By Helping You I Am Helping Myself
After coming back to his senses, he said, "Then if I take the Temporal Spirit World with me, then it will have no effects on the spirit array that is protecting the village?"
The Spirit God smiled and replied calmly, "No."
Ethan took a sigh of relief. He always believed that if he chose to take the Temporal Spirit World with him, then he will never explain his conscience. This also adds additional reason behind the difficulty of the V-Ranked mission.
But he made the right decision. And he believed that everything has been settled. As long as he takes the Temporal Spirit World, then it could be considered as completion of the mission. He was eagerly looking forward to the rewards.
Before he could take the Temporal Spirit World which is suspended in mid-air under the control of the Spirit God, Ethan felt a slight ache all over his body. As seconds passed, the pain intensified.
"Argh!"
Ethan gave a loud shout and fell to the ground as the intensifying pain didn't give him any chance to think anything.
"Wh…what's happening to me?", Ethan asked in both pain and panic.
Spirit God narrowed his eyes. He said after some time, "How strange? Did you eat too many highest-grade Spirit pills?"
"No…!", Ethan replied while in pain. His answer came with great difficulty. The word "No" took away too much of his energy.
Spirit God then said in confusion, "Then why is your Spirit Power so high? You have two spirits. That's quite impressive. But your Spirit Power is very high. It's 100 times stronger than the normal spirit. What did you do for such increment in strength."
Ethan first had a blank face. Then he said inwardly, "System! Show me my Cultivation Spirit stats?"
[Heaven Cultivation Spirit: 115.1]
[Spirit Cultivation Spirit: 115.1]
Ethan: "…"
For a moment, Ethan had no choice but to be dumbstruck. Earlier his Cultivation Spirits were at 5.1 points. But now it had been increased to 155.1? A total increase by 110 points?
Ethan failed to understand at the beginning. But then he remembered the steps he climbed to reach the first floor with the greatest difficulty in his life so far. He understood that this might be the result of climbing the stairs to the first floor.
"Tell me. What medicine did you take to increase your spirit power to such an extent?", Spirit God asked once again.
Spirit God! Do you have amnesia? Isn't this the result of your test?
Ethan couldn't help but scowl in anger. But he didn't reply as his remaining strength was being used on resisting the pain.
Spirit God was a vastly experienced person. So he understood why Ethan didn't reply. He sighed and said, "Whatever might be the reason, but the point is that both of your spirits are very strong. As for your physical body, it is not strong enough to contain such a massive power within it. So your Spirits are bursting out of your body. This pain is the initial phase of the entire process. As time passed, your body will fail to take the power of both the Spirits and fail to sustain them."
If you know the reason behind my current situation, then why don't you fix it? What is your title as "Spirit God" refer to?
Ethan shouted inwardly in anger. He hated how Spirit God stood there without providing any help other than explaining to Ethan.
Spirit God said after a slight moment of thinking, "Since you have two Spirits, then I can presume that you have a method to split your Spirit, right? Then I have a solution for you. I will send you to the Spirit Pool. Take bath and split your spirits into multiple parts. I will seal them in the Temporal Spirit World. This is one of the uses of the Spirit Artifact. After you refine the Temporal Spirit World, you will gain control over all the Spirits and you could do whatever you want with them."
Ethan took a sigh of relief. After a while, he felt that the Spirit God spoke words that actually make sense according to the current situation.
"Get ready! I will teleport you directly to the Spirit Pool.", Spirit God said and swept his hand in midair. As soon as he swept his hand, Ethan's vision suddenly changed. Previously he was in that world filled with endless golden light. And now he is in front of the Spirit Pool. He knew that the Spirit God had teleported him here.
Ethan entered the Spirit Pool with great difficulty. As soon as he entered the Spirit Pool, he activated the <
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Soon Ethan felt both his powerful spirits which have a massive sum of 115.1 points were being split into different parts by the golden radiance.
Two became four. Four became eight. Eight became sixteen. After around an hour, his Spirits were completely split into 23 parts! At the same time, during the splitting process, as each spirit was being split, Ethan found the intense pain being worn off. Soon he started to feel relaxed. As time passed, he relaxed completely.
Spirit God also appeared near the Spirit Pool in the meanwhile. And he wasn't sitting idly. He was also busy. When Ethan was splitting his Spirits, he summoned the Temporal Spirit World in one hand, while with his other hand, he controlled Ethan's split spirit. He extracted them out of Ethan's body and sealed them in the Temporal Spirit World. This was also the reason why Ethan started to feel better.
Very soon the process was completed. Ethan completely recovered. He then opened his eyes and found Spirit God standing in front of him with a calm face. He said tone filled with gratitude, "I thank the senior for wasting your time and energy in my recovery."
"It's alright. As someone who won my inheritance, as someone who has a formidable strength, and as someone who has a moral character, this is something I had to naturally do. Don't mention your thanks. Remember, by helping you, I am helping myself."
Ethan couldn't understand what the Spirit God meant. Especially the last part where he said "Remember, by helping you, I am helping myself". But the gods are always mysterious. Their train of thoughts is something a mere mortal like him could understand. So he didn't put much thought into it.