Chapter 300: Do I Have a Spirit Root (First Update, Autumn Subscription)

What?!

Just based on having a Void Spirit Root alone, even a martial arts good-for-nothing could become a true disciple of a major sect?!

Fang Yue was stunned.

He gained a new level of understanding about the Void Spirit Root.

Damn, this thing is absurdly overpowered!

"Lord Ni Dongmei, what exactly does a Void Spirit Root do? Why is it so popular?"

Normally, when Fang Yue asked this kind of question, Ni Dongmei couldn't be bothered to answer.

But when she saw Tail perk up her ears curiously and look at her too, Ni Dongmei finally spoke slowly.

"A Void Spirit Root can contain things ordinary people cannot. 【Souls】 are one of them!"

"Souls? You mean… a Soul-Hosting Jade Pendant?"

"Looks like you're not completely clueless. That's right, exactly the Soul-Hosting Jade Pendant. By fusing a Soul-Hosting Jade Pendant that houses a soul into the body of a Void Spirit Root bearer, the Void Spirit Root can awaken the slumbering soul within the pendant, thereby unleashing that soul's power!"

Since there was a real example that had happened right before their eyes, Fang Yue and Tail understood it easily.

"What about me? Do I have any kind of Spirit Root?"

"No."

Fang Yue's body instantly stiffened.

So I'm just a good-for-nothing?!

"But you don't need to lose heart. Long ago, within Qing Guo, Spirit Roots had nearly gone extinct. As far as I know, the surrounding nations are in much the same situation. Tail is an exception."

"Perhaps because of her unique identity as a refugee, the potential contained within her body, combined with the unique cultivation art of my Extreme Ice Sect, was able to draw out that potential. And finally, paired with Lord Qi Ba Jiu's supreme Soul-Hosting Jade Pendant, her Void Spirit Root was truly activated—and even when she died before, she was far from reaching the point of activating a Void Spirit Root."

"So you see, she's a pillar of fortune, a person of great destiny!"

"Right, didn't Tail jump off the cliff just like I told her to, and smoothly enter the Huanggui Yiji? A pillar of fortune should have exactly that kind of fortune protecting her!"

Earlier, Fang Yue had been listening very attentively, understanding that Tail's Void Spirit Root was the crystallization of many coincidences and great fortune.

But when Ni Dongmei reached her last sentence, Fang Yue couldn't help but show a look of contempt.

Does this woman have any shame at all?

If Tail had really listened to her and jumped off the cliff, she probably wouldn't have even made it through the gates of the Huanggui Yiji before splatting dead on the ground.

But Fang Yue didn't give up either.

Didn't Tail also need a compatible cultivation art to draw out her potential before her Spirit Root was activated?

She has potential—surely I have some too?

I'm a refugee too, what's the difference!

Just as Fang Yue was thinking this, he suddenly recalled a scene from before.

It was… the scene after he took the 【Fierce Yuan Pill】, when his eyes turned pitch-black, black blood streamed down, and he transformed into a bizarre figure.

The Fierce Yuan Pill was used to unleash one's 'potential' in a life-or-death moment.

Spirit Root… potential… refugee…

Could it be… that the potential hidden within me as a refugee, the Spirit Root whose power I haven't yet unleashed, is a Bizarre Spirit Root?

Speaking of which, does something like a Bizarre Spirit Root even exist?

And… back when I first entered the game, why did the Shi Zhi Gui choose me of all people!

And also… that night when the 【Wu Ren Gui】 wiped out Gu Yue Cun, the line it said… 'Not yet ripe'!

Was it really just, as Lord Han said, that the Night Moon Tribe's bloodline wasn't yet ripe, or did it mean something else?

The clues seemed faintly connected.

As if separated by a paper window about to be pierced through.

But no matter how deeply Fang Yue thought, he couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation.

He looked at Ni Dongmei before him, hesitated again and again, and finally gritted his teeth and asked.

