After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

She wanted to use her spiritual power to lift the bone out and examine it closely. She feared the box might have some kind of trap set up to deliver a fatal blow the moment she touched it.

The skeleton turned into a golden light upon contact with her spiritual power and entered her wrist without warning.

What? Did we fall for a trap?
Lin Yan hurriedly circulated her spiritual power, attempting to stop the golden light from invading. However, the golden light was unstoppable, heading straight for the location of her spiritual root.

She felt a powerful force surging through her body, and waves of intense pain shot through her meridians, almost causing her to faint.

Her face turned deathly pale instantly, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. Her hands clenched tightly in pain, her nails digging into her palms, but the pain was no match for the torment brought by the golden light.

Lin Yan's senses were overwhelmed by the pain brought by the golden light. She gritted her teeth and endured the pain, trying to mobilize her spiritual power to resist it.

The golden light was like a ferocious golden dragon, which crashed and destroyed everything before flying towards the place where it wanted to circle.

The golden light stopped crashing down where the spiritual root had taken hold.

A strange, tingling sensation surged through Lin Yan's body, and she could clearly feel some kind of change taking place within her.

Drawn by the force, she involuntarily sat cross-legged in meditation, her consciousness carried into the vast galaxy.

Originally, there were only four clusters of power here, representing the four spiritual roots within her body. Now, a cluster of golden light has appeared. It continues to grow, until it reaches the same size as the other clusters of light, at which point it stops growing.

Emerging from the vast galaxy, she surveyed herself with her spiritual power and discovered a brand new spiritual root beside her original one, radiating brilliant golden light.

This spiritual root took root firmly like a coiled dragon pillar, and the power it emitted continuously nourished her meridians and golden core.

Having gained an extra spiritual root, she didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

Now that he has all five spiritual roots, if placed in a sect, he would be considered to have mixed spiritual roots, the kind that wouldn't even qualify him to be an outer disciple.

My father said that one's aptitude for cultivating immortality should not be judged by the quantity of spiritual roots, but by the strength of the spiritual roots, comprehension, and affinity with spiritual energy.

These are the only words she can use to comfort herself now. After all, the spiritual energy she consumes for cultivation is five times, or even more, than that of someone with a single spiritual root.

In the early stages, it can hold on, but as the level increases, the opening becomes larger and harder to fill.

She could clearly feel that each breakthrough after reaching the Golden Core stage was much more difficult. If it weren't for her different way of absorbing spiritual energy, she wouldn't have been able to supply the Gluttonous Spiritual Root within her body.

There is a reason why the Canghai Continent now regards a single spiritual root as the superior aptitude.

Now that things have come to this, she can't just pluck out all her spiritual roots, leaving only one. Not only is doing so extremely dangerous, but her very survival is also in question.

The spiritual root that had entered her body was essentially a part of her. Who could bear to sever it?

When Lin Yan opened her eyes again, she saw two furry faces staring intently at her, their eyes full of concern. Her heart warmed, and she hugged the two furry heads, giving them a good sniff.

"Whoosh~" Huh? The owner has gone mad!
"Chirp chirp~" Has the master gone mad?
"..." She just wanted to express her enthusiasm!

Releasing the two small ones, Lin Yan looked at the crocodile curled up in a ball and reached out to poke it.

"Why are you acting so calm? What if I die and you die too? Aren't you worried?"

Amit rolled his eyes: "This is the Divine Dragon Bone, you got a good deal."

"Can the divine dragon bone be transformed into a cultivator's spiritual root?"

"Pretty much. You'll discover the benefits of the Divine Dragon Bone later."

Amit yawned and climbed back onto her shoulder.

There were no other treasures in the secret chamber, and the newly generated wall turned into an open door. She went out and continued to bombard the closed doors. Of the three doors, only the last one was free of monsters; only by going further in could she find the passage leading downwards.

The construction of the next floor is similar to the previous one, with four doors. It's obvious that only one door leads to a passage.

She had plenty of pills and spirit stones. After clearing each gate, she would take a short break to replenish her spiritual energy. When absorbing the spiritual energy from the spirit stones, she found that her absorption speed had increased significantly.

In particular, the spiritual energy it absorbs is prioritized for consumption by the metal spiritual root, its domineering nature utterly unreasonable. Only after it is full can other spiritual roots get a share.

Having enough spirit stones to support himself, he didn't take this phenomenon to heart.

They fought their way up to the seventeenth floor, where there was only one secret room. As soon as the door opened, tentacles surged out.

She used her spiritual fire to burn and block the entrance, which weakened the tentacle attack somewhat.

Amit had slipped away again, probably while she was focusing all her energy on gathering a ball of fire to block the entrance.

Fortunately, she didn't expect the palm-sized white crocodile to do anything.

After acquiring the Golden Spiritual Root, the barrier she created became even more robust. Despite the fierce attacks of the tentacles, she only suffered minor injuries.

She tossed the healing pills and qi-replenishing pills into the mouths of the two little creatures, then cast a protective barrier around them before conjuring flames to block the tentacles' attention.

A sinister voice echoed in the secret chamber, "Intruders who trespass into forbidden territory, become my dinner!"

More tentacles emerged from the darkness, like giant pythons, attacking frantically.

Lin Yan felt the pressure of the power and had no choice but to retreat with Tangyuan and the rabbit. However, the door behind them had somehow turned into a wall, and these walls seemed to absorb the power, making them impossible to break.

There's no other way. We didn't choose to leave directly earlier, and now if we don't defeat this thing, we'll just have to give up our lives here.

Suddenly, Amit's voice appeared in her mind.

"This thing is called the Abyss Lord, a product of darkness. Its weakness is in its head, and its eyes are afraid of strong light."

She can't even see the person's head! All she can see are the tentacles that keep popping out.

Those tentacles also blocked the entrance, making it impossible to move forward or retreat.

"Its head is down there, so I can't get in," Lin Yan replied in her mind.

"As my master, you can do it. I believe in you."

"..."

Please betray this trust!
She looked towards the entrance, where all the tentacles were emerging; the only way to get in was to break through from there.

The two little ones, as if on the same wavelength, immediately provided cover. Lin Yan successfully approached, her hands quickly forming hand seals, squeezing the enormous fireball into the opening. She had almost concentrated all her spiritual power into this single strike.

"boom!"

The fireball, compressed by immense force, exploded, filling the air with the smell of roasting meat.

She shouldn't be able to unleash such destructive power at the Foundation Establishment stage, but she had just forcibly broken through the external suppression, which gave her a brief moment to unleash her Golden Core cultivation.

After she used it, the even greater rebound pressure caused her to groan and spit out a mouthful of blood.

At this moment, the tentacles retracted. Seizing the opportunity, she quickly swallowed the pill, grabbed a handful of spirit stones, and dashed down. (End of Chapter)