"You're confused..."
The Tai Xu Elder said, "How can someone without a Spiritual Root Cultivate?"
"Actually, this Taixu Great Xuan Scripture was created by a Cultivator with a Five Elements Spiritual Root!"
As soon as these words came out, He Pingsheng's body trembled again.
Five Elements Spiritual Root?
Isn't he talking about me?
"The so-called attribute-less Cultivation Technique is like the Empty Spiritual Root of the Ice Peak Sect!" Tai Xu didn't notice He Pingsheng's abnormal reaction and continued to explain, "An Empty Spiritual Root isn't having no Spiritual Root; rather, its Spiritual Root is formless and intangible. Formless and intangible means all forms and all phases!"
"It can Cultivate any attribute Cultivation Technique within the Five Elements, including Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, but it's not limited to Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth!"
"And the Great Xuan Scripture passed down by our Tai Xu Sect is exactly the opposite!"
"It is a Cultivator with all Five Elements attributes, who first achieved all forms and all phases, and finally returned to simplicity, transforming into formless and intangible!"
"By using the 【Taixu Great Xuan Scripture】 to operate any attribute Cultivation Technique, it can run. Naturally, using the 【Taixu Great Xuan Scripture】 to operate any attribute Spell or Divine Ability can also run without hindrance!"
"And there's no discount whatsoever!"
He Pingsheng's heart was greatly shaken.
He possessed basic Cultivation knowledge.
For example, Spells have attribute divisions, but they don't necessarily have to be cast with Spiritual Qi of a specific attribute.
For instance, He Pingsheng's Spell, 【Vajra Shield】, can be activated with metal spiritual power.
Similarly, if there's no Metal Spiritual Root, one can still activate a protective shield to defend oneself using earth spiritual power, wood spiritual power, fire spiritual power, or water spiritual power.
The problem is, a shield activated with other spiritual power will have its defensive performance reduced.
The extent of this discount varies greatly.
A small one might retain ninety percent of the original attribute's defensive power.
But if it's weak, especially a special Divine Ability not suitable for operation with other attributes, it might only be able to exert one-tenth of its function.
The difference can be as vast as heaven and earth.
Therefore, because it's not worth the effort, few Cultivators attempt to Cultivate Divine Abilities or Spells outside their own attributes.
But if, as the Old Ancestor said, one successfully Cultivates this 【Taixu Great Xuan Scripture】, then it's formidable.
After refining this thing, it can transform the Cultivation Technique you Cultivate into an attribute-less one.
Then, by operating Spells and Divine Abilities with attribute-less Spiritual Qi, you can change your original attribute.
He Pingsheng frowned, and he said, "Old Ancestor, isn't this... isn't this redundant?"
Tai Xu asked, "Why do you say that?"
He Pingsheng said, "A Five Elements Spiritual Root Cultivator, possessing five Spiritual Roots, can inherently wield Divine Abilities and Spells of all attributes. Why would they need to transform?"
"Hehehe..." The Tai Xu Old Ancestor chuckled and said, "Not all Five Elements Cultivators can be as abnormal as you, progressing in Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth simultaneously during Cultivation. Most people only focus on one during their Cultivation!"
He Pingsheng immediately understood.
The answer was right in front of him, yet he had been blinded by habitual thinking.
"You might ask why I, an Old Man, who is not a Five Elements Spiritual Root, can also Cultivate?" The Tai Xu Old Ancestor answered his own question, "It is because this Cultivation Technique is extremely overbearing. If one does not have a Five Elements Spiritual Root and wishes to Cultivate, they must find a Cultivator with a Five Elements Spiritual Root and devour his Spiritual Root!"
"I... I took this path... After Cultivating, even my Daoist title was changed to 【Tai Xu】!"
He Pingsheng felt a chill down his spine.
Damn it, no wonder that wretched Wuwei Daoist said I was a medicinal primer.
