Hermit in the Mountains

Gu Changsheng stopped worrying about how he acquired his comprehension. He raised his right hand, palm facing up, in the shape of a blooming flower, and manifested the mantra.

"Taiyin Gathering Spirit Technique... Condensation Liquid..."

As he finished reciting the five words "Taiyin Gathering Spirit Technique" one by one, the "Taiyin Gathering Spirit Seal" in the "Withering and Flourishing Dao Seed" in his sea of ​​consciousness was projected onto the empty space in his right palm. The entire spellcasting process was completed in the blink of an eye.

A pale blue aura gathered from all directions from the palm of the hand.

He paused for a moment, and the instant he uttered the word "condensed liquid," the pale blue aura in his palm disappeared, leaving a drop of blue liquid suspended in his palm.

In just ten seconds, the entire process was completed, from the projection of the "Taiyin Gathering Spirit Seal," the activation of the recognition system, the unfolding of the traction force, the gathering of spiritual energy, to the final cooling into liquid.

He used the "Taiyin Gathering Spirit Technique" again, looking at the few wisps of pale blue spiritual energy floating in his palm. Ten seconds passed and it did not condense into liquid. Twenty seconds passed and it remained unchanged, with no spiritual liquid appearing.

As soon as the thought crossed his mind, he spread out his senses and discovered why the spiritual liquid had not taken shape: the wood spiritual energy particles within a radius of forty meters had been drained. Without raw materials, the spiritual liquid could not be produced.

He was too lazy to go outside to condense wood spirit liquid; he'd rather use that time to try other attribute spirit particles.

He focused his mind back on the "Taiyin Gathering Spirit Seal." The nodes on the Three Talents Qi-Guiding Ring only contained wood-elemental energy particles transformed from the "Power of Glory." To condense other attribute spiritual liquids, he needed to add corresponding attribute identification anchor points, which meant injecting other attribute spiritual energy particles into the identification nodes.

To condense water spirit liquid, inject water spirit energy particles into the identification node; the same principle applies to condensing other attribute spirit energy.

He possesses wood elemental energy within himself, but other elemental energy can only be temporarily obtained from external sources, and must be replenished once it is used up.

Gu Changsheng considered things further ahead: would introducing other attribute spiritual energy particles cause conflicts or contaminate the "Taiyin Gathering Spirit Seal," causing damage to the seal? And would the even worse consequences affect the "Withering and Flourishing Dao Seed"?

Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

He still decided to give it a try, and with a thought, he used the "Taiyin Gathering Spirit Technique".

This time, when he projected the "Taiyin Gathering Spirit Seal", the spiritual energy attribute identification node was empty. Sure enough, the spell was only half completed, and he did not randomly draw spiritual energy.

The power of divine sense guided the water elemental particles into the projection of the "Taiyin Gathering Spirit Seal," until all twenty-seven nodes were filled with water elemental particles.

The spell completed the final step, drawing water elemental particles within a forty-meter radius to the palm of the hand.

His divine sense observed the changes in his palm and the 'Taiyin Gathering Spirit Seal'.

As expected, the water elemental particles were consumed after entering the "Taiyin Gathering Spirit Seal". The seal itself has not yet suffered any wear and tear, which should be related to the fact that water nourishes wood.

The condensation time is longer, and the water spirit particles are taken from the outside world. The condensed water spirit liquid contains impurities, unlike the pure wood spirit liquid which can be directly absorbed. The water spirit liquid needs to be purified once more, otherwise excessive absorption will produce impurities in the body, which is detrimental to cultivation.

Every medicine has some degree of toxicity, and spiritual energy containing impurities is no exception.

Gu Changsheng went to the living room and took several mineral water bottles, placing them on the bedside table. He then collected the water essence into an empty bottle.

Next, he tried to condense fire spirit liquid, earth spirit liquid, and metal spirit liquid. The condensation time was longer and longer for each of them, and the impurities contained in each of them were more and more numerous.

The condensation process of Fire Spirit Liquid and Metal Spirit Liquid causes the most damage to the 'Taiyin Gathering Spirit Seal', reaching up to 50%. At most, only one or two drops of spirit liquid can be condensed when the 'Taiyin Gathering Spirit Technique' is used once.

