I became the Open Source Saint Ancestor in the Cultivation World

It turns out that this technique is called the "Yin-Yang Revolving Scripture," which contains seven secret arts.

Only then did Ma Ke understand why Liu Ruoxi had absorbed the yang energy of her predecessor, because this technique required the harmony of yin and yang.

She naturally dared not absorb the yang energy of other inner disciples, so she started with the outer disciples, and the unfortunate Ma Ke was chosen by her.

But now it seems that she hasn't mastered any of the secret techniques in the "Yin Yang Revolving Scripture," otherwise she could have comprehended them through the "Open Source Limitless Skill."

Could it be that the "Yin Yang Reincarnation Scripture" is even superior to the "Open Source Limitless Skill"? After all, Liu Ruoxi was able to enter the latter but not the former.

After analyzing it, Ma Ke felt it was unlikely. Even if these secret techniques were powerful, they certainly couldn't compare to the effects of the "Open Source Limitless Skill".

He then stopped paying much attention to the technique, since even Liu Ruoxi couldn't comprehend it, and he was bound to be even more clueless, so there was no need to waste his time.

Perhaps because of the good harvest and still feeling somewhat excited, Ma Ke wasn't very sleepy, so he simply started cultivating.

He first began to refine Liu Ruoxi's true energy stored in the "Open Source Limitless Skill" in order to completely transform it into his own cultivation.

This part of true energy has three attributes: fire, earth, and wood, because Liu Ruoxi has a three-attribute spiritual root.

In the cultivation world, a single-attribute spiritual root is called a top-grade spiritual root, a two-attribute spiritual root is called a high-grade spiritual root, a three-attribute spiritual root is called a mid-grade spiritual root, and a four-attribute spiritual root is called a low-grade spiritual root.

Those like Ma Ke, who possess all five attributes, are considered to have pseudo-spiritual roots. This means that although they have spiritual roots and can cultivate, it is extremely difficult. Ma Ke's ten-year stagnation at the first level of Qi Refining is unrelated to this.

Because the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is a mixture of various attributes, it is very complex.

Cultivators with a single spiritual root are most sensitive to one type of spiritual energy. When they cultivate, they only need to absorb and refine that type of spiritual energy, and are less affected by other types of spiritual energy, so they cultivate the fastest.

If one has dual-attribute spiritual roots, they will be sensitive to two kinds of spiritual energy from heaven and earth. When they cultivate, they can easily absorb both kinds of spiritual energy at the same time. However, they cannot directly absorb the two mixed spiritual energies into their bodies. Otherwise, over a long period of time, they may experience conflicts that could lead to their bodies exploding and dying.

Therefore, their first task was to extract one of the spiritual energies they primarily cultivated from it, and then refine and absorb it.

The remaining type of spiritual energy can be cultivated as well, or it can be directly exhaled and discarded.

This adds an extra, more complicated step compared to a single-spiritual-root cultivator, naturally slowing down the cultivation speed.

The subsequent three, four, and five spiritual roots require separation from various spiritual energies, making each one more difficult than the last.

Liu Ruoxi possesses three spiritual roots, which can only be considered as mid-grade aptitude. She mainly cultivates the fire attribute, which is the choice of almost all disciples of the Ziyang Sect, including Ma Ke himself when he was cultivating.

Because the Ziyang Sect excels in alchemy, and its cultivation techniques are primarily based on fire attributes.

Therefore, the true energy that Liu Ruoxi fed back to Ma Ke was mainly of the fire attribute, with earth and wood each accounting for only about 10%.

However, Ma Ke didn't care about majors or minors; he accepted all comers and prepared to refine and absorb all three types of true energy.

Because for him, who possesses the "Open Source Limitless Skill," he is destined to spread this skill widely in the future, which will definitely include cultivators of various attributes.

If one does not cultivate all five elements simultaneously, it will inevitably lead to considerable waste, as many techniques will be unusable or unable to unleash their full power.

