Immortal Road

Chapter 2 Genius or waste

Only those with spiritual roots can embark on the journey of cultivating immortals. The number of spiritual roots determines their qualifications for cultivating immortals.

Those with spiritual roots can cultivate immortality. Usually immortal cultivators have several different spiritual roots. For example, the young man Huang Shulang holding a bronze mirror has three water spiritual roots and one wood spiritual root. In the Shui Ling Sect, he is considered a highly qualified disciple.

If you can have four or more identical spiritual roots, you will become a treasure of the sect and will definitely be carefully taken care of. However, this kind of person is extremely rare. Even if it takes hundreds of years, you may not see one.

Moreover, different spiritual roots lead to very different cultivation techniques. The more spiritual roots there are, the faster you can practice the corresponding techniques. Therefore, before entering the Immortal Cultivation Sect, you must first determine the type and quantity of spiritual roots. If you practice the wrong technique, you may be unable to make any progress for decades at best, or you may become obsessed and become a zombie.

Since the Wuling Sect has been divided into five sects, the Shuiling Sect naturally only selects disciples suitable for water-based exercises. As for other children, even if they have spiritual roots, they will ignore them.

Because choosing a disciple this time was originally just for an agreement. In the past, the Wuling Sect suffered a disaster, and it was only through Venerable Tianyun's intervention that the Wuling Sect could continue. And this Venerable Tianyun happened to be from Shijia Village, so he made an agreement with Wuling Sect that every twenty years, Wuling Sect would come to Shijia Village to accept a disciple.

Now that two hundred years have passed, Venerable Tianyun doesn't know whether he has broken through the golden elixir stage and become a great monk in the Nascent Soul stage, or whether his life span has been exhausted and turned into a handful of loess. But this agreement was continued.

Even if the Wuling Sect is divided into five sects, it does not dare to break the agreement with the Jindan monks. This selection of disciples every twenty years has become a custom and continues.

However, Shijia Village is located in a remote area and there are very few children with spiritual roots, so the five sects pushed each other back and forth, and finally decided that each sect would come once in turn.

It has been nearly a hundred years since the Wuling Sect was divided into five sects. This time it was Shuiling Sect's turn to come to Shijia Village to select disciples.

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One, two, three... When three earth spiritual roots appeared on the bronze mirror, Huang Shulang could no longer hold his breath. With three identical spiritual roots, his qualifications have reached his level. If he reaches the Tu Ling Sect, he will definitely be a core disciple, but it will be harmful to their Shui Ling Sect.

"For a person with this kind of qualifications, it's better to let him die of old age in a remote place." Huang Shulang thought secretly in his heart.

"Four!" Another young monk exclaimed in surprise, "How is this possible?"

"Shut up, what a shame." Huang Shulang interrupted. Something surprised him. Another spiritual root appeared on the bronze mirror.

"Four earth spiritual roots?" Huang Shulang's heart was filled with turmoil. He had four spiritual roots, and they were all earth spiritual roots. There were very few people with such qualifications, and it was not impossible for him to be accepted as a direct disciple by the elders of the sect.

"Senior Brother Huang, five...five..." The monk's tongue was straight.

"What?" Huang Shulang saw the fifth spiritual root appearing on the bronze mirror, and it was also a yellow earth spiritual root. Huang Shulang felt an inexplicable dizziness. He blinked hard, but the spiritual root did appear on the bronze mirror. There are five earth spiritual roots.

Huang Shulang picked up the bronze mirror and placed it on the head of a junior disciple. After a while, two water spiritual roots and one golden spiritual root appeared on the bronze mirror. There was no change again.

Of course the bronze mirror used to test the spiritual roots is not broken, but does the tiger-headed boy in front of me really have five spiritual roots, and they are all earth spiritual roots? Huang Shulang couldn't believe it.

Several other monks were also stunned. They were all looking at Huang Shulang, hoping that he would come up with an idea. After all, the appearance of a person with five spiritual roots is a very important matter.

