Cultivation: Beginning with the Heart Reflecting Heaven and Earth

Moreover, the Dao of Water and Fire is truly not picky about spiritual roots; the difficulty lies entirely in comprehension. Even those with a Heavenly Spiritual Root may not cultivate faster than those with a Second Spiritual Root, which is why it has become the choice of many ambitious disciples.

In other academies, those with two spiritual roots could only enter through back channels. However, in the Canghai Academy, almost anyone with a water or fire spiritual root was accepted and could enter openly and legitimately.

Throughout the entire Canglan Holy Land, regardless of one's spiritual root talent, there are a great many people who cultivate water and fire magic, almost a third of them.

Like Lin Guihai, who has a Heavenly Water Spiritual Root, he also cultivates Water and Fire Daoist arts.

Mu Dong has a fire-elemental spiritual root, while Mu Xue has a water-elemental spiritual root; both cultivate water and fire techniques.

Earthly spiritual roots and heavenly spiritual roots are different. Heavenly spiritual roots are single spiritual roots, while earthly spiritual roots can be multiple spiritual roots. However, one of the spiritual root attributes is very outstanding, only slightly inferior to heavenly spiritual roots, hence the name earthly spiritual roots. They are much stronger than ordinary dual spiritual roots.

Among the formal disciples of the Canglan Holy Land, only a few have Heavenly Spiritual Roots. Most have Earthly Spiritual Roots and Other Spiritual Roots, and some have dual Spiritual Roots with special physiques. These people account for three-quarters of the total.

Another quarter of the disciples are dual-spiritual-root individuals who entered through connections. These people either benefited from the legacy of their ancestors or through chance encounters; in any case, they did not enter based on their own talent. Theoretically, they are treated equally, and some geniuses among them will stand out.

Of course, there are also people like Xie Xunzhen who are not qualified to enter the Canglan Holy Land and have no other way, but can be recommended to work in the Holy Land if they perform well in the affiliated forces.

Cultivators who can make a name for themselves in affiliated forces are usually at least at the Foundation Establishment stage. Therefore, these people generally do not enter the academy within the Holy Land, but instead take on other roles, do missions, accumulate Dao merit, and have the opportunity to become high-ranking members of the Holy Land in the future, provided that they have both cultivation level and merit.

In his spare time, Lu Qian also considered practicing the Dao of Water and Fire. If he made little progress in the Zhou Tian Xing Qiao (a type of acupoint) but made rapid progress in the Dao of Water and Fire, he could transfer to the Cang Hai Academy, where they would certainly be happy to take him.

Of course, this is just wishful thinking. Water and fire magic can be learned at Zhou Tian Academy, which is the signature of Canglan Holy Land. Moreover, it is more difficult. Canglan Holy Land would love for more disciples to practice water and fire magic.

To even begin to master the arts of water and fire, one must first master several powerful spells, with the Turbid Wave Bone-Corroding Curse being one of them, its difficulty far exceeding that of basic spells.

If you can't even learn a few basic spells, then there's no point in considering practicing water and fire magic; it's completely impossible.

Some people who are unfamiliar with water and fire magic might think it must be very rudimentary based on their first impression, since basic water and fire magic is just an introductory level spell that most people can learn. However, in reality, the introductory spells of water and fire magic are not the same as basic spells in the usual sense.

Lei Yunxing then said, "If you encounter a bottleneck in learning spells, why not go to the Tower of Ten Thousand Laws? You might not understand it normally, but you might suddenly figure it out during battle!"

Mu Dong nodded thoughtfully, "Indeed! Combat is one of the fastest ways to improve! I've heard that ordinary rogue cultivators hone themselves in life-or-death situations in order to break through bottlenecks. For us, we only need to go to the Myriad Laws Battle Tower, and we don't have to worry about getting injured or dying."

Mu Xue's lips twitched a few times, but she finally couldn't help but speak, "However, true life-or-death trials are definitely different from fighting in the Myriad Laws Battle Tower!"

Fighting within the Tower of Ten Thousand Laws, no matter how dangerous, is something cultivators know they will never die from. The training it provides is still somewhat less effective than a true life-or-death battle.

