"Senior Brother, Senior Brother, Senior Brother..."
He Pingsheng rushed in from outside the Pill Refining Room, entered the courtyard, and then arrived outside Hao Yun's room.
He found Hao Yun, dressed in a black Daoist robe, leisurely pacing around his room.
"You... you're good?"
He Pingsheng looked surprised.
"Oh!" Hao Yun said, "Yes, I am... Didn't I take the High Grade Gold Bone Pill you gave me?"
"Sigh... I used to read in books that there's a huge difference between High Grade Medicinal Pills and top-grade Medicinal Pills. I thought it was just boasting!"
"It turns out it's true!"
"This Gold Bone Pill has four grades: Low Grade, Medium Grade, High Grade, and top-grade!"
Hao Yun looked at He Pingsheng, counting on his fingers as he began to explain: "With my injuries, if I didn't use any Medicinal Pills and relied solely on natural recovery, it would take about four months!"
"If I took a Low Grade Gold Bone Pill, that time would be directly shortened to two months!"
"If it were Medium Grade, about a month would be enough!"
"If it were High Grade, half a month would suffice!"
"But what you gave me was top-grade, a top-grade Medicinal Pill, with immediate effects!"
"In just the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, I've completely recovered, and there are no side effects!"
"Amazing!"
Hao Yun nodded as he spoke, finally looking at He Pingsheng and asking, "Right... did you find out what I asked you to inquire about?"
"I found out!" He Pingsheng said, "I heard Zhang Laoda and the others say that Linglong and the other two Disciples who took action were punished. They were told to reflect for three days at the Transfer Plaza!"
"Reflect for three days?"
Hao Yun shook his head and said, "That's acceptable, this punishment isn't too severe. I broke so many bones, and they only have to reflect for three days; they got off easy!"
"Don't worry, Linglong shouldn't come looking for trouble with me again just for a three-day punishment!"
"Come here, sit down!"
Hao Yun called out to He Pingsheng.
The two of them sat down on opposite sides of the table.
He Pingsheng saw a large bowl and some fruit on the table.
He thought Senior Brother Hao was going to invite him to eat fruit!
"Don't move!" Hao Yun reached out and slapped his hand, saying, "Today, I'm going to explain the principles of Cultivation to you... Listen carefully!"
"Do you know the distinction of Spiritual Roots?"
He Pingsheng said, "I know!"
Hao Yun asked again, "Do you know why Cultivators with a single Spiritual Root Cultivate faster?"
He Pingsheng finally shook his head.
Clang...
Hao Yun forcefully placed the dark iron bowl in front of He Pingsheng and said, "For example... the mouth of the bowl is a person's Spiritual Root!"
"This is a single Spiritual Root!"
"When Cultivating, all the Spiritual Qi enters the body through the mouth of the bowl!"
"Do you understand?"
He Pingsheng nodded: "Oh!"
Hao Yun then took out two crisp pears, placing them in the bowl, perfectly filling the opening of the iron bowl.
"Look... now, with these two crisp pears inside, this is a dual Spiritual Root!"
"Each crisp pear is a Spiritual Root!"
"Now look... isn't one of the Spiritual Roots in a dual Spiritual Root much smaller than a single Spiritual Root!"
He Pingsheng understood. He nodded and said, "Yes!"
The iron bowl is a single Spiritual Root!
When two pears are placed inside the iron bowl, each pear represents the thickness of a dual Spiritual Root. Comparing them, one would find that the diameter of the single Spiritual Root is twice as large as the dual Spiritual Root.
Hao Yun said, "You've seen it... For example, a Cultivator with a wood and fire dual Spiritual Root cannot Cultivate both Spiritual Roots simultaneously, because a person only has one set of Meridians!"
"When refining fire Spiritual Qi, it's impossible to refine wood Spiritual Qi, do you understand?"
"So, although a dual Spiritual Root Cultivator has two Spiritual Roots, only one of them is useful!"
"And the thickness of this one Spiritual Root is only half that of a single Spiritual Root!"
"The thickness is half, but its area is only a quarter, and the amount of Spiritual Qi that passes through during Cultivation is also a quarter!"
"This is the difference!"
"Theoretically, a dual Spiritual Root Cultivator's Cultivation speed is one-fourth that of a single Spiritual Root!"
"Do you understand?"
He Pingsheng nodded: "I understand!"
"Good!" He Pingsheng took out the two pears and then placed three oranges into the large iron bowl: "Look... this is a triple Spiritual Root!"
"A triple Spiritual Root is even thinner, and the Cultivation speed is even slower!"
He took out the three oranges and put in four eggs.
The eggs were even smaller.
However, the smallest was when five plums were placed in one bowl simultaneously.
These plums were even smaller than eggs.
"Take a look yourself!" Hao Yun said, "You have a Five Elements Spiritual Root, possessing five Spiritual Roots... The thickness of each of these Spiritual Roots is almost one-tenth that of a single Spiritual Root!"
"With the same resources and the same Cultivation Technique, a single Spiritual Root Cultivator only needs ten years to go from the Qi Refining Stage First Level to the twelfth level!"
"You'll need a hundred years!"
"Tell me, how will you catch up? How will you Cultivate?"
Hao Yun's analogy was very apt.
He Pingsheng was speechless.
Looking at it this way, Cultivation truly was too unfriendly to a Five Elements Spiritual Root.
It really felt a bit hopeless!
However, the next moment, the fighting spirit in He Pingsheng's heart was reignited: That's right... Cultivation is indeed too unfriendly to a Five Elements Spiritual Root, but what does that matter?
I have the gathering treasure basin.
With this item, why fear a poor Spiritual Root?
A thin Spiritual Root indeed absorbs Spiritual Qi slowly, but the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth is impure and sparse. In reality, even a dual Spiritual Root Cultivator cannot fully tap into the potential of their Spiritual Root, let alone a single Spiritual Root.
What if I take Medicinal Pills every day?
And they are all High Grade Medicinal Pills?
In the future, who knows whose Cultivation speed will be faster or slower?
Hao Yun continued, "I am a four-Spiritual Root, and you are a Five Elements Spiritual Root... Neither of us will ever be able to Cultivate to the Foundation Establishment Stage in our lifetime!"
"However... since you want to Cultivate, I do have a Basic Breathing Technique here!"
"Take it and read it, but don't hold too much hope!"
As he spoke, Hao Yun pulled out a book that looked somewhat old.
He gently placed it on the table and pushed it towards He Pingsheng.
He Pingsheng's heart pounded with excitement.
The longed-for item had finally arrived.
On the cover of the book, several characters were written vertically: Basic Breathing Technique!
"Seven days!" Hao Yun made a gesture and said, "I'll give you seven days... You can't copy it, you can only memorize it!"
"I'm just letting you look at it... I'm not letting you Cultivate!"
"Because I memorized this from memory back then... The content of the first three levels might be correct, but I can't guarantee the parts after that!"
"Roughly... eighty percent of it is probably wrong!"
He Pingsheng's face immediately darkened: Good heavens... Is it that crude?
However, three levels are three levels!
It's better than nothing!
"Yes... Senior Brother... I'll take it and read it first!"
He Pingsheng took the book, bid farewell to Hao Yun, returned to his own bedroom, closed the door, and began to read it carefully.