Chapter 154.
tan san couldn’t wait before he arrived in the spiritual field and began casting spells to catalyze the growth of the annual cycle.
One by one, the Wheel of the Year Technique fell, in conjunction with the Demonic Beast Spiritual Liquid.
The age of the Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree began to grow slowly along with it.
One year, two years, three years ……
After the age of the Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree reached over two hundred and seventy years, the amount of spiritual qi needed to grow with each yearly cycle also grew rapidly.
At two hundred and eighty years old, perhaps only thirty bottles of Demonic Beast Spirit Liquid were needed, and at two hundred and eighty-one years old, thirty-two, or even thirty-three bottles would be needed.
tan san was still following his established rhythm of pouring in two hundred bottles of Demonic Beast Spiritual Liquid at a time.
As the Star Source Spirit Fruit Tree’s annual cycle continued to grow, the fruits condensed on it also increased and rapidly matured.
A tantalizing fragrance of the fruit also spread out.
Then came the second day, the third day.
On this day, just as Zhou Changwei was burying another batch of Spiritual Energy Ore into the surroundings of the Star Source Spiritual Fruit Tree, he suddenly felt the formation shaking once again.
The gaze went cold.
Looking up, he looked.
Sure enough, he spotted several giant eagles again, hovering in the void.
Ever since a giant eagle had been killed by his finger for coming close a few days ago, there had been giant eagles coming close and hovering in the void almost every day for the past few days.
At first, the strength was still weak, mostly at the mid qi practicing level.
But since yesterday, a giant eagle equivalent to the late stage of Qi Practicing level had appeared.
When I saw it today, it had indeed appeared again.
There were a total of three giant eagles, one at the mid level of Qi Practicing and two at the late level of Qi Practicing.
“Perhaps, it’s because of it?”
tan san looked at them for a few moments and then did not pay attention to them, these giant eagles, because a few of them were trapped within the formation in succession and were killed by him, generally did not dare to come too close.
Thus, he landed his gaze on the Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree beside him.
As the Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree’s annual cycle of time grew, the fragrance of the fruit became more and more intense, which was what attracted this Giant Eagle Demonic Beast to come closer.
“Indeed.
Demonic beasts, which have a very keen sense of heavenly treasures, are able to instinctively perceive the corresponding scent.
Then they directly plop down in the vicinity and keep watch.
One, is that the spiritual qi of the heavens and earth around heavenly materials and geomancers tends to be more dense.
Secondly, it was that once a Heavenly Material Treasure matured, the power of creation would often emerge, which was extremely beneficial to various demonic beasts.
Thirdly, it was the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures themselves.
Some of them are even able to directly enhance their strength ……”
tan san’s mind also came to an understanding.
Perhaps, it was the fact that this Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree was about to mature, and the unique fragrance of the fruit therein, the fruit qi, had spread out, which had lured these Giant Eagles over.
However, why was it a giant eagle? And not other demonic beasts?
Instinctively, tan san was somewhat puzzled?
Then when he looked up once more and saw the sharp and peerless eagle eyes of those giant eagles, he reacted.
They, being able to see through the Great Formation Mist, were directly able to see this Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree.
It was precisely because of this that they were approaching one after another, wanting to make a plot?
“It seems that we still need to pay attention in these few days.
The Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree is ripening soon, so we can’t have any changes occurring as a result of this.”
tan san frowned.
Then, he began to continue cultivating it.
Bottles of demonic beast spirit liquid were poured into the Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree by him.
Only then did he use the Wheel of the Year Technique to aid in its growth.
One bottle, two bottles, three bottles ……
Boom~!
Suddenly, a giant eagle swooped down, and a pair of sharp claws viciously imprinted on top of that grand formation.
As the spirit light shook, the giant eagle then spread its wings and quickly rose into the air.
“Good guts!”
tan san snorted coldly.
With just a turn of his thoughts, a gengjin golden light had already shot out.
Puff~!
Although that giant eagle soared into the air, it was still directly struck by the gengjin finger on its wings, and its body could not help but sway.
Then just as it adjusted its body and mind, wanting to dodge away at speed, the second and third Geng Jin fingers had already rushed over.
Poof! Poof!
One went straight into its heart, while one pierced through its head.
