A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 234 The Body of Flame Wood

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Inside the secret chamber, the spiritual energy was as dense as mist. Luo Ming sat cross-legged on a futon, having gone through countless days and nights.

As the blood-red armor phantom surrounding his body solidified, it slowly receded and merged into his physical body; the pure, herbal fragrance originating from the wood spirit also returned to his meridians and dantian, leaving only a faint spiritual aura lingering around his nose.

He slowly raised his shoulders and exhaled a long breath of turbid air. The breath was wrapped with specks of azure spiritual light, which turned into stars when they landed. It was warm to the touch and even had a bit of vitality and Daoist charm.

His eyes snapped open, a dazzling golden light flashing like a shooting star, then replaced by an undisguised ecstasy.

"I never expected that refining this Wood Spirit Essence would yield two benefits at once!" Luo Ming muttered to himself, his voice brimming with excitement. "Not only did it allow the 'Myriad Spirits Blood Technique' to break through its limitations and my body refinement cultivation to steadily advance to the mid-stage of Core Formation, but even my Qianyang Fire Eye Divine Ability quietly broke through to the second level. It's truly an unexpected delight!"

He gently clenched his fist, his knuckles exerting a slight force, and a surge of immense blood energy erupted within him. A soft hum resonated through his meridians; the power far surpassed his former strength, becoming both profound and domineering. Luo Ming's lips curled into a smile as he thought to himself, "Now, with this physical strength alone, I'm absolutely confident that I can even directly confront a late-stage Core Formation cultivator without being at a disadvantage!"

However, the biggest gain from this refining process was the mutation of his physique—not only did he successfully awaken a wood-attribute spiritual body, but he also unexpectedly developed a fire spiritual root.

Although this fire spirit root is still quite ordinary, and its efficiency in refining spiritual energy is far less than that of other spirit roots that have been tempered by the Heaven-Mending Pill, it is still more efficient than the fire spirit power refining efficiency of ordinary three-spirit root cultivators.

More importantly, after gathering all five elemental roots, he can freely transform any attribute of magical power around him into the attribute he needs by taking advantage of the principle of mutual generation of the five elements. This gives him more confidence in both offense and defense.

Just then, a voice tinged with doubt slowly rang out from the depths of his dantian. It was the Heavenly Mirror Hermit, who had been residing inside the Profound Origin Pearl and closely observing the changes within his body. His primordial spirit resided in Luo Ming's dantian, and his perception of the flow of spiritual energy was even clearer than Luo Ming's own.

"Boy, what kind of spirit are you exactly?"

The Heavenly Mirror Hermit's primordial spirit "gazes" at Luo Ming's dantian and meridians, where five-colored spiritual energy flows endlessly and cycles repeatedly—the sharpness of metal, the gentleness of water, the vitality of wood, the weight of earth, and that slightly thin trace of the intense heat of fire, which is the spiritual energy of the fire attribute.

What's even more astonishing is that these five types of spiritual power flowed slowly on their own without any deliberate stimuli, subtly forming a cycle of mutual generation among the five elements. Ultimately, they were all transformed into the metal and water attribute mana of his main cultivation technique, continuously gathering into the golden core and giving it an indescribable sense of perfection.

Upon hearing this, Luo Ming immediately calmed his mind, focused his inner gaze, and clearly perceived the strange changes within his body.

With a slight thought, the wood-attribute spiritual energy surrounding him instantly became crystal clear, as if connected to his bloodline and mind. The feeling of intimacy was like a wanderer returning home. He felt as if he himself was a part of this wood-attribute spiritual energy, able to merge into the plants and trees of the world at any time, leaving no trace.

"Let's give it a try..." Luo Ming's heart stirred. He didn't deliberately use any escape techniques. He simply followed his will, and a soft blue light spontaneously surrounded his body. The blue light was pure and unmixed, and it was formed from the ultimate wood attribute spiritual energy.

The next moment, a flash of green light appeared in the secret chamber, and Luo Ming's figure vanished into thin air like a ghost, leaving only a trace of lingering spiritual energy on the futon.

Almost the instant he disappeared, a point of azure light appeared out of thin air in the main hall of the cave and shattered abruptly. Luo Ming stepped out from it, his clothes fluttering lightly, his spiritual energy still lingering, and his expression full of surprise.

When the Azure Dragon first awakened the Wood Release technique, he relied on his original bloodline, and his ability to use it was far less rapid than it is now.

"It really works!" A glint flashed in Luo Ming's eyes. Without pausing for a moment, he made another thought, and the green light rose again.

Deep beneath the cave, at a place where spiritual veins converge, a blue dragon, several times larger than before, lay on a pile of mid-grade spirit stones, crunching and munching away. It continuously absorbed the spiritual energy from the stones, its scales gleaming with a lustrous blue light. Suddenly, a faint blue light flashed beside it, and Luo Ming's figure appeared abruptly, without warning.

"Roar?" The azure dragon froze in fright, abruptly stopping its devouring. It raised its massive head in bewilderment, its vertical pupils filled with astonishment.

Upon recognizing Luo Ming as the newcomer, its vertical pupils first contracted slightly, then widened sharply. Its nostrils flared as it moved closer to Luo Ming, sniffing carefully. Then, a divine thought, filled with deep confusion and a hint of covetousness, entered Luo Ming's mind directly:

"Master? You... how come you smell so good? Your whole body is full of pure life energy, it looks delicious..." As it spoke, it unconsciously swallowed a mouthful of non-existent saliva, its huge head swaying slightly, looking like it couldn't contain itself.

