jiē xià lái de jǐ tiān ， lín xuān jiāng yí bàn de shí jiān yòng lái liàn gōng ， yí bàn de shí jiān yòng lái yán jiū tǐ nèi de xīng hǎi ， zhuǎn yǎn guò qù le yí gè xīng qī ， suī rán hái shì méi yǒu zhǎo chū duān ní ， dàn zhì shǎo jiāng lán guāng dàng zuò líng lì zuò dà zhōu tiān xún huán shí shùn chàng le yī xiē 。
接下来的几天，林轩将一半的时间用来练功，一半的时间用来研究体内的星海，转眼过去了一个星期，虽然还是没有找出端倪，但至少将蓝光当作灵力做大周天循环时顺畅了一些。
In the following days, Lin Xuan devoted half his time to cultivation and the other half to studying the star sea within his body. A week passed in a blink, though he hadn't yet found any clues, at least he had managed to make the blue light flow more smoothly when it was treated as essence energy.
“ jiū jìng yīng gāi zěn yàng yùn yòng ne ？”
“究竟应该怎样运用呢？”
"Exactly how should I use this?"
lín xuān bǎ wán zhuó shǒu lǐ de yī lì yào wán ， jiāng zhè xiē shí rì yǐ lái ， zì jǐ duì lán sè guāng diǎn suǒ zuò de shì yàn zài xīn lǐ xì xì shū lǐ le yī fān 。
林轩把玩着手里的一粒药丸，将这些时日以来，自己对蓝色光点所做的试验在心里细细梳理了一番。
Holding a pill in his hand, Lin Xuan ran through all the experiments he had conducted on the blue light points over these days. Unlike other spirit pills, this one emitted a peculiar sticky smell because it was given to him by Elder Ma; for cultivators, failed pills were useless, but Lin Xuan hadn't discarded them since their ingredients were still precious materials.
yǔ qí tā de líng dān bù tóng ， zhè lì yào wán sàn fà zhe yī zhǒng hū hū de wèi dào ， yīn wèi zhè shì mǎ zhǎng lǎo gěi tā de fèi dān ， duì yú xiū zhēn zhě ér yán ， liàn zhì shī bài de dān yào méi yǒu rèn hé yòng chǔ ， dàn lín xuān yě méi yǒu shě de jiāng fèi dān diū diào ， bì jìng liàn zhì tā de cái liào tóng yàng shì tiān cái dì bǎo 。
与其他的灵丹不同，这粒药丸散发着一种糊糊的味道，因为这是马长老给他的废丹，对于修真者而言，炼制失败的丹药没有任何用处，但林轩也没有舍得将废丹丢掉，毕竟炼制它的材料同样是天材地宝。
Thoughts alone wouldn’t suffice; he needed to try and understand through action.
guāng sī kǎo shì méi yǒu yòng de ， xiǎng yào yán jiū qīng chǔ ， hái yào dòng shǒu cháng shì 。
光思考是没有用的，想要研究清楚，还要动手尝试。
"Perform another grand circulation."
“ zài zuò yī cì dà zhōu tiān xún huán 。”
“再做一次大周天循环。”
Lin Xuan had already run the blue light through his meridians multiple times, each time it would dissipate at his right palm. This was clearly key, so he repeated the process tirelessly in hopes of finding a breakthrough point.
lín xuān yǐ jīng jiāng lán guāng dàng zuò líng lì zài jīng mài zhōng yùn xíng guò duō cì ， měi cì dào dá yòu shǒu shǒu zhǎng de shí hòu dū huì cóng shēn tǐ lǐ yì sàn chū qù ， zhè xiǎn rán shì guān jiàn ， suǒ yǐ lín xuān bù yàn qí fán ， xiǎng yào cóng zhè lǐ zhǎo chū tū pò diǎn 。
林轩已经将蓝光当作灵力在经脉中运行过多次，每次到达右手手掌的时候都会从身体里逸散出去，这显然是关键，所以林轩不厌其烦，想要从这里找出突破点。
Crossing his legs, Lin Xuan gathered the light points from his dantian into a blue thread and began the circulation. At first, everything went smoothly; though slow, the light did flow through his meridians and reached his right wrist quickly.