The large formation moved slightly, breaking open an opening, and the giant eagle fell within the spiritual land.
The Spirit Dog howled in excitement and directly rushed up, biting the already dead Giant Eagle in one bite and directly dragging it to tan san’s side to claim credit.
On the other hand, when the two giant eagles in the sky saw this, they both looked like they had been frightened and quickly rose higher.
They hovered around for a long time before dispersing.
“Two hundred and ninety-five years.
In five more years’ time, this Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree will completely mature.”
tan san ignored the spirit dog while his gaze fell on this Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree.
After a few days of cultivation, he had finally cultivated it to the point where it had reached two hundred and ninety-five years of annual cycle time.
It was only missing the last five yearly cycle times before it would mature.
Only, tan san glanced at the last remaining three hundred bottles of Demonic Beast Spirit Liquid within his storage bag.
At this time, the Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree required fifty bottles of Demonic Beast Spirit Liquid for every year of growth, so three hundred bottles wouldn’t necessarily be enough.
“Try it first!”
With this thought in his mind, tan san didn’t intend to wait any longer and hurriedly began to try.
A bottle of Demonic Beast Spiritual Liquid was poured in, and then a Wheel of the Year Technique was cast out.
Two hundred and ninety-six years.
Fifty-three bottles!
Two hundred and ninety-seven years.
Fifty-seven bottles!
Two hundred and ninety-eight years!
Sixty-two bottles!
Two hundred and ninety-nine years.
Seventy bottles!
Then, until he poured in all of the remaining fifty-eight bottles of Vitality Spirit Liquid, it still didn’t allow him to grow by one year’s worth of yearly time.
“It’s only missing, the proverbial kick in the pants!”
tan san lamented, his heart anxious and helpless.
At this moment, the seven spirit fruits, each of which was the size of an adult’s fist, were crystal clear and very full.
There was even an abundant spiritual qi that was about to rise out, very eye-catching.
These seven spiritual fruits, the overall golden color, only a small part, with a trace of green, is not yet completely mature symptoms.
Spirit fruits were not completely ripe, the effect was going to be greatly reduced.
He would not drink hemlock to quench his thirst since.
“At this time, the Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree should be growing at the level of two hundred and ninety-nine years and five or six months.
Even without the Demonic Beast Spiritual Liquid, according to the fact that the Spirit Fruit Tree can withstand one Anniversary Technique per day, it should only take five or six days for it to completely mature.
Five or six days, I can afford to wait.”
tan san muttered in his heart, and hurriedly hauled the Spirit Spring Water over to continuously irrigate the Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree.
Then, he used the Spiritual Rain Technique.
After some means, it only slightly filled the Star Source Spirit Fruit Tree’s consumption, but it could not be used as a base to continue casting spells to increase the time of the annual cycle.
Sighing, he was about to give up, then suddenly landed his gaze on the dead giant eagle.
This giant eagle was a first-grade, high-grade demonic beast.
It was more than twice the size of the giant eagle he had stewed and eaten several days ago.
With its wings open, it was three feet.
At this time, although it hadn’t died for a long time, the surging qi and blood was still constantly rising.
In terms of its aura, it was only a little worse than the first-grade, high-grade demonic beast, the blue-eyed salamander, that had been killed by Pingan Chen when he had first come to the Divine Wind Valley Market.
It should also be considered a demonic beast at the eighth level of Qi Practicing.
“I wonder, on this eagle demon, does it possess a demonic elixir?”
tan san’s face revealed a look of curiosity.
Generally speaking, the probability of a first grade early stage demonic beast condensing a demonic dan was only one in a thousand, and for a first grade middle stage, it was one in a hundred.
As for a first grade high rank demonic beast, the probability of condensing demonic pills within its body was one in ten.
Only demonic beasts of the second grade or above would inevitably contain demonic pills in their bodies.
This was also the reason why it was so difficult and expensive for him to acquire demonic pills in the black market before.
Only when it was rare was it precious.
Afterward, with a thought, a flying sword flew out swiftly, directly breaking open the eagle demon’s head.
“Sure enough, there isn’t one.
However, in this case, I am not going to need to wait another five or six days before I can cultivate the Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree to maturity.”
tan san sighed slightly after stirring a few times and confirming that there was no demonic pills.
