The sword seller, dressed in red, deserves applause for the prankster.

"ah???"

The two of them stared wide-eyed, completely bewildered.

"What?! Dual spiritual roots?!"

Chi Miao was both amused and exasperated. He touched the forehead of the Mirror Spirit beside him and said, "The Mirror Spirit is really something. Why didn't it give us a heads-up before revealing the secret? Now everyone can't hear it clearly for a while."

Venerable Qingmeng: "??"

Dan Wang: "...Explain in detail?"

Chi Miao coughed lightly, then said, "I'll speak slowly, okay? Listen carefully."

"As for me, my talent isn't that great. I can't cultivate six spiritual roots to the late Foundation Establishment stage. That would be too abnormal. I'm just an ordinary girl with average talent and two spiritual roots. One spiritual root is a lightning spiritual root, and the other is a yang spiritual root."

"That's all, understand?"

The two of them: "?"

A long silence fell over the scene, and the two of them stared at Chi Miao with expressions as if they were looking at a monster.

Venerable Qingmeng: "Yang Spiritual Root, does that refer to the legendary Yang Spiritual Root?"

Chi Miao pursed her lips and nodded cautiously.

"Hmm."

Venerable Qingmeng: "..."

The two blinked, blinked, blinked.

Finally, unable to hold back any longer, he gasped.

"Hold!!!"

"You have a Yang spiritual root? You have a lightning spiritual root? You call that average talent? Try pretending again? Try pretending again and I'll fight you to the death!!!"

The legendary spiritual root! And the undisputed strongest mutated spiritual root!

The two spiritual roots combined and appeared in you?

Even a fool would know how extraordinary this talent is!

He's just pretending!

Venerable Qingmeng was utterly devastated, hugging her weak, pitiful, and helpless self: "I've been dead for far too long. Are conditions in your era really that good? Have humans evolved to this extent? Is it like starting with your own spiritual root now?"

"Is it too late for me to reopen?!"

Even the Pill King, who had always been critical of "talented dogs," couldn't help but choke up a bit. This time, he had encountered a true "talented dog."

No... even "gifted dog" isn't enough to describe this.

This should be considered cheating.

He said with a stern face, "Yang spiritual roots can indeed cultivate all five elements at the same time, but... with only one spiritual root to support it, and with such a fast absorption rate of spiritual energy, it is difficult to successfully regulate it."

"Even I, with my five spiritual roots, mainly cultivate one fire spiritual root, and can only cultivate a little of the others... If I lose the balance, it is very easy for my body to explode and die."

"But you... I can sense that your situation is different from mine. You have truly achieved simultaneous cultivation of the five elements."

"How can your physical body, your dantian... possibly support this?"

After realizing this.

The two looked at Chi Miao with grave expressions.

Everyone knows that cultivating all five elements simultaneously is practically a death sentence, so the fact that he was able to achieve even that much is already a miracle.

Chi Miao, how did you manage to do that?

Upon hearing this, Chi Miao silently lowered her head, seemingly somewhat saddened.

Especially that furtive glance at the two of them, followed by an immediate look away.

The two of them: "?"

Chi Miao bit her lower lip, as if there was something she found difficult to say.

Realizing something, Dan Wang quickly said, "If it's because of your own good fortune, don't make things difficult for us. We don't necessarily have to listen."

These are disciples and grand-disciples of Nine Swords Mountain.

He, the traitor who did wrong, now sees Chi Miao and truly wants to give her everything he has that is best for him.

To make up for the mistakes made back then.

Chi Miao shook her head: "No, I just... don't have a dantian."

Pill King: "No dantian???"

Venerable Qingmeng: "Ah? How did you cultivate?"

The dantian is where spiritual energy is stored, and foundation building is for building the dantian!

Without a dantian, how can one cultivate immortality? Where would one store spiritual energy?

Besides, you're only in the late Foundation Establishment stage!

Chi Miao took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and adopted the demeanor of a tragic heroine: "If you don't believe me, you can investigate me yourselves!"

Dan Wang: "No..."

He wanted to say no, but Venerable Qingmeng quickly took the floor.

"Let me give it a try. I'm so curious about how you cultivate in this era without a dantian."

The Mirror Spirit beside him fell silent and sighed.

Gou Shi System: "What a simple and harmless person. He can't even see through such an obvious attempt to pique interest."

You guys have to make Chi Miao do something really big before you'll feel good, right?

How despicable.

She's a despicable person, and you're all despicable.

As soon as Venerable Qingmeng made his move, he examined the condition of Chi Miao's dantian.

You really don't have a dantian?

But... this belly is full of spiritual energy??

No... her entire body is filled with spiritual energy!

Furthermore, it possesses spiritual power of all attributes and can even generate its own spiritual power!

"ah???"

Venerable Qingmeng was dumbfounded. He had never seen anything like this before. How could the times have progressed so much?

And... you said it was supposed to be the late Foundation Establishment stage, where's the wall?

Dan Wang, standing to the side, was also curious: "What exactly happened?"

Venerable Qingmeng's expression was strange. He nodded and then shook his head: "I... I can't say. This is the first time I've encountered this situation. I don't understand. Is it because the eras are too different, or the generation gap is too big? Feel it yourself. She's closer to your era."

Dan Wang looked at Chi Miao: "Is that alright?"

Chi Miao stared longingly, her face showing an expression that seemed to wish the whole world could see her.

"Of course, this is for the better acceptance of the inheritance, and to let you understand my current situation. It's good for both of us."

Dan Wang smiled and said, "You are such a sensible little girl."

Chi Miao: "Yes... I think so too."

Gou Shi, mimicking Chi Miao, said in a sarcastic tone, "Yeah, that's what people think too."

Dan Wang said, "I apologize for the offense," and placed a hand on Chi Miao's shoulder.

Immediately, he began to examine Chi Miao's physical condition.

Indeed, as Chi Miao said, she has no dantian... she doesn't even have a "wall".

But every part of her body was filled with spiritual energy.

Each attribute, each element.

Strangely, these spiritual energies seemed to be conscious, all obediently categorized, with each attribute in one place, never interfering with each other.

But strangely, why do two opposing spiritual energies remain peacefully in contact?

That's amazing...

wrong!

"This is……?!"

He carefully observed the boundaries between the various spiritual energies. It wasn't that there were no gaps, but rather that the gaps were so small that they were almost invisible!

There's something separating them in the middle.

"That's... a wall?!"

The two were stunned when they realized what was happening: "How is this possible?!"

The densely packed walls categorize and classify all spiritual energy.

This "wall" is almost too perfect, as if it existed solely to allow Chi Miao to cultivate the five elements simultaneously.

It would be strange if it were too perfect.

This is by no means a generation gap issue.

It's Chi Miao personally; there's something wrong with her foundation-building method!

They looked at Chi Miao: "What exactly is the status of your Foundation Establishment?!"

Chi Miao smiled, tilted his head to reveal his little tiger teeth: "Well, when I was building my foundation, I accidentally built my foundation through the Heavenly Dao."