Chapter 10: Eighty Years of Slumber, All Points Allocated to Defense
In the beginning, Chen Changsheng consistently failed to find the right method.
Because although Spiritual Roots are within the human body, no one has ever known what Spiritual Roots look like.
In response, Chen Changsheng made a bold assumption.
That is, there is no such thing as Spiritual Roots within the human body at all.
The Spiritual Roots spoken of by numerous Cultivators are merely a person's sensitivity to a certain attribute.
The higher the sensitivity, the better the quality of the Spiritual Root.
With this assumption, Chen Changsheng immediately designed a safe and harmless method.
That is, to soak in the essence of plants and trees.
Spiritual herbs have the attribute of wood, and prolonged soaking should be able to increase sensitivity to wood-attribute spiritual energy, thus possessing the wood Spiritual Root spoken of by everyone.
Moreover, when he fell into slumber, his body would enter a state of lifelessness.
This way, he could also perfectly avoid the problem of the body actively absorbing the essence of plants and trees.
To put it more simply, Chen Changsheng treated himself as medicinal material for soaking in medicinal wine.
“Boom!”
Closing the coffin lid, Chen Changsheng's life force completely disappeared.
All the organs in his body stopped functioning at this moment; at this time, Chen Changsheng was no different from a dead person.
With life force stagnant, the body naturally wouldn't absorb any more energy.
However, the essence of plants and trees in the jade coffin was persistently permeating Chen Changsheng's body.
Although the speed was slow, it never stopped.
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Time flies like an arrow, and days and months shuttle like a loom.
Eighty years might pass for Chen Changsheng with just the blink of an eye.
But for all things in the world, eighty years is not a short time.
In the mountain range where Chen Changsheng was located, many plants had already gone through dozens of cycles of Reincarnation.
The sapling that was once at the cave entrance had now grown into a towering tree as thick as a person's waist.
Creak~
A teeth-grinding friction sound echoed in the cave, and the fine jade coffin had lost its luster at this point.
The heavy coffin lid was slowly moving.
“Crack!”
A hand covered in green hair grabbed the edge of the coffin.
Immediately after, a humanoid monster covered in green hair sat up.
“Hoo~”
A light green turbid breath was exhaled from the green-haired monster's mouth.
That's right, the green-haired monster in front of him was none other than Chen Changsheng, who had been in slumber for eighty years.
Awakening from slumber, Chen Changsheng didn't rush to allocate attribute points; instead, he took out the Magical Artifact for testing Spiritual Roots.
He placed his hand, covered in green hair, on the crystal ball, and the crystal ball immediately lit up with a rich green light.
Seeing this scene, Chen Changsheng finally couldn't help but burst into laughter.
“Hahahaha!”
“Artificial Spiritual Roots are indeed feasible! Now I no longer have to worry about being captured by those great Cultivators for research.”
That's right, ever since he came into contact with the cultivation world, Chen Changsheng had always had a worry in his heart.
That was the fear of his secret of Chang Sheng being discovered by others.
Although he could gain attribute points through slumber.
But to become strong enough to contend with those old monsters at the Transformation and Nascent Soul levels, God knows how long it would take.
If something unexpected happened during this long period, then he would be finished.
Therefore, he must acquire the power of self-preservation during this transitional period, and cultivation is a very good method.
After confirming that he possessed a High Grade wood Spiritual Root, Chen Changsheng looked at the System panel in his mind.
【Host: Chen Changsheng】
【Strength: 1】
【Speed: 1】
【Defense: 11】
【Spiritual Energy: 0】
【Lifespan: 160】
Chen Changsheng: ???
Seeing his System panel, Chen Changsheng's face was full of question marks.
“System, what's going on? Why have my attributes regressed?”
“If I remember correctly, before I fell into slumber, I should have been at the fourth level of Qi Refining.”
“Although the strength was negligible, all my attributes had improved to a certain extent. Why have they now returned to the attributes of a Mortal?”
Facing Chen Changsheng's questions, the System's voice immediately rang out in Chen Changsheng's mind.
“During slumber, the spiritual energy in the host's body will slowly dissipate outwards.”
“Without the support of spiritual energy, the host's various attributes will naturally return to the standard of a Mortal.”
“Except for the power gained through attribute points.”
Chen Changsheng pouted at this explanation and quickly accepted it.
It was just the fourth level of Qi Refining, it's fine if it's gone.
He now had the talent of a High Grade wood Spiritual Root, and reaching the fourth level of Qi Refining would only take a few days at most.
Subsequently, Chen Changsheng directly dumped all eighty attribute points onto Defense.
Looking at the Defense attribute as high as 91 points, Chen Changsheng said with satisfaction, “System, with my 91 points of Defense, what level of Cultivator can I resist?”
“Replying to the host, with a Defense attribute of 91 points, attacks below the mid-Foundation Establishment Realm cannot break your Defense.”
“Mid-Foundation Establishment Realm can injure you, and late-Foundation Establishment Realm can cause serious injury.”
“There is a risk of death at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage, and exceeding the Foundation Establishment Stage, the host will surely die.”
Just as he was speaking, an explosion suddenly came from the cave entrance.
Immediately after, a figure excitedly jumped in.
“Heaven is helping me!”
“This time, I will definitely successfully break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining!”
As the words fell, the figure who had rushed into the cave froze.
Because she discovered a jade coffin in the cave.
Even more terrifying was that there was a corpse covered in green hair sitting in the jade coffin.
The corpse was in a sitting posture and was staring straight at her.
“Ah!”
A scream pierced the sky.
That figure immediately summoned a Flying Sword and attacked Chen Changsheng.
Facing this inexplicable attack, Chen Changsheng subconsciously raised his hand to block.
Clang!
The sharp treasure sword was immediately bounced away.
Seeing that her most powerful method was ineffective, the figure's mind immediately flashed with the ninety-nine ways she was about to die.
Under fear and despair, the figure's eyes rolled back, and she directly fainted from fright.
Seeing this, Chen Changsheng scratched his head in confusion and then walked out of the coffin.
Walking closer, Chen Changsheng finally realized that the one who had broken into his cave was a young girl from the Demon Clan.
He saw that she had two fluffy fox ears on her head, was wearing coarse cloth, and was about sixteen or seventeen years old.
“How could someone from the Demon Clan come here? I don't have any treasures here!”
Chen Changsheng couldn't understand the sudden intrusion of the Demon Clan.
When choosing the place of slumber, he had deliberately avoided areas with dense spiritual energy.
The purpose was to prevent being accidentally discovered by someone searching for treasures or cultivating.
But listening to the words of this Fox-eared girl, it seemed she intentionally blasted this place open.
However, this doubt did not last long, and Chen Changsheng quickly discovered the reason.
The Fox-eared girl was tightly holding a Rejuvenation Grass in her hand. Judging from its growth, it was at least eighty years old.
Rejuvenation Grass is a very common spiritual medicine in the cultivation world. When he scattered plant seeds at the cave entrance, he casually scattered a handful of Rejuvenation Grass seeds.
He didn't expect that this Rejuvenation Grass would break through its growth limit and survive for a full eighty years.
If he wasn't mistaken, it should be this Rejuvenation Grass that attracted her here.