Chapter 13: The former genius
Nan Xiao felt like her brain was about to explode. Many key fragments flashed by, and she could never catch them.
Lin Jingyuan gave them a few words of advice to be careful and then left.
The departure date was three days later. Nan Xiao asked for leave from the Fifth Elder and locked himself in the yard to make pills these days.
If you want to go to the secret realm, the more elixirs the better.
The night before departure, Nan Xiao went to the library and asked the elders for a lot of books on alchemy, and began to read them.
"Nan Xiao, these are books on high-level elixirs. Your cultivation is too low now, so you won't be able to refine them even if you take them." The elder of the library couldn't help but remind him.
Given Nan Xiao's current cultivation level and spiritual awareness, if he wants to try high-level elixirs, he will either overdraw his spiritual energy or his spiritual awareness, and easily go astray.
The sect has finally produced a talented alchemist, and we can't let her ruin us.
"Elder, I'll just take a look and I won't do anything rash." Nan Xiao understood the elder's concerns.
She just wanted to see more of the spiritual herbs and medicines used in these high-level elixirs. Just like Lu Huai said, it would be a pity to miss them.
The elder of the library was still worried and decided to keep the person under his watch.
While reading, Nan Xiao would occasionally take time to chat with the elders.
"Elder, are there really yang and yin spiritual roots among rare spiritual roots?" Nan Xiao asked.
Lu Huai had wind spiritual roots, Shen Chaochao had ice spiritual roots, and the original male protagonist had thunder spiritual roots. She hadn't seen the remaining Yin and Yang yet, and was a little curious.
The elder of the library stroked his beard and said, "Of course there are, but they are rare."
"That kid Jiang Xia has Yang spiritual roots, doesn't he?"
"Huh?"
Senior Brother?
Nan Xiao was puzzled, she really didn't know this.
Talking about Jiangxia, the elder shook his head and sighed slightly, with the word "regret" written all over his face.
"Is there anything wrong with this spiritual root?" Nan Xiao asked
"This Yang Spiritual Root is a mutant spiritual root. Its cultivation speed is comparable to that of a Heavenly Spiritual Root. Naturally, there will be no problem."
The Heavenly Spiritual Root is a legendary spiritual root, and no one has appeared in thousands of years.
"Then isn't the eldest brother a genius among geniuses?"
"He's a genius, but what a pity."
"Elder, what do you mean by this?" Nan Xiao seemed to know something.
When I asked about the senior brother's cultivation level, his aura was already unstable. He had hurriedly gone into seclusion six months ago, and now that he had emerged, he was in even worse shape.
Something is so wrong.
It’s a pity that she is still a young Qi cultivator and cannot see the cultivation level of the senior brother.
This matter was no secret among the high-ranking officials of Xiaoyao Sect, they just kept silent about it. The elder of the library slowly told her about it.
"Do you know who is the greatest genius in the cultivation world in the past hundred years?"
"Xiao Yanqing of the Tianjian Sect is the youngest to have reached the Nascent Soul stage, and he's not even a hundred years old yet." Nan Xiao thought about his answer, but felt it wasn't precise enough. He then added, "If they were from the younger generation, they would be Su Yan, the chief disciple of the Tianjian Sect, and Zhou Shiqing, the chief disciple of the Huanhai Sect. Both of them were already in the Nascent Soul stage before they were thirty, and they are considered the geniuses of the younger generation."
This Xiao Yanqing is the male protagonist. The love between this centenarian and a young girl, wow!!!
Fortunately, this is the world of cultivation. If it were in her era, it would have become a hot topic in minutes.
The elder of the library sneered, "They can indeed be called geniuses, but not the best?"
Nan Xiao widened her eyes. Is there a hidden character that she doesn’t know about?
"You are my senior brother."
"Mr. Long, long...Mr., are you serious?" Nan Xiao made him stutter.
The amount of information was a bit overwhelming, so she had to take it slow. However, the elder's next words made her gasp.
