Chapter 31 New Home
"You call this a territory?"

In the center of the Jueling Swamp, under the scorching sun at noon, the hot and humid air made people uncomfortable.

Lin Qingshan fanned himself with his hands and looked at Fang Chen speechlessly.

"Of course, no one has ever claimed this territory before. I am the first one, so this is naturally my territory."

Fang Chen's matter-of-fact attitude made Lin Qingshan a little crazy, but he had to admit that the other party did have some tricks.

He actually felt spiritual energy in the Absolute Spirit Swamp, which was something he had never heard of before.

Just feeling such rich spiritual energy and thinking about his spiritual roots that had been devoured, Lin Qingshan's eyes became dim.

Relying on his previous identity as a cultivator, although he could still feel the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, without spiritual roots, the spiritual energy became poison to him.

Once inhaled into the body, the body will explode and die.

"I see that you are good at drawing runes, and you also said that you have a deep understanding of formations. Have you never thought of using spiritual energy in other ways over the years?"

Noticing Lin Qingshan's mood changes, Fang Chen also remembered what happened to him, so he asked curiously.

"Hey, fellow Daoist, do you think that the function of spiritual roots is only to sense and absorb spiritual energy?"

Fang Chen's question made Lin Qingshan stunned for a moment, and then he sighed and asked back.

"Is not it?"

Fang Chen hurriedly asked. Anyway, according to the original owner's memory, this was the consensus of almost all cultivators.

The function of spiritual roots is to sense and absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and no matter what kind of spiritual root it is, the total amount of spiritual energy that can be sensed at the same time is fixed.

"I originally thought so, until I lost my spiritual root, I realized that its greater function is to allow our bodies to adapt to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

Lin Qingshan shook his head and shared his insights over the years.

In the first few months after his spiritual roots were taken away, his body was still able to absorb spiritual energy, but he felt a little uncomfortable every time he did so.

After a while, it became more than just discomfort.

His body began to reject spiritual energy, and he felt severe pain whenever it came into contact with it.

Later he realized that this was because his body had lost its spiritual roots and could no longer adapt to spiritual energy.

But at that time he was still in a period of discomfort due to being separated from spiritual energy, and he had to actively consume spiritual grains to regulate his body. The degree of difficulty of that period is really not something that can be described in a few words.

Fortunately, he survived.

But he couldn't tell clearly whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

"In fact, I have always had a question, why can't we monks leave the spiritual energy? What is the principle of the spiritual valley that allows us to adapt to the thin spiritual energy environment?"

It is not a shocking statement that spiritual roots can make people adapt to spiritual energy, so Fang Chen quickly accepted it.

But what really confused him was the monks' dependence on spiritual energy and why Linggu could get rid of the dependence.

"The first question is very simple. A cultivator's body has been strengthened by spiritual energy, so they need spiritual energy to maintain their body functions when walking, sitting or lying down. The spiritual energy in the mortal world is not enough to maintain the cultivator's body functions, which will affect their lifespan."

This is not difficult to understand. It is consistent with Zhou Xingyun's statement and Fang Chen's guess.

"As for the spiritual grains, they do not allow cultivators to get rid of their dependence on spiritual energy. Instead, by slowly reducing the amount of spiritual grains consumed, the body can slowly adapt to the absence of spiritual energy. This will cause the cultivator's physical functions to gradually decline to the same level as that of ordinary people. Since the process is gentle, there will be no side effects except for the loss of cultivation."

Lin Qingshan explained in much more detail than Zhou Xingyun. The latter only knew what to do, but he explained the principles, and Fang Chen quickly understood it.

It's like boiling a frog in warm water.

If the normal amount of spiritual energy required by a cultivator's body is 100, then provide 99 for a few days. After the body adapts, reduce it to 98, and so on.

It is equivalent to allowing the monk's body to slowly degenerate into that of a mortal.

"I see, but back to my original question, you still haven't answered me. Have you ever tried using Reiki in other ways?"

After understanding all this, Fang Chen nodded and repeated his original question.

"Uh... I thought you understood."

