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Chapter 10, The Theory of Spiritual Roots.

Zhao Ming pointed to the items on the table in the room and introduced them.

Chen Wen sincerely expressed his gratitude.

"Thank you for your trouble, Deacon Zhao."

"Oh, Junior Brother Chen, you're too kind. Just call me Senior Brother Zhao."

Zhao Ming waved his hand, smiling broadly.

"I will naturally carry out Senior Sister Qin's instructions. Junior Brother, please settle in and familiarize yourself with the surroundings."

"Later, all new disciples will gather in the front square, where the senior disciple will give a unified explanation of the initiation procedures."

"If you need anything, feel free to come to my office."

He lowered his voice and added,

"Being cautious when interacting with other disciples is never a bad thing."

Chen Wen understood his implied meaning and cupped his hands in greeting again: "I will remember Senior Brother Zhao's advice."

Zhao Ming nodded in satisfaction, then seemed to realize something and lowered his voice: "By the way, Junior Brother Chen, what is your spiritual root? The outside world has already tested it. I'll register you now."

"I possess a mid-grade wood spirit root; thank you for your help, Senior Brother!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Ming showed no surprise. He gave a few more instructions before leaving.

Chen Wen glanced at the room and said that he was going to give a speech to the people who were waiting before distributing the rooms one by one.

In this small courtyard, I've taken one room, and there are three rooms left. I wonder what qualifications one needs to move in.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Wen closed the courtyard gate, cutting off the gazes from those who were watching him, whether openly or secretly.

He looked around the house, which was much better than he had expected, but felt little joy.

The word "origin" in Qin Shuiru's name, along with Zhao Ming's special attention, was like a striking label attached to her.

In this new environment where one is new to everything and has no social connections, this may be a convenience, but it is more likely to be an invisible target.

Although the disciples who can directly enter the inner sect have been selected to live in a separate place.

However, some disciples of the lower rank who were not selected still had more than enough to obtain a spot as an outer disciple.

Among this group of disciples, there are three with superior spiritual roots.

But now that superior spiritual root has been replaced by a mid-grade spiritual root.

How can it not be shocking?

Of course, you don't need to worry about your spiritual root attribute.

The human body contains the innate Qi of the Five Elements, which is the foundation of life.

When the five elements are in balance, the body is healthy. However, once the "qi" of one or more elements becomes too abundant and vigorous, exceeding the limits of ordinary balance, it will resonate with the corresponding spiritual energy in the world from the inside out. This excess "qi" is called "spiritual root".

However, this does not mean that the more attribute categories one has in their body, the better their spiritual root aptitude.

On the contrary, the key to the quality of spiritual roots lies in whether the surplus attributes can form a "mutually generating" cycle, which is endless, rather than conflicting, consuming, or chaotic with each other.

For example, Chu Feng's wood-fire spiritual root, wood generates fire, making him the best candidate for cultivating fire-based techniques, as it significantly enhances the power of his fire-based spells.

Furthermore, due to the nourishment of the wood spirit root, the speed and endurance of spiritual power recovery are superior to those of ordinary single fire spirit roots, and they often have talent in alchemy, fire control, and other aspects.

Take Liang Jiu's Metal-Water Spiritual Root, for example. Metal generates water, which is good for controlling artifacts and healing and nourishing. However, it would be even better if he had an Earth-Metal Spiritual Root. Perhaps it was because of his special background that he was sent to the sect to prevent him from dying in the struggle for succession.

As for Xiao Hongyu's water and soil spiritual roots, although water and soil are mutually destructive, if she chooses the right cultivation method, she can balance water and soil, and the soil can also store and control water.

Even better, if one practices a specific method or has a special constitution, one can achieve a micro-circulation of "water nourishing wood, wood consolidating soil, and soil storing water," which is also quite good.

However, if the soil and water are not properly balanced, it can easily become stagnant.

Therefore, she came to join the Qingming Sect, presumably because she valued the sect's complete lineage of cultivation techniques.

As for why there are mixed spiritual roots and pseudo-spiritual roots, it's because there are too many spiritual root attributes.

The relationships of mutual generation and mutual restraint among attributes are chaotic, making it impossible to form a dominant cycle of mutual generation.

While the absorption of spiritual energy may seem to involve many types, the absorption efficiency for each attribute is actually extremely low, and internal consumption is severe.

Like a funnel leaking air everywhere, the cultivation speed is so slow that it is despair-inducing. It is the lowest level of talent in the cultivation world, and breaking through the realm is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Besides these five elements, there are also some other spiritual roots.

Such as thunder and ice.

These are extremely rare.

It is generally formed by the deep fusion and mutation of multiple spiritual roots under extreme innate or acquired environments, and is something that can only be encountered by chance!

For example, wood and fire, or metal and wood can form thunder.

There are also some cultivation techniques specifically created for these spiritual roots.

Chen Wen saw all of this in that entry certificate.

This entry certificate is not just a certificate, but also a guide for ordinary disciples on some basic knowledge of cultivation.

Regardless of his sect's background, at least he genuinely provided some assistance to these ordinary disciples.

...

Chu Feng remained calm and composed upon hearing this.

"If you have nothing else to do, I'll go pack my luggage."

After saying that, he turned and walked towards the room.

The group was left looking at each other in bewilderment.

Chen Wen went outside and saw a young man in white robes standing at the entrance of the Class B courtyard not far away, waiting to be assigned lodgings. His eyes occasionally revealed a hint of resentment.

He went to other places and asked a few people.

Because of Chen Wen's connections, the disciples answered honestly.

It turns out that the young man was named Bai Zhantang, and he was also from a prestigious family. He had just gotten into a fight with Chu Feng for some unknown reason.

It just so happens that Senior Brother Zhao assigned Bai Zhantang a Class A room, which is the room in Chen Wen's courtyard.

Enraged, Bai Zhantang challenged Chu Feng to a bet, using the room as the stake.

The results are obvious.

Bai Zhantang suffered a crushing defeat.

He wanted to deny it, but Senior Brother Zhao believed that disciples of the Qingming Sect should honor their bets and not go back on their word, so he directly switched their rooms.

Chen Wen couldn't help but sigh, thinking that Senior Brother Zhao was probably deliberately trying to incite conflict among the disciples.

It might be to temper the disciples' character, but more likely it was just to have some fun.

The members of the Qingming Sect seem to have a somewhat wicked sense of humor.

Qin Shuiru did the same, deliberately making him a servant to scare him away. If Chen Wenzhen were truly a scion of a noble family, he would immediately retort, "I am a descendant of the Chen family's spiritual lineage, how dare you insult me?!"

She doesn't actually need it.

Just as Chen Wen was about to leave.

Bai Zhantang suddenly noticed Chen Wen, and after thinking for a moment, his eyes suddenly turned vicious, and he spat out a mouthful of saliva.

"Pooh--"

Then he turned and left.

Chen Wen found it utterly ridiculous.

Children may seem fine most of the time, but once they get angry, they become completely unrestrained and act recklessly.

He shook his head, ignored it, turned around and went back to his room to rest.

A short while later.

Suddenly, three bells rang out from the mountains, clear and melodious.

A commotion immediately broke out outside.

The introductory jade slip mentions that this is a signal to gather disciples.