Chapter 159: The First Person to Eat Crab
"That's about it."
Dugu Bo, whose mouth had gone dry from talking, picked up his teacup and drained the tea in one gulp.
Dugu Bo did not hide anything about his cultivation experience from when his Spirit evolved into the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor and he condensed his Dan Pearl. He told Lin Mo everything.
"So that's how it is."
Lin Mo sighed softly, his tone tinged with emotion.
But before long, Dugu Bo's eyes lit up. He rubbed his hands together, his face full of eagerness.
He was already impatient to become the first person in the world to condense a Spirit Core.
"Senior, wait a moment."
Lin Mo's calm voice sounded, interrupting Dugu Bo's movements.
Dugu Bo froze, turning his head to look at Lin Mo with confusion in his emerald eyes.
Lin Mo looked at him calmly and said slowly, "Senior, do not be too eager to try."
"Although Senior has already condensed a Dan Pearl due to the unique nature of your Jade Phosphor Serpent Spirit, a Spirit Core and a Dan Pearl, while similar, are ultimately not the same thing."
"Senior still cannot let your guard down."
Lin Mo's tone was very serious.
"Compared to other Titled Douluos of the same rank, mental force is still your weak point, Senior."
"A weaker mental force means that your control over spirit power is also weaker, Senior."
"And in the process of condensing a Spirit Core, a Spirit Master's control over spirit power is extremely important. Otherwise, if there is even the slightest mistake during the process, there is a very high probability that the half-formed Spirit Core will explode."
He looked at Dugu Bo and said word by word, "With your cultivation level, Senior, the power of a Spirit Core explosion... you can refer to the scene when your own Dan Pearl self-destructed."
Hearing Lin Mo's words, Dugu Bo's originally excited mood instantly cooled down after hearing the words "Spirit Core explosion."
He knew the power of a Dan Pearl self-destructing better than anyone.
If that thing exploded, let alone his Dugu Manor, half of Heaven Dou City would probably suffer.
If the Spirit Core also had similar characteristics...
Dugu Bo shivered, a trace of lingering fear flashing through his emerald eyes.
"So that's how it is."
Lin Mo watched his changing expression and sighed softly.
"Senior understands now, right? This matter cannot be rushed."
Dugu Bo nodded silently.
He raised his hand and rubbed his brow. The previous urge to try it out had completely dissipated.
Dugu Yan, who was at the side, seemed to have thought of something. Her purple eyes brightened slightly.
"Ah Mo, what about Sister Lingling and me? Can we try it now?"
Ye Lingling also looked over.
Lin Mo still shook his head.
"There are rigid prerequisites for condensing a Spirit Core. Not only does it require excellent control over one's own spirit power, but the total amount of spirit power must also reach a certain level."
"Otherwise, it will only end in failure halfway through."
"According to my calculations, a normal Spirit Master must at the very earliest be approaching seven-ring cultivation before they can start attempting to condense a Spirit Core."
"And that is only an attempt."
Lin Mo looked at the two women.
"The vast majority of Spirit Masters only manage to successfully condense a Spirit Core at the final step before breaking through to become a Titled Douluo."
"Before that, failure is the norm."
Dugu Bo had also calmed down by now.
He looked at Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
"You two heard what Lin Mo said, right? Guard against arrogance and rashness. Don't aim too high. On the path of cultivation, foundation is the most important."
Both women nodded at the same time.
Lin Mo seemed to remember something and turned his head to look at Ye Lingling.
"Sister Lingling, is Teacher... close to a breakthrough in his cultivation?"
Ye Lingling was slightly stunned, then nodded.
"After Grandfather took that Hunyuan Immortal Herb, his cultivation broke through to Rank 88," she said softly. "A few days ago, his cultivation reached Rank 89."
Upon hearing this, a look of contemplation flashed in Lin Mo's eyes.
Dugu Bo also looked at him.
"Kid, you don't mean to..."
Lin Mo nodded.
"Teacher's cultivation has reached Rank 89, only one step away from Rank 90. If we want to verify the feasibility of the Spirit Core Method, Teacher is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate."
Dugu Bo raised an eyebrow.
"So you intend to let Old Man Ye be the first person to eat the crab?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Mo shook his head.
"The first person to eat the crab will be me."
He looked at Dugu Bo with a calm expression.
"Please trouble yourself, Senior, to go to the Medical Hall tomorrow and invite Teacher over."
