Chapter 63: The Five Elements and the Five Organs

  "Of course, as long as you take the Ling Dan, most ordinary people can stimulate their spiritual roots. How about it, young man? Do you also have relatives who are not spiritually gifted?" The person in the cave was not a native of Tianyuan Star, so he didn't know that on Tianyuan Star, many cultivators were descendants of ordinary people, and there were too many people without spiritual roots among their relatives. In his previous life environment, the vast majority of cultivators in the Xiuzhen realm were descendants of cultivators, and only a handful were not spiritually gifted, these people needed to use the Ling Dan.

  "Senior, where can I get this elixir? My parents are ordinary people?" Lin Feng hadn't returned home since entering the Yang family. One reason was that the Yang family had a rule: no returning home for five years. Another reason was that Lin Feng was afraid to go back home. Since he entered the Cultivation Realm, he knew that he and his parents were already people from two different worlds. He didn't dare return, fearing it would affect his Dao heart, and also fearing seeing his slowly aging parents would bring him sorrow. The life of ordinary people is destined to head towards death from birth, which is something no one can change. This was what Lin Feng feared most, having the opportunity for longevity himself. So as soon as he heard that ordinary people also had a chance to possess spiritual roots and embark on the path of pursuing longevity, Lin Feng immediately thought of getting two elixirs for his parents, even forgetting the purpose of his visit here. He hastily asked about the origin of this elixir.

  "In those major sects of cultivation, it's definitely possible to get some, but wanting to obtain even one is very difficult. You want two?" The person in the cave knew that Lin Feng's parents were ordinary people and understood his thoughts, but he also knew that refining a Soul Returning Pill was not easy.

  "How could a junior like me have never heard of it?" Lin Feng's enthusiasm greatly reduced, he was somewhat skeptical of the cave dweller's words. Even if the Gate of Heaven kept secrets well, there was no reason why such an earth-shattering thing wouldn't have any rumors outside. He himself had been in the cultivation world for several years now, and recently in the large cultivation city of Yao Guang, but he hadn't heard anything about a spiritual elixir that could make ordinary people grow spiritual roots, which made this story very unbelievable.

  "What do you know? What qualifications do you have to know? You're just hiding in this poor Tianyuan Star, where even two stalks of fifth-grade spiritual medicine can't be found. And yet you want to know about such a precious spiritual elixir? Even in the Sacred Realm, only high-ranking individuals can get their hands on it." The person in the cave said disdainfully.

  He was underestimated, Lin Feng felt depressed, but he finally understood that the mysterious person in the cave wasn't from here at all. He cleared his throat and asked cautiously: "Senior's meaning is that, apart from Tian Yuan Star, there are also... cultivators elsewhere? Is it only there that one can refine the Soul Pill?"

  "Oh, I forgot, Tianyuan Star is remote and doesn't have a transmission array. You don't know that the outside world is also normal. These things can be told to you later when there's an opportunity. As for the Cultivation Pill, just pretend I didn't say it, okay? That pill isn't difficult to refine, but one of the spiritual herbs inside is extremely hard to find, and it's not something that can be sought out!"

  Lin Feng couldn't help but feel disappointed. Today, he had heard many new things, such as the Sacred Realm and the Transmission Array, although he didn't fully understand them. However, he didn't want to ask any questions. What he most wanted to know now was still about the Spirit Creation Pill. Just as he was about to speak, the person in the cave said: "Young man, don't you have some unresolved questions? Hurry up and ask, I'm short on time."

  Lin Feng heard the impatience in the person's voice from within the cave, so he endured and put aside his question about the creation of the Ling Dan. Instead, he carefully described the situation where he often encountered a runaway fire during his recent cultivation, then waited for the other party's response.

  The man in the cave sank into thought for a moment, and Lin Feng felt that his seemingly tangible divine sense had explored himself inside and out before finally hearing him say: "En, this problem seems simple, but truly understanding the key to it is not many people, you little boy are lucky, old man just happens to be one of the few who know the reason, haha!"