pán xī zuò xià ， zài cì jiāng dān tián zhōng de guāng diǎn jù jí chéng yī tiáo lán sè de niǔ dài ， kāi shǐ le xún huán ， qǐ chū de shí hòu yī qiè shùn lì ， suī rán sù dù hěn màn ， dàn què shí zài shùn zhe jīng mài liú zhuǎn ， hěn kuài dào dá le yòu shǒu de shǒu wàn 。
盘膝坐下，再次将丹田中的光点聚集成一条蓝色的纽带，开始了循环，起初的时候一切顺利，虽然速度很慢，但确实在顺着经脉流转，很快到达了右手的手腕。
But before it could continue further, Lin Xuan focused all his mental energy to feel out any details he might have overlooked.
zài wǎng qián jiù yào sàn diào le ， lín xuān jiāng shén shí quán bù jí zhōng qǐ lái ， zhǔn bèi xì xì tǐ huì ， kàn néng fǒu fā xiàn yǐ qián hū lüè diào de xì jié 。
再往前就要散掉了，林轩将神识全部集中起来，准备细细体会，看能否发现以前忽略掉的细节。
With his divine sense, Lin Xuan could clearly perceive the changes in the light points. They were about to reach his palm, but light being formless passed through the meridians and skin...
jiè zhù shén shí ， lín xuān néng gòu qīng xī gǎn yìng dào guāng diǎn de biàn huà ， mǎ shàng jiù yào dào dá shǒu zhǎng le ， guāng nǎi wú zhì wú xíng zhī wù ， qīng sōng chuān guò le jīng mài ， chuān guò le xuè guǎn jī fū ， yì sàn chū qù ……
借助神识，林轩能够清晰感应到光点的变化，马上就要到达手掌了，光乃无质无形之物，轻松穿过了经脉，穿过了血管肌肤，逸散出去……
Wait!
děng děng ！
等等！
Lin Xuan suddenly noticed a difference; the blue light did indeed escape from his body, but instead of floating into the air, it entered something within his right hand.
lín xuān tū rán shén sè yī dòng ， zhè cì de qíng kuàng hé qián jǐ cì lüè yǒu bù tóng ， lán guāng què shí yì sàn chū le zì jǐ de shēn tǐ ， dàn bìng méi yǒu piāo fú dào kōng qì zhōng ， ér shì zuān xiàng shǒu zhǎng zhōng de yī wù 。
林轩突然神色一动，这次的情况和前几次略有不同，蓝光确实逸散出了自己的身体，但并没有漂浮到空气中，而是钻像手掌中的一物。
Waste pills... I forgot to set them aside during my grand circulation earlier.
fèi dān ， zì jǐ gāng cái zuò dà zhōu tiān xún huán shí wàng jì jiāng tā fàng dào yī biān 。
废丹，自己刚才做大周天循环时忘记将它放到一边。
With this discovery, Lin Xuan's focus sharpened. He continuously drew more blue light from his dantian, though he still didn't understand why the light reacted with the waste pills, but perhaps it could be a breakthrough.
yǒu le zhè ge fā xiàn ， lín xuān de jīng lì gèng jiā jí zhōng ， jì xù cóng dān tián zhōng yuán yuán bù duàn de jiāng lán guāng diào chū lái ， suī rán hái bù qīng chǔ lán guāng wèi hé huì duì fèi dān qǐ fǎn yìng ， dàn zhè shuō bù dìng huì shì yí gè tū pò kǒu 。
有了这个发现，林轩的精力更加集中，继续从丹田中源源不断的将蓝光调出来，虽然还不清楚蓝光为何会对废丹起反应，但这说不定会是一个突破口。
Any detail might hold the key!
ér rèn hé yí gè xì jié dōu yǒu kě néng shì pò jiě mí tí de guān jiàn ！
而任何一个细节都有可能是破解谜题的关键！
Carefully, Lin Xuan controlled the blue light while probing the waste pills with his divine sense. The scene was directly transmitted to his mind; some of the blue light points entered the waste pill, while others were repelled and dissipated in the air.
xiǎo xīn yì yì ， lín xuān yī biān kòng zhì zhe lán guāng ， yī biān yòng shén shí duì fèi dān jìn xíng chá tàn ， jǐng xiàng bèi zhí jiē chuán rù nǎo hǎi ， zhǐ jiàn nà xiē lán sè de guāng diǎn yǒu de zuān jìn le fèi dān ， yǒu de zé bèi dàn chū lái ， zài kōng qì zhōng xiāo sàn 。
小心翼翼，林轩一边控制着蓝光，一边用神识对废丹进行查探，景象被直接传入脑海，只见那些蓝色的光点有的钻进了废丹，有的则被弹出来，在空气中消散。
A minute passed...
