Perhaps most of the extra spiritual power that appeared out of thin air was supplied by the Immortal Mansion.
The few spirit stones I put in merely served as a catalyst.
After pondering for a while, Liu Yu arrived at this conjecture based on his understanding of the Immortal Mansion.
The well water in the Mottled Ancient Well also contained considerable spiritual energy, and its concentration had increased as his cultivation rose.
Most importantly, the well water never ran out!
Thus, it was not impossible to avoid consuming spirit stones.
He only needed to enter the Immortal Mansion frequently and water the spirit herbs.
It simply took more time. Going in and out made the entire process rather troublesome.
But if my conjecture is correct, the little spiritual power I supply through spirit stones is utterly insignificant compared with what the Immortal Mansion contributes.
The Immortal Mansion could easily supply all the spiritual power and let me obtain ripened spirit herbs without paying any price.
Why bother with this extra step?
On second thought, another question arose in Liu Yu's mind.
In his eyes, black as ink,
a rational gleam flickered.
For some reason, he suddenly recalled the "balance of all things theory" recorded in an ancient text.
According to the "balance of all things theory," everything in the world, however "absurd" it might appear, necessarily adhered to some form of balance.
To achieve a goal, one inevitably had to pay some price along the way.
It was like cultivators "turning stone into gold," displaying an "immortal miracle" that seemed to defy heaven in the eyes of mortals.
In reality, however, they consumed a certain amount of their internal magic power and converted it into pure metal-element spiritual power.
Only by injecting it into a stone through a spell's special