Chapter 15: Kung Fu Wei Mubai took out two jade slips, "This is...

Wei Mubai took out two jade slips and said, "This is the most suitable technique for you. You can choose one."

There are not many Chaos Five Spiritual Roots techniques. If Xu Hui was not from a big family like the Wei family, she would have to make do with learning the Five Spiritual Roots techniques. It's not that they are useless, as there are many Heavenly Grade Five Spiritual Roots techniques, but they are not so compatible.

These two sets of skills were created specifically for the five spiritual roots of chaos, so the effects are naturally extraordinary.

Xu Hui poured spiritual power into them, and the contents emerged and transformed into wonderful words in the air. It seemed that just by looking at them, one could understand countless Taoist methods, which were extremely mysterious.

As a modern prospective college student, she couldn't understand a single word. She knew all the words, but the content seemed like hieroglyphics to her.

But the amazing thing is that as long as she placed the jade slip against her forehead and used her spiritual sense to explore it, she would naturally understand the Taoism contained in it. As the saying goes, read a book a hundred times and its meaning will become clear.

With the jade slip, you don’t need to read it a hundred times, it will be firmly remembered in your mind and you can gain insights anytime and anywhere.

She took a quick look at them and immediately understood the mysteries of these two techniques.

The one on the left is "Nine Heavens Mysterious Wood Art", a ground-level skill with a fast training speed. In the early stage, it is comparable to a genius with a single spiritual root. However, after the Nascent Soul stage, advancement requires the understanding of the natural way of Taoism. It is easy for those with high comprehension, but it is easy to encounter bottlenecks for those with a little less comprehension.

This is not unsolvable. Your understanding can be gradually increased with practice and understanding of the Tao.

In addition, natural treasures, such as enlightenment tea, can also increase your understanding.

What's more, this is just a test. In the vast universe, no matter what kind of skills you practice, there are tests. Practicing Taoism is to defy the will of heaven and change your destiny. How can it be smooth sailing?

For example, Wei Mubai had such a unique spiritual root that there was almost no martial arts method suitable for him. In the early days, he relied on learning from others, comprehending many martial arts methods, and exploring his own unique path of cultivation.

In the later stage, you have to create your own skills. If you don’t have a natural heart for Taoism, this will be very difficult, very, very difficult!

Another example is the Lei family's "Chao Yuan Lei Jue". Every time one advances, he will suffer from lightning strikes several times heavier than other cultivators, and as his cultivation level increases, the number of lightning strikes will be doubled.

For ordinary cultivators, encountering a thunder tribulation would mean a certain death, but for them, it would mean a hundred deaths.

Therefore, from the beginning of their practice, they must be struck by lightning again and again in order for their bodies to adapt to this intensity.

But after the tribulation, spiritual rain will fall to repair the damage to the body so as not to damage the foundation. This is not available at other times, so one can only use various natural treasures to repair the body, which are difficult for ordinary cultivators to find.

While the requirements for Xuan-level and Huang-level techniques may not be so stringent, the speed of cultivation is slow and requires steady effort. Endurance and perseverance are both indispensable.

Therefore, practicing Taoism is like fighting against heaven for one's life, so it is impossible to be without difficulties.

"Nine Heavens Mysterious Wood Art" only sets a bottleneck in perception, which is already very good.

But Xu Hui obviously prefers another book "Three Gives Birth to All Things", which is said to be "Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things"①.

She has the five spiritual roots of chaos, which is very consistent with the natural law of "Three Births and All Things". Moreover, this technique is compatible with her special Taoist body with full affinity for plants, and they complement each other during practice.

This is a heavenly-level technique. The progress is slow in the early stages, but it is steady and solid. Later on, it will get faster and faster until finally, promotion is a natural process without any bottlenecks.

The only problem is that this is an incomplete version. It only contains the first half of the exercises, which covers the cultivation up to the Nascent Soul stage, and nothing after that.

If she wants to make further progress, she can only practice other techniques after forming a fetus. This is not a big deal, at most her practice speed will slow down.

Or, let Wei Mubai help to complete the remaining skills?

Xu Hui glanced at Wei Mubai, thinking about this possibility. If the two of them were still bound together at that time, then the other party helping her to deduce the martial arts would only be mutually beneficial.

Even if the two of them separated, her strength had improved and she could find opportunities on her own.

Done!

