After proposing that they check what grade Xia Li's spirit root was, Lin Ye took out an ancient bronze mirror and handed it to him.Xia Li reached out and took hold of the mirror.On its surface, a many-colored glazed sheen erged, all mixed together in a riot of hues. The sight imdiately brought a baffled look to Lin Ye's face."How is that possible... A mixed spirit root? But the aura of a mixed spirit root couldn't possibly be this strong. I've never seen a mixed spirit root like yours!"Lin Ye instantly grabbed Xia Li's hand and examined it closely.Mixed spirit roots were the weakest and most common kind of spiritual aptitude. One could say that among ten lower-level cultivators, nine would have mixed spirit roots. The only difference lay in which spiritual attributes were a little stronger and which were a little weaker.If one attribute made up more than thirty percent of the inclination, then it could be counted as a single-attribute spirit root, such as a water spirit root or wood spirit root.At over fifty percent, one possessed a high-grade spirit root and could be called truly gifted.Over sixty percent qualified as a supre-grade spirit root.Seventy percent was an earth spirit root.Eighty percent, a heaven spirit root.Ninety percent, an absolute spirit root.As for one hundred percent, that was impossible. Spirit roots would inevitably be mixed with other attributes, just as a human body could not possibly be made of only one substance. The five elents naturally circulated in balanced fashion within the human body.Yet Xia Li's mixed spirit root showed no clear attribute inclination at all. In fact, it was exceedingly rare in that every attribute affinity was almost exactly the sa.And yet Lin Ye really had seen such a spirit root before, in an ancient text."No, that's not right. It's not a mixed spirit root. This is an ancient spirit root!""A Source Spirit Root!"Only then did Lin Ye finally realize just how outrageous Xia Li truly was.Ancient cultivators had no distinctions between spirit roots. There were no five-elent spirit roots and no mutated spirit roots. There had only been one single unified kind of spirit root, and its na was the Source Spirit Root.In later ages, as heaven and earth kept changing and the bloodlines of different peoples intermingled, the Source Spirit Root slowly changed as well. The inheritances of different races and lineages gradually gave rise to differing spirit-root tendencies.For instance, descendants of those skilled in fire would naturally develop spirit roots dominated by the fire attribute.Xia Li's spirit root, on the other hand, was absurd. What was he, so ancient man who had broken his seal after ages? Had not a single powerful ancestor appeared in all these years who could push his bloodline toward one attribute or another?Or was his bloodline simply too complex, so complex that it had never ford the conditions for a single dominant inclination?Whatever the reason, the reappearance of a Source Spirit Root was astonishing enough to count as world-shaking.It was the primal ancestor of the countless different spirit roots under heaven.Whether it was particularly powerful was harder to say. After all, being mixed also ant lacking refinent. Touching everything a little ant nothing was especially strong.But at the sa ti, it also ant Xia Li's road ahead was incomparably broad.He could choose anything."A Source Spirit Root?"Xia Li looked at Lin Ye in confusion. So his spirit root was sothing amazing?"You can think of it as a stronger mixed spirit root. It won't give you any boost in a specific attribute, but it also won't impose any restriction on you.""That sounds pretty good, doesn't it?""That... should be pretty good?"Even Lin Ye could not quite say whether it was good or bad. In the end, it still depended on what kind of road Xia Li himself would walk in the future.If one treated spirit roots as a path of cultivation, then anyone who ca to understand their own spirit root would, from the starting point, be able to see roads stretching in different directions and choose the broadest one.But Xia Li's starting point had no road.Or rather, wherever Xia Li walked, that beca his road.One origin, two polarities, three powers, four images, five elents, six paths, seven stars, eight trigrams, nine palaces, ten manifestations.What place was not a road?"As long as it's good, that's enough. More importantly, if this spirit root of mine is exposed to Taiyi Holy Land, will it cause any problems?""There shouldn't be any problem. Source Spirit Roots are rare, but they have appeared from ti to ti throughout history. If we're only talking about talent and potential, they're about on the sa level as an ordinary high-grade spirit root. You might even get looked down on for not being talented enough.""But a Holy Land is still a Holy Land. Maybe they possess so thod to draw out the potential of a Source Spirit Root. In any case, it's better than having none."
