Traversing the path of life and death

Chapter Fifteen: Five Elements Spirit Seeds

"This isn't the first time the teacher has mentioned the Witch Clan. Every time he mentions them, a hint of sadness is always revealed. The teacher probably still has some secrets in this world. Since he's unwilling to talk about them, I won't press him any further. Perhaps the teacher will tell me when I've truly grown up," Lin Yu thought to himself.

"I should continue to cultivate diligently and improve my strength," Lin Yu sighed.

He was still wearing his simple white training clothes, but now they were patched with many holes. Years of training had left them tattered, and Lin Yu had mended them himself, bit by bit. Before he was three, Lin Yu had grown up under his mother's care, but when he was three, his mother fell seriously ill and passed away. Lin Yu's father also stopped smiling and visited Lin Yu's hut less often, which left Lin Yu silent for a long time.

In another world, Lin Yu was an orphan who never received parental love. Lin Yu thought that coming to this world would allow him to try to receive parental love, but this love did not last long. His mother left, and his father was busy, so Lin Yu had to live alone. During this time, his father would occasionally talk to Lin Yu.

It wasn't until his teacher appeared that Lin Yu became more cheerful. Over the years, Lin Yu had come to regard his teacher as family. As family, he would not let his teacher down, so Lin Yu needed to grow up quickly and stand on his own.

The cultivation method of the Five Elements Technique was already imprinted in Lin Yu's mind. Looking at such a complicated cultivation method, Lin Yu did not feel afraid, but instead faced the challenge head-on.

This spiritual cultivation technique is the top technique in the teacher's clan. Judging from the teacher's tone, this technique is extremely difficult to cultivate. Moreover, it requires the user to use their own spiritual power for cultivation. The elemental absorption must be done from within the user's own body. To ensure its normal operation, the user's own body must be filled with abundant elements.

Faced with this, Lin Yu thought of his five-color mark, which could provide a continuous supply of five-color elements, but he didn't know if it could provide enough elemental support.

"Let's give it our all. Since I promised my teacher I would cultivate the Five Elements Technique, let's begin now," Lin Yu thought to himself.

The Five Elements Technique involves planting a seed within oneself using the five elements—the Five Elements Spiritual Seed. This seed is then used to absorb elements within the body, promoting the cultivation of the technique. What Lin Yu needs to do now is to condense this Five Elements Spiritual Seed.

Lin Yu is no longer as difficult to sense the elements of heaven and earth as he was when he first started cultivating. Now, when he gently closes his eyes, the five-colored particles around him slowly gather around him. The fire element is extremely dense, while the other elements are relatively scarce. Condensing the fire element is relatively easier than condensing the other elements.

Under Lin Yu's guidance, the surrounding fiery red elements slowly condensed into a bead the size of a longan, while other elements did not condense as easily as the fire element.

Water element was the rarest and most difficult to condense around Lin Yu. Just as Lin Yu was about to condense a very, very small water element bead, it was disturbed by the surrounding fire element during the final condensation and immediately dissipated.

Lin Yu had no choice but to re-condense the water element bead. It took him a long time to finally condense the water element bead, but it was only half the size of the fire element bead. Lin Yu had to gather a little more water element on it until it was the same size as the fire element bead.

The other three elements were much easier to condense than the water element, and Lin Yu quickly condensed them into three beads the size of longan.

The five elemental beads—metal, fire, earth—were arranged in their respective positions in front of Lin Yu, with the earth bead in the very center. Lin Yu slowly guided the other four elemental beads around him toward the earth bead in the center. The four beads moved very slowly, and Lin Yu was already drenched in sweat. At this moment, there was no room for the slightest mistake. Time passed second by second, and Lin Yu was already soaked through. The distance between the five beads was still about an inch.

Looking at the five beads, Lin Yu immediately tensed up and became completely absorbed in them. As the beads gradually came together, an even more anxious expression appeared on Lin Yu's face.

Lin Yu looked at the beads that were tightly stuck together. The next step was the most important moment to condense the Five Elements Spirit Seed, because the five beads had to be condensed into one bead.

Lin Yu released all his power, then focused it on the five beads. The five colors of blue intertwined and slowly merged. The five colors gradually became less and less, and the newly appearing colors were particularly dazzling, neither red nor yellow... Under Lin Yu's guidance, one bead successfully condensed into a bright bead.

As soon as the bead appeared, the surrounding elements surged in frantically. Then, the bright bead flashed with a dazzling light, and a suction force emanated from within the bead, frantically absorbing the surrounding elements.

At this moment, Lin Yu was already dumbfounded. Centered on Lin Yu, there was no element within ten feet around him, forming a vacuum zone. After absorbing a large amount of elements from the surrounding area, the bright pearl slowly dimmed and fell silent.

"Quickly put the bead into your body!" the old shaman's voice urged.

Upon hearing Elder Wu's words, Lin Yu immediately wrapped the dimmed bead tightly around himself and quickly absorbed it into his body. As soon as the dimmed bead entered Lin Yu's body, it began to boil.

Lin Yu felt the bead in his body becoming irritable. Recalling the cultivation methods described in the "Five Elements Manual," he conveniently placed the bead next to the five-colored mark.

When the Five-Colored Mark noticed the new object beside it, it showed no displeasure. The bead, upon arriving, also quieted down and stood silently beside it. Then, the Five-Colored Mark released its five-colored elements, which the bead absorbed quietly. The two became perfectly harmonious.

Seeing this, Lin Yu immediately felt relieved.

After the bead calmed down, it changed color many times before finally turning white, indicating that the Five Elements Spirit Seeds had been successfully condensed.

Lin Yu excitedly said, "Teacher, the Five Elements Spirit Seed has been successfully condensed."

When Elder Wu heard what Lin Yu said, he laughed and said, "Condensing the five elements into spiritual seeds is a good start to the Five Elements Technique. Now, try condensing them into a small fireball."

Lin Yu stretched out his right hand, and the white bead inside his body turned fiery red. Fire elements surged around him continuously, and a fireball condensed in his hand. From the moment Lin Yu began to condense the fireball, it condensed into a bright red fireball in just a few seconds. The speed was so fast that the fireball scorched the surrounding air as soon as it appeared.