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

"The Five Elements spiritual power is the key to breaking through to the Qi Refining Realm. However, there are no metal-attribute spirit stones here. Once I figure out a bit, I'll go to Qingyun Market to exchange for metal-attribute spirit stones." Chen Huai'an didn't touch the spirit stones with attributes in his space. He had to wait until all these spirit stones were upgraded to high-grade so that he could maximize his benefits.

As for his cultivation at the ninth level of the late stage of Body Refinement, there is still room for improvement.

In particular, the fire and earth elements among the five elements have been exceptionally active these past few days, as he has been using the Flame Blade Technique and Elephant Armor Technique.

Wood-type spiritual energy was exceptionally active when he was tending the spiritual fields, but water-type spiritual energy increased rather slowly.

Body refinement is about building the body into a large container, cleaning away impurities within. This allows the spiritual energy that roams the world to enter the body through meditation and cultivation, transforming into spiritual power. Ideally, this spiritual power should be vaporized and fill the dantian, allowing one to successfully break through to the Qi Refining realm.

Furthermore, when they meditate, they are not cultivating pure spiritual energy without attributes, because the attributes of their spiritual roots are more compatible with the corresponding attributes of spiritual energy in the world. In fact, what you are absorbing is spiritual energy with attributes.

These little gadgets are like elves; if they suit your taste, they'll burrow into your body.

Why do many people say that those with five elemental spiritual roots are useless, find cultivation difficult, and struggle to break through to the Qi Refining Realm? It's because they can't master the balance of the five elemental spiritual energies. When these energies enter the body, they clash and become chaotic, making it impossible to effectively convert them into corresponding elemental spiritual energy.

If you have two kinds of spiritual roots, your cultivation speed will slow down. A single spiritual root has the fastest cultivation speed. Many people will take on disciples with a single spiritual root because the cultivation speed is fast, the resources consumed are the least, and breakthroughs are the easiest.

However, when it comes to combat power, among those at the same cultivation level, those with a single spiritual root are the weakest, inferior to those with dual or triple spiritual roots.

However, as their cultivation level continues to improve, many cultivators with dual or triple spiritual roots will face a choice: to focus on a single spiritual root attribute to break through to the Golden Core realm.

Once you reach the Foundation Establishment stage, you have to make a choice and focus on cultivating one type of spiritual root attribute; otherwise, you will not be able to condense a golden core.

Even geniuses with dual spiritual roots will focus on cultivating one type of spiritual root, rather than cultivating both. Not only is it time-consuming and resource-intensive, but even at the peak of the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment realm, they will eventually have to abandon one.

Knowing that you'll eventually have to give it up, why not give it up sooner?

Since Chen Huai'an had no master, he naturally had no one to teach him these things. Therefore, he wanted to cultivate all five elemental roots and achieve a perfect balance of the five elemental powers within his body.

The next day, the four types of spirit stones that entered the space were all tempered to the highest grade by the purple gourd space.

"This is a wood-attribute spirit stone. The wood-attribute spiritual power within my body is so active!" Chen Huai'an held a high-grade wood-attribute spirit stone, and he could clearly feel that the spiritual power within his body was quite active.

It was like a warm current flowing straight into his body.

He felt the same way when he held the earth-attribute spirit stone.

He tried out several different kinds of spirit stones one by one, and they greatly helped his cultivation speed.

However, such cultivation resources are not something that ordinary disciples can obtain.

A single low-grade wood-attribute spirit stone is worth ten low-grade spirit stones. Even outer disciples don't have the financial resources to use it for cultivation; probably only inner disciples can afford it.

This is just a low-grade wood-attribute spirit stone. If it were a high-grade wood-attribute spirit stone, its value would be unimaginable.

It was only because Chen Huai'an possessed the heaven-defying treasure, the Purple Gourd, that he could have imagined such a thing; otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to even think about it.

"The five elements within my body are increasing too fast. How can I break through to the Qi Refining Realm?" Chen Huai'an frowned as he finished cultivating.

The five elements of spiritual energy within his body—wood, water, fire, and earth—underwent a dramatic transformation. Under his compression, the spiritual energy passed through his meridians and entered his dantian, almost liquefying. Only the metal element spiritual energy was compressed into a corner of his dantian, trembling.

Chen Huai'an had heard Li Fugui say that breaking through from the Body Refinement Realm to the Qi Refining Realm meant that the spiritual power in the body was compressed from liquid to the extreme, breaking the shackles of the dantian and liquefying into gas, thus breaking through to the Qi Refining Realm.

However, his situation was very different from the breakthrough to the Qi Refining Realm described by Li Fugui.

The four elements of spiritual energy liquefied and almost filled his dantian. However, these four elements of spiritual energy were very unstable. They would not stay in one area. If he did not suppress them with his divine sense, it felt like they would explode at any moment.

Chen Huai'an guessed that this situation occurred because the five types of spiritual power were mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining. Because of the lack of metal-type spiritual power, they could not circulate perfectly. Without his divine sense to suppress them, this spiritual power would go berserk.

Now, Chen Huai'an is facing another problem: he must constantly divert a portion of his divine sense to suppress the spiritual power in his dantian and prevent it from going out of control. It is impossible for him to achieve complete mental focus and compress the spiritual power to the extreme to vaporize it.

If he couldn't do that, Chen Huai'an wouldn't be able to break through to the Qi Refining Realm.

Of course, another method is to release the rampant spiritual energy within the body, allowing them to achieve a perfect cycle before considering other solutions.

However, without combat and corresponding techniques, this spiritual energy, especially water-attribute spiritual energy, cannot be released at all.

"I need a metal-attribute spirit stone and the Five Elements Technique. I must cultivate the Five Elements Technique, or I will definitely explode and die." Chen Huai'an finished cultivating and frowned as he looked at the chaotic clumps of spiritual energy in his dantian.

He thought that with these cultivation resources, he could break through to the Qi Refining Realm, but he never expected that such a big mistake would happen during this seclusion.

Instead of breaking through his cultivation level, he had to divert some of his divine sense to suppress the rampaging spiritual power in his dantian.

Chen Huai'an possesses the Azure Cloud Qi Refining Technique, but it is completely different from his current physical condition. He cannot find any reference point, and he cannot return to his sect to ask for advice. He can only rely on his own experience to explore these things.

The Azure Cloud Qi Refining Technique mentions that one should achieve a balance of spiritual energy within the body, and then continuously absorb external spiritual energy, compress it into spiritual energy, and pour it into the dantian, allowing the spiritual energy to vaporize.

However, he is currently absorbing five kinds of spiritual energy. These five kinds of spiritual energy are mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining. Lacking the metal element, he cannot form a perfect closed loop at all.

"I originally planned to break through to the Qi Refining Realm before entering the market, which would be safer. It seems I have no choice but to enter ahead of time." Chen Huai'an left the space and then prepared to head to the Qingyun Sect market.

This time, Chen Huai'an used the Myriad Manifestations Bone-Changing Technique to transform himself into a thin young man. Because he needed to allocate a portion of his divine sense to suppress the rampaging spiritual power within his body, his cultivation level could not be suppressed to the eighth level of the Body Refinement Realm.

However, it doesn't matter. There are still some differences between the trading market and the Qingyun Sect market. There are sect law enforcement teams guarding the area, so safety is guaranteed. As long as you are careful, you generally won't be targeted.

This time, he entered the Qingyun Sect market alone, relying on his status as a rogue cultivator, so he wouldn't be in a rush like last time.

This time, Chen Huai'an doesn't plan to use high-grade spirit stones. He intends to exchange the spiritual herbs in his space for spirit stones, which is much safer.