"With my current cultivation, it is quite difficult to condense a complete Spirit Core, but condensing the prototype of a Spirit Core, a spirit power vortex, is not too difficult. I have been preparing for this for a long time."
In terms of cultivation, Ye Linyuan was indeed the most suitable one.
Unfortunately, Ye Linyuan had never come into contact with matters related to Spirit Cores.
Forcing him to try would most likely result in failure, and he might even get injured.
Dugu Bo stared at him for a moment and finally nodded.
"Alright, I will make a trip tomorrow."
Lin Mo said no more.
He had just finished a Deep Calm Mind session lasting two months. Although his body had recovered, his state had not yet been adjusted to its best.
Condensing a spirit power vortex was a major matter. It allowed for no mistakes.
He needed some time to adjust his state to its peak.
The next day, evening.
The Ye Family Medical Hall had finished its day of treatment, and the doors were tightly closed.
Ye Linyuan left the Medical Hall with Dugu Bo, walking toward Dugu Manor, but he could not help asking on the way.
"Old Poison, what exactly has that kid Lin Mo cooked up? Being all mysterious and insisting that I personally make a trip?"
Dugu Bo glanced at him.
"You'll know when you get there. I guarantee it will open your eyes, you old fellow."
Hearing this, Ye Linyuan's curiosity grew even stronger.
Dugu Manor, backyard.
Lin Mo stood in the courtyard, closing his eyes to regulate his breathing. Charizard lay beside him, with white-hot flames slowly flowing around its body.
Footsteps approached, and Dugu Bo brought Ye Linyuan into the backyard.
"Teacher."
Lin Mo opened his eyes and bowed slightly to Ye Linyuan.
Ye Linyuan waved his hand and asked directly, "I heard from Old Poison that you've come up with some new gadget?"
Lin Mo nodded.
"It is a new method regarding spirit power cultivation, which I call the Spirit Core Method."
"Spirit Core Method?"
Lin Mo did not explain immediately but looked at everyone.
"I invited Teacher here today because I want Teacher to witness it with your own eyes. At the same time, I want Teacher to protect me from the side."
Ye Linyuan's expression turned serious.
"What are you going to do?"
"Condense a spirit power vortex," Lin Mo said. "The prototype of a Spirit Core."
"Are you confident?" Ye Linyuan asked in a deep voice.
Lin Mo smiled.
"Ninety-eight percent."
He did not speak in absolutes.
"Good." Ye Linyuan nodded. "Just go ahead and do it. I will watch from the side."
Lin Mo said no more. He walked to an open space in the courtyard and sat cross-legged.
The other four people gathered around, their eyes all falling on Lin Mo.
Lin Mo closed his eyes.
The blood qi in his body was mobilized first, and his spirit power followed.
What surprised everyone was that the main force Lin Mo released at this moment was not pure spirit power, but mainly blood qi, with spirit power as a supplement.
Scarlet blood qi and pearly white spirit power intertwined, gathering in front of him.
At first, it was just a thin layer, but as Lin Mo continued to output them, the blood qi and spirit power became thicker and thicker, gradually forming the shape of a sphere.
The sphere gradually began to rotate at a regular rhythm.
Fine beads of sweat seeped from Lin Mo's forehead.
At this moment, Lin Mo did not dare to be careless in the slightest. He concentrated fully on controlling the output of blood qi and spirit power. At the same time, he began to use his mental force to guide the compression and recompression, the rotation and rerotation of the sphere.
The volume of the sphere began to shrink slowly, its color becoming increasingly deep, while the speed of its rotation gradually accelerated.
At first, the outline of the sphere could still be seen.
But later, only a rapidly rotating mass of red light remained.
Spirit power and blood qi blended perfectly together, rotating around the core and building a miniature vortex.
The vortex was not very stable at first. It occasionally expanded and contracted, and its trajectory was slightly chaotic.
However, under the correction of Lin Mo's mental force, this blood-colored vortex gradually stabilized.
Time passed bit by bit, and everyone present did not even dare to breathe too loudly, afraid that they might disturb Lin Mo's process of condensing the Spirit Core.
Finally, the vortex stabilized completely.
Its volume no longer changed, maintaining the size of a fist, with the red light restrained within it.
The vortex emitted a peculiar suction force, pulling over the surrounding heaven and earth energy and attracting it into its interior.
Although the efficiency was slow, it was indeed autonomously absorbing external heaven and earth energy to replenish itself.
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