"Jiang Xia established his foundation at the age of ten, reached the Golden Core stage at the age of twelve, reached the Nascent Soul stage at the age of fifteen, and reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage at the age of eighteen. Tell me, among the people you mentioned, is there anyone who can compare to him?"
Nan Xiao's head shook like a wave. Is her senior brother so awesome?
No, she realized it quickly. Last year she asked about the senior brother’s cultivation level. Wasn’t he in the early stage of Nascent Soul?
Nan Xiao: "Isn't Senior Brother's cultivation at the early stage of the Nascent Soul? If he was at the peak of the Nascent Soul at the age of eighteen, how could his cultivation regress?"
"So it's such a pity. When this child was brought back to Xiaoyao Sect, it was discovered that his spiritual roots were missing a piece compared to normal people's. We thought it would affect his cultivation speed, but surprisingly, it was not affected at all, and his cultivation speed continued to increase. The sect leader and others didn't take it seriously at the time. It wasn't until Jiang Xia reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage that the lack of a piece of spiritual root was completely exposed. He couldn't break through to the Divine Transformation realm, and his cultivation level slowly declined. Everyone realized that something was wrong and searched a lot of ancient relics, but couldn't find a solution."
"I think his realm should have fallen to the peak of the Golden Core stage now."
The elder of the library sighed again, his tone full of regret.
If there were no problems with Jiang Xia's spiritual roots, their Xiaoyao Sect should be able to return to its former glory.
It’s the time and the fate.
"Currently, it's in the early stages of the Nascent Soul, but it will be in a while."
So this is what the sentence means. Nan Xiao stood up from her chair. She understood.
Because of his spiritual roots, the eldest brother's cultivation has been regressing. As a former cultivation genius, how could he accept that he has become a useless person?
Therefore, Jiang Xia does not appear in the original text. It is very likely that he could not accept that he would eventually become an ordinary person, so he chose to end his life.
Nan Xiao had been in Xiaoyao Sect for so long and had gotten along well with many of the disciples. She had learned that the eldest brother had been cultivating within the sect since joining it, rarely going out for training, and even rarely leaving the sect. Therefore, no one outside the sect knew that there was a person named Jiang Xia in the Xiaoyao Sect.
At the time, she had thought that the eldest brother simply didn't like going out. Now that she knew the reason, she could understand that the eldest brother was reluctant to leave the mountain because he didn't want to see other people looking at him with strange eyes, even if they didn't know about his past.
I think that now that the eldest senior brother is willing to take them to the secret realm, it is not because he wants to do something for the sect in the end to repay the sect for its cultivation over the years.
Nan Xiao was frightened by his own guess.
"Elder, do you really have no other solution?" Nan Xiao asked
The elder of the library didn't say anything. Nan Xiao remembered a book on elixirs that he had read before, and then he dived in and started looking through it.
Because of her spiritual roots, her cultivation speed had always been very slow, so she wondered if there was any elixir that could improve the quality of her spiritual roots. Of course, such a heaven-defying elixir did not exist. Otherwise, if everyone had her idea, the cultivation world would be in chaos. If she remembered correctly, there was an elixir that could repair spiritual roots, so the eldest brother could be saved.
"What are you looking for again? I just tidied up the bookshelf." The elder of the library looked at the books scattered on the floor, his eyebrows twitching uncontrollably, he was so angry.
"Don't be angry, Elder. I'll clean it up for you in a while." Most of Nan Xiao's body was buried under the book, with only his two legs still moving around outside.
"Just tell me what you want and I'll find it."
"Elder, no need, I found it." Nan Xiao stretched half of his body back, holding a yellowed book in his hand.
Nan Xiao flipped through the pages quickly and finally stopped at one.
"Elder, look, this may be able to repair our eldest brother's spiritual roots."
The elder of the library looked at Nan Xiao's embarrassed appearance and didn't want to say anything to her. She was also kind-hearted. She took the book and read it. "The Creation Pill can repair the spirit roots."
"Elder, is this useful?"
"have···"
"That's great, Big Brother's spiritual roots can be restored."
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