--- Chapter 13 ---
After adjusting my condition, I approached the 5,000-year-old spirit ring of the Thunderstruck Tree and sat cross-legged immediately, running my cultivation techniques in one go.
Insect Vibrato Breathing.
Mental Palace Art.
Earthly Nourishment Manual.
Full Throttle!
I summoned Purple Silver Grass and drew the purple spirit ring into my martial soul, which caused my body to tremble violently. Extreme pain hit me immediately.
As expected, a 5,000-year-old is a bit too much for me.
After all, one needed the physique of a Spirit Ancestor to absorb this level of spirit ring.
Thankfully, I have a secret weapon.
"Sky Poison Pearl, purify the spirit ring!"
Yes, I used the Sky Poison Pearl to purify the spirit ring, which made it easier for me to absorb the 5,000-year-old spirit ring because the "impurity" or spirit beast's resentment got cleansed.
All left in this spirit ring is the pure essence of Thunderstruck Tree.
My body stopped shaking because nothing stopped me from absorbing this spirit ring anymore. A warm sensation like dipping in a hot spring calmed my nerves, nursing all my attributes.
Physique, mental power, spirit energy, you name it!
My body naturally grew and reached 1,5 meters tall, followed by my hair, which reached my back.
Then, I discovered something special mid-way, absorbing the purple spirit ring.
My Purple Silver Grass actually requested to choose "Spirit Skill" from the Thunderstruck Tree to be absorbed. It was pure instinctual behavior.
After deducing slightly, I realized this was the innate ability of Blue Silver Emperor and Thunder Hell Prison Vine as the "leaders" of plant-type spirit beasts.
I also asked Han Yue earlier how she could get "Moon Dragon's Aura" spirit skill despite the low chance.
Then, Han Yue answered that her experience was purely instinctual. She trusted her intuition and absorbed the spirit ring based on the direction given by the Glorious Moon.
How intriguing.
I felt like there were many more things to explore about this.
However, I quickly buried such thoughts and focused on absorbing the spirit ring again. I didn't have to overthink because there was only one right choice out of five Thunderstruck Tree's spirit skills.
Although Explosive Leaf would be a good choice, I had to choose Thunder-Wood Change.
Swoosh!
Life and lightning elements circulated in my body, intertwining and interchanging.
Life turned into Lightning.
Lightning turned into Life.
The two opposite forces gained a complete balance.
BOOM!
I opened my eyes, and a burst of aura followed, shaking the surrounding trees and uprooting their roots. The life elements nourished these roots, and lightning elements stimulated them to grow faster.
"Success." I clenched my hand, feeling my strength grow by a leap. Not even Spirit Ancestors could defeat me now.
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[Name: Han Yuan]
[Age: Six years old]
[Talent: Eyes of Truth (True)]
[Martial Soul: Purple Silver Grass (1+), Clear Sky Ant King (+), Formless Clouds (Incomplete)]
[Physique: Dustless Physique (100%)]
[Physical Strength: Spirit Ancestor (Level 49)]
[Mental Power: Spirit Connection Realm (499 points)]
[Spirit Rank: Level 19 (Soul Master)]
[Bound Artifact: Sky Poison Pearl (Divine/Incomplete)]
[Martial Technique: Four Basic Arts (Mastered)]
[Self-created Skill: Rasengan (Entry), Spirit Burst (Entry), Chidori (Entry)]
[Cultivation Technique: Insect Vibrato Breathing, Mental Palace Art, Earthly Nourishment Manual]
[Description: A monster in the making, one step closer to the thunderous path of destiny]
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[Martial Soul: Purple Silver Grass (1+)]
[Spirit Ring: 5,000-year-old Thunderstruck Tree (First)]
[Spirit Skill: Thunder-Wood Change]
[Thunder-Wood Change: Harmonize the Life and Lightning Elements within your body to reinforce each other and unlock the potential for extreme growth. Life and Lightning are equally important—absorbing one can enhance the other and vice versa. As the vessel for these elements, you have the privilege of experiencing their blessings, which allows your strength to grow in proportion to the concentration of Life and Lightning Elements in your body!]
