Chapter 12: Enhancing Vital Energy

  Now that we have this new spiritual energy, what we need to do next is naturally merge with it.

  The effect of the spiritual energy, he had clearly experienced it once before, which not only allowed him to quickly grasp others' physical abilities but also seemed to subtly enhance some of his own physical abilities, such as strength and speed.

  Although that feeling is not clear, Xu Yu dare not confirm it, but now as long as try one try, can confirm.

  Under the fusion of intentions, that spirit was immediately mobilized and surged into his body. At the same time, a slight pain and numbness also arose again.

  This time, because he was fully focused on the fusion anomaly, Xu Yu managed to clearly capture his energy and mental state, which were indeed slowly improving.

  Although he couldn't determine the extent of this improvement, that clear feeling still caused his expression to change greatly.

  After the fusion ended, Xu Yu casually clenched his fist and found that his strength had indeed increased a lot compared to before.

  "As expected, it has improved somewhat." A faint glimmer of light flickered in his eyes, and Xǔ Yú suppressed his excitement, thinking for a moment before reaching into the remaining objects to continue merging.

  After consuming another unit of energy and extracting a portion of spiritual energy, Xǔ Yú did not hesitate to continue merging, as he was particularly eager to figure out the extent of those enhancements.

  Although he didn't know how to distinguish himself either, as long as he continued to blend in and improve, until a certain point, he felt that he should be able to make an approximate judgment.

  With a quirky thought in mind, waiting for that numbness and pain to sneak up again, a new idea suddenly emerged in Xuyu's originally excited mind.

  "Infuse 3 spiritual energy, increase 1 vitality, possess vitality 4, current vitality 2."

  "Huh?" As soon as he heard this thought, his expression changed instantly, and a look of shock suddenly surged into his eyes. His energy limit was actually raised so quickly?

  By now, he has clearly learned the role of Jing Qi and its significance. Jing Qi is everything a normal person possesses, including physical strength, endurance, and various spiritual states. Its significance cannot be overstated.

  But unexpectedly, he had only merged three spiritual energies and actually increased his vitality by 1 point, a comprehensive increase of one-third?

  As soon as he thought of this, Xu Yu was shocked, and what was left was a kind of sudden enlightenment-like joy.

  As his energy improved, the change brought about by this fusion also became clear at once.

  That should be an overall increase of one-ninth for a normal person!

  "Three spiritual energies are equivalent to one vital energy, doesn't this mean that as long as I can continue to merge them, I can gradually increase my entire body's abilities? At that time..."

  With a surge of excitement and agitation, Xuyu looked at his remaining 2 spiritual energy and began to merge again.

  However, as a new spiritual energy lingered in his mind, Xu Yu's original intention to continue merging was suddenly halted. After all, he was now staying here to quickly figure out the various effects of this strange ability.

  It's now clear that the spiritual energy can be merged into oneself, so isn't it time to study other aspects? At least he clearly remembers that his initial intention was to tell him that this spiritual energy can almost merge with all things.

  He was also curious about how this spiritual energy could have such a terrifying transformation when it merged with his body, and what changes would occur if it were to merge with an ordinary object.

  As soon as he thought of it, Xu Yu quickly took off a simple jade pendant from his neck. This was actually a gift he had wanted to give to Zhang Yan years ago, but he never had the courage to give it to her. Since then, this jade pendant that cost several hundred yuan had been kept by him all along.

  He gently pinched the jade pendant in his hand, and Xǔ Yú's thoughts were first chaotic, then quickly converged. The jade pendant in front of him was a crystal-like shape, similar to a beautiful woman's earrings. At first glance, it was a bright green color that delighted people, but upon closer inspection, the green color was not evenly distributed, and there were also subtle impurities. Xǔ Yú was helpless, as at that time, he had no ability to buy extremely pure and exquisite jade.

  He let out a soft sigh again, and then Xǔ Yú gave the order to merge with himself.

  Just as the command was given, Xu Yu immediately saw that a burst of spiritual energy in his mind suddenly disappeared, and then a strange warm current directly passed through his right arm, flashing and gathering towards the jade pendant on his right palm.

  In an instant, the jade pendant that he held in his palm suddenly lit up, accompanied by a faint burning sensation.

  But almost at the same time, the idea in his mind also suddenly emerged.

  "Merging with the spirit requires 1 point of energy!"

  As the thought arose, Xu Yu's originally abundant energy also began to flow away immediately, which surprised him suddenly, and he let out a cry of surprise. How could infusing spiritual energy into other objects not only consume spiritual energy but also consume physical energy? Spiritual object?

  No matter what, at this point, the fusion had begun, and he could only stare blankly as his spiritual energy flowed away, while in his palm, the jade pendant emitted an increasingly intense and scorching intent.

  It wasn't until about a minute later that the faint, lingering glow surrounding the jade pendant suddenly dissipated. Following this, the pendant gradually cooled down from its scorching temperature and began to feel cool and smooth to the touch.

  Xu Yu's body also quickly began to feel extremely fatigued.

  After all, he only had 2 energy left before, merged with a spiritual energy, plus consumed 1 energy, and instantly exhausted all his energy.

  "Depressing, when calculated, incorporating a spiritual energy into other things, adding up the mental effort needed to create that spiritual energy, isn't it going to consume 2 units of mental effort? Compared to fusing it within oneself, it's doubled!"

  As drowsiness grew stronger, after just a few seconds, Xu Yu's mind had only just begun to feel a little stifled before he fell fast asleep.

  This sleep lasted for over ten hours, and he suddenly woke up. The first thing he felt when he woke up was that his energy had become extremely abundant again, reaching 4.

  And in the palm of his hand, a cool and warm current was constantly moistening his right hand, that feeling was so wonderful that it made him feel numb and tingly all over, as if he were floating on air.

  Along with that wonderful feeling, Xu Yu immediately lowered his head to look at the jade pendant in his hand. He was wondering what effect the fusion of twice the spiritual energy would have.