Luo Ming chuckled and shook his head, instantly understanding—this was the pure life force naturally emanating from his body after he had initially awakened his Wood Spirit Body, which was undoubtedly an ultimate temptation for wood-attribute demonic beasts like the Azure Dragon.

Tianjing Sanren's voice rang out again, this time with a hint of admiration and surprise: "Just now you did not use any spells or incantations, but relied entirely on your will and your sense of wood elemental energy to perform the Wood Escape Technique, and it was so skillful and natural, without any awkwardness."

"It seems this mutated spirit's affinity for and control over the wood elemental laws far exceeds my expectations. The wood spirit's essence was initially scorched by the supreme yang fire, yet it was able to merge with the fire. Consequently, your spirit body has also been imbued with a supreme yang power that restrains yin and evil, somewhat similar to the legendary Crimson Flame Wutong spirit wood. Presumably, using this spirit body to unleash wood-attribute divine abilities will grant it extremely strong resistance to fire-attribute divine abilities. I'll tentatively call it the 'Flame Wood Body'?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Ming nodded slightly. For this kind of spirit body that had never existed before, he had to come up with the name himself. Although he wanted something more domineering, it had to be more realistic. He couldn't just call any wood-attribute spirit body something like the Withered and Flourishing Holy Body or the Bodhi Dao Body, could he?

That kind of powerful physique is only possessed by legendary immortals, which Luo Ming naturally dared not even think about now. His physique is aptly named the Flame Wood Physique.

Currently, he absorbs wood-attribute spiritual energy the fastest, having already reached the level of a Heavenly Spiritual Root. Thanks to the nourishing effects of the Heaven-Mending Pill, his spiritual energy refining efficiency for his metal, water, and earth spiritual roots far surpasses that of ordinary dual-spiritual-root cultivators, second only to Heavenly Spiritual Roots. Only his fire spiritual root remains relatively ordinary, with refining efficiency slightly better than that of a three-spiritual-root cultivator.

However, he knew in his heart that the effects of the Heaven-Mending Pill had only been half realized, and the remaining medicinal power would take decades to be slowly refined and exhausted. Once the medicinal power was fully absorbed, his fire spiritual root would inevitably grow, and at that time, the five elements of spiritual power would complement each other, making his overall cultivation speed comparable to that of a cultivator with a heavenly spiritual root.

"The cultivation world is vast and boundless, and the spiritual body and the Dao body are infinitely mysterious. It is difficult to fully comprehend their essence without personally manifesting them." The voice of the Heavenly Mirror Hermit carried a touch of distant感慨 (gǎnkǎi, deep emotion). "Just how extraordinary your 'Flame Wood Body' is, and what unique supernatural abilities you can comprehend, depends entirely on your future understanding and development. The experience of others can at most be used as a reference, but it can never become your own Dao."

Luo Ming nodded solemnly, suppressing his anticipation and curiosity for the time being. He focused his mind and carefully observed every change in his body. The five elements of spiritual energy flowed slowly through his meridians, mutually generating and circulating endlessly. In particular, the wood and fire elements did not restrain each other as expected. Instead, they created a strange harmony and symbiosis, with vitality and intensity intertwining, becoming increasingly mellow.

"Wood fuels fire... Perhaps, we could give that a try." Luo Ming's heart stirred slightly, and he slowly raised his right index finger, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes.

As his thoughts raced, a wisp of blazing white flame suddenly ignited at his fingertips. The flame flickered quietly, radiating an incomparably pure and masculine aura—this was the spiritual fire supernatural power he unleashed by drawing upon the original blood of the Fat Sun Bird.

In the past, he himself did not have a fire spirit root and could not provide continuous support of the same source of spiritual power for this spirit fire divine power. Forcibly activating it would only burn the essence of the fat sun bird's blood, which was not only costly but also had a very limited duration. Therefore, he had almost never used this spell in actual combat.

However, the situation is now completely different!

With a slight thought, Luo Ming transformed the pure and abundant wood-attribute spiritual power within his body into fire-attribute spiritual power through the principle of mutual generation of the five elements. Together with the remaining wood-attribute spiritual power, he slowly injected it into the wisp of blazing white flame at his fingertips.

A miraculous change occurred the instant the spiritual energy was infused!

The blazing white flames suddenly surged several times in size, their light blinding, with faint cracking sounds echoing. Their color also underwent a subtle transformation—the core of the white flames revealed a vibrant pale blue hue, and the flames' leaping form became even more agile, yet also carried a hint of sharp aggression. The surrounding air was slightly distorted by the extreme heat, and even the space itself rippled gently.

"Just as I thought!" Luo Ming's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and his mind suddenly cleared. "Wood generates fire. Using the Flame Wood Body to activate the Wood Spiritual Power can such a significant amplification of the power of fire-attribute divine abilities! At this moment, the intensity and agility of this flame are no less than the innate spiritual fire spewed by the Fat Sun Bird itself!"

He slowly dissipated the flames from his fingertips, a plan already formed in his mind: "In that case, I can use the primordial fire of the Fat Sun Bird in my dantian, combined with my own wood elemental power, to nurture a unique spiritual fire of my own over a long period. Later, when I use this fire to power fire-attribute magic weapons, their power will surely reach new heights, becoming another trump card in my hand!"

Thinking of the fire-attribute magic weapon, Luo Ming had a flash of inspiration. His divine sense, like an invisible thread, quietly probed into the depths of his storage bag to search for the fire-attribute treasure that he had cherished for a long time.