Lu Shuang knew the priest must have some method. He said "Oh" and then closed his eyes.
Shen Nong placed her fingertip on Lu Shuang's brow, releasing the spiritual power from her spiritual core to probe whether a spiritual core existed in his brain.
The spiritual senses can establish a connection with Shen Nong's brain. Although he cannot see inside Lu Shuang's brain with his eyes, he can directly feel everything that the energy senses in his mind.
This is clearer than seeing with your eyes.
Shen Nong searched repeatedly in the locations where the spirit core would be, but ultimately found no trace of it.
Could it be that he guessed wrong?
Just as he was about to withdraw his spiritual power, he suddenly sensed a protrusion in a corner of Lu Shuang's head.
Shen Nong used her spiritual power to sense that area and discovered a tiny, pale blue spiritual core there.
However, the spirit core contained no spiritual power and looked dull and lifeless.
In the Beast World, there are also people who possess the same spiritual core as the Interstellar People; these two worlds share a commonality.
After confirming the facts, Shen Nong suppressed her turbulent emotions and withdrew her hand. "Alright."
Lu Shuang opened his eyes and scratched the spot where Shen Nong's fingertips had touched. It was so itchy that he almost couldn't resist scratching it.
"Priest, have you discovered anything?"
Shen Nong nodded, "However, I don't know how to elicit your ability..."
At this point, Shen Nong suddenly remembered the Marrow Cleansing Pills sold by the system.
Lu Shuang's spirit core is clearly of extremely poor quality; it can't even absorb power to advance. To put it bluntly, it's just a decoration, something you can't even see or touch.
The Marrow Cleansing Pill cleanses the marrow and improves one's physical attributes; it's an essential remedy.
He asked the system directly, since this thing wasn't cheap, and eating it would cause excruciating pain. If it didn't work, it would be a waste, and more importantly, he would suffer for nothing.
The system couldn't say whether this would work or not; it had never heard of the Marrow Cleansing Pill making the Spirit Core's aptitude stronger.
However, what the host said makes sense, but no one has ever done this before.
They all honestly improved their physical attributes and underwent a complete transformation.
It dared not draw any conclusions, and directly opened the data of the Marrow Cleansing Pill, letting Shen Nong see it for herself.
Shen Nong glanced at the dense data, her mind racing as she analyzed it, and finally drew a conclusion.
Theoretically, it should be possible, but we'll only know if it works after we try.
After a moment of contemplation, Shen Nong decided to give the choice to Lu Shuang.
"I have a pill here. If you take it, there is a 50% chance that you can use that power for yourself, but there is also a 50% chance that it will have no effect."
Shen Nong stared into Lu Shuang's eyes and carefully recited the reactions she had seen from the system to Lu Shuang, word by word, "However, regardless of whether you succeed in the end, your body will suffer inhuman torment. You will be in so much pain that you wish you were dead, as if your bones were shattered and reassembled, your tendons were severed and reconnected, and your body will feel like it is being bitten by a thousand ants."
Upon hearing the first part, Lu Shuang almost nodded immediately. But what came next calmed her down.
His neck was stiff. Lu Shuang knew that as long as she pressed the button, she could bring back the long-lost power of her ancestors.
But just hearing about that kind of pain makes my scalp tingle.
Moreover, the priest said that it was possible that even after suffering such pain, he still did not succeed.
Lu Shuang was caught in a dilemma.
Shen Nong was also somewhat puzzled. The power he felt that day was quite considerable. A spirit core like Lu Shuang's couldn't possibly contain such powerful energy without being activated.
While searching for the Deer Frost Spirit Core, he also tried to find that power, but to no avail.
That power was like a fleeting moment.
"Priest, perhaps we should just forget about it..."
Lu Shuang's voice was very soft, and Shen Nong almost thought she was hallucinating, "What? Are you afraid of pain?"
Lu Shuang shook his head; this was the lost power of their ancestors. But the Water Tribe no longer existed, and he was no longer its priest.
He said dejectedly, "This is the power of the ancestors of the ancient water tribe... I... am no longer... it means nothing to me anymore..."
Shen Nong understood what Lu Shuang meant. He reached out and brushed the stray hairs from Lu Shuang's forehead to the side, looking intently into Lu Shuang's eyes. "You really don't want it?"
Lu Shuang paused slightly, then pursed her lips and remained silent.
"If you want it, go for it. Why give up the opportunity?" Shen Nong's voice was gentle. "It's not meaningless, it's the power your ancestors lost. Bloodline is a connection that can't be changed no matter which tribe you're in."
Lu Shuang's eyes were a little red. He opened his mouth, "Priest..."
Shen Nong smiled and said, "If you succeed in the end, I will teach you how to use this power."
Lu Shuang couldn't hold back any longer. He raised his upper body, hugged Shen Nong's waist tightly, and cried loudly.
Shen Nong felt stiff all over when she was hugged, and a sense of discomfort welled up in her heart.
