The candle flames in the secret chamber flickered faintly. Jing Wen gazed at the Spirit-Testing Stone Stele before him, his fingertips hovering three inches above its surface, reluctant to descend.
Back at Heavenly Star Tower, Jing Wen had not dared to test himself directly with the Spirit-Testing Stone Stele, because he knew his spiritual root was different from those of ordinary people.
If the unusual Baleful Bead inside him were exposed, it would likely invite unnecessary trouble.
Standing before the stele, Jing Wen recalled the changes within his body.
He had previously carried a Baleful Bead inside him, but after he entered the foundation establishment stage, it had begun slowly changing.
Now, he could feel that the Baleful Bead had turned into something resembling a pill.
Could this be the five-element baleful core? Jing Wen wondered.
It was precisely this mutation within him that had prompted him to purchase a Spirit-Testing Magical Artifact to investigate.
"Phew-"
Exhaling a long breath of stale air, Jing Wen finally pressed his palm against the cold surface of the stele.
The stele remained utterly still. There was neither the brilliant radiance of an ordinary spiritual root test nor any unusual phenomenon.
More than a dozen breaths passed. Just as he was about to withdraw his hand, a red halo so faint it was almost invisible emerged on the surface.
"A fire spiritual root?" Jing Wen's brows knitted tightly. "No... this is..."
He examined his dantian internally and saw that the original Baleful Bead had transformed into a crimson core, its surface covered in black, spiderweb-like patterns.
The core rotated slowly, each turn stirring a thread of blood-red spiritual power.
"An embryonic five-element baleful core?" A passage from an ancient text came back to Jing Wen, sending a jolt through his heart.
At this rate,