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Chapter 599 - 200 An Xuan of the Heavenly Spiritual Root (Extra for Monthly Votes)

Chapter 599: Chapter 200 An Xuan of the Heavenly Spiritual Root (Extra for Monthly Votes)

"True Person..."

Principal He saw the other party, his expression quite complex, but in the end, he bowed his head respectfully: "I’m here today to bring a few promising students to join Xuanye City, as the school affairs are usually busy, making it difficult to travel."

"Educating the new generation is a grave task indeed. Brother He, don’t be too rigid."

Watching Principal He now, Floating Yang True Person sighed. Although he had indeed heard that his comrade-in-arms, who once fought shoulder to shoulder with him, fell into decline after a certain battle, his Sword Intent becoming rusty, divine edge dulled, seeing Principal He now still made it difficult for him to forget those days: "I still remember that year, a warrior with a single sword, stood firm at the Daze Pass."

"At that time, Monsters/Demons surged like an overwhelming force, the soldiers and civilians behind the pass were retreating, I and others were restrained by the Demon King and could not provide support. It was that warrior who fought desperately, with his own strength, piling the bones of Monsters/Demons like mountains, ensuring every soldier and civilian could retreat."

"When we found him, only his arm bones remained, blood nearly drained, but not only had the battle line not retreated, it had even advanced a few steps forward."

"Such a warrior who even death cannot frighten, a Sword Cultivator even Monsters/Demons feared, why can’t he even lift his head in front of an old friend?"

Principal He stayed silent and did not make eye contact with Floating Yang True Person.

Floating Yang True Person did not wish to trouble his old friend and simply bid farewell with clasped hands. He glanced at Nian Quan and muttered to himself in surprise, ’Heavenly Water Spiritual Root?’ He looked intently for a few moments, but didn’t linger long. Once assured it was not it, he smiled and left with another official from the Sky Surveillance Bureau, discussing cooperation projects between the Expedition Ritual Office and the Sky Surveillance Bureau.

On the surface, indeed it was just that.

In reality, An Jing noticed that the True Person’s Divine Sense had scanned over him several times and even left him a message with his Divine Sense.

[Young man, don’t bring magic treasures into the Sky Surveillance Bureau next time, it’s very dangerous]

Most likely because he was brought in by Principal He, Floating Yang True Person spoke in a very affable manner, as if dealing with a junior: [Your elder’s craftsmanship is quite good, we should exchange notes next time]

[Your principal is very capable, you should learn a few tricks from him]

After leaving the message, he leisurely departed.

After they left, Principal He continued to lead An Jing and the others further into the Sky Surveillance Bureau.

About Principal He’s past, An Jing and the others were certainly curious, but everyone wasn’t foolish, so they pretended not to have heard what Floating Yang True Person said, and the entire group was very silent.

"I lost."

Suddenly, Principal He, facing away from the youngsters, spoke up: "The Demon King from that battle was very strong, Floating Yang True Person was also severely injured, he returned to the rear after that battle, so he didn’t know what happened afterwards."

"I blocked that Monster/Demon attack, I was arrogant and complacent, thinking I was just one step away from reaching the Purple Mansion, and after recovery, recklessly requested to return to the frontline, to take on the most dangerous tasks, to kill the strongest Monsters/Demons, to protect the most critical rears."

"I even thought it wouldn’t take too much resources, I alone would be enough, because I had won the first time, and thus, could win the second."

"But this time, I lost."

He spoke dryly, as if not speaking about his own past, but some foolish person’s delusions: "I wasn’t as strong as I thought, my sword wasn’t as sharp as I thought."

"I lost, it would have been better had I died, but the ones who died weren’t me, they were my friends, my lover, those soldiers and civilians who trusted me."

"I survived by a fluke. Everyone said, ah, He Yongzhi, this wasn’t your fault, the enemy was too strong, even you could be defeated. They are not me, they do not know what I was thinking then, do not know what kind of support I refused, do not know... it was all caused by me."

Principal He did not continue, because up ahead was the Sky Surveillance Bureau’s office specifically for registering new citizens, and the office, aged with a goatee, knowing Principal He was coming, personally came out to meet him: "Isn’t this Mr. He? A rare guest, bringing promising new students to register?"

"Yes."

Principal He smiled at this time, shook hands with him: "This young man, a promising student from the Wilderness, has a lot of potential."

The two exchanged a few words of greeting, and talked about other topics, all through Spiritual Network communication.

"So this must be An Xuan. Indeed, a young talent!"

The office leader took a glance at An Jing, although not able to discern much, could see that An Jing’s aura was sustained, his physique robust, Blood Qi abundant and overflowing, indicating his success in both Qi Refinement and Body Refinement, his talent couldn’t be bad, and he didn’t skimp on his praise: "Come, come, we’ve just updated our instruments, it’s the perfect time for you to be here."