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"That's what I was thinking too. Better than nothing."After learning what sort of spirit root he possessed, Xia Li more or less understood the situation. This so-called Source Spirit Root was probably just a sowhat better, more promising high-grade spirit root. He was already quite satisfied."Brother Xia, now that your spirit root has been made whole, I can finally stop worrying about your trip to the Holy Land. If your roots had been too poor and you still reached this level of cultivation, it would have drawn too much extra attention. The rarity and special nature of a Source Spirit Root should let Taiyi Holy Land co up with a reason they find convincing.""Words can't express my thanks. You must have been pretending to be in a hurry to get rid of it. You were only trying to force to use it now, but without making feel too pressured. Lin Ye, you're truly great.""Th-that's... As long as you understand it in your heart, why say it out loud?"Lin Ye imdiately took the out Xia Li had offered him.The two of them continued talking after that, shifting into all sorts of cultivation topics. Lin Ye also shared intelligence on prodigies from around the world, since Xia Li was about to face the brutal struggle among geniuses head-on.Even if that was not what Xia Li wanted, if he had decided to walk the "proper path," then he ought to know what lay ahead and make preparations.Taiyi Holy Land was not Lingxu Cave Heaven. It would not particularly value a disciple's freedom or lean toward letting them choose their own road. Taiyi Holy Land preferred to arrange a disciple's future for them.As they spoke freely, two hours passed without either of them noticing, until the arrival of the Third Elder broke off their exchange on the Dao."Xia Li, it's ti for you to go. Are you going on your own, or do you want the people of Taiyi Holy Land to co and fetch you personally?"The Third Elder asked for Xia Li's preference.Did he want to leave in a dignified manner, or an ugly one?Hearing that, Xia Li gave a helpless laugh. Did they really take him for soone so lacking in sense? The kind who would never turn back until he smashed into a southern wall?The only thing he had done before was walk down the "wrong" road: a road that knew nothing of human feeling, nothing of rules or worldly law.Though he had made so distance on that road, it had never been one he could walk for long.Now he was setting out again.This ti like a normal cultivator.Like the prodigies that had always existed in history.As everyone wished, he would walk a road both friend and foe could understand, and both sides could permit.But his past experiences were by no ans mistakes.Other people first saw falsehood with their eyes and only later heard truth. By then it was too late. To whom could all those helpless grievances be spoken?But he first saw truth and only afterward heard falsehood.Even if immortal music filled his ears, he would not be misled.Since they insisted on making him a joke, casting him as an actor and clown on their stage, then he only hoped that one day, when he used the blood of old tis as makeup to paint over his face, those people would still be able to laugh."I'll go myself. Since my immortal wife has co to my door, how can I, as her husband, fail to welco her?"With a flick of his sleeve, Xia Li rose to his feet. His whole bearing now carried a kind of confidence, like that of a genuine prodigy."You...""Well, so be it. Good!"The Third Elder had clearly wanted to say more, but in truth, was this ending not also one he himself had hoped for?If Xia Li continued to resist, then his granddaughter Lin Ge might well co to harm. After all, many people in Lingxu Cave Heaven knew that his granddaughter and Xia Li were close.The old man and the youth left by way of the teleportation array and arrived at the sect plaza of Lingxu Cave Heaven.In the sky above, a magnificent palace bathed in golden light floated upon the clouds like a heavenly court of immortals, inspiring awe at a glance.From within that heavenly palace, a group of figures descended slowly through empty air. All of them wore robes of gold and white, and even the attendants that accompanied them carried an innate air of nobility.At their head was a girl young to an excessive degree, no older than sixteen or seventeen by appearance.She had long silver-white hair, exquisite beauty, and elegant steps. She wore a black-patterned golden robe, while her eyes seed to contain divine light within them. Even the color of her pupils bore a ring of silver at the edges.Her gaze was calm and not especially haughty, yet sohow radiated such noble grace that those who looked upon her could not help feeling inferior.She was the one intended for this marriage alliance.Lingying, the Second Holy Maiden of Taiyi Holy Land.Lingying was her dao title. Once one received the rank of Holy Son or Holy Maiden, one took one's dao title as one's na from then on and no longer retained the mundane self of the past.
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