abnabooks Chapter 54: Do you think you're as blessed as Jiang Qiu?
Chapter 54: Do you think you're as blessed as Jiang Qiu?
Qian Cheng walked towards the [Thick Earth Jar]. No one in the audience paid attention; they were all staring at Jiang Qiao, who was walking back from the [Thick Earth Jar]. Zhang San looked at him with envy, saying, "Damn, a physique can be awakened later in life. If I could awaken my physique one day, there might be a spot reserved for me in the future..."
"Tsk tsk tsk, daydreaming here?" Li Si laughed. "Even if a physique could truly awaken later in life, the opportunity would be incredibly expensive, potentially costing millions of dollars, and besides, it's unlikely we'd even get a chance!"
"Sigh, that's true. Jiang Qiao is, after all, Director Jiang's daughter, with the prestigious Jiang family heritage behind her. It wouldn't make sense if she didn't have the right physique, which is why we spent some money to help her awaken her potential. If it were us, even if we were to gamble everything, we probably couldn't afford it," Zhang San sighed.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, a wisp of wood-elemental spiritual energy flowed along his pulse toward his fingertips, and a strange yet familiar feeling welled up in his heart.
"Holy crap, what's going on? Isn't this the same strange phenomenon we encountered in the underground market a month ago?" Zhang San's pupils shrank suddenly, and he emptied his spiritual energy in a flash. As it floated away, at the same moment, the other interns also released their spiritual energy, only to find that they had all grasped at empty air, and they cried out in alarm.
These wisps of spiritual energy flew towards the [Hou Tu Gang], swirling and surging into the nutrient soil in the direction Qian Cheng pointed, resembling the eye of a storm.
Even Wang Baisheng and Jiang Qiao weren't completely spared. They turned around suddenly, staring in astonishment at Qian Cheng's retreating figure, "How can he have such a rare physique?!"
"A rare physique?" Wu Shan stood beside Qian Cheng, as immovable as an iron tower, unaffected by the spiritual energy gathering phenomenon. However, his expression was extremely solemn, and he looked up with surprise and uncertainty—
Whoosh! The saplings broke through the soil, one meter, two meters, five meters, ten meters, and in the blink of an eye they rose into the sky. The yellow leaves were sharp as blades, covering everyone's heads and casting shadows over them. Only the fruits could be seen shining.
At least ten top-quality fruits, golden in color.
The most amazing thing is that the fruit grows from small to large.
At this point, the shape narrows again, converging from large to small.
Director Liu also looked up in surprise, "The metallic spiritual energy is showing signs of gathering. Could it be the rare physique's 'Daily Accumulation of Metal'?"
"Tap," Team Leader Sun also stopped taking notes on paper.
A golden light shone on everyone's faces. Qian Cheng stood under the spotlight, the center of attention, and an unprecedented sense of pride welled up within him. He raised his head, his mind shouting with joy, "He didn't lie to me! Hahaha, he really helped me 'graft' the rare physique 'Daily Accumulation of Gold,' I'm a rare genius too!"
He got to this point mainly because he used a level 2 spirit seed he bought a month ago, worth 1. That's why he ended up in the resettlement area, and theoretically he had no ability to cultivate it.
However, with just a casual "guidance" from the black-robed stall owner, the level 2 spirit seed was able to be planted, and it quickly grew into a mutated fruit. After being "grafted" by him, it was miraculously transplanted into his dantian, where it could store spiritual energy.
Now, a pitcher plant-like fruit is pulsating in his dantian. A wisp of metallic spiritual energy, which has been "constricted," is released from the pitcher opening and injected into the nutrient soil, causing a great phenomenon that shocks everyone present.
This is the rare physique of "Daily Accumulation and Conservation"!
What's even more amazing is that you can feel the faint spiritual energy flowing from the root of the [Spirit Embryo Ancestral Tree] in the nutrient soil, which is quietly drawn into the "Nepenthes" against the spiritual energy storm, chewed, and digested.
The whole process is that the pitcher plant draws in all the spiritual energy that can be extracted, converging it into a storm that stimulates the roots of the Spirit Embryo Ancestral Tree, causing it to grow wildly and quietly secrete unique spiritual energy.
