Chapter 28: One Mind, Three Uses

"Then by that logic, I should be able to cultivate three methods at once too. My great-great-grandmother was also a descendant of the Wu Clan. An Ice Wu descendant." Su Cheng said immediately.

Su Yunhu's face was also full of pleasant surprise. "Does that mean I can also practice an additional divine-soul Cultivation Technique? My family's ancestor on the maternal side, my great-great-grandmother, was a Jin Wu descendant."

Su Wuji heard this and immediately widened his eyes round, his face full of disbelief.

"How is it that you all have Wu Clan bloodlines?" So it turned out he was the only one without a Wu Clan bloodline.

"This is quite normal. In the great mountains near our Xiancheng, there are several major Wu Clan tribes. Our Su family made arrangements with those major Wu tribes long ago to intermarry generation after generation. Otherwise, how could Su Jin's mother have married into the Su family?" Liu Shi said with a smile.

Quite a few of the new generation children of the Su family have Wu Clan bloodlines.

Because both the sect and the Su family themselves claim that their research into the Wu Clan is not all that deep.

Therefore, the talent of children who possess Wu Clan bloodlines is also difficult to predict clearly.

Moreover, in order to counter the hostile forces' "cutting the seedlings" plan, the sect's bigwigs have already figured the Five Spiritual Roots thoroughly.

This has led to spiritual-root talent no longer being the primary talent assessed in the sect-entry examination.

The talent assessment for entering the sect has also changed from the original pursuit of dual spiritual roots, single spiritual roots, variant spiritual roots, and comprehension assessment, to spiritual-root talent and bloodline talent being equally weighted, plus a comprehension assessment.

And in the final item of the dream-entry examination, spy detection has been added.

Even for sect menial disciples, one needs at least the fourth layer of Qi Refining cultivation to enter.

Unless your talent is especially outstanding and you receive the sect's special recruitment.

"However, just because you have Wu Clan bloodlines doesn't necessarily mean every one of you has a powerful divine soul. Even within the Wu Clan tribes, not everyone can become a Wu.

So as for whether your divine souls are truly powerful, that still needs a simple test." Liu Shi said.

"Liu Shi, are you going to help us examine our divine souls?" Su Wuji hurriedly asked. He remembered his grandfather telling him never to easily let others touch his divine soul. It was easy for things to go wrong.

"No, I will not examine your divine souls. Remember, never easily let others come into contact with your divine souls.

It's easy to leave an opening for others to exploit, turning you into living puppets.

My testing method is this: I will teach you the method of one mind, two uses. If you can learn it very quickly, that proves your divine-soul power is strong. If you cannot, then老老实实 don't go messing around with cultivating three methods at once.

Even if you get the techniques, if you cannot comprehend them, it's all in vain." Liu Shi complained.

Ahem, ahem, ahem. Liu Shi, your method of testing our divine souls is really quite special.

Especially teaching us one mind, two uses?

How did you know we all wanted to learn this?

All six children looked at her with burning eyes.

Even Su Jin was no exception.

She also wanted to know: what was the difference between her own one mind, two uses and the one mind, two uses Liu Shi taught?

"There's no rush. Wait until I first finish answering the questions of the other three students." Liu Shi said.

Su Linyan and Yang Guan both wanted to say, how about we learn one mind, two uses first.

Unfortunately, although Su Wuji and the others also wanted to learn one mind, two uses, those two wanted even more to ask their questions first.

This time it was Su Wuji's turn to ask, and Liu Shi to answer.

Su Jin also took out her little notebook and began to take notes. Her expression was extremely serious.

Su Cheng was the same.

Only Su Yunhu felt as if he had gone numb all over.

He felt that he and Su Wuji's group were like kids from two different worlds.

But everyone else was taking notes, so he also began to take notes seriously.

After Su Wuji finished asking, it was Su Cheng's turn.

Su Cheng asked more than Su Wuji, because he also practiced a body-tempering art, although he had only just begun.

Watching others ask questions about two Techniques, Su Wuji felt secretly envious in his heart.

No, his matter of cultivating three methods at once must also be settled as soon as possible.

Last was Su Yunhu. This fellow said that he felt his understanding of the basic Qi Refining technique "Green Wood Eternal Spring Technique" distributed by the clan school had always been rather vague, and he hoped Liu Shi could explain it to him once more.

This request was even less of a problem. Liu Shi very crisply began to explain the Green Wood Eternal Spring Technique.

She was far too familiar with this Technique.

Su Yunhu listened with great care and felt as if he had been given a cheat. In a daze, he suddenly understood many of the problems he had previously been unable to figure out or was unsure about.

After Liu Shi's explanation, he not only felt that his comprehension of the Green Wood Eternal Spring Technique had deepened considerably, but most importantly, he felt that the magic power he had originally thought was already quite condensed seemed capable of being condensed even further.

He remembered his father admonishing him, saying that the more condensed one's basic magic power, the easier it would be to break through to higher levels in the future.

"Many thanks, Liu Shi. You explained it far too well. I feel my understanding of the Green Wood Eternal Spring Technique has entered a new level." Su Yunhu said with a thousand thanks.

Liu Shi pressed her lips into a smile. "Next, I will teach you how to do one mind, two uses."

Okay, okay, everyone nodded together.

The one mind, two uses Liu Shi taught was actually also a method of splitting one's divine sense in two.

However, Liu Shi's explanation was more systematic, and far more useful than Su Jin's method of purely figuring it out on her own.

Su Jin secretly committed Liu Shi's method to memory.

Then she began one mind, three uses.

Splitting her thoughts into three.

After Liu Shi finished teaching, she began to have everyone try it out themselves.

Soon Su Cheng and Su Wuji were the first to learn one mind, two uses. It seemed that in terms of talent, these two really were higher than the others.

Next was Su Yunhu.

Su Linyan and Yang Guan also learned it right after.

Then everyone went together to look at Su Jin.

"I already knew how to do one mind, two uses long ago. After listening to Liu Shi's teaching, I can already do one mind, three uses." Seeing everyone looking at her, Su Jin immediately puffed out her little chest and reported.

"No wonder you've already cultivated the Great Expansion Spirit Refining Art to the入门 stage." Su Wuji wore an expression that said this was entirely expected.

The others, meanwhile, were all struck dumb.

Does it have to be this incredible?

We're all still splitting our focus in two — how are you splitting yours in three?

Is this even reasonable?

Liu Shi laughed as well upon hearing this.

This little girl is someone who awakened her divine sense the moment she began cultivating. Among the descendants of the Wu Clan, she belongs to that tiny top-tier group in terms of aptitude.

"Alright, class is about to end. Liu Shi will emphasize once more — cultivating three arts simultaneously requires vast resources and a powerful soul. If you want to cultivate them, Liu Shi won't stop you. But you must bear the consequences of three-art simultaneous cultivation yourselves.

For instance, after cultivating for a period, you find you have too few resources to keep going.

For instance, you waste too much cultivation time, and in the end master none of the Cultivation Techniques.

For instance, three-art simultaneous cultivation slows the progress of your Qi Refining Cultivation Technique and the like. These are all consequences!

If you dare to do it, you must dare to bear every consequence. So go home and think it over carefully before making your decision. Best to discuss it with your parents — don't choose three-art simultaneous cultivation on a momentary impulse.

Three-art simultaneous cultivation does indeed bring enormous future benefits, but what use are they if you can't pull it off?

You'd be better off giving it up from the start, saving yourself from wasting too much time and energy."