Chapter 439: Affinity With Space (1/2)

~shua~

Lin Mu slid back on the ground as he bore the impact from Little Shrubby's attack.

He had asked little Shrubby to attack him again to test the defensive ability of the Mortal Strengthening Scripture to see its effects, but not a single difference could be seen on the brown layer, which had stone like patterns on it.

This was already the third attack of Little Shrubby and Lin Mu could now consider it to decent for defending against most attacks below the Nascent Soul realm. This combined with Lin Mu's own body's toughness, should protect him from quite a bit of harm.

~phew~

”This is pretty good. I'm looking forward to the next stage of the technique now. But I'll need resources for that.” Lin Mu said.

'Hmm… resources… can those pills work, maybe?' Lin Mu wondered.

”Senior can I use the earthen Qi pills for furthering the Mortal Strengthening scripture. You said that it has no minimum requirement right? So this can work too?” Lin Mu questioned.

”Hmm… they should work. You may as well try it out, the pills won't be worth much to you now anyway with the mortal strengthening scriptures defenses.” Xukong replied.

”Alright, I'll try it.” Lin Mu said, before withdrawing the bottle that contained the earthen Qi pills.

He ate one of them and practiced the method for the third stage of the Mortal Strengthening scripture. The medicinal properties of the pill spread in his body but instead of forming an armor, they started being absorbed into the brown layer instead.

In less than ten seconds, it was completely absorbed and Lin Mu could not see any difference.

”Need more, I guess…” He muttered and ate another earthen Qi pill.

There was still no effect and only when he ate a total of six pills did he see some change on the brown layer. The stone like pattern on it had become a little fainter and instead a set of lines were now appearing on it.

Lin Mu felt like he needed to supply it earth attribute spirit Qi and thus he did. He poured all the remaining earth attribute spirit Qi he had before the lines on his skin became more apparent.

~huu~

”Seems like I will need much more than just this… but this change is still good.” Lin Mu spoke.

”Indeed. The Mortal Strengthening scripture takes an average person who has no affinity with the earth element about a year to reach the same level as you are right now. While you only took a day, this is extremely good.” Xukong praised.

”Really senior? It's that much of a difference?” Lin Mu asked feeling shocked.

”Yes… the difference in elemental affinity can be a great game changer. That is why sects do affinity exams for their more talented disciples before they start to cultivate. This way the most appropriate cultivation technique can be chosen for them.