Seeing this, Gu Changsheng abandoned his idea of ​​trying to introduce other attribute spiritual energy particles into the 'Taiyin Gathering Spirit Seal'.

He looked at the five bottles lined up on the bedside table, each containing a different element: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

The Golden Spirit Liquid is a pale gold color, the Water Spirit Liquid is a pale blue color, the Fire Spirit Liquid is a pale red color, and the Earth Spirit Liquid is a pale yellow color.

Wood Spirit Liquid is a light blue color, slightly darker than the other four types of spirit liquids.

The experiment showed that spiritual energy that does not match one's own spiritual root attributes must not be absorbed, and cultivation experience increased by 1.

In one day, Gu Changsheng mastered the method of purifying spiritual liquid by utilizing the killing properties of the "Power of Wither".

He attempted to introduce the "Power of Withering" into the "Taiyin Gathering Spirit Seal," but unfortunately, he failed.

Failure is the mother of success, and this failure also provided him with ideas: the "Taiyin Gathering Spirit Technique" could still be improved.

Since he specializes in the "Path of Withering and Flourishing", the "Taiyin Gathering Spirit Technique" can be perfected in the direction of the "Path of Withering and Flourishing Gathering Spirit Technique".

The next morning, a large yellow dog was squatting on the floor of the living room of the wooden house in front of Gu Changsheng, and a large rooster was standing next to the dog.

The big yellow dog was panting, and the rooster kept looking down at the ground for something.

Gu Changsheng sat cross-legged on the mat on the ground, picked up the mineral water bottle containing the Fire Spirit Liquid with his left hand, activated his divine sense, and pointed his right hand at the rooster with a sword-finger gesture, "Big Red, stand still and open your mouth."

The absent-minded rooster seemed to understand, its body standing at attention like a soldier, head held high, chest puffed out, staring at Gu Changsheng with its sharp beak open.

"Coo coo..."

Gu Changsheng pointed his sword finger at the mineral water bottle and forcefully swung it towards the rooster's beak, sending a faint red fire spirit liquid flying into the rooster's mouth.

The Fire Spirit Liquid melted instantly upon entering the mouth, transforming into scalding spiritual energy that spread throughout the rooster's body.

The rooster began flapping its wings, as if fanning itself to cool down. Without Gu Changsheng's command, it dared not run around and instead flapped its wings and darted up and down in place, crowing loudly.

"Coo coo coo........"

"oh--"

Gu Changsheng kept observing the changes inside the rooster's body with his divine sense. The fire spirit liquid flowed through the rooster's body, and wisps of fire spirit energy were burning away the impurities inside it.

Big Yellow, standing nearby, turned and glared at the rooster, as if to say, "Hey rooster, you're no good. Just wait and see how I, Dog, perform."

The rooster danced the "Kun Dance" in place for three minutes, then collapsed on the ground, exhausted. Its feathers became shiny and even more beautiful.

Da Hong is a purebred Chinese five-colored rooster. Its bright red comb, golden yellow, jet black, emerald green, and light purple feathers are lifelike. In addition, Gu Changsheng has guided the wood spiritual energy to nourish it for several days, which has improved the conversion efficiency of fire spiritual energy. Now it is even more miraculous in absorbing fire spiritual energy.

Seeing that Da Hong was only exhausted and had no other adverse reactions, Gu Changsheng turned his gaze to Da Huang on the left.

Gu Changsheng didn't speak, but Da Huang wisely opened its mouth, its face full of obsequiousness, as if to say, "Master, I understand the procedure."

Gu Changsheng looked at the fawning Da Huang, who was a complete yellow-haired bastard. Without saying a word, he opened the mineral water bottle containing the Wind Spirit Liquid, drew an arc with his sword finger, and the colorless liquid, like spring water, flew into Da Huang's mouth.

When Dahuang absorbed the Wind Spirit Liquid, its dog body trembled slightly but then returned to normal; it was used to the pain caused by the torment inside its body.

Big Yellow didn't forget to turn its head and look at the rooster lying on the ground next to it, with a defiant look on its face, as if to say, "Look at me, I don't feel anything, so composed. Learn from me, that's a real male dog."

The rooster seemed to understand the disdain in Big Yellow's eyes. It slowly stood up, twisted its neck, and comfortably flapped its wings, crowing at Gu Changsheng as if to express its gratitude.

"Coo coo coo..."