Cultivating Immortality: I Have a High-Martial World

Chapter 92 Devouring Spiritual Roots, Moving Mountains and Refining Body Technique

Lin Chen's mind raced at that moment.

The mysterious Jiang Liqian, cultivation methods with unique spiritual roots, body tempering techniques, exploration of ancient ruins, ancient secret arts...

These temptations, no matter which one they are, would be irresistible to an ordinary cultivator.

But for Lin Chen...

"Five years from now, I'll probably have reached the Core Formation stage by then..."

Lin Chen thought to himself, the five years the girl mentioned were ten years to him.

"If I've already reached the Core Formation stage by then and can't enter the ruins, that shouldn't be considered a breach of contract, right?"

"At worst... we can just give her some compensation."

"Whether it's the method of obtaining a unique spiritual root or the body-refining technique, they are both extremely useful to me..."

Thinking of this, Lin Chen took a deep breath and said:

"I agree."

Seeing that Lin Chen agreed, Jiang Liqian's eyes lit up with a hint of joy, and she no longer hid it.

"Senior Brother's spiritual roots are not as simple as just having dual earth and wood spiritual roots..."

"It's an extremely rare type of spiritual root, called—the Devouring Spiritual Root!"

Devouring Spirit Root?

"So that explains why my cultivation consumes such a huge amount of spirit stones... the name makes perfect sense!"

Lin Chen nodded slightly, believing that Jiang Liqian had not lied to him.

Jiang Liqian then explained what the Spirit Devouring Root is.

"The so-called Spirit Devouring Root may not be strong at the beginning of cultivation, but it becomes stronger as you progress."

"Because... by continuously absorbing spiritual energy, the quality of the Spirit-Absorbing Root can also be continuously improved! In the end, it may become a powerful spiritual root that surpasses the Heavenly Root."

Absorbing spiritual energy to improve the quality of one's spiritual root?

Lin Chen's heart stirred slightly upon hearing this. Didn't this mean that his spiritual root could continuously upgrade?

To eventually surpass the Heavenly Spiritual Root? How fast must his cultivation speed be!

Seeing Lin Chen deep in thought, Jiang Liqian added:

"However, this process requires too many spirit stones and spiritual energy resources... which are simply difficult for ordinary cultivators to supply."

"Senior brother, you must have noticed it too, right? Your cultivation speed is very fast... but your spirit stone consumption is also ridiculously high."

Lin Chen remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he secretly agreed.

Indeed, he cultivated very quickly, but he also consumed ten or even dozens of times more spirit stones than other cultivators of the same level.

Since breaking through to the second level of Foundation Establishment, Lin Chen needs twenty spirit stones every day just for cultivation.

At this rate of spirit stone consumption, even Core Formation cultivators would feel the pinch, let alone those at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages.

Fortunately, he has the support of the high-level martial arts world behind him, so he can afford to consume as many spirit stones as possible.

"Here is a jade slip containing the cultivation insights of an ancient cultivator with a spirit-devouring root..."

Lin Chen took the jade slip, but didn't rush to read it. He cupped his hands and said:

"Thank you, Junior Sister Jiang."

Jiang Liqian nodded slightly and then took out another ancient book and handed it over.

"I've seen the Giant Rock Body Refining Technique you practice; it was adapted by a cultivator from an ancient body cultivation method..."

"And I happen to possess that ancient body cultivation technique, which is this 'Mountain Moving Body Refinement Technique.' You should cultivate it diligently… Body refinement will be extremely useful when exploring the ruins later!"

"If you can cultivate this body-refining technique to the Core Formation stage within five years, it will be of great use..."

Mountain Moving Body Refining Technique...

Lin Chen took the ancient book, a flash of joy crossing his eyes.

"This Mountain-Moving Body Refining Technique is extremely useful for martial arts on Earth!"

"Perhaps... it could lead to the emergence of the ninth generation of breathing techniques!"

His mind raced.

