Chapter 18: Even though I didn't want to cause trouble, trouble still came knocking.

The father and son took the lead in soaking in the Spirit Tempering Liquid, creating the illusion for everyone: this stuff is really just a drop in the ocean, a piece of cake!

The father remained silent throughout, and his seven-year-old son was even more so. After initially grimacing and on the verge of tears, he quickly became completely absorbed in the medicine and eventually fell asleep in the tub of liquid medicine.

Following closely behind in the medicinal solution was Xiao Bao, which possessed a special metallic ability and had long since transformed its flesh and blood into metal. Therefore, the corrosion from the medicinal solution was a breeze for it.

The fathead fish doesn't need to be soaked in medicinal liquid. As a divine beast cub, even in a realm lacking spiritual energy, it spontaneously absorbs the essence of heaven and earth, sun and moon to temper its body and cultivate spiritual energy.

But everyone who followed them felt God's deep malice as soon as they entered the bathtub; the pain was excruciating!

You'll know once you try it!

The only one who suffered less was the great physician Bo Yiyan. He had studied the meridians in the Ling Shu and was familiar with the effects of various acupoints. When the pain became unbearable, he would use silver needles to prick a few acupoints to relieve the pain.

If you feel pain from blocked meridians, use silver needles to puncture the acupoints to clear them. Although you will still experience pain, it will be much easier than for others.

Although the process was complicated, the result was good; everyone's spiritual roots were detected.

Through the explanation of the feather fan, they learned that the more singular the type of spiritual root, the better; the higher the spiritual root value, the greater the affinity for spiritual energy, and the more spiritual energy can be attracted into the body.

Mina: Mutant Wind Spirit Root, Spirit Value 90 points;

Matt: Mutant Netherworld Spirit Root, Spirit Value 88 points;

Omar: Mutant Netherworld Spirit Root, Spirit Value 79 points;

Lady Xuan: Five spiritual roots, all five attribute values ​​are maxed out, that is, 100 points. This kind of maxed-out root value is called a heavenly spiritual root, which is the fighter among the five spiritual roots.

Xiao Ran: Single metal spiritual root, full spiritual value, heavenly spiritual root;

Bo Yiyan: Single wood spiritual root, full spiritual value, heavenly spiritual root;

Lele: Fire and Wood dual spiritual roots, spiritual value 95 points;

Master Liu: Dual spiritual roots of metal and wood, spiritual value 68 points;

Flower Scenery Tree: Single Earth Spirit Root, Spirit Value 72 points;

As for Xiaobai and his son, their spiritual value was naturally at its maximum. Even though everyone's aptitude was considered excellent in this world, they still couldn't help but feel envious.

After this spiritual root test, Yu Shan felt like he could start his own sect.

Which sect could gather so many exceptionally talented disciples all at once?

But thinking about it, it's not surprising. This group of people were originally the best of the best in technological civilization. It was not easy for them to awaken their superpowers in a world with such scarce spiritual energy.

Moreover, they are among the top superhumans.

For example, Mina and Matt, although their levels are not as high as the highest on Green Algae Star, they are both very young.

Compared to an old guy like Omar who has lived for over two hundred years, his qualifications are in no way inferior.

As for Xiao Ran and Madam Xuan, being able to break through to the SSS level means they are among the top-tier combatants, one in a billion, and naturally both possess Heavenly Spiritual Roots.

The supernatural ability was successfully converted into spiritual power, and everyone's spiritual root was also tested. Yu Shan racked his brains and wrote down the cultivation techniques he had seen before, so that everyone could choose from them.

However, since she had previously cultivated witch spirit power, which is a different system, she still had to buy them cultivation methods that suited them.

Wu Ling Zun Zhe, who had been keeping an eye on Bo Yiyan's movements, discovered that he and his companions had gone to the market to buy cultivation techniques, and decided to help him out.

He took out a large number of cultivation techniques and secret manuals that Bo Yiyan might use. Bo Yiyan chose "The Art of Withering and Flourishing of Ten Thousand Trees", "The Complete Book of Spiritual Plants", and "Basic Alchemy Techniques".

The "Art of Withering and Flourishing of All Trees" perfectly complements his life-devouring skills; this manual seems tailor-made for him.

Although he was a top expert in pharmacy, he decided to start from the basics after switching to a different pharmaceutical manufacturing system.

Having obtained these three cultivation manuals, he promised Venerable Martial Spirit that he would give him a bottle of every new type of elixir he refined.

Venerable Wuling was overjoyed. These cultivation techniques and secret manuals were of little use to him. Apart from his granddaughter, he had no other disciples or followers. Giving them to Bo Yiyan was a good way to repay a debt of gratitude.

