Under the cover of night, Gu An swiftly moved through the mountain forest. He was heading in the opposite direction from where he had slain Lin Futian before. This time, he planned to break through a hundred li away.
Over the past month, he had observed that once night fell, no Law Enforcement Hall disciples patrolled.
As he traveled, lines of notifications suddenly appeared before Gu An's eyes:
[You successfully seized 6 years of lifespan from Bitter Root Grass (Third Tier)] [You successfully seized 7 years of lifespan from Bitter Root Grass (Third Tier)] [Your lifespan has surpassed one hundred thousand years for the first time. Longevity Deduction function unlocked.] [Longevity Deduction: Consume lifespan to deduce Great Dao Karma and fate. The lifespan consumed is determined according to the Karma being deduced.]
Longevity Deduction?
Gu An could not help furrowing his brows. He immediately smelled the stench of a scheme.
This thing wanted to cheat him out of his lifespan!
Could it drain all his lifespan in one go?
Gu An decided to test it lightly first. When the new function appeared, understanding had already arisen in his heart, and he knew how to use it.
So-called deduction was actually asking questions with lifespan.
Gu An silently asked in his heart, "Use Longevity Deduction. Does Jiang Qiong currently want to kill me?"
About two breaths passed.
[300 years of lifespan required. Proceed with deduction?]
No!
Too expensive!
Gu An directly refused, but after this test, he felt much more at ease.
At least Longevity Deduction would inform him in advance how much lifespan it required, preventing him from being drained dry all at once.
Gu An stopped probing and focused on traveling.
He would use this function as little as possible. Spending lifespan merely to explore the unknown felt somewhat not worth it for now.
For the rest of the journey, Gu An remained extremely cautious, keeping his divine sense spread out to avoid running into another Nascent Soul Cultivator.
The night was lonely and still.
Though he saw no Demon Beasts along the way, he did see traces of wild animals. Most were herbivores, especially wild rabbits and rats.
After leaving Mystic Valley for roughly fifty li, Gu An suddenly spotted the White Spirit Mouse.
In the woods, the fellow was pestering a rabbit. It trailed behind the rabbit's rear, hopping whenever the rabbit hopped, and occasionally stretching forward to sniff.
It looked just like a big dog chasing a rabbit.
How pathetic...
Gu An pretended not to see it and quietly left without alerting the White Spirit Mouse.
"No wonder that fellow always runs outside and moves like a rabbit..."
Recalling what he had just witnessed, Gu An did not know whether to laugh or cry.
The White Spirit Mouse had truly been raised crooked. Fortunately, he still had Hao Dragon.
Thinking of Hao Dragon's magnificent and valiant figure, Gu An's mood improved.
After half an incense stick's time, Gu An arrived in a dense stretch of forest. The leaves were layered thickly together; even if someone flew overhead, they would not be able to see him.
Gu An sat cross-legged beneath a great tree, took a deep breath, and summoned his Attribute Panel.
Looking at his lifespan of one hundred thousand and three years, anticipation appeared on his face.
A hundred thousand years of lifespan was absolutely a fortune large enough to flaunt. This time, he could properly improve all his attributes.
He would raise his Spirit Root first. He could invest more into it, since this was the hardest thing to improve.
How many years should he invest?
Gu An hesitated briefly before deciding to be generous and directly invest ten thousand years!
[You invested 10,000 years of lifespan into Spirit Root for evolutionary cultivation.] [You comprehended heaven, earth, and nature for 100 years. Your Five Elements Spiritual Root's perception has improved.] [You comprehended heaven, earth, and nature for 200 years. Your Five Elements Spiritual Root's perception has improved.] ... [You comprehended heaven, earth, and nature for 2,000 years. You finally captured a trace of the true meaning of heaven and earth. Your Spirit Root received the baptism of heaven and earth, and the aptitude of your Five Elements Spiritual Root began to transform. All five of your Five Elements Spiritual Roots transformed into first-rate mortal aptitudes, with the Wood and Earth Spirit Roots standing out the most.] ... [You comprehended heaven, earth, and nature for 4,000 years. Your Five Elements Spiritual Root's perception has improved.] [You comprehended heaven, earth, and nature for 5,000 years. You sensed the mysteries of the five elements between heaven and earth. Heaven and earth resonated, and your Spirit Root aptitude underwent a qualitative change. Your Five Elements Spiritual Root transformed into a Five Elements Heavenly Spiritual Root.] ... [You comprehended heaven, earth, and nature for 8,000 years. You finally captured a trace of the heavenly Wood Spirit laws. Your Wood Attribute Spirit Root underwent a transformation and became a Supreme Wood Attribute Heavenly Spirit Root.] [You comprehended heaven, earth, and nature for 10,000 years. Your Five Elements Spiritual Root's perception has improved.]
