Chapter 623: She Too Is an Immortal Root!

She seemed to have realized something.

Qin Feixue and the others were startled by Ye Qingran's sudden shudder, fearing something was wrong with her, but when they saw her breathing steady and everything normal, they finally eased their worried hearts.

From spiritual bud to Spiritual Root, it seems to be common knowledge etched into every cultivator's bones.

Whether it's an ordinary Spiritual Root or the supreme Imperial Spiritual Root, for ten thousand years none has been any different.

Then what about the legendary Immortal Root?

Is it the same?

Shouldn't it be as ethereal and ubiquitous as its name suggests, like an immortal?

Ye Qingran felt an instant enlightenment, her whole being suddenly brightened, her entire body becoming transparent.

Dead Qi still tried to assault her spiritual bud, but she no longer resisted.

"Huh?"

The dead spirit sensed Ye Qingran's surrender, showing a puzzled expression.

Fu Hanxiu also sensed it, and he turned his gaze toward Ye Qingran.

More and more people from the Academy rushed over, their faces showing horror when they saw the dead spirit.

"What is this?!"

"It's said to be a dead spirit! Formed over years by the accumulation of Dead Qi!"

These people, upon seeing Fu Hanxiu, again showed astonishment.

"Who is this peerless handsome man?"

"Ye Xiu Elder!"

"Our Academy's Ye Xiu Elder?"

"Hmm."

"......"

So the elder, after removing his mask, was indeed this handsome; the Emperor Sovereign, famed as the continent's number one beauty atop the Hunt's Peak, might not be this handsome?

Ye Qingran had just given up resisting when her spiritual bud was overtaken by Dead Qi.

"Ha ha ha, she is now my puppet!"

The dead spirit laughed triumphantly, its hoarse, eerie voice reaching everyone's ears.

Everyone's gaze fell on Ye Qingran.

The dead spirit said, Instructor Ye is already its puppet?!

Dead Qi devoured Ye Qingran's spiritual bud, but in the instant before it could fully seize it, the bud suddenly vanished.

It turned into specks of stardust, disappearing without a trace.

The dead spirit sensed it, showing surprise.

At the moment the spiritual bud disappeared, Ye Qingran's lips twitched slightly.

She understood!

Being is non‑being, non‑being is being.

This is the Immortal Root.

The so‑called Immortal Root has never truly existed; it cannot be seen or touched, yet it is everywhere.

In other words, she herself is the Immortal Root!

"Immortal Root?!" the dead spirit finally reacted, realizing Ye Qingran had grasped its true meaning.

It should be noted that, as a dead spirit, it retains many memories of ancient cultivators who fell in the ruins of old battlefields.

The ancients had a deeper understanding of the Immortal Root.

Yet the Immortal Root has never been attainable merely by knowing its truth.

It requires talent, bloodline, destiny… and many other conditions.

Even at the pinnacle of cultivation in ancient times, cultivators possessing the Immortal Root were few enough to count on one hand.

Among those Immortal Root cultivators, almost none grew the Immortal Root on their first attempt.

None of them did so until after developing an Imperial Spiritual Root or Royal Spiritual Root, reaching a certain realm, gaining deeper insight, and then gradually comprehending the Immortal Root's truth to obtain it!

This woman, however, grasped the Immortal Root's truth on her first try?

The dead spirit felt extremely incredulous, but more so a resolve to kill.

Though this woman has grasped the Immortal Root's truth, she is still far from actually obtaining it; it will take time.

It must slay her before she acquires a Spiritual Root!

Fu Hanxiu also realized Ye Qingran's special state, turned around, and faced the dead spirit.

"Anyone who moves her, die!"

Fu Hanxiu's aura deepened now, as if his whole being burned with a unique power, the flame totem at his brow flickering.

Xiao Hu and Xiao Chen also seemed to sense their father's state; the blood in their bodies grew hot and boiling, an invisible resonance akin to a bloodline emerging.

Their small hands clenched into fists, and the same flame totem as Fu Hanxiu flashed at their brows.

"What is this power?"

Even the dead spirit, a being with many memories and common knowledge, was surprised.

Apart from knowing it is a bloodline power, it knew nothing else.

The more unknown, the more terrifying.

"Destroy your power!"

Fu Hanxiu spat coldly.

At this moment he was cold and imposing, his divine grace as vast as the sea and his might like a prison, giving the sense of a supreme deity descending upon the world.

All the people around froze their gazes, staring in horror at the peerless figure in the void.

It seems that, from now on, they are finally getting serious.

The Immortal Root does not exist, yet it is everywhere.

For cultivators, a thousand cultivators have a thousand kinds of Immortal Root.

But for Ye Qingran, she herself is her own Immortal Root.

She herself is the medium that communicates with the spiritual qi of heaven and earth.

The Immortal Root is me, I am also the Immortal Root!

Hoo~

In that instant, a gust of Source-less Wind surged from Ye Qingran's body, her ink‑black hair flying, her spirit radiant.

Her body, as if baptized, became holy and eternally beautiful.

She is also an Immortal Root!

From now on, she finally has her own Spiritual Root!

Swish~

Her tightly closed eyes open, the pupils as if washed by clear water, sparkling brilliantly!

She stands up, appearing even more ethereally stunning than before.

Everyone's gaze now falls upon her, utterly amazed.

"Fu Hanxiu, let me do it."

Ye Qingran says to Fu Hanxiu.

Fu Hanxiu turns his head to look at her, seeing that not a single hair is damaged and that her aura has undergone a massive change, and he finally shows a long‑missed light smile, "Fine."

In an instant, heaven and earth lose their color.

Ye Qingran, deep within her right hand, palm up, after she loosens it, reveals the Chaos Qing Lian Seed resting in her palm.

"Dead spirit, I actually have to thank you," Ye Qingran curls the corner of her mouth, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have found the Chaos Qing Lian Seed; if it weren't you, I wouldn't have grasped the true meaning of the Immortal Root so quickly!"

At those words, everyone gasped.

The Chaos Qing Lian Seed is secondary; what matters is that Ye Qingran says she has comprehended the true meaning of the Immortal Root!

Immortal Root!

After the age of the ancient gods, the Immortal Root vanished, becoming a legendary existence.

But Ye Qingran says she has grasped the true meaning of the Immortal Root!