Listening to Li Qing's question about spiritual roots, Hundred Spirits Dao Lord merely chuckled, then shook his head and said:
"Your understanding is both right and wrong. If we only consider the Cultivation World of the Human Realm, then indeed, the fewer spiritual roots one has, the better."
"Because fewer spiritual roots mean cultivation comes more easily, and the World Spiritual Energy one refines will be purer as well."
"But the Great Dao is fair. Once one reaches the Spirit Transformation stage, cultivators can begin to command and control the primordial power of heaven and earth. At that point, the importance of the number of spiritual roots becomes apparent."
"The more complete one's Five Elements Spiritual Roots are, the more smoothly one can control the spiritual power of heaven and earth."
"Moreover, I have heard that some powerful cultivators in the upper realm deliberately seek ways to complete their Five Elements Spiritual Roots. There seems to be some mystery in this, though I do not know what it is."
Li Qing listened closely and attentively to Hundred Spirits Dao Lord's explanation, and his eyes gradually brightened.
If Hundred Spirits Dao Lord's words were true, then Li Qing found himself looking forward even more to his future cultivation on the Dao Path.
The Great Dao was fair. It seemed that the claim that fewer spiritual roots were always better was not necessarily true.
With Li Qing's active mind, he could easily understand the meaning behind it.
However, he did not let himself become carried away, because a grave problem lay before him now: how to break through into the Nascent Soul Realm!
Thinking of this, Li Qing couldn't help but give a bitter smile. "That may not be entirely so. As far as I know, for cultivators with Four Spiritual Roots