Chapter 4: Utter Poverty

  Xia Qi's identity may sound impressive, but in reality, he possesses the location of a treasure trove, yet is unable to enter it himself, thus remaining a down-on-his-luck wandering cultivator.

  At this moment, walking up to the main peak of Sansheng Jianzong, the surrounding spiritual energy is dense and comes rushing over, and with each breath, it seems as if the true yuan in the body is absorbing and refining the heavenly and earthly spiritual energy!

  "It's no wonder that the Great Sect is extraordinary. If I could cultivate in a place like this, even if my own spiritual roots are mixed with the five elements, I would never have been stuck at the fifth layer of Qi Refining!" Xia Qikai felt a sense of regret in his heart.

  Of course, he envied Xia Qi's good fortune, but Xia Qi also understood that it was absolutely impossible for him to stay here. No matter how good the cultivation environment was, one had to be alive to cultivate.

  "Summer junior brother, this is the courtyard prepared for you." Jian Ping brought Xia Qi to a place that was still some distance from the peak, pointing to a courtyard surrounded by serene ancient trees.

  Pushing open the door, the courtyard inside was spotlessly clean. In the yard, some spiritual trees were planted, although they weren't particularly precious spiritual trees, but it was enough to show that the courtyard was extraordinary. It's worth noting that spiritual grass and trees have extremely high growth requirements, and can only survive in places with rich and dense heavenly and earthly spiritual energy.

  "Junior Brother Xia, this courtyard is not far from the peak. Further up are the residences of some seniors. Junior Brother Xia can live here, it makes me quite envious!" Jian Ping said with a smile, seeing the surprise flash in Xia Qi's eyes.

  "Thanks, Sword Master." Xia Qi said gratefully to Jian Ping.

  "It's fine as long as Young Master Xia is satisfied. I see that Young Master Xia looks a bit tired, so I won't disturb you anymore. The rooms inside have all been cleaned up, and Young Master Xia can rest at ease." Jian Ping noticed the fatigue on Xia Qi's face and didn't linger any longer, turning around to walk out of the courtyard.

  Jian Ping had just left for a moment, and four disciples of the San Xiao Sword Sect appeared at the gate of the courtyard, guarding the entrance. Xia Qi saw all this with his own eyes, knowing that Jian Wu Xie was sending people to keep an eye on him, but he didn't say anything.

  ………

  Xin stepped into a room with a bitter smile on Xia Qi's face.

  At this time, he had nothing on him, his storage bag had been taken away long ago, and the few pieces of spiritual stone and a yellow lower-grade magic treasure that he had accumulated over the years were all taken by Jian Wuxie, leaving him penniless.

  He sat cross-legged, operating the renowned "Xuān Tiān Xīn Fǎ" (Mysterious Heaven Heart Method) in the Immortal Realm. The weak True Essence in his Dantian slowly flowed and circulated through his meridians, while absorbing the spiritual energy of the external world to refine it into his own True Essence, thus strengthening himself.

  The Xuantian Heart Method was also the main heart method of the Tiandao Sect, which was destroyed thousands of years ago. It is profound and unmatched, with immense power, and is the top-level cultivation heart method in the immortal world. Ordinary people have not even heard of it, let alone Swordless Evil, who does not know about the 'Xuantian Heart Method'.

  The Xuantian Heart Method, which was once the main cultivation method of the Tiandao Sect that unified the Immortal Realm thousands of years ago, is undoubtedly powerful. However, it also has a drawback - it is extremely difficult to cultivate!

  It was the Tiandao Sect of ten thousand years ago. The cultivators who practiced the Xuantian Heart Method were also some outstanding disciples with excellent spiritual roots. As for those disciples with poor spiritual roots, they didn't even dare to practice this heart method, because it was simply impossible for them to succeed!

  In the Xianxia world, spiritual roots are divided into five elements: gold, wood, water, earth, and fire, and are also divided into ten grades. First-grade spiritual roots are basically useless, even if one is lucky enough to cultivate immortality, they may spend their entire life stuck in the Qi Refining stage, unable to break through. As for tenth-grade spiritual roots, they are extremely rare, and it's possible that not a single one will appear in the entire Xianxia world in thousands of years.

  Generally speaking, having an 8th or 9th grade spiritual root is already extremely gifted. Once you have such talent, no matter which major sect you enter, you will be a proud son of heaven and will be specially cultivated by the sect.

  Of course, apart from this, there are also some other situations. Most of the time, many people are not single-attribute spiritual roots, and it's very possible that they have two or even three. If their grade is not low, then when combined, they are in no way inferior to some cultivators with extremely good innate talents.

  Xia Qi's spiritual root was of this kind.

  However, Xia Qi is not just two or three, but all five elements are complete! All five spiritual roots!

  All five elements are present, but the quality is not high. With such a talent, it's destined to be difficult to achieve great success in one's life, and can be said to have an extremely poor talent!

  After all, it's already very difficult to cultivate just one attribute, and Xia Qi has all five elements, but not a high rank, plus he's just a loose cultivator, how can he achieve great things? Probably being able to successfully build his foundation in this lifetime is already extremely lucky!

  With such qualifications, what he cultivated was the top-notch 'Xuantian Heart Method', this is not luck, I'm afraid Xia Qi will be stuck in the Qi Refining stage for his entire life and won't be able to successfully build his foundation!

  Cast aside distractions, Xia Qi focused his mind on circulating the Heart Method, threads of true yuan flowed and expanded the meridians, absorbing spiritual energy, transforming into true yuan, gradually growing stronger, increasing his cultivation.

  Several hours passed, Xia Qi opened his eyes and stopped running the Heart Method. He could clearly feel that his true yuan had grown stronger in just a few short hours, and he couldn't help but envy the disciples of the Dà Mén Pài.

  He didn't know that such a courtyard, full of spiritual energy, was rare even in the Three Xuan Sword Sect. Ordinary disciples of the Three Xuan Sword Sect couldn't have such good treatment. Jian Wuxie allowing Xia Qi to enter and cultivate here was probably because he wanted Xia Qi to recover as soon as possible.

  He stood up, and Xia Qi felt that after these few hours had passed, his body had fully recovered, his spirit was full, and he began to carefully consider how to lure Jian Wu Xie to the fake treasure storage location tomorrow, while taking the opportunity to escape.

  ………

  Jian Wuyou stormed out of the Executive Hall, followed by several junior brothers with equally pale faces, quickly walking out of the hall. Behind them, Jian Ping, the master of the Executive Hall, revealed a hint of bitter smile and an expression full of helplessness.

  "Leave! I want to see who dares to live in the courtyard I chose, which is the place Master promised to give me for cultivation!" Jian Wu shouted angrily, with four or five cultivators following closely behind him.

  "Don't worry, Brother Wu You, you're the direct disciple of the Sect Master, with exceptional talent. In just one year, you've already reached the 8th layer of Qi Refining stage. With this kind of talent, the future Sect Master of Tian Xiao Sword Sect will be yours. This courtyard, no matter who lives in it, as long as Brother Wu You makes a move, who would dare not to leave immediately?" A young man with a higher cultivation level than Jian Wu You, already at the 10th layer of Qi Refining stage, said from behind him.

  "But earlier, Sword Ping Shifu said that the people in that courtyard were personally arranged by the sect leader." A cultivator with a somewhat sly and cunning appearance, whose cultivation was similar to Sword Worry's, spoke up with some concern.