# Chapter 128: Origin Qi Vein
In the castle where the General Star System residents lived, there stood a twenty-one-story tall tower at its center. This tower was a cultivation tower, connected to the earth vein's qi.
At Heavenly One Academy, there were four such cultivation towers in total. The Noble System and Assassination System each had one, while the fourth stood on the academy's martial arts arena—and it was the tallest of them all.
"Lin Feng, while you were away, the first instruction the academy's teachers gave us was to cultivate in the tower for three months."
At this moment, Lin Feng and the others stood at the base of the cultivation tower, looking up at its magnificent structure. Yuan Shan spoke: "Beneath this cultivation tower, they say there is an origin qi vein, possessing incredibly surging and inexhaustible heaven and earth origin qi—what they call earth vein qi. And this cultivation tower sits atop that origin qi vein. Each cultivation room inside has been enhanced by formations, possessing heaven and earth origin qi many times denser than the outside world. It's extremely suitable for cultivation."
"Connected to an origin qi vein, and Heavenly One Academy actually monopolizes four locations, building four cultivation towers. What a grand gesture."
Lin Feng stood on the ground beside the cultivation tower and could already feel the surging waves of heaven and earth origin qi. He murmured softly.
"Naturally. Aside from the imperial palace where the royal family resides, Heavenly One Academy possesses the most origin qi veins. Even the newly established Snow Moon Holy Academy only has two origin qi veins—and those were forcibly seized. As for places outside the imperial city, origin qi veins are rarely found, even among those great sects. The imperial city, precisely because it has many origin qi veins, is where the powerful gather."
Lin Feng nodded slightly. Origin qi veins were the dream of every martial cultivator. Even back then, Cloud Sea Sect didn't have a single origin qi vein.
"It seems Heavenly One Academy is more terrifying than I imagined."
Lin Feng thought to himself. Although Heavenly One Academy wasn't famous, it wasn't due to lack of strength, but because of its method of recruiting disciples and the people it trained.
Only those with recommendation letters could enter the academy—that alone was an enormous restriction. Additionally, the three types of people the academy trained would eventually step onto the battlefield, become nobles, or become assassins, unknown to the outside world.
The group stepped into the cultivation tower. The first floor was quite spacious, with an open area in the middle and eight cultivation rooms on four sides, all sealed shut—someone was cultivating inside.
Standing on the floor of this cultivation tower, Lin Feng could clearly feel the surging origin qi fluctuations coming from beneath his feet. It was terrifying.
"Let's go up. The first to tenth floors of the cultivation tower definitely won't have room for us. We need to at least reach the eleventh floor or higher."
Yuan Shan said to Lin Feng. This cultivation tower wasn't better the higher you went—it was actually the opposite.
The lower you went, the closer you were to the origin qi vein, so the heaven and earth origin qi was naturally denser. The higher you went, the thinner the origin qi became.
Lin Feng's eyes flickered, then he nodded. They ascended via the central staircase toward the higher floors.
The higher they went, not only did the heaven and earth origin qi become thinner, but even the space grew narrower. The open area shrank, and the stone chambers became smaller too.
When they reached the tenth floor, Lin Feng noticed that the eight cultivation rooms were only large enough to fit two people's bodies. Moving around would be very inconvenient. Even the open space in the middle could only hold about twenty people—a far cry from the spaciousness of the first floor.
Moreover, in this already cramped open area, a black-clothed youth sat there, his eyes tightly shut.
"What is he doing?"
A hint of confusion flashed in Lin Feng's eyes. On this tenth floor, one cultivation room was clearly empty, yet this person chose to sit outside instead of going inside.
Yuan Shan's eyes flickered, then he snorted coldly and said in a low voice: "Entering a cultivation room requires origin stones. Many people don't have origin stones on them, or rather, they do have them but aren't willing to use them—they want to use others'."
Hearing Yuan Shan's displeased tone, Lin Feng's gaze sharpened. Use others'?
"That means after someone uses origin stones to activate a cultivation room, they wait to snatch it."
Yuan Shan said coldly. The black-clothed youth who had been sitting with closed eyes suddenly opened them, cold light flashing as he swept his gaze over Yuan Shan.
"Since you know, why bother with all this nonsense? There's a cultivation room over there. If you dare use it, then use it. If you don't dare, then get the hell upstairs."
