Chapter 37

Zhan Yi listened to the two people for a moment, feeling a bit embarrassed: "Well... I still have some matters to attend to in the Moer tribe, so I can't leave right now."

"Boss, you're not thinking of staying in Moer because of Mai, are you?" The two people looked at Zhan Yi with suspicion.

"Damn, it's not like that at all. I just can't tell you the specific reasons right now. By the way, Ah Hu, help me guard the room when we go to the hotel later. I want to take the Five-Element Grass as soon as possible. The Yin-Yang Group seems to be looking for it too, so we shouldn't delay."

Lu Hu patted his chest and promised, "Sure, Boss, with me around, no one will disturb you."

The three of them then discussed the Yin-Yang Group for a while before finally leaving the private room. After arriving at the hotel, Zhan Yi observed the surroundings and, finding no issues, returned to his room.

Opening the brocade box from the Moer tribe, he found a very peculiar plant inside. It was about the size of a child's palm and had a shape somewhat similar to a hand, but the center was made up of petal-like structures. Inside, it was crystal clear, as if liquid was flowing. Five tube-like leaves extended upward, each containing a different colored liquid: crimson, yellow, blue, green, and brown. The whole thing looked very beautiful.

Zhan Yi had never seen the Five-Element Grass before, but based on some records in Xiao Jiao's memory, he felt it must be the right one.

Looking at the small plant in his palm, he began to ponder. It was easy to imagine how difficult it must have been for the Moer tribe chief to find this plant in the vast Tian Mountains. But the legend said that the Five-Element Grass grew at the intersection of the five elements and was guarded by powerful beasts. How did the Moer tribe chief manage to collect it?

Could it be that the Moer tribe chief was also a cultivator? If so, then perhaps Mai was a cultivator too. He then recalled the history of the Moer tribe that the chief had told him and Mai's suspicion that he was a cultivator, which made him even more puzzled.

But soon he laughed at himself. It was such a simple matter; he could just ask Mai. Why was he overthinking it? Besides, if they were cultivators, that would be even better. At least he wouldn't have to worry about their safety when looking for the Soul-Merging Water and the Yin-Yang Fruit.

After thinking it through, Zhan Yi no longer hesitated. He quickly put the Five-Element Grass in his mouth and gently bit down. He felt a sweet, fragrant juice flow out, and the entire plant quickly dissolved in his mouth, sliding down his throat and into his stomach.

Zhan Yi smacked his lips, feeling a bit disappointed. "Damn, it's gone so quickly. It feels like when Zhu Bajie ate the Ginseng Fruit." Just as he was regretting it, a warm current began to rise from his abdomen, and his whole body started to feel hotter.

Zhan Yi's body trembled, knowing that the effects of the Five-Element Grass were about to kick in. He quickly focused his mind and began to circulate his energy. He felt the warm current rise from his abdomen and flow through his body along the path of his energy, but the intense heat did not diminish; it only grew stronger.

Gradually, sweat began to bead on Zhan Yi's forehead, and his body started to emit a faint, five-colored glow. It looked similar to the scene in Xuan Ming's basement, but this time the glow was pure and changed more rapidly. The red was like fire, the green like leaves, the yellow like gold, the blue like the sea, and the brown like the earth.

The glow grew stronger, and Zhan Yi felt as if his body was being roasted in a furnace, making it hard to bear. The energy in his meridians also grew more powerful, as if it was about to burst his body.

He wanted to scream, but he knew that if he couldn't concentrate and guide the energy in his body, he might really explode. He gritted his teeth and endured.

After an unknown amount of time, a sudden, intense pain struck him. He felt his meridians expand, and then a mysterious vortex appeared in his mind, spinning faster than ever before.

The energy from the Five-Element Grass seemed to find an outlet as soon as the vortex appeared, rushing into it and being absorbed. This also accelerated the release of the Five-Element Grass's energy, and even more powerful energy began to rise from Zhan Yi's abdomen, surging into the vortex, which absorbed it like a black hole.

