What kind of Dao foundation should be built?

Mo Hua had never considered this question, so he asked:

“Building a foundation is building a foundation, are there still differences?”

“Cultivators are vastly different, so building a foundation naturally also differs.”

Mr. Zhuang continued to explain:

“The foundation of cultivators relies on divine sense, spiritual power, and physical body.”

“Different cultivators are born with differences in their sea of consciousness, sea of qi, and physical body. The techniques and Dao methods they practice are also varied and diverse. With different choices, the Dao they cultivate will naturally also be different.”

Mo Hua was a bit troubled.

He originally thought it was good enough just to be able to build a foundation, but he didn’t expect that building a foundation still had so many details, and he even had to choose what to cultivate.

But he had never considered these matters before, and for a moment, he didn’t know what to do.

“Sir, can’t we just take it one step at a time?” Mo Hua whispered.

Mr. Zhuang said: “Cultivators cultivate the Dao, relying on refining Qi to nurture the root and building the foundation to pave the way. Each step leaves a footprint. What path you want to walk and what Dao you want to cultivate must be considered from the beginning. It is very difficult to change course later.”

Mo Hua paused, and weakly asked: “Sir, seeing how I am, what is relatively good for me to cultivate?”

Mr. Zhuang looked at Mo Hua, and said straightforwardly:

“Your physical body is not good, and your spiritual root… is actually not very good either.”

Although Mo Hua knew clearly in his heart that he was born with a weak body and a mediocre spiritual root, when he heard Mr. Zhuang say so, he still felt a bit uncomfortable. He then tentatively asked:

“Is it really that bad?”

He felt it was still okay, at least his spiritual root was considered low-middle tier.

Mr. Zhuang saw Mo Hua’s large, watery eyes and was somewhat unwilling to say it directly.

“It’s not bad…” Mr. Zhuang said euphemistically, “It’s just that there’s a lot of potential!”

Mo Hua was startled, his expression complex.

What Mr. Zhuang said was indeed very euphemistic…

Having great potential in the future means his current ability is very poor…

“Then in the future, is there still a possibility for me to refine my body, or have some advantage in spiritual power?” Mo Hua still held a bit of expectation.

Mr. Zhuang stroked his chin, “That depends on who you compare yourself to.”

“How so?”

Mr. Zhuang said: “Firstly, you have a middle-lower grade spiritual root, which seems not bad, but this is when compared to the rogue cultivators in Tongxian City. If you compare yourself to family cultivators, sect disciples, especially the younger generation disciples of forces above the third or fourth grade, then you are not even in the same league.”

Mo Hua nodded, this was indeed true.

The spiritual roots of some family and sect disciples would indeed be much better than his.

“Do you know about spiritual root inheritance?” Mr. Zhuang asked.

“Yes.” Mo Hua nodded.

He heard An Xiaofu say that the spiritual roots of husband and wife are different, and the spiritual root and grade of the child they bear follow certain rules. This is spiritual root inheritance.

Mr. Zhuang said: “More than twenty thousand years ago, when the Dao Court was first established, upper-grade spiritual roots were indeed extremely rare. Even an upper-grade lower-tier spiritual root would be highly valued and cultivated with great effort…”

“But since some families discovered that spiritual roots can be inherited, and this inheritance is controllable, all families and sects then followed this principle and arranged marriages for their children.”

“Precisely because of this, now, as long as they are larger families and sects, upper-grade spiritual roots are everywhere. Upper-grade lower-tier is also no longer considered a rare spiritual root.”

Mr. Zhuang silently looked at Mo Hua again and did not speak.

An upper-grade lower-tier is not considered a rare spiritual root, let alone Mo Hua’s middle-grade lower-tier?

There are still three thresholds between a middle-grade lower-tier and an upper-grade middle-tier.

Mr. Zhuang very considerately did not say it out loud.

Mo Hua, however, understood Mr. Zhuang’s meaning and involuntarily drooped his head, letting out a long sigh.

Mr. Zhuang had not finished, and continued:

“This is still only comparing with the average disciples of families and sects. If you compare with the chosen ones among them, the gap between you and them will be even greater.”

“Without looking too far, take Zi Sheng and Zi Xi as examples. In terms of talent in physical body and spiritual root, compared to them, the difference is like heaven and earth.”

