Chapter 8

"Did you enter the Dao??" Old Jiang returned to his office after a class, thinking he had time-traveled again.

Lu Chuan kept his head down, not daring to meet Old Jiang’s gaze. The cracked primordial stone lay on Old Jiang’s desk, and from the corner of his eye, Lu Chuan could see Old Jiang’s hand trembling slightly, as if Old Jiang himself was about to crack.

"Yeah, I’m sorry, Old Jiang. I broke the thing you lent me, I’ll definitely make it up to you in the future." Lu Chuan hurriedly admitted his mistake.

"Don’t talk nonsense. You’re my disciple, after all. It’s just a primordial stone, no need to make it up to me." Old Jiang’s heart ached as he looked at the cracked stone on the desk.

Half a month’s salary, just got it from the warehouse, and you, you little brat, consumed it in two hours? I just put it on the desk for you to look at, I didn’t even teach you how to use it!

"Did you learn any cultivation techniques in Lu Family Village?" After the pain subsided, Old Jiang began to focus on the more serious issue. Two hours ago, Lu Chuan was still an ordinary person, but when he returned from class, Lu Chuan had already entered the Dao.

Whether it was entering the Dao in two hours or draining a primordial stone in two hours, both were things Jiang Tao had never heard of, and he couldn’t tell which was more absurd.

For an ordinary person, it usually takes at least one or two weeks to slowly understand the flow of qi and enter the Dao realm. The fastest cultivator Jiang Tao knew, Zhang Qinghe, who was said to be proficient in all techniques, took more than a day back then.

As for this fist-sized primordial stone, Jiang Tao himself could use it for three to five days, but this kid used it up in just two hours.

"I haven’t learned any cultivation techniques. Actually, I still don’t know how to practice, but I can already absorb primordial qi. Look." Lu Chuan closed his eyes, reached out, and grabbed a few light points, watching as the primordial qi slowly converged into his dantian. Only then did he open his eyes.

"First generation..." Old Jiang sat back in his chair, picked up the cracked primordial stone, and examined it carefully.

Hearing this term again, Old Jiang didn’t speak, making Lu Chuan feel uneasy.

After observing for a while, Jiang Tao confirmed that there was indeed no primordial qi left in the cracked stone. He looked up at Lu Chuan, his eyes filled with a complex expression.

Such an unbelievable thing happening to a chosen one was, in a way, normal.

"Remember to keep your entry into the Dao a secret when you go back. I’ll tell Qianqian and Xiao He, but don’t let Momo find out."

"Okay." Lu Chuan also breathed a sigh of relief. "Primordial stone..."

"I said you don’t need to make it up to me, it’s just a primordial stone." Old Jiang interrupted Lu Chuan. "If you really feel bad, I have something I need your help with."

Lu Chuan understood immediately. As a beginner, he couldn’t really help with anything, so it must be related to his ability.

"I understand. If Aunt Li asks about that thing again, I’ll tell her I never liked her."

"There was never anything like that!" Old Jiang crushed the cracked primordial stone with a snap, startling Lu Chuan.

Oh no, Old Jiang is angry and embarrassed.

"I’m not asking you about that. If your special ability is as amazing as you say, can you help me figure out if Ye Haoran is still alive?"

Lu Chuan, misunderstanding, closed his eyes awkwardly, then opened them helplessly after a moment. "Uncle Jiang, can you give me more precise information? There are many people with the same name, I can’t figure it out."

Jiang Tao believed him a bit more. He knew that fortune-telling wasn’t that easy; you couldn’t just calculate things without knowing the birth date and other details.

"Ye Haoran, from Xilin County in Wu Kingdom, born in the 234th year of Wu Kingdom’s Heavenly Martial Era. Is that enough?"

It was the first time Lu Chuan saw the coin land on the yin side, but this wasn’t the answer Old Jiang wanted.

"Sorry, Uncle Jiang, he’s no longer around."

...

"Be careful to keep your special ability a secret in the future. In life, everyone has secrets, and there are always things people really want to know, but secrets often come with risks." Old Jiang slowly calmed down and warned Lu Chuan.

"But if you had this ability in Utopia, you’d probably be very popular."

"Utopia? Ideal Land?"

"Yes, Ideal Land, a nation established by time travelers, our base." Old Jiang’s mood improved when he mentioned Utopia.

"By the way, since you’ve entered the Dao, here, take this. It’s my backup device. The base will send you some gifts in a while, but use this for now.

It’s been a long time since we had a new recruit, everyone is very interested in you."

A phone!

Lu Chuan watched as Old Jiang took out a jade-like device, clearly the same model as the one He Changge often played with.

Old Jiang handed the phone to the excited Lu Chuan, who had never seen such an expression on his face before, just like He Changge when he first got his phone.

"Inject primordial qi to turn it on. You probably don’t know how to control primordial qi yet, let me help you..."

Before he finished speaking, the jade device in Lu Chuan’s hand lit up, and he began to skillfully tap and swipe the screen.

"Ah, sorry, Uncle Jiang, go on, I’m listening." Lu Chuan said, but his eyes were still glued to the glowing jade screen.

Wow! Calendar and clock, finally I can know the time every day.

System settings, I don’t need this for now, I’ll look at it later.

Calculator and compass, these details and basic functions might come in handy someday.

Camera! So strong, this thing can take pictures!?

Notes, finally I can take notes, but I’m not sure if it’s safe to store things here. I don’t understand how this phone works, and if the maker left a backdoor to view it at will, that would be a problem.

WeChat... seriously, it’s called WeChat? Not even changing the icon, who’s your product manager, is this copying allowed?

"Register a WeChat account, I’ll add you to the group later." Old Jiang saw Lu Chuan playing with the phone happily, still not understanding how he could directly control primordial qi.

But he quickly accepted it. Such an absurd thing happening to a chosen one was, in a way, normal.

This jade phone didn’t have a SIM card. Lu Chuan registered a WeChat account directly with a username and password, not daring to be playful, and used his real name, Lu Chuan.

[Fist Breaking the Heavens Jiang Tao requests to add you as a friend.]

Ha, Fist Breaking the Heavens, that’s a good one, Lu Chuan almost laughed at the screen, pretty middle-schoolish, Old Jiang.

Lu Chuan’s message list now had his first friend, Old Jiang, and soon a new group chat called “Blue Star Base” appeared.

[Fist Breaking the Heavens Jiang Tao has invited you to join the group chat.]

Wow, there are 387 people in the group, so many people have really time-traveled here.

Fist Breaking the Heavens Jiang Tao: “@Lu Chuan Welcome the new member, my new disciple Lu Chuan [rose][rose]”

Void Walker Yang Ming: “@Lu Chuan Welcome the new member, by the name, you must be a handsome guy, post a photo in the group!”

Five Elements Lacking Wood Li Huaijin: “Support posting a photo +1, I’m dying without handsome guys!”

Escape King Lu Bamu: “Support posting a photo +1”

Lu Chuan looked at the screen speechlessly. Sure enough, no matter which world, the first thing a new member does when joining a group is being urged to post a photo by the old members.

And this Void Walker Yang Ming, could he be the little purple guy who was spouting nonsense outside the Northern Town Gate last night and got chased around by Wu Ji?