Chapter 28

Ordinary psychics are unable to sense the existence of the earth's spiritual energy. Only those who have reached the level of Grandpa Hua can sense the faint spiritual energy in the air. Spiritual energy is the most primitive form of energy in the universe. Due to its extreme weakness, it is often overlooked by these powerful individuals, who do not bother to absorb it for cultivation.

Grandpa Hua clearly sensed that within a one-mile radius, it was like a giant nostril, drawing in the spiritual energy from several miles around. The location where Hero stood was like a greedy giant lung, absorbing all the spiritual energy that was drawn in.

Although the spiritual energy in the air was weak, the amount absorbed by Hero in this terrifying manner had accumulated to an astonishing level.

Only at Grandpa Hua's level could this be achieved. Based on his experience, this grandson must have inherited a powerful lineage. Considering how his old lover enthusiastically took this little grandson as a disciple, he couldn't help but think: This child must have a strong talent for Life Mastery!

Throughout history, only some special lineages of Life Masters and Nature Masters would cultivate by absorbing spiritual energy. The natural spiritual energy on Earth is so scarce that this method of cultivation is almost useless for those who have reached the level of super psychics.

Now, almost no lineages of Nature Masters or Life Masters use this method of cultivation. It was more common in ancient times.

Even in ancient times, there were not many lineages that could have such a terrifying method of absorbing spiritual energy at such a low level, and all of them were among the dominant forces in the world.

Thinking about the grand goals of the family in the future, Grandpa Hua decided to gradually invest resources in cultivating Hero. Perhaps another Hua Yinglong would emerge.

Hua Yinglong is his eldest grandson, known as the first genius in the Hua family's history, surpassing the first ancestor. Grandpa Hua is not worried about the existence of two tigers in one mountain; he has the means to cultivate a mountain full of tigers!

The fragment of the chaotic broken stele is his confidence. Before the peak powerhouses tear his face and snatch it away, he must gain as much as possible from the stele. Once the foundation is solid, the future of the Hua family will be boundless.

Now, these powerhouses have not acted, giving the Hua family a chance to taste the soup, which is a consolation prize.

After some thought, Grandpa Hua made a decision and muttered to himself:

"Alright, after a few days when Yinglong returns from the front line, I will take him and his talented brothers and sisters to cultivate there once. Whatever they gain will be their destiny. Those with outstanding talent will be given more opportunities."

After making the decision, Grandpa Hua no longer paid attention to Hero. He had encountered countless world-class geniuses, and in his eyes, Hero was not even one-tenth as impressive as his eldest grandson, and not even as impressive as his third grandson, Hua Yingnian. At best, he was slightly stronger than the other grandchildren.

Grandpa Hua patted his buttocks and left his cultivation place, entering a secret stone room. In the room, there was a huge emblem outlined in purple secret silver, with a pea-sized energy crystal, the Void Gold Crystal, embedded in the center.

As Grandpa Hua disappeared into the stone room, several roots extended into his cultivation ground. These roots probed into the purple emblem inlaid with lightning-patterned crystals, which was a 'Lightning Energy Transfer' emblem used by destruction-type lightning psychics for cultivation.

Hero, who was cultivating in his small house, suddenly felt a greedy aura. He hadn't expected that the gourd heart had such a powerful innate ability, allowing the roots to extend out during cultivation. These roots not only had the ability to enslave plants to absorb spiritual energy but also had strong energy detection and environmental exploration capabilities.

Hero did not dare to rashly probe into Grandpa Hua's secrets. Grandpa Hua was so powerful that even a single fine root would be detected. He dared not make such a joke.

There was plenty of time, and he was not in a hurry. As long as he gradually revealed his dominance, he could earn Grandpa Hua's trust and special attention. Then, all secrets would no longer be secrets.

The infiltration was a huge project.

He only extended his roots after Grandpa Hua left. These roots, which extended from his body, could be controlled at will.

At this moment, Hero looked smug and muttered to himself: "So this is where that old dog Hua cultivates. What's yours is mine. I won't be polite."

His roots did not penetrate the lightning-patterned crystals, which were used by super psychics for cultivation. Just one sip would cause him to be exploded by the violent energy.

Countless roots emerged from the ground and penetrated the energy crystal scraps that Grandpa Hua had discarded. The weak residual energy in these scraps was of great help to Hero. Hero was like a pig in a treasure mountain!

After an unknown amount of time, with a burp from Hero, one percent of the pile of lightning-patterned crystal scraps was absorbed. To absorb the entire pile would be a huge project.

The residual lightning energy absorbed into the gourd heart was not directly absorbed but stored in the heart, gradually purified and refined, and then transformed into pure yang inner breath through the foundation-building cultivation method, which was completely absorbed by the gourd heart.

The gourd heart was the root of Hero's life.

With the spirit of not wasting, Hero wanted to take away the leftovers, but thinking of Grandpa Hua's boundless strength, he abandoned the idea. There was plenty of time, and he didn't need to be greedy at this moment.

The gourd heart inherited the greed of the jade gourd and, when retreating, took away a few lightning-patterned crystals with more residual energy.

Hero finished his cultivation, and the countless roots extended out instantly retracted into the gourd heart and disappeared without a trace.

After finishing his cultivation, he inspected his heart internally. After the inspection, he couldn't help but feel frustrated. His species' level had been enhanced to an extremely powerful degree. The gourd's capacity could hold hundreds of thousands of giant ships. Even after a full burp, his power realm had only increased slightly, equivalent to a little more than a fifth-level psychic awakening.

This was just the greed of the gourd heart. For a genius psychic at the same level of psychic awakening, the fastest progress was no better than this. Ordinary psychics at the same level would be ecstatic to feel a slight increase in their power realm after each cultivation.

Hero estimated that if he could achieve this level of progress in each cultivation, after seven or eight more sessions, he could make a small breakthrough to the sixth-level psychic awakening.

The gourd had already transformed into his heart, and his greed for power had deeply rooted in his soul. He was not satisfied with such a slow rate of progress.

Didn't he have a cheap master now? Who was the richest in this era? Life Masters and Nature Pattern Craftsmen!

What do Life Masters excel at? Naturally, they excel at refining various types of medicinal pills and preparations!

What about a Life Master at the level of Tutor Liu? They would casually leak dozens of psychic enhancement agents or a pile of energy crystals!

Thinking of this, Hero couldn't help but feel smug: "This is great. Since I'm here on a mission, I might as well take advantage of it. After the mission, these people will definitely chase me to the ends of the earth, so I might as well take and absorb as much as I can!"

At this moment, Old Turtle returned from somewhere and said slyly, "Hey, Hero, you can't get fat alone. If you're going to absorb someone, don't leave Old Turtle behind."

Hero grabbed Old Turtle and grinned, "Do I look like someone who would eat alone?"

Old Turtle's eyes lit up with joy, "That's right, that's right. You and I are like family. We share the benefits."

When Hero demonstrated the powerful functions of his gourd heart to Old Turtle, a grand plan for wealth immediately came to Old Turtle's mind. Because Old Turtle needed to absorb as much energy as Hero to advance.

Since they had nothing to lose, these two impoverished individuals became bold and decided to take advantage of the gourd heart's powerful functions: "What's theirs is ours, and what's ours is still ours!"

With the gourd heart, Hero had the capital to become a hidden thief.

However, with Hero's appearance, he might not be a great thief, but he could certainly be a great rogue.