In Tianyuan Continent, spiritual roots are the mark of whether one can cultivate. For only those with spiritual roots can sense the corresponding elemental spiritual energy.
For instance, someone with a fire spiritual root is extremely sensitive to fire spiritual energy, while someone with a water spiritual root has a greater affinity for water spiritual energy.
During cultivation, one simply needs to guide the corresponding elemental spiritual energy into their body for their own use.
Those with spiritual roots are called spiritual practitioners, also known as spiritual bodies.
Not everyone can cultivate; out of a hundred people, only about twenty are spiritual practitioners.
Among these twenty spiritual practitioners, most have single-attribute spiritual roots, such as fire spiritual root practitioners, metal spiritual root practitioners, water spiritual root practitioners, earth spiritual root practitioners, and wood spiritual root practitioners.
Spiritual roots are divided into nine grades, from highest to lowest, successively classified as Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow grades. Each grade is further divided into lower, middle, upper, and supreme tiers.
In other words, Yellow grade lower tier spiritual roots are the weakest, while Heaven grade supreme tier spiritual roots are the best. In the Tianqi Kingdom, a spiritual practitioner with a Profound grade spiritual root is considered a genius.
Simultaneously, some individuals possess dual spiritual roots, such as wood-fire dual spiritual roots, metal-fire dual spiritual roots, and so on. These individuals are called dual spiritual body practitioners.
Regardless of their spiritual root grade, they are all considered geniuses. The higher the grade of one's spiritual root, the faster their cultivation speed.
Of course, there are extremely few individuals who possess triple or quadruple spiritual roots. These individuals can be considered one in a thousand or one in ten thousand, known as peerless geniuses.
As for those with five spiritual roots, they are called Five Elements Spiritual Bodies, which are even rarer, appearing perhaps once in ten thousand years. When they do appear, they are undoubtedly the cream of the crop among peerless geniuses.
And Ye Lingyuan is the only Five Elements Spiritual Body in ten thousand years, and moreover, he is a Five Elements Spiritual Body where each spiritual root grade has reached the Heaven grade supreme tier.
The cultivation speed and comprehension ability of a Five Elements Spiritual Body are five hundred times that of an ordinary spiritual body, because the Five Elements Spiritual Body implicitly contains the profound principles of the five elements' mutual generation and restraint.
This is precisely why Ye Lingyuan could advance to the Saint King realm at the age of sixteen, and also why he could fight against opponents of higher cultivation levels.
Therefore, when Ye Lingyuan sensed Zi Linling's affinity for various elemental spiritual energies, he could barely believe his guess.
A complete waste who cannot even cultivate, yet possesses spiritual roots within their body? This was clearly preposterous.
Furthermore, judging by the way the elemental spiritual energies rushed forward earlier, Zi Linling's spiritual root grade and quantity were definitely not low, possibly even being a Five Elements Spiritual Root like his.
Of course, this was also why Ye Lingyuan did not notice that after the five elemental spiritual energies departed, a black spiritual energy element and a white spiritual energy element also quietly entered Zi Linling's body.
Otherwise, he would likely have considered it even more absurd.
A hint of inquiry appeared in Ye Lingyuan's closed eyes.
Was this woman truly the waste Zi Linling? If so, how many more secrets was she hiding? If not, then who was she? And where was the real Zi Linling?
However, now was not the time for him to ponder these questions.
He had just broken through to the Saint King realm in a fit of rage. Although he could rely on his Five Elements Spiritual Root to fight Ji Ran, who was of a higher cultivation level, his severe injuries and extreme blood loss had caused an irresistible wave of dizziness to wash over him.
If not for the lingering thought of protecting Zi Linling in his heart, he would have already fallen unconscious.
Ji Ran, on the other side, was even more astonished. He had reached the Saint King realm after thirty years of cultivation with his supreme earth spiritual root, and had spent another ten years stabilizing his cultivation in the mid-Saint King realm, already being hailed as a peerless genius by his family.
Yet Ye Lingyuan, who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, had reached the height that took him thirty years of cultivation. Furthermore, he could, as an early-stage Saint King, contend with Ji Ran, who was in the mid-Saint King realm. Such talent could be called monstrous.
It was believed that such a monstrous talent would be something no family or individual would wish to provoke, for to do so would invite a terrible nightmare.
With this thought, a hint of retreat began to sprout in Ji Ran's heart.
If he could not reconcile with Ye Lingyuan now, it would not only be his nightmare but would also bring disaster to the entire Ye family.
Furthermore, Ye Liuxing was still in a coma. Although he had managed to prevent Ye Liuxing from breaking many seals earlier, his heart meridian had been impacted, and if not treated promptly, his life could be threatened.
He had originally intended to casually deal with a minor character like Zi Linling and then take Ye Liuxing to the Medicine King Valley for treatment, but he had not expected Ye Lingyuan to suddenly appear.
And he had actually exchanged blows with such a monstrous talent, blinded by his rage. Sudan Novels.
Enough! Enough! He could not, out of momentary anger, provoke such a formidable enemy for himself and the Ye family.
Therefore, he said with some regret, "Youngster, our Young Master was nearly killed. I was impatient and thus attacked you. How about we both stop, and let today's matters end here?"
Although Ye Lingyuan was at his limit, he coldly said without moving, "You attack when you wish, and stop when you wish. Do you think too highly of yourself, or too little of this King?"
Ji Ran's anger flared up once more.
He had already lowered his pride as a Saint King realm expert and been the first to offer an olive branch, yet Ye Lingyuan completely refused to back down, making Ji Ran lose face.
If it were before, he would have attacked without a second thought.
After all, the "Pact of Kings" only stated that Saint King realm experts could not attack those below the Saint King realm; it did not forbid two Saint King realm experts from fighting each other.
But this was a different situation.
Previously, Ye Lingyuan was two levels below him, and judging by his appearance, Ye Lingyuan was injured. Yet, he could not do anything to Ye Lingyuan.
Even less so now that Ye Lingyuan's strength was on par with his own. Even if they fought, they wouldn't be able to determine a winner quickly.
Moreover, who knew what other trump cards Ye Lingyuan possessed? If he won, it would be fine, but if he accidentally lost, losing face would be a small matter; becoming enemies would be a significant loss.
He truly did not want to become enemies with Ye Lingyuan. Furthermore, Ye Liuxing's condition could not be delayed.
Enough, what did the dignity of a strong individual matter? He had already humbled himself once; why not do so a second time?
With this thought, the anger that had reignited in Ji Ran's heart gradually extinguished.
He forced a bitter smile and patiently said, "Youngster, why must you be so aggressive? Moreover, when I attacked before, I was targeting that little girl. I had no intention of bothering you. Why must you keep harping on it?"
"Heh!"
Ye Lingyuan let out a cold laugh and said, "She is this King's woman! If you attack my woman, what difference is there from attacking me?"