Lines of notifications popped up like mad, more than several dozen in total. Gu An did not even dare blink.
The moment the final notification appeared, he immediately activated the Longevity Barrier.
In an instant, the grass beneath his feet gave off an eerie glow. Even the tree behind him emitted faint specks of green light, illuminating the entire area within the barrier.
Five Elements Heavenly Spiritual Root!
Gu An was immediately overjoyed.
The Heavenly Spirit Root was the strongest Spirit Root he had heard of so far. Even Ji Xiaoyu of the Ji Family could not compare.
Heavenly Spirit Roots were often of a single attribute, but the cultivation speed of that single attribute was far beyond that of dual Spirit Roots. One could even call the difference heaven and earth apart.
According to Li Ya, Heavenly Spirit Roots were heaven and earth's favored children. Either one needed luck that reached the heavens to be born with one, or an Aristocratic Clan that had endured for thousands of years had to make efforts generation after generation before it might have a chance of nurturing such a Spirit Root.
The Great Cang Dynasty currently had only one cultivator with a Heavenly Spirit Root, and that person was within the Taixuan Sect. Li Ya had not said who it was.
Gu An suspected that Li Xuandao was also a Heavenly Spirit Root, merely concealed exceptionally well.
Just as Gu An was pondering this, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth began pouring into his body. It made his entire body itch, while also giving him an indescribably comfortable sensation.
Let's spend another ten thousand years!
Now that he had plenty of lifespan, Gu An suddenly felt that ten thousand years was nothing much.
Thus, he invested another ten thousand years of lifespan into his Spirit Root. Line after line of notifications frantically appeared before his eyes.
Spirit Root perception improved!
Spirit Root perception improved!
Watching the identical notifications, Gu An's Dao Heart began to tremble.
Something was wrong!
Oh no!
This was really bad!
It was not until five thousand years in that his Earth Spirit Root transformed into a Supreme Heavenly Spirit Root.
For the following five thousand years, every notification was simply Spirit Root perception improved, like a bottomless pit, continuing all the way until the end.
Gu An's heart bled.
He cultivated the Divine Wood Pure Yang Technique. His Wood Spirit Root alone was enough. In other words, the ten thousand years he invested afterward would not increase his cultivation speed again.
Spirit Roots were determined at birth. In reality, he had never heard of any cultivation method capable of improving Spirit Roots. For him to rise from ordinary Five Elements Spiritual Roots to a Five Elements Heavenly Spiritual Root was already unimaginable.
No!
Spend more!
He could not let those ten thousand years of lifespan go down the drain!
Gritting his teeth, Gu An invested another ten thousand years of lifespan.
More notifications rapidly appeared. Gu An's expression had already darkened.
After ten thousand years were smashed into it, his Fire Spirit Root transformed into a Supreme Heavenly Spirit Root.
Could it be that one Spirit Root could only improve every ten thousand years?
Gu An invested another ten thousand years of lifespan into his Spirit Root. More and more spiritual energy of heaven and earth poured into his body, and gray and red motes of light had now appeared around him.
After several dozen notifications, Gu An's Water Spirit Root transformed into a Supreme Heavenly Spirit Root.
If he gathered all five elements, would there be another qualitative change?
Gu An continued investing another ten thousand years of lifespan.
In the end, his Gold Spirit Root also transformed into a Supreme Heavenly Spirit Root. In the Spirit Root section of his Attribute Panel, it directly changed to Supreme Five Elements Heavenly Spirit Root.
Gu An stared at his lifespan, his gaze turning vacant.
Fifty thousand years of lifespan had vanished just like that...
After getting carried away, Gu An's heart felt emptier than ever before.
The spiritual energy of the earth frantically poured into his body. His flesh entered a wondrous state, itchy and warm, yet without any discomfort.
Countless motes of light floated around him. Fire was red, wood was green, water was blue, gold was yellow, and earth was gray. Like a river of stars, they were dazzling and resplendent.
Gu An looked dazed, his thoughts in chaos.
Time swiftly passed.
