Destiny is ashes

Chapter 127: Nianquan
“Spiritual roots are hard to come by.”

Hearing this, An Jing couldn't help but shake his head.

With so many conditions, it is no wonder that even if both parents are high-level practitioners, and the children have abundant five elements and even all five spirits in their bodies, they may not necessarily have spiritual roots and the qualifications to practice.

No matter how powerful the five spirits are, their mutual generation and suppression will turn you into an ordinary person, and you will have to rely purely on luck.

Simply put, for a mortal whose five spirits are dormant, their inner five-element attribute is likely to be 20 times 5. Not to mention the mutual generation and restraint, even the most basic "one of the five spirits is active" cannot be achieved.

However, a descendant of the Purple Mansion Immortal Clan who has all five spirits in his body and all five elements are 70, is unable to manifest his spiritual roots because the five spirits in his body are too unbalanced in their generation and restraint, and thus he is overwhelmed and has no spiritual roots.

A genius from the slums may have all other attributes at 20, but one attribute is at 50, which meets the threshold of "one spirit is active", and the operation of this spirit is not affected by the mutual generation and restraint, which means he has spiritual roots.

However, such spiritual roots are lacking in foundation and need to be compensated with resources. Generally speaking, such cultivation seeds discovered from the folk need to be cultivated for a period of time before their true talent level can be restored - maybe the score of that attribute will go from 50 to 75 or even higher.

This is also why, according to the data, geniuses discovered among the people seem to have a higher average level than geniuses from aristocratic families: because aristocratic families have been carefully nurtured since childhood and have developed their talents to the upper limit, some people with average qualifications can also seem to have some talent.

But geniuses among the people must be truly chosen by heaven and have good fortune to succeed. Otherwise, why would they fight with those people from big families?
And big families will usually absorb these folk geniuses and make them their own strength.

Of course, there are also secret methods that allow aristocratic families to improve the qualifications of their descendants.

But the reason why it is a secret method is that it is too costly and difficult for ordinary people to use.

"The so-called Heavenly Water Spiritual Root." At this moment, Nianquan had already brought out the tea. An Jing subconsciously focused his eyes on him. The sword spirit continued to explain: "It means that the five spirits in the body are active and the water spirit is dominant. Ren and Gui are both present. The order of generation and restraint is also perfect. 'Water generates wood', 'wood generates fire', 'fire generates earth', 'earth generates metal', and finally 'metal generates water'. The positive cycle is perfect."

"In addition, the date and month of birth, the weather and region, and even the name cannot conflict with each other. Otherwise, it will not reach 10 points, but just over 8 points, or at most 9.9 points. This can certainly be considered a natural spiritual root, but it cannot be called perfect."

"If there is a chance, the Heavenly Water Spiritual Root can even break the upper limit, surpassing ten points, and transforming into the 'Innate Water Spiritual True Body', becoming the 'Immortal Water Spiritual Root'."

"And the reason why this Tianshui spiritual root possesses the 'Cangbo Xintong' is not because of his bloodline, but because his family's 'True Pupil Technique' was promoted because of his spiritual roots and became the 'Cangbo Xintong'."

"This is an acquired spiritual pupil that can sense subtle changes in spiritual energy and see through illusions and mazes. It is very suitable for alchemy and talisman drawing, and the success rate is far higher than others."

“…Is this the Heavenly Spiritual Root?”

An Jing was stunned when he heard this, and even when Nianquan brought the tea to him, he took a moment to thank him.

"How lucky is this?!" He said to the sword spirit in his heart in disbelief: "The five elements are complete, the five spirits are active, the five elements are mutually generated, the order is correct, there is no restraint...even the name is Quan!"

"Is there any justice in this?!"

"This is the favor of heaven. Otherwise, why do we immortals have to pay attention to 'fate'?"

The sword spirit didn't care: "As for the name, date of birth and place, they can all be changed. In the past, many people found out the talents of the babies in the mother's womb, and would deliberately choose a name and temporarily move them to a special spiritual place. They would use secret methods to wait until the corresponding time for the baby to be born, which could add a little bit of spiritual charm."

"This is also the reason why there were so many spiritual roots at that time. It was just about eugenics."

"Besides, even if I am so lucky to have the Heavenly Water Spiritual Root, I am actually only three points more efficient than you in cultivation. At most, I can comprehend water-related magic very quickly. Although these advantages will be very considerable over time, they are not impossible to make up for." "This is exactly what Heaven means by treating everyone equally and that too much is as bad as too little."

Alas. An Jing sighed in his heart. There are always lucky people in this world.
But...is the person in front of me really lucky?

He lowered his eyebrows and glanced at the slightly brown tea in front of him. It was the most common tea bag tea, not poisonous, but the water was a bit hard. His golden spiritual energy even reacted a little, which was obviously caused by the aging of the water pipes.

For an ordinary family in Xuanye City, it is quite a luxury.

He raised his head and looked at the boy in front of him calmly.

Nian Quan sat quietly opposite him, his eyes were a little red, he must have cried not long ago. He should have guessed his mother's fate long before he arrived, and his message only confirmed it, so he was still relatively calm.

"Thank you for the tea." An Jing took a sip of tea, then turned the cup and stared at him and asked, "What do you want to know?"

"I originally had a lot to ask." Nian Quan stared at the tea in front of him, watching the steam rising: "But while brewing the tea, I figured it out... I shouldn't know these, at least not now."

"If your mother's death was just a spillover, you wouldn't be here. She should..."

At this point, Nianquan shook his head slightly, and turned to ask Anjing: "On the contrary, you took the risk to come and tell me the news of my mother's death. I am very grateful."

"But I also know that you have something you want to ask me, otherwise you wouldn't have accepted my invitation... Just ask, and I'll tell you."

"Actually, I was planning to ask some more sensitive questions."

An Jing looked around. The residence of Nianqin and Nianquan was not very spacious, even a little cramped. The old furniture and various books and jade slips were stored in baskets and food boxes, which were recycled. It was filled with the atmosphere of a simple life. "But now, I don't think it's necessary to ask."

"Your mother has done a good job. No one will suspect you."

There was no trace of a third person living there. Just as he had guessed, the father had died early, and the mother and son depended on each other for survival.

An Jing originally planned to ask Nian Quan about the details of his mother's daily life to see if Nian Qin was really the undercover agent of the Guiyi Army, but when he saw such a simple residence, he knew that Nian Qin was hiding very well.

You know, the reward she got for smuggling was more than 7,000 good deeds, which is more than 700,000 credit points. In her previous life, it might have been enough to have the purchasing power of several million - although it couldn't do anything big, but if she saved a little, it would be more than enough to improve her life.

She even hid it from her own son and didn't dare spend the money. Obviously, she wouldn't reveal any flaws.

In that case, An Jing wanted to ask some other detailed questions.

He turned his gaze to Nianquan and asked curiously, "You are obviously a natural spiritual root, why is your life still so difficult?"

Nianquan blinked his eyes, then said in a daze: "You are not from the city, but from the wilderness, right?"

An Jing's mouth twitched, and he began to think this was a bit boring - how could anyone guess that he was not a city dweller but a wilderness person? Was his country bumpkin's aura so obvious? Was the chip so convenient?
No, no, he is obviously from another world, not a wilderness person!

(End of this chapter)