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1.03% Sage of Humanity / Chapter 6: Chapter 4 Talent Tree (Thanks to Alliance Hierarch ChiChiC for the reward)

Capítulo 6: Chapter 4 Talent Tree (Thanks to Alliance Hierarch ChiChiC for the reward)

In the crackling sound of explosions, a faint flame flickered several times before finally extinguishing.

The torch stuck in the dark post had burnt out.

The hidden mine shaft plunged into darkness, but Lu Ye had not completely lost light. In what should have been pitch-black surroundings, he could still see faint glimmers; he could make out the outline of Manager Yang's corpse nearby, and also the cold light on the sword he had thrown aside...

It was not that the mine shaft was not dark enough, but that his vision had enhanced.

After opening his own spiritual orifice, Lu Ye distinctly felt some wonderful changes in his body; even his weakened body, due to injuries, unexpectedly gained much strength.

"Haha... hahahaha... hahahahaha..." Lu Ye couldn't help but burst into wild laughter. The laughter echoed in the enclosed environment until it pulled at his injuries, and he quickly stopped himself.

Suppressing the joy in his heart, he recalled the recent turn of events.

What he could confirm was that his sudden orifice-opening related to the Shadow Tree and that dark red ore he had never seen before.

No, the ore was not the focus; the focus was the orange-yellow flame inside it!

The Shadow Tree had grown roots and devoured the flame, and as a result, he had opened his orifice.

Such a change in the Shadow Tree had never happened; it must have been stimulated by the orange-yellow flame...

It seemed his earlier thoughts were not wrong; the Shadow Tree really could provide some wonderful assistance, he just hadn't found the right method until now.

Gathering his thoughts, he quickly focused his mind, wanting to see what the Shadow Tree looked like now. After all, the orange-yellow flame was consumed by the Shadow Tree, and there must have been some changes.

Perhaps due to being overly excited, even though Lu Ye tried hard to focus, he couldn't see the Shadow Tree. This often happened before when he wasn't sufficiently focused.

He took a few deep breaths to calm himself and waited a long time before attempting again.

This time, he successfully saw the Shadow Tree, and indeed, it had undergone some changes, just as Lu Ye had thought. The previously indistinct Shadow Tree had some differences.

Overall, the Shadow Tree looked the same, but he couldn't see the roots that had appeared earlier. However, a leaf near the bottom of the tree crown was enveloped in blazing fire, as if it was burning.

Lu Ye focused intensely, staring at the burning leaf, and vaguely saw an extremely complex and intricate pattern imprinted on it.

He focused his mind, wanting to see the pattern more clearly.

Suddenly, an anomaly arose!

The small leaf in front of his eyes magnified continuously, instantly blocking his vision. At the same time, vast amounts of unknown information uncontrollably surged into his mind. Lu Ye felt as though someone had smashed his head with a hammer, and without uttering a sound, he passed out.

When he awoke again, Lu Ye felt completely dazed and had a splitting headache.

He shook his head, propped up his spirit, and got up, leaning against the rock wall.

He reflected on his experiences right before losing consciousness and was surprised to find many unfamiliar pieces of information embedded in his mind as if they were his own memories.

Lu Ye calmed his mind and meticulously searched through these memories that shouldn't exist, quickly understanding the situation.

It was still because of the Shadow Tree. The Shadow Tree had devoured the orange-yellow flame, and as a result, a burning leaf had appeared on the tree.

The leaf bore a mysterious pattern that contained vast amounts of magical knowledge. When Lu Ye earnestly sought to explore it, this knowledge was forcibly infused into his mind.

Sharpness!

That was what the leaf bore, a spirit rune known as Sharpness.

Lu Ye had heard of spirit runes, mystical entities that held profound powers and were closely related to cultivators' lives, cultivation, and combat.

It seemed there were people who specifically studied spirit runes, known as spirit runes masters, but such individuals were generally few in number because studying spirit runes was no easy task.

Having understood this, Lu Ye wanted to mobilize the spirit force within his spiritual orifice.

However, he discovered that the spirit force in his spiritual orifice was incredibly heavy and couldn't be mobilized at all.

After a moment's thought, Lu Ye realized he was still under the influence of the origin magnetic field; how could mobilizing spirit force be easy?

The very reason Manager Yang had died by his hand was this.

He stood up, staggered toward the distance, and continued to walk, feeling the response of the spirit force in his spiritual orifice, until he could mobilize these forces, then he stopped; this position was already out of the range of the origin magnetic field.

The originally heavy spirit force became unusually active. Under Lu Ye's influence, it moved throughout his body, warming every part it reached, and he was greatly amazed by this experience he had never had before.

After playing for a moment, he remembered that spirit rune. Almost instinctively, he channeled the spirit force into his palm, and in an instant, a brilliant light flashed across his palm.

Though it was fleeting, Lu Ye still saw it clearly; that brilliant light was an extremely complex and intricate pattern, exactly the same as the pattern carried by the burning leaf!

