novelraw Chapter 116 : External Spiritual Root Cultivation Pod
Chapter 116 : External Spiritual Root Cultivation Pod
Chapter 116: External Spiritual Root Cultivation Pod
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
That day—
Xu Zhengyang received a message from Pei Zhen early in the morning, so after giving a few instructions to the Su Sisters, he flew straight toward the Divine Mechanism Palace!
…
Moments later, at the Divine Mechanism Palace.
“Greetings, Master.” Xu Zhengyang saluted Pei Zhen, his eyes filled with anticipation.
“Mm.”
Pei Zhen nodded slightly in response, a trace of undisguised fatigue between his brows.
Just then—
Pei Zhen retrieved from his storage pouch a jade humanoid puppet, shaped somewhat like a hollowed-out version of the golden-threaded jade burial suit from the previous life.
Then he said to Xu Zhengyang, “This is the Spiritual Pivot Puppet refined from that traitor’s spiritual root!
“When the time comes—
“All you need to do is enter the puppet, and you’ll be able to use the Water-type Heavenly Spiritual Root within it to absorb and exhale spiritual energy, dramatically speeding up your cultivation!”
Hearing this, Xu Zhengyang was stirred with excitement!
Although he had the Technique Manager, and the techniques in his body were constantly operating, enabling him to absorb spiritual energy twenty-four hours a day without interruption—
Each additional spiritual root in a cultivator’s body halved the rate at which they could absorb spiritual energy.
As a four-root cultivator like Xu Zhengyang—
Even if he made up for it with hard work, it was still hard to catch up with the cultivation speed of heaven’s favored.
But now—
With this Spiritual Pivot Puppet before him, the biggest obstacle on Xu Zhengyang’s cultivation path had been overcome!
Next—
It would only be a matter of time before Xu Zhengyang refined the spiritual energy in his body to perfection!
“Thank you, Master!”
Xu Zhengyang solemnly saluted Pei Zhen, then stored the Spiritual Pivot Puppet into his Jade Gourd.
“What’s there to thank?”
Pei Zhen smiled at the corners of his eyes, waved his hand, and then retrieved a heavier-looking upgraded version of the 5090 from his storage pouch and said to Xu Zhengyang:
“The traitor Gong Shidi took in probably poured all his years of belongings into this Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
“The materials used are so solid that it’s practically comparable to a Tier 2 magical artifact.
“So I went ahead and added some spiritual materials and directly upgraded it to a Tier 2 magical artifact. It should serve you for a very long time.”
Xu Zhengyang accepted the upgraded 5090 and fondly played with it for a while.
Then he said to Pei Zhen, “Since Master has upgraded it to a Tier 2 magical artifact, let’s call it 6090 then!”
“6090?”
Pei Zhen really couldn’t understand why Xu Zhengyang would give the Ten Thousand Souls Banner such a name.
But he respected Xu Zhengyang’s decision and simply continued, “Although I’ve helped you refine this…
“6090—
“how to subdue the newly fused malicious spirits within it is something you’ll have to figure out on your own.”
Hearing this, Xu Zhengyang confidently said to Pei Zhen, “Don’t worry, Master. If I can’t personally subdue these malicious spirits—
“then I don’t deserve to use this 6090!”
“Mm.”
Pei Zhen trusted in Xu Zhengyang’s abilities, nodded, and didn’t press further.
In the end, he instructed, “Although I’ve completely revamped this Ten Thousand Souls Banner—
“You must remember—
“Unless it’s a critical moment, never release the spirits inside to fight, lest it disgrace the reputation of our True Essence Sect.”
Xu Zhengyang immediately promised, “These spirits are for other purposes. Even in a crisis, I won’t release them to fight!
“After all, without the right techniques and environment—
“these spirits are nothing compared to my Different Flame!”
“As long as you know.” Pei Zhen nodded with satisfaction.
After fulfilling his promise to Xu Zhengyang, the exhaustion on Pei Zhen’s face deepened, so he waved his hand to dismiss him.
“Go back now, I need to rest for a while.”
“Yes, Master.”
Xu Zhengyang respectfully saluted and said, “Your disciple takes his leave.”
There was no denying—
Pei Zhen truly cared about Xu Zhengyang, his personal disciple. Even though he was already preparing for Core Formation—
As long as Xu Zhengyang faced any difficulties, Pei Zhen would always lend a helping hand.
Because of this—
On his way back to the Twilight Shadow Pavilion, Xu Zhengyang made a silent vow in his heart: “Once my cultivation is successful—
“I must repay Master well!”
…
After returning to the Twilight Shadow Pavilion—
Xu Zhengyang immediately took out the Spiritual Pivot Puppet from his Jade Gourd, eager to refine it!
Since the Spiritual Pivot Puppet was an ownerless item, Xu Zhengyang easily refined it completely.
Immediately after—
As Xu Zhengyang injected spiritual energy into the puppet—
The palm-sized jade panels on the surface of the hollow humanoid puppet split open with a rustle, left and right.
Revealing a gap just big enough for someone to lie inside.
“This feels kinda weird…”
Xu Zhengyang muttered with a strange look on his face, but he couldn’t resist the temptation of the Heavenly Spiritual Root’s cultivation speed.
He crawled into the gap and lay inside the Spiritual Pivot Puppet.
Then—
With a thought, the jade panels on the puppet closed, sealing Xu Zhengyang completely inside.
As the restriction activated—
The spiritual energy circuits engraved on the puppet’s jade segments began to operate, clinging tightly to Xu Zhengyang’s skin.
Moments later—
Once the puppet adapted to Xu Zhengyang’s body and connected its spiritual energy circuits to his dantian…
Boom—
It was like upgrading to a VIP account on Baidu Netdisk—the progress bar on Xu Zhengyang’s spiritual energy monitor surged nearly tenfold!
“Awesome!!”
Feeling the spiritual energy in his body rapidly increase, Xu Zhengyang couldn’t help but shout out!
This was an entirely new experience for him!
After checking the Health Manager’s estimate of his cultivation progress, Xu Zhengyang exclaimed excitedly, “At this rate, even if I have to compress my spiritual energy with a Three-Turn Condensing Essence Pill and rebuild twice—
“As long as I have a steady supply of Yellow Dragon Pills and stay in the Spiritual Pivot Puppet—
“I can refine my spiritual energy to Tier 1 Great Perfection within a year!”
Moments later—
As the novelty wore off, Xu Zhengyang regretfully said, “This Spiritual Pivot Puppet is called a puppet, but it can’t move at all.
“It’s more like an external spiritual root cultivation pod.
“Once someone lies inside, they can’t move around. If the spiritual circuit and dantian connection misaligns, it’ll cause big problems!”
Even so—
As a four-root cultivator, Xu Zhengyang had no room to be picky. So, with a thought—
His consciousness dove into the newly refined Tier 2 6090, preparing to subdue the malicious spirits Chen Yabo had refined within it.
…
After re-refining 6090 and gaining full control over the magical artifact—
The first thing Xu Zhengyang did was convert the eerie inner scene crafted by Chen Yabo into a modernized community.
After doing that—
He waved his hand and lifted the soul-suppressing restriction within 6090, gathering all over a thousand malicious spirits into the community’s stadium.
…
Moments later—
Atop the stadium’s platform, Xu Zhengyang addressed the confused spirits who hadn’t figured out what was happening yet: “Chen Yabo has already been executed!
“And I, Xu Zhengyang, am the new master of this Ten Thousand Souls Banner!”