Cultivation: Starting with Sterilizing My Own Father

When Wei Zhiying and her sister opened their eyes again, they were already at the border, a few hundred meters away from the village. Tang Youxi originally wanted to leave immediately when she saw that people had arrived, but the two children grabbed her from the left and right.

At five years old, Wei Lanyin was already able to communicate clearly: "Sister, sister, save them! Aunt Liu is going to burn Uncle Liu and the others to death!"

"Uncle Liu?" Tang Youxi thought for a moment, "Oh, is he the father of that chubby kid with five spiritual roots?"

Wei Zhiying quickly said, "This is too audacious! To kill and set fire in broad daylight! Sister, please help us! Although it's late August and it often rains, a fire can still start very quickly. Please help us, sister!"

Tang Youxi smiled and said, "Nothing will happen. If I remember correctly, that family should have a disciple who has just joined the outer sect of the Qing Shi Sect."

"But Brother Dazhuang hasn't even started cultivating yet; he doesn't know any magic at all!"

Tang Youxi took out hawthorn candy from the bag and distributed it to them. Then, holding their hands, she flew on her sword until they reached above the village. She said, “You two may not know this, but even for those who haven’t started cultivating, accidents in the mortal world can’t harm people with spiritual roots. Although there’s a woman with a broken leg and weak spiritual roots, she still has spiritual roots. With two people in the family who have cultivation potential, it’s impossible for them to be burned to death.”

By this time, the villagers had been called out by Butcher Liu and discovered the fire. Every household was carrying water to put out the fire.

Tang Youxi pointed it out to the siblings, and they then discovered that although the walls of Liu the butcher's house were clearly on fire, fine water droplets were seeping out, and some soil was even sticking to them. This wet mud is the least flammable. Moreover, when Liu the butcher kicked open the door and was blocked by the fire at the doorway, unable to get out, the flames seemed to silently avoid him as soon as Liu Dazhuang approached.

Tang Youxi explained, "That child has five spiritual roots. Although his cultivation is slow, the five elements are mutually reinforcing and restraining. If he cultivates well, his strength should not be underestimated. If he fights someone of the same level, the one with five spiritual roots will definitely win."

Just as Tang Youxi said, the Liu family had two people with spiritual roots, and the flames burned for a long time but didn't get much bigger. Seeing that the villagers were coming, Chen Mazi took the burning firewood and threw it into the house. When Liu Dazhuang saw something flying over, he subconsciously tried to reach out and open it. His hand touched the flames, but he wasn't burned.

On the contrary, because of his slap, although he knocked the firewood away, the flames also rushed directly towards Chen Mazi following Liu Dazhuang's gesture.

As soon as Wei Zhiying saw that Chen Mazi was on fire, she immediately covered her sister's eyes.

Seeing her son on fire, Chen Mazi's mother panicked and quickly said she would put out the fire. However, Chen Mazi was running around and even rolling around because of the fire, and the flames quickly spread to his mother.

Chen Wangdi had fainted from fright and was temporarily carried away by the villagers. With the help of the villagers, the fire was quickly extinguished. However, Chen Mazi was still burning badly. Although the fire was put out, he was barely alive. His mother was also burned red, but at least she survived and kept crying out for her son.

Tang Youxi winked at the siblings, the corners of her mouth curving into a smile just like a mischievous cat: "Alright, are you two relieved now? No innocent people were harmed. The fire eventually burned the arsonist. Let's go."

Wei Zhiying saw that everything was indeed alright. All the villagers were there, the fire had been extinguished, and the only injured people were Chen Mazi and his mother.

"It seems I was overthinking it. Let's go."

Only after leaving the village did Wei Zhiying remove her hand from her sister's eyes: "It's alright, sister, don't worry. The fire has been put out, Uncle Liu's family is fine, and our family is fine too."

Wei Lanyin looked back, but could see nothing but the smoke rising after the fire was extinguished: "That's good."

