Chapter 75: The Surprises Brought by the Five Elements Technique

To be honest, he felt somewhat disappointed about the origin of the Blood Seal Warriors.

He initially thought it was a path equal to that of cultivators.

But now he was told that it was merely a useless cultivation method dismissed by the cultivation world that was spread through other means.

This was quite disappointing for him.

Casting aside his unrealistic notions, Fang Yun carefully considered Lai Kuan's description of the Five Elements Technique.

He wondered whether he could cultivate this technique.

After all, it was fundamentally a cultivation method, and it wasn't particularly suitable for warriors to use.

But they had no other choice.

To cultivate the Five Elements Technique, one needed to have five elemental roots.

It was clear that he didn't possess these roots.

Although he had never tested his elemental roots, based on his previous cultivation speed before obtaining his golden finger, he felt that it shouldn't be as poor as having five elemental roots.

If he lacked five elemental roots, he could only use Blood Seal Artifacts.

But the Blood Seal Artifacts required pure elemental materials, and he didn't have those either.

However, although he didn't have those pure elemental materials, he did have some inferior substitutes.

For instance, there was that metallic organism still buried outside the dock.

By classification, it should belong to both the metal and wood attributes.

Though, in terms of attributes, this metallic plant wasn't particularly suitable.

According to Lai Kuan, the crafting of Blood Seal Artifacts should be based on the deficiency of one's own elemental roots, used to compensate for the missing part of those roots.

Fang Yun knew that he wasn't clear about the roots in his own body.

However, based on his current cultivation situation, he at least had roots in wood, earth, and water.

He was unsure about whether he had a metal elemental root.

This uncertainty stemmed from the fact that his progress with metal techniques was painfully slow.

He didn't know if it was because he originally lacked a metal elemental root, which prevented him from absorbing metal spiritual energy, relying instead on the rotation of the five elements and using his other three elemental roots to absorb metal energy.

Or if he did have a metal elemental root, but it was so scarce that it led to this situation.

He was also uncertain about having a fire elemental root.

Since he didn't possess fire attribute spells, he didn't know if he could absorb fire spiritual energy.

If his guess was correct, and he only had roots in wood, earth, and water, then he would need to supplement his metal elemental root along with a fire elemental root.

This meant he would need fire elemental materials and had already obtained metal materials, leaving only the fire elemental items to find.

However, seeking out such items wouldn't be an easy task.

Thinking about this, Fang Yun suddenly felt that the Five Elements Technique indeed seemed somewhat useless.

It wasn't as useful for him as he had imagined.

With this thought, Fang Yun's enthusiasm suddenly waned, and he felt a bit disheartened.

He glanced at Lai Kuan, who was still waiting for his response, and after some consideration, he said, "Why don't you bring me the Five Elements Technique you've been practicing so I can take a look?"

Lai Kuan nodded repeatedly. "Yes, yes, Master, please wait a moment; I'll get it for you right away!"

Lai Kuan hadn't even considered refusing Fang Yun's request.

After all, only by making such a request did he have value and a reason to continue living.

Moreover, this Five Elements Technique could only play a role in the hands of warriors like them; otherwise, it held no value at all.

In addition, nearly all Blood Seal Warriors on this island, even throughout the northern part of the Wind Spirit Sea region, possessed this set of techniques.

In his view, it wasn't something particularly important.

With that thought in mind, Lai Kuan immediately ran off to the back.

After he left, the Black Widow slowly approached and brewed another cup of tea for Fang Yun.

She then cautiously asked, "Master, what are your plans next?"

Fang Yun glanced at her. While he couldn't read minds, he could generally sense the Black Widow's intentions.

She clearly wanted to further invest in her subordinates, leveraging her power to rise once again while also making Lai Kuan a bit wary.

Fang Yun didn't reject her idea too vehemently.

After all, compared to the leader of the Giant Whale Gang, it was apparent that the Black Widow was easier to control.

With her as a subordinate, Fang Yun could feel more at ease.

However, it was still too early to discuss such matters.

He wasn't sure what he intended to do next.

So, Fang Yun shook his head and said, "Let's see how it goes. You don't need to worry; I didn't blame you for what happened before!"

Upon hearing this, the Black Widow sighed in relief and gradually stepped back.

Before long, Lai Kuan returned with a box in hand.

"Master, take a look; this is the Five Elements Technique that has been passed down for thousands of years!"

Lai Kuan placed the box in front of Fang Yun and then stepped aside.

Fang Yun nodded, opened the box, and took out the booklet inside.

He began to flip through the contents.

Not long after he started reading, Fang Yun's body jolted, and he sat up straight.

He found that the content inside was quite similar to what the leader had previously described.

The front part detailed the cultivation methods of the Five Elements Technique, which only contained the methods of cultivation without any accompanying five elemental spells.

However, considering that this technique had been passed down among warriors for so long, even if there were five elemental spells, they would have little use for them.

It was likely that those had already been omitted long ago.

The back of the technique contained the crafting methods for Blood Seal Artifacts that had been mentioned earlier.

Indeed, it required pure elemental materials.

However, these materials were exceedingly rare and almost impossible to obtain.

Aside from the requirements for five elemental materials, the most precious aspect was a complete set of restrictions for crafting Blood Seal Artifacts using one's life essence.

None of this excited Fang Yun.

After all, he had already gained some understanding of this beforehand, so he was somewhat prepared.

What truly excited him was that this set of Five Elements Techniques could be cultivated up to the ninth layer of Qi Training.

This meant that this technique could allow one to reach the pinnacle of the Qi Training stage.

For someone like Fang Yun, who lacked further cultivation methods, this was simply the most desirable thing.

Upon realizing that this technique could directly cultivate to the ninth layer, Fang Yun was determined to practice this method.

Originally, he had planned to stay on this island for a while.

After familiarizing himself with the environment here, he would then head to Haoyuan Island to seek cultivation techniques.

However, going there and searching for cultivation methods meant Fang Yun still had to consider many issues.

One major concern was safety; even though he had a vine in his possession, Fang Yun didn't believe that he could be completely safe in the true cultivation world.

After all, the power of cultivators completely surpasses that of warriors. With his current cultivation level at the third layer of Qi Training, it would be too dangerous for him to go there.

In addition to this issue, the spiritual stones he possessed were far too scarce. Even if he found a suitable technique, Fang Yun estimated he wouldn't be able to afford it.

These two aspects made it impossible for Fang Yun to overlook. Moreover, even if he could afford a technique, he could only buy one for the fourth layer of Qi Training at most, and anything beyond that was simply out of the question.

In such a situation, the sudden appearance of a technique that could lead directly to the ninth layer of Qi Training left Fang Yun with no room for hesitation.

As for the various obstacles to practicing this technique, Fang Yun felt he would surely be able to overcome them.