Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor-Chapter 1095: Strange Spirit Talent Inheritance
Splish! Splash! Splish!
Beneath the surface of the seventh layer lake of Xuanyin Cave, countless colossal water column tentacles swarmed, and a coarse-clothed figure darted and dodged among them, resembling a fish, narrowly evading the thrusts of those tentacles each time, a close miss away from a fatal end.
Previously, Yun Xiao still harbored a slight hope of assassinating the heavenly rank strange spirit in its slumber, but now that unrealistic idea had been thoroughly dismissed.
Despite its slumber, the heavenly rank strange spirit possessed a fiercely strong instinct for self-preservation, and those enormous water column tentacles, even with Yun Xiao borrowing Xiao Wu’s power to break through to the early stage of Earth Bending Realm, would still result in severe injuries if touched.
The gap between them was simply too vast, and though Yun Xiao was courageous, it was built on the hope of success. With not even a ten percent chance, he wouldn’t risk such a great danger.
Instead, Yun Xiao had to contemplate how to escape after those tentacles were fully retracted in defense, perhaps an instinct of the body, an instinct relying on the power of Xiao Wu’s Five-Clawed Golden Dragon.
Fortunately, after Yun Xiao surrendered the thought of attacking the heavenly spirit’s main body, those countless water column tentacle attacks slowed down, seemingly instinctively protecting the heavenly rank strange spirit’s main body as well.
It could also be that when the heavenly rank strange spirit was in slumber, those water column tentacles needed to consume energy, so after Yun Xiao utilized all his efforts, he finally burst out from beneath the lake surface.
Pop!
A light sound issued from the lake surface, followed by a thin, coarse-clothed youth breaking through the water, gracefully twisting in the air, creating a flash of silver light thunder wings, and finally landing steadily beside the exit.
"This place isn’t suitable for lingering!"
Watching the still seemingly boiling lake water, Yun Xiao’s face darkened. He had completely lost the opportunity to kill the heavenly rank strange spirit now. A single misstep, and he might have to remain here forever.
Relying on Xiao Wu’s power also had a time limit, and when that power was exhausted, he’d fall into a state of absolute weakness. At that time, not to mention the heavenly rank strange spirit beneath the lake, even some mid and low-level eighth rank vein demons could easily handle him.
Fortunately, besides himself and the golden snake worm Xiao Wu, Yun Xiao also had an ancient heavenly phoenix chick, Red Feather, as a helper. Seeing him beckon with his hand, he retrieved Red Feather into his body. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
Yun Xiao glanced deeply at the constantly bubble-emitting lake water, then finally stopped hesitating, turned around, and stepped out of this seventh layer of Xuanyin Cave, recalling his experiences in the underground seven layers, truly feeling as though he had traveled through time.
All the way up, when Yun Xiao reached the fifth layer of Xuanyin Cave, the power of the golden snake worm Xiao Wu could no longer hold on and receded like a tide, leaving a sense of weakness that almost made him collapse onto the ground.
"It’s been a long-lost feeling!"
A bitter smile appeared on Yun Xiao’s face, feeling the weakness inside him and the slumbering golden snake worm Xiao Wu. He realized he had fallen into the aftereffects of using Xiao Wu’s power once again.
Sigh...
However, at that moment, Yun Xiao’s expression suddenly changed, his swift steps coming to an abrupt halt because he discovered the energy of something within his waist storage was continuously disappearing.
Swish!
With a flip of his right hand, a spirit crystal with an extremely strong water attribute appeared out of nowhere in his palm. It was precisely that low-level ninth rank strange spirit crystal.
With the spirit crystal in hand, Yun Xiao could feel the energy within the demon crystal rapidly dissipating, and the source of this energy absorption was undoubtedly the golden snake worm Xiao Wu.
"This guy, could it have been prepared in advance?"
Seeing this, Yun Xiao couldn’t help but speak in a deep voice, his expression becoming somewhat conflicted. Evidently, the now slumbering Xiao Wu was using some method to devour the energy of this low-level ninth rank strange spirit crystal.
Yun Xiao’s statement was because the golden snake worm Xiao Wu could previously only devour things held in his palm. Some heavenly materials and earth treasures within the storage bag were impossible for Xiao Wu to grab and refine, no matter how intrigued.
Now it seemed Xiao Wu should have prepared something when Yun Xiao acquired the low-level ninth rank strange spirit crystal so that while energy depletion sent it into slumber, it immediately sought to absorb this low-level spirit crystal to restore its strength.
"Can’t let this guy have the whole benefit to himself!"
Feeling the energy from the low-level ninth rank strange spirit crystal flowing toward the golden snake worm Xiao Wu within his body, Yun Xiao lowly shouted, then directly sat cross-legged in the first layer of Xuanyin Cave, beginning to snatch the energy from the strange spirit crystal.
Yun Xiao dared to absorb the energy of the spirit crystal here because it was the fifth layer of Xuanyin Cave. He believed those strange spirits from the seventh layer wouldn’t be able to chase him down here.
