Pushing other thoughts aside, Lu Li turned to the next page and began reading about the various aspects of the Sword Spiritual Root.
The most basic miscellaneous Spirit Root was called the Iron Bone Sword Heart.
Those who possessed such a Sword Spiritual Root could step onto the path of immortal cultivation, but for their entire lives, they might only remain at the Qi Refining Stage.
However, the Spirit Root granted them unique abilities, such as being able to slightly sense the differences in every part of a weapon when touching it, and how to make subtle adjustments when executing a technique.
As such, although these people could not continue far on the path of immortal cultivation, due to their mastery of weapons, they could become artifact craftsmen.
‘What about my upper-grade Sword Spiritual Root?’
Lu Li quickly flipped a few pages, and the words displayed there made his heart surge with excitement.
Myriad Swords Return to One, upper-grade sword-type Spirit Root.
Born with the ability to resonate with a hundred weapons. As cultivation increased, one could control all weapons under heaven.
“As expected of the Sword Spiritual Root.”
With his emotions stirred, Lu Li subconsciously formed a sword finger, which lifted the light gauze on his shoulder, causing his already messy hair to flutter in the wind. This change made Lu Li smile bitterly.
“Come to think of it, I haven’t seen myself in female form yet.”
Lu Li stood up and looked at the bronze mirror in the room.
As soon as he took a few steps, the rustling of his skirt made him uncomfortable. His originally bold and wide strides were forced to become much gentler.
Finally arriving before the mirror, Lu Li hesitated to look at the reflection.
“Forget it, no matter what, that’s still me.”
Steeling himself, Lu Li took a big step and looked at himself in the mirror.
This look made him stare in a daze.
The woman in the mirror was the most seductive appearance Lu Li had ever seen in his life.
Her figure was voluptuous yet graceful, with jade-like shoulders and a waist as if carved, but not morbidly slender—rather, she had a charming and lithe bearing.
Looking at the face, since it was Lu Li’s first time dressing as a woman, there were naturally no jade hairpins or ornaments on his head, only the countless strands of hair hanging down naturally, like water or a curtain.
“This…”
At that subconscious word, the woman in the mirror furrowed her brows slightly, like a spring mountain tinged with dark blue.
“Is it me…”
In a bitter smile, the cherry lips trembled, like peach blossoms in the wind, which stirred Lu Li’s feelings of affection.
“Miss, you… pfft…”
Lu Li was momentarily stunned, mistaking the woman in the mirror for another. But when he saw that the woman’s movements matched his own and her mouth moved in sync with his, he could only smile bitterly and sigh.
“To be honest, the female form is much more radiant than the former male form.”
Lu Li wanted to turn away, but he was captivated by the reflection and unconsciously raised his lips in a smile.
Naturally, the woman in the mirror also had spring in her eyes and showed a seductive expression.
“…I think I understand why I occasionally see women lingering in front of mirrors.”
Lu Li looked at himself in the mirror and couldn’t help being attracted by that appearance.
“Alright, alright. Looking at it from another angle, at least it’s not ugly.”
Lu Li pursed his lips, and just as he was about to leave, the determined look of the woman in the mirror pursing her lips in the same way made his young heart pound with agitation.
“I can’t indulge any longer, otherwise when Qing Luo wakes up, she’ll fall for it again.”
Lu Li let out a long breath, forced himself away from the mirror, sat back down at the table, flipped a few more pages, and found the relevant records about the Charm Spiritual Root.
Upper-grade Charm Spiritual Root, World-Toppling Ephemeral Glory.
It comes with a peculiar fortune; nothing that sees it can help but be captivated.
“That’s it?”
Lu Li looked at the simple record and was a bit stunned.
He flipped back a few pages and saw the content for middle-grade Charm Spiritual Root, and could only smile bitterly.
Middle-grade Charm Spiritual Root, State-Toppling City-Toppling.
The records below told stories of many calamitous seductresses in history who ruined states and brought disaster, or cultivators from the Yin Yang Sect who caused the fall of many sects.
The most innocent part was that these cultivators or consorts never intended to charm others. But because of the Spirit Root’s effect, others kept offering tributes and giving themselves. They themselves then lost themselves, believing they could enjoy all this beauty without any effort.
For a country or a sect, when all resources are spent to please a beauty, they naturally perish completely in chaos.
“Thinking about it this way, the Charm Spiritual Root, though it can earn boundless affection, is also full of curses.”
As Lu Li continued flipping, he found a technique on how to restrain the seductive effect of the Spirit Root. He then sat cross-legged with eyes closed and began to cultivate it little by little.
Having reached the Fifth Layer of Qi Refining, cultivating this technique became much easier. But Lu Li couldn’t quite understand the essence of this technique: how was one supposed to restrain the seductive ability brought by the Spirit Root?
With this doubt, Lu Li finished his cultivation. According to the book, as long as he kept it running without stopping, it could reduce the effect of charming others, preventing them from becoming dizzy and losing their reason.
“Whew… this should be fine.”
Lu Li felt the slight changes in his body, but his current Divine Sense couldn’t detect any issues.
“Continue cultivating.”
Closing his eyes again, Lu Li circulated the technique as before, but before his Divine Sense could even guide it, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth naturally entered his meridians, as if they were meant to be there.
“Wait, this is?!”
Lu Li directly felt his meridians being filled by the spiritual energy, and in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, he became a cultivator at the Sixth Layer of Qi Refining.
In his joy, Lu Li understood why the Yin Yang Sect was entirely composed of women.
In his male form, absorbing spiritual energy was also fast, but it would take at least a few hours to fill the acupoints and meridians.
“This speed far exceeds an increase of thirty to fifty percent.”
Amid his exclamation, he made a surprising discovery.
Even without circulating the technique, the spiritual energy began to approach him slowly, simultaneously filling the seventh meridian that had not yet been opened.
At this rate, even if he didn’t cultivate at all, after a few days, he would automatically advance to a Seventh Layer cultivator.
“So the so-called World-Toppling Ephemeral Glory has this kind of effect?”
Lu Li felt the changes as spiritual energy entered his body now. If in the past it was merely ordinary warmth or coolness.
But now, the spiritual energy was like an expert masseur. Just entering his body made him feel comfortable all over. Every move, every breath brought a sense of extreme bliss, even making him want to cultivate forever.
“…I suddenly have an idea.”
The young heart within Lu Li gave rise to a thought.
“Hello there, spiritual energy of heaven and earth.”
Then, Lu Li smiled slightly toward a place where spiritual energy had gathered in the distance.
The next second, the distant ball of light, like an obedient little animal, ran over gently and entered Lu Li’s embrace, becoming True Yuan in the seventh meridian.
This action seemed to arouse the “jealousy” of other spiritual energy. The surrounding spiritual energy quickly gathered, maintaining its usual gentleness even in the surge, constantly raising Lu Li’s cultivation.
In just a few seconds, Lu Li was surrounded by a sea of mist formed from spiritual energy.
Such abundant spiritual energy made every meridian filling and expansion comfortable and utterly free.
“I can’t take it… Is cultivation such an immersive thing?”
Lu Li opened his eyes again, his fingertips lightly rubbing his palm. Even this touch made his mind tremble endlessly.
“And is cultivation such an easy thing?”
The night was not yet over.
The seven meridians in Lu Li’s body were already filled with dense True Yuan.
The second day after entering the sect.
Lu Li was a cultivator at the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.