Are you really trying to cultivate immortality? Something feels off.

Suddenly, a sharp cry, like a bird's call, rang out, followed by a flash of fiery red, and the surrounding air seemed to boil.

A female voice, cold in tone but hesitant in its manner, rang out.

"What's going on? Are you going to blow up the back mountain?"

Tan Suiting turned his head.

The woman in red had her black hair tied up high, with red and black ribbons fluttering in the air. Her eyes were slightly upturned, giving her a striking and heroic air.

Nie Zhao.

The successor of Nanchuan Chidi, he cultivated Qi at the age of 9, established his foundation at the age of 14, and formed his core at the age of 19. He was the first genius brought back by Feng Jilan. Logically speaking, after this sect election, he should call her Senior Sister.

Cultivators are often very old; it's common for ordinary people to reach the Foundation Establishment stage at 3 or 40, and most need over a hundred years to reach the Core Formation stage.

Generally speaking, it is already quite remarkable to reach the Foundation Establishment stage at the age of 20. After all, Xie Weixing reached the Qi Refining stage at the age of 12, which caused quite a stir in the Qingyu Sect.

But in the eyes of the chosen ones of the major sects, this level is merely considered to have some talent.

These are the true geniuses; they are merely the threshold to being seen.

Nie Zhao glanced around at the devastated Hanxin Lake, which resembled a pigsty, and raised an eyebrow slightly: "Master hit you, why are you retaliating like this?"

Tan Suiting honestly shook his head.

Nie Zhao looked at the energy cluster in the center of the lake and squinted slightly: "If I'm not blind, isn't there a person in the middle?"

"Yes."

"I heard from Chunri that you brought back a useless person with five spiritual roots," Nie Zhao glanced sideways, "Is this the one?"

Tan Suiting nodded honestly.

"You're quite the leader," Nie Zhao laughed coldly. "Is there any chance that Feng Hua Sect won't be razed to the ground today?"

Tan Suiting:

He didn't expect things to turn out this way.

Meanwhile, Xie Weixing couldn't see the outside world. He was enveloped by a vast spiritual power that swept over his entire body, washing away all the original filth.

The energy cluster continues to absorb power and grows ever larger.

Very suddenly.

A wisp of spiritual energy slowly entered the spiritual root.

[? ]

[niania? I didn't see that wrong, did I?]

[Holy crap?! The spiritual veins have really been reshaped? How did they do that?!]

[！！！]

[Filial piety is the most important virtue. Thank you, Dad. I'll kneel down first.]

[Xie Weixing, the most filial daughter, is here. Let's see who dares to question her.]

[They're still opening champagne halfway through; who knows, they might find out soon that the spiritual veins can't withstand the spiritual energy and they'll explode and die.]

The system trembled slightly: Did I just see spiritual energy in your spiritual root...?

Before the words were even finished, just like a dam releasing floodwaters, countless streams of spiritual energy surged into the spiritual veins, howling as they flowed toward the spiritual root.

So refreshed was Xie Weixing that he closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.

It's like being starving for three days and about to die when you suddenly receive a McDonald's meal. The crispy, crunchy fries are sprinkled with a little salt, and you stuff them all into your mouth without anything else. You choke and can't breathe, so you chug down an iced Coke to wash it down.

Awesome! Flipped! That was awesome!

Xie Weixing remembered what Feng Yu had said and first channeled all the surging cola... oh no, spiritual energy into a single spiritual root.

The details of the Root Spirit Water indicate that the potion's effects will be doubled in an environment suitable for one's own spiritual root. Since he is currently in Cold Heart Lake, he chose to cultivate the water spiritual root first.

The system was shocked: How did you do that?

The host is cheating? I didn't receive any notification.

While circulating his spiritual energy, Xie Weixing explained unhurriedly: Feng Yu's idea was actually correct. The shrinking spirit wood could change the thickness and width of the spiritual veins, but he was too cautious, so the effect was too mild and could not work on me.

System: And then?

Xie Weixing: The excessive amount of shrinking spirit wood drastically changed the thickness and width of the spiritual veins, just like a passageway that was originally ten meters wide became one meter wide. Normally, a person would overflow because their spiritual energy had nowhere to go, which is commonly known as bleeding from the seven orifices. But on the contrary, my five spiritual roots have a huge demand for spiritual energy, which makes up for this.

