Chapter 21: The Theory of Spirit Roots

The Imperial Medical Academy has conducted extensive research on the relationship between spirit roots and cultivation speed, ultimately compiling a medical classic called "The Theory of Spirit Roots."

Research shows that there is a direct proportional relationship between the points of spirit root attributes and cultivation speed.

Every normally born cultivator, under the condition of abundant innate primordial energy, has 100 points of spirit root attributes, which are then distributed according to their fortune into the five elements, forming what is known as their "spirit root."

The amount of the five-element spirit roots determines the efficiency of cultivating techniques.

For example, a genius with astonishing fortune might have all 100 points allocated to the Wood element spirit root, known as the perfect Wood-type Heavenly Spirit Root. Such a person would cultivate Wood-element techniques at twice the speed of an ordinary person.

What originally took 100 years would now take only 50 years.

Chen Mobai's current spirit root distribution is: Metal 23, Wood 27, Water 30, Fire 17, Earth 10.

Taking his highest Water element spirit root as an example, if he were to cultivate the Black Water Technique, according to the formula in "The Theory of Spirit Roots," the efficiency of refining spiritual energy would be three times that of an ordinary person.

Of course, the actual cultivation efficiency also depends on the concentration of spiritual energy, the cultivator's mindset, and whether there are any auxiliary spiritual items, among other factors, so it cannot be generalized.

Under the most ideal conditions, based on Chen Mobai's talent, it would take him at least half a year to break through to the sixth level of the Qi Condensation stage using the Five Elements Technique.

However, the Water Mansion is a second-grade intermediate spiritual land, with a spiritual energy concentration five to six times that of a first-grade superior land. Cultivating here is like riding a rocket compared to cultivating at school or at home.

Even so, due to the limitations of his spirit roots, according to Chen Mobai's previous calculations, he would still need about 100 days, just before the college entrance exam, to barely reach the sixth level of the Qi Condensation stage.

This was before he watched the video lectures by Qingping Senior.

Qingping Senior, being a Core Formation Senior, even when explaining the most basic Five Elements Technique and adding a lot of irrelevant content at the beginning, still provided Chen Mobai with a profound enlightenment once he delved into the core content of the technique.

It turns out that when the spiritual energy flows through a certain meridian, it should be rotated seven times to the left at the acupoint to easily open and smooth it.

When drawing in spiritual energy through the mouth and nose, it should be repeatedly circulated at the twelve levels of the throat to filter out impurities from the external spiritual energy, preventing them from entering the body's meridians. The impurities should be expelled as a puff of stale air when the cultivation session ends.

For example, when the refined spiritual energy converges into the dantian, it should enter in a clockwise direction.

Since clockwise rotation is forward, it helps to condense the spiritual energy, and in the future, when building the foundation, the spiritual energy will be transformed into a liquid state. This step can increase the success rate of foundation building by ten percent.

Similarly, counterclockwise rotation is backward, which disperses the spiritual energy. When the spiritual energy flows through more congested and narrow meridians, it should be dispersed into a thin, gentle flow to proceed smoothly.

After completing his cultivation, Chen Mobai reviewed the videos of the first and second levels of the Five Elements Technique, realizing how crude his understanding of this foundational technique had been.

As the morning approached, he reluctantly turned off his phone.

However, during the night, he had used the offline download feature to download all 28 videos of Qingping Senior explaining the Five Elements Technique onto his phone.

This offline download feature is a privilege for users of the third stage and above in the auxiliary cultivation system. Chen Mobai, being a fifth-stage user, naturally had no problem with this.

To be on the safe side, he turned off his phone's mobile network when he went to class to avoid being tracked by the auxiliary cultivation service provider.

"Do you know, Yan Bingxuan has dropped out of school."

In the morning, before the teacher came in, his desk partner Lu Hongsheng mysteriously leaned over to Chen Mobai and blurted out the explosive news.

"Huh, why? The college entrance exam is just around the corner. Did she drop out because she couldn't bear the defeat by Song Zheng?"

"Very likely. She's usually aloof, and losing this time made her lose face, so she decided to drop out."

"That doesn't make sense. She's lost before."

"Maybe she's using dropping out as an excuse to secretly work hard at home."

The two girls in front and the person behind also joined in, quickly forming a gossip circle centered around Chen Mobai and Lu Hongsheng.

Chen Mobai could only roll his eyes. In the past, he might have joined in, but now, being in the final year of high school, he needed to focus and didn't want to waste time on gossip.

He wanted to make a stunning debut and soar to the sky...

At that moment, Yan Bingxuan walked in, and the gossip circle instantly fell silent.

Her cold gaze swept over, and Chen Mobai indicated his innocence, having not participated in the discussion. But Yan Bingxuan only glanced at him coldly for two seconds before returning to her seat, quietly packing her things and leaving the classroom with her blue backpack.

The classroom was silent for about ten seconds, then everyone started whispering excitedly.

Even the classmates who had been skeptical about Lu Hongsheng's news now looked at them with surprise, making Lu Hongsheng puff out his chest in pride.

Click.

Chen Mobai stood up, his chair scraping against the floor.

"Where are you going? Class is about to start."

Lu Hongsheng asked curiously.

"I forgot my textbook. I'll borrow one from the library."

After saying this, Chen Mobai avoided the even more exaggerated gossip that followed. He couldn't bear to listen to the wild speculations, especially the dramatic love-hate story between Song Zheng and Yan Bingxuan that the person behind had already imagined, enough to make a 20-episode TV series.

He decided to go to the library to borrow the Five Elements Technique textbook and took the opportunity to leave.

The Fifth High School of the Immortal Sect has a small library with about 3,000 books, including some commonly used biographies, historical books, and books about the customs and culture of Danxia City, as well as some self-study manuals on minor spells, techniques, alchemy, artifacts, and arrays.

Although the highest grade of the books is only first-grade superior, the basic content in various fields is comprehensive. If a diligent and hardworking person were to read and understand all the books in the library, they could easily obtain a first-grade certification in array formation, alchemy, or appraisal.

Unfortunately, this library is rarely visited.

In this day and age, who still reads paper books?

Only those who forget their textbooks would come here to borrow them with their student cards and return them after school.

Chen Mobai wouldn't have come to the library if he hadn't wanted to avoid spending 10 points to download the electronic version of the Five Elements Technique from the Immortal Sect's national electronic library.

Yesterday, he benefited greatly from Qingping Senior's lecture, but when he reviewed the content, he found it somewhat blurry. He felt it necessary to compare the original textbook with the video content to review.

"One copy of the Five Elements Technique, borrowed with a student card, free for one month."

The librarian, a teacher with round glasses, skillfully took Chen Mobai's student card and swiped it.

Just as Chen Mobai was about to leave, someone suddenly walked into the library.