Lin Qingshan rolled his eyes, and then continued: "I don't have spiritual roots, and my body can't adapt to spiritual energy, so how can I use it?"

"But didn't the three runes you drew outside Bluestone City mobilize the spiritual energy?"

Fang Chen was very puzzled and didn't know if there was any necessary connection between the two. He was asking about using spiritual energy, not absorbing it.

In his opinion, these were two completely different things. "It was those three runes that mobilized the spiritual energy. It had nothing to do with me. Wait, are you saying—"

Lin Qingshan wanted to continue explaining, but suddenly he realized.

Yes, absorbing spiritual energy and using spiritual energy are indeed two different things.

With his attainments in formations, runes, and prohibitions, even if he himself cannot absorb spiritual energy, he can still mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

In Bluestone City, he just wasn't prepared.

If he was given enough time, he was confident that he could trap Fang Chen in the formation.

"Thanks for the advice, fellow Taoist."

Lin Qingshan bowed to Fang Chen earnestly. Although the other party seemed to have done nothing and only enlightened him, it would enable him to stop wasting his future years.

"Well, it seems that you didn't even realize that you can manipulate spiritual energy through formations. You are also a strange person."

Seeing him like this, Fang Chen understood that this guy had never thought of using other people's knowledge of formations, runes and prohibitions to solve the problem of his inability to practice.

At least Fang Chen has figured out a solution.

Draw formations, prohibitions or runes on the surface of the body. Since the body cannot adapt to spiritual energy, I can treat these runes as meridians and still use the spiritual energy.

Although doing so cannot prolong one's life, it can actually help one gain the power of a Qi-cultivating cultivator.

With power, we have the foundation to find more solutions.

However, Fang Chen did not tell Lin Qingshan about this method. First of all, he could not completely trust this person. Secondly, he also wanted to try and see if he could restore the other party's spiritual roots.

Since the spiritual roots of this world are essentially spiritual plants that possess affinity with spiritual energy.

Can other spiritual plants be used as substitutes?
This is a good research topic.

It just so happened that Lin Qingshan had lost his spiritual roots, making him very suitable to be the first research subject.

"Oh, by the way, I've been chatting with you so much that I almost forgot about the main thing. We have to build the shelter within a few days. According to the data you just counted, how many refugees are good at carpentry and construction?"

After getting the information he wanted, Fang Chen stopped chatting and got down to business.

"???"

This time it was Lin Qingshan's turn to be puzzled, and then he reacted: "You said at the beginning that we would provide food and accommodation, but we still need to build our own accommodation?"

"What else? I've already said that this is a new territory, so naturally it's poor and has nothing. However, I have purchased enough beds and daily necessities. Before the residence is built, I will make do in the Second Generation Immortal Mansion."

Fang Chen also felt justified. With so many people, it was impossible to build houses for them one by one. He could only let them do it themselves.

"Everyone knows a little bit, but I suggest you feed them first. Although they know they are working for the immortals, they can't go hungry."

Lin Qingshan shrugged, not wanting to continue arguing with Fang Chen, but he took note of the title of the Second Generation Immortal Palace in his mind.

"Right on my mind."

Fang Chen waved his hand and released all 424 refugees.

There are more than 10,000 cubic meters of land within a radius of sixty meters, which is more than enough for these people to stand. At this moment, they all look confused.

I don't know who started it, but suddenly everyone knelt down, chanting, "Greetings to the Immortal."

Those who did not kneel down wanted to do the same, but they felt a resistance. It was Fang Chen who used his magic power to stop them.

"Stand up, don't kneel!"

Fang Chen shouted loudly and released his magic power at the same time to help all those who were kneeling up.

"Remember, there is no one here who requires you to kneel down. I am not your ruler, but your leader. I will work with you to build our new home here!"

The refugees still looked at him blankly.

Fang Chen ignored their reactions and snapped his fingers, and pots, pans, rice, flour, grain and oil appeared on the open space.

"Lao Lin, organize people to cook."

After hearing these words, light finally appeared in the eyes of the refugees.

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