The Pure Land Inheritance

"Just as I thought—it's a Spirit Root!"

By this point, An Jing understood.

Setting aside how Miao Yunying had arrived in the first place, he was clearly a Water-Fire Synergy Variant Spirit Root, much like the People of the Pure Land in the Tianyuan Realm. His Spirit Root was unusual, and he was exceptionally talented, too.

But in Huaixu, Spirit Roots couldn't be used.

The Spiritual Energy in this world had completely fused with demonic energy. It could only be purified and made usable by removing it through Fate Grids.

Even if children could instinctively use their Spirit Roots to trigger certain anomalies, that would still let demonic energy seep into their bodies. The only reason Miao Yunying hadn't been corrupted into a Demonic Beast was that the Mingjing Sect had found him early.

After that, Miao Yunying awakened his Fate Grid and gained the power of both water and fire. But that was a story for later.

Miao Yunying had been corrupted by demonic energy because he'd used his Spirit Root to absorb Spiritual Energy. They could only be thankful he'd been so young then, and that the anomaly he triggered had been small. The demonic energy around the Mingjing Sect was also much weaker than in many uninhabited regions, thanks to the Spirit Land there. Without those conditions, Miao Yunying would almost certainly have died.

Then a possibility occurred to An Jing.

"Fuxie, what level was Miao Yunying's Spirit Root talent?"

"I didn't pay much attention just now, but now that you mention it..."

Fuxie thought it over, replaying the scene in his mind. Then he exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? Looking back, that kid actually has a Water-Fire Dual Heavenly Spirit Root?"

"He's not as pure as that kid Nian Quan from the Tianyuan Realm—there's a bit of