Mortal Seeking Immortal

Ye Zhou gritted his teeth and cried out without any pain. He was so hot that he was like an ant on a hot pot, running around in the hut.

After about an hour or two, he felt barely adapted, but then another fierce heat came over him, so hot that he couldn't even run, and could only roll on the ground.

At this moment, Ye Zhou's whole body was red, as if he was severely burned. White smoke came out of his mouth and nose from time to time, and a large amount of water in his body was evaporated quickly.

After this fairy grass grew bigger, the efficacy of the medicine actually increased many times!

Although the other children who swallowed the fairy grass would feel the same discomfort as Ye Zhou, it was far less serious than him.

Ye Zhou couldn't stand it anymore. He suddenly remembered that there was a water tank in the room, which was specially placed here for use in case of fire. Ye Zhou endured the heat all over his body, rushed to the water tank in one breath, and plunged into it.

"Sizzle~"

Just like a basin of ice water was poured on a red-hot iron, a lot of white smoke came out from Ye Zhou's scalding body, and the water in the water tank evaporated rapidly.

Feeling the slight coolness brought by the water, Ye Zhou's consciousness gradually blurred, and he fainted in the water tank.

When Ye Zhou woke up again, he didn't know how long it had been. The heat in his body had long subsided, and the water in the water tank had evaporated completely.

Ye Zhou walked out of the water tank and saw that it was almost dusk outside.

He just felt very comfortable all over, and his mind seemed to be clearer than ever before. He even clearly heard someone talking in the yard.

"How many children are there yet?"

"Report to the Immortal, there is another Ye Zhou from Zhang Guihua's family." The village chief replied carefully.

"The three-day deadline has come, and I should return to my master to report."

It turned out that he had been sleeping for two whole days!

From the meaning of the black-robed immortal's words, it seemed that he was not going to wait for Ye Zhou any longer.

Ye Zhou panicked and rushed out the door, calling out to the black-robed immortal.

"Immortal!"

"Immortal! Wait."

A child's clear and powerful cry stopped the black-robed immortal.

The black-robed immortal turned around and saw a dark and thin boy running out of the last closed door.

Because he ran too fast, a thin layer of sweat appeared on the boy's forehead.

"Come here and let me see." The black-robed immortal stretched out his hand to Ye Zhou who was running hurriedly.

Ye Zhou stepped forward and felt a pair of big hands falling on his head. At the same time, a force was injected into his body, faintly echoing with a certain force in his body.

The black-robed immortal's eyes were happy, and this feeling was correct.

"This child has awakened his spiritual roots."

The black-robed immortal looked very happy. He didn't expect to take three children with awakened spiritual roots from Yejia Village this time. He would also get more rewards after returning to the sect this time.

The village chief beside him also laughed when he heard this, and took the opportunity to test him: "Immortal, it's really the ancestors' spirit that appeared. Three children in our village passed this year. Do you think the money distributed to the village this year can be increased?"

"Don't worry, the money distributed to your village this year will be doubled." For the sake of the three children with spiritual roots, the black-robed immortal was very easy to talk to. Seeing that he agreed readily, the village chief's eyes were even more joyful.

Although Ye Zhou on the side didn't understand what the black-robed immortal was talking about, he roughly understood that he had been accepted by the immortal gate.

Thinking that he would enter the immortal gate to practice from now on, he would definitely become an immortal like the black-robed immortal in the future. It is said that powerful immortals can also fly in the clouds, call the wind and rain, turn stones into gold, and live for hundreds of years...

Thinking of this, Ye Zhou's eyes were full of expectation.

Of course, what made him happiest was that he didn't have to stay in Yejia Village to be bullied and do farm work all day.

Dad, Mom, did your spirits in heaven see it? Your son is going to become an immortal.

Ye Zhou looked up at the sky unconsciously, as if his parents were watching him from the sky.

......

The entrance of the village was crowded with villagers from Yejia Village, and everyone knew that the immortal from the Immortal Gate was leaving.

Among them, the two women standing in the front row looked at the closed door of the ancestral hall, covered their mouths and cried silently. They were the mothers of the other two children who successfully awakened their spiritual roots.

"This is the baby's big day, why are you crying!"

"After going to the Immortal Gate, you will live a life of luxury and food, and you will no longer have to dig for food in the fields like us. This is a good thing."

"If the baby can achieve something, maybe our family will benefit from the baby in the future." The wild man next to the woman was very happy, and the people who came to see him off looked at their two families with envy and jealousy.

Having a baby selected by the Immortal Gate means that their two families will have no worries about food and clothing in the next few years. This is a life that many people envy.

"Isn't this Zhang Guihua? How come your two kids weren't chosen by the immortal?" The woman, who usually had a bad relationship with Zhang Guihua, took the opportunity to ridicule her without any hesitation.

"Do you think you are picking radishes and cabbages? Didn't your kid not get chosen? Besides, my nephew Ye Zhou is still in there, how do you know he wasn't chosen?" Zhang Guihua said unwillingly.

"Humph." The woman glanced at the crowd and indeed didn't see Ye Zhou's shadow. She snorted coldly and didn't argue with Zhang Guihua.

"Mom, the sun is about to set, I'm hungry."

"That's right, mom, the sugar cake you promised to make for me that day hasn't been made yet." Big Fat and Little Fat pulled Zhang Guihua's clothes in grievance and pursed their lips.

"What are you hungry for! You only know how to eat all day long! You didn't get chosen by the immortal and you still want to eat sugar cakes! It's good enough to have porridge to drink!" Zhang Guihua's wishful thinking for many years fell through, and she rolled her eyes at her two sons.

At this moment, the door of the ancestral hall opened.

The village chief came out with the black-robed immortal, and everyone's eyes were on the three children headed by Ye Zhou at the back.

"Village chief, has my Ye Zhou been selected?" Zhang Guihua asked impatiently.

The village chief smiled and nodded.

Zhang Guihua was afraid and happy for a moment.

She was afraid that Ye Zhou would have the strength to cause trouble to her in the future, and she was happy because Ye Zhou had awakened his spiritual roots and his family could get a large sum of money.

"You three should say goodbye to your family briefly. I'll wait for you in the carriage." After the black-robed immortal finished speaking, he strode towards the carriage on the side.

The other two children naturally threw themselves into their parents' arms and cried bitterly. After all, they were only seven or eight years old.

Ye Zhou stood there blankly, watching the mother and son crying, while his aunt Zhang Guihua was looking for the village chief to ask how much property could be distributed to her family this year.

At this moment, a skinny little hand gently tugged at the corner of Ye Zhou's clothes. Ye Zhou turned around and saw Xiaohua with yellow hair standing in front of him.

Xiaohua was the daughter of the village herbalist and one of Ye Zhou's few playmates in the village.

"Come here." Xiaohua waved at Ye Zhou and took him to a corner where no one noticed.

Carefully took out something wrapped in a coarse cloth handkerchief from her arms and stuffed it into Ye Zhou's hand.

"This thing is still worth a few dollars. If you are short of money, just sell it." Xiaohua's voice was a little choked. Without waiting for Ye Zhou to refuse, she ran away.

Unfolding the handkerchief, Ye Zhou saw a six-inch long wild ginseng lying quietly in the handkerchief...