Qingcang Immortal Clan: Starting with Farming to Increase Luck

Chapter 110 A Skyscraper Rises from the Ground

Back then, Lu Yang was all alone and helpless in the Daoist academy.

After all, Lu Yang had no parents or siblings who had achieved success in cultivation, and cultivation can sometimes be quite selfish.

Resources are limited, and even your own people won't easily invest in you until you demonstrate your worth.

The academy teachers might give Lu Yang some extra help during lectures because of his three spiritual roots, but that would be limited to that; they wouldn't give him their own cultivation resources.

Therefore, Lu Yang forged a top-grade spiritual body through his own efforts over nine years.

Of course, this was Lu Yang's previous opinion. Later, after discovering the existence of the Fate-Breaking Pearl, he realized that his ability to forge a top-grade spiritual body was probably largely due to the Fate-Breaking Pearl.

After all, a superior spiritual body can be obtained through cultivation, but a top-grade spiritual body really depends entirely on luck and requires a bit of inspiration.

Without this spark of inspiration, even taking a magic pill would be difficult to achieve.

Of course, a behemoth like the Qingyun Sect must have a way, but the cost would be considerable.

Compared to Lu Yang, Lu Hong is different. He has the aptitude of a Heavenly Spiritual Root and was directly trained by Lu Gu Chu. After consuming a single spiritual pill, he directly obtained a high-grade spiritual body, which was probably also done by Lu Gu Chu.

In other words, what Lu Yang achieved in nine years of cultivation, Lu Hong could probably accomplish in just a few days.

This is the background of cultivation. Not only Lu Hong, but also many clansmen in the Dao Academy at that time received support from their relatives. There was a clansman with the aptitude of four spiritual roots. Although his cultivation aptitude was average, his father was also a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator in the clan.

They would occasionally send them pills or Taoist books. This kind of support was far better than what ordinary clansmen could do, who could only rely on the spiritual liquid of the Taoist academy for spiritual body forging.

Having already been caught in the rain himself, Lu Yang naturally couldn't let his younger brother, Lu Chen, go through it again.

Regardless of personal relationships, if we were to ask who Lu Yang's biggest supporter would be in the clan in the future, it would undoubtedly be Lu Chen.

Therefore, we should nurture Lu Chen as he is, since it won't waste much of our resources. Besides, he has the aptitude of an earth spirit root, so as long as he cultivates diligently in the future, he will definitely reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

The return on investment was almost guaranteed. Over the past four years, Lu Chen had been consuming spiritual grains and using spiritual pills. With Lu Yang teaching him the Dao and helping to regulate his spiritual body, his progress was remarkably rapid.

A year ago, Lu Chen had already forged a superior spiritual body, and now his spiritual light is even brighter. However, if he wants a top-grade spiritual body, even Lu Yang can't help him.

"Well, elder brother, the reason I came here this time is also for this matter. My superior spiritual body has almost reached its limit, but I see no hope of breaking through to the supreme spiritual body. I am a bit confused and would like to ask elder brother for advice."

Seeing Lu Chen's expression, Lu Yang couldn't help but laugh.

"What's wrong? Getting impatient?"

The confusion stems from the fact that the journey to the superior-grade spiritual body has been too smooth, and now that they're stuck at the top-grade spiritual body stage, they're becoming impatient and are probably considering skipping this step and going straight to Qi cultivation.

After all, the entire academy has produced only one top-grade spiritual body in several years.

Otherwise, why would Lu Yang receive so much preferential treatment? He had just broken through to the first level of Qi Refining, yet so many people had high hopes for him and regarded him as a potential Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Although there is only a one-word difference between a superior spiritual body and a top-grade spiritual body, their potential is worlds apart.

Putting everything else aside, if one can forge a top-grade spiritual body, the chance of establishing a foundation will increase by 10% compared to a high-grade spiritual body.

This is the foundation-laying stage; a tall building starts from the ground up, and this stage is the most crucial and cannot be skipped.

Lu Chen has only been cultivating for four years; this is nothing compared to what he's achieved so far.

Lu Chen was a little embarrassed when he heard this, feeling that his thoughts had been seen through. "Big brother, nothing can be hidden from you. There are many clansmen in the academy who have difficulty even forming a mid-grade spiritual body, let alone a high-grade one. Most of them directly start Qi cultivation after forming a spiritual body. I'm starting to get a little anxious as I watch them catch up with me."

Sure enough, Lu Chen was only a few years old, and at this stage, he was most easily influenced by external things.

Cultivators possess spiritual roots, and even if they haven't yet cultivated Qi, their innate affinity for spiritual energy is much higher than that of ordinary people. Therefore, in the mortal world, if there are no spirit-testing beads, there is a simple method to determine whether a person has spiritual roots: by looking at the development of their body and brain.

Children with spiritual roots tend to develop faster than their peers, both intellectually and physically.

Putting everything else aside, just take Lu Chen as an example. When Lu Yang first met him, Lu Chen already had the body and intelligence of a five-year-old child.

Otherwise, how could a three-year-old cultivate so easily? This is not like the kindergarten classes of the previous life, nor is it child's play.

