The Legend of Fangren

Earthly treasures and spiritual objects are the rare and precious things that cultivators begin to consume when they reach the Body Cultivation Realm.

These things seem miraculous to ordinary people, but without the aid of self-cultivation techniques, they may not be of great use and could even be harmful.

Fang Shi originally thought that the fruit was plump and miraculous because it was transformed by the power of dissolving, and therefore it was flawless. He never expected that it was actually a treasure!

It should be noted that although the name "Sky Tree" sounds imposing, it is actually just a tree that spreads everywhere due to its extremely fast growth rate. Its numbers are as numerous as the stars in the sky, hence the name "Sky Tree".

In reality, this tree, due to its haphazard growth, was light and sturdy, like rotten wood, utterly useless, only good for firewood.

Even in a poor village like Qiaocun, if they want to do business with Cangqiong wood, they have to go deep into the forest to find older Cangqiong trees before they can cut them down and sell them for money.

When it comes to ordinary wood, the first thing that comes to mind is the ubiquitous Skywood. But now, after the ubiquitous Skywood is dissolved by the power of dissolution, it can actually obtain earthly treasures and spiritual objects.

Fang Shi's heart was churning with turmoil, but the storm immediately subsided.

Heavens above! Why am I not gifted enough to cultivate?!

and many more……

As wise as Fang Shi was, he immediately thought of his own "protagonist destiny".

Yeah, he's the type to suck up to someone powerful. So why do I have such great logistical skills? It's all to feed that powerful person, isn't it?

He quickly asked, "Immortal Master, can he eat this Cangqiong Guoluo River?"

"able."

Zhang Kongming nodded, then shook his head: "But it's not suitable for him. This Azure Sky Fruit is a first-tier wood-elemental earth treasure, which is mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining with Luo He's metal element. As the saying goes, metal overcomes wood, and harming wood damages metal. If Luo He eats this Azure Sky Fruit, not only will the wood element's profound energy be destroyed, but his own metal element's profound energy will also be depleted. He hasn't completed his outer qi circulation yet, and he only has innate profound energy in his body. It would be a loss for him to suffer such a loss."

"So, the Azure Sky Fruit is like poison to Luo He?"

"That is indeed true in terms of spiritual practice."

Upon hearing this, Fang Shi immediately deflated. He looked at Luo He beside him with a hint of regret, only to see that the guy had shrunk away in fear.

"What are you afraid of?"

"Of course I'm afraid of poison."

Seeing the two bickering, Zhang Kongming laughed and said to Fang Shi, "Although you can't eat the Luo River, you can."

"I?"

Fang Shi pointed to himself, puzzled, and said, "But don't I lack the aptitude for cultivation?"

"Indeed, but everything depends on the circumstances."

Zhang Kongming shook his head and said softly, "When I said you belong to the Yin Wood element, I meant that you have no manifest appearance, that is, the five elements in your body are balanced and none of them are prominent, which is Yin. The Wood element governs the order of laws and is the appearance of living beings, hence the name Yin Wood element."

"So?" Fang Shi raised an eyebrow.

Immortal Master, besides telling me that I'm even more useless than I imagined, your words don't seem to explain why I can eat this.

"Therefore, this level of wood-element earth treasure is suitable for mortals to consume, but the most suitable one is still earth-element spiritual objects, since water dissolves earth to give birth to wood, which is the mother of all living things. This is the principle of how the water and soil of a place nurture its people."

"I see."

With mixed feelings, Fang Shi could only say that it was indeed a skill tailored for his own worthless nature, capable of dissolving both wood and earth substances with his bare hands.

Wait... Civil engineering... useless, how come it sounds like a phrase I've heard of in my past life?

Oh no, I never thought that he, who almost went to study civil engineering, would still not be able to escape this world.

Since that's the case, I won't stand on ceremony.

Fang Shi opened his mouth, tilted his head back, and tossed the bead-sized Sky Fruit into his mouth, chewing it with a loud smacking sound.

Having grown up seeing the Sky Tree every day, this is the first time I've tasted its fruit. As for the taste...

"oh oh!"

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Luo He was startled when he saw Fang Shi shudder as if he had been electrocuted.

