"Because of my spirit roots?" Pearl asked, his eyes narrowing in disbelief. "How is that possible? How can my Unity or whatever it is become worse when I have 2 Supreme Roots now? Shouldn't it get better?"
"I'm not entirely sure," Alex said. "My Unity improved the more my spirit roots improved, so they definitely do affect it. Maybe your Wood root improving did something?"
As soon as Alex said that, a puzzle piece fell into a puzzle that was still in the dark recesses of his mind. He didn't know what it was that he had figured out, but he had figured out something.
"Supreme Wood root," he said, gathering his thoughts. "You had a Supreme Metal root before, and the Wood root was so poor that you could basically consider it absent. But when you improved it, made it reach the Supreme grade, it impacted your Metal root."
"My roots are clashing?" Pearl asked.
