In the midst of the crackling and popping, the faint flame flickered a few times before finally extinguishing.
The torch stuck in the dark post had burned out.
The hidden mine tunnel fell into darkness, but Lu Ye did not lose all light. The environment, which should have been pitch black, still had some faint light in his eyes. He could see the outline of the corpse of the manager Yang not far away, and the cold gleam of the sword he had thrown aside...
It wasn't that the mine tunnel wasn't dark enough; it was that his vision had improved.
After opening his spiritual acupoint, Lu Ye clearly felt some wondrous changes in his body. Even his weakened body, due to injury, had suddenly gained a lot of strength.
"Ha... hahaha... hahaha..." Lu Ye couldn't help but laugh wildly. His laughter echoed in the confined space until it triggered his injuries, and he quickly stopped.
Suppressing his joy, he recalled the recent events.
It was certain that his sudden enlightenment was related to the Shadow Tree and the dark red ore he had never seen before.
No, the ore wasn't the key; the key was the orange flame inside the ore!
The Shadow Tree had grown roots and swallowed the flame, and as a result, he had opened his spiritual acupoint.
The Shadow Tree had never undergone such a change before; it must have been stimulated by the orange flame...
It seemed his previous thoughts were correct; the Shadow Tree could indeed provide some wondrous assistance, but he had never found the right method.
After sorting out his thoughts, he quickly focused his mind. He wanted to see what the Shadow Tree looked like now. Since the orange flame had been swallowed by the Shadow Tree, there must have been some changes.
Perhaps due to his overly excited emotions, even though Lu Ye had tried to focus, he still couldn't see the Shadow Tree. This had happened before, due to a lack of concentration.
He took several deep breaths, calmed down, and waited for a long time before trying again.
This time, he smoothly saw the Shadow Tree. As expected, the originally grayish Shadow Tree had undergone some changes.
Overall, the Shadow Tree still looked the same, but the roots that had grown before were no longer visible. Near the bottom of the tree crown, a leaf was enveloped in a blazing fire, as if it were burning.
Lu Ye focused his mind and looked at the burning leaf, vaguely seeing an extremely complex and intricate pattern imprinted on the leaf.
He concentrated, trying to see the pattern clearly.
Suddenly, the small leaf began to enlarge in front of his eyes, instantly blocking his view. At the same time, a large amount of unknown information flooded into his mind uncontrollably. Lu Ye felt as if someone had hit him on the head with a hammer, and he fainted without a sound.
When he woke up again, Lu Ye felt dizzy and his head was splitting with pain.
He shook his head, forced himself to stand up, and leaned against the rock wall.
He recalled the events before he fainted but was surprised to find that his mind was filled with information he had never encountered before. This information was deeply rooted, as if it were part of his own memory.
Lu Ye calmed down and carefully examined this information that shouldn't have existed. He quickly understood what had happened.
It was still due to the Shadow Tree. After the Shadow Tree swallowed the orange flame, a burning leaf appeared on the tree.
The leaf contained a mysterious pattern, which carried a large amount of wondrous knowledge. When Lu Ye focused on it, this knowledge was forcibly implanted into his mind.
Sharpness!
This was the knowledge carried by the leaf, a spiritual pattern called Sharpness.
Lu Ye had heard of spiritual patterns before. They were things that contained mysterious powers, closely related to the life, cultivation, and battles of cultivators.
There were also people who specialized in studying spiritual patterns, known as spiritual pattern masters, but they were very rare because studying spiritual patterns was difficult.
After understanding this, Lu Ye tried to mobilize the spiritual energy in his spiritual acupoint.
However, he found that the spiritual energy in his acupoint was extremely heavy and could not be mobilized.
After a moment's thought, Lu Ye remembered that he was still under the influence of the magnetic field. Mobilizing spiritual energy was not easy.
Manager Yang had died because of this reason.
He stood up and staggered forward, feeling the reaction of the spiritual energy in his acupoint as he walked. He stopped when he could mobilize the spiritual energy, which meant he had left the range of the magnetic field.
The originally heavy spiritual energy became exceptionally active, moving through his body under his control. Wherever it went, it felt warm, a sensation he had never experienced before, which amazed him.
After playing for a while, he remembered the spiritual pattern. Almost instinctively, he channeled the spiritual energy into his palm, and instantly, a brilliant light flashed in his palm.
Although it was fleeting, Lu Ye saw clearly that the light was an extremely complex and intricate pattern, identical to the one on the burning leaf!
"Is this Sharpness?" Lu Ye looked down at his palm. According to reason, he had just opened his spiritual acupoint and knew very little about how to use spiritual energy, let alone how to form a spiritual pattern with it.
But he had done it so easily, as if he had practiced countless times.
A faint glow bloomed on his palm, like a large firefly, and he felt a sharp pain, as if many needles were piercing his flesh.
Although it was just a palm, it gave him a sense of extreme sharpness. Lu Ye felt he could split a stone with one palm!
Thinking this, he immediately grabbed a stone the size of a basin from nearby. Such stones were common in the mine tunnel and had no value.
He placed the stone in front of him and slashed down with a palm.
The stone split with a clean cut.
Lu Ye was stunned. Although he had felt he could split the stone, he never expected such a result. It wasn't just splitting; it was cutting, and he had done it with just his hand!
And all this was due to the enhancement of Sharpness. This spiritual pattern seemed to make the object it enhanced extremely sharp.
Previously, he had been amazed by a cultivator from the Evil Moon Valley who could shatter a stone with one palm, but now he realized he could do it too, and even better.
This was just cutting a stone; what if it was cutting a person?
The glow on his palm slowly dissipated after cutting the stone, due to the depletion of spiritual energy. At the same time, Lu Ye felt a sudden emptiness and overwhelming weakness.
He thought he was in trouble.
He had just opened his spiritual acupoint and, in a moment of excitement, formed a spiritual pattern, which was a bit overambitious and had severely overdrawn his energy.
Drowsiness came over him, and he forced himself to stay awake, knowing that if he fell asleep now, he might not wake up again.
He quickly returned to where he had been, took a bottle of Qi and Blood Pills, and swallowed a few. He then picked up a piece of meat and ate it in large bites.
The effects of the Qi and Blood Pills gradually filled his body, and the weakness slowly subsided.
Leaning against the rock wall, he organized his thoughts.
The Shadow Tree, which had accompanied him for over a year, had opened his spiritual acupoint after swallowing an orange flame, making him a cultivator. Then, when he examined the Shadow Tree, he found a burning leaf and obtained the Sharpness spiritual pattern from it...
Looking at the Shadow Tree now, Lu Ye felt a strong sense of déjà vu.
After a moment of contemplation, Lu Ye suddenly realized: "Isn't this a Talent Tree?"