258. Chapter 258 Testing Spiritual Roots

Author: Long Baoyu

Chapter 258 Testing Spiritual Roots

Huang Zhuosong and Lu Qing both smiled when they heard this. When every cultivator hears about spiritual roots, he wants to know what level of spiritual roots he has.

Huang Zhuosong coughed lightly and said: "We are stationed monks, so we are naturally familiar with the magic of checking spiritual roots."

"However, the Duke is a martial arts cultivator, and his body is full of vitality, so the inspection is a little different from ordinary people. To avoid mistakes, it is more appropriate to use magic weapons."

As he spoke, he took out a jade box from his arms and placed it flat on the coffee table.

The jade box was white and flawless and as moist as mutton fat. It was obvious at first glance that it was valuable, but it was just a container for holding things. Zhao Lin couldn't help but become curious about the magical artifact inside.

Huang Zhuosong opened the lid of the box, and a flash of light revealed a crystal staff inside.

The crystal staff is about half a foot long and crystal clear. The body of the staff is engraved with many obscure runes. There are six raised horizontal stripes in the middle, dividing the entire crystal staff into seven sections.

Next to it was a gray bead the size of a dove egg.

Zhao Lin stared at the crystal staff and felt that it looked familiar. After looking at it a few more times, he suddenly realized that the shape and texture of the crystal staff were exactly the same as the bamboo joints in the spine when practicing inner vision!

"Spiritual roots exist in the spine, like bamboo knots, which are called spiritual knots in the monastic community. The more spiritual knots there are, the easier it is to sense spiritual energy and the faster it absorbs spiritual energy."

"The heavenly-grade spiritual roots have the most spiritual festivals, seven in total, and the earth-grade spiritual roots have six... By analogy, lower-grade spiritual roots have three spiritual festivals, and those with one or two spiritual roots are all mortal spiritual roots."

Huang Zhuosong explained while pushing the jade box in front of Zhao Lin.

"This object is called the Spiritual Bamboo Staff. It can reflect the spiritual knots in the monk's body, and the grade of the spiritual root will be clear at a glance."

Zhao Lin suddenly realized that he had four spiritual roots in his spine, so he should be considered a middle-grade spiritual root.

However, the words were unfounded and he still had to go through the formalities and asked: "How to test?"

Huang Zhuosong smiled and said: "Just press your fingers on the spiritual bamboo stick."

Zhao Lin hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his finger and pressed it on the bottom of the spiritual bamboo staff.

Although he is still on guard against the two of them, if the other party can restrain him with just a small stone, then it means that the strength of the two parties is not at the same level at all, and there is no point in being on guard.

Zheng!

As soon as Zhao Lin's fingers touched it, a halo of light rose up from the spiritual bamboo staff, rippling like water waves and covering the first horizontal stripe.

Then it spread over the second horizontal stripe, then the third stripe... and finally stopped at the fourth horizontal stripe.

Zhao Lin's eyelids twitched twice. This thing was indeed magical, and he believed in the identity of the two people.

"Congratulations, Duke, for having a middle-grade spiritual root!"

Huang Zhuosong and Lu Qing stood up at the same time to congratulate.

Zhao Lin had already expected the result and was not surprised, but just a little puzzled, "There are six levels of spiritual roots, and the middle level is only ranked fourth. Where does the joy come from?"

Huang Zhuosong laughed and explained: "The spiritual roots of heaven and earth are extremely rare, so they can actually be excluded."

"The spiritual roots of most monks actually fall into the upper, middle and lower grades."

"Furthermore, the spiritual roots condensed through martial arts can only reach the middle grade at best, so the results are not satisfactory!"

Zhao Lin understood that his spiritual roots were artificial spiritual roots and had reached the middle level. He comforted himself in his heart: "It's good, at least it's not a useless start..."

Moreover, I also have a map of spirit beasts. Although I cannot have the same advantage as when I was practicing martial arts, I can still provide a lot of help.

The Xuanyuan Continent is rich in spiritual energy, and there must be many powerful and powerful beasts. We can plan carefully when the time comes.

