Chapter 31 Understanding and Talent Xiao Changqing naturally didn't know what the Lin sisters would say about him, and he didn't want to know. I returned home in a hurry, without even having time to drink a sip of water. As soon as I thought about it, the enlightenment cushion in my hand appeared in the equipment box of the inventory. "Let's try the effect of spiritual root qualification +1 first." Except when he needs to tell fortunes, Xiao Changqing usually uses two pieces of equipment: the 'Talisman Master's Notes' and the 'Eternal Life Jade Slips'. Now to test the spiritual root qualifications, he took down the talisman master's notes and put them on the cushion and jade slips. hum! Xiao Changqing shuddered, feeling as if his body was stretched and turned into a broken basket with thousands of holes, and the mana in his body seemed to be pouring out. But then, the invisible energy repaired all the holes in his body, just like the irrigation channels in the fields, which were dredged and repaired, completing the upgrade and strengthening the "veins" in his body by more than double. But this enhancement is not an improvement in the level of cultivation or an increase in magic power. Xiao Changqing could clearly sense that the magic power in his body had not increased, and his cultivation level was still at the fourth level of Qi Refining. What was enhanced was his compatibility with the spiritual power between heaven and earth! His perception! The magic power in his body became easier to mobilize, and he could sense in his heart that if he practiced his skills to absorb the surrounding spiritual power into his body, his efficiency would be several times higher than before! The essence of a cultivator's practice is to absorb the disordered and chaotic spiritual power between heaven and earth into the body, and then use the skills to extract and transform it, thus converting the spiritual power into magic power. The speed of this process depends on two factors.
One is the proficiency in the technique, the other is the strength of one's own spiritual talent. The proficiency in the technique accounts for a small part, while one's own spiritual talent accounts for the majority. Under the same conditions, the higher the quality of the spiritual roots, the easier and more efficient it will be to absorb spiritual power and convert it into magic power. "Is this the feeling of a mid-grade spiritual root?" After Xiao Changqing adapted to the changes in himself, he felt a much higher "affinity" for spiritual power than before. He knew without trying that it would be much easier to convert spiritual power into magic power. “It feels… really good!” There is a sense of evolution. No wonder even if they are both low-level casual cultivators, if they have mid-level spiritual roots, they will be looked up to by others. Without personal experience, it is difficult to feel the gap between the two. It is no wonder that there is a recognized iron rule in the world of immortal cultivation that it is almost hopeless to build a foundation with inferior spiritual roots. There are countless cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation in Dayu, but only one will appear every few hundred years. Although building a foundation with a mid-grade spiritual root is also fraught with difficulties, even if one reaches the final step of a breakthrough, nine out of ten times one will fail, but at least it is not uncommon. "Try it and see how much the efficiency has been improved!" Xiao Changqing practiced the Longevity Technique and began to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy into his body. After a while, Xiao Changqing opened his eyes and carefully sensed the subtle changes in the magic power in his body. “Efficiency has increased by nearly 40%!” In other words, the training effect that Xiao Changqing used to take ten months to achieve can now be achieved in six months! "Moreover, this is just the upgrade of low-grade spiritual roots to medium-grade spiritual roots!" "What if it is a top-grade spiritual root? Or even an earthly spiritual root?" "No wonder in the world of immortal cultivation, the most important thing is the spiritual root aptitude, which surpasses everything else! The cultivation speed of high-grade spiritual roots is estimated to be more than twice that of low-grade spiritual roots! As for earth spiritual roots, it is unknown how many times stronger they are." "Foundation building must be completed before the age of sixty. This restriction is almost non-existent for cultivators with upper-grade spiritual roots or above!"
"For a cultivator with superior spiritual roots, as long as they have a good cultivation environment since childhood and have sufficient spiritual energy supply, they will be able to achieve the Great Perfection of Qi Refining and impact the Foundation Establishment Stage before the age of thirty." Xiao Changqing had experienced it himself, and only then could he feel the cruelty of the world of immortal cultivation. The so-called class solidification in the previous life, with no path to upward mobility, was much better than the world of immortal cultivation. No matter how rigid the social class is, as long as you study hard and choose the right major and track, you can change your social class. In the world of cultivating immortals, if one’s spiritual roots are not good, then the road ahead is completely blocked. Not to mention the mortal world in this world, more than ninety-nine percent of people have no spiritual roots and do not have the qualifications to cultivate immortality. "The Enlightenment Cushion will be my core equipment from now on! Even if I find a way to improve the quality of my spiritual roots in the future, or if there are other equipment that can improve the quality of my spiritual roots, before I can upgrade to earth spiritual roots, the function of spiritual root quality +1 will be useful!" Xiao Changqing thought to himself. Next, we need to test the second equipment effect of the Enlightenment Cushion…improvement of enlightenment. "Try drawing the cleaning charm and see if there is any change." Understanding is different from the quality of spiritual roots. Although spiritual roots are invisible and intangible to cultivators, they belong to the deepest mysteries of the physical body and even the most powerful cultivators cannot explore them in detail. But the boundaries, concepts, and level divisions of spiritual roots are very clear. There is no specific division of understanding. Xiao Changqing even believes that understanding cannot be specifically sensed and there is no scale to measure it... But soon, Xiao Changqing realized that he was wrong. Comprehension can not only be measured, but can even be demonstrated more clearly and understandably than the quality of one's spiritual roots! "Why does this feeling feel like... growing a brain?" Xiao Changqing's proficiency in cleaning talismans has long surpassed the effects of the talisman master's notes, but because his talent in talismans is very weak, it is very difficult to improve. Even the simplest and least difficult cleaning charms make slow progress. Every time I draw talismans, I always feel confused, just like a poor student doing math homework, and I will get bored quickly. But today, with the blessing of the enlightenment cushion, when Xiao Changqing drew the cleaning talisman again, he instantly felt that his previous confusion had mostly disappeared! My mind became unusually clear, as if the things that had been bothering me in my head were gone! I couldn’t find a way to improve before, but now I have some ideas and thoughts. According to his current condition, Xiao Changqing felt that it wouldn't take him too long to upgrade the Cleansing Talisman to the great success level! It turns out it will take at least two more years. Nowadays, it may not even last a year. "Why do I feel that my comprehension is a bit like talent?" Xiao Changqing was pleasantly surprised. The double-winged tiger-hair brush that Master Lu Fu gave to me, which I haven't equipped yet, has an effect of improving my talent in the art of talismans. Then when the time comes and my comprehension improves + my talent in the art of talismans improves, and the two are combined, wouldn't I instantly become a genius in the art of talismans? Subsequently. Xiao Changqing took off the jade slip of the Changsheng Gong equipment again, and tried to figure out how to improve his proficiency in the Changsheng Gong by himself, and found that it was much better than before! The same is true for divination! Xiao Changqing was stunned.
The improvement in understanding is actually all-round! It's not just about improving one aspect, but all the arts of cultivation. As long as Xiao Changqing can get started, there will be certain bonuses when he improves in the future! Okay, okay, improving your understanding actually means increasing your IQ, right? (End of this chapter)