Supreme Water Spiritual Root

After taking a look at VIP's effects, Jiang Liu headed straight for his inventory. He wanted to see what that pair of wings did to be sold for such a high price.

[Soaring Cloud Wings]: Low-grade magic wings. Equipping them grants the skill 'Skyflight,' lasting 5 minutes.

Fine, expensive things had their reasons for being expensive.

Even without any stat boosts, Jiang Liu could accept it. After all, it could fly. The ability to fly was noble enough.

He directly equipped the Soaring Cloud Wings, then tapped Sync.

In an instant, he felt something on the back of his real body. Wrapped in a dazzling glow, a pair of flawless white wings nearly two meters long sprouted from his back. They seemed connected to his flesh and blood, fully under his control.

Jiang Liu curiously flapped his wings twice, then stroked the feathers. They were smooth and warm, with an excellent feel.

He moved his wings, but they did not budge. Forget taking off—he could not even stir up a breeze.

Couldn't he fly by controlling them himself?

Jiang Liu frowned slightly and silently recited Skyflight. His body instantly floated up from the bed and rose straight into the air.

Before he could even get excited, though, his head slammed into the ceiling with a bang.

Then, as if his body had lost control, it drifted wildly around the room, crashing into things and turning the entire room into a complete mess. Only after he called for it to stop did he fall back onto the bed.

"Really hard to control."

Jiang Liu lay sprawled on the bed, staring at the wrecked room with lingering fear on his face. He had a flying skill, but he could not fly properly at all.

If he wanted to master flight, he would have to practice more.

He could practice the Fire Blowing Palm, but could he practice flying?

Practice it, and he would die.

"I'd better wait until I can survive a fall."

Jiang Liu shook his head. He reached back, removed the Soaring Cloud Wings hanging from his back, and put them into the Universe Bag. He would put them on again whenever he needed them.

After playing with the wings, Jiang Liu turned his attention to the other items from the gift packs stored in his game inventory.

[Raging Thunder Flash]: Mid-grade cultivation art. Command lightning in a flash, its power boundless. Contains a slight paralysis effect. Restricted to Lightning Spirit Roots.

[Beastbreaker Sword]: Low-grade magic artifact. Increases damage dealt to demon beasts.

"This limited-time gift pack was a total waste!"

Jiang Liu stared speechlessly at the Raging Thunder Flash and Beastbreaker Sword, cursing his bad luck inwardly.

The limited-time gift pack had said it contained one random cultivation art and magic artifact. He had even hoped he might randomly get a high-grade cultivation art and high-grade artifact.

Heh. Reality proved that he had been thinking too much.

Forget high-grade ones—he could not even use these.

"I'll find time to sell them later."

Jiang Liu sighed, then ate another hundred Qi Refining Pills from his inventory and successfully broke through to Qi Cultivation Layer 5. He planned to take the remaining fifty to school and sell them. No matter how he sold them, he would make a killing.

"There are still thirty Gacha Tickets."

After hesitating for several seconds, Jiang Liu ran out of his room and washed his hands for five minutes. Then he opened the gacha screen and immediately did a ten-pull.

"Supreme Spiritual Root, come home in one pull!"

Ten meteors streaked across the depths of the starry sky. Every one of them was white.

A crash landing.

Another ten pulls!

Ten more meteors appeared, and to Jiang Liu's delight, one of them was purple!

He got something!

One purple and nine white meteors burst open. Jiang Liu immediately locked onto the final purple meteor.

[Three-Turn Profound Art]: High-grade cultivation art. Each turn increases cultivation speed by 10% (First Turn 0/1000).

A cultivation art!

And a high-grade one at that!

Jiang Liu nearly jumped off the bed. He was so excited he almost shouted. After all those gift packs and gacha pulls, his bad luck had finally turned around once.

And it was a relatively precious cultivation art, too. Reaching the third turn would increase cultivation speed by 30%, making it far more valuable than the Essence Gathering Art.

The earlier a cultivation art like this arrived, the better. Use it immediately!

"A good start. Keep going!"

