Chapter 53: The Start of Cultivation (2/2)

If she had seen Mo Wuji throw the manual on the floor in frustration before she knocked on the door, she would have realised that Mo Wuji was nothing but peaceful.

Mo Wuji took out some tea leaves and offered to make a cup of tea for the woman in black calmly, ”I am Mo Wuji and I just reached Chang Luo recently. I am planning to try my luck at the Spring Immortal's Gate Conference. How may I address you?”

”My name is Shen Lian but you may address me as senior apprentice sister Shen...” The woman in black paused before continued by saying, ”I am going to stay here for a long period, should I pay you some rent?”

Why would Mo Wuji want to collect rent from Shen Lian? If he had more money on him, he would immediately give some to Shen Lian.

”Senior apprentice sister Shen, everyone will go through a tough period in life. Moreover, I wouldn't be using the room if you did not approach me. It would be too crude to talk about paying rent,” Mo Wuji said with a straight face.

Shen Lian looked as though she was not very good with words. Therefore, she stood up and bowed to Mo Wuji upon hearing him.

Mo Wuji said quickly, ”Not trying to hide anything from you but I’ve barely started cultivating. There are many things about cultivation which I do not understand and will need to learn from you.”

This was Mo Wuji's purpose from the start.

Shen Lian looked more comfortable talking about this topic. She also did plan to give Mo Wuji guidance thus she replied, ”You can ask me about anything.”

Mo Wuji's spirit was immediately lifted. None of his friends knew about cultivation. His only friend who was able to cultivate was Han Ning. However, the difference in their stature made it difficult for him to ask her more.

”Senior apprentice sister Shen, you are currently at Channel Opening Stage Level 4. May I ask how many levels there are in total? And how many spirit channels must be opened to be considered capable?” Mo Wuji asked everything under one breath.

Shen Lian did not need to think for long to answer in detail, ”The fact that you are trying to cultivate means you possess spirit roots. The next step after having spirit roots would be to open the spirit. The number of spirit channels opened on the first try would represent how strong you can be in the future. Normally, it is considered decent to open about five spirit channels on the first try. Those with top quality roots will be able to open more than 10 spirit channels…”

Speaking of top quality roots, Mo Wuji could not help but think of Yan'Er.

”How many spirit channels can a genius open on the first try?” Mo Wuji asked.

”That is very hard to say. Those who can open more than 10 spirit channels are already considered geniuses. I've met a genius who once opened up 17 spirit channels. I heard that he was the first one in over a few hundred years to open up so many,” Shen Lian said in awe.

”Will you be in the Channel Opening Stage after having spirit channels?”

Shen Lian shook her head, ”After having your spirit channels opened, one must cultivate. Channel expansion is the continuous expansion of the spirit channels within your body. The more spirit channels expanded would result in greater power and possible achievements in the future. There are a total of nine levels in the stage. At the ninth level before the promotion to the Spirit Building Stage, if you are able to open 99 spirit channels, you could very well become an expert.”

”Does this mean a cultivator can open at most 99 spirit channels?” There were still way too many things that Mo Wuji did not know.

Shen Lian nodded then shook her head, ”To be capable of opening 99 spirit channels is already very rare. It is considered to be very impressive to have one or two of such people in an empire over a century. However, opening 99 spirit channels is not the limit. There were myths about a genius being able to open the 100th spirit channel and then proceeding to the 10th level. However, this is only a myth and there was no such person capable of doing this.”

”What is the purpose of proceeding to the 10th level if it wastes so much time and effort?” Mo Wuji questioned.

Shen Lian said, ”It is not a waste of time. Do you know about the three realms of cultivation?”

Mo Wuji shook his head in embarrassment as he did not know much at all.