But to his surprise, he made such a promise. He knew that Mr. Bo was highly skilled in medicine and that he might be able to create new formulas and refine elixirs with miraculous effects in the future.

With his help, Yun'er will no longer have to worry about the pills she needs for cultivation.

Originally, the person Wu Ling Venerable most wanted to help was Bo Yiyan, but seeing how generous he was, he simply took out all the cultivation manuals and secret techniques he had been keeping for so long.

With his current cultivation level at the Tongtian Realm, he has accumulated a considerable number of cultivation techniques and secret manuals. He took out all the low-level techniques that he didn't need and offered them to his group to choose from.

After researching which industries were profitable, everyone chose the cultivation techniques that suited them best.

Xiao Ran decided to open a weapon-refining workshop with Lele and Master Liu. He chose "24 Metal-type Spells" and "Identification of Weapon-refining Materials".

Lele chose a fire-based secret technique called "Fire Dragon's Roar" and "32 Elements of Refining and Temperature Control";

Master Liu chose the "Nourishing Things Technique," a spell that, when used in weapon crafting, can increase the compatibility between the weapon and the user by at least 20%.

He figured that his combat strength was weak and his weapon-refining skills weren't high either, so he decided to specialize in this one skill. That way, when Lele was refining weapons in the future, he could provide good assistance and improve her weapon-refining skills.

Madam Xuan chose a book called "The Way of Talismans". She found that the patterns contained in the talismans were beautiful, but also lacked charm. She wanted to sew the talismans onto her clothes.

It is both aesthetically pleasing and possesses both defensive and offensive capabilities.

Everyone else also chose spells that suited them, but unfortunately, the Martial Spirit Venerable had not been able to find any secret manuals suitable for cultivating Dark Spirit Root and Nether Spirit Root.

However, these secret realms have already been of great help to everyone.

On the other side, Venerable Wuling was also filled with emotion.

Birds of a feather flock together; the kind and ungreedy Mr. Bo, whom he admired, was the same as his friends.

Because when they chose cultivation techniques, they did not consider the value of the techniques themselves at all, but instead chose the ones that were suitable for their current stage.

As for the rest, I don't care about any of them, and I have no intention of taking more than my share.

This is a group of people worth befriending. Perhaps in the future, they will take care of his son Yun'er out of consideration for our past relationship.

This is the network of contacts he's building for Yun'er, hoping it will be helpful to her in the future.

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As Jin Liu and Jin Ding boarded the large, top-grade spirit ship bound for the Five Elements City in the Southern Region, they glanced over the noisy crowd in the hall and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw their mission objective.

In order to create an opportunity to strike up a conversation with Yu Shan, they first paid to hire the guide, Aman.

Jin Liu had a good grasp of people's hearts. He calculated that when Yu Shan and his group were surrounded by a group of children, they would most likely choose to stand at the back of the girl who looked thin and pitiful.

Through Aman, Jin Liu learned that Yu Shan was going to Lingxi Pavilion to inquire about information.

Judging from their speed of travel, they were in a hurry to reach their destination.

Therefore, he didn't hesitate to spend his own money to have the manager of Lingxi Pavilion forge the lottery results.

The five discounted tickets to the Wantong Pavilion's top-grade spirit boat that Yu Shan drew were actually pre-arranged by them; they even paid the manager ten high-grade spirit stones for it.

Of course, the discount of 50,000 mid-grade spirit stones enjoyed by the discount card was also provided by them.

Then, Jin Liuyi, who was good at tracking, followed them to the ticket office and easily found out which flight they had purchased with a coupon.

Jin Liu bought two tickets for the same flight. In order to have a chance to chat with Yu Shan and the others, he even bought two Class B tickets, which meant he would not stay in a private room and would have to squeeze into the lobby with everyone else.

Fortunately, his arrangement finally worked, and the two of them finally had the opportunity to ride on the same spirit boat as the mission target.

Jin Liu pulled Jin Ding through the crowd, casually squeezing himself near Yu Shan and the others. Then, he took out two prayer mats and pretended to complain to Jin Ding:

"Brother, sit down and rest! Ugh! What a lousy ship! So many people! Three hundred high-grade spirit stones for a ticket, and it's as crowded as a market. What a rip-off!"

"Be careful what you say! What if someone overhears you and you offend someone without even realizing it? Before we left, your parents repeatedly told us: When we're out and about, we must talk less and observe more, but you just have to say so much!" Jin Ding glared at him and said.

Not far from them, Bo Yiyan watched as everyone was forced to stay in such a crowded hall and regretted not spending two more top-grade spirit stones each to exchange for a private room.

But Yu Shan said that before everyone has the ability to earn money, they must be frugal, otherwise it will be difficult to make ends meet if they encounter a major event without money.

