My path to immortality was smooth sailing.

Wei Qingmu looked at Wei Jing with a complicated expression.

As the guide and instructor for the family's potential cultivators, he has taught at least several dozen, if not a hundred, family members over the past thirty or forty years.

But he had never seen anyone who could attain enlightenment overnight, let alone heard of it.

Even Wei Shuo, the current patriarch of the Wei family and the Foundation Establishment Ancestor, took almost a month to guide Qi into his body.

Noticing the complex look in the elder's eyes, Wei Jing felt a chill run down his spine and began to guess what was going on.

Is it possible that for others, generating Qi, drawing Qi into the body, and refining spiritual Qi is not a simple matter?

Is it due to one's own destiny?

"Xiao Jing, do not make this public. Just keep a low profile and focus on your cultivation."

"This... Elder, I understand," Wei Jing said hesitantly.

"Ugh! Ugh!" The two turned to look and saw Wei Tiezhu covering his mouth very consciously, indicating that he would not say anything more.

This scene prompted the clan elder to stroke his beard and chuckle.

Wei Tiezhu may be a bit simple-minded, but he's not a bad person at heart.

"Back then, it took me three months to develop Qi, and another ten days to guide Qi into my body. It took me a full hundred days to finally cross the threshold of cultivation," Elder Wei Qingmu said with a shake of his head.

More than three months? Wei Jing was shocked.

"Hehe, even so, the old man is not the slowest to enter the path. There are many people who take four or five months, or even half a year or a year."

"Hiss, then Brother Jing, you entered the Dao overnight, wouldn't that make you a genius?" Wei Tiezhu exclaimed in surprise.

Even Wei Jing himself was startled; it seemed he had underestimated the influence of his destiny.

[Destiny: Turning insurmountable barriers into smooth paths, with no bottlenecks in spiritual cultivation.]

"However!" Elder Wei Qingmu changed the subject, staring directly at Wei Jing as he spoke:

"Being quick is nothing. I've seen many people with outstanding spiritual roots who entered the Dao in ten or fifteen days, but they lacked the foundation and the follow-up strength, and gradually returned to mediocrity."

"Back then, one of the people who entered the Dao in thirteen days was the same generation as the clan leader Wei Shuo. For the next ten years or so, that person dominated his peers in the clan and showed his brilliance. At the same time, the clan leader Wei Shuo was just an ordinary person with no outstanding qualities, but in the end, it was he who achieved the Foundation Establishment and took charge of the clan."

Wei Jing nodded. Having lived two lives, how could he not know the principle of "the nail that sticks out gets hammered down"?

The elder was teaching him not to be arrogant and spoiled. The path of cultivation is long, and although the first step may be fast, it must be steady.

Wei Shuo, the contemporary patriarch of the Wei family, is a prime example of someone who has maintained a steady and stable approach.

Moreover, Wei Jing knew that he was not a genius; it was purely because of his destiny that he was able to ignore the bottleneck before entering the Dao.

The cultivation speed will then return to normal.

"Elder, I understand the saying in the book that 'the tallest tree in the forest will be felled by the wind.'" Wei Jing's eyes were clear, without a trace of arrogance or pride.

"Hmm, this young man is teachable," Wei Qingmu praised, stroking his beard.

Next, Wei Qingmu answered Wei Jing's questions and taught him the mysteries and profound meanings of the Yi Mu Chang Qing Gong.

"As the saying goes, when heaven and earth were in chaos, people were divided into the five elements."

"Do you know the answer?" Wei Qingmu asked Wei Jing.

Wei Jing shook his head, and Wei Tiezhu beside him also shook his head, completely confused.

Wei Qingmu didn't keep them in suspense and began to explain in detail.

"The chaos of heaven and earth refers to the fact that the spiritual energy between heaven and earth originally had no attributes and was in a state of chaos. Only after being absorbed into the body will it differentiate into the five elements."

Wei Jing possessed three spiritual roots, which caused the chaotic spiritual energy within his body to split into three attributes: earth, wood, and fire.

