### Chapter 5: Techniques to Enhance Spiritual Roots
Once Ding Jinglue announced the end of the class, everyone in the classroom hurried to the cultivation room.
Chen Mobai deliberately pretended to be a step behind, missing the first batch, and then sighed and made an excuse to go to the bathroom, turning into the teacher’s office.
In the Immortal Sect’s education system, there were only classes in the morning; the afternoons were for self-study.
After class, students flocked to the cultivation rooms, and the teachers were no exception. Except for old cultivators like Ding Jinglue, whose potential was exhausted and who were destined never to establish a foundation, others like Chai Deyun seized every moment outside of teaching to cultivate.
However, even so, the cultivation rooms with second-tier spiritual energy were only available because Ding Jinglue gave up his slot.
Chen Mobai originally thought that at this time, the teacher’s office should only have Old Ding inside.
But as he approached the door, he discovered that besides himself, there was already another classmate present.
It was not Song Zheng, Old Ding’s chosen successor, but another genius from their class, Yan Bingxuan, who was in the late stage of Qi Refining.
Her naturally beautiful face needed no makeup, her long hair draped over her shoulders, and her tall figure could not be hidden by the loose school uniform. When she saw Chen Mobai at the door, she frowned slightly, then bowed slightly to Old Ding and left.
Chen Mobai nodded at Yan Bingxuan as she walked out, and she hesitated before nodding back.
The two of them moved in different circles within the class and only had a nodding acquaintance.
However, Chen Mobai still felt that compared to the previous semester, Yan Bingxuan’s personality and demeanor had become even colder this term.
It seemed that to match her name, this genius cultivator was making herself increasingly aloof.
“Chen Mobai, why aren’t you waiting at the cultivation room? How come you have time to visit me?”
Old Ding considered himself quite humorous, and Chen Mobai accompanied his smile as he walked in.
“Teacher Ding, my mother hired a private tutor to help me improve my spell practice for the college entrance exams. Yesterday, he assigned some homework, asking me to break a wave-like defensive barrier. But I’m really not capable, so I came to ask for your guidance.”
After Chen Mobai finished speaking, Old Ding didn’t doubt him.
After all, the best way to improve spell practice was through constant practice.
Although the school taught a broad range of content, it indeed fell short in some specific spells and barriers compared to some private tutors.
“Your mother is quite generous; private tutors aren’t cheap.”
As Old Ding spoke, he began searching through his spell database based on Chen Mobai’s description of the wave barrier.
“She has high hopes for me. Thank you for your trouble, Teacher Ding.”
Chen Mobai didn’t dare to say much more, and vaguely responded, then detailed his experiences probing the wave barrier in the water mansion with coins.
“Based on your description, it’s likely a barrier formed by these three spells.”
After failing to establish a foundation, Ding Jinglue devoted himself to education. For a rare student like Chen Mobai who actively sought help, he was very diligent, pulling out three spells from his spell database.
Water Flow Shield, Surge Spell, Ripple Technique.
“I’ve sent the detailed spell content and breaking methods to your personal database. Try them out at home. If it still doesn’t work, you can write a report and send it to me.”
Chen Mobai saw Ding Jinglue send the three spell documents to his interface address and repeatedly expressed his gratitude.
If he had to download these three spells from the Immortal Sect’s spell library, it would cost at least thirty good deeds.
Moreover, without a teacher like Ding Jinglue, who had a deep understanding of spells, Chen Mobai would have wasted days searching the vast internet.
The school’s benefits are truly wonderful!
Chen Mobai sighed from the bottom of his heart, understanding why they valued the college entrance exams so much.
If they could get into those Grand Dao Academies, not only spells but even secrets for breaking through realms and divine abilities could be obtained for free.
On Diyuan Star, due to the legacy of the previous mechanical civilization, knowledge had no barriers.
The Nascent Soul Transformation Method of the Immortal Sect could be freely obtained by anyone who reached the late stage of Nascent Soul cultivation.
This open atmosphere allowed the Immortal Sect to produce Nascent Soul ancestors on a resource-scarce planet like Diyuan Star.
“By the way, Teacher Ding, was Yan Bingxuan here to ask about spells too?”
Before leaving, Chen Mobai remembered what happened earlier and asked casually.
“Her? After reaching the late stage of Qi Refining, she seems determined to convert her dual-attribute gold and water spiritual roots into ice spiritual roots and was seeking my advice on purifying and enhancing her spiritual roots.”
Chen Mobai hadn’t expected an answer, but Ding Jinglue’s straightforward reply left him stunned.
“Can spiritual roots be transformed and enhanced?”
“Oh, you haven’t reached that level yet, but it’s nothing to tell you early.”
Ding Jinglue tapped his keyboard a few more times, selecting a document and sending it to Chen Mobai.
“I was accepted by the Pure Yang Academy because I transformed my spiritual roots into the Three Yang Physique after twenty years of seclusion and hard work in the Dan Zhu Academy. This counts as a variant of special spiritual roots.”
“But twenty years of effort left me with insufficient time to reach the peak of Qi Refining.”
“You know the rest of my story. Even with the Three Yang Physique, I failed twice to establish a foundation and exhausted my potential.”
Chen Mobai briefly skimmed the document Ding Jinglue sent about spiritual roots and understood the context.
On Diyuan Star, due to the scarcity of resources, the Immortal Sect’s experts focused on developing spells and techniques to improve the overall quality of cultivators.
Six thousand years ago, Master Tianbo created the “Midas Touch,” which could enhance gold attribute spiritual roots. At its peak, it could transform an ordinary spiritual root below level 20 into a gold attribute “Heavenly Spiritual Root.”
Today, the Immortal Sect possesses over a dozen secret techniques for purifying and enhancing spiritual roots.
Even techniques to convert to ice, thunder, or wind spiritual roots are widely taught in the Grand Dao Academies.
“The better the spiritual root, the faster the cultivation. But the time you spend enhancing your spiritual roots will reduce your time for Qi Refining. I’m a negative example of this.”
“That’s why the Immortal Sect has a rule: before college, these topics aren’t taught in class to prevent distractions.”
“In college, each Grand Dao Academy has its own secret techniques to purify and enhance spiritual roots according to their teachings, but whether to practice them is up to the individual.”