Fortunately, there are only three days left. If it becomes unbearable, I will go to the trouble of creating a spiritual energy shield to isolate myself from the surrounding noise.

The only saving grace was that the spiritual energy on the spirit boat was relatively abundant, so the air didn't feel too polluted.

However, in this environment, one cannot think about cultivation; it is impossible to concentrate.

Then all you can do is listen carefully to the conversations of those around you and try to gather some information.

Everyone hopes that the three days will pass peacefully, but even if you don't look for trouble, trouble will come knocking on your door.

The cultivation world is never short of handsome men and beautiful women, so Yu Shan and the others did not think of disguising themselves as ugly. However, she still underestimated the charm of their group's good looks.

A few minutes before the spirit ship was about to depart, a scantily clad, alluring young woman came running in, panting.

She had a Class A ticket, but because she arrived late, the passage to the private rooms had already been closed, so she was forced to use the regular ticket passage.

The ticket checker reminded her that she could see the corridor leading to the private rooms by walking through the lobby, and then she could enter her private room by swiping her access card according to her ticket number.

The alluring woman was accompanied by two men, both of whom were quite handsome, though their features were somewhat effeminate and their skin was pale.

Two men cleared a path for her, shouting rudely, "Get out of the way! Don't block my master's path!"

Several cultivators sitting on the futons rolled their eyes in dissatisfaction, but when they saw two cultivators jump up from the futons, take a few steps back, and lower their heads looking very nervous, they who originally wanted to say something shut up.

When you're out and about, who wants to cause trouble for themselves?

This woman was clearly accompanied by two male concubines and had purchased first-class tickets, so she was most likely a high-level cultivator, or perhaps a demonic or evil cultivator.

Xiao Bai is currently communicating with Xiao Ran via telepathy. The two are using mental energy to transmit their voices, which is different from the telepathic techniques used in this world. Even high-level cultivators cannot intercept the content they are transmitting.

“Mr. Xiao, I’ve noticed that Mrs. Xuan’s attitude towards you seems to have improved a lot recently,” Xiao Bai said.

"Yes, I really have to thank you both. If I hadn't embarked on this journey with you, I would have truly missed the chance to reconcile with her in this lifetime." Xiao Ran's eyes lit up when she talked about her beloved.

"Madam Xuan has chosen talismans. I've heard that when refining magical artifacts, it's also necessary to inscribe talisman arrays on them. You can take this opportunity to exchange ideas with her."

"Hehe, you young people really know how to please women," Xiao Ran laughed.

"Actually, I don't really understand either. I've only ever loved one woman in my life, my fan." Xiao Bai's face was slightly flushed. He didn't look like a father of two, but rather like a shy young man.

The alluring woman who happened to be passing by initially scanned the noisy crowd in the hall with disgust, but when she saw Xiaobai's slightly flushed, shy expression, she was instantly amazed and her eyes lit up.

She stopped, turned to look at Xiaobai, raised her head high, revealing her slender, snow-white neck, and even puffed out her high, firm breasts, taking a breath to make her waist appear even slimmer.

Her action did indeed make many men around her swallow hard, but Xiao Bai and Xiao Ran were busy talking and didn't notice her at all.

"Ahem! My two brothers, please forgive my intrusion!"

The journey is long; would you like to join me in a private room for a game of chess to pass the time?

The woman's voice was sweet and delicate, with a slight tremor at the end, making one's ears feel tingly.

Her eyes were watery, and when she looked at the two of them, they seemed to be filled with boundless affection, enough to melt even the most hardened heart.

"Young lady, were you talking to us just now? Sorry! I wasn't listening. Could you repeat that?" Xiaobai frowned.

If it weren't for basic politeness, he wouldn't have bothered with this woman at all.

"You're so young, yet you're so hard of hearing. My lord spoke to you, and you didn't even hear him clearly. You even dared to ask him to repeat himself. Do you want to die?"

Before the woman could speak, the man in the light green robe in front of her began to reprimand her.

His voice was somewhat shrill, and his slightly ferocious expression ruined his feminine beauty, making him appear somewhat mean.

Before Xiaobai could speak, Achen, who was nestled in Yushan's arms, objected: "Hey! Don't you have any sense of reason?"

We don't know your family, so why should my dad have to hear every single word she says when she talks to him?

And you, they say a dog relies on its master's power, but you don't look like a mad dog at all, so why do you bark at everyone you see?

"You little brat, you're asking for death!" The effeminate man raised his hand and unleashed an ice blade, aiming straight for Ah Chen's brow.

Xiao Bai had already anticipated his attack trajectory when he raised his hand, and directly threw a lump of ice to intercept his ice blade.

Meanwhile, the ice block continued its relentless advance, instantly freezing him into an ice sculpture.

The man maintained his vicious expression, but his eyes were frozen, making him look quite comical.