Chapter 6: Artificial Spiritual Roots, Chen Changsheng's Unexpected Gain
Wiping away the bloodstains and sewing the scattered flesh back together.
Taking off the tattered clothes and putting on a brand new burial shroud.
Chen Changsheng meticulously arranged the deceased's appearance, performing each step with extreme care and seriousness.
After half an hour, the deceased's appearance was mostly restored, and even the teeth scattered around were collected one by one by Chen Changsheng.
Having finished everything, Chen Changsheng slapped the beast skin pouch at his waist with his right hand.
A high-quality coffin appeared before his eyes.
Placing the body into the coffin, Chen Changsheng began using a compass to search for a suitable burial site nearby.
Digging the soil, preparing the pit, lifting the coffin, and burying it—even with the Little Monk assisting, these tasks kept Chen Changsheng busy for a full two hours.
However, when it came to erecting the tombstone, Chen Changsheng stopped his actions.
"Little Monk, to erect a tombstone, we need to know the deceased's name and also write the name of the person erecting it."
"What was his name?"
Hearing this, the Little Monk put his palms together and said, "This Lord was the Sect Master of the Demonic Sect, nicknamed the Blood Demon Ancestor. His actual name is unknown."
"As for who erects the tombstone, Lord, please handle it yourself."
"The Little Monk is restricted by sect rules and cannot erect a tombstone for him."
Faced with this answer, Chen Changsheng clicked his tongue and then wrote on the tombstone.
"The Demonic Sect's Blood Demon Ancestor is buried here — Undertaker."
Looking at the words on the tombstone, the Little Monk asked doubtfully, "Lord, is your nickname 'Undertaker'?"
"Yes!"
"I sell coffins and specialize in collecting bodies and burying people. If I'm not an Undertaker, what am I?"
After speaking, Chen Changsheng turned and left, waving his hand as he spoke.
"My work is done. I'll be leaving now."
"If there are similar matters in the future, remember to find me."
Watching Chen Changsheng's retreating figure, the Little Monk tilted his head and pondered for a long time.
Because this was the first time he had encountered such a strange person.
There was an indescribable feeling about this person.
...
Linglong Town.
After Chen Changsheng returned to his coffin shop, he immediately closed the door and then looked curiously at a tooth in his hand.
This tooth was precisely what he had found on the Blood Demon Ancestor's body.
At first glance, it didn't seem different from an ordinary tooth, but upon closer inspection, one could notice some small Formation patterns carved on it.
If Chen Changsheng hadn't arranged the Blood Demon Ancestor's appearance, Chen Changsheng would have never thought that teeth could also be used for tricks.
After examining it carefully, Chen Changsheng stroked his chin and muttered.
"It looks like a storage-type Formation pattern. The Blood Demon Ancestor went to such lengths, so the things inside are probably not simple."
As he spoke, Chen Changsheng waved his right hand, and more than ten thick books immediately appeared before him.
These books were all related to Formation.
Chen Changsheng's cultivation talent could be said to be utterly terrible; in fifty years, he had only barely reached the third layer of Qi Refining.
This level of cultivation could be reached by those geniuses in the time it takes to eat a meal at most.
After confirming that he truly had no cultivation talent, Chen Changsheng began to shift his attention to Formation and Alchemy.
After all, these things could be accumulated, and Chen Changsheng liked things that required time to accumulate the most.
Lighting an oil lamp, Chen Changsheng began his research on the Formation on the tooth.
Although Chen Changsheng had only learned some basic Formation knowledge, and although the Formation set up by the Blood Demon Ancestor was very profound.
But none of this was a problem for Chen Changsheng, because Chen Changsheng had a long lifespan.
If one day wasn't enough, then a month; if a month wasn't enough, then a year.
As long as Chen Changsheng didn't give up, the Formation on this tooth would eventually be worn away by Chen Changsheng one day.
...
Three months passed quickly, and Chen Changsheng had barely left his home during these three months.
It was fortunate that his coffin shop was usually ignored by people, otherwise, it would surely attract the attention of others.
"Hoo~"
Chen Changsheng let out a long breath and then stretched his somewhat stiff body.
Having spent three months, Chen Changsheng finally erased the Formation left behind by the Blood Demon Ancestor.
"Pseudo Spiritual Root?"
Looking at the name of the book in his hand, Chen Changsheng's face was filled with confusion.
Spiritual Roots were the foundation of Cultivators and the standard for measuring a Cultivator's talent.
Among them, the most common were Five Elements Spiritual Roots, and Spiritual Roots were divided into Low Grade, Mid-grade, High Grade, and Top-grade.
Top-grade Spiritual Roots were the most top-tier cultivation talent, and besides these, there were also some variant Spiritual Roots.
These variant Spiritual Roots were also powerful, but it depended on the situation.
But among the many names for Spiritual Roots, he had never heard the term "pseudo Spiritual Root"!
Thinking of this, Chen Changsheng immediately became interested, because he liked learning things he didn't know the most.
"Interesting, I want to see what this pseudo Spiritual Root is exactly."
Muttering to himself, Chen Changsheng opened the first page of the book.
As the words on the book entered his sight, Chen Changsheng discovered that this book was not some Cultivation Technique or secret art.
To be precise, this was just a character's autobiography, which recorded the Blood Demon Ancestor's cultivation journey throughout his life.
The Blood Demon Ancestor's talent was not good; his talent could almost be considered the lowest level existence in the Cultivation World.
The Spiritual Root he possessed was a Five Elements Mixed Spiritual Root, and the quality of the Spiritual Root was extremely poor.
After struggling for many years in the Qi Refining stage, the Blood Demon Ancestor had such a thought.
Since Spiritual Roots existed, was it possible to improve the quality of Spiritual Roots through postnatal cultivation?
After this thought arose in his mind, the Blood Demon Ancestor immediately began experimenting.
However, this was after all an idea akin to a fantasy, and the Blood Demon Ancestor did not dare to explore it on himself.
Thus, the Blood Demon Ancestor began experimenting on living people.
As more and more people died by his hand, he actually figured out some tricks regarding Spiritual Roots.
Spiritual Roots could not be improved in quality through pills, Cultivation Techniques, Formation...
And all other methods currently known to Cultivators, but Spiritual Roots could improve in quality by devouring other Spiritual Roots.
After discovering this secret, the Blood Demon Ancestor truly began his path of counterattack.
After devouring many Cultivators weaker than him, the quality of the Blood Demon Ancestor's Spiritual Root also improved.
Under this virtuous cycle, the Blood Demon Ancestor's strength also became stronger and stronger, eventually becoming a powerful figure.
However, later on, the Blood Demon Ancestor's method seemed to encounter problems, and his frenzied killing also attracted the encirclement and suppression of other sects.
Seeing this, the Blood Demon Ancestor's autobiography came to an abrupt end.
"Tsk tsk!"
"This Blood Demon Ancestor is truly a talented individual!"
"He could even figure out such strange and bizarre methods."
Saying this, Chen Changsheng put the books back into the System space.
"System, do you think the artificial Spiritual Root mentioned by the Blood Demon Ancestor in the book is possible to achieve?"
"The latter half of this autobiography repeatedly mentions the concept of artificial Spiritual Roots, and there are also many of the Blood Demon Ancestor's hypotheses."
"I feel like what he said makes a lot of sense."