He subconsciously raised his hand and placed it on the boy's head, wanting to push him away, but in the end, under the boy's sad cries, he only gently rubbed his head.
"Waaah, Priestess." Lu Shuang sobbed, thinking of Tu Dong who had always taken care of him, he quickly shook his head, "Priestess, Tu Dong is so good... I can't compete with her."
Shen Nong was completely confused. "What does this have to do with winter?"
Lu Shuang said in a low voice, "Those who receive instruction from the priests are all chosen by the priests to be the next priests. Although the priests will choose several, in the end they will choose the one who learns the best..."
Shen Nong interrupted directly, "Does your Beast World still have such rules?"
He genuinely didn't know.
Lu Shuang's emotions were in turmoil at this moment, so she didn't pay much attention to Shen Nong's strange remarks.
Shen Nong pinched the bridge of his nose. The misunderstanding with Tu Dong had lasted too long, and he needed to find another opportunity to clear things up.
Lu Shuang can make it clear now, "I'm not teaching you as a priest, so don't worry."
Lu Shuang raised her head, puzzled, and asked, "Not as a priest?"
Shen Nong was silent for a moment before replying, "Well, I guess you could call me a teacher."
"Teacher?" Lu Shuang was increasingly confused.
Shen Nong could only give him a rough explanation of the teacher-student relationship. Lu Shuang listened with sparkling eyes and immediately called out to Shen Nong, "Teacher!"
Shen Nong said disdainfully, "Don't call out too early. Wait until you succeed before you call out."
He looked at Lu Shuang's face, which was flushed with joy, and asked, "I'll ask you one more time, do you want to try?"
"I think."
Lu Shuang's voice trembled slightly; the thought of such pain was unbearable. But his attitude was unwavering; he was determined to try.
"No matter what the final result is, I'm going to try."
Shen Nong gently patted Lu Shuang's head, "Try again when you're fully recovered."
Perfect timing! He'll take advantage of this time to visit the Feather Tribe again.
He absolutely had to exchange for the iron ore from the Wushan tribe; this matter had to be resolved.
Chapter 59
They can eat quite a lot.
Shen Nong decided to go to the Feather Tribe again to make proper arrangements there.
Not long ago, following the list of tribes provided by Songshan, he took advantage of the darkness to kidnap all their priests and bring them back to the Mu tribe.
The orcs guarding them reported to Shen Nong more than once that these priests spent all their time, except when they were eating meat, clamoring for them to be released back to their tribe.
Only the priests of the mountain tribes were the quietest, constantly busy making various kinds of bone soup.
Shen Nong listened to the report, rubbing her forehead wearily. Ze Jian, who had just returned from training and was standing guard to the side, walked up behind Shen Nong.
Following Shen Nong's technique, I gently pressed on her skin.
Shen Nong was too lazy to move himself, so he leaned back in his seat, closed his eyes, and let Ze massage his head.
Ze's gaze unconsciously drifted to Shen Nong's eyebrows and eyes, across the beautifully curved tip of his nose, across his soft lips, and finally landed on his delicate collarbone.
Ze dared not look again and turned his head away, but due to nervousness, he couldn't control the strength in his hands. Shen Nong hissed, "It hurts, be gentle."
Ze immediately controlled his strength, knowing he was powerful. After each training session, even Hu Xiao would say he couldn't handle his strength.
When he was with the priest, he always made a conscious effort to restrain his strength, for fear of accidentally hurting him.
Unexpectedly, I still accidentally hurt the priest.
Shen Nong didn't take it to heart. He closed his eyes, enjoying the head massage, while thinking about how to quiet down the group of priests.
However, we cannot actually resolve this through force, otherwise this so-called "alliance" will also quickly collapse.
After much thought, he finally came up with a solution that was hardly a solution at all.
"Ze, go and fetch Hu Xiao."
Ze withdrew his hand and replied, "Okay."
Tiger Roar arrived quickly, and Shen Nong instructed him not to restrict the priests' activities too much.
During the day, they can move around within the tribal area, and at night they can move around the earthen houses.
He also had Hu Xiao take them to visit the various teams every now and then.
Hu Xiao nodded in agreement, "I'll go right away."
So the priests were dragged out of the earthen house and lined up by Hu Xiao.
The grass tribe's priest wasn't very old either, looking a bit older than Lu Shuang. But he was incredibly bold; he thought they were being too noisy and that the wood tribe was finally going to attack them.
"Are you afraid of being discovered, so you're dragging us somewhere else and killing us?"
Hu Xiao looked at him like he was an idiot and retorted, "You're right here on the Wood Tribe's territory. If I wanted to kill you, would I be afraid of being discovered and having to choose a place?"
The young man was taken aback by what he was said, and then fell silent.
Compared to the priests of other tribes who were full of ideas, Shanfeng remained calm from beginning to end.
After Hu Xiao lined them up, he led them forward and told them to keep up and not fall behind.
Otherwise, we would have to search the entire tribe for people.