The senior sister spoke softly, seemingly muttering as she passed by, but An Zhengzheng remembered it.
Soon, the senior brother who had just gone to ask for opinions returned, bringing with him Master Kongyu from the Medicine Sect.
Master Kongyu asked with a serious expression, "Zhengzheng, may I ask if An Yirou has a hidden spiritual root?"
The so-called hidden spiritual root is a spiritual root that appears and disappears at different times, and its cultivation speed is very unstable.
“Hidden spiritual root?” An Zhengzheng frowned and shook his head, “We test spiritual roots at the age of three, and I have never heard the clan say that Yi Rou has a hidden spiritual root.”
Master Kongyu said with a solemn expression, "Hidden spiritual roots are very rare. Jian Lin, who ascended a thousand years ago, had a hidden spiritual root."
"Its characteristics are high flexibility, appearing and disappearing at will, and it is also very flexible during moments of enlightenment. If others are disturbed during their enlightenment, it may be interrupted, but the hidden spiritual root physique is not affected by this, because this body is inherently unstable."
"...Take me to see her."
An Zhengzheng was startled. After learning that An Yirou and Jian Lin both had hidden spiritual roots, she quickened her pace considerably.
He led Master Kongyu from the bow of the ship to An Yirou's room.
An Yirou suddenly realized the truth on the spot and remained unmoved.
Master Kongyu swept his whisk over her, and golden characters appeared in mid-air.
An Yirou's attributes were detected: Wood Spiritual Root, Fire Spiritual Root.
"Huh, it really has changed."
An Zhengzheng also looked solemn and told Kong Yu Zhenren in a very serious manner: "She used to be exactly the same as me, both of us had wood and earth spiritual roots."
Now, the earth has turned into fire.
Master Kongyu was very interested and carefully examined An Yirou.
The few strands of black hair mixed in with the gray hair swayed slightly with his curiosity, showing just how rare the hidden spiritual root was.
Has anything changed in her life?
Master Kongyu recalled the books he had read and thought of the pattern of changes in hidden spiritual roots. He pointed out the direction to An Zhengzheng: "Changes in will are often the key to activating hidden spiritual roots."
"A change of mindset..."
From the moment An Yirou followed him to escape his family, that was the period of fastest growth and the most dramatic change in her mindset.
An Zhengzheng excitedly shared her guess with Master Kongyu.
"Yes! Yes!"
Master Kongyu sighed and said, "Actually, a thousand years ago, the women's constitution was the most special because they were completely able to receive another life within their bodies."
"It can carry different numbers of lives over time, just like a physique can carry different spiritual roots over time."
"Therefore, hidden spiritual roots are mostly found in women."
This makes a lot of sense, but An Zhengzheng just can't understand it.
She pondered for a moment before saying, "But if women all possess this innate resourcefulness, why is it that we rarely hear of it..."
He stopped halfway through his sentence.
Considering what Master Kongyu said earlier, is there anything else you don't understand?
He said that the change of mind is often the key to activating the hidden spiritual root, but there are so many female cultivators, yet we rarely hear of anyone having their hidden spiritual root activated. What does that mean?
This suggests that over the past thousand years, the female cultivators' minds have been uniformly bound by a curse, leaving no room for change.
Or perhaps, they have actually had their hidden spiritual roots activated, but no one cares what happens to the constitution of those with hidden spiritual roots.
Because... men do not have hidden spiritual roots, there is no special magical artifact made to detect hidden spiritual roots.
Without this magical artifact, the female cultivators would have no idea about their transformation.
Just like in her previous life, An Zhengzheng had presented a business case study on medicine in class. At that time, she was surprised to find that the treatment of drug reactions in Western medicine actually used male or male animals as samples.
The United States even issued a regulation in 1977 prohibiting female subjects from participating in clinical studies.
Those are drugs that are distributed globally!
This indicates that a large number of women have taken far more medication than they should have, resulting in more side effects.
But nobody cares.
Just like when cars first came out, the seats and airbags were designed with men's body shapes in mind, so the risk of women driving is greater.
"If Yi Rou hadn't had this sudden enlightenment today, no one would have known that her hidden spiritual root had been awakened..."
Because the magical artifacts used to detect hidden spiritual roots are not widely available, and no one even cares about them.
There are probably many more female cultivators like An Yirou.
Even someone like An Zhengzheng, who has read all sorts of books since childhood, has never seen a book related to hidden spiritual roots in the past ten years.
If it weren't for Master Kongyu coming to tell her, she wouldn't have thought of this.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Master Kongyu had no idea what An Zhengzheng was thinking, only sensing that she was feeling very down.
An Zhengzheng simply shook her head slightly, feeling a little sad.
But she always adhered to her principles, just as she had just taught An Yirou: when you encounter a problem, you must solve it.
"Master Kongyu, do you have any books related to hidden spiritual roots in the library of our Siyue Sect?"
An Zhengzheng's gaze was firm.
Since no one is willing to invest in this magical artifact, then An Zhengzheng will have to do it.
"Of course there are, but they're probably going to gather dust."
Whether Kong Yu Zhenren was joking or not, he told An Zhengzheng, "These kinds of books are rarely borrowed, so there shouldn't be any missing. You can ask the senior sisters or brothers on duty in the library hall later."
"Thank you, Master."
As the two were talking, the senior brother who had been in charge of steering came over again. He asked Master Kongyu for instructions: "All the masters and disciples on the flying boat have been cleared out. Now it's just us..."
"Master, now it's time to..."
Master Kongyu nodded slightly and said, "In that case, after I cast a spell to teleport her out of the flying boat, you can put the flying boat away as usual."
He led An Zhengzheng and the others out of the flying boat.
An Zhengzheng looked back and saw that the huge flying boat had been put back into the magic treasure box by her senior brother who was steering it.
"That's Senior Brother Ge Rong from the Weaponry Sect. He's in charge of keeping the flying boat safe."
Master Kongyu is a disciple of Master Qingxu, and usually manages the sect for Master Qingxu. He knows almost all the Golden Core stage inner disciples of various sects.
The senior sister who had just passed by came over. She had just finished inspecting the flying boat: "Master Kongyu, what should we do with this junior sister who has suddenly attained enlightenment?"
Before Master Kongyu could speak, Master Suotang arrived in an instant.
He only had one disciple, and the moment he saw her walking with Master Kongyu, he felt a pang of jealousy.
This is his genius disciple! A genius just like himself!
This old man Kongyu has always been too lazy to take on disciples, so why is he eyeing his own disciple?
The two old men had been fighting each other their whole lives.
He coughed twice and said, "What are you talking about?"
“Master.” An Zhengzheng bowed politely and pointed to An Yirou, who had been teleported from the flying boat to the shore. “Yirou has had an epiphany, and now we don’t know what to do with her.”
"Has he suddenly realized something?" Master Suotang found it quite novel.
He quickly realized: "He had an epiphany the whole way... without interruption?"
"...Is it a hidden spiritual root?"
Seeing his happy expression, Master Kongyu immediately blocked Master Suotang's view.
He gritted his teeth and said, "...This is the disciple I want to take in!"
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