At this time, Huang Zhuosong said again: "Actually, when sects evaluate the spiritual roots of martial arts cultivators, they usually raise it by half a level."

"Half a step up?"

Zhao Lin couldn't help but asked curiously: "How to say?"

Huang Zhuosong said: "There are two reasons. First, one is lucky to be gifted with spiritual roots, but in the journey of cultivating the Tao, talent is just a stepping stone. Those who can truly achieve the Tao are those with perseverance and hard work."

"Anyone who can enter the Tao through martial arts and cultivate to the innate realm is one of the best among men, with great perseverance and great wisdom!"

"In the long run, with the same level of spiritual roots, the achievements of martial arts cultivators are much greater than those of those with natural spiritual roots."

"Second, martial arts cultivators have outstanding combat capabilities. Whether it's fighting between monks or hunting monsters, martial arts cultivators have an extremely advantage. I don't need to explain the reasons why, right?"

At this point, he paused and continued: "Of course, martial arts cultivation is not without its shortcomings. The biggest problem is that he is usually too old. Fortunately, the Duke has just turned thirty, so it is not too late to practice Taoism."

Zhao Lin remained calm and secretly felt relieved.

It seems that more than ten years of martial arts experience can still come in handy when practicing Taoism, rather than starting from scratch.

After Huang Zhuosong finished speaking, he picked up the tea cup, took a sip, then pointed at the gray beads in the jade box and said, "Please, please test the spiritual root attributes again."

Zhao Lin was slightly startled, "Didn't you test your spiritual roots just now?"

Huang Zhuosong shook his head and said with a smile: "What I just tested was the level of spiritual roots, but this spiritual bead is used to test the attributes of spiritual roots. The two are not the same."

"The level of the spiritual root determines the qualifications for practice, while the attribute of the spiritual root is related to which type of spell a monk is suitable for practicing."

"For example, although a monk with metal spiritual roots can practice earth-based magic, he can only practice it to the level of entry-level magic. No matter how hard he works, he will never be able to achieve the attainments of a monk with earth-based spiritual roots. This is

The role of spiritual root attributes.”

Lu Qing also added: "The spirit test beads can transform into different colors according to the monk's spiritual root attributes. Cyan represents the wind attribute, silver represents the ice attribute, and gold represents the thunder attribute."

"White, blue, green, red, and yellow correspond to the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth."

"I see!"

Zhao Lin thought to himself that while practicing the Return to the Sea Art, he had absorbed the souls of five strange beasts, namely the Ice Silkworm, the Thunder Catfish, the Wind Raccoon, the Gold-eating Rat, the Thunder Catfish, and the Fire Cloud Silkworm.

Now that there are six kinds of true energy in the body, does it mean that one's spiritual roots have six attributes?

Zhao Lin wanted to know whether his guess was accurate, so he stretched out his palm and asked: "Put your hand up too?"

Huang Zhuosong said: "It's best to hold it in the palm of your hand."

Zhao Lin nodded and carefully picked up the spirit-testing bead.

Although he did not deliberately amass wealth, he had won the first prize in four consecutive martial arts tournaments, and with his status as the Duke of Zhenguo, the wealth in the mansion could be described as endless, but there was no treasure comparable to the two things in front of him.

When the spirit-measuring bead was in hand, the light suddenly flowed, and a thick green mist rose from it, like morning glow and dusk clouds, and mist rising.

"Water Spiritual Root!"

Huang Zhuosong and Lu Qing blurted out at the same time.

As soon as the two of them finished speaking, the color of the mist in the spirit-measuring beads suddenly changed and turned into cyan.

Huang Zhuosong and Lu Qing looked at each other and said with some surprise: "There is also a wind attribute!"

After a few breaths, the color of the spirit-measuring bead changes again, producing mist of gold, silver, red, yellow... colors.

Now both of them were not calm anymore, staring straight at the spirit-testing beads.

"Water, fire, earth, wind, ice, thunder, six attributes!"

“It’s actually six spiritual roots!”
Chapter completed!