荒墟牧神 - 第20章 人身孕出古靈胎 - 文瀾書苑

The Village Head's expression was calm, and he smiled. "Before his Spirit Embryo had even awakened, his primal-energy cultivation was already stronger than that of an ordinary Spirit Embryo realm martial artist, nearly matching mine in my prime. Now that it has awakened, he can only be stronger. Shen-er has worked hard for so many years, and with the countless Four Symbols blood you have used to nourish him, it is not unreasonable for him to have achieved this." Still utterly shocked, the Alchemist murmured, "But it is even deeper than yours in your prime. You are..." "I am only an old cripple." The Village Head cut him off, laughing. "You cannot use me to measure the young people of today. What worries me now is that Shen-er's primal energy has no attribute at all. How is he to make it exert its power? Let us go over. Do not make them wait too long." The Alchemist's heart trembled slightly. It was precisely because primal energy had an attribute that it could exert its power, and Shen Mu's primal energy had no attribute at all, so naturally it could not exert any power. Even though he had awakened his Spirit Embryo, even though his cultivation was far deeper than ordinary, if that power could not be brought out, it was ultimately useless. When the two reached the campfire, the Deaf Elder pulled out his iron ear, rinsed it in the wine, then plugged it back into his ear hole, after which he poured the wine into the campfire and made the flames leap up at once. He laughed and said, "Village Head, we just tried it. Shen-er has awakened his Overlord Body, but he cannot bring out the power of his Overlord Body primal energy. You have seen much and know much, so you must know how to make it work, right?" At that moment, the Alchemist felt that the old man beside him had become three times as exasperating. The Village Head looked up and glanced imploringly at the Alchemist beside him, but the Alchemist turned his head away and clinked cups with Grandpa Huo. "Mm. Is Shen-er's Overlord Body primal energy strong?" the Village Head asked. The Deaf Elder understood the question and praised it: "Strong! His primal energy is extremely tenacious and hard to scatter." The others felt the same and nodded. When Shen Mu had dueled that Senior Brother Chu of the Lanjiang Five, they had already seen how extraordinary Shen Mu's primal energy was: when he infused his primal energy into that little wooden stick, Senior Brother Chu's treasured sword could not cut through it. That showed Shen Mu's primal energy was truly tough. The Village Head asked again, "Is his primal energy mighty?" The Deaf Elder said, "Mighty enough to be frightening! When I was at his realm, my primal-energy cultivation was not as good as his!" At that, the others agreed wholeheartedly. Shen Mu's primal energy was too mighty, mighty beyond all reason, as if his Spirit Embryo had just awakened yet had been cultivated for decades. The Village Head led him along: "Since his primal energy is so tenacious and so mighty, why can it not exert its power?" This time the Deaf Elder did not take the cue. Instead he slapped his thigh and cried, "That's right! Village Head, why is that?" The Village Head nearly choked to death, feeling as if the Deaf Elder had stabbed him twice in the chest. Fortunately, the Silent Smith beside him got stirred up, waving his arms and stamping, going "ah, ah" without stopping. "What the Silent Smith said is right!" The Deaf Elder suddenly realized and said, "Shen-er's primal energy is so tenacious and so mighty, yet it cannot exert its power. That means the problem is not Shen-er's Overlord Body primal energy, but that our cultivation art does not suit him, so it cannot exert its power. The problem is on our side!" The Village Head felt as if a weight had been lifted from him and was about to breathe a sigh of relief when the Deaf Elder added, "Then the question is, how are we to make Overlord Body primal energy exert its power? None of us understand it. Vil