Extracting all things: My attributes grow infinitely.

A spiritual root can actually be extracted directly from another person's body?!

Jiang Chuan's eyes lit up.

In this way...

One of the major problems that had been troubling him in his spiritual practice was thus resolved.

Unfortunately, these people all had the worst five-elemental spiritual roots, Jiang Chuan recalled his conversation with Ye Wanxia and the others.

The Five Elements Spiritual Root, also known as the Mixed Spiritual Root, has extremely low cultivation efficiency and is unlikely to achieve great success in the future; it is merely a matter of barely qualifying for cultivation.

Even slightly established sects and families would not recruit disciples with the five elements of spiritual roots.

They can only become rogue cultivators.

If you're lucky, you might break through to the Qi Refining Realm in the future, but you can basically forget about going any further.

If I had to name a single unique feature...

The Five Elements Spiritual Root can absorb almost all types of spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

However, this is also its drawback, because the Five Elements Spiritual Root must absorb five kinds of spiritual energy from heaven and earth at the same time in order to ensure the balance of the spiritual energy cycle. Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are all indispensable.

"For me, a single fire-attribute spiritual root is definitely the best, and at the very least, it should be a dual fire and wood attribute spiritual root..."

Jiang Chuan thought to himself.

Although dual-attribute spiritual roots are already considered top-grade spiritual roots, they are extremely rare and hard to come by.

But there's no need to rush this.

The specific function of spiritual roots can only be manifested when one reaches the Qi Refining Realm.

He hasn't even broken through the barrier of accepting the truth, so there's no point in thinking about these things now.

He casually extracted the corpses of the others, and then used the Star Mirror to revive the man who claimed to be a steward of the Tu family.

Jiang Chuan didn't waste any words with him and went straight to the point: "Tell me, what are you doing here? What's the situation with the Tu family of Black Wind Ridge?"

The butler of the Tu family quickly told him everything he knew.

The Black Wind Ridge massacre.

They weren't considered a major power in the Tianzhang Realm.

The most powerful cultivator in the clan was only an ancestor at the Qi Refining Realm, followed by seven or eight elders at the Qi Absorption Realm and dozens of young disciples at the Body Tempering Realm. Tu Li, standing before them, was one of them.

"Master, we slaughtered the mortals here in order to cultivate a secret technique."

Tu Li took out a jade slip and respectfully presented it with both hands.

Jiang Chuan took the jade slip and probed it with his divine sense.

The jade slip contained an evil technique called "Soul Stealing Technique".

Its content is not complicated.

But the bloody atmosphere permeating the text sends chills down one's spine.

This evil technique actually requires the sacrifice of mortals; once successfully performed, it can directly enhance the quality of one's spiritual roots.

More importantly, judging from the description alone, this evil spell has no side effects whatsoever!

The more offerings, the better.

The greater the effect on improving the quality of one's own spiritual root.

If one can sacrifice a thousand mortals, one can upgrade a low-grade spiritual root to a mid-grade one; if one can sacrifice a hundred thousand mortals, one can upgrade a mid-grade spiritual root to a high-grade one!

Jiang Chuan asked in surprise, "This method is so vicious, isn't anyone going to do anything about it?"

Tu Li explained, "The Immortal Alliance has long had a prohibition that cultivators must not interfere in worldly affairs at will, let alone slaughter mortals. Violators will have their cultivation abolished at best, and will be banished to the Demon Suppression Abyss for eternity."

"But... these rules aren't enforced as strictly in remote areas anyway. Besides, we cultivators from families are different from the disciples of the Immortal Alliance. The disciples of the Immortal Alliance have cultivation resources provided by their sects and spiritual jades bestowed by their masters to help them sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Their cultivation speed is naturally much faster than that of independent cultivators and family cultivators."

"We family cultivators can't get the Spirit Jade, so we can only find ways to improve our spiritual roots ourselves. The Immortal Alliance is actually aware of this, but they just can't manage it all."

"What kind of power is the Immortal Alliance?"