A mere book of the Giant Stone Body Refining Manual is enough to develop the eighth generation of breathing techniques.

The effects of the true ancient body-refining techniques are self-evident...

"Thank you, Junior Sister Jiang."

As Lin Chen spoke, he became even more curious about Jiang Liqian's identity.

He is knowledgeable and experienced, and can readily give away precious ancient body-refining techniques to others...

Jiang Liqian's identity is becoming increasingly mysterious.

"Keep this mother-and-child communication jade safe. If anything happens in the future, I will contact you via telepathy."

Jiang Liqian handed over a jade slip.

After receiving the jade slip, Lin Chen did not linger and returned to Dan Peak on the purple jade gourd.

Not long after Lin Chen left, a figure appeared beside Jiang Liqian.

"Young Master, with your strength, do you really need this kid's help to explore that ruin?" an aged voice asked.

Jiang Liqian chuckled softly after hearing this:

"Those ruins are strange. Their appearance will likely cause quite a stir in Qingzhou, and people will probably be sent to explore those places..."

"Now that I'm currently working undercover at Changchun Sect, I don't have many people I can mobilize. Lin Chen is a useful talent."

"It's just an ancient body-refining technique. If it can truly help me after the ruins open... what does this little thing amount to?"

The old man nodded after hearing this and said nothing more.

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On the other side, after returning to Dan Peak, Lin Chen immediately began to examine the jade slip.

As Jiang Liqian said, the jade slip contains the cultivation record of an ancient cultivator regarding the Devouring Spirit Root.

After reading it carefully several times, Lin Chen had a general understanding.

It absorbs the spiritual roots and the essence of heaven and earth, transforming them into its own great power.

Those who possess this spiritual root can not only cultivate with spiritual stones, but also offer spiritual stones to their spiritual root.

Meanwhile, the Devouring Spirit Root is also divided into several stages:

The first stage of devouring spiritual roots involves possessing all five elements, and the cultivation speed of each spiritual root is comparable to that of a true spiritual root.

In the second stage, one possesses all five elements and cultivates at a speed comparable to that of an earth-rooted being.

In the third stage, one possesses all five elements and cultivates at a speed comparable to that of a celestial spiritual root.

Phase Four...

The ancient cultivator in this jade slip had only reached the third stage of cultivation at most.

The spiritual energy required for the offerings in the fourth stage is truly terrifying.

"To reach the first stage, according to that ancient cultivator, one needs to offer... 100,000 spirit stones?"

"The second stage requires... one million spirit stones?"

"The third stage consumes an entire spiritual vein..."

Even with Lin Chen's immense wealth, he was powerless to deal with such an astronomical sum.

"My previous transactions, plus that windfall... all my assets amount to only 50,000 spirit stones."

"Alas, what's even more difficult is that... before reaching the first stage, the spirit stones consumed will not yield any return."

Lin Chen sighed softly. Before he had 100,000 spirit stones, it was impossible for him to even think about reaching the first stage of the Devouring Spirit Root.

"Based on the current situation, I might be able to accumulate 100,000 spirit stones within six months, reaching the standard for the first stage of the Spirit Devouring Root..."

Lin Chen murmured.

This spirit-devouring root, although its upper limit is terrifyingly high, is also a bottomless pit for devouring spirit stones!

For Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and even Nascent Soul cultivators, the Devouring Spirit Root is far less practical than the Heavenly Spirit Root.

However, for cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage, this Devouring Spirit Root is an unparalleled aptitude.

Because there are more spirit stone resources available, it is easier to improve the quality of one's spiritual root.

In other words... this Devouring Spirit Root is an invincible talent in the late game.

"Right now, all we can do is accumulate spirit stones..."

"With the support of a high-level martial arts world, it shouldn't be too difficult to push one's spiritual root to the third stage."

Lin Chen thought to himself, in any case, knowing the unique spiritual root he possessed was not a bad thing.

(End of this chapter)