yì fēn zhōng guò qù le 。
一分钟过去了。
Two minutes...
liǎng fēn zhōng guò qù le 。
两分钟过去了。
Ten minutes...
shí fēn zhōng guò qù le ……
十分钟过去了……
The star sea within his dantian had shrunk to only a third of its usual size. At this point, no matter how hard Lin Xuan tried, he couldn't summon any more light points; it seemed that was their limit. Simultaneously, a fragrance wafted into his nose.
tǐ nèi dān tián zhōng de xīng hǎi yǐ suō xiǎo dào zhǐ yǒu píng shí sān fēn zhī yī nà me dà ， ér zhè shí hòu ， bù lùn lín xuān zěn me nǔ lì ， dōu wú fǎ zài diào dòng guāng diǎn ， kàn lái zhè yǐ shì tā shū chū de jí xiàn ， yǔ cǐ tóng shí ， yī gǔ xiāng qì chuán rù le bí duān 。
体内丹田中的星海已缩小到只有平时三分之一那么大，而这时候，不论林轩怎么努力，都无法再调动光点，看来这已是它输出的极限，与此同时，一股香气传入了鼻端。
Opening his eyes, the originally dark and murky waste pills had turned completely white—was this a low-grade Essence Cleansing Pill?
shào nián zhēng kāi yǎn ， zhǐ jiàn yuán běn hēi hū hū de fèi dān ， yǐ jīng biàn dé tōng tǐ xuě bái ， zhè shì ―― xià pǐn xǐ suǐ dān ？
少年睁开眼，只见原本黑糊糊的废丹，已经变得通体雪白，这是――下品洗髓丹？
Compared to his peers, Lin Xuan was much more mature. Although he hadn't yet reached the level of remaining unperturbed when faced with a collapsing mountain, at least he could hide his emotions. But there were no absolutes; right now, his face showed shock and he rubbed his eyes vigorously—such an outburst rarely occurred in Lin Xuan.
yǔ tóng líng rén xiāng bǐ ， lín xuān yào chéng shú xǔ duō ， suī rán hái méi dào tài shān bēng yú qián ér bù biàn sè de chéng dù ， dàn zhì shǎo yǐ néng xǐ nù bù xíng yú sè ， dàn fán shì méi yǒu jué duì ， cǐ shí tā jiù mǎn liǎn jīng è ， hái shǐ jìn róu le róu yǎn ， zhè yàng shī tài de jǔ dòng ， yǐ jīng hěn shǎo zài lín xuān shēn shàng chū xiàn 。
与同龄人相比，林轩要成熟许多，虽然还没到泰山崩于前而不变色的程度，但至少已能喜怒不形于色，但凡事没有绝对，此时他就满脸惊愕，还使劲揉了揉眼，这样失态的举动，已经很少在林轩身上出现。
After a long moment of scrutiny, he confirmed it was indeed a low-grade Essence Cleansing Pill!
duān xiáng le bàn xiǎng ， què dìng méi yǒu kàn cuò ， xiāng qì hái zài bù tíng de chuán rù bí zhōng ， zhēn de shì ―― xià pǐn xǐ suǐ dān ！
端详了半响，确定没有看错，香气还在不停的传入鼻中，真的是――下品洗髓丹！
"Haha!" Even the most composed and scheming Lin Xuan couldn't help but laugh freely. What had been worthless waste pills had turned into useful spirit pills; could this blue light actually transform waste into treasure?
“ hā hā ！” jiù suàn zài zěn me wěn zhòng ， xīn jī shēn chén ， cǐ shí de lín xuān ， yě rěn bú zhù chàng kuài de xiào le qǐ lái ， yuán běn shì rú tóng lā jī yī yàng de fèi dān ， jū rán biàn chéng le yǒu yòng de líng yào ， nán dào zhè lán sè de guāng diǎn kě yǐ biàn fèi wèi bǎo ？
“哈哈！”就算再怎么稳重，心机深沉，此时的林轩，也忍不住畅快的笑了起来，原本是如同垃圾一样的废丹，居然变成了有用的灵药，难道这蓝色的光点可以变废为宝？
If so, wouldn’t that mean he struck gold?
