Three years ago, Chang Xi remembered every word Qinglan said to him in his heart.

After advancing to the foundation building realm, Chang Xi had tested his spiritual root according to the method in his disciple Jade Jian. Although Qinglan had said that his spiritual root qualifications were very poor, only then did he know how euphemistic the statement of the head of the sect three years ago was.

No matter how he tested, there was only one result.

He has no spiritual roots.

This result really made Chang Xi depressed for a few days, and he knew very well what it meant.

In the world of cultivating immortals, spiritual roots have many attributes. There are common gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, as well as rare light, dark, ice, thunder, and wind. The spiritual root with one attribute is the best, the spiritual root with two attributes is secondary, and so on. The more complex the attributes of the spiritual root, the more difficult and the time required to refine spiritual power will also increase.

Under the rise and fall of one another, the cultivation speed of a single-attribute spiritual root is much faster than that of a multi-attribute spiritual root. This is also the reason why many immortal cultivation sects pay special attention to and take care of the disciples of the single-attribute spiritual root, the monks of the single-attribute spiritual root are far beyond ordinary monks in terms of cultivation speed, spiritual power condensation, refinement, purity, and move power, and they are the real mainstay.

Cheng Yu responded to the sound, and the thunder in his palm sounded, and there was a burning meaning hidden in the arcs visible to the naked eye.

Yan Zhang raised his eyebrows and said in appreciation: "The two attributes of thunder and fire are indeed good. Among them, the thunder attribute is obviously much stronger than the fire attribute, and the two spirit root attributes are not mutually exclusive, but faintly superimposed, and the power is even greater. ”

Yan Zhang glanced at Cheng Yao, who was sweating beads on his forehead, and shook his head, "If it weren't for the fact that your time to advance to the Foundation Building Realm was too short, so that you could hone some thunder and fire spell skills, it wouldn't be easy for Mengsu to win against you." ”

Cheng Yu put away the scorching arc that jumped between his palms and smiled embarrassedly.

"Chang Xi, show your spiritual root attributes. ”

Chang Xi stepped out steadily, took a deep breath, and said calmly: "I don't have a spiritual root. ”

For a while, all the eyes on the practice floor were focused on Chang Xi, and they were a little dazed, feeling as if they had heard it wrong. And when Chang Xi repeated it again, they believed their ears and looked at him with complicated eyes.

Yan Zhang couldn't help but grab Chang Xi's arm to investigate, his face sank, and he slowly put down Chang Xi's arm. Sure enough, on the spirit platform built at Chang Xi's dantian, he couldn't feel any of the power of the five elements or the rare power of those few attributes. The platform was empty, with only a few wisps of unknown things floating.

As if remembering something in vain, Yan Zhang's body shook, with a look of disbelief on his face, and grabbed Chang Xi's arm again. Senior Brother Yanzhang's repeated abrupt actions made all the disciples scratch their heads, could it be that there was still a turning point in this matter?

As if to confirm their conjecture, Yan Zhang breathed a long sigh of relief, unable to hide the surprise in his eyebrows, and said to Chang Xi: "Use your sword to try to slash the waterfall with all your might." ”

Chang Xi frowned and said, "But the soundproof barrier under this cloth..."

Yanzhang shook his head and said solemnly: "You don't have to worry about this, you just cut your strongest slash on the spot, this is very important." ”

Chang Xi didn't say anything more, his right hand was clasped on the hilt of the sword, the formation lines engraved on the scabbard lit up under the surging infusion of spiritual power, and the golden dragon roared in the sea of blood and caused the surging power to be transmitted in his palm, and for a while, the sword qi on the practice floor was surging, and the teasing look on the faces of some disciples in the Jindan realm before had stiffened on their faces at this time.

The tense spirit was like a string, and the charged sword momentum reached its peak, Chang Xi's eyes were cold, and he suddenly slashed out a sword, and a touch of blue light illuminated the surprise on everyone's faces.