Zhan Yi's body emitted a stronger five-colored glow, and his mind began to receive information about the Five-Element Grass: "The Five-Element Grass, a spiritual plant born from the essence of heaven and earth, grows in the land where the five elements converge. It takes ten thousand years to sprout, twenty thousand years to form, and thirty thousand years to mature. Consuming it will make the body automatically resist damage from the five elements, and with the right cultivation techniques, one can control the energy of the five elements. When fully cultivated, one can even possess the body of the five elements."

Seeing this information, Zhan Yi felt a surge of joy. Although he didn't know how to control the energy of the five elements or what the body of the five elements meant, the resistance to damage from the five elements meant that he could reduce the damage from any opponent using the energy of the five elements to the minimum.

This was extremely important to him. He currently had no long-range attack capabilities, and although his speed had reached a certain level, it was still far from that of more powerful cultivators. With this resistance to the five elements, he could take a chance in a critical moment and absorb the opponent's soul energy.

Excited, he felt the pain in his body lessen. He also noticed that the vortex in his mind was absorbing energy faster. Finally, when all the energy from the Five-Element Grass was absorbed, a blood-red light flashed in the vortex, and it disappeared. The pain in his body also vanished at that moment.

Slowly opening his eyes, Zhan Yi felt that his body hadn't changed much, but his strength seemed to have increased. He quickly called Lu Hu in: "Ah Hu, is your attack fire-based?"

"Yes, what's up, Boss?" Lu Hu didn't understand why Zhan Yi was asking such a strange question.

"Hehe, nothing. Just use your energy to hit me now." Zhan Yi smiled calmly. From the moment Lu Hu entered the room, he could sense the fire energy in his body. He thought the Five-Element Grass was extraordinary, allowing him to quickly sense the energy of the five elements. Now he needed to test the resistance to the five elements.

"Boss, are you sick? Why would I hit you?" Lu Hu was even more confused by Zhan Yi's words.

"Just do it, come on, don't be shy." Zhan Yi nodded firmly, but as soon as he finished speaking, Lu Hu had already punched him in the stomach.

"Ahh..." With a scream, Zhan Yi was sent flying and landed on the bed with a thud.

"Damn, Ah Hu, are you trying to kill me?" Zhan Yi clutched his stomach, feeling his intestines churn.

"Are you okay, Boss? Didn't you tell me to hit you?" Lu Hu quickly ran over, looking innocent.

"I meant for you to use your energy to attack me, not to punch me, idiot." Zhan Yi felt the punch was meaningless.

"But Boss, if I punch you, you can't even take it. Using energy might really kill you."

"Since I dared you to hit me, do you think I'm afraid? Come on, use energy this time, got it?"

"Alright..." Lu Hu, seeing Zhan Yi's determined look, stepped back a few meters and suddenly swung his fist. A flame shot out and hit Zhan Yi directly.

But this time, Lu Hu's eyes widened in disbelief as he saw Zhan Yi unharmed: "Boss, are you okay?"

"Hehe... Of course, now you know why I asked you to use energy to attack me, right?" Zhan Yi smiled proudly, looking at Lu Hu's surprised expression.

When he had taken the hit from Lu Hu, he felt a blue light flash through his body, and the flame from Lu Hu's attack extinguished as soon as it approached him.

"Boss, what's going on?"

"Haha... It's nothing much, just that I... " Zhan Yi briefly explained the resistance to the five elements to Lu Hu and added, "Ah Hu, try hitting me with even stronger energy."

"Ah... Again?"

"Of course, I need to test how much resistance to the five elements I have."

"Alright, here I go." Lu Hu didn't hesitate and quickly attacked. As Lu Hu's attacks grew stronger, Zhan Yi became more satisfied with the resistance to the five elements. He found that not only was he unharmed, but he could even move forward against the energy attacks.

When Lu Hu increased his energy to fifty percent, Zhan Yi was pushed back again, and he felt intense heat. He knew this was the maximum limit of his resistance. If the energy was stronger, he would still be injured, but it would be much less severe than for an average person.

Lu Hu was almost speechless. His fifty percent energy attack would not only injure an ordinary person but also leave a cultivator in a terrible state. Yet Zhan Yi only felt the heat and nothing else, which was truly unbelievable.

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**End of Chapter**