However, his face did not show much disappointment.
This was because this demonic beast’s flesh and blood, which also contained a huge amount of energy, could likewise be used by his Spirit Snatching Technique to deprive it of its vitality and spiritual energy, and turn it into a Demonic Beast Spiritual Liquid.
Thus, he directly used his Spirit Snatching Technique.
In a blink of an eye, a drop of Demonic Beast Spiritual Liquid was then condensed out by him, and then sequentially loaded into the medicinal bottle by him.
One bottle, two bottles, three bottles ……
After twenty bottles, the entire Eagle Demon was transformed into a dry corpse, no longer able to extract the slightest amount of spiritual energy and blood.
Then tan san reached out and waved his hand, a ball of fire appeared, directly the giant eagle corpse, burned clean.
Then, tan san hurriedly poured these demonic beast spirit liquid into it again, and used the Wheel of the Year technique.
One, two, three ……
The moment when all the demonic beast spirit liquid was poured in, and tan san’s last Nian Wheel Art was performed!
Buzz~!
The entire Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree suddenly shook violently.
And with that, it emitted endless spiritual light.
At the same time, on top of that one golden spirit fruit, the last touch of greenness was also quickly erased along with this spiritual light, transforming into a pure golden fruit.
Three hundred years of annual cycle time.
Arrived!
The Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree, matured!
tan san instantly perked up.
An incomparable look of excitement appeared on his face.
After going through this for so long, almost three months.
Spending countless hours, energy.
Making countless spells, moreover, there was that bottle of Vitality Spirit Liquid, a bottle of Demon Beast Spirit Liquid ……
Before and after, even if one were to calculate only in terms of spirit stones consumed, it would be one hundred and fifty thousand lower grade spirit stones.
Not to mention, the countless Spirit Spring water poured during the period, the countless Spirit Rain spells performed, and the Wheel of the Year spells …… If one were to calculate it in detail, the cost would not be worse than one hundred and fifty thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones in the slightest.
“But nowadays.
It’s finally a success!
Seven Star Origin Spirit Fruits, all ripe.
It’s not worth all the effort and hard work I’ve put in during this period of time!
Everything is worth it!”
tan san was truly very excited.
A look of incomparable joy appeared on his face as well.
Buzzing ……
Then, he felt that an incomparably pure, powerful force of creation instantly descended from the sky, landing directly on top of the Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree, and then in covering his body.
There wasn’t even the slightest hesitation.
Much less dare to have the slightest hesitation.
He hurriedly calmed his mind and quickly operated the Pure Yang Five Elements Technique, and began to cultivate.
One weekday, two weekdays, three weekdays ……
Until the last strand of the power of creation was absorbed.
In tan san’s eyes, a brilliant light suddenly flashed, and his heart was filled with joy.
Cultivation level, had increased again.
Moreover, it had increased by a full seven points at once.
Now, his cultivation level had clearly become: the seventh level of Qi Practicing (18/100).
Compared to before, it was a huge increase.
It was directly equivalent to saving more than half a month of hard cultivation.
What’s more, aside from the actual increase in cultivation, he felt that what the Power of Creation had improved the most for him was instead his spiritual sense, and the strength of his physical body.
Among them, the strength of his spiritual sense, because of this wave of the baptism of the power of creation, had already spread directly from the original thirty zhang, or a hundred meter range, to fifty zhang, a full one hundred and fifty meters.
As for the strength of his physical body, he had only just entered the fifth level of Body Refining, and after several previous baptisms with the power of creation, coupled with his own bitter cultivation, it had only been elevated to the middle level of the fifth level of Qi cultivation.
Now, it had risen directly to the peak of the fifth level of Body Refining, and was only one step away from advancing to the sixth level of Qi Practicing.
Although, tan san’s main cultivation was still focused on practicing Qi.
However, the increase in body refining strength was able to correspondingly make up for his shortcomings, and it was likewise a tangible boost to his strength.
“However, the refinement of cultivation is certainly a good thing. But the most important thing is still the matter of these seven Star Origin Spirit Fruits that have completely matured.”
tan san then got up and looked at these seven spirit fruits.
