You think I have mixed spiritual roots? I became an immortal through a spirit gourd, so what are you

"Break!" Chen Huai'an shouted softly, and his palm immediately touched the light barrier at the entrance on the third floor.

"I'm in! I actually made it in!" Chen Huai'an didn't see any resistance and easily passed through the light barrier, then entered the third floor.

To enter the third floor of the library, one must have the strength of the Qi Refining Realm.

Chen Huai'an's cultivation level had not broken through to the Qi Refining realm, but his spiritual power could be released externally, just like that of a Qi Refining realm disciple. That's why he was able to pass through the restrictions on the third floor and enter.

The space on the third floor is much smaller than that on the second floor.

It was much smaller than that; it only had bookshelves on four sides, and on the bookshelves were a few jade slips.

And only immortal masters at the Qi Refining realm or above can cultivate these things.

Chen Huai'an was looking for the Five Elements cultivation method. However, the rain scroll only contained spells of a single attribute.

"Huh, what's that?" Chen Huai'an suddenly discovered an ancient book that was being used to prop up the bookshelf at the very bottom.

"The Five Elements Qi Refining Technique." What Chen Huai'an saw was a book, not a jade slip, and the book contained the Five Elements Qi Refining Technique.

In the library of Qingyun Sect, all the cultivation techniques and spells practiced by cultivators are printed using jade slips. Only some rare and ancient biographies are recorded on parchment.

This was the first time Chen Huai'an had ever seen a martial arts technique recorded in a book.

Chen Huai'an brushed the dust off the book cover and then turned to the first page, where a line of ancient and vigorous characters came into view.

"Heaven and earth are divided into Yin and Yang, and Yin and Yang give rise to the Five Elements. The Five Elements give birth to all things, and all things contain spiritual energy. Use your body as a cauldron, your breath as fire, absorb the spiritual energy from the five directions, harmonize metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, refine turbid energy into primordial energy, and gather energy in your dantian..."

"Kid, time's up. Do you want to keep watching up there? Half an hour, ten contribution points." Just as Chen Huai'an's mind was drawn to the Five Elements Qi Refining Technique, the old man's half-dead voice came from downstairs.

Before he knew it, Chen Huai'an had spent an hour in the library.

Now, Chen Huai'an's choices are limited to the Five Elements Qi Refining Technique and some single-attribute cultivation methods.

Should we choose a single-attribute cultivation method, or should we choose this Five Elements Qi Refining Technique?

Without much hesitation, Chen Huai'an directly chose the Five Elements Qi Refining Technique.

Soon, Chen Huai'an arrived at the door.

"Senior, I've made my choice." Chen Huai'an took out the Five Elements Qi Refining Technique and asked the old man to help him make a copy.

"Where did you find this?" The old man guarding the library looked up, glanced at Chen Huai'an, and asked casually.

"Reporting to Senior, I found this book on a shelf on the third floor." Chen Huai'an dared not conceal anything.

"You have the Five Elements Spiritual Root?" The old man looked at Chen Huai'an with a meaningful gaze.

"Replying to Senior, I am a mixed spiritual root of the five elements," Chen Huai'an readily admitted.

"Young man, do you know what you will face if you want to break through to the Qi Refining Realm by cultivating the Five Elements Qi Refining Technique? You may never be able to break through to the Qi Refining Realm in your entire life." The old man's expression was complicated.

"Senior, I don't know. Please help me clear up my doubts." Upon hearing this, Chen Huai'an looked suspicious. The other party's aura was unfathomable and he would never speak without reason. He appeared to be humbly seeking guidance.

"Breaking through to the Qi Refining Realm is both simple and difficult, depending on whether you know how to prioritize. You've probably heard the saying, 'Don't bite off more than you can chew,' and the same applies to cultivation. Your aptitude is worrying. Although you possess five elemental roots, the effort you'll put in to cultivate all five elements to perfection is not five times that of a single elemental root, but thousands of times more difficult." The old man seemed to have opened a floodgate, immediately starting to explain to Chen Huai'an.

Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books.

