Chapter 26: Communication
After a successful transaction, Li Shiming and Fan Yiyang grew quite close.
"Fellow Daoist, you're headed to Central Capital, are you preparing to attend next year's Ascension Conference?" Fan Yiyang asked, sipping his tea.
Li Shiming hadn't expected the first piece of news from Fan Yiyang to be this.
He didn't deny it and simply smiled, pouring more tea for Fan Yiyang.
"As long as your background is clean, with your age and Qi Refining Second Level cultivation, joining a sect through the Ascension Conference shouldn't be difficult. However, you must clearly state the origins of your cultivation technique and it must withstand the sect's investigation!" Fan Yiyang, believing his own judgment was correct, continued.
Li Shiming thought it over, his Five Elements Qi Absorption Technique came from the Weiyuan Escort Agency, and he had even obtained it from his own home garden; there was no need to worry on this account.
Even if the sect had some kind of probing method, he could openly admit where he had acquired the Five Elements Qi Absorption Technique.
"It seems you're considering the Sky Sea Sect as your first choice, which is also the preference for the majority of those with spirit root seeds. How your spirit root seeds fare will need to be tested at the Ascension Conference, but given your age and having reached the Qi Refining Second Level, it's likely your spirit root seeds are not bad!" Fan Yiyang said, trailing off into a reverie about something.
This was the first time Li Shiming had heard of spirit root seeds, what he had known before was that cultivating immortality required talent, which must be these spirit root seeds.
"How are spirit root seeds judged as good or bad? Besides the Ascension Conference, is there any other way to test them?" he then asked.
"Of course, the fewer spirit root seeds, the better. Both single and dual spirit roots are indicative of a genius, but those who possess them are extremely rare. Then comes those with three spirit roots, who are the main force of the Cultivation World. Of course, most have either four or five spirit roots, the vast majority of discovered spirit root seeds are these two types.
Having four spirit roots is slightly better; there's still a chance. But five spirit roots are considered useless; practitioners with them are almost always stuck at the early stages of Qi Refinement for their entire lives.