Chapter 78: The Absence of Fire in the Five Elements

Having completed the tasks on the panel, Fang Yun no longer paid attention to his spiritual energy levels.

After all, without a breakthrough in cultivation, there wasn't much worth focusing on regarding spiritual energy.

At this moment, a knock sounded at the gate of the small courtyard.

Fang Yun stood up, glanced at the blood he had just coughed up, and with a surge of his spiritual energy, he lifted the blood into the air.

Then he directed the vines to take the blood underground.

In this perilous world of cultivation, it was best not to let his blood flow freely.

Even on this mundane island, Fang Yun didn't dare to let his guard down.

He then left the room and opened the courtyard gate.

At the entrance stood several members of the Whale Gang, carrying the bags they had brought for him.

Nearby, two maidservants stood holding two food boxes.

"Immortal Master, this is what the Gang Leader instructed us to bring to you. Where would you like us to put it?" one of the gang members asked respectfully upon seeing Fang Yun.

Fang Yun nodded to him and instructed them to place the items in a corner of the courtyard.

After setting down the items, the gang members quickly departed.

They had seen Fang Yun's ferocity, and they didn't dare linger unnecessarily.

At this point, the two maidservants spoke: "Immortal Master, this is what Madam instructed us to bring for you. We didn't know what you liked to eat, so we just picked some things at random. We hope you won't mind!"

Fang Yun glanced at them and replied, "Just put it on the table; I'll eat later!"

"Yes, Immortal Master!" The two maidservants placed the food boxes down and then respectfully left the room.

Fang Yun looked at the food boxes on the table, shook his head, and began to take out the dishes one by one.

It was clear that the Black Widow had put in effort to curry favor with him.

Each dish was exquisite, and just by looking at them, he could tell they would taste good.

After taking the dishes out, Fang Yun had a light meal.

Although the taste was good, they were ultimately ordinary mundane items and didn't provide much nutrition—at most, they merely satisfied his hunger.

Speaking of food, Fang Yun glanced at the bags in the courtyard.

Unfortunately, he had brought back too little spirit rice when he left Spirit Water Island this time.

Otherwise, he could have made some provisions with the spirit rice like he did on the mountain, which would meet his daily needs.

Previously, while on the mountain, Fang Yun's regular food consisted of spirit rice or other food turned into provisions.

After all, there wasn't much to eat on the mountain, so there was no need to waste too much time on food.

Now that the quantity of spirit rice was insufficient, it seemed he would need to spend some time utilizing these mundane foods to make some nutritious provisions.

As for the delicious food in front of him, while it was tasty, it wasn't particularly appealing to Fang Yun, and he didn't find it worth his time to savor it slowly.

Wouldn't it be better to spend this time studying his cultivation issues?

After finishing the meal, Fang Yun placed the food box at the entrance and returned to his room.

He had already verified the wood, earth, and water attributes within his roots.

However, the fire and metal attributes had yet to be tested, as the spiritual energy had exploded.

Now, he needed to continue with this testing.

Calming his mind, he picked up the spirit stone again and slowly began to absorb the spiritual energy within it.

A stream of spiritual energy was absorbed into his body and gradually transformed into a multicolored hue under the effect of the Five Elements Technique.

Then, Fang Yun intentionally focused on absorbing the metal elemental energy.

Guided by his mind, the metal elemental energy slowly entered his dantian, but after staying there for a while, only a small amount was absorbed by the vortex of magical energy within his dantian.

Seeing this scene, Fang Yun maintained the flow of that spiritual energy in his meridians to prevent it from exploding again, while also pondering the situation regarding this metal elemental energy.

It now appeared that there should be metal elemental energy present within his magical energy as well.

According to his previous thoughts, this meant that he actually had metal elemental roots.

However, based on the current absorption situation and the speed of absorption, it was clear that there was a significant difference compared to the previous three types of roots.

This forced Fang Yun to come to a conclusion: the content of metal elemental roots within his body was inferior to the other three attributes.

From this, it could also be seen that Fang Yun's understanding of elemental roots was still too limited.

Elemental roots not only differ in type but also in concentration or content; they are not distributed evenly.

If that's the case, then the issue of elemental roots is far too complex.

However, this was not something Fang Yun could delve into at the moment.

He merely wanted to know the types of his elemental roots; as for the content, he didn't want to know too much.

It now seemed that although his metal elemental roots were not abundant, they did exist, which meant he already had four types of elemental roots in his body.

He just needed to test for the fire elemental root.

Thus, Fang Yun focused his attention on the spiritual energy within his meridians, extracting the fire elemental energy.

He immediately expelled the other types of spiritual energy from his body, just in case it exploded if he wasn't careful.

Then, Fang Yun directed the fire elemental energy back into his dantian.

After a while, seeing the fire elemental energy beside the vortex of his magical energy remaining still, Fang Yun could only shake his head.

In the end, he hadn't hit the jackpot; he had only four types of elemental roots instead of the five elemental roots.

If he had the five elemental roots, it wouldn't be so complicated.

As for the slow cultivation issue with five elemental roots, Fang Yun had life essence as his trump card; he had never regarded this obstacle as a concern.

After expelling the fire elemental energy from his body, Fang Yun picked up the Five Elements Technique, left the room, and began to contemplate his next steps.

The testing of elemental roots had concluded, so according to the description of the Five Elements Technique, he should now begin to refine Blood Seal magic tools based on the missing elemental roots.

The method of refinement wasn't a significant problem; with the technique's introduction, he just needed to try a few more times.

After all, if those martial artists could succeed, it shouldn't be too difficult for him.

The main issue now was the materials.

But where could he find fire elemental materials?

The materials he had on hand were mostly wood and metal elemental materials; finding fire elemental materials was not an easy task.

In this aspect, relying solely on himself seemed unlikely to yield results.

Thinking this, Fang Yun looked outside the small courtyard.

It seemed he would need the help of the Whale Gang in this regard.

Strength in numbers, right? Compared to aimlessly searching himself, the Whale Gang's tens of thousands of members would have a much higher chance of finding what he needed.