"Lord Ni Dongmei, do you think it's possible for a person to turn into a bizarre?"

"Nonsense! Isn't Possession exactly that phenomenon? Surely you've seen it before?"

"Uh…I mean, without any Possession, briefly taking on the appearance of a bizarre."

"Then that is Possession—it's just that your detection methods are too crude to see the possessing bizarre."

This woman… can't understand plain speech!

Fang Yue grew a bit anxious: "It's really not Possession…I have a friend, he took the 【Fierce Yuan Pill】, and suddenly his eyes turned pitch-black, black blood flowed out, and his strength skyrocketed. The Fierce Yuan Pill unleashes human potential—do you think my friend might have a Bizarre Spirit Root inside him, and taking the pill activated the Spirit Root, turning him into a bizarre?"

At the end, feeling it wasn't quite solid enough, Fang Yue quickly added: "Poor thing, after my friend popped the 【Fierce Yuan Pill】, his personality completely changed, he didn't recognize any of his kin, and I had to cut him down with my own hands."

As he spoke, a tear slid down the corner of Fang Yue's eye—perfect acting.

But Ni Dongmei stared at Fang Yue suspiciously: "You have a friend?"

"Yes! A friend!" Fang Yue's expression didn't change.

"Fine, let's say it's a friend. I'll analyze it for you."

Ni Dongmei pondered for a moment, a complicated look flashing through her eyes.

Then she suddenly looked up and asked oddly: "Wait! Did you just say your friend took the Fierce Yuan Pill?"

"Yes!"

"Then there you have it! What level of composition do you think the Fierce Yuan Pill has? The Fierce Yuan Pill you took definitely wasn't produced from a standard recipe, so too much material from the same bizarre was put in, making the Ghost Content too high. The final effect turning out weird—briefly transforming a person into a bizarre—is perfectly normal."

Huh?

Fang Yue was dumbfounded.

So I was overthinking it, and the truth was this simple all along?

Damn!

Coming back to his senses, Fang Yue's face darkened. He had been mulling over how he too was about to activate his Spirit Root and take off, but in the end it was all just his own wild imagination!

Fang Yue instantly deflated.

Ni Dongmei patted his shoulder: "My condolences!"

"No! That's just a friend of mine! It has nothing to do with me!" Fang Yue swatted her hand away, saying stubbornly.

"Oh! Then my condolences for that too. By the way, Weiba and I are preparing to set off back to the Extreme Ice Sect right now, so let's say our goodbyes here. The big gift I mentioned earlier, I left it at the Mo Cun inn, under the pillow in my room. Just go fetch it when the time comes."

Saying so, Ni Dongmei was about to take Weiba and leave.

Fang Yue and Weiba both froze for a moment, then one immediately started struggling to get up, while the other hurriedly reached out and grabbed Weiba's hand.

"I haven't thought about leaving yet!"

"Wait!"

The two spoke almost at the same time, and only then did Ni Dongmei stop.

"Is there anything else?"

Ni Dongmei could afford not to care about Fang Yue, but Weiba's opinion, she still had to respect.

After all, in a certain sense, Weiba was the spokesperson of Lord 【Qi Ba Jiu】.

"I, I want to go back to Mo Cun, say goodbye to my friend, and then return to the Extreme Ice Sect with you… Also, can Ye Ge really not join the Extreme Ice Sect too?"

"He can't. From the moment he mastered the Blazing Fire Sect's Heart Method, it was destined that the current Extreme Ice Sect cannot accommodate him. Unless Lord 【Qi Ba Jiu】 personally speaks up, but given that lord's temperament, even if you were to ask, she would not interfere in sect affairs."

The current Extreme Ice Sect?

In other words, the former Extreme Ice Sect was one that could accommodate those who had learned the Blazing Fire Sect's martial arts?

What exactly happened between them to make the two sects become so hostile?

PS: Something came up today and delayed things, so just 2 updates. Tomorrow (the 28th) I'll resume with 10 updates.

(End of this chapter)