Ji Yuan drew back both hands. Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain and the Azure Waves Sword turned into pinpoints of green and blue light, which he drew back into his Dantian.
Then he summoned the Panel to inspect his Level Five Cave Abode.
[Cave Abode: lv5 (cannot upgrade)] [Spirit Effect 1: Quiet the Mind, Condense Qi. Daytime spiritual energy concentration +40%; nighttime spiritual energy concentration +60%.] [Spirit Effect 2 (Defy Heaven, Change Fate): Cultivating inside the Cave Abode can slowly improve one's aptitude, up to a maximum of 10%.] [Spirit Effect 3 (Void Teleportation): A Level Five Cave Abode can add the extension building "Teleportation Formation."] [Upgrade requirements: Reach the Nascent Soul Realm; Middle-Grade Spirit Stones ×70,000; Basic Teleportation Formation Diagram ×1; Fourth-Order Monster Cores ×2; Mortal Dust Aura ×100 wisps. (Unmet)]
Ji Yuan: "???"
What on earth were these three Spirit Effects?
Defy Heaven, Change Fate had appeared?
And what was Mortal Dust Aura, listed among the upgrade requirements?
Before Ji Yuan could finish marveling, he noticed an extra line of small text on the Construction Panel—beside the [Cave Abode] entry, to be precise.
[Mortal Dust Aura: 0 wisps]
This Cave Abode upgrade had brought so many changes that Ji Yuan needed a moment to sort through them.
Spirit Effect 1 needed little explanation. It was a routine upgrade.
Besides, ever since the [Spirit Vein] had been developed, the Cave Abode's boost to spiritual energy concentration had become almost dispensable.
No, it was more like adding flowers to brocade.
Next came Spirit Effect 2, "Defy Heaven, Change Fate." Aptitude... Spiritual Roots only determined whether someone had a talent for cultivation.
Back when Ji Yuan was still at the Water Dragon Sect, Hua Yaoyue had mentioned in passing that a single Spiritual Root might look best now, but