  "Please instruct me, senior!" Lin Feng was overjoyed and hastily paid his respects.

  "This problem appears to be caused by your rapid progress in a short period of time, while your state of mind has not kept up, leading to loss of control over your power. However, the root cause is actually due to the properties of your spiritual roots." The person in the cave spoke slowly, like an old Chinese doctor diagnosing a patient.

  "The young one knows himself to have a mixed spiritual root, and it's hard to cultivate. Please ask the senior to point out a way."

  "It's not what you think, I just said it earlier. There is no distinction between good and bad spiritual roots in the world. Whether cultivation is easy or simple is also relative. It's not good to say more about these things now. Let me ask you first, do you know what relationship the five elements have with the five internal organs of the human body?"

  Lin Feng said, "Is it that the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth correspond to the human body's lungs, liver, kidneys, heart and spleen?" This knowledge was very common among cultivators, and Lin Feng had known it for a long time.

  "Yes, then you know that a person's emotions can affect the five internal organs and even harm them?"

  "Sorrow injures the lungs, anger injures the liver, fear injures the kidneys, joy injures the heart, and pensiveness injures the spleen." Lin Feng replied.

  "Well, most people know that, so have you ever thought about whether these emotions through the five internal organs will actually affect the changes in the spiritual energy inside the body?"

  Lin Feng had never thought that emotions would also affect the spiritual energy inside the body, but after thinking about the relationship between the five elements and the five internal organs, and then thinking about the relationship between emotions and the five internal organs, he felt that it was reasonable to say that emotions would have an impact on the spiritual energy inside the body. So he replied: "Senior's meaning is that junior's walk fire phenomenon is caused by recent emotional unrest?"

  "Heh heh, you're a quick learner! Recently, you've been taking too much dan medicine, and the spiritual energy of the ling medicine hasn't been fully absorbed, resulting in an excess of non-native spiritual energy inside your body. Once your emotions fluctuate, the impact on your own spiritual energy will be infinitely amplified, which is one reason why you're experiencing walk fire. But this is just a superficial phenomenon; the real reason is that you have a five-element spiritual root, and it's a very balanced one at that. These roots are always in a state of balance within your body, but once some kind of spiritual energy changes, it will disrupt this balance and trigger a chain reaction, causing the fluctuations to be continuously amplified."

  "Does that mean because I'm a Five Elements Spiritual Root, I'll be affected by the same emotions much more than someone with a different spiritual root?" Lin Feng thought for a moment before summarizing.

  "Well, it can be said that way, but even if you have the same five-element spiritual root as others, there is still a big difference between you and ordinary people with five-element spiritual roots. Because the spirituality of the five-element spiritual roots in your body is almost identical, there is no strong or weak relationship, so it will be more balanced, but also easier to stir up waves."

  Lin Feng's head was getting bigger, and he hastily asked: "Senior, what is spiritual nature? Since my five-elemental spiritual root is more balanced, why am I the one who easily stirs up waves?"

  "Spirituality is the strength of one's spiritual root, and using a dharma instrument to measure it is just like measuring the size of one's spiritual root point. You don't even know this, do you?" The person in the cave said with some confusion.

  "Oh, I see you know about Linggen Point, I didn't expect it to be referred to in this way."

  The person in the cave sighed and said, "You people are really too backward... Ah, never mind that. Let's talk about why things get more turbulent when they're balanced. Young man, do you know about the relationships of the five elements generating and overcoming each other?"

  "Know that metal gives birth to water, water gives birth to wood, wood gives birth to fire..."

