52: Chapter 52 Water Spirit Root Enters the Body

"Spiritual Root!"

Fang Yuan took a deep breath and grabbed the orb of light with one hand.

The Spiritual Root merged directly into his body.

He felt a sudden clarity in his mind, and his body seemed to adopt a brand-new breathing rhythm; he could clearly sense the water-attribute Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth!

This was a transformation from nothing to something.

Like a blind man regaining sight, that clear and transparent sensory perception left Fang Yuan utterly mesmerized.

Almost simultaneously, Fang Yuan's Spiritual Sense connected with the world, resonating with the water between heaven and earth!

He successfully comprehended a trace of Water Momentum!

Upon successful comprehension, the Water Momentum grew rapidly, like a seedling breaking through the soil.

One-thousandth!

One-hundredth!

One-tenth!

Two-tenths!

Three-tenths!

With the sudden boost from the Water Spiritual Root and the strategic guidance of his Water Concept, he easily broke through to thirty percent Water Momentum!

Fang Yuan suddenly noticed a change within his body.

He inspected his internal state.

The two talent patterns originally belonging to [Spitting Water] and [Water Walk] underwent a startling transformation.

Those talent patterns rapidly became more intricate and dense.

The Water Momentum easily merged into the two types of Spiritual Runes.

Information regarding the two talents appeared out of thin air in his mind.

The two first-grade top grade talent abilities, [Water Walk] and [Spitting Water], had evolved into second-grade Low Grade talents!

Now, he could directly use second-grade Early Stage talent Spells without needing to deliberately invoke Water Momentum.

This was the benefit of talents: they could be used without needing to be understood.

And if he deliberately integrated Water Momentum during combat, the power of the talents would increase even further!

Fang Yuan smiled. "A huge profit."

He had just been wondering what he could get if he used Decompose on a Spiritual Root again, but there was no rush; he would complete his own Spiritual Roots first.

Completing the Water Spiritual Root not only allowed his comprehension to Breakthrough, but even the Cloud Qi Art and Cloud Body Art seemed to become much smoother.

He inspected his Middle Dantian and Lower Dantian, finding that his spiritual power and blood-qi had actually increased in power by twenty percent out of thin air.

This was no small figure; his spiritual power and blood-qi were already very strong.

Fang Yuan then looked at the other two clumps of items.

[Spiritual Power] and [Qi and Blood].

He hesitated for a moment before placing his hand on both items and choosing Decompose.

The spiritual power decomposed into a mass of ownerless spiritual power, which he absorbed into his body.

The total spiritual power of a Qi Refining Ninth Layer Peak Cultivator was still quite considerable.

However, during the Decompose process, after being purified, the volume shrank by half!

The remaining half of the spiritual power, after merging into his Dantian, didn't actually fill it, only raising his Dantian's spiritual power to about seventy percent.

The ownerless blood-qi from Decompose merged into his Middle Dantian, turning into several hundred strands of blood-qi—better than nothing.

This Cultivator's physical cultivation was far too poor.

Fang Yuan took a final look at the corpse and said regretfully, "Decompose didn't yield any Luck? It seems I must touch the Luck for Decompose while the enemy is still alive."

He had seen the Luck above the other's head just now, but after the Decompose was successfully activated, it didn't extract the Luck; the Luck simply vanished.

It seemed Luck needed to be decomposed separately.

He spat out a burst of flame, burning the corpse to ashes, and then buried it in the soil, interring it completely.

Finally, Fang Yuan picked up the Cultivator's Storage Pouch and scanned the inside; there were many items, with a total value of about five hundred thousand Spirit Stones, which was quite a bit of money.

The total net worth of a Qi Refining Ninth Layer Peak was usually around one hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

He found an Identity Token and a duty token inside, confirming the other's identity: he was indeed a Disciple of the Lingxiao Sect, hailing from Huangliang Market two hundred miles away.

"I just opened a first-grade market, and they already want to mess with me?"

