71: Chapter 71 The Spirit of the Wood Spirit

"Knock, knock, knock!"

Ye Fan heard a knock at the door and was very surprised, so he got up to open it.

Upon opening the door, he saw his father standing with his hands behind his back, facing away from him. Ye Fan smiled, stepped aside, and said, "Father, please come in."

Luo Yunkai turned around with a complex expression.

It had been a while since he had recognized this son, but the boy was always so polite with him.

Yet, he always maintained a gentle, jade-like demeanor towards everyone, so it wouldn't be right to say he was specifically targeting his own father.

"I won't come in."

Ye Fan's eyes remained unchanged, his expression still gentle. "Then, Father, what is this?"

Luo Yunkai sighed and took out the Level 4 Wood Spirit he had just bought on the sixth floor from the System space.

This was the highest quality Wood Spirit Luo Yunkai could afford for Ye Fan with his current financial resources.

The pale green spirit body lay quietly in the special jade box, looking like a lifeless object.

But the occasional flowing spiritual light on the spirit body proved the extraordinariness of the spirit inside the box.

Luo Yunkai handed the jade box to Ye Fan personally, his tone kind. "I told you to purify your Spiritual Root; you haven't been slacking off, have you?"

"I assume your Spiritual Root is now completely separated, so it is the perfect time to use this Wood Spirit to strengthen it."

Logically speaking, one should first use a Spirit Pill, then use the Wood Spirit to strengthen the Wood Spiritual Root.

But that was based on the premise of not having a Cultivation Technique to purify the Spiritual Root.

The Wood Spirit is the gentlest type of spiritual object among the natural Five Spirits.

Even at the Qi Refining Stage, one can absorb a Level 4 Wood Spirit.

However, the Wood Spirit is also the purest type of spiritual object and cannot contain any Impurities.

With mixed Spiritual Roots entangled, absorbing the Wood Spirit would be affected by the aura of other Spiritual Roots, which would not only lower the quality of the Wood Spirit but could also severely damage the Spiritual Root.

However, Ye Fan had cultivated the first volume of the "Five Spirits Immortal Scripture" taught by Luo Yunkai, the "Spiritual Root Purification" chapter. The power of this Immortal-Grade Cultivation Technique allowed him to completely purify and separate them, so they did not affect each other.

Therefore, Ye Fan could now fully absorb the Wood Spirit to strengthen his Wood Spiritual Root.

Ye Fan tightened his grip on the jade box. The opportunity to defy his fate was in his hands. Even a sixteen-year-old as composed as him could hardly hide his excitement at this moment.

After the initial excitement, he instinctively looked towards the side rooms on his left and right.

Xiao Tian lived on his left, and Su Xin was on his right.

Guilt appeared in Ye Fan's eyes. "Father, is this really okay?"

Before Luo Yunkai could say anything, the doors on both sides opened as if they had discussed it beforehand.

Xiao Tian leaned against the doorframe with his arms crossed, laughing without a trace of gloom. "What's wrong with it? The old man puts in just as much effort for all of us."

Su Xin, in the room on the right, curled his lips slightly, his brow and eyes, which seemed to be permanently steeped in gloom, relaxing slightly. "Go quickly to Cultivate in seclusion; don't let Father's painstaking efforts go to waste."

Ye Fan took a deep breath, nodded heavily, and looked at Luo Yunkai solemnly with his gentle eyes. "Father, I will not let you down!"

Luo Yunkai laughed. "It's not that serious; just Cultivate well, and that's enough."

If you Cultivate well, you can return cultivation base to your old father!

You think you're profiting, but your old man here never loses!

A Level 4 Wood Spirit is not that easy to absorb for Ye Fan, who is still in the Early Stage of the Qi Refining Stage.

The special jade box does not need to be opened; Ye Fan can use his Qi to probe into the jade box, familiarize himself with the Wood Spirit, find a weak point in the Wood Spirit, cut off a wisp of wood Qi, and guide it into his body. This completes the first step of absorption.

After that, he just needs to repeat the process, and finally, once the Wood Spirit in the box is completely absorbed, the task is accomplished.