  The relationship between the five elements of inter-generation and inter-restraint is as familiar to cultivators as eating and drinking. Lin Feng was interrupted before he could finish speaking: "Alright, alright, it's fine if you know. Your five-element spiritual roots and spiritual nature are the same, so the five elements are more balanced. This isn't hard to understand, but why do they easily stir up waves? Let me give an example. Now, suppose the wood-attribute spiritual energy in your body is affected and weakened. Won't the earth-attribute spiritual energy it restrains grow stronger, and won't the fire-attribute spiritual energy it generates weaken? And won't the changes in the earth and fire attributes affect the changes in the other several attribute spiritual energies? Because they're all almost equally strong, the suppressed attributes will strongly rebound, while the temporarily dominant attributes can't overwhelmingly dominate. Therefore, this kind of change will continuously influence each other, which is why I say they easily stir up waves.

  But for the same reason, because of the balance of the five elements and their mutual generation and restraint, this fluctuation is always within a certain range and tends towards equilibrium. It's very difficult for one attribute of spiritual energy to be suppressed almost to the point of disappearance, and it's also very difficult for one attribute of spiritual energy to become overwhelmingly strong and uncontrollable. Therefore, it's also very difficult for true "fire deviation" to occur. From this perspective, although your five-element spiritual power is prone to fluctuations, it's a very stable dynamic equilibrium, more stable than other spiritual roots, so you don't have to worry about the problem of fire deviation.

  "That's to say, the junior can still practice as before, and ignore this anxious phenomenon before entering the fire?" Lin Feng understood some of the reasoning, but he didn't dare confirm whether he would be able to practice recklessly from now on.

  "Of course not, what I want to say is that due to the reason of your five elements spiritual root, although you are more likely to have spiritual energy fluctuations than others, but also because of the balance of the five elements, you have a stronger resistance, but this still has a certain range and is not infinite. Just like a strong person is less likely to get sick than a weak one, but it doesn't mean he won't get sick at all, if he exceeds his physical limit, he will still get sick." The person in the cave explained patiently.

  Lin Feng finally understood and nodded: "So is it saying that the recent situation of the junior is actually a normal situation, there's no need to worry?"

  "Of course, there's no need to worry, but you also have to be careful. While taking the Spirit Pill can indeed speed up your cultivation, if you exceed your body's absorption capacity, the excess spiritual energy will turn into uncontrolled spiritual energy inside your body. Too much uncontrolled spiritual energy can easily cause internal spiritual fluctuations. So, you should take the Spirit Pill in moderation, it's not that the more you take, the better. Especially for middle to lower-grade Spirit Pills, as they contain more impurities and are harder to absorb, making this situation more likely to occur. If it were a high-grade or even top-grade pill, the spiritual energy and medicinal properties would be extremely pure and easily absorbed, so there wouldn't be a problem. Your cultivation has been advancing so quickly lately, I suppose you've taken quite a few pills? Tell me, how many Qi-Enhancing Pills do you take each month?"

  "The junior takes one pill every day."

  "It should be a medium-grade elixir, otherwise you wouldn't have improved so quickly!" The person in the cave had sharp eyes and was able to judge from Lin Feng's dosage and cultivation that he was taking a medium-grade elixir, but it seemed like they didn't find Lin Feng's extravagant behavior strange at all.

  "Yes, senior!" Lin Feng had a profound and mysterious feeling about the person in the cave, and since the other party was kindly advising him, there was no need to hide it, so he also frankly acknowledged it.

  "The consumption of Dan medicine has its own reason, taking Tiqi Dan every two days is reasonable, and it's okay to take a little more appropriately. After all, this is just a low-grade spiritual elixir, but there should be a limit. Once emotional fluctuations affect your practice, you need to stop taking the elixir for one or two days, and continue after the fluctuation stabilizes."

  "Could it be that the younger generation's five elements spiritual roots are inherently slow in cultivation, and if they take even fewer elixirs, won't their foundation-building be indefinitely delayed?" Lin Feng heard this and also became anxious. Since taking more elixirs was harmful, it would be best not to take risks, but his own cultivation was originally slow, so wouldn't this make it even slower? He knew that the people in the cave were extraordinary individuals, so he raised his question, hoping to receive guidance.

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