The Real Way to Cultivate in the City-Chapter 35: I Don’t Have a Spirit Root! But That’s Not a Big Problem...
[Lin Hao calmed his mind and focused on his dantian]
[Following the cultivation technique of Longevity Spring Skill, Lin Hao began to operate the cultivation route]
[Lin Hao sensed the bottleneck from Qi Refining Stage to Foundation Establishment Stage]
[Lin Hao used his abundant magical power to launch an assault on that bottleneck!]
[Lin Hao exhausted his magical power but still did not complete Foundation Establishment.]
[Lin Hao’s attempt at Foundation Establishment failed]
[For the first time on his path of cultivation, Lin Hao, who had always progressed smoothly, encountered a difficulty]
Lin Hao slowly opened his eyes, feeling this was not in line with cultivation.
Clearly, he had felt the bottleneck, and his magical power was already saturated, so why couldn’t he complete Foundation Establishment?
After absorbing a few pieces of lower-grade spirit stones, Lin Hao restored his magical power and divine thought to their peak state and continued attempting Foundation Establishment...
[Lin Hao’s attempt at Foundation Establishment failed]
Lin Hao absorbed more lower-grade spirit stones and continued...
[Lin Hao’s attempt at Foundation Establishment failed]
Continued...
[Lin Hao’s attempt at Foundation Establishment failed]
Continued...
[Failed]
Continued...
[Failed]
Continued...
Lin Hao refused to believe it.
By noon, Lin Hao...
Believed it.
Something must be wrong!
He had tried so many times, launched so many assaults on that bottleneck!
His magical power, tirelessly refined by his incarnation, was incomparably pure.
His divine thought, nurtured by the White Impermanence Avatar, had long surpassed the strength it should have at the Qi Refining Stage.
But even with this near-perfect Qi Refining Stage setup, Lin Hao still felt no sign of a breakthrough...
Instead, this morning, he had wasted 50 pieces of lower-grade spirit stones!
And swallowed all the elixirs he could use!
To no avail.
pieces of lower-grade spirit stones, yet he failed to complete Foundation Establishment.
pieces of lower-grade spirit stones, that’s 50,000 bucks!
That’s the most spirit stones he could muster at the moment...
The rest had been used up by his incarnation’s usual cultivation and magical power refinement.
No, wait...
There is one upper-grade spirit stone left!
The upper-grade spirit stone "given" to him by the Wild Cultivator, he still kept one piece.
pieces of lower-grade spirit stones failed to help him break through.
Surely, 1000,000 of upper-grade spirit stones would provide a chance, right?
Although an upper-grade spirit stone is worth 10,000,000, resources that enhance one’s strength are truly valuable.
This upper-grade spirit stone, if not used, should it just be worshipped?
An upper-grade spirit stone, identified by the log as a cultivation resource needed by "Divinity Transformation Ancestors" in the cultivation realm!
With a thought, he acted immediately.
Lin Hao made another attempt!
[Lin Hao calmed his mind and focused on his dantian]
[Following the cultivation technique of Longevity Spring Skill, Lin Hao began to operate the cultivation route]
[Lin Hao sensed the bottleneck from Qi Refining Stage to Foundation Establishment Stage]
[Lin Hao used his abundant magical power to launch an assault on that bottleneck!]
[Assault!]
[Assault!]
[Assault!]
[...]
Due to holding the upper-grade spirit stone, Lin Hao’s magical power recovered quickly.
Always in a state of abundant magical power, he launched assault after assault on the bottleneck!
Once, twice, three times,...
Lin Hao didn’t know how many attempts he made.
After the upper-grade spirit stone in his hand turned to dust, Lin Hao opened his eyes.
He was still at the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Stage, still half a step into Foundation Establishment, but he was not discouraged.
[Lin Hao exhausted his magical power but still did not complete Foundation Establishment.]
[During his attempt to complete Foundation Establishment using the upper-grade spirit stone, Lin Hao discovered the reason he could not complete Foundation Establishment]
[It’s because...]
[It’s because...]
[It’s because Lin Hao has no spirit root!!!]
[Lin Hao, who always aimed to become an immortal and roam free across the world, is unexpectedly a mere mortal without a spirit root]
[A spirit root is an essential for mortals to go from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment]
[Without a spirit root, mortals simply cannot complete Foundation Establishment, cannot step onto the first true step into the Immortal Sect]
[Long, long ago, in the cultivation realm, mortals without spirit roots, even if they cultivated Qi Refining to Great Perfection, could never break through to Foundation Establishment their whole lives]
[And to reconstruct a spirit root, even a lower-grade one, requires a treasure of heaven and earth!]