She made a decision. Since there was a better choice at the beginning, why should she give in? Cultivation is about defying fate and changing destiny. In the early stage, she should try her best to grab the best resources, and things will go more and more smoothly later. It is not her character to be hesitant.

"I choose 'Three Lives, Three Worlds,'" she said firmly.

"Well," Wei Mubai was not surprised. He took back another jade slip of cultivation technique, and then two more. "This is my understanding and comprehension of 'Three Lives, All Things'. It can be used as a reference for you."

Yes, this is equivalent to telling Xu Hui the correct answer.

Cultivation is about cultivating the individual, and one’s character, understanding, and luck are all indispensable.

Basically, a monk is led into the door by a master. One part of the practice depends on the master's guidance, four parts depends on understanding, and five parts depends on self-awareness.

Few masters will directly tell their apprentices their understanding and insights. They let them explore and understand on their own, especially in the early stages. If you are unable to comprehend the skills, it is because you lack personal affinity.

Many cultivators fail directly at the first step of understanding and are unable to complete the first step of refining Qi and transforming it into emptiness.

Xu Hui, on the other hand, passed this level directly by tempering her spiritual roots and reached the third level of Qi training.

Wei Mubai directly told her his insights, which was equivalent to cheating.

With Wei Mubai's cultivation and understanding of various skills, his insights are like a bird's-eye view and are extremely subtle.

With such hands-on teaching, even if Xu Hui was a fool, he would be able to learn it.

There were two jade slips, one was the comprehension of the Taoist method of "Three Lives and All Things", and the other was a technique extended from the method, which included attack, defense, healing, and concealment. It was obviously created by Wei Mubai according to her needs.

She only needed to learn and practice without having to think too much, which was perfect for her brain that had been trained in nine years of compulsory education.

Xu Hui immediately memorized the content and read it carefully over and over again, gradually gaining a comprehensive and systematic understanding of "Three Lives and All Things".

Where does the Tao begin? All things carry the Yin and embrace the Yang, and the collision of Qi makes them harmonious. Sometimes they are damaged and benefited, and sometimes they are benefited and damaged...②

Gradually, she understood and got a three-dimensional answer in her heart. Spiritual power surged from the outside, impacting her meridians, and she actually entered a state of enlightenment directly.

Wei Mubai paused slightly with his hand holding the teacup, a satisfied smile appeared on his face, and he casually set up a barrier.

I originally thought that this method would be counterproductive, as it would miss the initial process of understanding, and my comprehension would not be improved, making it more difficult later on.

But he really didn't have time to waste. Xu Hui's comprehension was not good. If he couldn't understand Taoism for a long time, it would delay his practice.

Unexpectedly, she found another way and entered into enlightenment, which immediately made up for this small flaw and brought her understanding to a higher level.

It seems that this teaching method of explaining things clearly and thoroughly is suitable for little ones.

He shook his head. Understanding and comprehension are two different things. Many people are unable to comprehend on their own after understanding something, because they cannot achieve harmony by stuffing other people's thoughts into their thinking.

Only what you have realized from the vagueness belongs to you. Although you are seeing flowers in the fog, you can understand your own truth bit by bit.

Xu Hui was a complete surprise. She understood and gained deeper insights. She was very good at drawing the nutrients she needed from other people's insights, thereby forming her own thoughts and insights.

This is a habit developed through years of compulsory education. Xu Hui is not a person who studies by rote. She understands what the teacher explains in detail and can integrate and understand it on her own to form her own systematic knowledge and further strengthen her understanding.

This learning method was trained by her parents since she was young and has become a habit. Even though she is not smarter than others, she can have a more solid foundation and learn with ease.

However, doing so requires a lot of time to consolidate new knowledge and practice preview repeatedly.

It has to be said that Wei Mubai's approach was exactly what Xu Hui wanted, especially for her.

She distilled Wei Mubai's thoughts and insights, formed her own understanding, and combined with the past years, she gained a new understanding of Tao.

A clearer understanding would actually be more beneficial to her practice.

In this way, Xu Hui fell into enlightenment, her mind wandering in the Tao, and she felt the wonderful and omnipresent Tao over and over again. As her understanding deepened, her spiritual power also continued to flow in.

The fourth level of Qi training, the fifth level of Qi training, the sixth level of Qi training...it was stuck at the peak of the sixth level of Qi training. Going further would be the late stage of Qi training.

