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Arc 7 – Farewell to that Senior Brother
Chapter 156

While Chi Zhao was still recovering from the shock, the people above had started to test out everyone’s spiritual roots.

When they first signed up for this, they also had to test their spiritual roots, but it was just to see if the applicants had the qualifications for cultivation, so the results were very vague.

This was to prevent groupings or estrangements from happening.  If one knew what their spiritual roots were from the beginning, the disciples coming to the assessment would most definitely find ways to form cliques to make up for their own shortcomings, so as not to fail during the earlier rounds. Although the cultivation world is currently very united, there are still people who liked to take advantage of the situation. Once they know what each other’s spiritual roots are, ridicule or flattery would inevitably occur.

Look at Han Yu. He was a living example.

When he first went up the mountain to test his spiritual roots, although he couldn’t see what they were exactly, he could vaguely make out that he had several of them, perhaps three or perhaps two.

The fewer spiritual roots one has, the better, and a single spiritual root was the best. There are almost no barriers when a single spiritual root absorbs the spiritual energy of the world and the cultivation speed was also the fastest. Having two spiritual roots was slightly worse but it was also still pretty good. If one worked hard enough, they could reach a Nascent Soul stage. Disciples with three spiritual roots basically all became outside disciples, and their cultivation speed was a lot worse than having two spiritual roots. Unless they have extremely good perseverance, the peak stage for them was the early stage of developing a golden core.

Four spiritual roots and five spiritual roots were the worst possible scenario. People with this will hardly ever be able to cultivate and even if they did, they would only linger on the qi condensation stage, unable to advance further. It is however better to have spiritual roots than no spiritual roots. The body of a cultivator was stronger than that of ordinary people and their life span was also longer. It was because of this that everyone wanted to cultivate.

Han Yu was born in a small country far, far away and he came from a farming family. As a child, he was very gifted. Later, people discovered that he had a talent for cultivation, so they sent him to the largest cultivating family there to let him study together with the other members. The others originally wanted to form a good relationship with him when they saw that he was learning faster than them and seemed to be quite powerful. They all thought that Han Yu was probably a very powerful person and possibly even one who possesses a mutant spiritual root. Unfortunately, when he went up the mountain to check, he was determined to be one with multiple roots and it may even be three spiritual roots.

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Among those who came with him was a young master. He was a single spiritual root. When he saw this, he immediately threw Han Yu away. What is this? He was only of that level, yet his father wanted him to treat Han Yu well? He was just a piece of garbage, why should he treat him well?!

As a result, the abandoned Han Yu was picked up by Chi Zhao and the two of them reached the fifth round.

……..

Chi Zhao didn’t understand at all. Although Han Yu knew some things, he was only sent to be the young masters study companion. He had been there for less than a year before signing up together with the young master, so he didn’t actually know much. These two had left the fifth round relaxed and they didn’t look ruffled at all. They stood far away from the others, so they didn’t see how much damage the others had suffered. Even if the others were excited, the physical exhaustion and injuries were still there.

The fifth round was a test of one’s heart. Using the words of Ling Shan School, it was a test to see if there was a root of wisdom. Ordinary people would soon go crazy after entering and it was difficult for one to be able to come out independently but these two looked like they had just strolled through a vegetable market, completely unfazed.

As a result, the elders above them noticed them immediately. They then sent someone to notify the disciples under the leaders. The elders spoke in a very roundabout way but if one translated it literally, it was probably something like this:

—— Hurry and tell the sect leader! There are two good seedlings this year so you must make the first move. Don’t be late like last time and have them snatched away by the sword idiot of the Di Chuan sect!

……

Chi Zhao was not aware that he was being targeted because the other person was looking at him using their divine senses. He hadn’t started cultivating yet, so he didn’t know what divine senses were. After rows and rows were tested, it was finally Chi Zhao’s turn. He walked over and stopped in the middle of the hall.

The thing that measured spiritual roots was actually a kind of stone. The cultivation world referred to it as the Nuwa Stone. It was one that would change colour after coming into contact with a human body.

The Nuwa Stone of the Zhao Tian sect was the largest and it was about the height of a person. After Chi Zhao walked over, he placed his palms on the Nuwa stone like the others did before him.

The person before him was a single spiritual root with the wood element and the light green colour on the stone had not yet faded. There were hundreds of people present and so far, all the people who had been tested had one spiritual root and there were also five with mutant spiritual roots. As soon as this was revealed, they were immediately singled out and assigned to a place closest to the top. These people held their heads up high and kept their expressions calm as they tried to make a ‘this is nothing, I’m not happy’ look. Chi Zhao who saw this had the urge to laugh.

Chi Zhao restored his gaze from those people and looked at the Nuwa Stone in front of him.

The colour of the stone was changing.

There were five types of spiritual roots: gold, wood, water, fire and earth. They each corresponded to yellow, green, blue, red and black. In addition to these common spiritual roots, there were also mutant spiritual roots. There were too many mutant spiritual roots to count but the most common ones included wind, lightning, fog and ice. Mutated spiritual roots are usually single spiritual roots and are more powerful than ordinary single spiritual roots.

