Chapter 15 – Spiritual Root Breakthrough: Wood-Fire Dual Spiritual Root!

Chapter 15 – Spiritual Root Breakthrough: Wood-Fire Dual Spiritual Root!

【In the dungeon, the elder praised you all as people blessed with great fortune, issued you tasks, and gave you a few extra appreciative glances.】

【Over the course of a week, you continuously used spiritual energy to accelerate the growth of spirit grain, and helped Jin Congxue during your free time.】

【Jin Congxue gradually fell for you.】

【After one week, the elder distributed task rewards to you.】

【The elder complimented your good looks and gave you an extra ten spirit stones. You received 50 spirit stones and 40 jin of spirit rice.】

【You asked the elder to exchange your spirit rice for spirit stones. The elder agreed, and you obtained 90 spirit stones.】

Several black lines appeared on Su Xing’s forehead as he grumbled:

“Sure enough, this is a world that judges by looks. Forget about powerhouses like Jin Congxue being superficial… even immortal cultivators care about appearances!”

Su Xing continued the simulation.

【Something stirred in your heart, and you asked the elder to take you as a disciple. The elder shook his head slightly, saying your aptitude was too poor, and rejected your request.】

【You reluctantly left the dungeon. Jin Congxue was waiting for you outside the city. She confessed her feelings, telling you she had never been in a relationship before and had fallen for you at first sight.】

【After some thought, you accepted Jin Congxue’s confession. You and she stayed in Jinling City for a while.】

【You returned to the Capital City. Jin Congxue told you she would come find you, and gave you all 15 of her spirit stones.】

【After returning to Capital Vocational Academy, you devoted yourself to cultivation, occasionally running dungeons with freshmen to help them level up.】

【One day, Wang Qingxuan found you and told you about the mysterious organization.】

【After one night together, Wang Qingxuan dropped out of school.】

【In the second year, you devoted yourself to cultivation. Your power grew steadily, and you broke through to the eighth level of Qi Refinement.】

【In the third year, you cultivated while also running dungeons with freshman girls to help them level up. Your orders exceeded supply, so you raised your prices.】

【In the fourth year, you opened an equipment shop selling secondhand gear. Business was booming, with most customers being women.】

【In the fifth year, your business grew even larger. Female business owners in the same industry even wanted to “support” you.】

【That same year, your cultivation reached the Great Perfection of the Qi Refinement realm.】

【One day, Wang Qingxuan found you. You used the same trick again, getting her to help you search for the second half of the Eternal Spring Art.】

【In the seventh year, your younger sister died. You attended her funeral.】

【In the tenth year, your good brother Yu Yan died. You attended his funeral.】

【In the eleventh year, you successfully broke through to become a Foundation Establishment cultivator.】

【In the fifteenth year, the giant beast descended.】

【You flipped it the middle finger.】

【The giant beast devoured all of Great Xia. You died at the age of thirty-six.】

【Your talent Die With Eyes Open activated…】

【Ding! This simulation has ended!】

【You may select one of the following rewards: Face Like an Idol (talent), Foundation Establishment level 2 (cultivation), 105 spirit stones (item)】

【Face Like an Idol】: Green-tier talent. Shop price: 10,000 energy points.

【Foundation Establishment level 2】: Cultivation. Shop price: 1,500 energy points.

【105 spirit stones】: Item. Shop price: 105,000 energy points.

Looking at this simulation’s results, Su Xing felt a wave of embarrassment.

“Damn, is this world really all about looks? Good-looking people just cruise through life!”

Su Xing suppressed the urge to pick the Face Like an Idol talent and chose the third reward—105 spirit stones.

A pouch of spirit stones appeared in Su Xing’s hand.

Su Xing’s spirit stone count had now reached 195!

However, his energy points had also shrunk to a mere 15,000.

“Sigh, this energy really isn’t enough to spend!” Su Xing shook his head slightly. Clearly, he couldn’t afford to exchange for resource-heavy items like spirit stones anymore.

“When it comes down to it, I just need more energy!”

Su Xing sighed.

And so, over the following week, Su Xing transformed his poverty into motivation, becoming an absolute grind lord!

During the day, Su Xing diligently took on power-leveling orders, earning more money to buy equipment and convert it into energy.

At night, Su Xing cultivated in his dormitory.

Just like that, sleeping less than four hours a day, Su Xing broke through to the third level of Qi Refinement in one week and earned over 700,000 yuan.

Su Xing spent every yuan he earned on equipment, barely scraping together 20,000 energy points.

November 11th, New Era 2023. Su Xing performed a ritual in his dormitory.

“May the Blessed Mysterious Heavenly Gacha Sovereign protect me… please let me pull a green-tier spiritual root!”

Su Xing prayed ceaselessly in his heart. After all, before the next dungeon opened, he only had two simulation chances left.

When both the minute and second hands of the clock pointed to eight, Su Xing felt a flash of inspiration and silently chanted:

“Begin simulation!”

【This simulation costs 1,000 energy points. Remaining energy: 19,040 points. Remaining simulation attempts: none.】

【Simulation begins!】

【Drawing a white talent costs 100 energy points. Drawing a green talent costs 1,000 energy points. Would you like to draw?】

“Draw a green talent.”

Su Xing said without hesitation.

It seemed the Blessed Mysterious Heavenly Sovereign had answered his prayers—Su Xing’s superstitious rituals had finally worked.

A pleasant chime rang in Su Xing’s ears.

【Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the green-tier talent: Wood-Fire Dual Spiritual Root!】

【Wood-Fire Dual Spiritual Root】: Green-tier talent. Your cultivation aptitude far surpasses ordinary people. No longer possessing the lowest-grade five-element mixed spiritual root, you now have a wood-fire dual spiritual root and can cultivate wood and fire dual-element techniques.

When Su Xing saw the newly drawn talent, he clenched his fists so hard they cracked.

“It’s here! It’s finally here! A green-tier spiritual root talent!”

Su Xing took a deep breath, barely containing his excitement as he chose to continue the simulation.

【In the dormitory, you noticed something different about your body. The dual spiritual root made your five senses far more acute.】

【You took out a spirit stone and began cultivating. In just one day, your cultivation broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refinement—ten times faster than before!】

Seeing this, Su Xing sighed with emotion:

“As expected, cultivation really does come down to talent! With the lowest-grade five-element mixed spiritual root, it takes a full ten years of cultivation just to barely break through to Foundation Establishment… but with a dual spiritual root, one year would probably be enough!”

What Su Xing didn’t know was that above the five-element mixed spiritual root, there were also four-element mixed roots, three-element roots…

The wood-fire dual spiritual root Su Xing had drawn was considered small-genius level in the cultivation world, which was why his cultivation speed was so astonishing.

Su Xing continued reading.

【Over the course of a week, you raised your cultivation to the fifth level of Qi Refinement. The spiritual energy within your body became even more abundant.】

【On November 18th, you set out for Jinling City, quietly waiting outside the city for Jin Congxue to appear.】

【The next day, you encountered Jin Congxue outside Jinling City. You asked her for guidance on Buddhism and earned the right to travel with her.】

【She led you along a side path back to Jinling City. Along the way, you discovered the entrance to the Azure Cloud Spirit Fields dungeon.】

【You entered the Azure Cloud Spirit Fields dungeon!】