Qin Rui was already over sixty years old, yet his cultivation was still only at the early Foundation Establishment stage. In Qin Fengming's eyes, that truly amounted to little.
But in the Human Realm, reaching the Foundation Establishment stage in one's sixties was already an extraordinary accomplishment.
In fact, given Qin Rui's aptitude, had no accident occurred, it was entirely possible that he would have reached the Core Formation stage by now.
Qin Rui's aptitude was excellent. He possessed a mutated spiritual root known as the ice-flame spiritual root.
The ice-flame spiritual root was a mutated spiritual root formed from a mutation of the water and fire spiritual roots. Even among mutated spiritual roots, it was an exceedingly rare spiritual root attribute.
When Qin Fengming had saved Qin Rui, he had examined him carefully and learned the precise nature of his spiritual root.
It was no wonder Qin Chuan and his wife had spent decades visiting powerful cultivators in search of treatment, even knowing that every meridian in Qin Rui's body had been severed. Their son's spiritual root aptitude was simply that rare.
Qin Fengming was also delighted that Qin Rui possessed an ice-flame spiritual root.
If Qin Rui could remain at his side and cultivate diligently for several decades, he could certainly bring him to the late Core Formation stage.
For cultivators, entering seclusion to break through bottlenecks was naturally essential. But they could not rely on prolonged seclusion alone to overcome every bottleneck. They needed to venture out, endure hardships, and temper their hearts. Only then could they deepen their understanding and break through the bottlenecks restricting their cultivation.
Only after their hearts had been tested and they had gained insights of their own could cultivators consolidate their cultivation stages.
But in bringing Qin Rui along this time,