The battle of wits between Chu Xiaolian and Elder Yan will be left aside for the time being.
On the other side, Li Hanguang was pretty comfortable.
[Chu Xiaolian: Third son of Hong City's Chu family. Disciple of the Righteous Hero Sword Sage, Yan Chixiao. Has gained mastery over the 'Nine Transformations Soul Forging Technique' and has made great progress in his cultivation. ——Admiration Points: 251]
[Yan Chixiao: The Holy Son of Taicang from seven centuries ago. Currently resides in the Ancient Ring in Chu Xiaolian's possession with the form of a spirit remnant. Is very interested in you ——Admiration Points: 178]
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Li Hanguang took out a paper and updated Chu Xiaolian and Elder Yan's information.
Sitting cross-legged in the wooden house on the edge of the field, Li Hanguang prompted his mind and summoned the Bronze Mark.
The tiny mark that was green in color hovered in the air, emitting a faint brilliance.
Around the Bronze Mark were three wisps of light constantly orbiting it.
This was the ability that Li Hanguang replicated using the Bronze Mark before he and Chu Xiaolian parted ways. Now, he was preparing to open the prize!
The two wisps of light belonged to Chu Xiaolian and the third one belonged to Yan Chixiao.
"Oh heavens, please! Fire!"
Li Hanguang squeezed his fist secretly and cast his eyes to the first light cluster.
[High-grade Metal Spiritual Root Source: Fusing with this Spiritual Root Source will result in a transformation in physique and the acquisition of the 'Metal Spiritual Root' talent.]
High-grade Metal Spiritual Root?
The smile on Li Hanguang's face froze.
Collecting Spiritual Roots was just like collecting cards.
It was meaningless to draw a card that one already had.
"Mistake! This is just a mistake!"
Li Hanguang closed his eyes and rubbed his palms frantically.
After a long time, his palms became hot. Li Hanguang abruptly opened his eyes.
He stared at the second light cluster!
Boom!
[Top-grade Fire Spiritual Root Source: Fusing with this Spiritual Root Source will result in a transformation in physique and the acquisition of the 'Fire Spiritual Root' talent.]
It's Fire!
Lit! This is lit!!!
Li Hanguang's body trembled as his blood boiled with excitement!
Three years!
He had been waiting for this wisp of Fire Spiritual Root Source for three years!
Only God knew how he spent each day over the past three years!
The reason he was doing all this poser stuff all the time was to gather the five elements!
All good things come to those who wait patiently!
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Li Hanguang calmed his excited heart and slowly stretched out his trembling hand to the wisp of light.
Discreetly, he chanted the word 'Absorb'.
Immediately, the cluster of light which was the Fire Spiritual Root Source slowly merged with Li Hanguang's body and turned into an incomparably warm and gentle current.
With this warm current surging throughout his body, Li Hanguang felt his aptitude changing.
At this moment, his affinity with the Spiritual Energy of the Fire Element became much stronger than before!
If the Fire Element Spiritual Energy he could mobilize in the past was one unit, at this moment, he was capable of mobilizing 1000 units of fire.
As long as he was willing, he could instantly increase his cultivation speed of the Fire Element by a thousand times!
Of course, this was just the Fire Element.
If he wanted to condense Spiritual Energy that consisted of a mixture of the five elements, the Spiritual Roots of other elements had to be considered as well.
"My configuration right now is a high-grade Metal Spiritual Root, top-grade Wood Spiritual Root, top-grade Water Spiritual Root, top-grade Fire Spiritual Root, and a high-grade Earth Spiritual Root.
"This means that my next step is strengthening my Earth and Metal elements."
Most certainly, haste makes waste!
This time, obtaining a top-grade Fire Spiritual Root already did away with Li Hanguang's greatest shortcomings.
He had absolute confidence that should he raise his cultivation base as quickly as possible, the problem of not having enough Earth and Metal would solve itself in the future.
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"Let me see how fast I can cultivate now!"
Li Hanguang sat cross-legged on his bed and began cycling the Five Elements Sword Aura that he had been cultivating for many years.
There were five Sword Technique Scriptures in the Unyielding Sword Celestial Sect. They were the Sharp Metal Sword Aura, Green Leaves Sword Aura, Long River Sword Aura, Dancing Flames Sword Aura, and Crushing Mountain Sword Aura.
It was said that these five peerless Sword Technique Scriptures were originally one. They were divided from one supreme Sword Technique Scripture.