The black-clothed man spat out coldly, his tone extremely rude.
Lin Feng and the others' eyes narrowed. Standing beside him, Jing Yun said: "Yuan Shan, doesn't the academy care about this kind of thing?"
The black-clothed youth looked at Jing Yun as if she were an idiot. The academy care? How ridiculous.
"Jing Yun, when there are conflicts in Wind Cloud Gorge, do the sects care?"
Lin Feng said. Jing Yun nodded slightly. Both academies and sects existed to make disciples stronger. Some grudges and conflicts were their motivation to grow stronger. In a world where the strong prey on the weak, who would bother with so many rules?
"Are you going to get lost or not? Don't disturb my cultivation."
The black-clothed youth said impatiently, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes. These people didn't even understand the rules—clearly newcomers to the academy.
"Lin Feng, since he dares to wait on the tenth floor for others to enter the cultivation tower, his strength should be at least Spirit Martial Realm, Third Layer. Let's go up."
Yuan Shan said to Lin Feng. Meng Qing hadn't come along, so Yuan Shan didn't think their group could match the opponent. Since they weren't as strong, they should go up.
But Lin Feng's body remained still, not moving an inch, his eyes flickering.
"Spirit Martial Realm, Third Layer, huh!"
Perfect. His strength was also Spirit Martial Realm, Third Layer.
"Since there's a cultivation room here, why not use it first? What's the point of going up?"
Lin Feng said calmly, causing the others' eyes to narrow. Especially the black-clothed youth, whose eyes showed an amused expression.
"Newcomers really are newcomers. They don't know their place. They think just because they entered Heavenly One Academy, they're something special."
The black-clothed man thought to himself, a hint of anticipation appearing in his eyes. Cultivating in a cultivation room on the tenth floor of this tower wasn't cheap—it cost three low-grade origin stones per day. If one cultivated for a month, that would require nearly a hundred low-grade origin stones. That was no small number; one would need to fight a crazy battle in the prison fighting arena to earn that much. That damned place—he didn't want to go there too many times.
"Lin Feng, don't be impulsive."
Yuan Shan said in a low voice. They needed to cultivate in the tower for three months. Three months meant two to three hundred low-grade origin stones—a huge number. He couldn't even produce that much right now. They could only go to the cheaper rooms higher up, and even then, they couldn't cultivate for three months straight.
"It's fine!"
A cold glint flashed at the corner of Lin Feng's mouth. Since the other party wanted to openly snatch the cultivation room, they'd see if he had the strength to do so.
Lifting his foot, Lin Feng walked over to the cultivation room and looked at the dull, lusterless origin stone slot.
"Do I just embed the origin stones in here?"
Lin Feng asked Yuan Shan.
Yuan Shan nodded slightly: "Yes. Each cultivation room has a formation enhancement. As long as you put origin stones into the slot, it activates the formation, using minimal cost to draw out the heaven and earth origin qi from the earth vein, making the cultivation room's origin qi extremely dense—perfect for cultivation."
Quite a marvelous method. Lin Feng nodded slightly and said to Yuan Shan: "If I cultivate for three months, how many origin stones would it take to maintain the formation?"
"Cultivation rooms from the fourth to tenth floors all cost three low-grade origin stones per day."
Three hundred low-grade origin stones.
Lin Feng smiled bitterly. Cultivation really was a money burner. Origin stones were already precious, only used by those at the Spirit Martial Realm. So many origin stones weren't easy to come by.
Lin Feng reached into his bosom, then withdrew his hand. Instantly, a dense wave of heaven and earth origin qi emanated from Lin Feng's palm, causing Yuan Shan's eyes to narrow.
"Mid-grade origin stones."
Lin Feng actually had mid-grade origin stones.
"Three mid-grade origin stones should be fine, right?"
Lin Feng asked.
"Of course. One mid-grade origin stone is equivalent to a hundred low-grade origin stones, and it's purer too, able to activate the origin qi formation to a greater degree." Yuan Shan nodded.
Meanwhile, the black-clothed youth beside them had eyes flashing with sharp light, revealing traces of greed.
This newcomer could casually take out mid-grade origin stones. Snatching his cultivation room wouldn't be too much, would it?