Huang Shulang was also very conflicted in his heart. If he only had four earth spiritual roots, that would be fine. But this kid actually had five earth spiritual roots. Taking him back would be of no use to the Shuiling Sect. However, it is said that with five spiritual roots, one can automatically sense the vitality of the world. If one day it becomes a climate or joins the Tu Ling Sect, the blow to the Shui Ling Sect will be huge.

"No, we must not let him realize it on his own." In an instant, Huang Shulang realized that this matter was beyond his control and had to be left to the sect leader and elders to decide.

"You've passed the test, stand over there." Huang Shulang pointed at a few children who had passed the test and said calmly.

"Ah! Shi Gandang has also become an immortal."

"Shitou has the strength of an ox, so I know he can do it."

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"Okay, that's it for today's test. Those who pass the test can go back and reunite with their relatives. The journey of cultivating immortality is like sailing against the current. Don't be involved in the mortal world. If we say goodbye today, there should be no reunion in ten years. "Huang Shulang interrupted everyone's sighs.

"Ten years?" There was confusion among the crowd again, but no one would give up their children's path of cultivating immortals just because they were not seen for ten years. And those children who were selected were filled with a kind of pride in their hearts and did not feel anything. How much sadness comes from parting.

As for Ishikawa, he was not worried at all, because he was full and the whole family was not hungry.

But there was still a trace of reluctance in his heart, that was Qingchuan.

"By the way, Qingchuan can also test it. Who said girls can't test spiritual roots?" Ishikawa suddenly thought of it and shouted quickly: "Sage, I have a sister, let's test it on her."

Ishikawa ran over in three steps and pulled out Shi Qingchuan, who was squeezed in the crowd and was happy for Ishikawa.

Huang Shulang's eyes showed a trace of violence, but after seeing Shi Qingchuan, his expression eased a little, and he held the bronze mirror to Shi Qingchuan's head.

"Four water spiritual roots!" Huang Shulang almost shouted out loud. Today's stimulation to him was too great. He just found a person with five earth spiritual roots, and now there is another person with four water spiritual roots. How could he bear this?

After a while, Huang Shulang nodded in the expectant eyes of the two, and squeezed out two words from his teeth: "Passed!"

"Brother Shitou, I passed, I passed!" Qingchuan jumped and jumped with joy.

Shichuan showed a rare smile on his face, and now his last worry in his heart was gone.

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"Me!"

"And me!"

Four people squeezed out of the crowd. They were Shichuan's distant uncle and his wife, and their two precious sons.

"Stone Rooster, didn't you go to the city to watch a play? Why did you come back?" Someone teased. Ishikawa's distant uncle was known for being stingy, so he was called Stone Rooster.

Stone Rooster seemed not to hear it. He bowed his waist and bowed to Huang Shulang and others. He said, "Masters, I have two sons who are usually well-behaved and smart. Can you see if I can become your disciple?"

Huang Shulang seemed not to hear it and closed his eyes to rest.

"Stinky girl, help your two brothers to ask the master for help." Stone Rooster slapped Shi Qingchuan on the back of the head. On the way into the city, they heard that an immortal was coming to recruit disciples, so they hurried back. Just now, they heard outside that Shi Qingchuan had been accepted as a disciple by the immortal.

"What are you going to do?" Ishikawa grabbed the arm of Stone Rooster and pushed him more than ten feet away.

"You kid is making a fuss!" The Stone Rooster couple rushed up with their teeth and claws.

"Master, these two are my brothers. Please help test them." Shi Qingchuan begged.

Huang Shulang opened his eyes and looked at these two ugly people. They really didn't match Shi Qingchuan's handsome face. However, Shi Qingchuan has four water spiritual roots. When he enters the sect, he will definitely be valued by the elders and have unlimited future. Huang Shulang was also happy to do a favor.

"Okay, come and test it."

"One gold spiritual root, the other has no spiritual root." Huang Shulang took a bronze mirror and immediately got the results.

"Two wastes, don't dream of cultivating immortals in this life, go back." Huang Shulang said unceremoniously.

"What, it's impossible, Shitou, a waste, can cultivate immortals, why can't we?" Shi Neng and Shi Li howled loudly, and their eyes looking at Shichuan also revealed a disgusted look.

