Chapter 704: Clarifications (1/2)

Hearing that Lin Mu and Jing Luo were looking for thousand year old Hong Lin wood as well, the two disciples were surprised. They even felt that they might have a little bit of a competition when it came to that now.

”Senior wants thousand year old Hong Lin Wood as well? Why?” Hua San questioned.

”Well, not thousand year old Hong Lin Wood itself. Jing Luo needs the sap of thousand year old Hong Lin trees, while I need the actual living tree.” Lin Mu explained.

”Ah, I see.” Hua San said, feeling a bit relieved.

He thought at least this way they wouldn't have a complete clash.

”Though getting thousand year old Hong Lin tree sap would be difficult. It can only be extracted when the tree is alive and even then it is quite hard to keep for long periods of time.

I don't think even the Hong Lin kingdom has any in storage.” Hua San spoke.

”Yeah, I guessed that. That's why we prefer finding an actual living tree.” Lin Mu replied.

”Hmm.. But why does senior need a living tree? Are you going to make something from it as well?” Hua San asked.

”I don't want it for making anything. Rather, I want it for a cultivation technique I practice.” Lin Wu informed.

”Oh? That's something I didn't know was possible.” Hua San spoke, feeling truly surprised.

”Are there even cultivation techniques that use it? What are they even used for?” Hua Wu asked.

”Well, it's a fire elemental cultivation technique and as you may know the Hong Lin trees are abundant in fire attribute spirit Qi. While I can use hundred year old Hong Lin trees as well, as my technique progresses further, I'll need at least one thousand year old Hong Lin tree to complete it.” Lin Mu explained.

He didn't really feel uncomfortable telling them about this, since they couldn't really do much with it. Even if they knew that it was a body cultivating technique, they would be helpless as they would have to first complete all thirteen stages of the body tempering realm and obtain a Xiantian physique before they could even begin with the Five Treasures realm.

When the first king of the Hong Lin empire made their technique, he had only made it as a body tempering realm technique, which switched to a normal Qi cultivation technique when one reached the eighth stage of the body tempering realm.

This same technique would allow them to absorb spirit Qi from the trees and boost their speed of cultivation. This was a fire element spirit Qi cultivation technique and would allow the cultivator to get fire elemental spirit Qi for use.

Lin Mu though, could not use the spirit Qi aspect of this technique since he didn't cultivate spirit Qi directly using a cultivation technique. Senior Xukong had told him to continue following the primordial path, and that was what he was doing.

Lin Mu absorbed spirit Qi naturally with the pathways he had learned himself and they were the most appropriate for him. Naturally, he would not switch to a cultivation technique that was inferior and had a slower speed.