Chapter 143 - 118: Spiritual Energy Organ

Chapter 143: Chapter 118: Spiritual Energy Organ

BOOM! RUMBLE!

Thunder rolled across the sky.

Inside the metal fortress, Chen Qi leisurely watched the Red Falcon King wreak havoc.

The thunderclaps in the sky were, of course, the little guy’s handiwork.

After more than a day of adaptation and recovery, the Red Falcon King had returned to the skies.

Although its body was still weak, causing its speed to drop significantly, it could still barely break the sound barrier.

Perhaps due to the chip’s influence, the little guy was developing an ever-stronger taste for slaughter.

As a result, the birds in the mining area were out of luck; the entire zone was now littered with their carcasses.

The Red Falcon King didn’t look cute at all anymore. Its charm was completely gone, replaced by a cold and savage cruelty.

...

"Not bad, not bad at all!"

"The fusion is quite perfect!"

"You’re in luck. Here’s another shot!"

At Chen Qi’s summons, Xiaohong appeared in a flash and landed in his hand.

Silver light flared from the Spell in Chen Qi’s right eye as he completed another physical examination.

In just one short day, Chen Qi had already performed over a dozen micro-adjustments.

It was a testament to how harsh he was on himself, always chasing perfection.

But each adjustment was a form of deep learning and practice, and Chen Qi’s Spirituality would faintly increase each time.

Over the course of that one day, his Spirituality frequency had increased by another 0.3, reaching 43.5.

As such, Chen Qi was more than happy to continue.

But this was the limit. He had adjusted the chip to a state of absolute perfection; at least, the current Chen Qi couldn’t find a single flaw.

As for why he was continuing to inject the Red Falcon King with the Longevity Hormone, the first reason was that Chen Qi simply hadn’t found any other use for it.

At least, he himself couldn’t use it.

The second reason was that the resentment, being inherently erosive, still had certain negative effects on its cells, even though it was being digested and absorbed by the Red Falcon King’s Life Magnet Field via the Secret Technique.

The Red Falcon King’s cells needed a long time to adapt to this change. Once this adaptation was complete, their resistance would naturally increase.

Only after completing this adaptation and gaining resistance could the cells grow stronger through further stimulation.

Chen Qi didn’t have the patience to wait that long. Since he could pay to win, he was definitely going to use the Longevity Hormone.

You get what you pay for, and the Longevity Hormone’s effects were top-notch.

According to Chen Qi’s calculations, the Red Falcon King would get through the adaptation period with three shots at most.

Then, it could grow stronger with every kill, embarking on the path of an expert who levels up by grinding mobs.

To nurture the Red Falcon King, Chen Qi was truly sparing no effort.

The chip wasn’t just loaded with [Evil Tiger Carrying Corpse]; it also contained Chen Qi’s various research findings on strengthening flesh and blood cells.

During his dozen-plus adjustments, Chen Qi had focused most of his energy on modifying the Secret Technique to make its enhancement of the Red Falcon King’s cells more comprehensive.

In a way, Chen Qi was using the Red Falcon King as a substitute for himself, exploring a path to strengthen the physical body using resentment.

There was no help for it. He currently had no way of obtaining orthodox body-strengthening techniques.

He could only research it himself for now and treat it as accumulating technical knowledge.

CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP!

After getting its shot, the Red Falcon King soared back into the sky to kill again, while Chen Qi began to pack his bags, preparing to head to Magita Port City.

Just a moment ago, Leiteri had sent him intel: the yellow Talisman had appeared again.

After waiting for so long, he had finally caught a glimpse of the fox’s tail.

...

’Spiritual Energy... I have to bring the Compass!’

’The Source Ore has to stay in the mining area!’

’When I take stock of everything, I realize I have far too few good items.’

Chen Qi borrowed another three points of Spiritual Energy from the Source Ore, bringing his own total to four.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to carry more, but this was already his limit.

His current Spirituality could only restrain four points of Spiritual Energy.

According to Chen Qi’s calculations, after his Spirit Awakening, for every one-point increase in his Spirituality frequency, he could carry one more point of Spiritual Energy.

