Chapter 498: The Fifth Divine Ability
Chapter 498: The Fifth Divine Ability
Jiang Chen considered his established image within the immortal sect-a dual Water and Wood Spirit Root cultivator. Because of this, he retracted the Water Spirit Root, electing to keep it temporarily unseparated.
In other words, he only separated out the Metal Spirit Root Jushou, the Fire Spirit Root Zhu Rong, and the Earth Spirit Root Houtu.
This sealed his main body’s cultivation at the Earth-Grade Golden Core level. The projected Spirit Roots originally manifested at the Human-Grade Golden Core stage, but once granted a divine ability, they would also be elevated to the Earth-Grade.
Currently, Jiang Chen possessed four divine abilities: Five-Colored Divine Light, Myriad Bug Broodmother, Calling Wind and Summoning Rain, and Thousand Mechanisms Myriad Transformations.
The Five-Colored Divine Light could only be driven by all five elemental Spirit Roots.
Calling Wind and Summoning Rain could only be channeled through a Water or Wind Spirit Root.
As a result, there were not enough divine abilities to distribute.
After all, only the Myriad Bug Broodmother and Thousand Mechanisms Myriad Transformations remained.
If it were anyone else, this predicament wouldn’t exist. Awakening a single divine ability was cause for universal celebration. Yet in his case, he actually didn’t have enough to go around.Jiang Chen thought it over, his gaze turning toward the Spatial Earth Essence Fruit on the other side.
Two had been produced previously. One had been used to craft a small Teleportation Formation, while the other remained unused, waiting for an opportunity.
If his memory served him right, consuming this thing carried a certain probability to Awaken a divine ability known as Shrinking the Earth to an Inch.
On the surface, it seemed like it could only be used for travel.
But in reality, as long as one knew how to use it, it could be used in combat, allowing one to appear and disappear unpredictably.
In short, it was by no means a simple divine ability.
Thinking of this, Jiang Chen could only gamble on his luck.
After all, things had been going well recently, and everything was quite smooth.
He hadn’t encountered anyone making things difficult for him, nor had he experienced anything unpleasant.
His mood was pretty good every day anyway, especially at night.
Soon, he arrived before the Spatial Earth Essence Fruit again.
To someone who didn’t recognize it, they wouldn’t consider this earthy-yellow crystal-like object to be a fruit at all, much less understand its miraculous properties.
Without any hesitation, Jiang Chen decisively reached out and applied a little force. With a crisp “crack,” he plucked it right off.
At the same time, having lost its fruit, the Spatial Earth Essence Fruit tree’s nine petals began to wither at a visible rate, eventually turning back into earth qi and merging into the five-colored soil below.
It actually gave off a profound sense of “ashes to ashes, dust to dust.”
Immediately after, Jiang Chen stuffed the fruit into his mouth and began to chew.
At first, the surface was extremely hard, and the texture wasn’t very good, as if he were biting into a stone.
As he chewed more, especially when he reached the inside, the texture changed. The deeper he went, the more pliable it became, even revealing a molten core.
As for the taste, there really wasn’t any.
It tasted like chewing wax; it wasn’t delicious at all.
Of course, others wouldn’t be willing to eat this thing in the first place; it was meant to be used for refining Teleportation Formations or incredibly rare items.
Only someone like Jiang Chen, who could continuously cultivate them, would have the heart to eat it.
Even if it was gone, he could just find an opportunity to consume earth qi again and grow another one.
It was just like chives in the field; harvest one batch, and another would grow.
After eating the entire fruit, he didn’t feel anything at first. Just when Jiang Chen thought he had failed, a vortex seemed to appear inside his body, constantly attracting, calling, and resonating with the surrounding earth qi.
But for some reason, it felt stuck, as if something was missing.
Jiang Chen quickly reacted and glanced at the Earth Spirit Root beside him. He then waved his hand, and she immediately transformed into a streak of light, diving back into his body.
Sure enough, as the sealed Earth Spirit Root was unsealed, the absorbed earth qi seemed to find an outlet, immediately beginning to gather and condense.
A wonderfully beautiful “ding” rang out.
Following that, his attribute panel changed.
