Chapter 61 – New Talent: Mutated Wood-Fire Dual True Spirit Root!

From Jin Congxue’s hands, he obtained a new batch of equipment—120,000 pieces in total—which converted into 700,000 simulation energy points.

Adding the 100,000 energy points Su Xing had remaining from before, his energy once again reached 800,000 points.

Now Su Xing had a stable source of energy, and with the second half of the Eternal Spring Art in his possession, he could cultivate all the way to the perfection of the Void Return realm.

What Su Xing needed now was to further increase his cultivation strength.

“Begin simulation!”

【This session consumes 2,000 energy points. Remaining energy: 803,000 points. Remaining simulations: unlimited.】

【Simulation begins!】

【Drawing a white talent costs 100 energy points, a green talent costs 1,000 energy points, and a blue talent costs 10,000 energy points. Would you like to draw?】

“Draw a blue-quality talent!”

For Su Xing, who never had to worry about energy, blue-quality talents had already become the standard.

【Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the blue talent: Mutated Wood-Fire Dual True Spirit Root.】

【Mutated Wood-Fire Dual True Spirit Root】: You possess a powerful True Spirit Root. Your cultivation talent far surpasses that of ordinary cultivators. At the same time, your True Spirit Root seems somewhat different from others, possessing both wood and fire dual-attribute properties.

“Holy crap, I drew a cultivation talent!”

Su Xing shouted in excitement.

A True Spirit Root, according to the records in the Eternal Spring Art, was a one-in-ten-thousand existence among cultivators.

Cultivators who possessed a True Spirit Root often cultivated at speeds dozens of times faster than ordinary cultivators—incomparably stronger than the previous dual-attribute spirit root.

A True Spirit Root was also known as a single spirit root—as the name implied, it possessed only a single attribute.

For example, a cultivator with a wood-attribute True Spirit Root could only cultivate wood-attribute techniques and absorb wood-attribute spiritual energy.

But Su Xing’s True Spirit Root had undergone some kind of mutation. Not only did it possess the cultivation talent of a True Spirit Root, it could simultaneously cultivate two types of spiritual energy!

“Good thing I drew a dual-attribute root. Otherwise, with a single-attribute root, I wouldn’t be able to continue alchemy.”

Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief. The art of alchemy required possessing both wood and fire dual-attribute spirit roots.

The fire-attribute spirit root was used to control flames, while the wood-attribute spirit root was used to perceive the transformations of spiritual herbs within the alchemy furnace.

Therefore, both spirit roots were indispensable. Only cultivators who simultaneously possessed both types of spirit roots could practice the art of alchemy.

But cultivators who possessed dual-attribute spirit roots were typically those with pseudo spirit roots, which was why alchemists generally weren’t very powerful in terms of cultivation.

A cultivator like Su Xing who possessed a mutated dual-attribute spirit root was a one-in-hundreds-of-thousands existence.

Su Xing pondered to himself: “Since my spirit root talent has improved, I should focus even more on advancing my cultivation in the upcoming simulations. With a True Spirit Root, it should be entirely possible for me to break through to the Nascent Soul realm within a hundred years, right?”

Su Xing began the simulation.

【Within the Blessed Spirit Field, you realize you are in a simulation.】

【Your spirit root talent has been enhanced. You feel that your cultivation speed is incomparably faster than before. You seize the time and begin cultivating.】

【The spiritual energy within the blessed land flows into your dantian’s Golden Core like a gentle stream. A single day of cultivation is now equivalent to several days before.】

【Over the next year, you absorb the spiritual energy of the blessed land daily for cultivation. You do not waste any spirit stones. You still have nearly a thousand spirit stones remaining.】

【Your cultivation breaks through to the Golden Core Stage, Third Layer. Minor realm bottlenecks are as easy for you as eating and drinking.】

Seeing this, Su Xing smiled. In previous simulations, breaking through a single layer required one or two years, but this time he broke through two layers in just one year. The speed was far, far faster.

【One day, Wang Qingxuan finds you. She tells you about the mysterious organization.】

【After a passionate night together, you and Wang Qingxuan join the Advent Cult.】

【As before, during the first six months, you keep a low profile and focus on earning the Advent Cult’s trust.】

【You pursue perfection in every mission. All of this is noticed by Protector Shadow, and she begins to pay increasing attention to you.】

【Your cultivation breaks through to the Golden Core Stage, Fourth Layer. You prepare to begin revealing your alchemy talent.】

【During a certain mission, you deliberately hold back, allowing a teammate to become severely injured. Just as he is about to give his final words, you produce a Healing Pill and save his life.】

【Afterward, you return to being invisible as usual, waiting for the cult’s higher-ups to contact you.】

【A month passes quickly, and no higher-ups from the cult contact you.】

【You start to grow restless. This doesn’t match your plan, because in your imagination, this teammate should have exposed the fact that you can perform alchemy in order to receive a reward from the cult.】

【You discreetly make inquiries over the next few days and discover that the cult has received no information about your alchemy talent. You are momentarily speechless—you never expected that you had actually saved someone who repays kindness with gratitude.】

【So you deliberately let your alchemy skills slip a few more times. After a while, Elder Shadow finally contacts you.】

【Protector Shadow states frankly that she has been watching you for some time. She asks about a seemingly highly effective Healing Pill in your possession and wants to know its source.】

【You are secretly delighted, but on the surface you still put on a reluctant expression. After Protector Shadow gives repeated assurances, you finally admit that the pills were refined by you.】

【Protector Shadow is immediately overjoyed. She asks how many Healing Pills you can provide per month.】

【You deliberately lowball the number, claiming you can refine at most three hundred Healing Pills per month. In reality, you can refine three hundred in just three days, leaving the rest of your time for cultivation and leisure.】

【Upon hearing this, Protector Shadow is beside herself with joy. She promises that as long as you can provide three hundred Healing Pills each month, she guarantees you will become an Elder-level figure within half a year.】

【You agree to Protector Shadow’s terms. You mention that you can also refine a pill called the Essence Nurturing Pill, which can permanently increase a Class User’s mental attributes.】

【Protector Shadow becomes even more excited. You take the opportunity to explain that both pills are extremely difficult to refine and require many precious herbs—one stalk of Essence Nurturing Grass yields only a single Essence Nurturing Pill.】

【Protector Shadow sends her subordinates to bring a large quantity of spiritual herbs, including the primary ingredients for the Spirit Nurturing Pill, Essence Nurturing Pill, and Organ Tempering Pill.】

【You discreetly pocket all the spiritual herbs, then take out the Essence Nurturing Grass and Spirit Nurturing Grass. You state that you can refine one hundred Essence Nurturing Pills per month, but the cult must provide one hundred stalks each of Essence Nurturing Grass and Spirit Nurturing Grass.】

【Protector Shadow agrees to your request and immediately has someone deliver over two hundred stalks of herbs, explaining that the extra herbs are your reward.】

【You accept the herbs. Each month, you spend one week refining Spirit Nurturing Pills and Essence Nurturing Pills, devoting all the remaining time to advancing your cultivation.】

【Because you are the cult’s master alchemist, aside from focusing on alchemy, you are exempt from all missions.】

【Half a year passes quickly. With a sufficient supply of Essence Nurturing Pills and Spirit Nurturing Pills fueling your cultivation, your cultivation successfully advances to the Golden Core Stage, Fifth Layer!】

【One day, Protector Shadow holds an Elder assembly specifically for you. You become the Advent Cult’s eighteenth Elder, with the codename “Elder Medicine.”】