Chapter 78: Chapter 62: Secrets of the Spiritless Land

“Oh dear, what a bother, what a bother~! Why don’t I just pass the position of Sect Leader of Taiyii Dao to you…”

Zheng Yi’s mouth twitched. He’s already the Emperor of Great Yu, what use would the position of Sect Leader of Taiyii Dao be to him?

“Elder Celestial Master Zhao, you just need to tell me why I can’t seek immortality and the secret of this Spiritless Land, and you can exchange it for a Blood Moon Gu from me!”

“The secret of the Spiritless Land?”

Zhao Xizheng said curiously, “Doesn’t your Great Yu Imperial Family have records of it, passed down orally, have you forgotten?”

Zheng Yi’s heart moved, but soon he reacted, “My father was already gravely ill and spoke unclearly before his death, and I didn’t catch what he said.”

“Learning from Elder Celestial Master now serves as a confirmation.”

“I see… no problem!”

Zhao Xizheng chuckled, “I’m getting quite the advantage here…”

“The Spiritless Land, huh…”

Zhao Xizheng casually found a stone to sit on, and Zheng Yi, without any airs, sat on another stone.

Seeing this, Zhao Xizheng looked even more pleased.

“To talk about this, we have to start from over a thousand years ago… no, about three thousand eight hundred years ago.”

“According to the records of Taiyii Dao’s scriptures, at that time, blood rains fell from the sky, meteorites crumbled, the earth vanished, and there were tides of spiritual qi…”

Zhao Xizheng narrated eloquently, and Zheng Yi listened intently.

As time passed, the sun reached the very center of Jinghuang Peak.

After a round of explanation, Zheng Yi learned what the Spiritless Land was.

According to Elder Celestial Master Zhao, over three thousand eight hundred years ago, this place was still a Cultivation Land.

There weren’t many cultivators but there weren’t few either.

Then a celestial upheaval occurred, a meteor shower descended in all directions, blood rains fell, and then the spiritual qi dissipated, with no more spiritual qi thereafter.

The once flourishing cultivation realm began to transform greatly.

Initially, it was not noticeable, but over time, cultivators could not progress in their cultivation, spirit grass consumed could not regrow, and spirit stone veins depleted one by one.

In just a few hundred years, the entire cultivation world collapsed.

Countless sects and cultivators began to fight and seize the remaining cultivation resources.

In the end, even a piece of Yellow Essence just ten years old would be fought over by Nascent Soul cultivators!

During that time, the cultivation realm was extremely chaotic, countless major sects were besieged by independent cultivator alliances.

Even the Divine Land Continent, known as the Cultivation Holy Land, was shattered by the combined forces of countless high-tier cultivators, turning into several continents and tens of thousands of various-sized islands.

Even Nascent Soul cultivators could be killed by Qi Cultivation cultivators through ambush during the successive battles as spiritual qi dissipated and magical power could not be replenished!

A thousand years later, cultivators became extinct and no longer emerged.

Mortal nations were born, forming dynasty after dynasty, beginning to take over the world.

The cultivators who once roamed the world vanished, not emerging for hundreds of years.

Story after secret emerged from Zhao Xizheng’s mouth, making Zheng Yi’s heart surge with emotion, unable to control himself.

If he had crossed over to the prosperous cultivation era three thousand eight hundred years ago, what would he do?

But most likely, he would just become part of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

Zhao Xizheng took a sip of fine wine and continued, “By the way, the territory your Great Yu Dynasty occupies now used to belong to a sect called the ’Mayfly Sect.’”

“The entire Great Yu Dynasty, even the southern Nanzhao Country, Mountain Country, and Yur Country, were once the influence range of the Mayfly Sect.”

“I remember there’s an organization in the martial arts world called ’Mayfly Tower,’ that’s an assassin group formed by the surviving cultivators of Mayfly Sect, aiming to assassinate your emperors.”

“Hehehe…”

Zhao Xizheng laughed, “Over a thousand years ago, more than a hundred independent cultivator alliances and cultivator families joined forces and took advantage of the Mayfly Tower high-tier cultivators and Mountain and Sea Sect cultivators being severely injured in battle to capture the Mayfly Sect’s mountain gate, annihilating Mayfly Sect!”

“Afterwards, the former influence range of the entire Mayfly Sect was occupied by only a dozen or so remaining cultivator families, who took much of the Mayfly Sect’s heritage.”

“Unfortunately, a few hundred years later, it just ended up benefiting your Zheng Family and a few other royal families.”

Zheng Yi’s heart stirred, and he suddenly asked, “Elder Celestial Master Zhao, have you heard of the ’Dongyun Clan’?”

“Dongyun Clan? Yes, of course.”

Zhao Xizheng rolled his eyes at Zheng Yi, “Isn’t that the family exterminated by your Zheng Family, when there were only three early-stage Qi Cultivation cultivators left in the Dongyun Clan, and your Zheng Family overwhelmed them with sheer numbers, thus founding the Great Yu Dynasty.”

“Tsk tsk tsk, Great Yu was founded over three hundred years ago, I wonder what the world is like today?”

Zheng Yi couldn’t be bothered to reply, still sorting through the information he obtained from Zhao Xizheng’s words today.

After a few moments, he suddenly asked again, “Just now Elder Celestial Master Zhao said I have no chance of seeking immortality, why is that?”

“It’s very simple.”

Zhao Xizheng took another sip of fine wine, “As soon as we met, I checked you based on your standing.”

“The ’Hundred Battle Blood Slaughter Saber’ you practiced is not bad, you actually stepped into the ranks of a First-grade Martial Artist.”

“This martial dao talent of yours, except for your Great Yu’s founding emperor Zheng Mingsen, no one has a talent stronger than yours.”

“However… you don’t have a spirit root, so you can’t cultivate.”

“Spirit root?”

Zheng Yi frowned and said, “What is a spirit root?”

“Spirit root… you can think of it as a martial dao talent. Without a spirit root, you can’t sense and gather spiritual qi, so of course you can’t cultivate!”

With Zhao Xizheng’s explanation, Zheng Yi quickly understood the special nature of spirit roots.

For mortals to embark on the path of cultivation, they must possess a spirit root.

Among them, the Five Elements spirit roots of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are the most common.

Wind, thunder, ice, flame, light, dark, and blood are anomalous spirit roots.

However, among mortals, those born with spirit roots are one in ten thousand.

The quality of spirit roots is divided into lower, middle, top, and top-grade.

Those with Five Elements spirits roots can only reach as high as late-stage Qi Cultivation and are also known as pseudo spirit roots.

Those with Four Elements spirit roots have a very small chance of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage and are considered lower-grade spirit roots.

And those with Four Elements spirit roots form the largest group in the cultivation world.

Whether in a sect, family, or other forces,

they are only worth cultivating if they have three spirit roots or above.

Three spirit roots are middle-grade spirit roots.

Dual spirit roots are top-grade spirit roots.

As for single attribute, they are called top-grade spirit roots.

Also known as celestial spirit roots!

Celestial spirit root cultivators have an exceptional sensitivity to Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

They can break through bottlenecks in extremely short periods.

As long as there are no accidents on the path of cultivation, reaching the Nascent Soul Stage is only a matter of time.

There’s even a significant chance to achieve the Divinity Transformation Stage!

Unfortunately, the number of celestial spirit root individuals is extremely scarce.

Even if calculated among millions of cultivators in this world,

the number of celestial spirit root cultivators is no more than a handful.

Zhao Xizheng personally tested Zheng Yi just now, and he has no spirit root.

He has no fate with cultivation!

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