Jiang Chen
Male
32 years old
Water, Wood, and Earth Spirit Roots
Earth-Grade Golden Core: Early Stage
Divine Abilities: Five-Colored Divine Light, Myriad Bug Broodmother, Calling Wind and Summoning Rain, Thousand Mechanisms Myriad Transformations, Shrinking the Earth to an Inch
Miracle Hands Level: Puppetry, Rune Crafting, Artifact Refining, Formation Crafting
Max-Level Cultivation Arts: Myriad Insects Secret Record, Nine Flames Mystic Art, Nine Curves Tide Generating Art, Four Seasons Scripture, Return to Origin Art
Max-Level Techniques: Overturning Sea Seal, Spirit Pointing Finger, Spirit Finger, Scorching Sun Finger, Golden Blade Technique, Nine Gold-Splitting Slashes
Movement: Nine Transformations of the Wandering Dragon (Third Transformation)
Remaining Lifespan: 22,923 years
After reviewing his attributes, Jiang Chen fell deep into thought. It was a long while before he said, “These are not the attributes an Earth-Grade Golden Core should possess.”
What kind of Earth-Grade Golden Core possessed five divine abilities?
What kind of Earth-Grade Golden Core had so many max-level cultivation arts and techniques?
What kind of Earth-Grade Golden Core actually had a Lifespan of over twenty thousand years?
Even though this person was himself, he still found it absurd!
Before distributing the divine abilities, Jiang Chen tested out Shrinking the Earth to an Inch.
He had originally thought that executing it would be like Teleportation, but he found that wasn’t the case.
For example, when Jiang Chen wanted to go to the Water Spirit Palace, while staring at it, the surroundings instantly blurred. Only his destination was clear, constantly zooming in right before his eyes.
When he lifted his right foot and set it down, he had already crossed a distance of at least a thousand meters, appearing at the entrance of the Water Spirit Palace. Furthermore, there was no commotion at all; the entire process was incredibly smooth.
Jiang Chen nodded slightly and said, “This divine ability is quite interesting, very suitable for mining!”
With this, he now had five divine abilities, making them much easier to distribute.
The Metal Spirit Root Jushou obtained Thousand Mechanisms Myriad Transformations, mastering Puppetry and Artifact Refining.
The Earth Spirit Root Houtu obtained Shrinking the Earth to an Inch, allowing for better exploration and mining.
The Fire Spirit Root Zhu Rong had to settle for the Myriad Bug Broodmother, as there was no more suitable divine ability.
Besides, birds eat bugs. Thinking about it this way, it actually made sense.
Jiang Chen cast a glance inside the Water Spirit Palace and saw Little Linglong reading and writing. He didn’t disturb her, but instead cast Shrinking the Earth to an Inch again, arriving near the Teleportation Formation in the blink of an eye.
He first separated Houtu out, then re-examined the three of them.
After thinking it over, it suddenly dawned on him.
Although the projections had divine abilities, cultivation arts, and techniques, they were still lacking a set of equipment, a set that could crush others at the same level.
Fortunately, Jiang Chen had been privately refining artifacts all along, so he had plenty of stock. Therefore, he pulled out three sets.
Metal Spirit Root Jushou: Gengjin Evil-Slaying Sword, Black Iron Chainmail, Melting Gold Ring, Storage Gold Belt, Earth-Cracking Gold Boots, Sunflower Emitting Blue Flames.
Earth Spirit Root Houtu: Earth Pattern Crown, Earth-Stabilizing Bead Necklace, Earth Mother Armor, Condensed Earth Ring, Storage Ring, Steady Earth Boots, Jin Xuanzi’s Compass, Treasure Hunting Chisel.
Fire Spirit Root Zhu Rong: Fire Crow Soul-Guiding Staff, Fire Crow Feather Crown, Sky-Burning Fire Cloud Shoulder Guards, Glazed Fire Cloud Pattern Robe, Flame Pants, Scorching Wind Boots, Refining Fire Jade Bracelet, Storage Pill Pouch.
Aside from the scavenged ones, the rest were all high-grade Spirit Weapons with 4 to 6 patterns.
This way, the three projections didn’t look like ordinary cultivators. From their attire to their temperament, others would mistake them for core disciples from some immortal sect, which would save them a lot of trouble.
Seeing that they were about ready, Jiang Chen pointed to the location of the small Teleportation Formation and chuckled lightly, “You three, from here on out, it’s all up to you!”