There's Something Wrong With My Immortal Path

Chapter 4: The Possibility of Multiple Coexisting Spirit Roots

And so, under Jiang Liang's gaze,

Xia Ming held a sharp blade in his hand and directly pierced into the acupoint.

With a slight twist of his wrist, he then lightly flicked, and a blood-stained soul stone fell into his hand.

Xia Ming respectfully presented the soul stone to Jiang Liang, who then pinched the blood-stained soul stone and narrowed his eyes.

Then, Jiang Liang's deep voice spread throughout the entire Soul Capturing Cliff.

"On the seventeenth day of the twelfth month, thirty-seventh cave, one soul stone is obtained. The first of today will be rewarded with one soul stone."

"But... if the wound exceeds one inch and two fen, beyond two fen, one soul stone will be penalized."

"From now on, the first person each day will be rewarded with one soul stone. This is the established rule!"

Listening to Jiang Liang's voice, Xia Ming was also stunned.

Jiang Liang played this hand beautifully, not only setting up reward measures to boost disciples' enthusiasm but also secretly drawing a line. If the wound exceeds one inch, there will be punishment.

In the end, Xia Ming became Jiang Liang's trusted follower.

...

As soon as Jiang Liang spoke, a chorus of compliments immediately resounded within the Soul Capturing Cliff.

"Disciples thank Elder Jiang! Elder Jiang is kind-hearted! It is our fortune!"

"Disciples thank Elder Jiang!"

"Elder Jiang is benevolent!"

The disciples were not fools. With someone taking the lead, there was no shortage of people responding.

Listening to everyone's compliments, Jiang Liang's gaze turned to Xia Ming in front of him.

Pinching the blood-stained soul stone, Jiang Liang finally handed it over to Xia Ming.

"You can use this soul stone for yourself, and also, keep this meridian chart..."

Handing a delicate meridian chart to Xia Ming, Jiang Liang lightly patted Xia Ming's shoulder.

"So you're Xia Ming, I remember you. Do well in the future."

Taking a deep breath, Xia Ming bowed to Jiang Liang once again.

He knew that this time, he had made the right bet!

Respectfully seeing Jiang Liang off, Xia Ming sat back next to the corpse with an anxious heart.

Looking at the corpse in front of him, Xia Ming felt both fear and excitement.

The path to redemption lies within!

Stretching out his right hand, slowly closing his eyes, Xia Ming's heart began to beat rapidly.

Holding his breath and focusing, within the magnetic field that was either black or white, Xia Ming carefully sensed the wandering spirits.

Finally, a faint water blue strip gradually appeared in his field of vision.

That was a Water Spirit Root...

A tear gently slid down Xia Ming's cheek.

Finally, his miserable days were coming to an end!

In his excitement, Xia Ming began to activate the magnetic field and decompose the Water Spirit Root!

Gradually, the Water Spirit Root turned into faint blue dust.

They wandered within the magnetic field and then, following the magnetic lines, gradually entered Xia Ming's body.

After completing all of this, Xia Ming silently recited "Spirit Root," and in his mind, a faint diode appeared.

One of the diode's pins had already been tinged with a light blue color, about one percent.

In other words... if Xia Ming wanted to light up the diode and completely possess the Water Spirit Root, he would need to decompose at least one hundred Water Spirit Roots!

This number was truly terrifying!

The road ahead is long and arduous...

Although it seemed distant and endless, Xia Ming still saw a glimmer of light shining down from the sky.

There is always a way!

As Xia Ming sighed, a patrol officer dressed in a black robe with a stack of bamboo slips hanging from his waist walked directly into the thirty-seventh cave.

Seeing the patrol officer, Xia Ming immediately stood up, not daring to delay even a moment.

The patrol officer was a regular disciple of the Great River Sect!

They were cultivators!

After giving Xia Ming a cold glance, the patrol officer said,

"So you're Xia Ming? A corpse has been found in the seventeenth cave. Elder Jiang Liang wants you to recheck it."

Xia Ming bent down, about to speak, but the patrol officer had already walked away.

Seeing this scene, Xia Ming could only smile awkwardly and hide his embarrassment.

He understood the rules of the Soul Capturing Cliff.

When a corpse enters the Soul Capturing Cliff and then leaves, it must be inspected by three people at least.

But... why did Jiang Liang ask him to recheck it?

Could this be a test?

In the midst of Xia Ming's dilemma, the corpse carrier had already brought in the body.

At the first glance of that person, Xia Ming's pupils suddenly dilated.

This was a man in his twenties, with exceptional looks and dressed in cloud-patterned silk.

This definitely wasn't an ordinary disciple!

Sure enough, as Xia Ming's gaze shifted, he saw the wooden plaque hanging from the man's waist.

Several key words instantly entered Xia Ming's eyes: Inner Sect, Yin Seventeen, Twenty-Seven.

Looking at Yin Seventeen in front of him, Xia Ming came up with a bold idea.

He wanted to first extract the Spirit Root, then check the acupoints!

The Spirit Root of an Inner Sect disciple might be even stronger.

Fortune favors the bold!

He reached out his hand and closed his eyes.

In that familiar black and white magnetic field, Xia Ming actually saw a slender, fiery red Spirit Root!

This is... a Fire Spirit Root!?

For a moment, Xia Ming was also somewhat dumbfounded.

If he absorbed the Fire Spirit Root... would it dilute the Water Spirit Root?

Would all his previous efforts be in vain?

In the midst of hesitation, another thought came to Xia Ming.

Could it be... that by absorbing the Fire Spirit Root, I would become a dual-element Spirit Root of Water and Fire?

After much consideration, Xia Ming finally made up his mind.

Absorb!

He was going to absorb it, meow!

He was already dirt poor, what was there to be afraid of!

After decomposing the Fire Spirit Root, Xia Ming closed his eyes anxiously.

While silently chanting the word "Spirit Root" in his heart, Xia Ming's face was filled with a bewildered expression.

In the black and white world, beside the unlit diode, another diode suddenly appeared.

And on the pin of the second diode, a faint hint of bright red could be seen.

Is this the Fire Spirit Root?

Can a person's body contain two independent Spirit Roots?

Is this scientific?

For a moment, Xia Ming was also stunned.

He examined the diode that appeared in the black and white world.

The little deer in Xia Ming's heart was about to crash to death.

Multiple Spirit Roots coexisting!

I am a genius!

No, no, no!

I am an unparalleled monster!

Calm down!

Stay calm.

Striving to calm the excitement in his heart, Xia Ming once again examined the body in front of him.

Yin Seventeen!

You are my benefactor!

Let me see what treasures you have hidden on your body!

After all, this was the first task entrusted to him by Jiang Liang, and Xia Ming didn't dare to be perfunctory.

As the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot, and the same goes for increasing favorability.

At the moment the black and white magnetic field restarted, Xia Ming also froze.

Yin Seventeen's body actually had nine whirlpools!

This meant that he had hidden something in nine acupoints.

A difficult problem lay before Xia Ming.

He had identified nine acupoints, but how many should he show to Jiang Liang?

If he showed only one, although he could complete the task, it wouldn't leave a deep impression on Jiang Liang.

If he showed all nine, it would be perfect, but everything requires moderation.

If he went overboard, it would actually be unattractive.

So how many should he find?

For a moment, Xia Ming was also torn.

While Xia Ming was dealing with the acupoints, Jiang Liang was sitting cross-legged in the quiet room above the Soul Capturing Cliff.

"Seventeen Caves, Xu Dahuo! How dare you threaten me!"

"Damn it! Do you really think I, Jiang Liang, have no one to use?"

(End of this chapter)