With the Heaven and Earth Root, An Jing could exhibit whatever attribute he wanted to exhibit. However, his metallic attribute had already manifested quite a bit. The main matter to consider right now was, under the system of Xuanye City, what kind of ’An Xuan’ should he present himself as.

"Metal as the main, how about pairing it with water and wood?"

An Jing said to Subdue Evil in his mind: "I have several methods for metal and fire, but none for wood, earth, or water. Metal is my primary attribute, and with Blood Fiend complementing fire, I’m not worried. However, I need to exhibit the metallic talent I have shown before."

"I plan to mainly study the other three elements in Tianyuan Realm, to sufficiently supplement my techniques. But externally, I can at most display two spirit roots—water and wood, water and earth, or earth and wood are all possible."

"I think wood is not bad. Here in the Tianyuan Realm, ’Evergreen Wood’ and related studies on spirit plants are pretty good. Your Heaven and Earth Root also relates to Divine Wood; you’ll definitely learn a lot here and might even get prioritized training."

Subdue Evil also thought it was possible: "Wood is a definite study, just need to choose between water and earth... I think water is also good. Metal and earth are similar, with both being able to assist with similar things. Although fundamentally different, the areas they cover are indeed similar."

"Water is different, as you were nurtured by the Heavenly Tribulation. It would indeed be a waste to not cultivate it well."

"Alright, then water and wood." An Jing had already given it some thought, but with Subdue Evil’s agreement, he was even more pleased: "Then let’s exhibit ’metal, water, wood’."

Having decided what to exhibit next, An Jing quietly operated the Heaven and Earth Root, concealing the traces of fire and earth.

The testing apparatus of the Sky Surveillance Bureau looked somewhat like an MRI machine. One had to remove all magic treasures and lie within it, to be scanned back and forth. Compared to the ancient method of ’infusing spirit Qi’ into some affinity spirit material and determining one’s aptitude by the brightness of the light, the Spiritual Energy Resonance Instrument was more detailed in its testing and less prone to error.

An Jing handed all his magic artifacts to Nian Quan Huo Qing, then lay down on the bed and entered the cylindrical machine, feeling the startup of the Spiritual Energy Resonance Instrument.

Suddenly, a large amount of dense, high-concentration Spirit Qi pressed down, resonating with An Jing’s body.

"Hey, this feeling is somewhat like the Earth Vein Formation—testing Spirit Qi affinity and penetration intensity under a high-pressure Spirit Qi environment? Interesting!"

An Jing saw through the instrument’s principle at a glance: "In this way, indeed, there will be no inaccurate readings... unless it’s me."

Sensing the rhythm of the Spiritual Energy Resonance Instrument, An Jing calmly operated the Heaven and Earth Root, exhibiting only the talents he wanted to show.

"Hmm..."

On the other side, the lead operator of the apparatus, who was personally handling the device, contemplated the charts and stroked his beard: "Metal, water, wood..."

"Metal generates water, water fosters wood, but metal also restrains wood... Metal is most dominant with a six-fold efficacy, water at two, which adds up to five when combining their generative aspects, and wood at three, totals six when combining them, but since metal restrains wood, it steals the life of wood, which results in metal seven, water five, wood four—a fairly rare Golden Qi nurturing water and wood constitution... Not bad, it’s a pretty strong three spirit roots."

"But..."

He looked somewhat troubled when he turned to Principal He: "This data..."

He didn’t speak, but everything was conveyed in silence—the data did not reach eight points, and under the policy, the sixth-generation chip offering was out of reach.

"That so..." Principal He didn’t find it strange; the spirit root talent was not a major issue, the most important was the Sword Dao talent, but he still wanted to negotiate: "Look, your grandson is also planning to come to Third Middle School..."

He intended to promise some benefits, but all this was overheard by An Jing.

—Not enough?

He thought about it, realizing he might have suppressed his data a little too much. In fact, there was no need to present himself as a deadbeat in Tianyuan Realm; he might as well just directly demonstrate his genius.

Thus, An Jing adjusted the data again, restoring it to his current actual data.

Buzz buzz.

The Spiritual Energy Resonance Instrument hummed slightly, and the apparatus operator glanced at it, then raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Huh? Something’s not right..."

"Wait a second... I read it wrong!"

He blinked, then took a deep breath and laughed heartily: "Haha, the Spirit Qi pressure was incorrect before, causing a data error—the initial data is metal at seven, water at three, wood at three, the overall data is metal nine, water six, wood five!"

"No problem, student An Xuan is a Heavenly Spirit Root!"