Lin Changsheng continued to flip through the original owner's memories and learned that this world was called the Spirit World.
It is divided into five major Cultivation Worlds: the Eastern Wasteland Cultivation World, the South Sea Cultivation World, the Extreme West Cultivation World, the Northern Frontier Cultivation World, and the Central Continent Cultivation World.
It is vast and boundless; even a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, spending his entire life, would find it difficult to traverse even one region. It is primarily inhabited by humans and Yao Beasts, followed by some exotic races occupying barren lands and desolate places.
Furthermore, to Cultivate, one must possess a Spiritual Root. The Spiritual Root acts as a bridge to absorb and refine Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
The proportion of Mortals with Spiritual Roots is extremely low; roughly only one in several thousand can Cultivate. It can be said to be one in ten thousand.
Lin Changsheng being able to embark on the path of Cultivation already surpassed countless ordinary beings.
Additionally, even with only Qi Refining cultivation, as long as one has not suffered any severe injuries, one can easily live for over a hundred years. Whereas among Mortals, those over sixty are few and far between.
"It's a good thing Cultivators are immune to all diseases, otherwise, in such an environment, it would be difficult to live past forty."
Lin Changsheng sniffed the musty smell in the room and murmured to himself.
Furthermore, a person's cultivation talent, besides Comprehension Ability, the most important factor is Spiritual Root talent.
Because Comprehension Ability is difficult to measure.
The most intuitive way to observe a person's talent is the quality of their Spiritual Root. Ordinary Spiritual Roots are divided into Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, corresponding to the Five Elements Spiritual Qi between Heaven and Earth.
The fewer Spiritual Roots one possesses, the purer the Spiritual Root. The faster the speed of absorbing and refining Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, the better the talent, and vice versa.
However, humans are born with all Five Elements, and the fewer Spiritual Roots, the rarer they are. Often, among a hundred Four Spiritual Roots and Five Spiritual Roots, there is only one Three Spiritual Root Cultivator.
And among a hundred Three Spiritual Root Cultivators, there is only one Dual Spiritual Root. By analogy, Geniuses are often extremely rare.
Especially those with a Single Spiritual Root; there are only a handful in the entire Chuyun Country Cultivation World, and they are all Old Ancestor-level figures of various Schools.
A Single Spiritual Root is also known as a Heavenly Spiritual Root, a born Cultivation seed. There will be no Bottleneck before forming a Nascent Soul.
As long as one Cultivates steadily on a Spiritual Vein, one can Cultivate smoothly all the way to the peak of Golden Core without needing other resources, becoming a high and mighty Golden Core True Person.
Even when forming a Nascent Soul, the success rate will increase by 10% due to the degree of control over Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. Such a Genius would be fiercely sought after by any School or territory where they appear.
Upon seeing this, Lin Changsheng was truly envious.
Dual Spiritual Roots and Three Spiritual Roots are called True Spiritual Roots. As long as they are not too old, all major Schools will recruit these individuals as Disciples, forming the backbone of each School.
Among them, one or two out of ten can achieve Foundation Establishment, enjoying a lifespan of three hundred years.
The Realms of cultivation are divided into Qi Refining Stage, Foundation Establishment Stage, Golden Core Stage, and Nascent Soul Stage…
It is said that Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators are the Old Ancestors of various Schools, roaming the world, and destroying mountains and breaking peaks is but a trivial matter. They can also enjoy a lifespan of over one thousand six hundred years, truly watching the rise and fall of Dynasties and the changes in power. Each of them is an existence like an old monster.
Four Spiritual Roots and Five Spiritual Roots are referred to as Waste Spiritual Roots. Their cultivation speed is slow, and they consume a lot of resources. Those who can achieve Foundation Establishment are very few.
With such Aptitude, unless one is skilled in a hundred Cultivation arts or has a special background, few can join a School. Even if they are lucky enough to join, they often become Utility Disciples, like oxen and horses.
But even so, there are still many people desperately trying to get in.
After all, Loose Cultivators are at the very bottom of the Cultivation World.
Living hand to mouth, without reliance. One misfortune and they could be casually killed by someone like roadside weeds. How could that be as comfortable as joining a Sect!