However, there's a saying: "If you walk by the river often, you're bound to get your shoes wet."

If you're constantly testing yourself against life and death, you might actually die one day; the risk is quite high.

Just as the group was chatting, Jin Changgeng, who had already walked away, suddenly returned, saying with a helpless expression, "Someone asked me to deliver a message: due to excessive consumption of supplies at the front lines, a new mission has been issued. If any disciple can make a certain contribution, it can be converted into Dao Merit!"

Upon hearing this, many people looked at each other in bewilderment, wondering what it meant to make a certain contribution.

If one could purchase cultivation techniques with spirit stones, most people would probably be willing to do so.

Jin Changgeng continued, "Therefore, through alchemy, talisman making, array formation, puppet making, etc., as long as the quantity is large enough and passes inspection, you can convert it into Dao merit. I also have some elders here who are skilled in various cultivation arts to recommend. Those of you who are interested can go and learn from them, or you can become their disciples."

"As long as you meet their requirements, you will receive the corresponding guidance!"

After saying that, Jin Changgeng produced jade slips one by one, ensuring that every student had one.

Lin Guihai hadn't left yet when he witnessed this scene and couldn't help but ask, "What exactly happened? Do even people like us have to do these things? Aren't these things usually only learned after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage?"

Those who can be formally accepted into the academy by the Holy Land are at least at the Foundation Establishment stage. The most important thing during the Qi Refining stage is cultivation and honing one's foundation. They usually don't get distracted by other things, and the Holy Land certainly doesn't encourage that.

Given this sudden turn of events, and the fact that the Holy Land is clearly advocating that these academy disciples begin learning the various arts of cultivation now, it's understandable that they are puzzled.

Not only Lin Guihai, but everyone else was also waiting for Jin Changgeng's answer. This matter was not just Lin Guihai's concern.

"These things don't really concern you much..."

Jin Changgeng initially wanted to evade the question, but eventually spoke up, "The Western Continent has launched a counterattack, and the trade routes we've developed are all experiencing problems, making it difficult to transport spiritual materials."

"Moreover, it's not just the Western Continent; several shipping routes in the East China Sea have also encountered problems. The Heart Demon Sect has turned a large number of cultivators in the East China Sea against the Holy Land, and some forces belonging to the Holy Land have encountered varying degrees of trouble."

Infiltrating and subversion, the Heart Demon Sect is arguably the most adept at such things. A single glance can turn a low-level cultivator into a puppet, and the person involved is completely unaware of it. If they are truly determined to create trouble and cause chaos everywhere, it is really difficult to prevent them.

However, it's clearly impossible for the Canglan Holy Land to suddenly become overwhelmed with problems.

Holy sites are holy sites because they have existed for at least tens of thousands of years and are not so easily defeated.

Even after Jin Changgeng left, the others continued to discuss it passionately, unable to let it go for a long time.

Mu Dong said with a solemn expression, "The trade routes are in trouble, and the shipping routes are also in trouble. Although it won't affect us in the short term, it's hard to say what will happen in the long run. Without enough spiritual materials, they might reduce some of our resource allocation."

Unlike Mu Dong, a disciple of the Holy Land with impeccable lineage, Lei Yunxing seemed nonchalant. "What's there to be afraid of? The Holy Land has dominated the entire East Sea cultivation world for many years. Even if we close our mountains for hundreds of years, we still have more spiritual materials stored up than we can use. There's no need to worry too much. Instructor Jin is probably just trying to scare us."

Mu Dong immediately retorted, "As disciples of the Holy Land, we should be concerned for its well-being. Even if it doesn't affect us, we should still be mindful!"

Lei Yunxing was too lazy to argue, so he simply kept quiet.

Mu Xue smiled slightly and said softly, "Under normal circumstances, we don't need to worry about it affecting us, but the Holy Land is currently at war with the Heart Demon Sect, and the consumption of many spiritual materials has increased significantly, so it's really hard to say."

Regardless of the truth, the peaceful atmosphere seemed to be shattered all at once, and almost all the disciples were inspired to fight, even Lei Yunxing, who seemed indifferent.

They had originally planned to get together some more, but no one was in the mood right now, so they just said goodbye and left.