Jiang Liu pressed on and did another ten-pull.

Another crash landing.

The Gacha Tickets were gone, but that did not matter!

He still had Spirit Stones!

He had already made fifty-one pulls, leaving only forty-nine until the guarantee.

Today, he would defy fate with a Supreme Spiritual Root!

What bullshit Three-Element Mixed Spirit Root? Not even dogs would want it.

Jiang Liu acted as soon as he decided. Without the slightest hesitation, he did another ten-pull.

A ten-pull cost 128 Spirit Stones, but at a 90% discount, it was only 1.28 Spirit Stones. That was more than enough to reach the guarantee.

[Obtained Qi Refining Pills, Qi Refining Pills, Black Iron from Beyond the Heavens, Ten-year Spirit Grass, Ten-year Spirit Grass.]

[Obtained Qi Refining Pills, Hundred-year Spirit Grass.]

[Obtained Qi Refining Pills, Elf Magic Robe, Black Iron from Beyond the Heavens.]

[Obtained Qi Refining Pills, Qi Refining Pill Blueprint.]

Jiang Liu's vision was flooded by white meteors. The anticipation in his eyes gradually died away, and his excited heart cooled down as well.

A magic robe? It could not cover up my chilled heart.

A Qi Refining Pill Blueprint? I saw this thing in the Mall. It costs thirty Spirit Stones each.

Ninety-first pull, ninety-second pull, ninety-third pull.

Half a minute later.

With a numb expression, Jiang Liu tapped the final pull. A golden meteor blazed brilliantly before his eyes, nearly blinding him.

[Obtained Supreme Water Spiritual Root.]

The guarantee meant exactly the guarantee—not a single pull less.

"Fuck me."

Jiang Liu had initially been quite excited at the thought of gaining a Supreme Spiritual Root. With one, his path of immortal cultivation would be smooth, and he would far surpass cultivators with Mixed Spiritual Roots.

However, after being forced all the way to the hundred-pull guarantee, even the hottest heart had cooled down.

Supreme Water Spiritual Root?

Not bad. It would have been better if it were a Supreme Fire Spirit Root. Then I could test the power of a Supreme Spiritual Root with Fire Blowing Palm.

Jiang Liu gave the Permanent Pool a long look. He knew that he would soon do battle with the Permanent Pool again. He could settle the score for this guarantee later.

Feeling utterly exhausted, he closed the gacha screen. After composing himself, he opened his inventory and fixed his gaze on the pale blue water-column icon.

[Supreme Water Spiritual Root]: Special rare item. Replaces initial aptitude upon use. Increases spiritual energy limit by 100%, spiritual energy recovery speed by 100%, and water-element attack power by 100%.

[Note]: Cannot be traded.

Three 100%s!

That was enough to show just how outrageous a Supreme Spiritual Root was!

"Oh my god."

Jiang Liu could not help exclaiming. His cooled heart instantly heated up again.

One Supreme Spiritual Root could increase spiritual energy limit, recovery speed, and single-element attack power by 100%.

What about five of them?

He did not dare imagine it!

This Supreme Water Spiritual Root once again solidified Jiang Liu's resolve to drain the Permanent Pool dry. No matter how many Spirit Stones it cost, it would be worth it.

Use it immediately!

After using the Supreme Water Spiritual Root, Jiang Liu hurriedly opened the Character Panel and looked at the aptitude section.

[Character Aptitude]: Supreme Water Spiritual Root

Hm?

Where did my other aptitudes go?

When Jiang Liu saw the displayed aptitude, he froze for a moment. Then he understood what had happened and did not know whether to laugh or cry.

His Metal-Wood-Fire Three-Element Mixed Spirit Root had been directly replaced by the Supreme Water Spiritual Root!

Now he only had the Supreme Water Spiritual Root. Fire Blowing Palm was completely useless, and Morning Sun Strike from the Sunrise Sword could no longer be used.

If he wanted to use spells from other elements, he could only wait until he added several more Supreme Spiritual Roots.

This setting was truly designed to fleece players.