In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 123 Then all my cultivation of immortality was for nothing?

So the question is, what kind of spiritual root could attract the joint pursuit of both the righteous and demonic paths as soon as it is born?
Could it be that the system is just trying to scare people?

With a skeptical mindset, Su Yuan continued reading.

After reading the detailed description of the effects of the Senluo Spirit Root, Su Yuan fell silent.

Because this spiritual root is indeed evil in every sense of the word! It sends chills down your spine just by looking at it!

[Senluo Spiritual Root Effect 1: Extends invisible tentacles, piercing into the target's dantian, drawing upon the target's spiritual power for its own use!]

[Effect 2: If the target's dantian contains a spiritual root, the user can control tentacles to directly pierce into the target's spiritual root, absorbing its nutrients to level up!]

Fortunately, this was Su Yuan's own spiritual root. If he had known that the spiritual root belonged to someone else, he would definitely have treated that person as a mortal enemy and been on guard against them.

He could already picture the storyline.

A powerful demonic cultivator who prematurely revealed his Senluo spiritual root was hunted down for the rest of his life and eventually died in a siege. Fortunately, a wisp of his remnant soul was reborn on the day he awakened his spiritual root.

Everyone thought this person had awakened a useless spiritual root, but this powerful figure repeatedly humiliated those who mocked him, secretly absorbing all the spiritual roots and spiritual power of his competitors, making it as easy as eating and drinking to kill enemies of higher levels, and regaining his position as Demon Lord...

The taste is too strong!

No wonder the ancient cultivation world wanted to kill anyone who possessed the Senluo Spirit Root.

Can this be played without cutting?
But then again, now it's Su Yuan who has this spiritual root!
All he could say was... Well done, Tongzi!

Leaving aside the ability to absorb the spiritual power of others for one's own use, the ability to absorb the nourishment of other spiritual roots for one's own use is perfectly legal and reasonable in modern times.

It's very simple, just buy artificial spiritual roots, right?

Hehehe! All that hard-earned money I've saved up for so long is finally going to come in handy!

The artificial spiritual root industry in this era is quite advanced, and spiritual roots can be divided into three levels based on their energy efficiency.

Of course, depending on the techniques and strength of the sects that produce the spiritual roots, there are also differences between spiritual roots of the same level.

The lowest level is the ordinary spiritual root, which Su Yuan used to frequently use; it can be rented for an hour for 500 yuan.

The highest level is naturally the Heavenly Spiritual Root, which costs 200,000 to rent for 12 hours, and you have to make an appointment to rent it, so it is extremely scarce.

The highest grade consists of Immortal Spiritual Roots produced by the Ten Great Immortal Sects and circulated only within their own sects! They are priceless!

Unless one naturally awakens a celestial-grade spiritual root, no one outside the ten great immortal sects can even see a celestial spiritual root!

So, putting aside the Immortal Spirit Root, what are the prices of the other two types of Spirit Roots?

The theoretical market price of a Heavenly Spiritual Root is 100 million.

However, due to the limited number of sects capable of producing Heavenly Spiritual Roots and the extremely low production volume, the price of each batch of Heavenly Spiritual Roots is far higher than the factory price! It's possible for the price to increase fivefold or even tenfold.

Those with special attributes and celestial spiritual roots will only be more expensive.

Su Yuan couldn't afford it even if he sold himself.

So why are spiritual roots so expensive?

The reason is simple: artificial spiritual roots can be permanently implanted in a cultivator's body, permanently enhancing the cultivator's potential for immortality.

If we compare foundation building to constructing a house, then spiritual roots are the foundation.

Building a foundation on the basis of having spiritual roots and forcibly building a foundation without having spiritual roots are two different concepts.

This is especially true for geniuses who come from prominent families but have not awakened their spiritual roots.

Xiao Meng is a good example. She has the Yin Fire lineage and the Yin Fire spirit body, but what about her weakness in spiritual root?
Naturally, one would need to transplant a spiritual root donated by someone else, or an artificial spiritual root.

Donating spiritual roots... well, that's too shady to even mention. If someone of this level of wealth is so eager to acquire something, how could it not command a premium?
However, given Xiao Meng's ambitions, she probably wouldn't even consider a Heavenly Spiritual Root. Instead, she would wait until she gets into one of the top ten universities to pursue the legendary Immortal Spiritual Root.

In fact, Su Yuan's purpose in working and saving money before obtaining the system was to buy a better artificial spiritual root before he could establish his foundation.

Even after he acquired the system, he still harbored such thoughts.

Now that the system has given him a spiritual root, he can theoretically save the money he would have spent on purchasing it.

After all, according to the introduction of Senluo Spirit Root, this thing has already reached the pinnacle of ordinary spirit roots as soon as it awakens, and is only one step away from the heavenly spirit root.

Even without upgrading, someone who can naturally awaken a spiritual root of this level is a genius that top universities would be vying for.

But... it's human nature to want more after getting what you want.

Having an ordinary spiritual root, one naturally desires a celestial spiritual root; having a celestial spiritual root, one naturally pursues an immortal spiritual root.

Su Yuan, naturally, was no exception and was already eager to upgrade his Senluo Spirit Root to a Heavenly Spirit Root.

Su Yuan couldn't afford an artificial celestial spiritual root, but an ordinary spiritual root was something he could consider.

The production of spiritual roots at this level is very high, and there are no issues of limited supply or premium pricing.

Su Yuan took out his phone, opened the official website of a spiritual root production sect called "Wugenmen," and found their product details page for spiritual roots without attributes.

Various types of ordinary spiritual roots, including those that are attached to the abdomen, implanted, or worn on the head, appeared before Su Yuan.

The model that is implanted directly into the dantian is naturally the most expensive, costing up to ten million!

Upon seeing the price, Su Yuan even had the urge to put on black stockings and snatch someone else's spiritual root.

Ten million?

He's worked so hard on his live streams and been a paid troll for so long, but he's still a long way from saving up ten million!
Although there are loan options available with a maximum installment period of 360 months, what the hell is the difference between this and buying a house in my previous life?
When I was an ordinary person, I had to take out a 30-year mortgage. If I become an immortal, I have to take out a 30-year spiritual root loan. Does that mean my immortal cultivation was for nothing?

That explains why even righteous cultivators in ancient times often killed and robbed others.

Who wouldn't love to do business with no initial investment?

After much deliberation, Su Yuan finally closed the shopping page.

I absolutely refuse to take out a loan. Let's save up ten million first before considering whether to buy.

A common-grade Senluo spiritual root is sufficient; there's no need to force yourself to a celestial spiritual root.

His limited funds forced Su Yuan to suppress the urge to blindly upgrade his equipment, and he began to happily experience the boost brought by the Senluo Spirit Root.

After a night of cultivation, Su Yuan could only say... It's really delicious!
Before he began cultivating, his spiritual power level was only 78.6.

Overnight, his spiritual power level soared to 79.3, and thanks to the effect of his spiritual root, his abyssal spiritual power was purified once again.

He is expected to break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining within the next day or two.

While it may not be comparable to a Heavenly Spiritual Root, the gap isn't too significant.

Not long after Su Yuan finished his cultivation, the boarding hatch in his room slowly opened.

Chen Nuoyi stepped out of the cabin, her beautiful eyes gazing at Su Yuan, who was still meditating on the bed, and said:

"Today seems to be the day Teacher Taibai leaves Taihua City. He will say goodbye to us in class this morning, so let's hurry up and set off."

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