A short while later, Xu Qingtong withdrew his magic power and said, "Cousin, you now possess a fire spirit root and can practice fire-attribute cultivation techniques. But your spirit root aptitude is far too poor-even worse than a five spirit root! We can only wait until you start cultivating, then slowly work out a solution!"
Du Siwen was somewhat puzzled. "Qingtong, if Ruo Ling only has a fire spirit root, doesn't that make it a single spiritual root? How could it be worse than a five spirit root?"
"There's something you don't know, Senior Sister!" Xu Qingtong said. "To give an example, a person's spirit roots are like a flatbread. You have water and fire spirit roots, so water and fire each occupy half of your flatbread. I have a five spirit root, so each of the five attributes occupies one-fifth of mine."
"But with Older Female Cousin's flatbread, only one-fifth is fire-attributed. All the rest is uncooked dough that can't be eaten! Does that explanation make sense?"
Du Siwen nodded with only a partial understanding and said nothing more.
Xu Qingtong took out a pile of jade slips and searched through them for a while. Finally, he picked one up and handed it to Chen Ruoling.
"Cousin, sink your divine thought into the jade slip. You should be able to see its contents. Start cultivating according to what it says. If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask Senior Sister Siwen or me. Once you've cultivated to the third or fourth layer and your body has adapted to spiritual power, I'll help you reshape your meridians and slowly complete your spirit roots!" Xu Qingtong said.
A short while later, something else occurred to him, and his expression grew solemn. "Cousin, Senior Sister, both of you must remember this: