Starting as a spiritual plant master, may I eventually become the master of all lands.

Chapter 100 Earth (戊己土) and Earth of the Four Seasons

This is a second-tier formation, composed of the three elements of water, fire, and earth. Earth is at the center, harmonizing water and fire, which aligns somewhat with the cultivation path of the human race.

Within this formation, water vapor is released, forming a layer of mist that can conceal the area around the cave.

The divine sense of someone in the early stages of Foundation Establishment cannot see through it, and the divine sense of someone in the middle stages of Foundation Establishment must forcefully penetrate the formation to detect something, but it will be instantly perceived by the cave owner.

This ordinary Foundation Establishment cave's formation is comparable to the Song family's second-tier formation.

A sect's cave dwelling is usually not forcibly entered by anyone; this formation is mainly used for its concealment function.

Song Chuan put away the main flag and activated the formation. Immediately, water vapor filled the area in front of the cave, spreading for about two or three miles before the cave disappeared behind the layer of water vapor.

He didn't plan to use the spirit garden in front of the mansion. He didn't have many of his own spiritual plants to grow, and apart from the bottleneck period, he didn't need to refine pills or take medicine. For the time being, he only needed the underground ley line of his own land!

The so-called Ji Earth is Yin Earth, in contrast to Yang Earth, which is also called Wu Earth!

Among the Five Elements, there are five attributes, but in reality, each of these five attributes is divided into Yin and Yang.

The generating and restraining relationships of the five elements are not simply wood restraining earth, earth restraining water, water restraining fire, fire restraining metal, and metal restraining wood. Otherwise, wouldn't cultivating any attribute be subject to another kind of restraint?

That's truly nerve-wracking. When incompatible attributes meet, you might as well just kneel down and beg for mercy!

In the Five Elements of Yang, there are Jia wood, Geng metal, Wu earth, Ren water, and Bing fire.

In the Yin Five Elements, they are Yi Wood, Xin Metal, Ji Earth, Gui Water, and Ding Fire.

These ten attributes also correspond to the more ancient human invention, the Eight Trigrams.

The eight trigrams are Qian, Kun, Kan, Li, Dui, Gen, Zhen, and Xun, which respectively represent Heaven, Earth, Water, Fire, Lake, Mountain, and Thunder.

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These eight trigrams are not used for divination, but rather refer to the eight earliest elements of the world that influenced humankind.

For example, the Dui trigram represents a large marsh and belongs to the water element. However, because it is located in the west, and in the four directions of east, west, south, and north, the west is associated with metal, the Dui trigram also represents metal!

Thunder, which originates in the east, belongs to the element of wood!

After the Eight Trigrams, the human race further integrated and subdivided several elements, which resulted in Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and various different attributes!

Originally, there was only mutual generation and restraint among the attributes, but the strength of the human race lies in its ability to change these relationships.

For cultivators, regardless of their attribute, what determines their strength is the cultivation techniques, spells, and treasures associated with that attribute, as well as whether they possess a special spiritual body.

These things can turn a restraining force into a counter-resistance, and even make other attributes work in your favor!

For example, the earth element generates metal, but it is restrained by wood; this is only the surface.

In reality, if the Earth element is unstable, it will be suppressed by the Metal element, leading to "the Earth element becoming weak and collapsing," and it will then be countered by the Metal element.

The wood element, which is originally restrained by earth, is in a mutually supportive and harmonious relationship because Jia wood (甲木) likes Wu earth (戊土).

As for Ji Earth, being Yin Earth, it is soft soil, the soil of fields and gardens, which easily nourishes Yi Wood. If Ji Earth is not abundant, it will be restrained by Jia Wood!

In short, these intricate relationships of attributes are by no means simple matters of mutual generation and restraint.

The reason Song Chuan took a liking to this Ji Earth Spirit Vein was because of the requirements of the "Earth Prison Seed Cultivation Technique"! This technique is not just about the five elements of earth; the Ji Earth Spirit Vein is only used to cultivate one's foundation.

At this moment, after tidying up his cave dwelling, he sat cross-legged in the stone chamber and carefully studied the technique.

What is a "earth prison"?