She did not break through, but stopped.

Although her realm was not unstable during her sudden enlightenment and her understanding of Taoism was deep enough, her physical fitness could not keep up with the speed of cultivation and was about to burst.

She needs to circulate her spiritual power over and over again to slowly transform her body so that it can accommodate more and more spiritual power.

The spiritual palace needs to be expanded, the meridians need to be tempered, and the blood, bones and muscles need to be nourished by spiritual power.

Opening her eyes, Xu Hui breathed a sigh of relief and felt that her vision had become very wonderful. Every blade of grass and every tree around her was within the range of her senses, including the wind blowing through her clothes, the plants struggling to grow, and every leaf had its own evolutionary direction.

What she saw was no longer a flower or a tree, but the traces of wind flow, the trajectory of plant growth, and the passage of time.

She expressed her feelings, quite puzzled, "Can someone in the middle stage of Qi training have such keen insight?"

She could even sense patterns, such as what shape a leaf would grow into, which seemed to follow a certain pattern.

Is cultivation so magical?

Wei Mubai smiled slightly, "Only you!"

This was the unique induction ability of the Chaos Spirit Root and the natural affinity with plants. Combined with her recent enlightenment, it opened up the key points and gave her a natural induction ability with nature.

"So you are a natural spiritual plant master!"

Things that others have to work hard to learn, she only needs a little understanding to know how to do.

The method of collecting and planting only reduced the time she spent on summarizing and generalizing, and did not play a decisive role.

Let’s put it this way, that method might have been developed by a previous cultivator with the highest level of plant affinity through induction and his own exploration, and it was based on experience.

Others would be lucky if they could learn even 40% or 50% of his experience.

Xu Hui can fully understand and implement it, and even improve and simplify it to make it better.

Xu Hui seemed to be lost in thought. "I know how to plant it now. Do you have any seeds?"

Wei Mubai took out the first-level Star Spirit Grass, the second-level Poison Ghost Vine, and the third-level Eight Anise Mysterious Ice Grass, "You can try planting these first."

Xu Wei nodded, took it and went directly into the spiritual field space, appearing near the repaired spiritual field.

He bent down and pinched the soil, feeling the ingredients inside. The spiritual power was very abundant, or perhaps it was because he hadn't planted anything for a long time, and the spiritual power was so abundant that it was about to overflow.

First, take out the Star Spirit Grass seeds. The round brown seeds are about the size of a mosquito. They feel soft and smooth in the hand. Feeling them carefully, I suddenly have an insight in my mind.

Know where this seed is suitable for planting, what kind of growing environment it requires, and even its preferences.

Star Spirit Grass prefers dryness and dislikes sunlight, so it is best planted under a sycamore tree...

These feelings are vague and cannot be fully understood.

So she entered the learning space and bought and learned to grow Star Spirit Grass. This time, she didn't need to practice thousands of times. She understood it after just one look. She knew what each gesture meant, and it was no longer just a simple repetition like before.

After understanding the habits of plants, you will know that the uniqueness of this hand gesture lies in communicating with plants, creating a suitable growth environment for them, and guiding their growth direction.

For example, if Star Spirit Grass is in the wild, it will definitely grow under the paulownia tree.

But with the hand gestures, a similar environment can be created. No paulownia wood is needed, and the plants can be planted directly in the spiritual field.

In addition, the hand gestures can also guide the evolution of the Star Spirit Grass. For example, during the growth process of the general Star Spirit Grass, twelve leaves will grow, which will slowly fall off during the period, transferring the spiritual power to other leaves, and finally only three leaves will grow.

The hand gestures can directly guide it to grow three leaves, and all the absorbed spiritual power will be supplied to these three leaves. The growth time will be shortened significantly. The medicinal effect is the same, and the planting time is greatly reduced, which is twice the result with half the effort.

Soon, she learned how to plant three kinds of spiritual plants. Star Spirit Grass was not difficult to grow and could be harvested after half a month. In addition to the accelerating effect of the hand gestures, the spiritual energy of the space and soil was particularly rich. After creating a suitable environment, the Star Spirit Grass would grow faster.

The second level poison vine is similar and not that difficult.

But when it comes to the third level of Eight Aniseed Mysterious Ice Grass, it is not so simple, because her spiritual power is not enough!