66: The Spiritual Root Trilogy, Ye Ansheng’s Spiritual Root!

"The Spiritual Root Trilogy?"

Ye An looked at the five large characters on the cover, his face bewildered.

Trilogy? Was that three Cultivation Techniques or one?

"What is this Spiritual Root Trilogy?"

Ye An, full of doubts, quickly asked.

Ye Xinyan smiled.

"The Spiritual Root Trilogy is a Cultivation Technique that every Cultivator must learn!"

"It is divided into three parts!"

"Namely, Spiritual Root Detection Method, Spiritual Root Disguise Method, and Spiritual Root Tempering Method!"

"The first two Cultivation Techniques, as the names suggest, are used to detect the opponent's Spiritual Root and to disguise one's own Spiritual Root!"

"And the third part, the Spiritual Root Tempering Method, is used to Cultivate the Spiritual Root!"

"Disguise, detect, and Cultivate?"

Ye An was shocked upon hearing this.

Spiritual Roots could actually be Cultivated?

"Come on, tell me more!"

Ye An was full of anticipation.

Ye Xinyan didn't waste words and immediately began to explain.

"First, let's talk about the Spiritual Root Detection Method. It's actually a means of Spiritual Root sensing!"

"It allows a Cultivator to sense the Spiritual Root of another Cultivator who is at the same level of strength as them, or weaker!"

"However, those stronger than oneself cannot be sensed!"

"As for the Spiritual Root Disguise Method, it's similar. For example, if you don't want to expose your strength, when someone weaker than you tries to detect your Spiritual Root, you can deliberately suppress your strength and at the same time disguise the grade of your Spiritual Root, making it impossible for the other party to gauge your true strength!"

"However, the Disguise Method is generally used less often. The main ones used are the Detection Method and the Tempering Method!"

Ye An nodded upon hearing this.

It made sense. Weaker people couldn't sense the Spiritual Roots of stronger people.

So, stronger people generally didn't worry about weaker people trying to detect their Spiritual Roots, and naturally didn't need to deliberately suppress their strength to disguise their Spiritual Roots.

This kind of disguise was probably used more often against opponents of the same level, or when circumstances required it.

Ye Xinyan continued.

"And the reason the Spiritual Root Detection Method is used so much is mainly because it involves the Spiritual Root Tempering Method!"

"The Spiritual Root Tempering Method, as the name suggests, is a method of Spiritual Root Cultivation!"

"How it's Cultivated, it sounds a bit like a wicked technique, but it's actually not!"

"Because the Spiritual Root Tempering Method has many limitations!"

"Let me first tell you how a Spiritual Root is Cultivated!"

"The process of Cultivating a Spiritual Root is actually very simple: it's about seizing Spiritual Roots of a higher quality than one's own!"

"For example, if you have a Low-Grade Spiritual Root, then you can seize the Spiritual Root of a Cultivator who possesses a Medium Grade or High Grade Spiritual Root!"

"Then, you absorb the essence of the opponent's Spiritual Root into your own Spiritual Root!"

"This is how you achieve the goal of Cultivating your Spiritual Root!"

Ye An couldn't help but exclaim upon hearing this.

"Isn't this still a wicked Cultivation Technique?"

Ye Xinyan, however, smiled.

"Of course not!"

"The reason wicked Cultivation Techniques are called 'wicked' is because they involve indiscriminate killing and are uncontrollable! They often use ordinary people for practice!"

"The Spiritual Root Tempering Method is different. You can only target Cultivators with better Spiritual Roots than your own, but Cultivators with better Spiritual Roots are generally stronger than you!"

"So, while it sounds simple, it's actually very difficult to do!"

"You might ask, 'Can't I just target newborn children?'"

"That, of course, won't work. Think about it, it's already difficult for Cultivators to get pregnant, and it's almost impossible for children of ordinary people to be born with a Spiritual Root!"

"Children who can be born with a powerful Spiritual Root usually have very strong parents, and how many people dare to provoke them?"

"So, the Spiritual Root Cultivation method sounds simple, but it's actually not easy!"

"And most importantly, Cultivators, when they know they are about to die, will generally take the opportunity to destroy their own Spiritual Root!"

"Therefore, if you want to seize someone else's Spiritual Root, not only do you usually have to face an opponent beyond your Realm, but you also have to defeat them before they have time to destroy their Spiritual Root!"

"The difficulty of this can be imagined!"

Upon hearing this, Ye An suddenly understood.

Indeed, what Ye Xinyan said made sense.

For example, even with the Longyang Technique, the Spiritual Roots of the children his wife conceived were still inconsistent.

What's more, Spiritual Root Tempering could only target Cultivators with better Spiritual Roots than his own.

