, even I must prepare for in advance. In a few days. I’ll have your senior brother test your cultivation. While I’m away, don’t slack off!”
Xu Zhengyang solemnly promised Pei Zhen, “This disciple will definitely cultivate the Qi Refining Art to the second layer before the eighth of next month and live up to Master’s expectations!”
“Good!”
Pei Zhen nodded in satisfaction and, with a wave of his hand, soared into the sky and flew away from the Twilight Shadow Pavilion.
“Respectfully seeing off Master!”
Xu Zhengyang bowed respectfully.
*
After a while.
Xu Zhengyang saw Pei Zhen fly far away, then murmured thoughtfully, “Breaking through to the second layer of Qi Refining before the disciple initiation ceremony in a month?”
As he spoke.
Xu Zhengyang opened the “Health Manager” APP he had written in his past life.
The Health Manager allowed Xu Zhengyang to monitor real-time data on his heartbeat, respiratory rate, blood pressure, blood oxygen, and other body metrics, preventing problems before they happened.
Originally, the Health Manager’s function was quite limited, only useful for early warnings.
So now, Xu Zhengyang needed to add an essential new function to the Health Manager!
……
A quarter of an hour later.
After Xu Zhengyang added functions to monitor the flow and total amount of spiritual energy in his body to the Health Manager, a visual progress bar instantly appeared before his eyes, turning his cultivation progress into data!
With the Technique Manager continuously helping Xu Zhengyang operate the Qi Refining Art and absorb spiritual energy, the cultivation progress bar in his vision was growing every second!
Looking at the constantly growing progress bar.
Xu Zhengyang nodded in satisfaction and said, “Let’s quantify the dantian capacity as 100 spiritual energy units. And the Technique Manager running the Qi Refining Art for twelve hours can refine 5.7 units of spiritual energy. By this calculation. I only need seventeen and a half days to break through to the second layer of Qi Refining!”
At this point.
Xu Zhengyang let out a breath of relief and said happily, “Perfect. I’ll first test the effects of the Yellow Dragon Pill. If its power is strong enough, I might even break through to the third layer of Qi Refining within a month!”
As he spoke.
Xu Zhengyang poured out a yellow pill about the size of a pinky finger from the jade gourd. It had a warm luster and emitted a rich medicinal fragrance.
“This is the Yellow Dragon Pill?”
Xu Zhengyang studied the pill in his palm for a while, then directly tilted his head back and swallowed it.
……
The Yellow Dragon Pill melted instantly in his mouth.
Immediately after.
As the pill was digested, waves of pure spiritual energy burst forth, flooding Xu Zhengyang’s limbs and bones!
At the same time.
The Health Manager suddenly popped up a red warning window in the center of Xu Zhengyang’s vision:
【Warning: Your body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, and other health data have surged to extreme levels in a short time!!】
After the warning appeared.
The Health Manager immediately displayed a comparison of Xu Zhengyang’s current body state versus normal state before his eyes:
【Body Temperature: 38.2°】 (36–37.2°)
【Heart Rate: 213 bpm】 (50–65 bpm)
【Blood Pressure: 233 mmHg】 (110–130 mmHg)
……
Although Xu Zhengyang’s vital signs had all spiked to many times their normal levels—his body operating at full throttle like he’d just run a full marathon—
strangely, Xu Zhengyang didn’t feel any discomfort.
On the contrary, he even felt a surprising sense of…
Relief?
Faced with this bizarre situation that defied logic, Xu Zhengyang dared not be careless and quickly activated the Health Manager’s full-body self-check module:
【Cardiovascular System Self-Check in Progress……】
【Respiratory System Self-Check in Progress……】
【Nervous System Response Check in Progress……】
【Endocrine System Check in Progress……】
【…】
【Summary: You are currently in an extreme exercise state!
For your safety, please cease all physical activity slowly, avoid stress responses, and go to the nearest hospital promptly!】
(Click to view full self-check report)
Seeing the self-check report issued by the Health Manager,
Xu Zhengyang finally let out a sigh of relief and said, “After taking the Yellow Dragon Pill, my body functions have been pushed to extreme operation by the immense medicinal power contained in the pill. This state may be risky. But with the medicinal power of the Yellow Dragon Pill protecting me, not only will it not harm me in this extreme state—it actually stimulates my cultivation potential!”
As he spoke.
The cultivation progress bar in Xu Zhengyang’s vision visibly jumped within just a few minutes!
Before taking the Yellow Dragon Pill,
Xu Zhengyang’s spiritual energy absorption rate was 0.475 units per hour. But now, it had reached an astonishing 2.489!
Compared to before taking the pill,
Xu Zhengyang’s cultivation efficiency had increased by a full 524%!