C12 Automatic Cultivation Tool the System!

While Wu Zhi and Big Black were thoroughly enjoying themselves,

inside the Imperial Palace,

Zhuang Banxue was still daydreaming during class.

"I wonder how the panda is doing..."

With this thought, Zhuang Banxue instinctively checked Wu Zhi's location. Realizing that Wu Zhi had come to and left the Imperial Palace, now outside in the Imperial City, she was momentarily taken aback.

"Did it escape on its own?"

"Yet, there's a formidable presence near it. It's well-concealed, but I can still detect it."

"It's likely the royal family's guardian spirit beast, the Big Black Bear."

With this realization, Zhuang Banxue breathed a sigh of relief.

With the Big Black Bear, a top-tier expert of the Lee Dynasty, by its side, the panda shouldn't run into any trouble.

In that brief moment, another thought struck Zhuang Banxue...

"Wait, the Big Black Bear has gone out with the panda."

"That means I have the opportunity to sneak to the back mountain and steal the treasured item Big Black Bear is protecting!"

Zhuang Banxue's eyes sparkled with anticipation.

To Zhuang Banxue, once an Empress in her past life, that treasure was insignificant.

But to her current self, without even having achieved Foundation Establishment, it was nothing short of a divine artifact!

Originally, Zhuang Banxue had planned to wait until her cultivation had progressed before attempting to forcefully take the treasure from Big Black Bear on the back mountain.

But she hadn't anticipated that Big Black Bear, which hadn't left the back mountain for centuries, would be led away by Wu Zhi.

This presented her with a golden opportunity!

Without further hesitation, Zhuang Banxue once again disregarded the lecturer's attempts to stop her, bolted out the door, and left behind a lecturer puffing with rage but powerless to intervene.

Zhuang Banxue moved swiftly.

In under half an hour, she reached the back mountain.

Guided by her past life's memories, she navigated the terrain with ease, located Big Black Bear's den, and in a particularly secluded cave, she found a smooth white bead.

After cleaning the bead, Zhuang Banxue channeled her Spiritual Energy into it.

The bead, once unremarkable in appearance, suddenly shone brightly. The sliver of spiritual energy Zhuang Banxue had infused seemed to trigger a hidden mechanism within it. Almost immediately, the bead began to autonomously draw in the spiritual energy from the surrounding environment. While its absorption rate couldn't match the formidable efficiency of Wu Zhi, it was certainly impressive.

Zhuang Banxue observed a subtle vortex forming in the air around the bead, a clear sign that it was hungrily pulling in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. With her keen insight, she could tell that the speed of this absorption rivaled that of a practitioner at the Dharma Stage, the third tier in the path of cultivation and a level that signified considerable power within the Lee Dynasty. Figures like Emperor Lee and Big Black were formidable beings at this stage, and now, the bead's capacity to channel spiritual energy was on par with their cultivation rates.

What stood out most was the bead's ability not just to absorb spiritual energy at a remarkable pace, but also to refine it. The spiritual energy in nature, though abundant, contains impurities. Cultivators must not only absorb this energy but also purify it through their own efforts to transform it into the vast spiritual energy within their inner sea. Typically, this refining process reduces the volume of spiritual energy to less than a tenth of its original amount, significantly impacting the speed of cultivation.

Yet the pearl's efficiency in refining spiritual energy was astonishing. A cultivator might typically lose up to ninety percent of the energy during conversion, but this bead wasted merely a third. This meant that not only did the bead absorb spiritual energy rapidly, akin to a Dharma Stage expert, but its conversion efficiency was two to three times more potent.

The refined spiritual energy processed by the bead would be stored within it, reaching a state of fullness every twelve hours, ready to be harnessed.

At that moment, the spiritual energy within the pearl could be extracted and absorbed into one's body.

Possessing this pearl was akin to having the constant assistance of two or even three Dharma Stage experts in one's cultivation.

It was like setting cultivation to automatic, leveling up while AFK!

For Zhuang Banxue, this was undoubtedly a divine artifact.

"With this item, the difficulty of my initial cultivation phase has dramatically decreased!"

Zhuang Banxue's face, usually as cold as ancient ice, softened, revealing a smile for the first time in ages.

She tucked the item away and left the back mountain with practiced ease.

Of course, she had no intention of retracing her steps back to the detestable classroom.

She was determined to attempt Foundation Establishment once more.

Previously, after three years of disciplined breathing exercises, the strand of immortal energy she had finally managed to condense was stolen by Wu Zhi, reducing her back to a mere mortal.

Yet, just yesterday afternoon, Wu Zhi had devoured the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth with such voracity that even sharing half with her equaled the fruits of her three-year labor.

With this immense spiritual Qi refined into a strand of immortal energy, Zhuang Banxue once again possessed the qualifications for Foundation Establishment.

But before she could embark on Foundation Establishment, she needed to find Wu Zhi.

She required Wu Zhi's protection.

A spirit beast bound by contract was a beastmaster's most reliable partner, especially during pivotal moments of advancement. Seeking a spirit beast's protection before seclusion was a common practice.

With that in mind, Zhuang Banxue followed her instincts towards the city.

...

Imperial City.

Red Bird Tower.

Inside the casino.

The casino was usually a cacophony of noise and excitement.

However, at this moment, an eerie silence had befallen the place.

Gamblers and attendants alike were mute, their attention fixed on the largest gambling table at the center of the casino.

A group of menacing brutes encircled it.

Among them were two peculiar mutated beasts.

One was a scar-covered black bear.

The creature was a charmingly naive beast with black and white stripes.

But in that moment, no one dared underestimate the seemingly adorable black and white mutated beast.

In just a short half-hour, it had set an unmatched record right here.

24 consecutive victories!!!

The chips beside it had already stacked up like a mountain.

And it had bet all its chips on this game.

Victory meant walking away with an incomparable fortune.

Defeat would mean returning to square one, the end of a legend!

"Open the cup!"

The croupier at the gambling table lifted the dice cup with trembling hands.

In a flash.

Everyone craned their necks to see.

The next second, shock erupted in everyone's eyes!

"He guessed it right! He's done it again!!!"

"My God, he actually won again!!!"

"Terrifying, does this beast possess some divine power to predict the future?!"

"Twenty-five consecutive victories!!"

"A new record has been set!!!"

"The Red-feathered Tower is going to take a massive hit this time!!"

Exclamations rose like a tidal wave!

Big Black roared with excitement.

"This is so damn thrilling!!"

"Even when I, Old Black, fought to the death against a Dharma Stage powerhouse, I never felt such a rush!"

"Is this the 'game of life' big brother spoke of?!"

"It's so much fun!!"

Overcome with excitement, Big Black stood up on his hind legs and hoisted Wu Zhi into the air.

"Big brother is incredible!"

"Big brother is truly f*cking incredible!"

The scar-faced lackeys joined in without hesitation, tossing Wu Zhi into the air with Big Black.

"Big brother is incredible!"

"Big brother is really f*cking incredible!"

Led by them, the entire casino soon echoed with these cheers.

Today, they were all astounded by the miracle Wu Zhi had created!

The shouts were heartfelt!

And just then, Zhuang Banxue arrived.

Seeing this spectacle, she was once again utterly bewildered.

She suddenly recalled her previous concerns that Big Black might have been a bad influence on Wu Zhi.

But now, it appeared...

She had indeed underestimated that endearing panda...