Wei Tiezhu has five spiritual roots, so according to this theory, when he begins to cultivate, the spiritual energy he absorbs will be divided into five attributes, which can be said to be all five elements.

"Elder, does that mean that when Tiezhu cultivates the Yi Wood Evergreen Technique, he can only absorb wood-attribute spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy of the other four attributes has to be circulated throughout his body before being expelled?"

Wei Qingmu nodded slowly, then looked at Wei Tiezhu with a hint of barely perceptible pity in his eyes.

"What do you mean?" Wei Tiezhu scratched his head, still completely confused.

Wei Jing remained silent, his expression turning somewhat grim.

Doesn't that mean all that effort was wasted?

Five portions of spiritual energy, and you can only absorb one portion? That's ridiculous.

Wei Jing glanced at Tie Zhu, realizing he was slightly better off, absorbing one out of three portions of spiritual energy.

"So if you have a single spiritual root, the chaotic spiritual energy entering your body will only separate into one type of spiritual energy. Wouldn't that mean you only need to cultivate the corresponding attribute of the cultivation technique and not waste your efforts? Wouldn't your cultivation speed be incredibly fast?" Wei Jing put down the book in his hand and looked up at the clan elder.

"That's right!" Wei Qingmu affirmed Wei Jing's words.

"Therefore, a single spiritual root is also called a heavenly spiritual root. The speed of cultivation is simply a thousand miles a day. Such people are the pride of heaven. However, heavenly spiritual roots are extremely rare. In the four hundred years of my Wei family's history, not a single one has ever appeared."

"I see." Wei Jing understood.

"Moreover, although the difference between a Heavenly Spiritual Root, a Dual Spiritual Root, and a Triple Spiritual Root may seem to be only one spiritual root, the cultivation speed can actually differ by several times."

"Ah! Then I'm doomed." Wei Tiezhu, who had been listening for a long time, finally understood and his face immediately turned bitter, as if he was about to cry.

So your own spiritual root is the worst.

Wei Jing and Wei Qingmu both looked at him with pity.

My child, your path to immortality may be somewhat rugged and uneven.

Next, Wei Qingmu explained the true meaning of the Yi Mu Chang Qing Gong to Wei Jing from beginning to end, going through it with him.

This benefited Wei Jing greatly. The Wei family's 400-year-old martial arts technique had long been thoroughly mastered, and various tricks and tips had been developed by predecessors.

Wei Qingmu explained everything to Wei Jing in one go, and Wei Jing immediately understood.

So this is what it feels like to stand on the shoulders of giants? It's wonderful.

With the support of their families, the elders imparted their experience without reservation, showing no selfishness.

"That's all for today! No rush. Cultivation is a lifelong endeavor. You should reflect on it yourself first." With that, Wei Qingmu got up and hurriedly left.

Wei Jing then realized that it was already dark, and that the clan elder had spent the whole day explaining things to him without him noticing.

"It's finally over, Jing-ge, let's go! Hurry home, my stomach has been growling for ages."

"You guys are too talkative." He rubbed his stomach; heaven knows how he got through the day.

Listening to the discussion and explanations between the clan elder and Brother Jing, he eventually fell asleep on the table, his drool soaking the books.

"Brother Jing, come to my house for dinner tonight. I asked Sister Xiaoju to make braised pork."

Xiao Ju was assigned by the clan to take care of Wei Tiezhu's daily life.

Wei Jing was speechless upon hearing this.

"It's been three months, and you're still eating braised pork? Aren't you tired of it?"

"Tired? How could it be tired of it? I could eat it my whole life and never get tired of it." Wei Tiezhu curled his lips.

How could anyone get tired of such a delicious treat?

Two years ago, his father carried the coffin for Grandpa Li and had a big feast. He even secretly brought some back for the boys in the family.

That was the first time Wei Tiezhu had ever eaten braised pork, and also the only time he had ever eaten braised pork before he went up Dieyu Peak.

"Hehe! So what if my spiritual root is trash! At least I get to eat braised pork every meal."

"It was worth it!" Wei Tiezhu's face showed a satisfied smile.

Wei Jing: ...