[Note: The concentration of Life and Lightning elements in your body is only 15%, and you may enjoy 1.5 times growth multipliers in all "basic" attributes]
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"Haha!" I chuckled.
"HAHAHA~!" Then, I laughed. "THIS IS IT! A spirit skill that can grow!"
Choosing the Thunder-Wood Change is indeed the right choice. Although it's a passive spirit skill, the effect is equal to a 100,000-year-old spirit skill, if not better.
Well, it's not like I need attack spirit skill anyway.
After all, I have self-created skills to cover that.
Chidori is already much better than some thousand-year-old spirit skills of the Spirit Masters in this era. At my current level, a spirit skill that supports my growth is much more valuable.
Blue Silver Binding?
What kind of trash spirit skill is that?
An educated person knows you can use vines to bind something. Using Blue Silver Grass to do the same action shouldn't be difficult.
Then again, this proved Douluo Dalu is a bottom-floor world compared to many cultivation worlds.
Such a bountiful harvest. I must share it with my sister!
"Yuan, what's your current level? What about spirit skills? What is your first spirit skill?" Han Yue launched a barrage of questions at me.
She knew how powerful a 2,400-year-old spirit skill was, so she expected my skill to be even more powerful.
I smugly smiled and explained Thunder-Wood Change to her. Han Yue's mouth turned into "O" because she was too shocked.
Although her "Moon Dragon's Aura" could also grow as long as she gathered more lunar energy, the "improvement" she got was smaller than mine.
On top of that, my current spirit rank is two levels higher than her, making her unhappy. She pouted her mouth when I uttered the number nineteen.
I laughed softly and exclaimed, "Don't worry. We just started our journey as Spirit Master. Our next bottleneck shouldn't take too long, and then you can also absorb a 5,000-year-old spirit ring."
"Hmph, but by then, you also can absorb a spirit ring higher than that!" Han Yue gave me an unkind look.
Sigh, it seemed I had to use my secret skill.
I hugged my dear sister and whispered coquettishly, "But my sister would still become the strongest female Title Douluo in the future~!"
Han Yue can't stay mad when I act like this. She hugged me and sighed helplessly, "Okay, I can be number two as long as Yuan is number one."
Five minutes later, we checked the surrounding area for loot. You can never be sure about anything in this world.
And I'm right.
After searching the core area, we finally discovered some rare, magical herbs and the remains of the Thunderstruck Tree.
It's none other than Thunderstruck Tree's inner core, containing Life and Lightning energy that could help my cultivation faster. Neidan or nucleus is rare, and only a few spirit beasts with powerful bloodlines, talents, and luck have a chance to form it like the infamous Dark Devilgod Tiger!
The Neidan of Dark Devilgod Tiger was so strong that it became a cheat for another protagonist in this universe. Unfortunately, that protagonist never fully tapped into the Neidan's potential.
I shook my head and held the temptation to consume the Thunderstruck Tree's neidan. I need to verify a few things first.
It's not like Thunderstruck Tree's neidan would run away like the Dark Devilgod Tiger's neidan.
I stored the translucent, purple-green sphere in a wooden box and threw it into Sky Poison Pearl's space.
"Where are we going next?" asked Han Yue.
I pondered and replied, "My original plan was to hunt Spirit Rings for both of us in the Soul Hunting Forest and then return to the Green Stone Village."
"However, due to Silver Crow Mercenary's thing, we have no choice but to improvise."
"Sister, why don't we stay in the nearby mountain for a couple of months until our next bottlenecks?"
"You don't have to worry about resources. We can still contact Merchant Union through the Soul Hunting Town and courier birds."
"Hehe, sister will follow you everywhere." Han Yue smiled, hugging me from behind.
I nodded, "Okay, then. Let's write a letter for Grandpa Mu first."