This didn't even account for fighting beyond one's Realm, or situations like 'hitting the child brings out the father, grandfather, maternal grandmother, maternal grandfather,' and so on!

The difficulty was actually very great!

Thinking of this, Ye An asked.

"Then if I don't seize someone else's Spiritual Root, is this Tempering Method useless?"

Ye Xinyan shook her head.

"That's not entirely true. The Tempering Method itself can also be Cultivated!"

"However, generally speaking, it can only improve the strength of one's Spiritual Root. If one is lucky, it might even raise the Spiritual Root by one grade!"

"If one is unlucky, then that's how it will be for their entire life!"

Ye An suddenly understood upon hearing this, and a surge of joy followed in his heart.

As long as this Tempering Method could be Cultivated, then he could use his merit points to improve his Spiritual Root.

He didn't necessarily have to find someone with a stronger Spiritual Root to seize.

Thinking this, Ye An quickly said.

"What, is there a Cultivation room? I want to go into seclusion and study it!"

"Call me when it's time to drink tonight?"

Ye Xinyan smiled.

"Alright! I'll take you!"

Afterward, Ye Xinyan led Ye An to the Ye family's Cultivation room.

It was actually just a secret chamber where the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was slightly denser.

After bringing Ye An there, Ye Xinyan left.

Ye An didn't waste words, directly closed the door, and began to study.

Due to the great allure of the Spiritual Root.

So Ye An first put aside Swift Wind Stride and began to read the Spiritual Root Trilogy.

And as he flipped through it, sure enough, the System's voice soon rang in his mind.

【Ding! Detecting that the Host is Cultivating the Spiritual Root Trilogy!】

【This investment of 30 merit points will immediately allow you to learn the three Cultivation Techniques related to Spiritual Roots!】

【Do you wish to invest?】

Listening to the System's voice, Ye An didn't waste words and immediately shouted.

"Invest!"

【Ding! Congratulations to the Host for learning the Spiritual Root Trilogy!】

【Friendly reminder: The Disguise and Detection Cultivation Techniques cannot be further improved, but the Tempering Method can continue to improve Spiritual Root quality!】

【Host's current Spiritual Root: Low Grade, no attribute. Can consume 1000 merit points to upgrade to Medium Grade, no attribute!】

【Do you wish to upgrade?】

"One thousand points?"

Listening to the System's quote, Ye An felt a pang of heartache.

Although he had over ten thousand merit points, he couldn't afford to spend them like this; this was just the beginning!

A Medium Grade Spiritual Root was already so expensive, Ye Gu couldn't even imagine what came next!

However, after a second thought, Ye An asked in his mind.

"System, what benefits do I get from upgrading my Spiritual Root?"

Unexpectedly, the System actually answered!

【Ding! Host's Spiritual Root upgrade can reduce the Cultivation time for your own strength, Cultivation Techniques, Divine Abilities, etc., but it will not reduce the merit points consumed for Cultivation!】

【In addition, upgrading the Spiritual Root can also increase the Host's Cultivation limit. The higher the Spiritual Root, the higher the Realm one can Cultivate to!】

Listening to the System's answer, Ye An smiled helplessly.

Indeed, the improvement of the Spiritual Root determined the speed of Cultivation and the height of Cultivation, while the amount of merit points required for Cultivation was determined by Mental Energy!

Thinking of this, Ye An also sighed!

"Although I don't lack time right now, it's only a thousand merit points, so I'll invest it!"

"After all, a Low-Grade Spiritual Root just sounds like cannon fodder!"

Thinking this, Ye An didn't waste words and immediately shouted.

"Invest!"

Sure enough, the next moment, the System's voice rang out.

【Ding! This deduction is 1000 merit points. The Host's Spiritual Root has been upgraded to Medium Grade, estimated to take ten seconds!】

Listening to the System's voice, Ye An indeed noticed.

The white Spiritual Root within his body, still mixed with gray, actually began to change!

The original gray Impurities were disappearing at a visible speed!

And the original white Spiritual Root slowly began to show a hint of green!

"This is a Medium Grade Spiritual Root?"

Ye An was incredibly excited.

However, the System's voice then rang out again.

【Ding! The current Host can invest 10000 merit points to upgrade the Spiritual Root to High Grade!】

【Do you wish to continue upgrading?】

Listening to the System's voice, and looking at his remaining 14920 merit points!

Ye An was completely numb and couldn't help but curse.

"Damn it, ten thousand points?"

"A High Grade Spiritual Root actually costs ten thousand points?"

"Then how many points would Liu Bairan's Heaven-Grade Spiritual Root cost? Probably millions of points, right?"

"This guy runs around with millions of merit points every day, and no one manages him?"