"Immortal, are you seeing it wrong? Please take another look." The couple of Shi Gongji hurriedly said.

"Will I make a mistake?" Huang Shulang said coldly. If these were not Shi Qingchuan's parents, he would not be so polite.

"Immortal, what's the point of you taking a girl back? And this stone is just a fool. My two sons are smart. If you want to go back, tell them to do whatever they want."

"Don't make me say the same thing a second time." Huang Shulang was already a little angry. Talking to these wild men made him feel very humiliated.

"Immortal, look at this, you take my girl away, leave this stone fool, and you take my son with you..." Shi Gongji gritted his teeth and seemed to have made a very big decision.

"Get out!" Huang Shulang roared, and the onlookers felt their blood boiling and uncomfortable.

Shi Gongji's wife was relentless: "I picked up this girl and raised her for more than ten years. If you take her away now, I have raised her in vain. If you don't take my son away today, I will..."

Hearing this, Shi Chuan and Shi Qingchuan's faces turned pale. It turned out that Qingchuan was picked up and was not their biological child.

Shi Neng and Shi Li saw their mother crying, and they also came up and grabbed one of Qingchuan's arms, pulling back hard, muttering: "If we are not allowed to go, this girl can't go either."

"Looking for death!" Before Shi Chuan made a move, two silver lights condensed in Huang Shulang's hands.

"Swoosh, swoosh!" With two sounds, Shi Neng and Shi Li both lay on the ground, holding their abdomens tightly with their hands, crying and howling on the ground.

"The immortal has shown his magical power!" All the onlookers knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Huang Shulang closed his eyes slightly, suppressing the thin spiritual power in his body. With his cultivation level of the third level of Qi training, he could use two ice cones, which was very rare.

"Qingchuan is already a disciple of our Shuiling Sect. If you dare to behave inappropriately again, you will be killed without mercy!"

"Okay, you guys should retreat quickly. Come back here after one hour after passing the test." Another young monk ordered. After all, this is the hometown of the legendary Jindan monk Tianyun Zunzun, and he doesn't want to cause trouble.

Ishikawa took Qingchuan's hand and ran towards the mountain temple. He was afraid that the stone rooster would detain Qingchuan again.

Having lived in the mountain temple for several years, Ishikawa also has a lot of feelings for it. This time, Ishikawa also subconsciously attributed his ability to pass the test to the mountain god. So before leaving, it is right to worship.

As soon as he returned to the mountain temple, the old beggar immediately came up to him and said with a happy face: "Did you pass the test?"

"You haven't left yet?" Ishikawa remembered that he seemed to be looking for breakfast just now.

Ishikawa didn't have time to deal with the old beggar, so he pulled Shi Qingchuan to kneel in front of the statue of the mountain god and bowed, "Thank you for your protection, mountain god. We are going to practice Taoism. We will come back to pay homage to you in ten years."

"Haha, you're still worshipping the mountain god. If the disciples of Wulingmen hear you, they'll skin you alive." The old beggar said with a smile.

"What Wulingmen?" After Ishikawa finished worshipping respectfully, he stood up and said, "I'm going to cultivate immortality. Don't steal things in the future. If you really can't do it, beg for food, or you won't be beaten to death by evil people."

"Isn't it Wulingmen who's here to recruit disciples this time?" The old beggar asked curiously.

"Of course not. It seems to be called Shui...Shuilingmen, yes, Shuilingmen." Ishikawa thought hard.

"Shuilingmen? How is it possible?" The old beggar showed a look of surprise in his eyes, and said to himself, "It shouldn't be Shuilingmen, where is Shuilingmen?"

"Okay, we're leaving. Take good care of yourself in the future." Ishikawa pulled Qingchuan and was about to leave.

"Wait, wait." The old beggar suddenly became very anxious, as if he was making an important decision.

After a while, he seemed to have made up his mind and said, "Little girl, can you go out and wait for a while? I want to talk to this little brother alone for a few words, just for a little while, okay?"

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