[Using such heavenly treasures on a mortal without a spirit root is sheer waste!]
[For mortals to cultivate immortality, how difficult it is]
[How few are those who possess a Spirit Root]
[But Heavenly Dao always leaves a chance for survival, and a mortal finally cultivated immortality through great hardships]
[To solve the difficulty of mortal cultivation, he invented the "Pseudo Spirit Root"]
[Now, the majority of cultivators in the Cultivation Realm, although not having stepped on the Path of Cultivation, gain their power through Pseudo Spirit Roots]
[Lin Hao needs to find a Pseudo Spirit Root]
Although he spent a high-grade Spirit Stone and still didn’t reach Foundation Establishment, he gained information about Foundation Establishment, so it wasn’t a waste.
It’s far more useful than spending 50 lower-grade Spirit Stones this morning, only to get "failure" information.
Come, let’s analyze the log content——
The majority of cultivators...
Pseudo Spirit Root?
A word flashed through Lin Hao’s mind unconsciously...
Contained Object.
...
When Lin Hao’s log showed his lack of a Spirit Root,
In a laboratory far from Ke Chen City...
An elder with various tubes inserted all over his body opened his eyes, with doubt:
"Why has Qianqian’s destiny suddenly become so hard to digest?
Has an anomaly outside of destiny appeared in Ke Chen City?"
...
After restoring his Magical Power, Lin Hao left the guesthouse and stepped into the studio.
In the studio, as Lin Hao expected, he saw Name-Slinging Geezer.
Still dressed in old-fashioned clothing, with a fan tucked behind his back...
Compared to his appearance queuing for milk tea, at this moment splashing ink on the paper, the geezer had an aura of a master!
He had quite the charm!
Name-Slinging Geezer generally stayed in the studio.
Either reading newspapers and drinking tea.
Or playing with writing and painting.
After all, the Contained Object that granted him the "Take a Humble Name" ability is the brush in his hand.
The containment method for this brush:
[When there’s nothing to do, write some characters, paint some pictures, do what a brush should do, take care of business]
If this containment method isn’t satisfied, those who receive a humble name and use it long-term, even if they aren’t facing dangerous situations, their lives will become "humble lives"!
To what extent?
So humble that they could choke on drinking water.
And the writing and painting level of Name-Slinging Geezer with this brush...
How to put it...
Can’t even think of a high EQ way to answer.
Just barely recognizable as characters and paintings... right?
"Geezer."
Lin Hao leaned forward and asked, "Are you painting a dragon?"
"What do you think?"
"I think it’s well-done, perfectly captured in spirit, lifelike!"
"I’m painting a river."
"Hmm... No wonder I feel an unstoppable momentum..."
Name-Slinging Geezer removed the fan and lightly tapped Lin Hao’s head:
"Alright, don’t say anymore, I’m nearly in the ground, don’t I know my painting level?"
After tapping Lin Hao, Name-Slinging Geezer tucked the fan back in his collar, asking:
"This is the first time you came to me voluntarily, what’s up? Want me to give you a humble name?"
"No! No!" Lin Hao waved his hands repeatedly.
If getting a humble name without needing to use it, Lin Hao would certainly ask for one, but since he must use it daily, as someone who is a...
Pacifist enthusiast.
He definitely doesn’t need a humble name!
He doesn’t even approach danger, let alone discover it, as he dodges it quickly!
Otherwise, in the future as an Immortal Ancestor, what would others call him?
Gou Dan Immortal Venerable?
Venerable Iron Head?
Pockmarked Immortal?
Then while people pray to him, offering milk tea...
Oh dear...
The picture is too beautiful, I totally can’t imagine, don’t dare to imagine!
"Then why are you looking for me?"
"Could you let me see your Contained Object?"
"No problem."
Name-Slinging Geezer generously handed the Contained Object to Lin Hao, his Contained Object’s been touched by many people in the City Management Team, without much secrecy.
Upon receiving the brush, Lin Hao’s eyes flashed with log entries...
[An official cultivator showed Lin Hao his Pseudo Spirit Root, and the breakthrough is imminent for Lin Hao, who really wants to have a Pseudo Spirit Root of his own]
Indeed, Contained Object, can be identified as a Pseudo Spirit Root by the log.
Then...
Not a big problem, he just needs to figure out a way to find a Pseudo Spirit Root to breakthrough!
Known way to obtain a Contained Object...