"Is this Sharpness?" Lu Ye looked down at his palm. Logically speaking, he had just opened his spiritual orifice and barely understood how to use his spirit force, let alone construct a spirit rune with it.

Yet, he had done it with such ease, as if he had practiced countless times.

A pale light bloomed from his palm, resembling an oversized firefly, and his palm throbbed painfully, making Lu Ye feel as if many needles were stabbing into his flesh.

Although it was just one palm, this palm now gave an extremely sharp sensation; Lu Ye felt he could split a stone with one slap!

Thinking this, he immediately dragged over a basin-sized rock from the side. Such stones were commonly found in the mine tunnels and were worthless.

He positioned the stone in front of him and raised his palm like a knife, striking down.

The basin-sized rock split cleanly at the sound.

Lu Ye was stunned. Although he had felt he could split a stone, he had not anticipated such an effect; this wasn't just splitting but cutting, and the cutter was none other than his own hand!

And all this was due to the enhancement of Sharpness; this spirit rune seemed to make anything it enhanced extremely sharp.

Previously, when he saw a cultivator from Evil Moon Valley smash a stone with a slap, he was amazed, but now it seemed he had the ability to do the same, and even better.

This was just cutting stone; what if it were cutting a person?

The brilliant light on his palm slowly dissipated after cutting the stone, due to the exhaustion of spirit force. At the same time, Lu Ye felt completely drained, a boundless feeling of weakness engulfing him.

He thought this was bad.

He had just opened his orifice, and in a moment of eagerness, he had formed a spirit rune, much to his own detriment—it was a severe overexertion.

A wave of tiredness hit him, and Lu Ye endured it; if he fell asleep now, who knew if he could wake up again.

He hurried back to his previous spot, picked up a bottle of blood Qi pills, poured a few into his mouth, and then grabbed a piece of beast meat, eating it voraciously.

The medicinal effect of the blood Qi pill dissolved, gradually replenishing his body, and the feeling of weakness slowly retreated.

Leaning against the rock wall, he gathered his thoughts.

The Shadow Tree that had accompanied him for over a year had consumed a clump of orange flame, allowing him to open his spiritual orifice, turning him into a cultivator. Then, while examining the Shadow Tree, he discovered a burning leaf, from which he acquired the Sharpness spirit rune...

Now, looking at the Shadow Tree again, Lu Ye couldn't help but feel a strong sense of déjà vu.

After pondering for a moment, Lu Ye had a sudden realization, "Isn't this the Talent Tree?"


Capítulo 7: Chapter 5: The Plan (Thanks to the Alliance Hierarch Zhuang Sheng Xiao Meng Mi Hu Die a for the reward)

On the Talent Tree, a single leaf bore spirit runes like Sharpness. What about the other leaves? Might they also carry different spirit runes?

If I could light up more leaves, wouldn't I be able to gain knowledge of various other spirit runes?

Thinking of the Talent Tree's massive canopy and the countless leaves, Lu Ye's heart was set ablaze with excitement.

How exactly could he light up the other leaves? Lu Ye had some guesses in his heart, but he couldn't confirm them for now. He would have to wait for an opportunity in the future to explore this further.

For now, what he could do was to open more spiritual orifices as soon as possible, and improve his cultivation.

The first spiritual orifice that a cultivator opens is located at the Dantian; this is the starting point of cultivation, known as the Root Spiritual Orifice. How the subsequent orifices opened would depend on what cultivation technique the cultivator practiced.

Different Cultivation Techniques lead to the opening of spiritual orifices in different locations; the more orifices that are opened, the higher the cultivation.

The Golden Cicada Carefree Method would finally be put to good use!

Lu Ye managed to calm his excited emotions slightly, picked up Manager Yang's storage sack, and started to pack his things. It was then that Lu Ye was shocked to discover that his palm, which had just been imprinted with Sharpness, was riddled with countless tiny holes, as if pierced by numerous needles, and had bled quite a bit.

In his excited state before, he hadn't noticed it at all.

Only now that he was aware of it, did he feel the piercing pain stimulating his nerves relentlessly.

He silently admonished himself. It seemed that if he were to acquire any more spirit runes in the future, he couldn't recklessly use them on himself.

Soon, he finished packing up the items he had taken out and moved away from the range of the origin magnetic field.

Right now, there were two paths before him. The first was to leave the mining vein. Manager Yang had come here to take refuge because the Haotian Alliance had attacked. With Evil Moon Valley's strength on the mining vein, it could not be defended; that's why he had taken refuge here first.

Otherwise, if the mining vein was overrun, his fate as a disciple of Evil Moon Valley would more likely be grim than not.

If he could make contact with a Haotian Alliance's cultivator, he could escape this bitter life and wouldn't have to stay here and be oppressed by others ever again.

But obviously, that was not a wise choice.

Manager Yang had already received the message and sought refuge; there would definitely be other disciples of Evil Moon Valley coming too. At such a chaotic moment, if he could safely leave the mining vein, that would be best, but if he accidentally encountered any disciple of Evil Moon Valley seeking refuge, Lu Ye's fate would surely be the same as the mining slaves who were casually killed by Manager Yang before.