Even if a child develops rapidly, their character still needs to go through certain experiences to mature.

Without cultivating one's character, one will naturally lack the ability to resist external temptations.

"Xiao Chen, you should know that many of them do not actually not want to forge a superior spiritual body, but simply cannot. Forging a spiritual body is limited by aptitude."

Only those with three or more spiritual roots can forge a superior spiritual body, cultivators with four spiritual roots can only forge a mid-grade spiritual body at most, and cultivators with five spiritual roots can only forge a low-grade spiritual body.

Regardless of anything else, they were absorbing spiritual energy too slowly.

During the stage of forging the spiritual body, we have no cultivation techniques to practice and rely entirely on the body's passive absorption. The Taoist academy will certainly provide some medicines to temper the body.

However, those drugs can only stimulate the body's potential and make the body more fully trained, but they cannot increase our absorption of spiritual energy.

A cultivator with the five spiritual roots has limited potential; it will take at least six years to forge a low-grade spiritual body.

Is it that they don't want to continue training their spirit bodies? No, it's that they can't.

You only saw how quickly they built their spiritual bodies, but you didn't see their reluctance to practice Qi. Most of the children in the clan only have five spiritual roots, and that's their limit. And that's still within the clan. If they were outside, it would be even more difficult. Those rogue cultivators don't even know about the step of forging a spiritual body.

Once you get a Qi cultivation manual, you start cultivating without really understanding what it's like. The Qi Refining Realm is just the beginning of cultivation. As long as you have spiritual roots, you will break through to the Qi Refining Realm sooner or later. It's just a matter of how long it takes. Some rogue cultivators take more than ten or even several decades to break through to the Qi Refining Realm. And cultivation after that is even more difficult.

Why?

Most importantly, they omitted these two steps. A towering building starts from the ground up. The cultivation system has been perfected to this day, and it cannot be questioned, especially by minor cultivators like us.

Those with five spiritual roots are already slow to cultivate, and if they suffer a loss in their spiritual body, then there will be even less hope of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.

As for you, you have dual spiritual roots of earth and wood. Even if you only cultivate with a superior spiritual body and have the support of your clan, you will most likely be able to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. However, that will only be the Foundation Establishment stage. You will be much less likely to reach the Golden Core stage later.

Having both earth and wood spiritual roots is your advantage, so don't waste it. Your chance to forge a top-grade spiritual body is much greater than others.

"I only have three spiritual roots, but I still endured nine years to forge a top-grade spiritual body, didn't I? What's your rush?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen immediately cried out in surprise.

"Brother, are you a top-grade spiritual body?"

Lu Yang nodded slowly. Things were different now, and there was no need for Lu Yang to hide it from Lu Chen. With a top-grade spiritual body and three spiritual roots, given the Lu family's situation at the time, it would always cause trouble if the Fang family found out.

Therefore, the academy teachers only told outsiders that Lu Yang had forged a superior spiritual body, and other elders in the clan did not publicize it after seeing it.

Lu Yang wasn't a child; he knew all too well the saying, "The tallest tree in the forest is the first to be felled by the wind." He was too busy hiding his true intentions to say anything.

Therefore, to this day, most of the clansmen still believe that Lu Yang is only a high-grade spiritual body.

"Hmm, are you in a hurry to start practicing Qi now?"

Lu Chen quickly shook his head, "No, no."

Lu Chen was anxious before because he had been stuck for so long and couldn't make any progress. He began to doubt whether he could actually achieve the top-grade spiritual body. But now that he heard that Lu Yang actually had a top-grade spiritual body, he was no longer anxious. Lu Yang could achieve a top-grade spiritual body with his three spiritual roots, so there was no reason why he, with his two spiritual roots, couldn't.

With confidence in his abilities, Lu Chen couldn't wait to start training again.

Seeing this, Lu Yang shook his head. That's just how children are. "You can cultivate here from now on. I'll contact Qingwu Peak later and arrange a task for planting spiritual roots. Just say that I need help here, and I'll arrange for you to take on the task."

My three hundred acres of spiritual fields are almost ready, so you can take the puppets and farm together. It'll be a good opportunity to temper your mind.

The spiritual energy here is much better than that of the Taoist academy. If you train your body here, your chances of forging a top-grade spiritual body will be much greater.

"Perfect timing, let me tell you about Qi cultivation."

In Lu Yang's opinion, forging a top-grade spiritual body is also very beneficial for Qi cultivation. He had also looked into how long it took for his clansmen to break through to the first level of Qi cultivation.

It wasn't as easy as Lu Yang's situation. While the Life-Breaking Pearl certainly played a role, the top-grade spiritual body also deserves much credit.

If Qi cultivation is like this, isn't Foundation Establishment the same? And what about the Golden Core?

It's very simple. When building a house, if you don't put in the hard work of laying the foundation, how good can the quality of the house be?

Lu Yang didn't go to Qingwu Peak. He just sent a message to a steward at Qingwu Peak, and Lu Chen's mission was completed. Lu Chen didn't need to go to receive the mission; it was directly assigned to him.