Chapter 19 Spiritual Root Qualification

Hearing this, Xiao Lin was speechless. He had nothing but the ten or so taels of silver on him. His original idea of ​​going to the inner city to see the world was completely dispelled.

The next day, Xiao Lin left the inn early in the morning and headed for the market in the east of the city.

As soon as he arrived at the market, Xiao Lin heard all kinds of hawking, which made him very curious, but he also truly understood what Luo Shou said about the difficulty of low-level cultivators in cultivation. These low-level cultivators were like street vendors, constantly hawking. When they saw someone coming, they would introduce their items with a smile on their faces. If the person left without interest, they would shake their heads dejectedly, and then cheer up again and continue hawking.

Xiao Lin strolled around for a while. Even though he always thought he had a good memory, he was a little dizzy by the dazzling array of goods.

He came to a stall selling basic exercises. The stall owner was a 40-year-old strong man with a full beard and a body as strong as a calf. What surprised Xiao Lin was that he brought an amazing pressure to Xiao Lin.

Although Xiao Lin could not see the strong man's cultivation level, he knew from this pressure that the strong man in front of him must have a much higher cultivation level than himself.

A piece of oilcloth was spread in front of the strong man, on which were placed several books.

Xiao Lin came over and picked up a book at random.

"Huo Yang Gong?" Xiao Lin flipped through a few pages and put the book down. This was a basic exercise of fire attribute, and the Dry Water Sutra he practiced was a basic exercise of water attribute. Before he was sure which exercise was really suitable for him, he did not intend to change his practice.

Picked up another book.

"Dry Water Sutra?" Seeing these three words, Xiao Lin was slightly stunned, with a surprised expression on his face.

"My fellow Daoist, are you interested in this Dry Water Sutra? This is the complete version of the basic practice of the Dry Water Sutra, which records in detail the practice methods of the first to sixth levels of Qi Refining. It only requires two low-grade spirit stones." As if seeing Xiao Lin's expression, the big man smiled and said to Xiao Lin that he thought the business was promising.

Xiao Lin's heart moved, but his face remained calm. He now understood that the Dry Water Sutra he practiced should be a fragment, with only the first to third levels of the practice methods. For him now, it has no effect, but once he practices to the peak of the third level of Qi Refining, he will encounter the embarrassing situation of having no practice methods to practice.

"Only basic practice methods?" Xiao Lin asked lightly.

Hearing this, the strong man's eyes lit up: "I have two elementary practice methods here, but the price is a little more expensive, one needs twenty low-grade spirit stones."

"Let me take a look." Xiao Lin put down the practice methods in his hand, and then walked towards the other stalls, ignoring the disappointed strong man.

Soon, Xiao Lin came to another stall. He glanced at it and saw a Lingwu grass on the stall. However, the mist on the Lingwu grass on the stall was very thin, and it was obviously not as old as his own.

The stall owner was a girl who looked about 16 or 17 years old. She had two pigtails and a golden ornament on her hair. She had thin eyebrows and big eyes. When she saw Xiao Lin coming, she smiled slightly, revealing two intoxicating dimples.

"My fellow Taoist, do you want to buy spiritual herbs? This Lingwu grass has a medicinal effect of twelve years. It can be used to refine the Lingling Pill to improve the cultivation of our Qi Refining Stage cultivators. If I didn't need spiritual stones urgently, I would definitely not sell it."

Hearing this, Xiao Lin couldn't help but smile. The girl in front of him was about the same age as him, but she looked experienced in doing business.

"How much is this Lingwu grass?" Xiao Lin said expressionlessly.

"Twenty-two low-grade spirit stones. If you really want it, take twenty low-grade spirit stones."

Xiao Lin shook his head, and then continued to walk into the market. He strolled for a while and looked at several stalls selling spirit talismans and materials. He even saw a magic weapon on a larger stall, which was exactly the same as his ebony shield. There was a piece of paper next to it with an introduction [Ebony shield, a primary magic weapon, can defend against one attack from a mid-level attack magic weapon, and more than ten attacks from a primary magic weapon, worth sixty low-grade spirit stones. ]

Seeing the introduction, Xiao Lin was really surprised for a long time. He didn't expect the price of the magic weapon to be so high. He even had the urge to take out the ebony shield in his arms and sell it, but after thinking about it, he gave up. Although he had just embarked on the road of cultivation, he also needed some means to protect himself. Although he was short of money and couldn't take out half a spirit stone, there was nothing he urgently needed at this stage.

"Huh?" Xiao Lin suddenly made a sound of surprise. He saw a few miscellaneous books on a stall in front of him that sold basic skills. One of them was called [Comprehensive Explanation of Cultivation Knowledge]. Xiao Lin hurried over, picked up the book, and flipped through a few pages.

"Hehe, fellow Taoist, are you a casual cultivator who just came to Wuyin Xiancheng? This [Comprehensive Explanation of Cultivation Knowledge] is the most suitable book for fellow Taoists. It can save you from taking many detours. My father spent ten years compiling it. It only costs ten taels of silver, not even spirit stones. It is an absolutely conscientious price." The stall owner was an old man in his fifties or sixties with a goatee, a small nose and small eyes.