nà yàng de huà zì jǐ qǐ bù shì fā le ？
那样的话自己岂不是发了？
After all, in cultivation, talent mattered, but with sufficient spirit pills, even an ordinary person without a spirit root could become a master... of course, only theoretically. The reason was simple: no matter how wealthy a cultivator might be, they couldn't treat spirit pills like candy.
yào zhī dào xiū zhēn yī dào ， zī zhì gù rán zhòng yào ， kě rú guǒ yǒu zú gòu de líng yào zhī chí ， yí gè méi yǒu líng gēn de fán rén ， tóng yàng kě yǐ chéng wéi zōng shī …… dāng rán ， jǐn jǐn shì lǐ lùn shàng ， yuán yīn wú tā ， jiù suàn jiā dǐ zài shēn hòu de xiū zhēn zhě ， yě méi yǒu bàn fǎ jiāng dān yào dāng táng wán 。
要知道修真一道，资质固然重要，可如果有足够的灵药支持，一个没有灵根的凡人，同样可以成为宗师……当然，仅仅是理论上，原因无他，就算家底再深厚的修真者，也没有办法将丹药当糖丸。
But if this blue light truly had the ability to transform waste into treasure...
kě rú guǒ zhè lán sè de guāng diǎn zhēn de kě yǐ biàn fèi wèi bǎo ， qíng kuàng jiù bù yí yàng ……
可如果这蓝色的光点真的可以变废为宝，情况就不一样……
Lin Xuan's joy was palpable. But soon he suppressed his excitement and returned to calmness, beginning to ponder.
lín xuān xīn zhōng de gāo xìng shì kě xiǎng ér zhī de ， bù guò hěn kuài ， tā jiù yā xià le xīng fèn de xīn qíng ， chóng xīn huí guī lěng jìng ， kāi shǐ sī liáng 。
林轩心中的高兴是可想而知的，不过很快，他就压下了兴奋的心情，重新回归冷静，开始思量。
Though he expected it to be extraordinary, he hadn’t anticipated its almost divine function—transforming waste into treasure. This would make any cultivator envious, so the most pressing issue now was secrecy; no one could know about this.
suī rán zǎo jiù liào dào zhè ge bǎo bèi bù fán ， dàn yě méi xiǎng dào tā de gōng yòng jī hū kě yǐ nì tiān ， biàn fèi wèi bǎo ， zhè zú yǐ ràng rèn hé yí gè xiū zhēn zhě yǎn chán ， suǒ yǐ zì jǐ mù qián miàn lín zuì zhòng yào de wèn tí ， jiù shì bǎo mì ， bù néng ràng rèn hé rén zhī xiǎo 。
虽然早就料到这个宝贝不凡，但也没想到它的功用几乎可以逆天，变废为宝，这足以让任何一个修真者眼馋，所以自己目前面临最重要的问题，就是保密，不能让任何人知晓。
He didn't know how Zhou Yan and Zhang Yu obtained the treasure or if there were others involved. But even if there were, Lin Xuan wasn’t worried because both Zhou Yan and Zhang Yu had died, and it was unlikely anyone would suspect a low-ranking disciple like himself.
yě bù zhī dào zhōu yàn hé zhāng yǔ shì rú hé dé dào bǎo wù ， hái yǒu méi yǒu dì sān rén shēn yǔ ， bù guò jí shǐ yǒu ， lín xuān yě bù dān xīn ， yīn wèi zhōu yàn hé zhāng yǔ dōu sǐ le ， ér qiě bù kě néng yǒu rén huì huái yí zì jǐ zhè ge dī jiē dì zǐ 。
也不知道周燕和张羽是如何得到宝物，还有没有第三人参与，不过即使有，林轩也不担心，因为周燕和张羽都死了，而且不可能有人会怀疑自己这个低阶弟子。
This matter could be trusted; the only thing to watch out for was not revealing his dantian's condition. This wouldn't be too difficult since human anatomy was incredibly complex. Even experts far surpassing him could easily shield their divine sense scans if they were careful, making exposure highly unlikely.