Therefore, he chose the second path, to stay put for the time being, remaining here.

This place was exceedingly hidden; ordinary people couldn't find their way here, and moreover, it was defensible both for advancing or retreating. If by chance any disciple of Evil Moon Valley stumbled in, Lu Ye could make use of the origin magnetic field to outmaneuver them, ensuring he was not completely defenseless.

Furthermore, his injuries had not yet healed, indeed making it unwise to move around too much.

He recalled the words Manager Yang had said to him before. If he remembered correctly, Manager Yang had said this,

The Haotian Alliance is attacking, and we can't hold on to the mining vein for now. The Haotian Alliance won't stay long, but we're looking at a month or two at least.

The implication behind these words was quite clear: Manager Yang believed that even if the Haotian Alliance could overrun this place, they would not be able to hold onto this mining vein for long. So within a month or two, the Haotian Alliance would retreat, and the mining vein would fall back into the hands of Evil Moon Valley.

Combining all the information he had at the moment, Lu Ye had a strategy in mind.

Stay here to heal and cultivate, and leave the mining tunnels within a month to seek out the people of the Haotian Alliance and save myself from this life of suffering!

Having made up his mind, Lu Ye felt much more at ease. The hardest days had passed, and now that he'd successfully opened his spiritual orifice and had a Talent Tree by his side, better days were ahead, so there was no need to hurry at the moment.

He found a suitable spot, took out a blanket from Manager Yang's storage sack, spread it out, and sat down quietly. He then took out the Golden Cicada Carefree Method and studied it in detail.

The mining tunnel was pitch-black, and if it weren't for the success in opening his orifice, he really wouldn't have been able to see anything. Soon, he discovered something interesting: when he concentrated his spirit force in his eyes, he could see things more clearly.

It was a pity that since he had only opened his Root Spiritual Orifice, his spirit force was limited, and he couldn't maintain it for long.

When hungry he ate, when tired he slept; apart from the poor surroundings, there wasn't much else to complain about, and immersed in the excitement of having initially opened his spiritual orifice, Lu Ye didn't have many requirements for his environment.

It was impossible to keep track of time in the darkness, and Lu Ye didn't know how long it had been—it felt like several days.

The wounds on his leg and hand had almost healed, and after becoming a cultivator by opening a spiritual orifice, it seemed his physical constitution had also greatly strengthened. In the past, if he had been stabbed in the thigh, he wouldn't have been able to move for at least ten days to half a month.

Of course, this was also related to Lu Ye taking blood Qi pills every day.

Through studying the Golden Cicada Carefree Method, Lu Ye realized that he couldn't make use of this cultivation technique for the time being. It wasn't that there was an issue with the technique itself, but rather that having just opened his Root Spiritual Orifice, there were certain conditions he needed to meet in order to open the next one.

If a spiritual orifice were compared to a lake within a cultivator's body, then the water in that lake would be the cultivator's spirit force. Therefore, the more spiritual orifices a cultivator opened, the greater the amount of spirit force they could contain within their bodies.

However, to open the next spiritual orifice, the prerequisite was that the previous one had to be filled to completeness—in other words, the spirit force had to fill the orifice to the brim.

In Lu Ye's case, what he needed to do now was to continue cultivating to expand and accumulate the spirit force within his Root Spiritual Orifice. When the day came that his spirit force was brimming in that orifice, he could then open the next one, and that would be the time for him to use the Golden Cicada Carefree Method.

There were several ways to increase spirit force.

The most common was to take elixir pills designed for cultivation, which would turn into spirit force and infuse into the spiritual orifice.

The second method was to absorb Spiritual Energy. Spiritual Energy existed in all environments, though in varying amounts. Once a cultivator had opened their spiritual orifice, they could sense the presence of Spiritual Energy. Through absorption and release, they could refine this energy into their bodies, enhancing their cultivation.

The third method was through the use of Spirit Stones, which Lu Ye had heard of but never seen.

And then there was the last method, Essence Refinement-Qi Conversion.

First, strengthen the blood Qi energy within oneself, then refine this energy into spirit force, which could also achieve the purpose of cultivation.

Each method had its advantages and disadvantages, and it wasn't easy to make blanket statements about them.

Although Lu Ye had never been part of the cultivators before, he had often heard other mining slaves talk about cultivation. They discussed it with longing, hoping to one day soar to the branches and transform from a crow into a phoenix.

From what he had encountered and observed, Lu Ye had picked up some basic knowledge.

Right now, the first method wasn't applicable to Lu Ye since he didn't have any elixir pills for cultivation. Although he was certain that Manager Yang's storage sack must have some, there were so many vials and jars that he didn't know where to begin identifying them, nor did he dare to try them rashly.

As for the second method, Lu Ye had tried it but didn't know if it was because of the proximity to the origin magnetic field, or some other reason, he hadn't felt the presence of any Spiritual Energy and naturally couldn't absorb it.

His only option was Essence Refinement-Qi Conversion.


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