One by one, they were full of particles, crystal clear, and there was even a tantalizing fragrance of the fruit that emanated out, making his mouth and mouth tingle, and he couldn’t wait to immediately pick them and directly swallow them.
“A Star Source Spirit Fruit Tree, if you take it out, the price can be up to 100,000 lower grade spirit stones.
And there’s no market for it.
Yet I have seven of them here.
Even if you don’t calculate by its utility and only calculate the value of the spirit stones, it’s still a big profit.
It’s just that this spirit fruit, you still have to keep it to yourself.
I just don’t know if the effect of this Star Origin Spirit Fruit is as magical as the legend?”
tan san whispered and looked forward to it.
The introduction of the Star Origin Spirit Fruit in some canonical books also flashed in his mind.
Star Source Spirit Fruit: a third grade heavenly treasure, a rare spiritual fruit in the Immortal Cultivation World that can enhance a cultivator’s Spiritual Root Qualification, a holy fruit, it is said that a single one can allow a cultivator with a lower grade Spiritual Root Qualification to be upgraded to a middle grade, and three of them can allow a cultivator with a middle grade Spiritual Root Qualification to be upgraded to an upper grade!
“Lower-grade, middle-grade, upper-grade …… said that it should be the cultivator’s absorption and transformation efficiency for the heaven and earth spiritual qi? Or the affinity of the Spiritual Root for each attribute of Spiritual Qi?”
tan san was a bit puzzled.
But at this time, he didn’t think that much.
Wouldn’t he know if he tried?
Thus, he directly plucked one of the Star Origin Spirit Fruits and placed it in his hand.
Taking a deep breath, one bite, two bites, three bites ……
The entire Star Origin Spirit Fruit was then directly swallowed by him.
A special feeling of coolness quickly surfaced in his heart, and then he felt that within the Spirit Fruit, there was a special power that quickly passed through the layers of obstacles and directly entered the depths of his mind, pouring into his meditative ‘God’.
Immediately afterward, in the next moment.
Through that touch of ‘God’, he directly saw a thing that was rooted above his flesh and blood, his soul.
Spirit Root!
This was a spirit root?
A realization immediately surfaced in his heart.
This spiritual root was rooted between his body and soul, in a location area in the underworld.
It was like a small tree with five branches, one branch of a color, which also correspondingly represented a spiritual root attribute.
Gold, wood, water, fire and earth.
Five elements and five colors.
It was precisely the five elemental spiritual roots that belonged uniquely to him.
These five ‘branches’, of similar height and size, were in an even state of balance.
In addition to that, outside of these five branches, there were actually some tiny and low branches, and with a brief recognition, he could tell that they belonged to ‘light’, ‘darkness’, ‘wind’, ‘thunder’, and so on. ‘thunder’ and other special attributes.
It was just too small, too weak, and inconspicuous.
Almost instinctively, he directly poured the special power transformed by that Star Origin Spirit Fruit directly into one of the ‘branches’.
Instantly.
That ‘branch’ quickly pulled up, thickened, and grew, as if it were a balloon, directly expanding.
Until he felt the power provided by that Star Origin Spirit Fruit decline and completely dissipate.
Then, with a trance in his mind, he once again withdrew from that one mysterious ‘region’.
“Spiritual Root Qualification, upgraded?”
tan san thought this in his mind, and knowing that it would be simple to verify, he hurriedly began his cultivation straight away.
Making use of the Five Elements Glazed Heart Lamp, he then revolved the Pure Yang Five Elements Technique.
“Hm?
The wood attribute aura, gathered so quickly, and the amount is much more.
As for the other attribute auras, they have barely changed much ……”
Just as soon as he practiced, tan san discovered the problem.
It was also instantly known.
The Spiritual Root that he had upgraded before was a Wood Attribute Spiritual Root.
Directly, he had upgraded his Wood Attribute Spiritual Root, from the original lower grade, to the middle grade level.
It was also only at this point that he understood why the four attribute spiritual root qualification was better than the five elemental attribute spiritual root, and why the three attribute spiritual root cultivator, in turn, would have a higher cultivation efficiency than the four attribute spiritual root cultivator.
“The heavens are actually fair to everyone.
The total amount of Spiritual Roots, distributed to everyone, is not too different.