But Ye Fan got stuck at the very first step.

His Qi circled around the Wood Spirit for several days, and he had already thoroughly understood the Wood Spirit, but he could not find a single weak point.

This isn't right!

Ye Fan's gentle eyes narrowed slightly.

Nothing is without flaws!

Since this absorption method was summarized for the Wood Spirit, there must be a weak point.

Ye Fan turned his gaze to the jade box that was entirely azure blue.

The pale green Wood Spirit was inside, completely unguarded, and could be seen at a glance.

A faint spiritual light flashed across the Wood Spirit.

Ye Fan's eyes flashed, his Qi and Divine Sense focused on it, staring intently at the Wood Spirit in the box.

After a hundred breaths, another wave of spiritual light rippled out from the Wood Spirit.

Ye Fan seemed to have captured something, his expression becoming increasingly focused.

Another hundred breaths later, there was spiritual light on the Wood Spirit again!

Now is the time!

Ye Fan's Qi acted like a sharp thorn, piercing the exact spot where the spiritual light had just passed.

The moment the spiritual light and Qi collided, a wisp of wood Qi spilled out from beneath the light.

So it wasn't that there were no flaws; it was just that the flaw seemed to be mobile, dodging every one of Ye Fan's probes.

Ye Fan's lips curled slightly. "Found you!"

He decisively used his Qi to hook the wood Qi and pulled it out of the jade box.

"No!"

A milky, childish voice suddenly rang out in the room.

Ye Fan restrained his racing heart, not letting the Wood Spirit in the box notice anything.

"Spirit of the Wood Spirit?" Ye Fan's tone was calm and firm.

"Wuwu, Big Brother, please don't eat me, okay? I'm very useful!" The milky, childish voice let out a soft, pleading sound.

Ye Fan remained unmoved.

Gentleness was merely his facade.

"If I don't eat you, how can I strengthen my Spiritual Root!"

"I, I, I can help you strengthen your Spiritual Root, Big Brother, you don't need to eat me! I can keep helping you strengthen your Spiritual Root, but if you eat me, it will only work once. It's not worth it, Big Brother."

Ye Fan's expression was gentle. "Is that so?"

The Spirit of the Wood Spirit, curled up in the jade box, nodded repeatedly, saying softly, "Yes, yes."

Ye Fan chuckled. "But how can I be sure what you said is true? And that you will definitely help me? I think I'll just forget it; eating you will at least strengthen my Spiritual Root once."

"No, no, no! Big Brother, if you don't believe me, I can enter a contract with you!"

"A contract? Too much trouble." Ye Fan looked indifferent.

The Spirit of the Wood Spirit was about to cry.

"Waaah, Big Brother, the old man with the white beard spent five million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones to buy me. It's really a loss to only strengthen your Spiritual Root once. Please believe me, let's make a contract. I can definitely help you with so much, wuwu, I don't want my consciousness to dissipate, wuwu, I was wrong, I shouldn't have disobeyed Clan Chief Grandpa and snuck out to play, wuwu wuwu..."

Ye Fan's hand under his robe trembled. Five million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones?!

He took a deep breath and lowered his voice. "Alright! Stop crying!"

The Spirit of the Wood Spirit didn't listen; it was about to die, why couldn't it cry?

It was going to cry, to cry loudly!

"Waaah wuwu wuwu..."

Even though Ye Fan had a good temper, he couldn't stand this ear-piercing sound.

"If you keep making noise, I'll eat you right now." Ye Fan threatened with a feigned cold face.

The Spirit of the Wood Spirit let out an urgent hiccup from crying and clamped its mouth shut.

The ears were finally quiet.

Ye Fan lowered his eyes halfway, staring at the Spirit of the Wood Spirit in the jade box. "A contract is fine, a master-servant contract."

The Spirit of the Wood Spirit cautiously probed, "An equal contract is actually also very..."

"Let's just eat you, it's too much trouble!" Ye Fan said as such.

The Spirit of the Wood Spirit shivered. "Master-servant contract, I'll sign it, don't eat me!"

Ye Fan curled his lips in satisfaction.

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