“Is the gap really that big?” Mo Hua asked quietly.

Mr. Zhuang hesitated for a moment, but still decided to tell the truth, “The gap is not really that big, it’s actually even bigger than what I said…”

Mo Hua was shocked.

He didn’t even know that Zi Sheng and Zi Xi’s talent was actually so high?

Or perhaps, his talent was actually so low?

Mo Hua thought of Mr. Zhuang’s previous words about “Heavenly Dao” and “divine sense”, and then said:

“Then I will focus on cultivating divine sense?”

Mr. Zhuang nodded, “Exactly. Since your physical body and spiritual root are not comparable to others, then simply don’t compare. Compare your divine sense.”

“Your physical body and spiritual root are weaker than you think, but your divine sense is actually even stronger than you think.”

Mr. Zhuang looked at Mo Hua, and silently said in his heart: “It is even possible that it is much stronger than I think…”

Mo Hua did not know what Mr. Zhuang was thinking in his heart, and was still a bit troubled by his physical body and spiritual root talent, so he asked:

“Then can the problems with my physical body and spiritual root still be improved?”

Mr. Zhuang slightly shook his head, and said:

“A weak body is an innate problem. It can be improved, but no matter how much it is improved, it cannot change the root. At most, after improvement, the physical body will not be that weak, but it will not be much stronger. It is impossible to compare with cultivators who have innate body refining root bones.”

“Spiritual root is even more innately determined. Whatever spiritual root you are born with, that’s what your spiritual root will be for a lifetime. It cannot be changed. If you are poor compared to others, then you are poor compared to others, there is no other good way.”

“So, cultivate what is strong and play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses. Is that how it is?” Mo Hua said.

Mr. Zhuang nodded, “Divine sense, spiritual power, and physical body are the foundations of cultivators’ cultivation. The three cannot be lacking. But the Heavenly Dao is harsh, people’s talent is limited, and it is ultimately impossible to cover everything. Cultivating the Dao does not require you to be stronger than others in everything. It is good if you can cultivate one thing to a profound level.”

Mo Hua nodded, feeling his thoughts suddenly clear, and immediately asked curiously again:

“Then are there people who cover everything?”

Mr. Zhuang was silent for a moment, and slowly said: “There are, but such heaven-defying talented people are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns. Looking at the entire cultivation world, they are absolute world talents that are not seen in a millennium!”

Mo Hua was a bit envious, but then thought, forget it.

There is no need to think to know that cultivating divine sense, spiritual power, and physical body all require extremely deep cultivation inheritance, extremely rich spirit stone resources, and extremely precious heaven and earth spiritual objects to support.

Even if he had this absolute world talent, without inheritance and resources, it would just be a bright pearl covered in dust, wasted talent.

One cannot be too greedy. It is very good for him to cultivate divine sense.

But can focusing on cultivating divine sense really lead to the great Dao? And he doesn’t seem to have heard of any cultivators who mainly cultivate divine sense.

Mo Hua thought for a while, and then asked: “Sir, are there other cultivators who mainly cultivate divine sense?”

“Very few.”

“How many?”

Mr. Zhuang said: “Normal cultivators will not cultivate divine sense.”

Mo Hua was startled, his mood complex, that he belonged to the “not normal” cultivators…

Mr. Zhuang smiled slightly, “Physical body and spiritual power are obviously strong, divine sense is obscurely strong, and divine sense is illusory and difficult to grasp. Except for some array masters, because array methods require powerful divine sense, they have to focus on cultivating divine sense. Very few other cultivators will choose this path.”

“So that’s how it is…” Mo Hua sighed slightly.

Mr. Zhuang’s gaze slightly condensed, “But you are different. You have an innately weak body, average spiritual root, and divine sense is almost your only strength, and it is too strong…”

“Since that is the case, then cultivate divine sense to the extreme, cultivate it to a state where other cultivators can only look up in the dust, and even look and fear…”

Mr. Zhuang looked at the small Mo Hua, his gaze far-reaching, and said:

“As long as you cultivate divine sense powerful enough, eventually, one day, you can use divine sense to prove the Dao, and rely on supreme divine sense to peek into the true meaning of the great Dao!”