He himself is a prison, the earth is a prison, and the entire realm is a prison!

What is a seed element?

Using Kun soil as a furnace and spiritual soil as a seed, the earth veins as a source, the Dao Yuan soil seed takes root in the body, hence the name "Zhong Yuan" (Seed of Origin)!

This is the origin of the name of this exercise.

As for what Duanmu Jingyi said about this technique being unbreakable, it's because this technique, from Qi Refining to Nascent Soul Formation, seems to cultivate oneself as a spiritual plant seed.

It is divided into four steps: planting, nourishing the essence, producing the elixir, and forming the infant, which correspond to the sowing, growth, flowering, and fruiting of spiritual plants.

The steps are interconnected and closely linked. If they were separated, cultivators would be completely confused and would not know why they cultivate in this way.

The first step, the seed-planting stage, requires collecting several types of earth elemental veins and condensing them into soil seeds.

Besides the Earth elements of the Five Elements (戊土 and 己土), these earth veins also contain a more important type of earth element representing the four seasons.

The earth elements of the four seasons are Chen month in spring, Wei month in summer, Xu month in autumn, and Chou month in winter, and are called Chen earth, Wei earth, Xu earth, and Chou earth.

In the four seasons, each of the five elements, except for Earth, occupies one season.

For example, spring is wood, summer is fire, autumn is metal, and winter is water, but the earth element is the most unique, as the last month of each season belongs to the earth element.

This is precisely why the element of earth encompasses all things; the so-called heaven and earth, heaven is emptiness, and earth is reality.

In the realm of matter, nothing can rise above the earth; without the earth, everything is nothingness.

Song Chuan watched for a while, and almost fainted. It really was quite difficult!

If it weren't for the Qianhuang Pearl, I really wouldn't have asked Duanmu Jingyi for it as a reward.

Since I absorbed this pearl into my body during my Foundation Establishment stage, it currently has three functions:

First, one's divine sense attaches to it and can clearly sense the direction of the earth's veins. One can perceive specific information within a range of eighty or ninety feet through the earth's veins. However, the divine sense in the early stage of Foundation Establishment is only sixty feet, in the middle stage it is ninety feet, and in the later stage it will not exceed two hundred feet.

Secondly, regarding accelerating the cultivation of earth-based techniques, Song Chuan tried it and found it should surpass that of ordinary three-elemental-root cultivators. As for whether it could match the speed of top-tier three-elemental-root aptitude like Cheng Tu, it's hard to say.

Third, this bead allows one to sense various earth vein energies within a radius of a hundred miles, but this sensing is limited to earth veins and cannot detect other information on the earth veins.

The "Earth Primordial Essence Cultivation Technique" is extremely difficult to cultivate, and the acceleration function of the Qianhuang Pearl is a great help. Moreover, this technique requires one to find several types of earth veins and collect earth essence, so the ability to sense earth veins is of great assistance.

This technique is clearly designed for geniuses who are solely focused on cultivating earth-based techniques. It is practically impossible for them to master other techniques while also practicing this one.

The benefits are obvious: the higher the level, the more profound the magical power becomes, far surpassing that of other spells of the same rank. Some of these spells are extremely powerful, while others are highly practical.

The mention of a Nascent Soul stage natal magic weapon shocked Song Chuan.

Earth element is generally considered to have strong defense and lack effective means of killing. Moreover, the higher the level of the cultivator, the more they fight in the sky, leaving the earth element often powerless and only able to defend on the ground.

The magical treasures and various spells within this cultivation method make up for this major deficiency!

Most importantly, strictly following this cultivation method will slightly increase the chances of forming a Core and a Nascent Soul.

Song Chuan sat upright in the stone chamber, studying the cultivation technique while feeling the gentle, earth-based spiritual energy emanating from the ground, spreading throughout his body's acupoints like a spring breeze.

This Earth Spirit Vein nourishes all things, possessing the ability to generate metal, nurture wood, and store water, making it ideal for laying the foundation for cultivation techniques.

He needs to spend some time transforming his earth elemental power into his own earth elemental power, and then use this own earth elemental power to cultivate the Qi Refining stage technique in the "Earth Prison Seed Yuan Technique".

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