Back at the border, the disciples who had come with Tang Youxi had already set up a teleportation array. After all, they were still on the border of the Northern Shu Kingdom. Although the Guiyi Sect was within the territory of the Tiansheng Kingdom, it was still quite a distance from the border. They also had two young children with them, so teleporting was the most convenient, quickest, and easiest way.

Wei Zhiying and Wei Lanyin felt as if the things around them were dissipating rapidly like clouds and smoke. When they came to their senses, they saw a forest in front of them that looked like an oil painting. The green and dark brown intertwined to form a vibrant ecological picture.

Behind the forest, you can see majestic mountain peaks, but no matter how you look up, you can only see half of the mountain at most, as the mountaintops seem to be hidden among the clouds.

Tang Youxi slowed down so the two could keep up, and told Wei Zhiying and her brother that they would reach the foot of Guiyi Sect's mountain after crossing this forest. Although they had tested their spiritual roots many times, the testing crystals below only helped them identify whether they had spiritual roots. Coming here was to classify the level of their spiritual roots.

Tang Youxi thoughtfully explained to the two, "Spiritual roots are divided into top-grade, high-grade, upper-middle-grade, middle-grade, lower-middle-grade, and low-grade. Although spiritual energy is scarce now, the rules haven't changed. Only those with upper-middle-grade or higher spiritual roots, and who also possess three or more spiritual roots, are qualified to enter the sect. In the past, there were even top-grade disciples with only one spiritual root who were directly taken in by the elders and became their personal disciples. Of course, rules are rules, but people are flexible. Although the rules are as they are, spiritual energy is scarce now, so some sincere disciples will be admitted to the sect through special arrangements."

"However, after the new sect leader took over, some changes were made. Previously, anyone with a single spiritual root of superior grade or above could directly enter the inner sect. But the new sect leader declared that everyone is equal. Before entering the sect, you can abide by the rules of various countries, but after entering the Guiyi Sect, no matter if you are a princess, prince, or rogue, you will all cultivate in the outer sect and pass an annual competition to see if you have the qualifications to enter the inner sect. After you go there, you will have classes on September 1st, and there will be a small test every month. A year later, at the end of August, there will be a three-day outer sect competition. The top ten can enter the inner sect, and the top three can choose where they want to go."

"As for the inner sect, they hold an inner sect competition once every ten years. It was originally called the sect competition, but the new sect leader felt that the outer sect disciples could not compare with the personal disciples. Every time, it was the inner sect disciples and personal disciples who participated in the competition, so the name was changed."

Wei Zhiying asked in confusion, "Senior Sister, even with five spiritual roots, are they still divided into superior and inferior grades?"

"Of course it's divided." Tang Youxi imitated her master's swaying head while lecturing: "Even with five spiritual roots, there are differences in strength. You must know that everything in the world is composed of the five elements, and even mutated spiritual roots are no exception. For example, the elements of metal and fire can combine to form the element of thunder under certain circumstances, the element of water can mutate into the element of ice, and the element of wood can rise to become the element of wind. There are many more, and you will learn about them later. That's why the most common spiritual root is the five spiritual roots, there are no more. Even if they are all strong, it's impossible for them all to mutate."

Tang Youxi ate a hawthorn candy herself. She felt dizzy after shaking her head for a while and really didn't understand why her master liked to shake his head: "The levels of cultivation are divided into ten types: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refining, Body Integration, Great Completion, Tribulation Crossing, and True Immortal. Each part is further divided into early stage, middle stage, late stage, and Great Perfection. When you reach Great Perfection, you can prepare to cross the tribulation to the next stage."

Wei Lanyin raised her little face, smiling with two sweet dimples on her cheeks: "So, big sister, what stage are you in?"

Tang Youxi squatted down and rubbed Wei Lanyin's little head: "Haha, what an adorable junior sister. I'm now in the late Foundation Establishment stage. By the way, after you enter the sect, you have to call me senior sister. I look forward to you coming to the inner sect to find me."

After everyone had said everything they needed to say on the way out, they soon emerged from the forest. The first thing that caught their eye was the sect's gate, carved from white jade, with the words "Return to One" engraved on it.