Collective Enhancement of Spiritual Intelligence

By the canyon's Spirit Spring, the tall Stone Spirit Race brothers, the plump Red Sage siblings, a timid Seven-Orifice Spirit Grass, two lively Jade Spirit Deer, and a Xuangui tucked inside his shell stood in a row under Lin San's command. They were the first batch of Community Members Lin Yan had chosen to receive the Spirit Awakening Fire.

"Are you ready?"

A milky-white flame constantly flickered above Lin Yan's fingertip. It was a Spirit Awakening Fire Seed he had just condensed using his divine soul and Origin Power. Today, he would collectively enhance the spiritual intelligence of these carefully selected Community Members.

"R-Ready." The honest Stone Spirit Race brothers answered somewhat hesitantly.

"Chief, we're ready." The lively Red Sage siblings held hands and spoke in unison with crisp, childish voices.

"Ready...?" The frail Spirit Grass swayed her delicate body as she spoke uncertainly.

Uneven replies rang out. Lin Yan did not care whether they were truly prepared or not. He raised a finger slightly. "Go." The flame at his fingertip flew toward the most hesitant Seven-Orifice Spirit Grass.

The Spirit Awakening Fire Seed instantly vanished into the Seven-Orifice Spirit Grass's roots. Immediately afterward, her leaves began to dance wildly, as though she had been frightened. But soon, a wave of joyful spiritual fluctuations radiated from her body.

"Thank you, Master, for helping me enhance my spiritual intelligence." A grateful female voice came from the Seven-Orifice Spirit Grass. Though still soft and frail, it was clearly much steadier now.

Lin Yan smiled slightly and shifted his gaze to the Stone Spirit Race brothers. Two Spirit Awakening Fire Seeds flew toward them.

Before long, all the first batch of Community Members needing enhanced spiritual intelligence had successfully undergone the cleansing of the Spirit Awakening Fire. Without exception, their spiritual intelligence improved tremendously.

After resting for several days, Lin Yan proceeded to implant Spirit Awakening Fire Seeds into the second batch of Community Members who needed enhanced spiritual intelligence...

In the end, Lin Yan enhanced the spiritual intelligence of a full twenty Community Members.

Some of them were on the verge of gaining spiritual intelligence, while others had only recently awakened it. Yet after absorbing the Spirit Awakening Fire Seeds, every one of them saw their intelligence improve greatly. Everyone whose spiritual intelligence had been awakened looked at Lin Yan with profound gratitude. Whenever they saw him again, they felt as though they were seeing family.

The Earth Dragon subordinates already possessed very high spiritual intelligence, so the Spirit Awakening Fire Seed had little effect on them. Lin Yan therefore decided to implant them with the higher-grade Enlightenment Fire Seed.

To condense an Enlightenment Fire Seed, Lin Yan not only had to expend more divine soul and Origin Power, but also draw out a trace of Dao rhythm from his Kun Yuan Life and Death Dao Seed. In truth, this was extremely detrimental to the growth of his Dao Seed.

But the Earth Dragon subordinates were the people closest to Lin Yan in this world. So even though condensing Enlightenment Fire Seeds would greatly damage his cultivation, he did not care.

The Enlightenment Fire Seeds were Xuan Yellow throughout, with a glimmer of Hundun color at their centers. Their aura was far more vast and profound than that of the Spirit Awakening Fire Seeds. Lin Yan condensed seven such flames in one go, one each for Lin Si through Lin Shi. As for Lin Er and Lin San, they had already taken human form, so implantation would be less effective. Lin Yan did not waste them on the two of them.

"These are Enlightenment Fire Seeds. Not only can they enhance your spiritual intelligence, they can also strengthen your ability to comprehend the Great Dao, perhaps even elevate your bloodline and completely transform you. But the refinement process may be painful. Remember to guard your minds closely and guide the fire seeds into merging with your origins."

The Earth Dragon subordinates looked at the pale-faced Lin Yan and felt the profound Dao rhythm emanating from the Enlightenment Fire Seeds. They were both excited and grateful. Their eldest brother had suffered no small amount in condensing these Enlightenment Fire Seeds for them. They had witnessed all of it.

"Big Brother, don't worry. I can definitely hold back my tears." Lin Shi, who was the most attached to Lin Yan, hurriedly declared his stance.

"Big Brother, I'm not afraid of pain either. Go ahead and do it." Lin Qi spoke with a determined expression, as though he were about to head to the execution ground.

After sending the Enlightenment Fire Seeds into his younger brothers' bodies, Lin Yan stood guard at the side to prevent any accidents.

Unlike the Spirit Awakening Fire Seeds, which enhanced spiritual intelligence silently, the Enlightenment Fire Seeds caused the younger brothers to roll continuously across the ground. They were clearly enduring immense pain.

Yet the younger brothers remembered Lin Yan's instructions. They gathered their minds and repeatedly mobilized the Origin Power within their bodies, trying to forcibly merge it with the fire seeds.

Several days later, the younger brothers finally calmed down, and their auras became much steadier. Lin Yan understood that the most dangerous moment had passed. Next, they would need a period of deep meditation to fully merge the Enlightenment Fire Seeds with their origins and ultimately achieve a bloodline transformation.

He instructed Lin Er and Lin San to watch over the younger brothers before sitting down in meditation himself, finally at ease as he began restoring his damaged divine soul and Origin Power.

When Lin Yan awoke from meditation, the younger brothers were still transforming. He decided not to disturb them and instead went to inspect the precious Spirit Roots he had been watching closely, though they had shown little movement.

Within the Spirit Spring Pool, the Pure World White Lotus stood alone at the center of the water. Its three lotus leaves had become increasingly verdant, while the point of golden light at its center shone brilliantly. Day and Night Unceasingly, it inhaled and exhaled the Spirit Qi within the pool, as well as the Malevolent Qi transformed from the corpses of the fierce beasts below. Lin Yan took out a Kuishui Spiritual Crystal and placed it at its roots, hoping it would bloom and bear seeds soon.

At the edge of the pool, the Star Fruit, Moonlight Grass, and Vajra Bamboo were also growing splendidly. Though their ranks were not especially high, they had entered the ranks of Spirit Roots after all, and Lin Yan still held great expectations for them.

But among all the Spirit Roots, the ones Lin Yan cared about most were the three seeds Old Daoist Hongjun had given him.

He crouched beside the Small Piece of Spirit Fields he had specially opened up. The soil within had been mixed with Nine Heavens Breathing Soil and countless Innate Earth Essences, and its Spirit Qi was so dense it had nearly condensed into liquid.

The crack on the surface of the Bodhi Seed seemed to have widened slightly. Pale Gold light continuously seeped from it, carrying a tranquil and peaceful aura.

"So slow..." Lin Yan said helplessly. He did not know whether his cultivation method was wrong or whether seeds of such high rank were naturally like this. In any case, they sprouted far more slowly than other Spirit Roots.

Still, compared with the other two seeds, the Bodhi Seed was already doing well. The other two remained quietly buried in the soil without showing the slightest sign of movement.

Lin Yan carefully examined them with his Divine Sense and seemed able to sense an exceedingly slow transformation taking place within the seeds.

Perhaps they are waiting for a certain opportunity. Only when the time is right will they take root and sprout, Lin Yan thought helplessly.

"Forget it. There's no use rushing. Just stay here and behave yourselves. But if you're still the same when I return, don't blame me for being ruthless." Lin Yan viciously threatened the two seeds.