"Wuwei coveted my Cultivation Technique, not because of its formless and intangible ability!" The Tai Xu Old Ancestor said, "This Taixu Great Xuan Scripture has another Heaven-Defying ability!"
"However, I cannot tell you!"
"Go!" The Old Man waved his hand, "I need to Cultivate in seclusion these days. You go and Breakthroug to the Qi Refining Stage Twelfth Level first!"
...
Back in his own Daoist temple!
He Pingsheng had no mood to Cultivate; he was completely numb.
The events he experienced today were truly alarming.
Medicinal primer!
Someone wants to devour my Five Elements Spiritual Root.
This damned Wuwei.
And this Tai Xu Old Man, is he good or bad? What does he want from me?
Don't look at this fellow now, smiling and appearing benevolent and kind; one knows a person's face but not his heart. Who knows what he's thinking inside?
Don't forget Luoyu!
Moreover, this Old Man is truly too powerful.
He saw at a glance that I cultivated all Five Elements.
He also knew that I had already received news of the 【chijing ginseng】, otherwise why would he urge me to quickly Breakthroug to the twelfth level?
Thinking of these things, He Pingsheng couldn't sleep; his entire being was restless.
This feeling of being held in someone's palm, completely without any autonomy, was truly unbearable.
At this moment, He Pingsheng had only one thought: escape.
Run quickly!
Far, far away!
Run as far as you can!
I have a gathering treasure basin; I don't lack your resources, nor do I need your guidance.
Isn't it better if I Cultivate by myself?
At this moment, He Pingsheng had the idea of leaving the Tai Xu Sect for the second time.
But leaving the Tai Xu Sect wasn't that easy.
After all, the Old Ancestor was watching!
If I angered the Old Ancestor and he devoured or performed Possession on me in an instant, who would I turn to?
Calm down!
Calm down!
I must calm down!
I need a perfect plan.
Bang...
He Pingsheng fell backward onto the pink cushion, and his mind began to plan.
First, I need to understand one thing: how far can a Nascent Soul Stage Old Man's Divine Thought extend?
In other words, how far do I need to go to escape this Old thing's surveillance.
The next moment, He Pingsheng sprang up from the cushion with a carp jump, and with a wave of his hand, he pulled out a Jade Slip.
cultivation notes!
The cultivation notes should have a record about this thing.
He Pingsheng's Divine Thought seeped into it, and he began to examine it.
After browsing for a full half an incense stick of time, he finally found it.
According to the cultivation notes, generally, a Cultivator's Divine Thought will increase with the improvement of their Cultivation.
In the Qi Refinement Stage, the range covered by Divine Thought, from low-level to Advanced, is roughly between ten zhang and sixty zhang.
Upon reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage, Divine Thought will sharply increase. At Foundation Establishment Stage First Level, Divine Thought can reach one hundred zhang.
That's right, it's one hundred zhang, and one hundred zhang is also the minimum Divine Thought strength required for sword flight.
He Pingsheng's Divine Thought had now reached one hundred and twenty zhang because he Cultivated the Spirit Refining aspect of the 【Xuanmen Jingxin True Technique】.
Otherwise, how could it be one hundred and twenty zhang.
At the Foundation Establishment Stage Peak, the coverage range of Divine Thought is approximately five to six hundred zhang.
And so on!
The Divine Thought coverage range of a Golden Core Stage Grand Cultivator is between one thousand zhang and six thousand zhang.
And the Divine Thought coverage range of a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator is approximately ten thousand zhang to sixty thousand zhang.
Hiss hiss hiss...
He Pingsheng gasped.
The Old Ancestor is at Nascent Soul Stage Ninth Level, so his Divine Thought is probably forty to fifty thousand zhang.
It doesn't sound very far.
But when you calculate it, it's astonishing.
One li is equal to one hundred and fifty zhang!
Ten li is equal to one thousand five hundred zhang.
One hundred li is only fifteen thousand zhang!
Damn it...
The Old Ancestor's Divine Thought is fifty thousand zhang, so that's... three to four hundred li?