The first split was extremely smooth, and the two streams of wood spirit energy instantly transformed into four clusters of bursting spirit power.
This kind of burst spirit power from the first split had very low damage. Even if all four clusters erupted together, it couldn't compare to a single Fireball Technique. After all, besides the inherent power it contained, the Fireball Technique could continuously burn and inflict damage.
Meng Yao's expression remained unchanged. Under her control, the four clusters of bursting spirit power split again, turning into eight!
Controlling the eight clusters of bursting spirit power, Meng Yao still had some strength left. She took a deep breath, her face showing a hint of caution. She was about to initiate the third split on these eight clusters of bursting spirit power!
Without revealing her actions, the originally stable bursting spirit power was once again split, astonishingly transforming into sixteen clusters!
"Not good!"
Meng Yao's expression changed slightly. She could feel that these bursting spirit powers were too violent. Almost the moment they appeared, nearly half of them had gone out of control!
Almost as a natural instinct, she activated the Spirit Phantom Step, decisively stepping back.
Just as she took a step back, a "boom" echoed. The bursting spirit power had already exploded, creating a massive deep pit in the ground.
Meng Yao's face turned pale, her heartbeat accelerating, almost pounding out of her chest.
If she hadn't reacted quickly, she might have been killed by the Spirit Explosion Technique she had concocted herself!
"The power of the Spirit Explosion Technique is too terrifying. This is only sixty-four times the power, and I almost sent myself away..."
Meng Yao shook her head. At least for the short term, she wouldn't consider practicing the Spirit Explosion Technique. Just now, she could barely control twelve clusters of bursting spirit power, and four clusters instantly went out of control. This time, luck was on her side, but it might not be the case next time.
After Meng Yao calmed her emotions, she returned to the cave and took out a jade slip, preparing to practice the Earth Spirit Technique.
"The Earth Spirit Technique and the Spirit Rain Technique are quite similar, both pure auxiliary techniques capable of widespread casting.
The Spirit Rain Technique waters spirit plants, allowing them to absorb spiritual energy, while the Earth Spirit Technique inputs spiritual energy into the land where spirit plants are cultivated, gradually improving the quality of the soil.
However, the amount of spiritual energy required for the Spirit Rain Technique is almost fixed, difficult to decrease, and nearly impossible to increase.
In contrast, the Earth Spirit Technique has no upper limit on its demand for spiritual energy."
Meng Yao pondered silently. When she first discovered this cave, the spiritual energy inside was already abundant, roughly three times more than outside.
After numerous uses of the Spirit Rain Technique, the spiritual energy inside the cave was slightly higher than before, but the change was not particularly noticeable.
While the Spirit Rain Technique could enhance the spiritual energy in the cave slightly, Meng Yao wondered what surprises the Earth Spirit Technique, specifically designed to improve the land's spiritual energy, might bring.
The Earth Spirit Technique is extremely simple to use, requiring only the conversion of spiritual energy into Earth spiritual energy and then transmitting it to the land.
However, there are some requirements for the speed of delivering spiritual energy.
It can't be too fast, or the land won't have time to absorb the spiritual energy, resulting in wastage. It also can't be too slow otherwise, it won't be effective.
Moreover, during the process of delivering spiritual energy, the same speed must be maintained continuously.
But Meng Yao's proficiency in the transformation and control of spiritual energy had reached an extremely skilled level. The Earth Spirit Technique considered the most challenging for others, turned out to be the easiest for her to practice.
After just a few days, she had already mastered it well.
The only drawback was that her earth spirit root purity was only thirty-five points, making the efficiency of spiritual energy conversion lower.
Since the Earth Spirit Technique directly affects the land, its casting range is extremely large, almost more than twice that of the Spirit Rain Technique.
In such a vast area, even if Meng Yao input all her spiritual energy, the overall spiritual energy value in the land showed no significant change.
Undeterred, Meng Yao quickly thought of a solution, "Let's try narrowing down the scope of the Earth Spirit Technique."
With ample experience in compressing the casting range of the Spirit Rain Technique, it didn't take much effort for Meng Yao to shrink the range of the Earth Spirit Technique to an extremely small extent, precisely below where she was seated.
Closing her eyes, Meng Yao continuously operated the Earth Spirit Technique, transforming her internal spiritual energy into earth-attributed spiritual energy and slowly transmitting it beneath her.
After fully delivering all her spiritual energy, Meng Yao sensed the spiritual energy in the ground beneath her. As expected, the contained spiritual energy was subtly higher than the surrounding area! She opened her eyes, excitement flashing in them.
Even with just one application of the Earth Spirit Technique, the effect could be felt. Over time, it could significantly improve the spiritual energy contained in the land.
The more abundant the spiritual energy, the greater the benefits she could derive from practicing here.
Initially, Meng Yao was concerned about the reduced effectiveness of the Spirit Dew, slowing down her cultivation speed. However, with this concentrated version of the Earth Spirit Technique, she gained confidence that her cultivation speed would be not only faster but also more efficient than before.
"Let's start by transforming this small area."
Meng Yao took a deep breath, suppressing her excitement, replenished her spiritual energy with Spirit Dew, and began her transformation plan.
In the following days, Meng Yao devoted herself to using the Earth Spirit Technique to transform the land beneath her.
Until one day, no matter how she cast the Earth Spirit Technique, she couldn't increase the spiritual energy content in the ground below. It was then that Meng Yao reluctantly ceased her efforts.
This entire process lasted for a full three months.
The land beneath her, nurtured continuously by the Earth Spirit Technique over these days, had reached an astonishing level of abundant spiritual energy, almost deserving the title of "Spiritual Earth."
The surrounding land in a circle around the Spiritual Earth, while not as extraordinary as the Spiritual Earth itself, still contained an extremely high concentration of spiritual energy.
More importantly, these spiritual energies had been completely absorbed by the soil, with minimal dissipation.
Satisfied with the results she had diligently achieved over the past few months, Meng Yao nodded in approval.
A good preparation is half the battle. Although crafting the Spiritual Earth took three months, compared to the benefits it could bring, this time investment was negligible.
"This concentrated version of the Earth Spirit Technique, although its range is tens of times smaller than the normal Earth Spirit Technique, can rapidly increase the spiritual energy in the soil over a short period.
Let's call it the Spiritual Earth Technique to distinguish it from the regular Earth Spirit Technique."
Meng Yao faintly felt that the help from the Spiritual Earth Technique surpassed that of the Spirit Dew Technique.
Currently, the Spirit Dew could still aid in her cultivation, but its effectiveness had halved compared to when she was in the second level of Qi cultivation.
Once she reached the fourth level of Qi cultivation, the efficacy of the Spirit Dew would be further reduced.
However, the Spiritual Earth was different.
As long as she practiced on the Spiritual Earth, it would provide assistance to her cultivation. Moreover, if the spiritual energy in the Spiritual Earth was depleted, she could replenish it at any time.
"Calculating the time, seven months have already passed this year, leaving only five months. Time really flies."
During these seven months, Meng Yao first practiced the Spirit Concealing Step, then crafted the Spiritual Earth, without specifically spending time advancing her cultivation.
Compared to when she just entered the third level of Qi cultivation, her cultivation had only slightly improved, reaching the early stages of the third level.
There was no year-end assessment for second-year disciples, but after the three-year novice period, there would be a major examination.
Currently, there was still nearly a year and a half until the major examination.
(End of chapter)