It’s only that some people have opened five branches, while others have only opened four, some have three, two, and even a very few, only one.
Naturally, the cultivator who opened a ‘branch’, the better the spiritual root qualification.
The total number of spiritual root qualifications was counted as one hundred.
A cultivator with a single attribute spiritual root directly possessed a spiritual root qualification of one hundred.
A two-attribute spiritual root cultivator, on the other hand, needed two spiritual roots to distribute this ‘one hundred’.
Three attribute spiritual roots, four attribute spiritual roots, and five attribute spiritual roots were all the same, and needed to correspondingly distribute these ‘one hundred’ points.
The more attributes there were, then the more needed to be distributed.
Some people, focusing on a certain point, then even if it was a three-attribute spiritual root, if one of the spiritual root qualifications exceeded half, that is, ‘fifty’, then it would actually not be much worse than a two-attribute spiritual root cultivator.
Of course, in reality, absolute single-attribute cultivators did not exist.
Perhaps, there were cultivators who also possessed other attribute qualifications, but if one of their attributes exceeded ‘seventy points’, then they could also be called single-attribute Spiritual Roots, or Heavenly Spiritual Roots.
As for dual-attribute spiritual root cultivators, they can be called dual-attribute spiritual roots if both of their attributes are not too far apart, and both of them are above ‘forty points’.
A three-attribute spiritual root, on the other hand, is one in which each item is above ‘thirty points’.
For a four-attribute spiritual root, each item was above ‘twenty points’.
As for the five-attribute spiritual roots, they are balanced with five attributes, all of which are above ‘fifteen points’.”
tan san made a final summary.
It wasn’t necessarily correct, after all, the Spiritual Root Attributes didn’t just contain these five elemental Spiritual Roots.
There were also wind, thunder, light, dark …… and other special attribute spiritual roots.
It is only relatively rare, and not included in it.
tan san’s Attribute Spiritual Roots, now because of that Star Origin Spiritual Fruit, the Wood Attribute Spiritual Roots, were raised up and enlarged, becoming ‘twenty’, ‘thirty’.
It was equivalent to ‘increasing’ by another ten or twenty points.
This was what made its Spiritual Root Qualification, become even more prominent.
“Only, in this way.
For my cultivation, it’s somewhat unfavorable in turn.
The five elements are not balanced, and my Pure Yang Five Elements Technique, when it operates, is somewhat stagnant instead.
Too much wood attribute aura destroys the balance of spiritual energy ……”
tan san quickly shook his head after just a brief thought.
Then he set his gaze, on top of the other Star Origin Spirit Fruits above the Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree.
Thus, he once again picked one and swallowed it in three swallows.
Immediately afterward, as if he was traveling lightly, he passed through his ‘God’ and saw his spirit root once again.
This time, without the slightest hesitation, he directly poured the special power contained within that spirit fruit directly into one of them, on top of the ‘metallic spirit root’.
Immediately afterward, he ate the third spirit fruit, then the fourth, and the fifth.
Respectively, he poured that special power into the ‘water’, ‘fire’, and ‘earth’ attribute spirit roots.
In this way.
Only then did tan san slowly open his eyes.
“The five attributes are finally balanced once again.
And with that, the Spiritual Root value has also increased from the original 5/6 of 10 to around 2/6 or 7.
It happens to be between a four attribute spiritual root and a three attribute spiritual root.
If one were to cultivate with the qualifications at this time, the cultivation efficiency should also be increased by a large margin compared to before.”
In tan san’s heart, a trace of joy immediately surfaced.
He hurriedly couldn’t wait to start running his energy to cultivate.
A weekday came down.
A clank of light shone in tan san’s eyes.
Less than one times!
It had probably improved by seventy to eighty percent.
To know.
Today’s tan san, because of the Pure Yang Five Elemental Technique’s great success, his cultivation speed was already not slow, and in itself was comparable to an average two attribute spiritual root cultivator.
Now that he had once again raised seventy percent on top of this one, it naturally made his cultivation speed, jump by a large margin.
Even if it wasn’t comparable to the legendary Heavenly Spiritual Root cultivators, it definitely surpassed many dual attribute spiritual root cultivators.
