Chapter 136 Spiritual Root

"Friend Wang, you..."

"I'm sorry," Wang Qiqing was in a daze for a moment, and finally realized that he had made a fool of himself. However, he never took his face seriously, so he didn't care about other people's whispers at all. Instead, he said with shining eyes: "I was wondering, what exactly is spiritual energy? Although we can feel it, is it really a gas?"

"'gas'?"

Wang Qiqing quickly explained: "Gas is a form of matter. It has no shape but has volume. Matter has many forms, such as solid, liquid, gas, plasma, etc. Among them, gas is a gaseous object.

“For example, water, when it condenses into ice, it is a solid; when it melts into flowing water, it is a liquid; and when it evaporates into water vapor, it is a gas.

"For example, the air we breathe is mainly composed of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, etc. These are all gases, and are also the most typical colorless gases.

"So, based on the properties of the spiritual energy, the most likely possibility is gas."

Lu Wenyuan thought for a moment and asked sincerely, "Friend Wang, I'm not questioning you. I just want to know, what's the point of analyzing this?"

"Knowing the world is never about whether it is useful or not. If it is useless, we should just muddle through and not explore! What's more, the significance of understanding this matter is too great!"

Wang Qiqing was so excited that he slammed the table and added: "First of all, the efficiency of the monks' practice is affected to a certain extent by the concentration of spiritual energy! So, if spiritual energy is really a gas, we can use various means to increase the concentration of spiritual energy per unit volume. In other words, we can even freely control the concentration of spiritual energy - doesn't this mean that we can quickly improve the efficiency of the monks' practice?"

Ignoring the strange words, Lu Wenyuan could understand most of it, especially when he heard "improve the practice efficiency of the cultivators", he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Changing the concentration of spiritual energy and artificially improving the efficiency of practice, how is this possible!?

This is totally incomprehensible! However, seeing Wang Qiqing's matter-of-fact expression, Lv Wenyuan believed it a little bit - even though he couldn't figure out the reason no matter how hard he tried.

Wang Qiqing continued to talk: "Not only that! If we master the method of changing the form of spiritual energy, or in other words, its properties are similar to those of ordinary gases, then can we produce spiritual stones by changing its state? "Of course, the premise of all this is that spiritual stones are indeed the solid form of spiritual energy, and spiritual energy is indeed a gas."

"What if it's not?"

"If not... I can't imagine what it could be if it's not gas... If, if it really is something else..."

Wang Qiqing's voice became increasingly weak.

In fact, it is more reasonable for something else to exist.

If aura is really a substance, it is difficult to explain why it does not exist in the blue star universe.

Because in every small world in the Guixu Realm, spiritual energy exists almost without exception, the only difference is the amount. Even in the famous "land without spiritual energy", the spiritual energy is so thin that it can be ignored, not completely absent.

As long as it is a substance composed of elements, it is almost certain that the theory can be replicated. After all, Blue Star now has the technology of particle colliders, and it is only a matter of time before any substance composed of elements can be replicated.

So, why is there no spiritual energy in the universe where Blue Planet is located?

The Guixu Realm and the Blue Star China Kingdom have such a close connection that even many things recorded in the ancient books of the Flower-Growing Family are similar and correspondent. This can no longer be simply described as a coincidence. But if it is true according to the records in ancient books, there should be spiritual energy in the Blue Star!

But the reality is that there is no such thing - no matter what experiments and tests are conducted, no trace of "spiritual energy" is found!

"I have a question," Lv Wenyuan interrupted Wang Qiqing's contemplation: "If, as Daoist friend said, ice is the 'solid' form of water, then what is the connection between ice spirit roots and water spirit roots?"

Wang Qiqing was stunned.

He stood up in disbelief, and walked around the small table with a frown on his face. After a long time, he asked, "What are spiritual roots? Is there an explanation?"

Lu Wenyuan knew that Wang Qiqing was not asking about the mysterious explanations in the various secret manuals, but a more rigorous description, so he organized his words and said, "If you must say it, it should be a kind of talent attached to the soul and affecting the body."

Wang Qiqing had never expected this statement: "Talent?"

"Everyone has spiritual roots, but not everyone's spiritual roots can grow."

As if he was talking about a field he was very familiar with, Lu Wenyuan spitted out his mouth: "Most people have residual spiritual roots, that is, they only have very small spiritual roots, which is called 'natural residual'. It is difficult for the naturally residual to feel the spiritual energy, and cultivation will naturally be ten or a hundred times more difficult, which means that the path to immortality is cut off.

"But the spiritual roots are too balanced, without a main spiritual root to take the lead. Although they are not incomplete spiritual roots, it is still difficult to achieve results. Because the spiritual energy will flow back and forth among the five spiritual roots, it will greatly slow down the cultivation speed. Even the absorption of spiritual energy will be slower than that of other cultivators. This is called 'ground deficiency'.

"The best talent is a lot of top-grade mutant spiritual roots. These spiritual roots mutate because they grow well..."

As he was talking, Lu Wenyuan suddenly slapped the table and said in surprise: "I understand! It is because water can condense into ice, so the ice spirit root is the variation of the water spirit root!?"

But then he frowned again and said, "That's not right! How do you explain the mutated thunder spirit root?"

Wang Qiqing asked, "Well... Daoist friend, what are the specific manifestations of the spiritual roots?"

"How do you let me explain this?"

Lv Wenyuan muttered and complained, but still explained seriously: "There are five major categories of spiritual roots, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. Some of these categories have other small branches, among which the mutant spiritual roots are the main ones.

"Golden spiritual roots are extremely sensitive to metals such as iron, copper, gold, and silver, while wood spiritual roots can naturally sense plants. Water spiritual roots have a strong control over lakes and seas. Fire spiritual roots allow cultivators to easily cultivate natural spiritual fire, and earth spiritual roots are even more exaggerated. They can mobilize soil and rocks, and learning the art of escaping underground is much easier than other cultivators."

"What about the ice spirit root?"

"Ice Spiritual Root? Ice Spiritual Root is a mutated spiritual root that can freeze objects, condense water into ice, and melt ice into water. It seems..."

Lu Wenyuan scratched his head and said, "It seems to be very similar to the water spirit root?"

"So, all the effects of the same spiritual roots are the same?"

"That must be different! Otherwise there wouldn't be any distinction between aptitude, physique, and the eight extraordinary meridians!"

"Can't spiritual roots grow out later in life?"

Lv Wenyuan was almost speechless at Wang Qiqing's fantastic question: "Do you think it's cabbage? How can it grow?!"