Chapter 24
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Chapter 24: Spiritual Roots Revival
Yun Ye stretched his body, moving like flowing clouds and flowing water.
After six and a half years of repeated practice, Yun Ye had become intimately familiar with the movements of the Qi Cultivation Technique.
His motions appeared so smooth, they resembled a dance.
Yun Ye increased the intensity of his movements.
Waves of white mist rose all around him, as the life energy within him circulated continuously, pushing down on his legs and channeling energy into his feet.
“Ka-tsu—”
As if breaking free from shackles, Yun Ye exhaled a breath of turbid air, his eyes sparkling with vitality.
He had achieved Major Achievement in the Qi Cultivation Technique!
Major Achievement meant that the energy flowed through all parts of his body.
Of course, this did not include the head; achieving perfection there was incredibly difficult—a task likened to reaching the heavens—its difficulty varied by ten or twenty times.
This is just a glimpse into its challenge.
And this difficulty was not fixed for everyone; it was targeted specifically at geniuses.
Only if you were a genius could you possibly reach perfection by exerting ten to twenty times more effort.
For someone like Yun Ye, once he stepped into Major Achievement, it meant that no further progress could be made.
To break through and change his situation would require consuming incredibly valuable Spiritual Herbs.
But Spiritual Herbs were extremely precious for practitioners; how could they waste them at the Qi cultivation stage?
Yun Ye himself did not want to waste them.
He wished to save them for the next life when his talents could improve further.
With poor talent, even one Spiritual Herb that could change a protagonist’s fate would not be enough; ten would still fall short.
Physique, Spiritual Roots, and Spirit Sense all corresponded to the effectiveness of related treasures.
If one had a poor physique, no matter what they ate, they would remain thin and unable to absorb nutrients.
If the Spiritual Roots were weak, eating Spiritual Herbs would result in losing ninety percent of their efficacy.
The same applied to Spirit Sense; treasures that trained Spirit Sense would be ineffective on a waste. Unless, of course, there was some extraordinary treasure that could even alter innate talent.
“Achieving Major Achievement in Qi Cultivation indeed feels completely different!”
Yun Ye casually waved his arm, energy vibrating and power radiating fiercely.
Once the qi flowed through his body, Yun Ye felt light and powerful, his strength amplified by more than half.
At this moment, if he participated in the combat rankings, he could do so without fear—unless faced with a genius who had awakened their Spiritual Roots; otherwise, he would hold a huge advantage over anyone and, at the very least, could force a tie.
Now eleven and a half years old, Yun Ye had barely passed the Fourth Exam six months ago. While his supplementary classes fared well, he failed to keep up with the elective classes.
Had he not showcased some of his Qi Cultivation skills to earn extra points, he would have surely faced a drop in rank.
With the Fourth Exam upon them, students enjoyed various benefits, with their meals upgraded from D-level Superior Food to C-level.
However, for Yun Ye, who had developed the Imagining Method’s efficiency to over 400% and feasted daily on B-level Superior Food, these changes meant little. He was destined to advance to Major Achievement at this time, and then…
Awakening Spiritual Roots!
Yun Ye sat cross-legged on the ground, repeating the actions he had performed at least a hundred times before.
Awakening Technique!
Spiritual Roots Awakening!
The life energy in his chest swirled like a vortex, pulling all his life energy toward the center.
Yun Ye expertly controlled the flow of all his life energy, minimizing its loss.
This process felt both long and fleeting.
As the life energy gathered into a perfect sphere, Yun Ye suddenly saw the color of his own vitality.
It was a pale green, reminiscent of budding leaves, and Yun Ye could sense the vitality contained within.
“Boom!”
A fiery pattern spread across Yun Ye’s forehead, flames materialized out of nowhere, swirling around his body, casting an extraordinary light upon the young man.
Across his chest, his palms faced each other, and a remarkable red energy flowed between them, resembling a vortex that inhaled the surrounding air.
Yun Ye understood.
The emergence of the spiritual void would draw in the spirit energy of the world, quickly filling the empty space.
It would continue until it was completely filled.
What he needed to do was maintain focus, ensuring a smooth extraction of spirit energy and preventing any issues.
At the same time Yun Ye awakened his Spiritual Roots, in the Awakening Hall, several awakeners turned their gazes toward him.
“Is this another talent who has achieved Major Achievement in Qi Cultivation, drawing this scale of spirit energy?”
“I didn’t expect that a commoner could grasp it, but it’s just a basic Qi Cultivation Technique; becoming a soldier in the Black Armored Army doesn’t guarantee a bright future…”
“Keep an eye on him. If he accomplishes Major Achievement in Qi Cultivation and completes the Spiritual Roots revival, that would be enough to make him a dog for the Zhu family.”
Yu Yu had mentioned that achieving Major Achievement in Qi Cultivation could allow one to join the Black Armored Army as a reserve member, with great future potential.
But Yu Yu’s perspective was still too narrow; the Black Armored Army was just a promising opportunity in the eyes of ordinary people.
How could commoners truly grasp a real future?
……
“No wonder forcing the awakening of my Spiritual Roots causes my vitality to keep draining; the destructive power of spirit energy on the body is extremely high. Without the spiritual void formed by life energy, the more I use, the faster I die.”
Yun Ye spread his hand, and a fire lotus appeared out of thin air. Though it was rough, in his eyes, it was a thousand times more beautiful than any artwork.
With just a thought, he could conjure flames out of nowhere; how miraculous! How wonderful!
Moreover, based on his feelings, even though he had only partially awakened his Spiritual Roots, he could instantly ignite the entire room with full strength.
This force could eliminate even one hundred Wang Yaos in a single strike; it represented a transformative change in quality.
Furthermore…
Yun Ye lifted the hand pressing against the ground, and deep handprints were left imprinted in the floor.
The floor of the Academy dormitory was not of dirt or wood; it was covered with neatly placed tiles.
He had merely moved casually, yet he had managed to create a handprint. Just how terrifying was his current strength?
“Spiritual Roots revival is the beginning of transcending the mundane. Once entering the awakening state, strength is amplified tenfold in all aspects: spirit energy, physique, and mind. The cost is… the burning of life!”
This was recorded in books.
And it was a reality.
Yun Ye had originally thought he had overcome the loss of vitality, but he never expected that after awakening his Spiritual Roots, he would still need to consume life energy. Although it was slower, it was indeed being drained.
On his lifespan panel, a flickering minus sign appeared!
Clearly, he had constrained the spirit energy with the spiritual void; why was his lifespan still consumed due to this “transformation”?
After awakening his Spiritual Roots, Yun Ye gained a more refined inner vision and began to observe in greater depth.
As a result, he discovered the problem: the spiritual void was a sphere formed by life energy. While it could constrain spirit energy, it would still be eroded by spirit energy, leading to the loss of life energy, albeit at a much lower rate compared to allowing the spirit energy to run rampant.
Moreover, once in the Spiritual Roots revival state, his strength increased across the board, allowing spirit energy to invade his entire body.
Even though the spiritual void would automatically protect him, the loss of life energy would inevitably increase with the intensity of combat…
In other words, for members of the Spiritual Law team, even if they didn’t die from various dangers, they would perish from the loss of life energy.
At that moment, Yun Ye finally understood why the death toll of the Spiritual Law team was so high; these ordinary people were nothing more than consumables. The Academy had never taught them a complete set of cultivation methods!