Then it actively swallows up and disappears without a trace.
But... why can't it stop?
Qian Chenggang's raised lips froze. He subconsciously stopped the flow of spiritual energy, but the spiritual energy was still being pulled out of his fingertips like yarn. He tried to pull it back, but he couldn't. The spiritual energy in his body was rapidly depleting!
His arms gradually withered, his cheeks sunken, and his eyes widened to the size of bull's testicles. "No...that's not right..."
Snap! Suddenly, Wu Shan's large hand grabbed Qian Cheng's right wrist, like the Three Gorges Dam cutting off a small stream. With a whoosh, the eye of the spiritual energy storm dissipated with the wind, and the golden saplings scattered into smoke.
"It seems it's not the [Daily Accumulation of Gold] technique. You have a congenital defect in your body, causing a phenomenon of spiritual energy being absorbed in reverse." Wu Shan's tone was cold and stern as he carried the now emaciated man to his assistant to take him off the stage and settle him down.
Qian Cheng froze, his eyes bloodshot. He opened his cracked lips and forced out a hoarse voice, "What... a phenomenon of spiritual energy reversal? Director, how could I have a congenital defect? I can cultivate mutated fruits, I'm a genius, you must be mistaken..."
He reached out to grab Wu Shan's sleeve, but the moment their eyes met, he sensed a fleeting killing intent. He felt as if struck by lightning, his hair stood on end, and his mind went blank.
"Qian Cheng has developed symptoms caused by a congenital defect. Help him down to rest," Wu Shan coldly ordered. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Team Leader Sun, who was still sitting in the chairman's seat. The other party remained silent. Wu Shan breathed a slight sigh of relief. "His grade is tentatively set as absent. We'll deal with it later."
Upon hearing this, the interns realized what was happening. Zhang San's fist clenched instantly. "Damn it, Qian Cheng! If you have a congenital defect, why did you even come to be tested? You've ruined all the spiritual energy I've painstakingly accumulated!"
Li Si spat, "That damn Sima! I thought he had truly awakened a rare physique, but it turns out he's just a useless piece of trash with congenital defects. Even in this state, he's still messing around, draining all my spiritual energy!"
Almost all the interns were swearing and cursing. These voices reached Qian Cheng's ears as he was being dragged off the stage. He was stunned, cold sweat pouring down his face, and he was trembling all over. "I...I have a congenital defect?"
If there is a congenital defect.
How could it be possible to successfully cultivate a spiritual plant?
I am clearly accumulating wealth daily.
However, however, however...
Qian Cheng frantically tried to find a solution in his mind, but couldn't. Instead, a meaningful voice echoed in his mind, "Kid, not bad."
The stall owner?!
He was startled and shook his head left and right, but only felt the disdainful looks of the interns. The two people in the chairman's seat scrutinized him out of the corner of their eyes, but they didn't see the figure in black robes. "I...I'm hallucinating?"
"No, the [Golden Pitcher Cage] I grafted into your dantian can not only absorb spiritual energy in one direction, but also serve as a medium to exchange our voices." The "pitcher plant" in your dantian, which was barely visible, slowly opened and closed, with a half-smile, like a pig that was about to eat its fill.
【The Golden Cage】is not a respectable name, but Qian Cheng had no time to think about it. Hearing the stall owner's voice, his eyes lit up instantly, and hope rekindled. "My 【Daily Accumulation of Gold】 seems to be having problems. Please help me quickly, or I'll miss my chance!"
"Heh, how naive! You think planting a level 2 mutated spirit seed can disguise it as a real [Daily Accumulation of Gold]?" The stall owner laughed heartily, speaking unhurriedly. "Rare physiques aren't so easy to obtain."
"What do you mean? The 'Daily Accumulation' you grafted onto me is fake?" Qian Cheng's pupils turned gray, and he clenched his fist in anger.
"If it's not fake, then it must be real?" the stall owner said meaningfully. "Do you perhaps think you're as lucky as that Jiang Qiu, blessed by heaven?"