An hour later, Gu An completed the transformation of his Spirit Roots. He only felt that the entire world had taken on a completely new appearance. This sudden impact on his senses left him invigorated.
This feeling was too wonderful!
He suddenly felt that investing fifty thousand years of lifespan had not been a loss.
The Supreme Five Elements Heavenly Spirit Root was enough to stand proud above the Great Cang Dynasty. As for the entire human world, he could not say; after all, he still did not know how vast this world was.
Gu An took a deep breath and turned his gaze toward the cultivation techniques in his Attribute Panel.
Should he spend lifespan on cultivation techniques?
He feared that once a cultivation technique rose to a certain stage, the investments afterward would become unexpectedly expensive. Besides, he already possessed a Supreme Five Elements Heavenly Spirit Root, and his Divine Wood Pure Yang Technique was not bad either. If he kept laying foundations, how long would he have to keep at it?
Perhaps tomorrow, a Spirit Transformation Realm Demonic Cultivator would suddenly leap out to ambush him!
He would directly raise his cultivation!
These brand-new Spirit Roots had better not disappoint him!
He would still start with ten thousand years. Cultivation was the top priority and deserved a major investment!
Start investing!
[You invested 10,000 years of lifespan into cultivation for evolutionary cultivation.] [You cultivated by absorbing qi for 10 years. With your great attainment in the Divine Wood Pure Yang Technique, you forcibly attacked the Spirit Transformation Realm and began undergoing tribulation. You failed to withstand the Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation. Tribulation failed.] [You cultivated by absorbing qi for 100 years. With your great attainment in the Divine Wood Pure Yang Technique, you forcibly attacked the Spirit Transformation Realm and began undergoing tribulation. You failed to withstand the Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation. Tribulation failed.] ...
Watching the notifications of failed tribulations continuously appear, Gu An's expression remained calm.
One tribulation every hundred years was something he could accept.
He did not believe he could fail a hundred times!
Fortunately, the situation was not as bad as he had imagined.
[You cultivated by absorbing qi for 2,700 years. With your great attainment in the Divine Wood Pure Yang Technique, you forcibly attacked the Spirit Transformation Realm and began undergoing tribulation. You withstood the Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation. Tribulation succeeded. You broke through to the first layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm.] [You cultivated by absorbing qi for 3,000 years. Your cultivation broke through to the second layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm.] [You cultivated by absorbing qi for 3,200 years. Your cultivation broke through to the third layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm.] [You cultivated by absorbing qi for 3,400 years. Your cultivation broke through to the fourth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm.] [You cultivated by absorbing qi for 3,700 years. Your cultivation broke through to the fifth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm.] ... [You cultivated by absorbing qi for 5,000 years. Your cultivation broke through to the ninth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm.] [You cultivated by absorbing qi for 5,200 years. With your great attainment in the Divine Wood Pure Yang Technique, you forcibly attacked the Void Crossing Realm and began undergoing tribulation. You failed to withstand the Mystic Nether Heavenly Tribulation. Tribulation failed.] [You cultivated by absorbing qi for 6,400 years. With your great attainment in the Divine Wood Pure Yang Technique, you forcibly attacked the Void Crossing Realm and began undergoing tribulation. You failed to withstand the Mystic Nether Heavenly Tribulation. Tribulation failed.] ...
There it was, failure again!
One tribulation every two hundred years was something Gu An could accept.
At the same time, he pondered a question. Spirit Root aptitude did not seem to determine the chances of successfully overcoming tribulation.
Could it be that one's own strength was the key to overcoming tribulation?
Spells, divine abilities, formations, secret arts, magical artifacts, and so on...
[You cultivated by absorbing qi for 9,600 years. With your great attainment in the Divine Wood Pure Yang Technique, you forcibly attacked the Void Crossing Realm and began undergoing tribulation. You failed to withstand the Mystic Nether Heavenly Tribulation. Tribulation failed.] [You cultivated by absorbing qi for 9,800 years. With your great attainment in the Divine Wood Pure Yang Technique, you forcibly attacked the Void Crossing Realm and began undergoing tribulation. You withstood the Mystic Nether Heavenly Tribulation. Tribulation succeeded. Your cultivation broke through to the first layer of the Void Crossing Realm.] [You cultivated by absorbing qi for 10,000 years. Your cultivation increased.]
Gu An summoned his Attribute Panel. Seeing that he still had nearly forty thousand years of lifespan remaining, the corners of his mouth could not help lifting.
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