Chapter 122: Ice Spirit Power and Fire Spirit Power

Entering the training hall, Wang Ling spent 10 currency points to open a secluded training cabin—a place of absolute silence where no one would disturb him.

He took out the flame crystal core, which surged with crimson fire, and the frost crystal core, which glimmered with icy light, pondering how to utilize these two treasures.

"Absorption—as long as I absorb them, I can gain energy, letting it flow into my body... But I don't want to simply possess these two types of energy directly, so I must explore other methods..."

After much deliberation, Wang Ling put the frost crystal core away and held the flame crystal core in his hand, beginning to absorb the energy contained within. Wisps of crimson fire energy flowed through his right hand. Simultaneously, the spiritual power within his body began to circulate, forming an internal loop that passed through his arm, assimilating the absorbed fire energy.

His method was to draw the fire into his body and, through the circulation of his spiritual power, assimilate the fire elements into a portion of that power. During assimilation, the two energies inevitably mixed, thereby directly transforming a portion of his spiritual power into fire-attribute spiritual power.

In his reasoning, fire-attribute spiritual power was merely a composite energy—spiritual power plus fire elements—and held nothing too special. To evolve simple spiritual power into such a composite energy through self-realization was undoubtedly extremely difficult.

Using external forces to evolve—for instance, trying to absorb fire energy into the body and sensing the properties of the composite energy through mixing—seemed to be the correct approach. However, absorbing a raw element into one's body was undeniably dangerous.

Now, with the flame crystal core—a safe prop specifically designed for people to absorb fire energy—he had the perfect item for energy mixing. Of course, there was still a certain amount of danger involved in mixing different energies, so Wang Ling absorbed them very slowly and cautiously.

As the spiritual power circulated, it assimilated the fire energy entering his body. Gradually, a portion of his spiritual power began to grow hot and aggressive. Sensing that volatility inherent to the elements, Wang Ling immediately ceased absorption, sitting quietly to feel the partially mixed spiritual power within him. However, as it continued to circulate, this portion was gradually assimilated back by the surrounding spiritual power, returning to its attribute-less state.

Absorb—circulate—assimilate—contemplate. As he continuously absorbed the energy from the flame crystal core, a scorching sensation like a raging fire burned within Wang Ling. It was agonizing. He gritted his teeth and endured, and gradually, a portion of the spiritual power within him became increasingly active. Finally, all the crimson color vanished from the flame crystal core; having lost its fire energy, the core shattered with a "pop," turning into countless tiny crystal particles that dissolved into the air.

Wang Ling closed his eyes and sat cross-legged. Specks of white spiritual light drifted out from the surface of his skin, and then, these specks suddenly transformed into red light points, which then turned into blazing flames.

"Whoosh!"

A burst of flame erupted from Wang Ling's body, turning him into a human torch, though the flames vanished just as quickly. He opened his eyes, looking somewhat exhausted. He could now confirm that fire-attribute spiritual power was an elemental evolution of spiritual power, and as he had envisioned, it was a composite of ordinary, attribute-less spiritual power and fire elements.

Mixing two different types of energy usually caused conflict, leading to instability. However, spiritual power—originating from life and soul—was a fundamentally soft, basic energy, allowing it to mix with elements without issue.

Feeling the faint trace of fire-attribute spiritual power within him, a smile appeared on Wang Ling's face. Although the fire-attribute spiritual power he possessed was incredibly weak—during his initial experiment, it had extinguished the moment he tried to project it outward—the fact that he could retain it meant it was like a spark; as it burned, it would grow larger.

Elemental energy is extremely active. One could tell from the aggressive nature of the fire-attribute spiritual power that such composite energy would undoubtedly be more powerful than basic spiritual power.

This process of absorption and assimilation consumed a great deal of mental energy. Fortunately, there were recovery orbs in the training hall. After a flash of light restored all his depleted mental energy, Wang Ling took out the frost crystal core and began to absorb the freezing energy within it.

Cold currents were drawn into his body, bit by bit, to be assimilated by his spiritual power. Having gained experience from absorbing the fire energy, he was more proficient, though it was just as unpleasant as before. It felt as if his body had become an ice cellar, and his internal organs were about to freeze solid!

Half an hour later, the frost crystal core also dissolved into crystal powder. A portion of the spiritual power inside Wang Ling had gradually mixed and upgraded into ice-attribute spiritual power during the assimilation of the frost energy.

However, he immediately encountered a problem: the fire-attribute and ice-attribute spiritual powers were in conflict! These two aggressive elemental powers could not come into contact; otherwise, both energies would turn violent, triggering an energy explosion within his body, much like being afflicted by "Immortal Qi" dispersion...

Having no other choice, Wang Ling struggled to compress the two types of spiritual power into his left and right hands respectively. Channeling the fire-attribute spiritual power, his right hand began to glow red and grow hot, while channeling the ice-attribute spiritual power, his left hand began to emit a freezing chill from its pores.

Looking at his two hands, which were now vastly different in color, the corners of Wang Ling's mouth twitched—he was reminded of a martial art from an old movie: the "Palm of Frost and Flame."

Regardless, he now finally possessed both fire and ice-attribute spiritual powers, however weak they might be. This was all thanks to the two energy crystal cores; they were safe energy sources designed for people to absorb and acquire energy systems, which suppressed the inherent aggression of the elements.

If he had tried to absorb raw elemental energy directly into his body to assimilate it, he would not only have failed but would have been harmed by the elements themselves.

Having completed this major task, Wang Ling left the training hall and returned to his private room. He saw that the scene inside was very harmonious; Hatsune was obediently teaching Bingrou, and the clever android was learning with great earnestness.

Bingrou had the appearance and mental age of a 16-year-old, a stage where she was very receptive to knowledge. Under Hatsune's guidance, she had already learned quite a few words.

It is worth noting that these words were all in Chinese. Because Wang Ling was Chinese, Hatsune—the holographic data entity materialized from energy—had naturally been set to use the Chinese language when she became his familiar, only using other languages when singing.

Seeing Wang Ling return to the room, both girls looked delighted. Noticing Bingrou's stomach growling, he exchanged food from the main brain terminal for them to enjoy together. After eating and drinking their fill, they engaged in some strenuous exercise.

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