Jiang Chuan asked further questions, and with Tu Li's detailed answers, he gradually gained some understanding of the overall structure of the Tianzhang Realm.

The Heavenly Realm is divided into two regions: North and South.

The Southern Region is home to numerous powerful families, with the Great Qian Dynasty at its head, making it the most prestigious cultivation force in the entire Tianzhang Realm.

The Northern Region is the territory of the Immortal Alliance.

The Immortal Alliance was not initially a separate sect.

Rather, it is an alliance formed by all the sects in the Northern Region to resist the Great Qian Dynasty in the Southern Region.

However, with the evolution over the years, and in order to further develop, the Immortal Alliance is now intertwined, and the distinction between sects has long been blurred.

Besides.

This refers to the Tu family, a small cultivation family that operates outside the Immortal Alliance.

Jiang Chuan pondered, "So, if I want to obtain cultivation resources, joining the Immortal Alliance is the only option?"

"That's exactly right."

Tu Li nodded: "Although the Immortal Alliance does not nominally force all cultivators to register, it controls the resources of the entire Northern Region. If we cultivators want to advance further, we will ultimately have to overcome this formidable obstacle."

Jiang Chuan then asked him if he knew about the Ye family or the Biyue Sect and other forces. Tu Li just shook his head. He wasn't even a cultivator in the Immortal Alliance, so he didn't know much more than Jiang Chuan did.

Seeing that he couldn't get any more information from him, Jiang Chuan ordered him to activate the formation.

The formation was activated.

A scene of horrific carnage, like a living hell, suddenly unfolded before his eyes.

The entire village, regardless of age or gender, was almost completely slaughtered. The corpses lay scattered on the ground, all looking like dried-up corpses that had been drained of their blood.

Jiang Chuan witnessed the horrific scene before him, but his expression remained largely unchanged.

During the war of annihilation between humans and the Corpse Dog Clan, he personally killed tens of thousands of Corpse Dog Clan soldiers, so he was naturally not frightened by the scene before him.

He just felt a little sentimental.

This Heavenly Realm seemed to have nothing to do with the otherworldly paradise he had imagined. They could even research and develop a vicious spell like the "Spirit Stealing Technique".

To enhance one's spiritual foundation, one can casually sacrifice thousands of mortals.

compare to.

The little troubles he experienced in the Origin Realm were nothing to mention.

"Has the sacrificial ceremony here been completed?"

"It's basically finished."

Tu Li said, "There are still some survivors hiding in the village. Perhaps they can further enhance the effect of the blood sacrifice. Master, should we find them all?"

Jiang Chuan glanced at the dark red blood mirror that he was handing over with both hands.

He said calmly, "No need."

He doesn't need to resort to such methods to improve his foundation. Although he also relies on killing and plundering, he hasn't stooped to the point of targeting ordinary people.

Jiang Chuan thought for a moment, but did not destroy the blood mirror that devoured living beings. He said to Tu Li, "Go back to the Tu family to report. As for the others who died, just find some excuse to cover it up. I might need your help in the future."

"Yes, Master."

Tu Li presented the storage bag with both hands, then took out a bone talisman from his robes and presented it to Jiang Chuan with both hands: "This is a communication bone talisman used for internal communication within the Tu family. It can transmit messages within a radius of a thousand miles. If you have any orders, just activate the bone talisman, and I will come immediately."

Jiang Chuan took the bone talisman and storage bag, and casually glanced at the contents of the bag. There were only a few magic artifacts that couldn't even be considered low-grade spiritual treasures, and some low-level pills and spiritual materials that he couldn't name.

He was even poorer than him.

He packed everything away and waved to Tu Li.

Tu Li bowed respectfully, then his figure blurred, transforming into a gray shadow that swept towards the depths of the northern mountains, disappearing in the blink of an eye among the towering peaks.

Jiang Chuan took one last look at the devastated village.

There are still some survivors in the village.

It was their fate that they were saved by me.

Whether they rebuild their homes or migrate elsewhere in the future depends on their own fate.

He withdrew his gaze, stopped lingering, and turned to head towards the main city that Tu Li had mentioned.