Therefore, these five peerless Sword Technique Scriptures could be integrated with each other.
For example, if one had both the Fire Spiritual Root and Wood Spiritual Root and they cultivate in both the Green Leaves Sword Aura and Dancing Flames Sword Aura, the power of their sword aura would be much stronger than that of a single element.
Of course, there were also geniuses who possessed both the Water and Fire Spiritual Roots who proceeded to cultivate with the Long River Sword Aura and Dancing Flames Sword Aura.
As a result, the two conflicting Sword Auras left them in a disastrous state.
Since three years ago, Li Hanguang had been practicing in the Sword Auras of all five elements synchronously with the assistance of the Bronze Mark.
As of now, he had long gotten all five Sword Technique Scriptures into the state of Sublimity.
Relying on the Bronze Mark, he improved these five Sword Techniques many times.
Even if the creator of the Sword Techniques was resurrected, it was impossible for him to surpass Li Hanguang in terms of accomplishments in these Sword Techniques.
"Cycle of the Five Elements, birth!"
Li Hanguang pinched a Sword Mark while pointing one finger towards the sky and the other towards the ground.
All of a sudden, the Spiritual Energy of the five elements between Heaven and Earth swarmed towards him like a tide.
Massive amounts of Spiritual Energy poured into Li Hanguang's meridians and flowed into his Elixir Field in the order of the five elements.
Metal begets Water, Water begets Wood, Wood begets Fire, Fire begets Earth, and Earth begets Metal!
The Spiritual Aura of the five elements was refined in this continuous cycle.
Swiftly, brand-new strands of pure and unequaled Spiritual Energy came into being.
The essence of such Spiritual Energy was above the Spiritual Energy of the five elements. It appeared to be composed of all-encompassing mysteries.
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"I've been stuck at level 3 of Spiritual Qi Refinement for too long. I guess it's time for a breakthrough!"
Li Hanguang's eyes ignited. All the Spiritual Energy in his body was boiling as he exuded a tremendous aura!
Breakthrough!
The Spiritual Energy of the five elements morphed into an infinite gust of invincible Sword Qi that raged vertically and horizontally.
In an instant, the cabinet was broken.
The tables and chairs were broken.
The door was broken.
The beams were also broken.
The entire wooden house was instantly turned into ruins.
Under the impetus of Elemental Spiritual Energy, the power of the five Sword Auras became immensely powerful.
Wherever the Sword Aura went, all tangible things were instantly torn apart and reduced into ruin by the five forces.
If Chu Xiaolian were to see this, he would definitely be dumbfounded.
Because at this moment, the amount of raging Sword Aura was completely incomparable to the amount of his at level 7 of the Spiritual Qi Refinement stage.
But if he were to face this Sword Aura alone, the invincible Sword Aura would probably turn him into a rain of blood in a matter of seconds.
The quality of this Sword Aura was too great!
Whoosh~
As if piercing an invisible membrane and entering a whole new stage, Li Hanguang knew that he had attained a breakthrough.
At this moment, he was no longer a weakling at level 3 of the Spiritual Qi Refinement stage, but a dignified level 4 of the Spiritual Qi Refinement stage!
Yes~
More importantly: His cultivation speed had increased a hundredfold, and he was confident that he could re-enter the Foundation Establishment stage in record time.
Coupled with the Sword Aura of the Five Elements that he had cultivated to the state of Sublimity, and the Elemental Spiritual Energy that could boost the power of any of his techniques by ten times, logically speaking, going through five to six minor stages or even a major one would be a piece of cake!
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Today was really a season of great harvest!
Li Hanguang felt joyful on the inside.
In the end, building a castle in the sky could never get things done.
If he really wanted everyone to believe in him, he had to make up his mind to do some real sh*t!
If one day, his rice could really spread all over the world and help billions of people solve the problem of starvation, would he still have to worry about not having enough Admiration Points to harvest by then?
Of course, this was something to be taken up later.
"Let me see what I've got from the Righteous Hero Sword Sage!"
Li Hanguang recalled his power, took out the Bronze Mark, and looked at the last light cluster.
[Righteous Sword Aura Source: Fusing with this Aura Source will grant you a Grade-9 Righteous Sword Aura, a ninefold power boost in Sword Techniques, and the ability to nullify Ghost-type creatures.]
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Looking at the wisp of light in front of him, Li Hanguang gulped.
As expected of a guru.
This is even more lit!
The older ones certainly had the better loot!!!