This couldn’t be helped. Spiritual Energy couldn’t be exposed to the real world, or it would rapidly react with the surrounding Matter Field.

This was also why Spiritual Energy was so difficult to capture—its existence was too fleeting.

Of course, besides using one’s Spirituality to restrain it, there were other ways to store Spiritual Energy.

For example, the [Spiritual Energy Capsule].

Or the legendary [Spiritual Energy Organs].

In ancient Extraordinary systems, Cultivators would open up special organs like the Dantian or the Sea of Qi to store Spiritual Energy.

The amount of Spiritual Energy they could store was limited only by the capacity of these Spiritual Energy Organs, which was far more convenient than Chen Qi’s foolish method of using his Spirituality to bind it.

But there was nothing to be done. The Earth Master inheritance Chen Qi had obtained contained no method for creating Spiritual Energy Organs.

His Earth Master inheritance was just an introductory textbook; even an essential Secret Technique like the [Spiritual Eye] was the most basic version.

As for why the Source Ore could store so much Spiritual Energy, Chen Qi seriously suspected that the creature’s body was itself a special kind of Spiritual Energy Organ.

Unfortunately, after studying it for a long time, he hadn’t found any clues and could only give up for now.

...

CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP!

In the sky, the Red Falcon King cheerfully saw its master off.

It was finally free again.

Chen Qi’s ride was, naturally, his maglev sports car.

With the aid of autopilot, it took just over two hours for Chen Qi to reach Magita Port City.

Thanks to the convenience of technology, Chen Qi even had the leisure during the trip to study the 148 Character Root combinations he had obtained from the Spiral Horn.

Chen Qi had originally thought that after becoming Extraordinary, he would quickly be able to identify the correct one among the 148 Character Roots.

Alas, the simple lack of Spiritual Energy left him completely helpless.

After his Spirit Awakening, the first technique Chen Qi wanted to master was the [Curse].

He then wrote out all 148 Character Roots, but there was no effect whatsoever.

Literally. Aside from looking quite spiritual, they were only good for looking at.

As for the various magical effects he had imagined, there were none at all.

At first, Chen Qi thought he had written them incorrectly or had used his Spirituality and willpower the wrong way.

But when he suddenly recalled the definition of the nature of Spirituality from the *Spirit Realm Declaration*, he nearly exploded with anger.

He had actually been misled by that failure of a scholar, Jomoya Chris.

Spirituality was bound to life, so how could it possibly be infused into and preserved within a Curse?

’Something must be missing.’

It wasn’t until his trip to the Royal Capital, where he obtained the three Spells from the Earth Master inheritance, that Chen Qi learned that writing a Curse also required Spiritual Energy.

Alas, he had no Spiritual Energy back then, so Chen Qi could only give up on his research into the Character Roots.

When he finally managed to get some Spiritual Energy, Chen Qi was stunned to discover that he would need 148 points of Spiritual Energy just to test all the Character Roots.

If he made a single careless mistake in writing, the Spiritual Energy consumed would be even greater.

’Sure enough, learning a master’s secrets is never that easy.’

Chen Qi had already taken a shortcut!

Without the bronze dice, he wouldn’t have even been able to decipher the 148 Character Roots.

It was also only after learning the Spell for the Spiritual Eye technique that Chen Qi realized his initial understanding of the Spell on the Spiral Horn was flawed.

Of course, the source of this error had to be blamed on that half-assed Jomoya Chris.

A completed Curse did not contain Spirituality itself, but rather Spiritual Energy that had been imbued by Spirituality.

Once Spiritual Energy was imbued by Spirituality, it took on the various properties of Spirituality; even its own frequency would convert into a Spirituality frequency.

This was why ordinary people experienced Spiritual Suppression when they looked at a Spell.

But in essence, it was still just a case of Spiritual Energy affecting Spirituality.

A completed [Curse] did not contain any Spirituality.

And once Spiritual Energy was imbued by Spirituality, its existence was no longer fleeting. It could remain in the world for a long time, until it either completely decayed or was eroded by an external force.

This was why the Spell on the Spiral Horn could exist for so long.