After just flipping through a few pages, Xiao Lin closed the book again and said without any expression on his face: "Although this book records some common sense in detail, many of them are things we are familiar with. There are not many special records. How much is the minimum price of this book?"

"How is it possible? If you are a cultivator who encounters immortal fate, I dare say that most of the common sense in it is unknown. I see that you are sincere. So, take eight taels of silver."

"Five taels." Xiao Lin said lightly.

The stall owner showed an embarrassed expression on his face: "This price can't even recover the cost, fellow Taoist, add a little more."

"Five taels, otherwise I will leave." Xiao Lin said firmly, and then turned around and was about to leave.

"Hey, hey, fellow Daoist, don't go. Okay, let's do a losing business today and just make friends. Five taels is five taels."

After paying the silver, Xiao Lin left the market. In this Wuyin Fairy City, he learned from a casual chat with the shopkeeper yesterday that there is a place to exchange silver and spiritual stones. One hundred taels of silver can be exchanged for ten taels of gold, and ten taels of gold can be exchanged for a low-grade spiritual stone. This is also the reason why gold and silver are still circulated in the secular world in this Wuyin Fairy City.

Indeed, as the old stall owner said, this book [Complete Explanation of Cultivation Common Sense] is indeed what he needs most at this stage. When he flipped through a few pages, he saw a word that interested him very much - spiritual root.

After returning to the inn, he closed the door and sat on the edge of the bed to read this book [Complete Explanation of Cultivation Common Sense].

After reading for three or four hours, Xiao Lin closed the book with a thoughtful expression on his face.

According to the book, not everyone can practice Taoism. To practice Taoism, one must have a basic condition, that is, spiritual roots. Spiritual roots are divided into two types: visible spiritual roots and hidden spiritual roots. Visible spiritual roots include five types: gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and hidden spiritual roots include four types: ice, wind, thunder, and darkness. Visible spiritual roots are easy to measure. There is a place in Wuyin Xiancheng that specializes in testing spiritual roots. As long as a certain amount of spiritual stones is paid, it can be measured. Hidden spiritual roots are difficult to measure, at least in Wuyin Xiancheng. Only when entering the five major sects, there will be a chance to measure them, because if you want to measure hidden spiritual roots, it takes a lot of money.

Spiritual roots are divided into five categories according to their quality, namely pseudo spiritual roots, ordinary spiritual roots, true spiritual roots, earth spiritual roots, and heavenly spiritual roots. Above heavenly spiritual roots, there is a legendary fairy spiritual root. Pseudo spiritual roots are those with more than four types of spiritual roots, and the spiritual light points of all spiritual roots are less than ten. Although such people can practice, their practice speed can only be described as a turtle crawling. If they are not lucky enough to encounter a great opportunity, they can basically only linger below the fifth level of Qi Refining for their entire lives. Not only is there no hope for the Great Dao, but even building a foundation to become a true cultivator is a luxury.

Ordinary spiritual roots are those with less than four types of spiritual roots, and at least one spiritual light point is more than ten and less than twenty. Although such people are better than pseudo spiritual roots, even if they practice until death, they can only practice to the late stage of Qi Refining at most. It is basically impossible to build a foundation.

True spiritual roots are not limited to the number of spiritual roots. As long as there is a spiritual root with a spiritual light point of more than 20 and less than 60, they are all classified as true spiritual roots. As long as such people work hard to practice the spiritual light attribute of the spiritual light attribute that matches their spiritual light points of more than 20, even if they cannot achieve the golden elixir in the end, they still have some hope of building a foundation.

Earth spiritual roots are considered geniuses among cultivators. Such people are not limited to the types of spiritual roots. As long as there is a spiritual root with a spiritual light point of more than 60 and less than 80, they are all classified as earth spiritual roots. Such people cultivate faster. Of course, they must practice the exercises that match the highest attribute of their spiritual light points. As long as they work hard and don't fish for three days and dry the net for two days, there is still great hope for building a foundation in this life. If they work harder and encounter some opportunities, they can form a golden elixir and live to be 500 years old. It is not out of reach. There is even a glimmer of hope that one day they will achieve the great success of the Nascent Soul.

As for the Heavenly Spiritual Root, it is a kind of manifested spiritual root with a spiritual light point of more than 80. The cultivation speed of this kind of people can only be described as amazing. The cultivation speed is at least more than ten times that of ordinary true spiritual root practitioners. What is even more crazy is that the probability of a cultivator with Heavenly Spiritual Root breaking through the bottleneck is naturally more than 30%.

Above the Heavenly Spiritual Root, there is another legendary spiritual root, that is, the Immortal Spiritual Root. The Immortal Spiritual Root refers to a single spiritual root cultivator with a spiritual root spiritual light point of more than 90. This kind of people is also called the Immortal Body. The cultivation speed is so fast that it makes people crazy. A hundred years to form an infant is considered long, but the number of cultivators with Immortal Spiritual Roots is also so small that it makes people crazy. The five major sects in the Tianlu Mountains have been established for at least thousands of years, but the number of Immortal Spiritual Root cultivators encountered is never more than one hand, and this kind of people are easily envied by the sky. Although the cultivation speed is extremely fast, it is also easy to get into trouble. There are very few people who can really cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage alive.