"Where is this place?"

Lin Hao looked around uneasily.

"Little one, we can finally meet."

Suddenly, an old and hoarse voice came from the small pagoda.

"Who are you? Why am I here?"

Lin Hao asked timidly.

After all, as an Earthling, he had read many novels about old monsters seizing bodies. He had been cultivating just fine, but now he was inexplicably in this special space, which made him a bit panicked.

"Little one, don't be alarmed. I won't harm you. This is your sea of consciousness space."

The old and hoarse voice said slowly, "I am the remnant soul of the Immortal Venerable of Eternal Life. The small pagoda in front of you is called the Eternal Life Pagoda, which is my spiritual treasure. Would you like to take me as your master?"

"Why do you want to take me as your disciple?"

Lin Hao asked warily.

There's no such thing as a free lunch. Just hearing the name of the Immortal Venerable of Eternal Life, one could tell that he had a great origin. For him to come and take a nobody like Lin Hao as a disciple, he must have some ulterior motives.

"Because you are the person with the Five-Element Spiritual Root that I have been searching for for many years with great difficulty."

The remnant soul of the Immortal Venerable of Eternal Life said with a smile.

"I'm a Five-Element Spiritual Root? How is that possible! The Five-Element Spiritual Root is a famous useless spiritual root in the cultivation world and can't be cultivated at all."

In the past half month, Lin Hao had learned some basic knowledge about cultivation. He frowned and said, "And I've only been in the Xuanyue Sect for half a month, yet I've already reached the first level of Qi Refining. My cultivation speed is comparable to that of a genius with a sixth-grade single-attribute spiritual root... How could I be a Five-Element Spiritual Root?"

"What's impossible?"

The remnant soul of the Immortal Venerable of Eternal Life pondered for a moment and said, "You are indeed a Five-Element Spiritual Root. The reason why you've cultivated so quickly is that I used my spiritual treasure, the Eternal Life Pagoda, to send spiritual energy to you."

"Without my Eternal Life Pagoda sending spiritual energy to you, with your Five-Element Spiritual Root, it would take at least a few years for you to reach the first level of Qi Refining." The remnant soul of the Immortal Venerable of Eternal Life continued.

"If I'm really the so-called useless Five-Element Spiritual Root, then why did Senior Sister Liu, the closed-door disciple of the sect leader, personally recruit me into the sect?"

Lin Hao said stubbornly.

"Hehe, naturally, I used a little trick to forge a sixth-grade fire-attribute single spiritual root, which caught that little girl's attention, and then she brought you here."

The remnant soul of the Immortal Venerable of Eternal Life explained, "The bandit den where you were before had too thin spiritual energy. Only in a cultivation sect with rich spiritual energy like this can my magic weapon, the Eternal Life Pagoda, play its role."

"If you still don't believe it, find a stone for testing spiritual roots and test your spiritual roots yourself, and then you'll know that I'm not lying."

He continued.

Seeing that the Immortal Venerable of Eternal Life spoke with such certainty, Lin Hao believed it a little.

"Since I'm a useless Five-Element Spiritual Root, why do you want to take me as your disciple?"

Lin Hao asked after a moment of silence.

"Who said that the Five-Element Spiritual Root is a useless spiritual root? In fact, in the ancient cultivation world, the Five-Element Spiritual Root was the top spiritual root in the world, and its combat power could crush those of the same realm, and it was known as invincible in the same realm."

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The old and hoarse voice of the remnant soul of the Immortal Venerable of Eternal Life rang out, and he said, "Back then, when I was only tested to have an unranked Five-Element Spiritual Root, it caused a sensation in the entire ancient cultivation world, and all the top cultivation holy lands fought over me..."

"What you said about the Five-Element Spiritual Root is so powerful, but why is the Five-Element Spiritual Root now a useless spiritual root that everyone in the cultivation world dislikes?"

A puzzled look appeared on Lin Hao's face.

"Because there was a great catastrophe in the world once, which caused the spiritual energy in the world to be much less than that in ancient times."

"As a result, multi-attribute spiritual roots that require more spiritual energy to cultivate are no longer at an advantage."

The remnant soul of the Immortal Venerable of Eternal Life continued, "On the contrary, single spiritual roots, which were like trash in ancient times, have become the darlings of the current cultivation world because of their advantages of requiring less spiritual energy and having a faster cultivation speed."

"So that's how it is!"

Lin Hao understood and couldn't help but worry, "Even if my Five-Element Spiritual Root was the best spiritual root in ancient times, but now that the spiritual energy in the world has decreased so much, can I cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage in the future?"

