Renting Spirit Roots

"Rent a spirit root?" Jiang Ran almost failed to react in time.

Then he recalled that something like this seemed to be in the school handbook when he entered high school.

The best way to use a spirit root was definitely transplantation.

With the surgical proficiency of major hospitals nowadays, transplanting a spirit root could be done to a very flawless degree, almost identical to a natural spirit root.

Besides transplanting a spirit root, there was also a special method.

People called it an External Spirit Root, which meant using a special method to make the spirit root attach to a cultivator's Dantian.

The drawbacks of this kind of External Spirit Root were very obvious. It could only be used short-term; if it remained attached to the same cultivator for a long time, it would easily merge with their own spirit root.

The rental company certainly would not want to see this situation happen, so they had set up layers of restrictions.

The benefits were also self-evident. Ever since the External Spirit Root was invented, more people could use a relatively low price to experience the top-tier talent that originally belonged only to genius cultivators.

Of course, ordinary people would only rent a spirit root when their cultivation stagnated or they faced the critical juncture of breaking through realms.

"Should I give it a try?" Jiang Ran felt somewhat tempted and clicked on the rental page.

No matter what, he was now a proper little tycoon with a net worth of "one million."

If he was going to rent, he would rent the best. Ah, life was all about the experience...

With a clear goal, Jiang Ran clicked on the "Earth Spirit Root Rental" option.

In the past, he had always thought that a Superior Spirit Root was the best spirit root, only to realize later that his knowledge was too limited.

Above the Superior Spirit Root was a qualitative change, and this kind of top-tier spirit root was called an Earth Spirit Root.

[Earth Spirit Root --- No. 13 Metal-Attribute Earth Spirit Root ---- Student Discount Price: 360,000/hour]

[Earth Spirit Root --- No. 21 Wood-Attribute Earth Spirit Root ---- Student Discount Price: 320,000/hour]

[Earth Spirit Root --- No. 19 Water-Attribute Earth Spirit Root ---- Student Discount Price: 330,000/hour]

"How much?" Jiang Ran widened his eyes.

Three hundred thousand? Three hundred thousand for one hour?

He had figured the price to rent an Earth Spirit Root would be expensive, but he never expected it to be so outrageous.

At first glance, three hundred thousand did not sound particularly absurd, but the rental time for three hundred thousand was a mere hour!

Three hundred thousand for one hour, three million for ten hours, and if he rented it for a whole day, that would be seven million!

It was too exorbitant; Jiang Ran's net worth of two to three million wasn't even enough to rent one for a single day!

"Forget it, forget it..."

"I'm just looking. Earth Spirit Roots aren't suited for me."

Sheepishly, Jiang Ran clicked the back button and reopened the Superior Spirit Root options.

[Superior Spirit Root --- No. 151 Earth-Attribute Superior Spirit Root ---- Student Discount Price: 10,000/hour]

[Superior Spirit Root --- No. 195 Fire-Attribute Superior Spirit Root ---- Student Discount Price: 10,000/hour]

[Superior Spirit Root --- No. 358 Water-Attribute Superior Spirit Root ---- Student Discount Price: 10,000/hour]

The prices of the Superior Spirit Roots looked much more pleasing to the eye, without so many zeros.

The quotes were extremely uniform, with all Superior Spirit Roots costing ten thousand yuan an hour.

Jiang Ran compared them with Mid-Grade Spirit Roots; Mid-Grade Spirit Roots were quoted at fifteen hundred an hour.

Without hesitation, he directly chose a Superior Spirit Root.

[Deducting payment...]

[Rental successful, please wait a moment]

The room fell quiet for a good while, and only about ten minutes passed.

A knock came from outside the door.

"Student Jiang Ran, right?" The visitor was a young woman, dressed appropriately and poised.

"Yes."

"This is the spirit root you rented. Please return it within three hours. Overtime will automatically deduct the deposit..."