System: Huh? Isn't that the same as not being able to irrigate?

It only guarantees that you won't die.

Xie Weixing: But I used a spiritual water, which greatly increased the concentration of spiritual energy. It's like a huge cup of sugar water being boiled down to a few sugar granules; the volume changes, but the sweetness remains the same. Normally, a person would collapse due to the excessive concentration of spiritual energy, commonly known as exploding and dying. But my spiritual veins are very narrow, so there's no such risk.

The system refreshed my understanding: Is this even possible?

When the spiritual root is nourished, it can form a spiritual sea within the body.

Once the spiritual sea is formed, the spiritual veins will be continuously nourished by spiritual energy.

When a spiritual vein is nourished by spiritual energy, one's cultivation level will improve.

As your cultivation level increases, you will absorb more spiritual energy next time.

A virtuous cycle that lasts forever.

......

Five spiritual roots.

The system was dumbfounded.

It couldn't even imagine how fast or how incredible its cultivation speed would be.

Xie Weixing: One bug is a bug, but a bunch of bugs can make it work.

The five spiritual roots, the spiritual water, and an excessive amount of spirit-shrinking wood—if any one of these were placed on a normal person, the result would be death and the dissipation of their soul.

But when they came together, they actually gave Xie Weixing's naturally depleted spiritual roots a new lease on life.

[Even the gambling king might not know as much about all-in poker as I, the Wake Emperor]

[Thank you, Dad. I'm truly impressed.]

[Still stealing the spotlight, still a thief]

[Just pure luck. A friendly reminder: in this timeline, both Xiao Yu Bao and Wen Fu have already reached the Foundation Establishment stage. Reaching Foundation Establishment at 20 is truly genius-level. Someone else is still struggling in the Qi Refining stage.]

[Don't insult the protagonist. Xiao Yu Bao is a heartthrob. Is there any point in comparing him to this thief? He can't even compare to Wen Fu.]

[I'm taking my little Jade Treasure away; I don't want to be a cannon fodder character who steals the main character!]

[With ambitions that are sky-high but lacking the ability, all one can do is gamble with their life on luck... haha]

[Don't try to fool me, you protagonist-obsessed guy in the observation room. I'm a dutiful daughter and the main attacker. Right now, I'm holding a keyboard. If you continue to insult Xie Weixing, I'll replace that keyboard with a cleaver.]

[Oh my god, you bunch of stupid idiots! I feel like Su Boyu has zero charm after watching this, and I only came here because of Xie Weixing. If you keep yelling here, I'll...]

[The general has arrived, we love you!]

Isn't having Xie Weixing in this life enough to make me happy?

[My dear daughter, I always hope that my father is humorous and witty, handsome and reassuring, charming and capable. If he were our universally hated villain, Mr. Xie, then he could be all of those!]

[Relax and stay focused]

[Meeting Xie Weixing made me realize that I'm not a brother-obsessed person, but a father-obsessed person (just kidding, in reality, I have both parents, and father is just a sense of security, not a status)]

Suddenly, Xie Weixing felt a chill all over his body.

It wasn't the kind of cool that makes you break out in a cold sweat, but rather a very comfortable, relaxing, and refreshing feeling...

It felt like I had been washed by a gurgling cold spring from head to toe, with all my meridians open and my acupoints wide open.

He slowly closed his eyes.

What's going on?

[The aftereffects are starting, aren't they? The fans were going crazy in the comments just now, it's hilarious that he died now.]

I knew it, there's no way you can have such good luck.

[Trying to steal the spotlight from the protagonist in a romance novel is bound to end badly.]

The system was also a little panicked: Host?

Xie Weixing frowned slightly, and after a while, he let out a sigh of relief.

Open your eyes.

His tone was very flat, as relaxed as if he were urinating.

"I have reached the Foundation Establishment stage."

system:?

Sensing the strange phenomenon on the back mountain, Feng Jilan, who had teleported with Shen Chunri to Hanxin Lake, heard these words as soon as he landed.

?

You mean that I personally said that this five-elemental-root trash had no cultivation value whatsoever, but half a month later, he easily gained spiritual power right before my eyes and even successfully established his foundation?

(Cultivation levels in this book: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Void Transformation, Deity Transformation, Heaven-Treading, Tribulation Crossing)