Chapter 107: Bad Spiritual Roots (1/2)
The light slowly started growing brighter and brighter. All 5 circles were shining with the same intensity. The board aside from the circles was also shining a bit yellow.
”The lights determine how well you can use that particular element. So at some point, some of the lights will go out leaving you with the ones that you have elemental alignment with.” Wen Cheng said from the side.
Alex knew what his spiritual roots were, but he still looked forward to seeing how a normal cultivator went about to determine theirs.
The light shined brightly with no sign of going out and this started to make Wen Cheng nervous. The longer it went on, the more his face frowned.
At last, the lights in the circle stayed bright with no sign of increasing and the overall board also shined in bright yellow light.
”Sigh, so unfortunate,” Wen Cheng said while shaking his head. Alex was surprised to see such a negative reaction.
'Isn't it good? I have all 5 elements. Why is the acting disappointed?' He was curious, so he asked.
”Is that bad, master?”
Wen Cheng sighed once more and said, ”From my knowledge, Yes. It's not bad on its own, but when compared to other spiritual roots based on their advantage and disadvantages, it's the worst.”
Alex got really confused at the very vague answer. Wen Cheng saw his confused face and said, ”Let me explain.”
”There are two types of people born in this world. Those with a spiritual root, and those without it. For the ones that don't have a spiritual root, the best they can do in a cultivation world is reach the top of the organ tempering realm. They cannot go above that.”
”The ones who are born with spiritual roots don't have any sort of inherent limitations due to spiritual roots. However, even among them, there are ones that are superior and ones that are inferior.”
”A superior spiritual root is one that is aligned to a single or at most 2 of the 5 elements. If it is aligned with 3, it is considered an average one. While having 4 and 5 are considered the worst of the worst.”
He sighed once again. Alex was surprised too. He hadn't expected his spiritual roots to be actually considered bad. As for why that was, he decided to ask.
”Why are they the worst master?”
Wen Cheng stopped sighing and started explaining.
”Spiritual roots determine how effective a person is at handling an element. If a person has a single element root, they can use that element to its highest power. However, the more elements you introduce to one's spiritual roots, the less effective their grasp of the elements gets.”
”In this manner, both ends of the spectrum have an advantage and disadvantage. The ones with fewer elemental roots can only learn techniques with those elements, but have those techniques be really powerful”
”While those with more elements, they have more freedom at learning techniques, but those techniques won't be as powerful.”