Lin Changsheng's Four Spiritual Roots Aptitude was only slightly better than Five Spiritual Roots. He had no background and was not skilled in any arts. With such Aptitude and identity, he didn't even have the qualifications to step through the Sect's gates.
He could only struggle as a low-level Loose Cultivator.
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The Eastern Wasteland Cultivation World has dozens of large and small Cultivation Countries, divided into the Righteous and Demonic Paths.
The Demonic Path territory is chaotic and dangerous. Demonic Cultivators are brutal by nature, often slaughtering ordinary people and low-level Loose Cultivators to refine Magical Artifacts and create Wan Hun Banners.
"The name Wan Hun Banner is infamous. It's a good thing I didn't Transmigrate to the Demonic Path territory, otherwise, I wouldn't have survived three days."
He wiped away a cold sweat, a sense of relief rising in his heart.
"It seems my luck isn't completely terrible. At least I still have a few acres of thin land to live a stable life. An old house to shelter from the wind and rain."
Sighing slightly, Lin Changsheng reluctantly accepted his current situation.
As for the place he was in, it was called Chuyun Country, considered a medium-sized cultivation country in the Eastern Wasteland. It had five major Sects and twelve prefectures.
They were Cold Moon Valley, Vajra Sect, Ancient Sword Sect, Dan Ding Sect, and Baiyun Sect.
The strongest among the five major Sects was Baiyun Sect. It had two Nascent Soul Old Ancestors and dominated the three prefectures of Yunzhou, Qingzhou, and Huangzhou within the country.
And Qingmu Town, where he was located, was a large market town within Baiyun Sect's Huangzhou territory.
The mountains around Qingmu Town were known as the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range by Cultivators who came from afar, due to the large number of Yao Beasts and abundant resources.
Yao Beasts frequently caused trouble around this mountain range, so a Golden Core Cultivator from Baiyun Sect was stationed there, and the three affiliated Foundation Establishment Families—the Gao Family, the Wang Family, and the Chen Family—managed and guarded it on their behalf.
The Spiritual Fields he cultivated were managed by the Wang Family.
"How can I Cultivate without Spirit Stones! And I don't even have Aptitude. I can only rely on farming, and it's not even enough to sustain my life!"
Shaking his head with a grim expression, Lin Changsheng rubbed his face, feeling somewhat weary.
"No, being a spiritual farmer means seeing the end of my life. I might as well marry and have children in the Mortal world."
Despite his complaints, the most urgent task was to figure out a way to earn Spirit Stones.
After some thought,
Lin Changsheng, who had just Transmigrated, didn't bother trying to Cultivate. A wave of drowsiness came over him, and he fell into a deep sleep.
The night passed without a word, and the drizzling rain outside gradually stopped.
The sky brightened.
...
"Bang, bang, bang."
A series of rough knocks on the door woke Lin Changsheng from his sleep.
"Open the door, open the door! Why is there no response for so long?"
The person knocked on the door for a while and, seeing no response,
spoke with a hint of anger,
"Lin Changsheng, are you still alive? Open the door quickly, it's time to go to work. I only got you three days off, and today it expires."
Lin Changsheng's mind, startled from sleep, quickly spun. This voice was unusually familiar. It was none other than Steward Qian, the Spiritual Field supervisor.
Three days ago,
the original owner spent almost all of his savings, at a price half a percent lower than the market.
Twenty-seven Spirit Stones, to buy a defective Golden Marrow Pill from Steward Qian to Breakthrough to the Middle Stage of Qi Refining.
For this, Steward Qian enthusiastically found someone to help Lin Changsheng look after the Spiritual Field for three days.
Now that he thought about it, there was something fishy about it.
Defective Medicinal Pills were slightly harder to sell, but with some time, they could still be sold. Why give up half a percent of profit to the original owner when they weren't related?
"What a waste of those twenty-seven Spirit Stones! Those were the original owner's savings from many years!"
Lin Changsheng frowned, muttering in a barely audible voice.
His heart grew more certain.
"This old fellow didn't sell a defective Medicinal Pill at all, but a half-Waste Medicinal Pill that couldn't be consumed, plus the original owner's bad luck, he just died."
The other party's visit was clearly ill-intentioned, aiming to pick up scraps and collect the body.