Teaching Skills and Dispelling Doubts

"Sima, Senior Brother, this child's Spiritual Root attribute is truly strange. I used several methods in succession, yet all I could determine was that he definitely possessed a hidden Spiritual Root. However, it differed somewhat from my own hidden Spiritual Root. Back then, Master easily tested and determined that mine was a hidden dual Spiritual Root."

"But Qin Fengming was different. His body seemed to react to spiritual power of every attribute, yet all those reactions were sluggish. In other words, it would not be wrong to say that he possessed a hidden four-element Spiritual Root—or no Spiritual Root at all."

Ancestor Tianji pondered for a moment before speaking first. His tone was filled with astonishment.

"That is correct. What Junior Brother Tianji said is true. I am also perplexed. If he merely possessed a hidden four-element Spiritual Root, that would still be difficult to explain. Qin Fengming is only fifty or sixty years old, yet he has already reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm. Tell me, in the millions of years of the Cultivation World, has anyone ever heard of such a thing?"

After hearing Ancestor Tianji's words, Venerable Dao Ling also spoke in confusion.

"What the two Junior Brothers said is also what puzzles me. He has cultivated for only a few decades, yet has achieved accomplishments in several skills, while also cultivating his cultivation to the peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm. Such aptitude and talent are difficult to explain with a four-element Spiritual Root. Fengming's Spiritual Root attribute must be one we have never seen before, and one that has never been recorded in the classics. However, none of us should spread this matter, lest unnecessary trouble arise."

After pondering for a long while, Sima Bo finally spoke calmly.

The Cultivation World was vast,