Moreover, Yun Xiao was in a state of extreme weakness, unaware of other external dangers. People like Su Jian and Gu Changsheng might owe him their lives, but who knows if they would take advantage of his vulnerability to cause trouble.
Hence, Yun Xiao needed to restore some strength first, and the energy from the low-level ninth rank strange spirit crystal was undoubtedly the best nourishment for him to regain strength.
Of course, most importantly, this was originally what Yun Xiao intended to use to break through to the Peak of Seeking Origin Realm. Now, with the Golden Snake Worm Xiao Wu causing such an early disturbance, he clearly had no other choice; grabbing whatever he could was better than nothing.
As proven, even with Yun Xiao’s current strength and the mighty devouring power of the Ancient Dragon Taming Technique, he ultimately only managed to seize a third of the Ninth Rank low-level Strange Spirit Crystal energy.
This was alongside the fact that Red Feather is a vein demon with a Fire Attribute, showing no interest in this Water Attribute Strange Spirit Crystal; otherwise, Yun Xiao might have found it extremely difficult to snatch even a fifth.
Three days passed swiftly, and when the third day arrived, the Ninth Rank low-level Strange Spirit Crystal in Yun Xiao’s palm had already turned into a wisp of mist, no longer in existence.
Of course, the most pure power within the Spirit Crystal had already become nourishment for Yun Xiao’s strength enhancement, or rather for the Golden Snake Worm Xiao Wu’s power recovery.
Though this did not allow Xiao Wu to recover completely to peak state, it did awaken him from his dormant state; upon waking, his snake eyes couldn’t help but flash a trace of resentment, seeming extremely unhappy that Yun Xiao was still competing with him for the Spirit Crystal’s energy at this moment.
However, Yun Xiao had no mind to care about the Golden Snake Worm Xiao Wu’s thoughts at this moment, as he had already reached a critical period—the time to breakthrough to the Peak of Seeking Origin Realm.
Crack!
Within Yun Xiao’s mind, a sound as though something shattered invisibly reached him, followed by the mysterious force of the Heaven and Earth energy within the first layer of Xuanyin Cave, surging towards this youth in coarse clothes as though driven by some secret power.
Boom!
When these Heaven and Earth energies poured into Yun Xiao’s body, swiftly refined by the Ancient Dragon Taming Technique and transformed into nourishment, it signaled the successful completion of this breakthrough.
Sigh...
Yun Xiao opened eyes that hadn’t opened for three days, exhaled a breath of turbid air, and couldn’t help clenching his fists, feeling his Meridian Qi Cultivation was now more than doubled in strength compared to three days ago, bringing him satisfaction.
"Finally at the Peak of Seeking Origin Realm!"
Yun Xiao stood up, noting that it had been roughly half a year since he had broken through to the Late Stage of the Seeking Origin Realm at Lianyun Mountain, making another breakthrough at Xuanyin Hall understandable.
Ordinarily, cultivators would need several years to break through a small realm within the Seeking Origin Realm, and even those top geniuses would need some luck and opportunity to do so within half a year.
However, compared to Yun Xiao’s previous pace of breaking through to the Late Stage of the Seeking Origin Realm, this time was undoubtedly slower, perhaps indicating a more typical pace, thus leaving him without dissatisfaction.
"Huh?"
As Yun Xiao’s thoughts fell and he wished to leave Xuanyin Cave, he suddenly noticed something extremely startling and raised his left hand.
In Yun Xiao’s focused gaze, he felt a certain special force rising within him, causing his left hand to become somewhat indistinct.
This indistinctness wasn’t in the true sense but rather appeared soft and unpredictable like flowing water, reminding Yun Xiao of those Water Attribute Strange Spirits seen on the seventh level underground, sharing similar traits.
"Could it be?"
Awakened with the legacy of the Long Xiao Battle God from his past life, Yun Xiao quickly formed a vague hypothesis about the situation following initial shock; with a thought, the peculiar state originally manifesting in just his left hand spread throughout his body.
If outsiders were present, they would see both Yun Xiao’s form and speed becoming slightly indistinct, resembling the Water Attribute Strange Spirits from the seventh underground level.
"Is this... a bestowed talent from the Water Attribute Strange Spirit?"
Feeling the transformation within his body, Yun Xiao’s doubts vanished, replaced by joy, understanding well the implications of such change.
"What a pleasant surprise!"
The smile on Yun Xiao’s face did not diminish, instead growing more intense, for such inheritance of Spirit talents from Strange Spirits is rare and exceptional.
At the very least, while refining a Strange Spirit Crystal not reaching Heavenly Rank, this occurrence is nearly impossible.
In his previous life as the Long Xiao Battle God, Yun Xiao dealt with countless Strange Spirits, some even reaching the Holy Rank level.
Even among those, acquiring Spirit talents through refining their Spirit Crystals was elusive, let alone from the present Ninth Rank low-level Spirit Crystal.