Spells were created in the first place to develop and utilize Spiritual Energy.

...

During the short two-hour drive, Chen Qi’s research naturally didn’t yield any major results.

Although he had already identified several of the Character Roots as incorrect answers, he still had to write them out to confirm it.

For Chen Qi, discovering an error was also a form of progress.

"Boss, you’re here!"

"Before you arrived, we did our best to preserve the yellow Talisman’s original state."

As soon as Chen Qi arrived in Magita Port City, he was met by Leiteri and his team, who had been waiting for him.

Leiteri explained that they had used an intelligent robot to dismantle the package the entire time, and no one had touched the yellow Talisman with their bare hands.

Chen Qi was very satisfied with this.

Soon, Chen Qi and the others entered the Comir Bio-Pharmaceutical Company.

Under Ma Qi’s cover, their group attracted no attention.

"So this is Binks’s pharmacy lab?"

To replicate everything as closely as possible, Chen Qi had decided this round of production would also take place in the lab.

Though it was called a lab, it looked more like Binks’s private lounge.

Here, Chen Qi saw the large iron barrel. It really did look exactly like a trash can on the street.

"Lord Executor, I will cooperate fully with your operation."

"You must give me a chance to turn over a new leaf and atone for my crimes."

"I am truly loyal to the Lanyu Kingdom!"

Ma Qi pledged his loyalty to Chen Qi, trembling. ’Just what is the background of this Executor?’ he wondered. ’He has such an imposing presence.’

Even the agents from the Kingdom Central Intelligence Agency were bowing and scraping before him.

"Just do what I’ve instructed you to do."

"The Kingdom will treat you fairly."

The rune in Chen Qi’s right eye bloomed. Ma Qi was indeed an ordinary person, and with that, Chen Qi lost interest.

Although Chen Qi had come in person this time, he had no intention of making the Blood Salt himself.

No other reason. Just caution.

...

With the encouragement of his "good buddy" Leiteri, Ma Qi began to produce the Blood Salt according to the method Binks had taught him.

Letting blood, stirring, lighting the yellow Talisman, chanting the sacrificial rites—everything was done step-by-step, in perfect sync with Binks’s process.

One could imagine that he must have rewatched the footage of Binks’s production process at least a thousand times over the past few days.

"Sir, I’m finished!"

"Did I... Did I succeed?"

Having completed the process, Ma Qi was drenched in sweat. It wasn’t physically demanding, but it was terrifying.

’Especially that Lord Executor across from me,’ he thought. ’His right eye was glowing with silver light the whole time. Is he even human?’

"Bring the people up. We’ll verify it on the spot."

Chen Qi remained noncommittal, signaling for Leiteri to proceed.

Leiteri immediately took a few pieces of the freshly dried Blood Salt and had his team members bring up the victims they had prepared beforehand.

The moment the five dazed gang members held the red pills in their hands, they instantly became alert.

They swallowed the pills with lightning speed, as if afraid someone would snatch them away.

Chen Qi observed the entire process with his Spiritual Eye, only deactivating the technique after the men had fallen into a Dream.

’I see,’ Chen Qi mused. ’So it really is that kind of existence.’

’The so-called Mountain Ghost and Divine Talisman... I finally know what they really are.’

’The person pulling the strings in the background is really lucky. They actually found the remains of a Mountain Ghost.’

’Is this person planning to resurrect the Mountain Ghost?’

Chen Qi muttered to himself. He finally understood what the Blood Salt truly was.

No wonder he couldn’t detect anything wrong with the pills.

Because the thing hidden inside the pills could disguise itself as an ordinary Matter Field.

In other words, it was hidden *within* the pill’s Matter Field.

If Chen Qi hadn’t witnessed the entire production of the Blood Salt and monitored it with his Spiritual Eye, he would never have discovered the secret.

Because unless a certain trigger condition was met, the things hidden in the pill’s Matter Field would never "resurrect."

No wonder the person behind the scenes was so confident. If Chen Qi hadn’t used his Spiritual Eye this time, rather than some other observation method, he truly wouldn’t have discovered it.