Attempting Sage Mode Cultivation

Seeing this description, the person in charge impatiently handed Lin Chuan a testing artifact, told him to return it when finished, and then ignored him. In his eyes, a piece of trash like Lin Chuan wanting to soar to the heavens based on a talent test was nothing but a pipe dream; he had seen far too many people who overestimated themselves.

Lin Chuan did not care about the man's attitude. After taking the artifact, he walked into a small cubicle, pricked his finger, and dripped a drop of fresh blood onto the crystal-clear crystal ball.

In this world of cultivation, the most common spiritual root attributes are the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth; other mutated spiritual roots are extremely rare. The quality of a spiritual root is divided into four levels—Heaven, Earth, Human, and Mortal—each further subdivided into high, medium, and low grades.

The higher the level of the spiritual root, the faster the speed of absorbing spiritual energy and cultivating, and the fewer bottlenecks one encounters, making them easier to break through.

After the blood drips onto the crystal ball, it automatically analyzes the spiritual roots contained within. If it is fire, a ball of flame will appear inside; the larger the area the flame occupies, the better the quality of the spiritual root. If it fills the entire crystal ball, it is a Heaven-grade high-quality spiritual root, the best talent capable of shocking the entire continent.

At this moment, Lin Chuan stared at the crystal ball, his expression shifting constantly before finally settling into calmness.

When he returned the crystal ball to the person in charge, the man asked offhandedly, "What are the results?"

"The same as before, no change!" Lin Chuan replied calmly, then turned and left the Artifact Pavilion.

"Hmph, as expected, a toad wanting to eat swan meat!" the man sneered under his breath before eagerly moving on to check the results of others.

Walking out of the Artifact Pavilion, Lin Chuan went straight to the mountain behind their living quarters. Here, the sun was bright and the trees were lush; his mood was indescribably good.

The results of the spiritual root measurement are exactly as expected! Water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, yin, and yang—seven types of Heaven-grade high-quality spiritual roots. Aside from the three normal five-element roots of water, fire, and earth, I also possess the four mutated roots of wind, lightning, yin, and yang, which happen to coincide perfectly with my chakra attributes! Lin Chuan murmured to himself calmly.

If word of his talent were to spread, it would scare countless people to death; the entire cultivation world would go insane because of Lin Chuan.

It's just a pity that I'm missing the metal and wood five-element roots. I wonder if there's any way to supplement them? Lin Chuan said softly.

Lin Chuan was extremely envious of the Wood Release secret technique of Hashirama Senju from Naruto. Although it was formed by the fusion of water and earth chakra, without a wood-attribute spiritual root, Lin Chuan had no way to perform Sage Mode Wood Release. This was indeed a problem.

As for the metal attribute, one could tell just by the name that it was adept at attacking. Although he didn't know the specifics, he imagined it wouldn't be bad.

After lounging on the mountain for an hour, Lin Chuan stood up and headed toward his room. He was going to start testing his ideas regarding Sage Mode!

When it comes to cultivation, the first requirement is a spiritual root. Once one has a spiritual root, one needs a cultivation technique.

Such techniques are methods for circulating and absorbing spiritual energy. Different techniques involve different meridians and circulation processes, resulting in spiritual power of varying strengths. Therefore, cultivation techniques are also graded, divided into Heaven, Earth, Human, and Mortal levels, each with high, medium, and low grades.

Cultivation techniques are the fundamental basis of any power. It can be said that a superior technique can slowly evolve into a powerful cultivation force, which makes such techniques very rare, especially those of higher grades.

Therefore, Lin Chuan dismissed the idea of seeking a technique from the Lin Clan, because even if he could obtain one, it would be the worst kind, not even worthy of a grade.

However, this did not stump Lin Chuan. At the very least, in his memories, the former Lin Chuan had obtained a technique called the Mystic Yellow Art from the Lin Clan. Although it was only a Mortal-grade high-quality technique, it was decent enough to make do for now. If he had the chance in the future, he could look for other powerful techniques to switch to.

Well then, let's try cultivating first. If there are any problems, I'll stop immediately. After all, my body is different from the people of this world. If I were to turn to stone because of the presence of chakra, that would be a tragedy!

Lin Chuan thought to himself, then sat cross-legged on the bed and slowly entered a meditative state according to the cultivation methods of this world. Before starting, he didn't forget to activate his Byakugan to monitor the entire process.

He first tried to circulate the Mystic Yellow Art to absorb the natural energy drifting in the surroundings. To his surprise, it went smoothly. Strands of spiritual energy poured in from the various acupuncture points on his body, flowing slowly through his meridians until, after one full cycle, they entered his dantian in his abdomen and condensed into a tiny ball of energy.

"That... was it a success?" Lin Chuan said in astonishment. This was too easy.

He continued to cultivate for another half-hour, and it seemed there were no problems at all. The spiritual energy entering his body flowed into his dantian after circulating through his meridians. The entire process was free of danger or discomfort. Under his Byakugan, he could even clearly see the spiritual energy continuously circulating, bit by bit remodeling and strengthening his body.

Moreover, the spiritual energy entering the dantian was extremely docile. It seemed that because the Fruit of the God Tree already occupied the center of his dantian, the spiritual energy could only aggrievedly rotate around it, not daring to overstep its bounds, much like a little brother following a big boss.

I didn't expect it to be this easy. It must have to do with my Heaven-grade high-quality spiritual roots! Lin Chuan thought, his expression turning nervous, for next, he was going to attempt to activate his own unique Sage Mode.

He slowly began to extract chakra from his body's cells and circulate it through his meridians. The next moment, he carefully channeled a strand of spiritual energy out of his dantian and added it to the flow in his meridians. Instantly, Lin Chuan felt a crisis; his entire body, starting from his dantian, seemed to undergo a strange mutation.

"Not good!" Lin Chuan cursed internally, immediately withdrawing that strand of spiritual energy and stopping his cultivation.

Could my hypothesis be wrong? Lin Chuan's face looked a bit grim. If he couldn't enter Sage Mode, his strength would be greatly affected.

No, Sage chakra is a combination of spiritual energy, physical energy, and natural energy, and it must reach a balance. That means I had too much spiritual and physical energy just now, and didn't reach a state where all three were in a one-third balance. I need to perform the extraction of spiritual energy and chakra simultaneously and maintain the balance!

After pondering for a long time, Lin Chuan found the key to the problem and began to try again. During this time, even when Bu Lianshi came to bring him food, he ignored her completely, immersing himself entirely in cultivation and the development of Sage Mode.