Fang Yuan gained a profound understanding of the directness of immortal Cultivators.

His killing of the man would inevitably draw the attention of Huangliang Market.

But Fang Yuan did not regret it.

"I hope you all behave! My grand Formation just happens to lack a Foundation Establishment sacrifice for its flag."

Fang Yuan glanced in the direction of Huangliang Market, then dove underground, vanishing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

The mist here gradually dissipated, and everything looked no different than before.

Time passed bit by bit.

The sun rose in the east.

It was another clear morning.

Huangliang Market.

Yuan Shihe paced back and forth, shouting toward the door, "Someone, come here."

A Disciple walked in hurriedly.

"Is Hall Master Shaodong not back yet?"

"Reporting to the Market Master, the Hall Master has not yet returned."

"Something happened!" Yuan Shihe's heart sank.

He had sent Yuan Shaodong to investigate the market last night and hadn't considered the possibility of anything going wrong.

Just pretending to be an ordinary Cultivator to browse the market, what could possibly happen?

But seeing that he hadn't returned for so long and there was no movement from the transmission token, he guessed that things had taken a turn.

He had held onto hope, waiting until now before he was forced to confirm that something had happened to Shaodong.

"Is there any news? Was there any movement at that Cloud Mist Market last night?" Yuan Shihe asked again.

"Reporting to the Market Master, a Disciple just entered the market to gather information and learned that there was no movement last night. The Formation was not fully activated, all shops were temporarily closed, and everything was normal."

"We also asked Loose Cultivators; there were no battle fluctuations from the mountain Peak last night. Everything was very peaceful."

Yuan Shihe took a deep breath. "I see. You may leave!"

"What exactly is the situation?"

Yuan Shihe thought for a moment and could only think of one possibility: Shaodong had courted death by breaking into Cloud Mist Villa, and that so-called Mountain Lord Fang, whose strength far exceeded Shaodong's, had easily dealt with him.

"But how is that possible?"

Last night, he had investigated again; that Fang Yuan was only eighteen years old. No matter how high his cultivation was, how much could he have?

The possibility of him being in the Foundation Establishment Realm was infinitely close to zero.

"No, I have to go see for myself!"

Yuan Shaodong was not only his subordinate but also his junior. If he died mysteriously, he wouldn't be able to explain it to the Sect, nor to the Family.

He took four Hall Masters at the Peak of Qi Refining and went out with them.

The five of them stepped onto Flying Swords and flew toward Cloud Mist Mountain.

Before long, they arrived at Cloud Mist Mountain.

Yuan Shihe landed at the foot of the mountain and said to the two Disciples guarding the gate, "I am Yuan Shihe, a Foundation Establishment Disciple of the Lingxiao Sect, here to visit Cloud Mist Mountain!"

Qi Pinghu was startled and hurriedly said, "So it is Senior Yuan. Please wait a moment, I will report to the Mountain Master immediately!"

Qi Pinghu recognized Yuan Shihe, so there was no need to confirm. He quickly took out his communication token and contacted Li Xinyi.

Li Xinyi received the message and hurriedly reported it to Fang Yuan.

"Please invite them up!" Fang Yuan said with a smile.

"Yes."

Li Xinyi immediately responded.

Not long after.

Yuan Shihe flew directly up the mountain on his sword and landed at the entrance of the villa.

Fang Yuan was already waiting there. Seeing the visitor, he immediately stepped forward and said respectfully, "Fang Yuan greets Senior Yuan! Welcome to Cloud Mist Mountain as a guest."

His smile was sincere, and his gaze was peaceful as he looked at Yuan Shihe.

Yuan Shihe quietly released his Divine Sense to probe Fang Yuan's cultivation.

In his perception, Fang Yuan had only just stepped into the seventh layer of Qi Refining, while also having a certain level of body refining cultivation. However, this strength was no different from a normal Qi Refining Level 7 Cultivator; at most, he could fight a Qi Refining Eighth Layer, and there was absolutely no way he could have killed Yuan Shaodong.