Of course, this was at the other party’s cultivation technique, which was just at the beginning.
If the other party’s cultivation technique had also reached proficiency, the realm of small success, then the comparison calculation would naturally be different again.
But even so, it made him incredibly excited.
Such a tangible increase in Spiritual Root Qualification really made him elated and unrestrained.
“It’s just a pity.
The Spirit Fruits, there are only two left again.
Moreover, although my Spirit Root Qualification has increased quite a bit nowadays.
But it is far from what I originally envisioned.”
Immediately afterward, however, tan san’s brows frowned slightly.
Originally, he had thought of raising his qualification to the upper grade, or even extreme grade level in one breath.
However, because it had to be matched with his Pure Yang Five Elemental Technique, he could only give up on singularly upgrading a certain Spiritual Root Attribute, and instead, spread the ‘opportunity’ of upgrading his Spiritual Root Qualification in a balanced manner on top of his Five Elemental Spiritual Roots.
So much so, the actual enhancement of his spiritual root qualification wasn’t much.
It was stronger than a four-attribute spirit root cultivator and weaker than a three-attribute spirit root cultivator.
“This is really something.”
tan san was somewhat helpless, but did not regret it.
“As for these remaining two Star Origin Spirit Fruits.
One to keep for planting, as for the other, I’ll just have to put it away for now.”
tan san finally planted one of the Star Origin Spirit Fruits and placed it specifically in a jade box, sealing it with a first-grade high-grade Limit Breaking Sealing Talisman.
Only then did he look at that last Star Origin Spirit Fruit.
“The Star Origin Spirit Fruit has a fruit but no benevolence.
It doesn’t produce spirit seeds per se.
Only when a mature Star Origin Spirit Fruit is ripe for a hundred days before it is plucked and swallowed, the heaven and earth essence within the spirit fruit will naturally contract and condense into a new spirit seed.
Therefore, I still need to nurture it for another hundred days before a new Star Origin Spirit Fruit Seed can be born.”
tan san’s mind floated back to the introduction of that Spider Silk Fairy Chen Xiaoye.
Only then did he return to his own courtyard and stayed directly in the cultivation chamber, starting to truly cultivate with his new ‘Spirit Root Qualification’.
The next day.
tan san opened his eyes, and the first thing he did was look at the attribute panel.
Cultivation: seventh level of qi cultivation (19/100)
“Cultivation has increased a little.
Originally, with natural cultivation, it would take me a full three days to increase my cultivation by one point.
Nowadays, if I do, I’ve increased it by one point in one day.
Sure enough, after the qualification is raised, the effect is instantly visible.”
tan san’s heart burst with relief.
Only then did he begin to cultivate the other spirit plants normally.
During this period of time, although he had been meticulously cultivating that Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree, he had not put down his cultivation of the other spirit plants.
Not only had he completed the demands of the Water Cloud Pavilion early, he had also accumulated enough ‘mission demands’ for two months.
“It’s just that if I continue to cultivate the Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree next, I won’t be able to get enough spirit stones to auction off that Foundation Establishment Pill at that auction a month and a half from now.”
tan san had a headache when he thought of this.
Poor!
Too poor!
Planting and cultivating the Star Origin Spirit Fruit Tree required spirit stones.
Purchasing the Foundation Establishment Pill would similarly require spirit stones.
Moreover, in addition to the Foundation Building Dan, in order to ensure the success rate of Foundation Building, he felt that he also had to prepare the Foundation Condensation Dan, the Blood Condensation Dan ……
In addition, he also had to be prepared for not being able to buy that Foundation Establishment Pill after a month and a half.
Then, he would need to prepare at least three copies of the Foundation Building Spirit ……
Although he already had one copy today, the other two, he would either need to venture out into the wilderness to obtain them, or he would have to cultivate them himself, and again, he would need a large enough amount of Spirit Stones to exchange for Demon Pills and extract the Demon Beast Spirit Liquid.
This one item caused him a headache.
Sometimes, he was a little unable to resist transforming into a robber cultivator and plundering other cultivators to obtain more cultivation resources ……
Of course, he was only thinking about it.
If he was really asked to do it, he would not do it since.
The danger was just one.
Most importantly, acting in such a way was against his heart, so of course he didn’t want to do it.