Chen Huai'an now understands why, despite possessing a spatial ability and consuming so many cultivation resources, he has not yet broken through to the Qi Refining Realm; he has taken an exceptionally arduous path.

Achieving a perfect balance of the five elements within the body to break through to the Qi Refining Realm will be very difficult.

But if he succeeds, he will be absolutely invincible among those of the same level.

You heard me right, it's the same realm, not the same level.

It is evident that mastering the Five Elements Qi Refining Technique, establishing a foundation, and then breaking through to the Golden Core stage is an exceptionally arduous path.

Many people eventually choose to give up on this path and focus on cultivating a single spiritual root.

Chen Huai'an has mixed spiritual roots of the five elements. Even if he gives up cultivating the Five Elements Qi Refining Technique and switches to cultivating a single spiritual root, it will still be difficult for him to achieve great success because his spiritual root aptitude is too poor.

The old man had already put it very tactfully, but Chen Huai'an didn't see it that way.

In the other person's words, if he gives up now, he can still break through to the Qi Refining Realm. As for Foundation Establishment, there is no hope at all. But if he insists on cultivating the Five Elements Qi Refining Technique, he will embark on a path of no return and may never be able to break through to the Qi Refining Realm in his entire life.

Once the Five Elements Qi Refining Technique is chosen, it cannot be changed.

Just like the Azure Cloud Qi Refining Technique that Chen Huai'an obtained before, this Azure Cloud Qi Refining Technique is the main cultivation method of the Azure Cloud Sect disciples, suitable for disciples with wood and water attribute spiritual roots.

However, if Chen Huai'an chooses the Five Elements Qi Refining Technique when breaking through to the Qi Refining Realm, his future path will be more than just arduous. In addition to the exponential increase in cultivation resources, there will also be foundation building techniques and Golden Core techniques that the Qingyun Sect cannot provide.

Without subsequent techniques, one cannot break through and can only give up and choose to start over.

As proven by our predecessors, this path is clearly blocked; anyone who chooses to cultivate it is absolutely insane.

This is why the disciples of Qingyun Sect would use this Five Elements Qi Refining Technique to prop up table legs. Its value is less than that of the poetry collections, biographies, and travelogues on the first floor of the library—books meant to cultivate character.

"Senior, I know. Since I possess the Five Elements Spiritual Roots, I would like to give it a try." Chen Huai'an remained unmoved. The Five Elements Qi Refining Technique that the other party mentioned consumed too many resources, but this was not a difficult task for him.

With the purple gourd, he could have as many cultivation resources as he wanted. His only concern was the follow-up techniques of the Five Elements Qi Refining Technique, as it could only allow him to cultivate up to the Qi Refining stage. There were no techniques for the later Foundation Establishment stage.

However, since the Five Elements Qi Refining Technique has fallen into the hands of the Qingyun Sect, there might be subsequent cultivation methods for the Five Elements Qi Refining Technique in other places. It's just a matter of spending more spirit stones. As long as it can be bought with spirit stones, there's no problem.

"Young man, that's all I have to say. Since you insist on cultivating this Five Elements Qi Refining Technique, then I will say no more. This Five Elements Qi Refining Technique is just a table leg in this library. If you insist on cultivating it, then take it back. If you feel that this Five Elements Qi Refining Technique is not suitable for you, you can bring this rare copy to me and exchange it for a cultivation method that suits you." This old man seemed to have a strange temper, but he was actually quite a nice person.

"Thank you, senior. If I really cannot break through to the Qi Refining Realm, I will definitely come to bother you and ask you to change to a cultivation method that suits me." Chen Huai'an bowed respectfully to the other party.

Chen Huai'an naturally knew that the old man was definitely doing it for his own good, but he also had his own considerations. Although, as the other party said, cultivating a single spiritual root would make it easier to break through to the Qi Refining Realm, he absolutely did not want to waste his life like this.

With mixed spiritual roots of the five elements, his aptitude and talent were already poor, and breaking through to the Qi Refining realm was a pipe dream, no matter what method he used. He didn't want to live a mediocre life. Even if he could only stay at the Qi Refining realm for his entire life, he wanted to be the best and strongest in the Qi Refining realm.