zhè jiàn shì qíng kě yǐ fàng xīn ， wéi yī xū yào zhù yì de shì ， bù néng ràng rén fā xiàn zì jǐ dān tián lǐ de qíng xíng ， ér zhè yě bù suàn tài dà de nán tí ， yīn wèi rén tǐ de gòu zào shí fēn qí miào ， jí shǐ shì xiū wèi yuǎn yuǎn shèng guò zì jǐ de gāo shǒu ， zhǐ yào xiǎo xīn ， yě hěn róng yì píng bì diào tā duì zì jǐ dān tián de shén shí sǎo miáo ， suǒ yǐ bào lù de kě néng xìng wēi hū qí wēi 。
这件事情可以放心，唯一需要注意的是，不能让人发现自己丹田里的情形，而这也不算太大的难题，因为人体的构造十分奇妙，即使是修为远远胜过自己的高手，只要小心，也很容易屏蔽掉他对自己丹田的神识扫描，所以暴露的可能性微乎其微。
With this understanding, Lin Xuan no longer worried and turned his thoughts to the benefits the blue light points might bring him.
zhǐ yào xiǎo xīn liú yì ， yīng gāi hěn róng yì bǎo mì ， yǒu le zhè ge rèn shí ， lín xuān bù zài dān xīn ， zhuǎn ér sī kǎo lán sè guāng diǎn kě yǐ dài gěi zì jǐ de hǎo chù 。
只要小心留意，应该很容易保密，有了这个认识，林轩不再担心，转而思考蓝色光点可以带给自己的好处。
To become a great cultivator required two conditions: first, having a good spirit root, or sufficient innate talent; second, being diligent, never lazy, overcoming any difficulty with unwavering focus on cultivation.
xiǎng yào chéng wéi yī wèi liǎo bù qǐ de xiū zhēn zhě ， xū yào mǎn zú liǎng gè tiáo jiàn ， yī shì yǒu bù cuò de líng gēn ， yě jiù shì chōng zú de tiān fèn ， dì èr zé shì qín fèn ， bù tōu lǎn ， bù xiè dài ， néng gòu kè fú rèn hé kùn nán ， yī xīn xiū liàn 。
想要成为一位了不起的修真者，需要满足两个条件，一是有不错的灵根，也就是充足的天分，第二则是勤奋，不偷懒，不懈怠，能够克服任何困难，一心修炼。
For Lin Xuan specifically, he fully met the second condition. He wasn't boasting; his efforts in Drifting Cloud Valley were unparalleled—second best? No one dared claim first place. As a灵动期 disciple, he dared to practice Heart Refinement Path, showing his dedication to cultivation.
jù tǐ dào lín xuān shēn shàng ， zhè dì èr gè tiáo jiàn ， tā dǎo shì bǎi fēn zhī èr bǎi de mǎn zú ， bú shì zì kuā ， lín xuān de nǔ lì chéng dù zài piāo yún gǔ shuō dì èr ， méi rén gǎn chēng dì yī ， shēn wèi líng dòng qī dì zǐ ， jiù gǎn dào liàn xīn lù xiū liàn ， yě kě kàn chū tā duì xiū xíng shì duō me de zhí zhuó 。
具体到林轩身上，这第二个条件，他倒是百分之二百的满足，不是自夸，林轩的努力程度在飘云谷说第二，没人敢称第一，身为灵动期弟子，就敢到炼心路修炼，也可看出他对修行是多么的执着。
The reason for his low power was simply that he lacked a spirit root, being just an ordinary person. Ordinary people's progress in cultivation was always abysmally slow.
zhī suǒ yǐ gōng lì dī wēi ， yuán yīn zài yú tā méi yǒu líng gēn ， jǐn jǐn shì yí gè pǔ tōng de fán rén ， ér pǔ tōng rén xiū zhēn ， sù dù xiàng lái shì màn dé kě lián 。
之所以功力低微，原因在于他没有灵根，仅仅是一个普通的凡人，而普通人修真，速度向来是慢得可怜。
But this situation would soon change; commoners could achieve great results with less effort, but there were still ways to improve. With sufficient spirit pills, even an ordinary person without a spirit root could become a master... of course, the pills weren't candy, and even powerful major sects couldn’t afford them.
In the following days, Lin Xuan devoted half his time to cultivation and the other half to studying the star sea within his body. A week passed in a blink, though he hadn't yet found any clues, at least he had managed to make the blue light flow more smoothly when it was treated as essence energy.
"Exactly how should I use this?"
Holding a pill in his hand, Lin Xuan ran through all the experiments he had conducted on the blue light points over these days. Unlike other spirit pills, this one emitted a peculiar sticky smell because it was given to him by Elder Ma; for cultivators, failed pills were useless, but Lin Xuan hadn't discarded them since their ingredients were still precious materials.