"Others with the Five-Element Spiritual Root may not be able to, but with me and the Eternal Life Pagoda here, as long as you take me as your master, let alone Foundation Establishment, there's hope for you to cultivate and become an immortal in the future."

"I specifically created a cultivation method for the Five-Element Spiritual Root back then."

The remnant soul of the Immortal Venerable of Eternal Life said rather proudly, "With this method, even without me sending you spiritual energy, your cultivation speed with the Five-Element Spiritual Root can be comparable to that of a first-grade single spiritual root."

"Only the cultivation speed of a first-grade single spiritual root."

Lin Hao was a bit disappointed.

The quality of spiritual roots is divided into grades one to nine, with grade one being the lowest and grade nine being the highest. Even if he cultivated the special method of the Immortal Venerable of Eternal Life and his first-grade Five-Element Spiritual Root could reach the speed of a first-grade single spiritual root, in the cultivation world, he would still only be considered to have inferior cultivation aptitude.

He couldn't even compare to Fatty Wang Fu's second-grade metal-attribute single spiritual root.

"Why aren't you satisfied yet? Without the unique method I created, with the current spiritual energy in the world, if you cultivate with the Five-Element Spiritual Root, it would be good if the cultivation speed could be one-tenth of that of a first-grade single spiritual root."

The remnant soul of the Immortal Venerable of Eternal Life smiled and said, "Little one, do you want to learn this unique method of mine?"

"Yes... Of course I want to learn."

Lin Hao no longer hesitated.

If he was really a Five-Element Spiritual Root, without special opportunities, he would probably have nothing to do with cultivation.

So, Lin Hao decided to try the unique Five-Element method mentioned by the Immortal Venerable of Eternal Life first.

"If you want to learn, then take me as your master. Kneel down in front of my life-bound magic weapon, the Eternal Life Pagoda, and you'll be my disciple."

The remnant soul of the Immortal Venerable of Eternal Life said.

"Master, please accept your disciple's bow."

Lin Hao respectfully performed a bowing ceremony towards the small pagoda floating in front.

"Hehe, my good disciple, quickly get up."

From the small pagoda over three feet high came the rather smug laughter of the old man. He sighed in his heart, "The Five-Element Spiritual Root has been an extremely rare spiritual root since ancient times. Even when some people with the Five-Element Spiritual Root were found, they were all unranked, not even reaching grade one. I didn't expect that even in my current state, I could still find a disciple with a Five-Element Spiritual Root that has reached grade one."

"Since I've already taken you as my master, can you pass on the Five-Element method to me now?"

Lin Hao got up after performing the bowing ceremony and shamelessly stretched out his hand to ask for it.

"My good disciple, don't be impatient."

The Immortal Venerable of Eternal Life said with a smile, "Let me introduce this method to you first."

"Please, Master."

A hopeful look appeared on Lin Hao's small face.

"The method I created is called the Five-Element Eternal Life Method. As the name implies, if you cultivate this method, you will have a longer lifespan than those of the same realm and live longer."

The Immortal Venerable of Eternal Life didn't beat around the bush and introduced it.

"A longer lifespan!"

Lin Hao's eyes lit up.

He was most afraid of death, and this cultivation method that could make one live longer had a great attraction for him.

Seeing that his disciple was interested, the Immortal Venerable of Eternal Life continued with a smile, "When you cultivate the Five-Element Eternal Life Method, the lifespan you have at each realm will be half more than that of other cultivators of the same realm."

"For example, a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining can live to be 120 years old, while if you cultivate the Five-Element Eternal Life Method and reach this realm, you can live to be 180 years old, and your lifespan is only a little short of that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator."

"A Foundation Establishment cultivator can live to be 200 years old, while if you cultivate the Five-Element Eternal Life Method and reach this realm, you can live to be 300 years old..."

"A Golden Core cultivator can live to be 500 years old, and when you reach this realm, you can live to be 750 years old."

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"Cultivation, cultivation is all about who can live longer. Besides giving you a long life, the Five-Element Eternal Life Method also enables you to have much more spiritual energy than others of the same realm, making you invincible in the same realm."

The old voice of the Immortal Venerable of Eternal Life echoed in the special space.

Hearing that one could live to be 180 years old when reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining, Lin Hao, who was rather afraid of death, was extremely excited and his blood boiled.

He was determined to learn this Five-Element Eternal Life Method no matter what.