Chapter 77: Testing the Spiritual Root

However, thinking about the terrifying vine that Fang Yun commanded, Lai Kuan felt no inclination to retaliate for the time being.

So he could only vent his resentment on the Black Widow.

But recalling Fang Yun standing behind the Black Widow, Lai Kuan ultimately dared not take any major actions.

After taking a deep breath and glancing at the gang members surrounding him, especially the few leaders, he shook his hand. "Let's go!!"

After saying this, he turned to leave, eager to recover from his injuries quickly.

Then he could consider how to face Fang Yun.

Meanwhile, news began to spread on Turtle Ridge Island that the leader of the Giant Whale Gang had been defeated by an external cultivator and was seriously injured.

In an instant, the atmosphere on the island became somewhat subtle.

Fang Yun, however, was unaware of the happenings outside.

After carefully studying the Five Elements Technique, he gained a detailed understanding of the issues he would face in cultivating this technique.

He also developed a rough plan for how to address them.

As he had previously mentioned, the first step to cultivating this technique was to complete the Five Elements Qi within his body.

To do that, he needed to know what his spiritual root was.

If he were born into a family of cultivators or within a sect, the solution to this problem would be straightforward.

He would simply need to test his spiritual root to find out.

However, he was born into a semi-cultivator family with only one cultivator and had never had the opportunity to test his spiritual root.

Currently, this island was mostly populated by ordinary mortals, and there was no way they would have the means to test spiritual roots.

Therefore, the only way to resolve this issue was for Fang Yun to travel to the distant Haiyuan Island.

But he wasn't inclined to go to Haiyuan Island at the moment, so he could only think of other ways to address the problem.

The only method Fang Yun could think of now was to absorb the earthly spiritual energy of the five elemental attributes and allow it to enter his body.

Then he could see which type of elemental spiritual energy could be retained in his body.

This way, he could roughly judge the roots within himself.

The method for absorbing the five elemental earthly spiritual energy lay within the Five Elements Technique he held in his hands.

However, this method still carried certain risks.

If a practitioner of the Five Elements Technique lacked all five attributes, there was a risk of going astray in their cultivation.

Nevertheless, other than this method, Fang Yun couldn't think of any alternatives.

After much hesitation, he decided to use the Five Elements Technique to absorb the earthly spiritual energy in order to assess the roots within his body.

Having made this decision, Fang Yun glanced at the doorway, feeling that no one would disturb him at this moment.

He then entered the room.

Sitting cross-legged, he took out the spirit stone he had previously obtained from Spirit Water Island.

He prepared to begin his first absorption of the energy within the spirit stone.

There was no alternative, as this island didn't have any sources of spiritual energy.

Fang Yun also lacked the means to extract spiritual energy from the heavenly and earthly essence.

Thus, he could only utilize the spirit stone.

Placing the spirit stone in his palm, Fang Yun closed his eyes and began to silently circulate the techniques from the Five Elements Technique.

As he circulated the technique, the magical energy in his body began to flow through his meridians.

Subsequently, the spiritual energy within the spirit stone was slowly absorbed into his body.

Fang Yun focused his mind tightly on the spiritual energy being absorbed into his body.

Once this spiritual energy entered his body, it began to change from transparent to a multicolored hue due to the influence of the technique.

As the multicolored energy became clearer, the five elemental energies within it began to take on distinct forms.

Then, as the magical energy continued to circulate, the water elemental energy was absorbed into his dantian, gradually merging into the vortex of magical energy within.

As the water elemental energy was extracted, the remaining spiritual energy began to fluctuate more violently, feeling as if it could explode at any moment.

Seeing this, Fang Yun's heart tightened, realizing that the danger of going astray as mentioned in the Five Elements Technique was indeed a real concern!

However, thinking of the life essence in his dantian, he believed that even if he were seriously injured, he should be able to recover.

Thus, he intensified the circulation of the technique once more.

Next, the earth elemental energy was absorbed.

As these two types of elemental energies were extracted, the fluctuations of the remaining energies became even more intense, as if they were on the verge of exploding.

Fang Yun, at this point, had no time to think about anything else. He gritted his teeth and frantically circulated the technique.

Then, the wood elemental energy was also extracted.

As the wood elemental energy left, the remaining spiritual energy suddenly exploded, causing Fang Yun's meridians to become instantly fragmented.

Fang Yun's face changed as he was about to spit out a mouthful of blood.

However, relying on the life essence within his body, he disregarded his physical injuries, using the magical energy within him to expel the remaining spiritual energy from his body and stop it from causing further damage.

After doing all this, Fang Yun could no longer hold on and spewed out a mouthful of blood.

Subsequently, the life essence in his dantian began to circulate back into his body.

Guided by his mind, it continuously flowed through the damaged meridians.

Stimulated by the life essence, the damaged meridians began to heal gradually.

After consuming 20 points of life essence, Fang Yun's injuries were finally restored.

At this point, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

He glanced at the status panel he hadn't opened in a long time.

Name: Fang Yun

Cultivation: Qi Training Level 3

Magical Energy: 40

Life Essence: 1878

Spells: Earth Power Technique (Minor Success 55%), Spiritual Rain Technique (Minor Success 86%), Growth Technique (Minor Success 10%), Metal Qi Technique (Proficient 13%)

Plant Control: Vines, Metallic Plants

Spiritual Pet: Spiritual Insect

In terms of numbers, there hadn't been significant changes compared to before.

He had merely consumed some life essence today.

When he had been at Qi Training Level 1, he had only needed one point of life essence to heal his body.

He hadn't expected that, upon reaching Qi Training Level 3, healing would require 20 points of life essence.

It seemed that the consumption of life essence increased as his cultivation level rose.

However, this consumption of life essence was not particularly significant compared to his reserves.

Next, Fang Yun looked at his magical energy.

Considering that he wasn't in a particularly safe place, he took this opportunity to spend 80 points of life essence.

Not only did this restore his magical energy to its peak, but he also used the life essence to push his magical energy to the highest point of Qi Training Level 3, reaching a total of 89 points.

At this level, he could no longer absorb any more life essence.

It seemed that to break through to 90 points, he would need to advance to Qi Training Level 4.