Urban Cultivation with a Demonic System-Chapter 123 - 122: So Did I Cultivate Immortality for Nothing?
So here’s the question: What kind of Spiritual Root could provoke such a joint hunt by the Righteous and Demonic Dao as soon as it appears?
Could it be that the damn system is just scaring people?
With a skeptical mindset, Su Yuan continued reading.
After finishing the detailed introduction of the Senluo Spirit Root, Su Yuan was silent.
Because this Spiritual Root is downright evil in every sense! Just looking at it makes one’s skin crawl!
[Senluo Spirit Root Effect One: Extends invisible tendrils, piercing into the target’s Dantian, extracting the target’s Spiritual Power for personal use!]
[Effect Two: If the target’s Dantian has a Spiritual Root, the user can control the tendrils to directly pierce into the target’s Spiritual Root, absorbing the nourishment for their own upgrade!]
It’s fortunate this is Su Yuan’s own Spiritual Root. If he knew this Spiritual Root belonged to someone else, he would undoubtedly consider the person his mortal enemy.
He could already imagine the plot.
A demonic big shot who exposed his Senluo Spirit Root too early and spent his life being hunted down, getting encircled and killed, but luckily, a wisp of his soul was reborn on the day his Spiritual Root awakened.
Everyone thought this person awakened a useless Spiritual Root, but this big shot slapped back at them, secretly absorbing the Spiritual Roots and Spiritual Powers of his competitors, effortlessly slaughtering enemies above his level, and returning to the position of Demon Venerable...
The taste is too intense!
No wonder the Ancient Cultivation Realm would kill anyone with the Senluo Spirit Root on sight.
How can anyone play this without nerfing?
But then again, now it’s Su Yuan himself who has this Spiritual Root!
All he could say is... Tongzi you did a great job!
Putting aside the ability to absorb others’ Spiritual Power for personal use, the function of absorbing the nourishment of other Spiritual Roots for oneself can be done completely legally and legitimately in modern times.
It’s simple, just purchase Artificial Spirit Roots!
Hehehe! The small fortune he painstakingly saved is finally going to be put to use!
The industry of Artificial Spirit Roots in this era is quite developed, with three levels based on the root’s efficiency.
Of course, depending on the technology and strength of the producing sect, there are also differences within the same level of roots.
The lowest level is the Ordinary Spirit Root, which is what Su Yuan frequently used before, the kind you could rent for an hour for five hundred bucks.
The advanced level is naturally the Celestial Spirit Root, with a market price of two hundred thousand just to rent for twelve hours, and you have to make a reservation to rent it, it’s in short supply.
As for the highest grade, it’s the Immortal Spirit Root produced by the Ten Great Immortal Sects, exclusively circulated internally! Priceless!
Unless one naturally awakens an Immortal Grade Spirit Root, no one outside the Ten Great Immortal Sects even gets to see an Immortal Spirit Root!
So what are the prices of the other two types of Spirit Roots if we set aside the Immortal Spirit Root?
The theoretical market price for the Celestial Spirit Root is one hundred million.
However, due to the rarity of sects that can manufacture Celestial Spirit Roots, and the low output, every batch’s price far exceeds the factory price! It could skyrocket fivefold or even tenfold.
And those with special attributes in the Celestial Spirit Roots would only be more expensive.
Su Yuan couldn’t afford it even if he sold himself.
So why are the Spirit Roots so expensive?
The reason is simple: Artificial Spirit Roots can be permanently planted into the body of a cultivator, perpetually enhancing the cultivator’s potential in the Immortal Dao.
If Foundation Establishment is likened to building a house, then the Spirit Root is the foundation.
Establishing a foundation based on a Spiritual Root and forcefully establishing one without is a completely different concept.
Especially for those geniuses who hail from great families but have not awakened a Spirit Root.
Xiao Meng is a good example of this, she has a Yin Fire Magic Vein and a Yin Fire Spirit Body, but what about the shortcoming in the Spiritual Root area?
Naturally, she would have to transplant someone else’s donated Spirit Root or an Artificial Spirit Root.
The matter of donating Spirit Roots... it’s just too dark to even mention.
Such things that are pursued by the rich are bound to have a premium!
But Xiao Meng’s ambitions probably even dismiss the Celestial Spirit Root, waiting to get into the Top Ten, chasing after the legendary Immortal Spirit Root.
In fact, the reason Su Yuan worked hard and saved money before getting the system was to buy a decent Artificial Spirit Root before Foundation Establishment.
Even after getting the system, he still had that thought.
But now, the system has gifted him a Spiritual Root, saving him the cost in theory.
After all, from the introduction to the Senluo Spirit Root, its awakening already stands at the pinnacle of Ordinary Spirit Roots, just a step away from the Celestial Spirit Root.
Even if it doesn’t upgrade, a naturally awakened Spiritual Root of this level would make one a highly sought genius among top universities.
But, alas... it’s human nature to want more.
Once you have an Ordinary Spirit Root, naturally you want a Celestial Spirit Root, and once you have a Celestial Spirit Root, naturally you’ll pursue an Immortal Spirit Root.
Su Yuan naturally can’t help himself and is eager to upgrade the Senluo Spirit Root to a Celestial Spirit Root.
Artificial Celestial Spirit Roots are beyond Su Yuan’s budget, but an Ordinary Spirit Root is not out of the question.
This level of Spirit Roots is abundant with no limits and no premium issues.
Su Yuan took out his phone, opened up the website of a Spirit Root production sect called "Rootless Sect," and looked through their product details page for attributeless Spirit Roots.
Various styles of Ordinary Spirit Roots appeared before Su Yuan, including belly sticker types, implantable types, and headband types.
Among them, the style that directly implants into the Dantian naturally costs the most, reaching ten million!
Seeing this price, Su Yuan even had the thought of putting on a black stocking and robbing someone else’s Spirit Root.
Ten million?
He worked hard livestreaming and being a water army for so long, and he’s nowhere near saving ten million!
Although there’s a loan option to divide into up to three hundred and sixty installments, isn’t that damned similar to buying a house in his previous life?
When he was a normal person, he had to carry a thirty-year mortgage, and now as a cultivator, he’d still have to carry a thirty-year Spirit Root loan, so what’s the point of cultivating?
No wonder righteous cultivators in the Ancient Era often murdered for treasures.
Who doesn’t love a business with no capital cost?
After much deliberation, Su Yuan finally closed this purchasing page.
Loans are off the table, he’ll consider it again once he saves up ten million.
An Ordinary Senluo Spirit Root will suffice, no need to force getting a Celestial Spirit Root.
The tightness of his wallet forced Su Yuan to suppress the urge for mindless upgrades, starting to enjoy the boost the Senluo Spirit Root brought happily.
And after a night of cultivation, Su Yuan could only say... it’s awesome!
Before cultivation, his Spiritual Power value was only 78.6.
After one night, the Spiritual Power value shot up to 79.3, and with the help of the Spiritual Root, his Abyssal Spiritual Power underwent further purification.
It’s expected that within a day or two, he could break through to the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer.
Not at par with the Celestial Spirit Root, but not too far off.
Just as Su Yuan finished his cultivation, the hatch in his room slowly opened.
Chen Nuoyi stepped out of the hatch, her beautiful eyes glancing at Su Yuan, who was still sitting on the bed, meditating, and said:
"I think today is the day Teacher Taibai leaves Taihua City, he’ll be saying goodbye to us in class this morning, let’s head out."
