Chapter 10: Innate Ice Spirit Root
Before Fei Changxiu could make a move, Ming Chenxing leaped onto the arena first, picked up Ming Zhaoshuang, and left the competition grounds.
At this moment, a warm spiritual flow surged from Ming Zhaoshuang’s limbs and bones, slowly flowing, swirling, and overflowing throughout her entire body.
However, Ming Zhaoshuang couldn’t control these spiritual flows. She could only helplessly watch as they ran rampant inside her body like headless earthworms, without a beginning or an end.
“Host, form your Golden Core.”
Finally, the System couldn’t help but remind her.
After several days of silence from the System, hearing it now, Ming Zhaoshuang finally realized that she had broken through.
Without a Golden Core, these spiritual flows could only wander aimlessly within her body.
But she looked at her insubstantial body and then remembered that she had fainted earlier, her consciousness seeming to have left her body and gone somewhere unknown.
At this moment, the surroundings were vast and hazy. All she could see was the Milky Way like a silken ribbon and stars like a sea. Above and below was a boundless night sky, silent and bright.
Ming Zhaoshuang found this place both familiar and strange, always feeling as though she had seen it before.
Ming Zhaoshuang said, “I haven’t woken up, is that okay?”
“Of course,” the System said:
“Follow my steps: Relax your entire body, guide the spiritual flow, place your hands crossed over your Dantian, and guide the spiritual energy towards the fireball in your Dantian…”
The System’s instructions were very detailed. Ming Zhaoshuang followed her directions precisely and gathered spiritual energy, condensing it into a small, snow-white pearl in her Dantian. The pearl shimmered and was engraved with golden patterns.
“Innate Ice Spirit Root!”
The System exclaimed, “That’s not right, wasn’t it a Supreme Ice Spirit Root before?”
Spirit Roots are divided into Mortal Grade, Low Grade, Mid Grade, High Grade, Supreme Grade, and Innate Grade.
Mortal Grade is the lowest. Even among ordinary people, half possess it. Their cultivation will at most reach Foundation Establishment, so no sect would accept someone with a Mortal Grade Spirit Root.
As for Low Grade, those with good talent can cultivate to the Golden Core stage, so sects occasionally accept them as outer disciples.
Mid Grade is the primary recruitment target for entire sects in the Lower Cultivation World, considered average.
As for High Grade, it rarely appears and usually consists of Core Disciples in the Lower Cultivation World.
As for Supreme Grade, these individuals are destined to cultivate to the Deity Transformation stage, so when they appear, they become targets of competition among great sects.
Ming Zhaoshuang’s adopted elder brother, Ming Chenxing, has a Peak Grade Gold Spirit Root. If it weren’t for Ming Zhaoshuang’s blood relation, Ming Chenxing could likely have held the position of Young Master of the Ming Family.
And Fei Changxiu, who fought Ming Zhaoshuang earlier, also has a Peak Grade Wind Spirit Root, just one Sect Grand Competition away from securing the title of Chief Senior Disciple of the Ao Tian Sect.
And Ming Zhaoshuang, surprisingly, has an Innate Ice Spirit Root! Innate!
The System said excitedly:
“Normal Golden Cores have golden pills wrapped with attribute patterns, only Golden Cores from Innate Spirit Roots have attribute pills wrapped with golden patterns. Host, yours is definitely an Innate Ice Spirit Root!”
An Innate Spirit Root allows one to cultivate at least to the Mahayana Stage, meaning her distance from successful Ascension has significantly shortened.
No one understands better than the System that for the Great Dao of Cultivation, talent is the most important thing. Effort is simply worthless in the face of talent.
Even the “Waste” type Male Protagonist, Long Aotian, Qin Feilong, was able to ascend because he awakened his Dragon Clan bloodline and evolved his Supreme Spirit Root into an Innate Spirit Root.
Not only an Innate Spirit Root, but an Innate Ice Spirit Root, which is inherently rare.
It’s no wonder that after the original owner failed the three-year pact with the Male Protagonist, she was still accepted by a major sect in the Upper Cultivation World and even became the Cangshan Saintess who could contend with the original Female Protagonist!
“No, no, if it’s an Innate Ice Spirit Root, then why does it feel like it’s only as good as a Supreme Ice Spirit Root?”
Before Ming Zhaoshuang could reply, the System began to mutter, “Could it be that there’s something in this body that I don’t know about?”
Ming Zhaoshuang only felt something faint and intangible gently probing her soul body, as if searching for something within it.
And this faint and intangible something made her feel like… consciousness, human consciousness.
Perhaps someone behind the System was controlling it.
Ming Zhaoshuang thought, sighing, genuinely curious about who could be so lively.
As she thought this, Ming Zhaoshuang’s mind felt a chill, and then the System’s voice rang out:
“Found it! So it’s here! Who sealed it in your Sea of Consciousness! Watch me open—”
“Hold on,”
The System hesitated for a moment, seeming to struggle before saying, “Your Sea of Consciousness is too weak. If I forcefully open the seal like this, I might turn you into an idiot.”
Ming Zhaoshuang saw that it was indeed the case and said, “In that case, let’s open it another day.”
After all, in the Lower Cultivation World, Innate Spirit Roots have almost never appeared. Standing out like a tall tree invites the wind. She has only just formed her core, so it’s best not to be too ostentatious.
The System said, “Mm-hmm, it can only be this way for now. Host, your Soul Power is too poor, your Sea of Consciousness can’t even contain yourself. I’ll give you a book on cultivating the Sea of Consciousness, read it carefully.”
Hearing the System say this, Ming Zhaoshuang suddenly realized. She wondered why this place felt so familiar, and now she knew it was because her own Sea of Consciousness was similar to this.
It’s just that her Sea of Consciousness was like a small, nearly dry ditch that could be seen at a glance, whereas this place was an ocean that flowed endlessly, boundless.
Could this be the System’s Sea of Consciousness?
Ming Zhaoshuang couldn’t help but wonder.
The System originally intended to take her soul body to her Sea of Consciousness but found it pitifully small and unable to accommodate it.
So it brought her into its own Sea of Consciousness to help her form her Golden Core.
One had to admit, the System’s Sea of Consciousness was truly powerful, not only vast and boundless but also sparkling with starlight. One could not imagine how strong the System’s Soul Power was.
Who says this golden finger isn’t powerful? This golden finger is incredibly powerful.
Ming Zhaoshuang touched the book in her hand, which had “Soul Power Cultivation: Basic Introduction” printed in golden letters on it, and sighed.
One must know that in the Lower Cultivation World, no one would even consider the issue of cultivating Soul Power. And in the Upper Cultivation World, aside from the Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea, there were very few people who cultivated Soul Power.
The reason Qin Feilong could level up and fight against stronger opponents all the way was inseparable from his continuous cultivation of Soul Power.
But did others not want to cultivate Soul Power? It was simply because cultivation techniques for Soul Power were too scarce, and they couldn’t be found.
Didn’t Qin Feilong also rely on Shen Liqian’s support, using the secret manuals she gave him to slowly cultivate Soul Power through trial and error?
Ming Zhaoshuang said, “System, you’re too kind.”
