Chapter 81: Leaving Ailin in the Third Month
At that very moment, the five wisps of [primordial origin first spirit] Jiang Che had earned from his last run through the Little Hidden Temple instance remained perfectly intact inside him. None had escaped; none had dispersed.
This was quite different from what Hu Shijie had said: "Without full aperture, spirit essence cannot be retained."
Stranger still, spirit essence was supposed to have an unmistakable aura.
Yet no one could detect the [primordial origin first spirit] inside him. Never mind anyone else-even when he stood before four Foundation Establishment cultivators today, none had noticed anything unusual.
Was he special, or was the [primordial origin first spirit] special?
After careful consideration, Jiang Che leaned toward the latter.
On the many occasions he had unleashed or used spiritual energy before, he had indeed been unable to retain the various elemental spiritual energies converted from [primordial origin first spirit]. Either he discharged them on the spot, using them up entirely, or they merged into his body and, through his cultivation method, became inner force. Not a single wisp had ever remained quietly inside him as the [primordial origin first spirit] itself did.
Both were forms of energy, yet before and after conversion, they were as different as heaven and earth.
[Primordial origin first spirit] truly was extraordinary.
This was worth remembering and studying further in the days ahead.
Aside from that, Jiang Che also took advantage of the quiet night to take proper stock of his gains and losses on this trip.
On this journey to Ailin, he had fought for his life several times, narrowly escaping death, but the results had been excellent.
He had acquired the Little Hidden Temple instance and earned over five hundred points of transmigration energy. All the basic gains