After all, one can only cultivate and use techniques, spells, and magical artifacts of a certain attribute.

For the next two days, Ma Ke focused on refining the true energy left by Liu Ruoxi, because this was not only much faster than his usual cultivation, but also did not cause any fluctuations in spiritual energy.

In this way, even if people from the sect suddenly find out about me, they won't suspect anything.

As for the sect not knowing that Liu Ruoxi is dead, that's wishful thinking. Inner disciples leave their life lamps within the sect, and these lamps extinguish immediately upon death.

Therefore, the sect must already know about Liu Ruoxi's death; it's just a matter of whether they are willing to investigate further and how they will investigate.

Of course, Ma Ke wouldn't be foolish enough to ask anyone, and he didn't even plan to use finding Liu Ruoxi as an excuse to enter the inner sect and investigate. He just pretended to be an outsider who knew nothing.

On the third day, Sun Tai respectfully led two inner disciples dressed in yellow robes with cloud patterns to the sect. Their attire represented the sect's Enforcement Hall.

It seems that what was bound to happen has finally happened.

"What are your instructions, senior brothers?" Ma Ke asked nervously, without trying to appear calm.

The disciple on the right cut to the chase: "Did you see inner disciple Liu Ruoxi four days ago?"

Ma Ke nodded and pointed to Sun Tai beside him, saying, "He went with Steward Sun."

The disciple then said, "But according to Sun Tai, you were the only one who spoke with Liu Ruoxi in the cave."

"Yes."

"Did she say where she'll be going in the near future?"

Ma Ke shook his head: "Senior Sister Liu only gave me some pointers on cultivation and encouraged me to work hard and break through to the second level of Qi Refining as soon as possible. She didn't say anything else."

Upon hearing this, the two law enforcement disciples exchanged a glance, then turned and left, clearly having no interest in asking any further questions.

Ma Ke was taken aback. He hadn't even used many of the arguments he had prepared yet, such as why Liu Ruoxi, an inner disciple, was suddenly becoming close to him, an outer disciple, and why she was encouraging him to break through to the second level as soon as possible...

Ma Ke naturally understood the reason: he was simply not taken seriously by anyone.

After all, a good-for-nothing who spent ten years just breaking through to the second level of Qi Refining couldn't possibly be related to Liu Ruoxi's death.

So they came today just to try their luck and see if they could find out where Liu Ruoxi went, because only by knowing where she died could they continue their investigation.

Ma Ke was very glad that he had deliberately avoided other outer disciples that morning to prevent them from knowing that he had gone out with Liu Ruoxi.

Although her life as an outer disciple was worthless, it would still cause some trouble for Liu Ruoxi to kill her openly, so she avoided everyone.

And so, the two people who both wanted to kill each other pulled off a elaborate deception, fooling everyone.

For the next period of time, Ma Ke continued to cultivate diligently as usual. He spent three days refining and absorbing the true energy left by Liu Ruoxi, and his cultivation level just broke through to the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Of course, this is only the sixth level of fire-attribute true qi; the wood and earth attributes are only at the fourth level.

Logically, he should have continued to work hard, but instead he stopped using the "Open Source Limitless Technique" and reverted to the low-level technique that the sect gave to its outer disciples.

Because of his cautious nature, he was worried that the sect was still investigating Liu Ruoxi's death with all its might. If some important figure swept his divine sense over him and discovered the abnormal fluctuations in spiritual energy, it would be troublesome.

Therefore, even if cultivation is slowed down, one must ensure their safety as much as possible.

Only by living long enough can the "Open Source Limitless Skill" exert its maximum effect.

Several more days passed, and Ma Ke was still cultivating when he heard that familiar footsteps outside the door, only this time they were much more hurried than before.

Just as Ma Ke was about to go forward to open the door, he heard a loud bang as the simple wooden door was violently kicked open.

Sun Tai strode in, his previous obsequiousness gone, and said with schadenfreude, "Junior Brother Ma, I have some bad news for you: Senior Sister Liu is dead."