Thoughts alone wouldn’t suffice; he needed to try and understand through action.
"Perform another grand circulation."
Lin Xuan had already run the blue light through his meridians multiple times, each time it would dissipate at his right palm. This was clearly key, so he repeated the process tirelessly in hopes of finding a breakthrough point.
Crossing his legs, Lin Xuan gathered the light points from his dantian into a blue thread and began the circulation. At first, everything went smoothly; though slow, the light did flow through his meridians and reached his right wrist quickly.
But before it could continue further, Lin Xuan focused all his mental energy to feel out any details he might have overlooked.
With his divine sense, Lin Xuan could clearly perceive the changes in the light points. They were about to reach his palm, but light being formless passed through the meridians and skin...
Wait!
Lin Xuan suddenly noticed a difference; the blue light did indeed escape from his body, but instead of floating into the air, it entered something within his right hand.
Waste pills... I forgot to set them aside during my grand circulation earlier.
With this discovery, Lin Xuan's focus sharpened. He continuously drew more blue light from his dantian, though he still didn't understand why the light reacted with the waste pills, but perhaps it could be a breakthrough.
Any detail might hold the key!
Carefully, Lin Xuan controlled the blue light while probing the waste pills with his divine sense. The scene was directly transmitted to his mind; some of the blue light points entered the waste pill, while others were repelled and dissipated in the air.
A minute passed...
Two minutes...
Ten minutes...
The star sea within his dantian had shrunk to only a third of its usual size. At this point, no matter how hard Lin Xuan tried, he couldn't summon any more light points; it seemed that was their limit. Simultaneously, a fragrance wafted into his nose.
Opening his eyes, the originally dark and murky waste pills had turned completely white—was this a low-grade Essence Cleansing Pill?
Compared to his peers, Lin Xuan was much more mature. Although he hadn't yet reached the level of remaining unperturbed when faced with a collapsing mountain, at least he could hide his emotions. But there were no absolutes; right now, his face showed shock and he rubbed his eyes vigorously—such an outburst rarely occurred in Lin Xuan.
After a long moment of scrutiny, he confirmed it was indeed a low-grade Essence Cleansing Pill!
"Haha!" Even the most composed and scheming Lin Xuan couldn't help but laugh freely. What had been worthless waste pills had turned into useful spirit pills; could this blue light actually transform waste into treasure?
If so, wouldn’t that mean he struck gold?
After all, in cultivation, talent mattered, but with sufficient spirit pills, even an ordinary person without a spirit root could become a master... of course, only theoretically. The reason was simple: no matter how wealthy a cultivator might be, they couldn't treat spirit pills like candy.
But if this blue light truly had the ability to transform waste into treasure...
Lin Xuan's joy was palpable. But soon he suppressed his excitement and returned to calmness, beginning to ponder.
Though he expected it to be extraordinary, he hadn’t anticipated its almost divine function—transforming waste into treasure. This would make any cultivator envious, so the most pressing issue now was secrecy; no one could know about this.
He didn't know how Zhou Yan and Zhang Yu obtained the treasure or if there were others involved. But even if there were, Lin Xuan wasn’t worried because both Zhou Yan and Zhang Yu had died, and it was unlikely anyone would suspect a low-ranking disciple like himself.
This matter could be trusted; the only thing to watch out for was not revealing his dantian's condition. This wouldn't be too difficult since human anatomy was incredibly complex. Even experts far surpassing him could easily shield their divine sense scans if they were careful, making exposure highly unlikely.
With this understanding, Lin Xuan no longer worried and turned his thoughts to the benefits the blue light points might bring him.
To become a great cultivator required two conditions: first, having a good spirit root, or sufficient innate talent; second, being diligent, never lazy, overcoming any difficulty with unwavering focus on cultivation.
For Lin Xuan specifically, he fully met the second condition. He wasn't boasting; his efforts in Drifting Cloud Valley were unparalleled—second best? No one dared claim first place. As a灵动期 disciple, he dared to practice Heart Refinement Path, showing his dedication to cultivation.
The reason for his low power was simply that he lacked a spirit root, being just an ordinary person. Ordinary people's progress in cultivation was always abysmally slow.
But this situation would soon change; commoners could achieve great results with less effort, but there were still ways to improve. With sufficient spirit pills, even an ordinary person without a spirit root could become a master... of course, the pills weren't candy, and even powerful major sects couldn’t afford them.