Chaos Fire

The moment Ryan touched the crystal ball he was fed a information that came to his mind as though it had been there forever but he had never been able to access it. In the depth of his soul there was chaotic mass in which quietly wandering was a mass of somewhat illusory mass of fire. Through the information he got to know that it was called Chaos Fire, one of the strongest entities bred by the chaos. It was assimilated with his soul before his birth and thus became a part of him. Right now it was sealed and it's power was far from its peak. It could only display the power as per his strength thus urging him to increase his strength.

It was in slumber till now but it became active when it came with the energy contained in the crystal ball. Along with the information about the Chaos fire he was also told about the abilities of the chaos fire. First being that his spiritual root instead of being with any affinity was a chaos spirit root which was unique in all existence and it could accommodate any power that there was in existence. It had the ability to cultivate any qi as its own without any refining and he can change his attribute to any of the available elemental qi. It gave him an advantage that he can cultivate the same in any environment and doesn't need specific treasures to help him cultivate along with any exercises as well. For him all of them would have the same effect as someone with the affinity.

Other than the Chaos spiritual root it also had the effect of helping him into tempering his body, qi that he cultivates, his soul and also improve his talent passively. So if the current him was just mortal spiritual root then with time he can improve to profound, heavenly, immortal and even above that. With his urging he could also use the chaos fire to fight, do alchemy, refining equipment etc. Tempering his soul would also improve his comprehension thus giving him advantage on all round comparative to his peers.

For other it told him to explore on its own. But Ryan was not even paying attention to this he was ecstatic to know the above abilities. One should know that to cultivate someone's body they had to practice body exercises specifically but he could do that passively and he just had to cultivate his qi and didn't had to practice any body exercises if he wouldn't want to or if he wants he would have the double the result with half the effort. Improvement in talent and soul was priceless as the treasures that could do the same are so rare that there might not be one in the whole Profound Sky World.

Chaos Spiritual root was also a big surprise as he had never heard of anyone with something like this in the town. In fact, he didn't even understand what Chaos was. But he knew it was the most important as the information in his mind said that it was unique that means that no one had ever had this spiritual root. By the information he got he can deduce that the resources he needed to cultivate will be lesser than if he didn't have the chaos spirit root. Only reason others thought he had the wood spiritual roots was that he absorbed the wood qi gathered around the crystal ball left by the tester who was in front of him, it would have been the same if someone with other affinities was in front. He was also lucky that there was someone with affinity in front of him or else he would be detected without any affinity.

As for practicing alchemy and refinement and other professions he put it for future him. He was content with what was given to him. It could also help him temper his qi. He had heard that the purer the qi more powerful would be the skills and he will also use less qi to perform them thus improving his attack power and battle endurance. These benefits were enough for even the top power in the world to kill him to snatch it. He has been alone his whole life so he understands the concept of having a treasure when he was weak thus he decided to himself that he would not disclose this secret of his to anyone.

It took Ryan an hour to digest and organise the information he got. By the time he did that, test was completed without any disturbances. There was only a girl who had dual affinity of fire and wind which aroused a competition between four sects other than that there were only thirty one young ones who were detected with any affinity. Emerald sect had recruited four disciples from the town. After everything was done old man whose name was Elder Mo who was an outer sect elder told him to tidy up everything in the next seven days as he would have to go to other test sites to collect other disciples. Thus, after saying goodbye and instructing the four about some trivial things he left with other old men. Ryan heard what the Elder Mo said and left for his home which was just a thatched cottage.

It took two hours for Ryan to reach his cottage instead of usual 10 minutes as people at the square all surrounded him telling him to take care of them in future, matching their daughters, giving him money or other things. Ryan rejected everyone as he knew they were just opportunistic, they will be the first to leave his side in trouble thus avoiding and reaching his cottage. He didn't had to pack anything as he was an orphan and didn't have to pack anything so he decided to say goodbye to his employers and rest for the next seven days and also see the effect of the Chaos Fire meanwhile. By only adapting to it can he use it for himself and hide it from others.