The sword qi rose in the wind and made a crescent moon, and the soundproof formation laid around the practice floor was torn apart by only holding on to half a breath under this fierce sword qi, and the roar of the Qianzhang waterfall suddenly came into the ears. The crescent moon sword qi was gaining momentum, cutting off the waist of the waterfall and slamming into the incomparably hard bluestone behind the waterfall, leaving a deep sword mark.

There were more than 100 people on the huge practice floor, and none of them made a sound, and they knew very well how difficult it was to leave a trace on the incomparably hard bluestone. Many of these disciples had also seen Chang Xi's sword at the Nine Peaks Outer Gate Dabi that day, but the distance was far away, and the details of it were naturally not as clear as they are now. And what was contained in that crescent sword qi, they already knew it in their hearts.

"That's sword intent. ”

Yan Zhang's voice sounded in Chang Xi's ears, and he looked up in confusion, not knowing what sword intent was.

"Sword intent can also be regarded as a rare thing in our sword cultivation. Yan Zhang pointed to several inner disciples, including Qing Feng. "As you can see, there are only a few people in the inner gate of Tianxiu Peak who can comprehend the sword intent. I don't know if you can see what the few people who have realized the sword intent have in common. Yan Zhang only said half of it, and he wanted to test Chang Xi.

Chang Xi looked at it fixedly, and quickly saw the clues from several people, and replied, "The common denominator should be that several senior brothers are all Jindan Realm cultivators?"

"Not bad. ”

Yanzhang Zhengse said: "The patriarch has a lesson: the sword and the body are combined, the sword qi can be controlled, the qi and the heart are combined, the sword intent can be understood, and the mind and the god are combined, and the sword truth can be understood." According to common sense, without the cultivation and state of mind of the Jindan realm, it is extremely difficult to achieve the unity of the sword and the heart. It's just that I don't know what adventures your kid has, but with the cultivation of the foundation realm, he can achieve the unity of qi and heart with the natal flying sword, and the heart is in harmony. The difficulty of this is no less than trying to shake the Jindan Realm by building a foundation realm and cultivating it. ”

Yan Zhang waved his hand, and more than 100 inner disciples clenched their fists and dispersed. Qing Feng explained that several female disciples in the inner gate who were well versed in the two attributes of thunder and fire were responsible for teaching Cheng Yu, and when Cheng Yu left, he looked back at Senior Brother Yanzhang, and saw the two figures walking slowly towards the top of Qianzhang Waterfall one after the other.

The mist on both sides of the waterfall drifts away, and the narrow mountain path that can only accommodate one person is covered with moss. Chang Xi's expression moved, and he found that the spiritual power condensed on the soles of his feet to stabilize his body would dissipate out of thin air when it was stained with mist. simply withdrew his spiritual power, and every step he took was more cautious.

On the five thousand stone steps, two figures slowly ascended.

Yan Zhang didn't need to look back to know how careful Chang Xi's expression would be, and asked with a smile: "Have you ever been discouraged when you knew that you didn't have a spiritual root?"

Chang Xi didn't dare to relax for half a minute, and said distractedly: "Yes." ”

"Why. ”

Chang Xi thought for a while and said, "If you don't have the spiritual root attribute, you will inevitably have many obstacles in your future cultivation. Some powerful spells are even more effective with half the effort when they are cast through the single spirit root of the corresponding attribute. If you don't have a spiritual root, it means that you don't have these anymore, so for a while, this knot in my heart can't be untied no matter what. But then, I figured it out. ”

"Oh?" Hikozhang couldn't help but slow down.

For some reason, Chang Xi's figure was still a little unstable, and at this time, he seemed to have found a trick and no longer swayed. "When I was young, it was the head of the family who gave me the opportunity to worship Qingyun Mountain. In a few years, I have grown from a mortal child with nothing to the point where I am today, not by spiritual roots. I'm going to prove myself in my own way. ”

The firm belief was loud and loud, and for a moment it overshadowed the roar in my ears.

Standing still, Yan Zhang slowly turned his head and said softly, it was so insignificant under the roar of the waterfall beside him, but it was like thunder in Chang Xi's heart. In the roar in his ears, only Yan Zhang's words were constantly echoing.

"What if I told you that you have a spiritual root?"