Holding the wooden box, Jiang Ran returned to the practice room.

A Superior Spirit Root, it had been delivered just like that?

He felt it was somewhat surreal, and gently pushed open the wooden box. Clear blue light instantly spilled out.

Inside the box, a pure pillar of light floated quietly.

So this is a Superior Spirit Root... Jiang Ran understood tacitly.

Following the user manual to activate the array on the wooden box, a wondrous connection was instantly established between Jiang Ran and the spirit root.

The spirit root floated in the air, flying slowly toward Jiang Ran before sinking naturally into his dantian.

"Hiss..."

Jiang Ran gave a start as a jolt of extreme exhilaration coursed through his entire body from the inside out.

This feeling... is too amazing!

With a Superior Spirit Root attached to his body, his entire perspective of the world had changed.

The various colorful spiritual qi weaving through heaven and earth grew increasingly lively, within reach of a hand.

The water-attribute Superior Spirit Root settled in his dantian, nourishing his physical body at every moment.

Jiang Ran could clearly sense that his physical fitness was growing at a very intuitive speed.

With a slight exertion of his cultivation technique, it felt as though an extra black hole had appeared in his dantian, and countless streams of water-attribute spiritual qi swarmed over.

Daring not to delay, Jiang Ran sat cross-legged and hurriedly entered a meditative state.

His dantian, which was already filled with two hundred strands of spiritual power and sitting at full capacity, immediately underwent a certain transformation.

The breakthrough began logically and smoothly.

As expected of a Superior Spirit Root! This was Jiang Ran's final thought before breaking through.

No wonder those top students could break through to Qi Refinement Level Three in a mere two or three years; no wonder the class monitor Cheng Qian could temper her physical body to a strength of 2.73.

They all possessed Superior Spirit Roots, so they deserved to achieve such results!

It was no exaggeration to say that if someone with a Superior Spirit Root failed to break through to Qi Refinement Level Three before the college entrance examination, that would be a disgrace!

Ten thousand yuan an hour was still very expensive, and Jiang Ran had only booked three hours.

As it turned out, the time consumed by the realm breakthrough was far less than he had anticipated.

In only about half an hour, a violent tremor came from within Jiang Ran's dantian.

Then, surging spiritual power traveled throughout his entire body, and his meridians expanded accordingly.

Qi Refinement Level Two was achieved.

Almost without obstruction, completely going with the flow, he rushed to Qi Refinement Level Two in an instant.

Naturally... he was a water-attribute Superior Spirit Root after all; if he even encountered a bottleneck breaking through to Qi Refinement Level Two, that would be a joke.

"Comfortable..." Jiang Ran narrowed his eyes, earnestly sensing the changes in himself.

The exhilaration brought by an increase in cultivation was far from comparable to anything else.

If Qi Refinement Level One was a sheer rookie, then Qi Refinement Level Two could finally be considered a true immortal cultivator.

With abundant spiritual power at Qi Refinement Level Two, one could command magical artifacts, drive formations, and execute multiple spells.

"There is still plenty of time, I cannot waste it!"

Unwilling to delay a single minute or second, Jiang Ran immediately began practicing spells once his aura stabilized.

Water Ball Technique, Spirit-Control Technique; he did not know many spells, but they were enough to study.

The improvement brought by a Superior Spirit Root was all-encompassing, not just in the absorption volume and utilization efficiency of spiritual qi, but it also brought a massive boost in comprehension.

Those casting details that usually seemed half-understood and hard to fathom were all readily resolved now.

Perhaps to those true second-generation immortals, such cultivation was merely a part of daily routine.

Yet to an ordinary person like Jiang Ran, a Superior Spirit Root was practically equivalent to cheating.

The proficiency of the Water Ball Technique soared in a straight line, and the Spirit-Control Technique was also rapidly perfecting.

In the end, Jiang Ran had to seize the remaining time to begin practicing the cultivation techniques of the Grand Ruins Realm.