Destiny is ashes

Chapter 126 Tianlinggen

Nianquan vaguely dreamed of his mother.

That was a long time ago, nearly eight years ago.

At that time, my father had not died yet, I had not changed my surname, and my mother had not gone insane due to overwork and had to wear a green wood prosthetic leg.

Nianquan was very smart since he was a child. He could remember many things that other children could not remember. At that time, he could not even reach his father's thighs, and there were many uncles and aunts coming to visit his home.

Nianquan was very timid at that time. Every time there were guests at home, he would cry in fear. His mother would carry him back to the room, take him to lie on the soft bed, and tell him those ancient legends of knights and those adventure stories about immortals and strange encounters in a gentle voice.

In fact, Nianquan didn’t really like those adventure stories. He had a gentle personality and didn’t like fighting. What really made him stop crying was his mother’s embrace, her gentle voice, and her soft and loving touch.

Humans feel safe in their parents' arms. This has been the case for hundreds of thousands or even millions of years, and it seems to have never changed from generation to generation.

In the dream, Nianquan, who hadn't cried for a long time, suddenly felt a grief from the heart. He seemed to feel a hug and a vague shadow.

Then, it's gone...never to return.

"Mother……"

Waking up from a dream, Nianquan murmured softly, opened his eyes and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

How could he, as smart as he is, not know that his mother was not working at the Xiaozheshan headquarters, but at the black market branch?
How could he not know that the black market in the deserted square in the south of the city was raided by the Sky Monitoring Bureau yesterday, and no news has been released so far?

No news is the worst news. Nianquan actually already knows all this, but is still waiting for an announcement that will make him despair.

His mother had been deceiving him all along, and he was willing to be deceived.

He had actually been deceiving himself before, but he just had a dream.

The dream is beautiful, but also sad.

Now, he has realized it in his heart.

then……

He heard the doorbell.

He saw a strange visitor.

He learned about his mother's death.

then……

He invited the messenger boy, who was the same age as him, into the house.

Why? Obviously, this is extremely dangerous for both parties.

Even if you invite them, they may not accept it, and even if they do, they may not have good intentions.

Although he was young, who knew if he was a gangster or a barbarian? He might rob someone and then leave.

No police officer would accept a case in the lower city, and the other party would be afraid of whether there was a trap in his house, wondering whether he was going to harm him. But Nianquan still invited him.

And the other party readily agreed.

During the time when Nianquan went to make tea, An Jing, who had already known the other party's name from the note 'Quan'er' in Nianqin's address book, asked the sword spirit curiously: "Are spiritual roots also divided into grades? And that Cangbo Xintong, could it be some kind of innate magical power?"

"Spiritual roots are naturally divided into grades." The sword spirit also explained in detail: "When people are born, they naturally have all five elements, but it is impossible for everyone to have a balanced five elements. Even if they are balanced, their acquired personality, diet, environment and growth will cause the five elements to change."

"Just as the five elements generate each other, there are also conflicts between them."

"If you want to have 'spiritual roots', first of all, you can't have 'lack of the five elements'. Secondly, the generation and restraint can't be too contradictory, and the order can't be too reversed. In addition, the year and region of birth are also very important."

"For example, a child has all five elements, and has an innate water spirit in his body. He attracts water spirit energy and should have a talent for cultivation. He is a 'water spirit root'."

"But if he was born in a land of thick earth, his innate Ren and Gui water would be suppressed, and his spiritual root quality would decline. Similarly, if he was born in a month or day with strong earth energy, his innate energy would also decline."

"If he still has innate Wu and Ji earth in his body, it will suppress the water spirit and be a big hindrance to his cultivation."

"If his internal fire is strong, it will not only stimulate the generation of earth energy, but also cause the water energy in the body to be spontaneously suppressed, and the quality of his spiritual roots will also be damaged."

"To put it in an extreme way, if the order of generation and restraint is too extreme, even the innate wood spirits cannot be too many, because if the wood spirit is too strong, it will become the master and swallow up the water spirit to strengthen itself, causing the spiritual roots to dim."

"To put it simply, the vast majority of the results of the five elements' generation and restraint will cause the five spirits in the human body to clash and restrain each other. This is certainly balanced and mutually beneficial, but in essence it is all internal consumption, making it difficult to 'seek help from the outside', and naturally it is impossible to practice."

"But for a small number of people, like you, the fire spirit is strong and the water spirit is weak, but water overcomes fire and suppresses the fire spirit."

"But the power of the water spirit can only suppress the fire spirit to its limit, and it cannot produce wood. The fire spirit is suppressed, and it is also difficult to produce earth. Therefore, the two do not participate in the generation and restraint."

"Of the three spirits you have left, gold is the most powerful. If you were to rate it on a scale of ten, you'd get five points, and earth and wood would both get three or four points."

"And the order of generation and control is exactly that earth generates gold first, making your gold grow to six points, and then gold overcomes wood, taking its life and increasing its sharpness to seven points. Finally, the weakened wood overcomes earth, making the earth spirit sluggish and unable to compete for the gold spirit's share, resulting in your gold spirit being the only one in power, with seven points of power, and even more sharp breakthroughs. It is the innate 'earth and wood generate gold' that allows you, with three spiritual roots, to obtain a cultivation speed second only to the heavenly spiritual root, and the breakthrough is smoother."

"But if you reverse the order of generation and control, for example, first wood controls earth, making the earth spirit weak and strengthening the wood spirit's vitality, and then metal controls wood, even if it is controlled, it will be difficult to cut down the living wood and unable to cut through the thorns. Even the edge of the sword will be duller than the jungle. Not only will it not have a sharp aura, but it will also have a sense of 'dull edge', and the control of metal energy will be a little slower."

"In the end, even if the sluggish earth helps the slow gold, it is of little use. The five points of gold spirit will only be the five points of middle and lower qualifications in the end, which is also considered to be the worst among the three spiritual roots."

"No wonder there are so few people with the aptitude to practice cultivation." An Jing listened carefully and immediately understood why most of them had no spiritual roots even though they were born by their parents and had all five elements.

First of all, one must not have deficiencies in the five elements. If one has deficiencies, it means one has a congenital disease, and it is too late to cure the disease, so how can one practice cultivation? Only a small number of people, or even a large number of people, will be screened out - if their parents are malnourished, there will be many people with congenital deficiencies.

And the presence of all five elements does not mean that they are active. At least one of the five elements must be exceptionally active to be considered qualified for cultivation, which screens out another group of people.

Secondly, the generation and restraint of the Five Elements must not hinder the active spiritual roots. For example, if the water spirit is active, there cannot be an overly strong earth spirit, nor can there be overly strong fire spirit and wood spirit. This will cause the water spirit to be dormant, its grade to be reduced, and a group of people to be screened out.

Finally, the order of generation and restraint must also be just right, otherwise, it would be like the example given by the sword spirit. One is himself, whose five-point golden spiritual root suddenly became seven-point effective for no reason, second only to the heavenly spiritual root.

The other is a negative example. Obviously, the three spirits are active, and there is no conflict or hindrance in the generation and restraint. However, due to the rotation order of the five elements in the body, the five-point spiritual root has less than five-point effectiveness, and also has the negative effect of "dull edge".

This screens out another large number of people.

(End of this chapter)