荒墟牧神 - 第20章 人身孕出古靈胎 - 雲海書庫

The Village Headman's expression remained calm as he smiled. "Even before his spirit embryo awakened, his primordial qi cultivation was already stronger than that of ordinary martial artists in the Spirit Embryo Realm, nearly matching what mine was in my younger days. Now that it has awakened, he can only be stronger. Mu'er has worked hard for all these years, and with all the Four Symbols Spirit Marrow you have given him, it is hardly outrageous that he should have achieved this much." The Alchemist was still utterly aghast. He murmured, "But it is even deeper than yours was back then. You were..." "I am nothing more than an old cripple." The Village Headman cut him off with a smile. "You cannot use me as a measure for the young men of today. What concerns me now is that Mu'er's primordial qi has no attribute at all. How are we supposed to make it display its power? Let us go over. We must not keep them waiting." The Alchemist's heart gave a slight jolt. Primordial qi could display its power precisely because it possessed an attribute. Shen Mu's primordial qi had no attribute, and naturally could not bring its power to bear. Though his spirit embryo had awakened, though his cultivation was far deeper than an ordinary person's, it would all be useless if he could not put that power to work. The two of them came to the bonfire. The Hard-of-Hearing Elder pulled out his iron ears, rinsed them in wine, then put them back into his earholes. He poured the wine into the bonfire, and the flames immediately surged higher. Laughing, he said, "Village Headman, we just put Mu'er through a trial. Though he has awakened his Hegemonic Body, he cannot bring out the power of its primordial qi. You are widely learned and well traveled. Surely you know how to unleash the power of Hegemonic Body primordial qi?" At that moment, the Alchemist felt as though the old man's head beside him had suddenly grown three times larger. The Village Headman looked up and gazed imploringly at the Alchemist beside him. The Alchemist turned away and clinked cups with Grandpa Ma before taking a drink. "Well, then. Is Mu'er's Hegemonic Body primordial qi strong?" the Village Headman asked. The Hard-of-Hearing Elder understood him and praised it at once. "Strong! His primordial qi is extraordinarily resilient. It is difficult to scatter." The others felt the same and nodded one after another. When Shen Mu had fought the Senior Brother Qu of the Five Sons of Lan River, they had already seen the extraordinary nature of his primordial qi. He had poured it into a little wooden stick, yet Senior Brother Qu's treasured sword had been unable to sever it. That alone showed how tough Shen Mu's primordial qi truly was. The Village Headman continued, "Is his primordial qi abundant?" The Hard-of-Hearing Elder replied, "Terrifyingly deep! At his level, my own primordial qi cultivation was inferior to his!" The others greatly agreed. Shen Mu's primordial qi was simply too rich, absurdly so. His spirit embryo had only just awakened, yet he seemed to have already cultivated for several decades. The Village Headman patiently led him on. "Since his primordial qi is so resilient and so abundant, why can he not bring out its power?" This time the Hard-of-Hearing Elder did not take up the thread. Instead, he slapped his thigh and cried, "That's right! Village Headman, why is that?" The Village Headman nearly choked to death. It felt as though the Hard-of-Hearing Elder had stabbed him twice in the chest. Fortunately, the Mute suddenly grew excited, waving his hands and feet and crying "Ah, ah" without pause. "The Mute is right!" The Hard-of-Hearing Elder suddenly understood. "Mu'er's primordial qi is so resilient and so abundant, yet he cannot bring out its power. That means the problem is not with his Hegemonic Body primordial qi, but with the fact that our cultivation methods do not suit him. That is why he cannot bring out its power. The problem lies with us!" The Village Headman felt