Could it be that this fruit is prickly?

Of course not. Fang Shi was shocked by the sweet and sour taste of the fruit, which was more stimulating to his taste buds than any wild fruit he had eaten in the past few years. It was as if his sense of taste had been instantly elevated to a new level.

"It's so delicious!"

Seeing his antics, Zhang Kongming laughed and said, "It's not surprising. The flavors of the five elements are naturally present on the tongue. What's good for the body will naturally taste good."

"But I feel that this deliciousness is not something my palate can taste."

In my past life memories, I knew that the number of taste buds a person has is limited, meaning that no matter how delicious a flavor is, there is an upper limit.

Hmm... Did the concept of Xuan Qi exist in my past life?

No.

"Ha, don't underestimate cultivation. It's said that some cultivators keep cultivating, not for anything else, but just to be able to taste even more delicious spiritual fruits. It's clear that this first-tier spiritual fruit is nothing special."

"what?"

Damn it!!!

Fang Shi cried out in his heart in despair. He could have been indifferent to the idea of ​​immortality and seclusion, but now he was being told that there were actually a ton of delicious spiritual creatures?!

I...I...I might as well not live anymore!

Fang Shina was filled with a thousand unwillingnesses. He even had a plan for his death: before he died, he would ask Luo He to get him a high-level spiritual fruit, which he would then swallow whole. He would either choke to death or die from a burst of profound energy amidst the endless deliciousness, which would be a life well-lived.

Isn't this protagonist a bit pathetic...?

What a pathetic thing to do! Birds die for food, and so do people.

Through countless dynasties and dynasties, all that remains is a wisp of smoke rising from the stove.

I'm going to eat, eat, eat!

However, before he could completely give up, Fang Shi still asked somewhat unwillingly, "Immortal Master, do I really have absolutely no qualifications for cultivation?"

"This..." Zhang Kongming's gaze fell downwards, and Fang Shi's heart also sank.

"It's not entirely certain."

Ok?

Fang Shi's heart was pulled up again by the rope.

Immortal Master, just be direct, don't try this eye contact bungee jumping game.

"As I just said, the reason I said you lack the aptitude for cultivation is because your five elements are balanced, with none excelling..."

Now that we know about the immortal, can we skip the part about the useless person and repeat it?

"This also means that the innate five elements of profound energy in your body cannot be extracted individually; you either cannot extract any of them, or you must extract all five together."

Doesn't that sound pretty impressive?

"However, you must know that the essence of refining Xuan Qi into the body, regardless of the type of cultivator, is to allow external Xuan Qi to circulate through the Five Elements within the body, causing the innate Five Elements to overflow, and then using the most abundant original Xuan Qi to open up the external Xuan Qi circulation."

"External Xuan Qi is natural Qi, which is too domineering compared to the innate Xuan Qi in the body. Those who have attained the original form can use their own elemental Xuan Qi as a foundation and refine external Xuan Qi according to the principle of mutual generation and restraint of the five elements."

"But none of the five elements of profound energy in your body are prominent. Only the wood element of profound energy is slightly prominent because you are a living being. This means that you are refining profound energy very slowly and in small amounts. Moreover, the profound energy entering your body has to go through the mutual generation of the five elements, that is, the inner cycle of the heavenly circulation. This is another layer of reduction. After that, you have to separate the profound energy from the inner cycle of profound energy to cultivate the outer cycle of the heavenly circulation."

"Your five elements are balanced, meaning that once you separate a portion of your profound energy from your inner circumference, the other four elements of profound energy will immediately fill the gap, causing a deficiency in your inner circumference. This forces you to forcibly retract the separated profound energy, so you can only make the five elements of your inner circumference overflow simultaneously."

"In short, you were three points slower in refining and releasing the profound energy into your body, not to mention that it is extremely dangerous to fill the five phases of profound energy at the same time. If you are not careful, your inner circulation will self-destruct. At best, you will be worse than an ordinary person, and at worst, you will die on the spot."

So I'll emphasize it again, your level of incompetence is beyond your imagination.

"I see." Fang Shi smiled with relief after hearing this.

Damn it.