Chapter 48

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Chapter 48: Super Degraded Spiritual Eye

Yun Ye used the same method to finish the second convex lens, becoming much more skilled and completing it in just half an hour.

Then, he made a frame to assemble everything, and a simple microscope was finally complete.

By throwing in some fire spirit energy, he could mimic a condenser or light source, allowing for clearer viewing.

The microscope wasn’t complex, and with a slight adjustment, Yun Ye achieved a magnification of six hundred times.

This was still a bit short of the limit, but actually not far off.

Due to the limitations of physical principles, optical microscopes can only reach a theoretical limit of 1000 to 1600 times; beyond that, the human eye cannot see.

However, in this world, Yun Ye felt that this was far from the limit.

Since fire spirit energy could replace the light source, it was entirely possible to freely adjust the wavelength of light, forcing the magnification limit to increase.

Although he had yet to figure it out.

If temperature, flammability, and energy transmission speed were things he fully understood, then light waves were something Yun Ye had not completely grasped yet; he needed to think more to adapt.

“Let’s put aside the cultivation issue for now; six hundred times should at least allow me to see some cells, right?”

Yun Ye was extremely eager to use the microscope to observe spiritual material!

After finishing the device, he immediately carried it back to his room to start his research.

Chunyu and Xiahua thought the microscope was quite strange but had no other thoughts; they could not understand the significance of Yun Ye assembling a few lenses.

As for the glass…

Actually, many Fire Element Spiritual Roots practitioners had already discovered that sand could be fired into glass a long time ago.

Chunyu and Xiahua’s surprise stemmed purely from their limited perspective; they had no means to learn this.

Even if they shared Yun Ye’s glass-making process, he wouldn’t care.

…

Back in his room, Yun Ye eagerly began his observations.

The material he chose was his own oral cells.

He categorized them into two types.

One type was ordinary oral cells.

The other type was oral cells concentrated with life energy.

After observing both groups, he found that the first group was no different from what he learned in middle school biology, while the second group revealed nothing particularly special—only some unique spiritual light similar to the lenses.

But the spiritual light was visible to the naked eye, and if the microscope magnified it six hundred times with no new findings, it either meant that spiritual material was smaller than the units of cells or that the human eye could not actually see the true spiritual material.

Humans could only see light wavelengths between 380 nm and 780 nm, so when the magnification of the optical microscope reaches thousands, it hits a limit; past that, the human eye cannot see anything and must rely on other instruments.

Spiritual material might fall into the category of the invisible to the human eye and could only be seen through other means.

“In that case, I could try to open the Spiritual Eye.”

Yun Ye recalled a unique aspect of Spiritual Law.

Spiritual Eye Spiritual Law.

Those with Fire Element Spiritual Roots can draw spirit energy from heaven and earth and transform it into fire spirit energy, creating various flame phenomena.

But actually, spirit energy can also be used directly without conversion.

Attribute-less spirit energy is gentler than fire spirit energy, making it very suitable for enhancing the body.

Physical Law utilizes attribute-less spirit energy.

By refining attribute-less spirit energy and concentrating it into a single point, abilities like the Thousand-Mile Eye and Wind-Listening Ear are born.

These special abilities can often be incredibly powerful, belonging to secret techniques that must not be leaked.

Although the Academy mentioned this type of Spiritual Law, the Black Armored Army did not have access to exchange them, leaving them to watch enviously.

Moreover, if Yun Ye remembered correctly, the controllability of spirit energy, when not converted through Spiritual Roots, is extremely low, making the training difficulty several levels higher than regular Spiritual Law; a single mistake could lead to organ damage.

Yun Ye would naturally not open his Spiritual Eye, but what if he only aimed to slightly enhance his eyesight?

Typically, the precision of Spiritual Law is crucial because it is used in battles, where strong effects are needed.

However, Yun Ye intended it for research; as long as he achieved even the slightest effect, six hundred times magnification would be sufficient!

As soon as this idea emerged, Yun Ye began to experiment.

First, he started from a less important part.

For example, his fingernails.

Closing his eyes, Yun Ye breathed in spirit energy.

Without reviving his Spiritual Roots, his control over the spirit energy was indeed very low, and he could only draw in a small amount of it each time.

The spirit energy was mixed with white and red because of Hongshan, which has natural fire spirit energy.

Once it entered his body, the two types of spirit energy were instantly enveloped by his life energy and sent to the spiritual void in his chest.

During this process, his Spiritual Roots took effect, treating both types of spirit energy equally, converting them into red fire spirit energy.

Fire spirit energy belongs to himself, with virtually no harm to his vitality, eliminating any secondary damage.

To test, Yun Ye separately controlled a small amount of white spirit energy to flow straight to his fingertip.

When it reached the tip of his finger, Yun Ye released the wrapping of life energy, allowing the spirit energy to act freely.

Once unencumbered by life energy, the spirit energy spread out and merged into his fingernail.

Yun Ye clearly felt something unusual happening with his fingernail; it even made a sizzling sound and grew a little longer within a short time.

But this condition lasted only a moment; as the effectiveness of the spirit energy waned, the fingernail returned to its original state.

“Is this just a simulation?”

Yun Ye keenly sensed the difference between spirit energy and water or wood spirit energy.

If it were water or wood spirit energy making his fingernail grow, then even when the spirit energy was exhausted, the nail wouldn’t revert—it would genuinely have grown longer.

Otherwise, wouldn’t a recovery technique simply cause the injuries to flare up again once the spirit energy vanished?

Clearly, spirit energy is significantly weaker than the Five Element spirit energy, making it unable to maintain any long-term effects—it’s just a simulation.

However, this simulation might be somewhat versatile.

Yun Ye infused a large amount of spirit energy into his fingernail; it quickly grew longer and sharpened itself.

When he casually slid it across metal, it cut through as easily as a sword slicing through mud, without any resistance.

Yun Ye realized: “The Physical Law is about solidifying this enhancement? Or perhaps, even if it doesn’t solidify, it still enhances to the max?”

This was indeed very powerful, but it wasn’t suitable for Yun Ye; he had just distinctly felt his finger emit a moan.

Without a strong physical foundation, it is impossible to strengthen the body with spirit energy, which is the talent of Physical Law.

Moreover, Yun Ye could also feel a significant loss of life energy; if he couldn’t make up for it, he could die from spirit energy erosion before completing the training.

…

After extensive experiments, Yun Ye finally determined that although the spirit energy was difficult to control, achieving basic enhancement effects was still possible.

He infused the exceedingly scarce spirit energy into his eyes. In terms of quantity, the effect on his vision was extremely weak, but Yun Ye felt a sense of haziness, as if a veil covered his eyes, making it very uncomfortable.

However, the corners of Yun Ye’s mouth curled up; this feeling…

This was the effect he wanted!

Yun Ye immediately restarted his observations, injecting a significant amount of life energy into the cells, examining them through the microscope.

This time, the situation was different.

Yun Ye saw “fog.”

A thin fog enveloped the cells, constantly moving, but unlike the fog in the material world, this fog did not dissipate; it was more like threads connecting to the cells.

“Sure enough, I can see it; the spiritual material of this world can be directly observed in the material realm!”

Yun Ye slapped the table, unable to contain his excitement.