The moment Chi Zhao placed his hands onto the stone, Chi Zhao was also looking forward to the result. For him to reach this stage, his spiritual root shouldn’t be too bad. Perhaps it may even…….

Before he could finish his thoughts, the Nuwa Stone suddenly showed some changes. It faintly glowed and then soon darkened.

Chi Zhao: “……..?!?!” What happened? The Nuwa Stone can also crash?!

It had tested more than two hundred people earlier. Even if it was thirty seconds for each person, more than two hours had passed, and everyone had long lost interest. They would only occasionally look up when the recording disciples called out the results to remember the face of the person who had just done the test.

And so, when this strange change occurred, no one else saw it. Only the disciple standing next to the Nuwa Stone waiting to record the results was shocked, “What is this?!”

There were more than a hundred people waiting in line behind Chi Zhao. Seeing this situation, they were all stunned. Han Yu directly dragged Chi Zhao over while looking at the Niwa stone with surprise. He was worried that the stone would suddenly collapse.

The recording disciple’s shout attracted everyone’s attention. As soon as they saw the changes on the Nuwa Stone, everyone was shocked. The abbot of the Ling Shan School stopped smiling, the sect leader of the Ning Xin sect looked straight at Chi Zhao and the sect leader of the Li Yang Palace even shot up from her seat, looking at Chi Zhao with amazement, as if he was some kind of monster.

The sect leader of the He Huan sect was the most carlm. She glanced at the Nuwa Stone and then at the clearly frightened Chi Zhao and slowly revealed a smile, “Yin spiritual root…..”

There were many mutant spiritual roots and no matter what type appeared, it wasn’t surprising. Yin spiritual roots and Yang spiritual roots are complete opposites and are both relatively powerful mutant spiritual roots, but they also weren’t extremely powerful. They were shocked because the Yin spiritual root had not appeared for 600 years and the last person who had the Yin spiritual root was the now deceased big villain who had caused the cultivation realm to fall into a bloodbath.

 Chi Zhao had naturally heard of such a history from Han Yu, but he didn’t know what the Yin spiritual root was like, let alone the fact that he would cause trouble because of this.

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He Huan’s sect leader’s words made the people below also reveal shocked expressions. Hundreds of heads turned to look at Chi Zhao and even Han Yu withdrew his hands like he was shocked by electricity.

At this moment, Chi Zhao remembered a setting all cultivation novels had.

Taking over a body. Rebirth.

Chi Zhao: “………..” I’m not. I’m really not him!

He looked at the sect leaders helplessly, but they all looked at him with unkind eyes. Chi Zhao’s eyes were very sharp. He clearly saw that the Di Chuan sect leader had unsheathed his sword. If they said that he was the reborn big villain, that sword would most definitely appear in front of his neck the next second.

How could he let that happen?! He had only just entered! He still wanted to fall in love and then bid farewell!

Chi Zhao anxiously stepped forward, “I’m not, I’m not——”

Before he could finish, the Zhao Tian sect leader who hadn’t spoken the entire time finally spoke, “Chengfeng.”

The person called Chengfeng flew down. He was the person standing closest to the left of the sect leader and should be his disciple. He was also a sword cultivator. Before Chi Zhao could react, there was a flash of white light and the sharp tip of a sword was already pointed at the centre of his brows. Chi Zhao stared at this scene in shock but didn’t try to hide.

His expression was too strange, as if filled with grievances, as if filled with reluctance. When the tip of the sword pierced between his eyebrows, he subconsciously closed his eyes. Divine senses flowed unobstructed down the sword into Chi Zhao’s sea of consciousness. That sword was retracted, and the person called Chengfeng in front of him glanced indifferently at the small bead of blood flowing from the centre of Chi Zhao’s brow before turning and reporting to his sect leader, “No trace of it.”

Chengfeng was a disciple of the Zhao Tian sect. His cultivation level was no worse than the elders here so when they heard him say this, the hostility on their expressions finally faded.

That’s right, that person had died a long time ago. Even if his soul still lingered, it wasn’t possible for him to take over a body. They had overreacted.

But if it wasn’t a case of the body being taken over, then wouldn’t that mean that this person is a new Yin spiritual root cultivator……….?

The Yin spiritual root cultivation speed was faster than the other mutant spiritual roots, but because it was too fast, it was easy to develop inner demons. For a while, everyone’s mood was complicated. This was indeed a good seedling but who would dare want him? What if the same thing happened again and another traitor was born?

The abbot of the Ling Shan School thought for a moment and felt that it was better for him to accept him. He had no plans to let Chi Zhao cultivate hard and instead would make him read Buddhist scriptures every day. He believed that regardless of who it was, if they read Buddhist scriptures for hundreds of years, they would become devoted to Buddha.

Before the abbot could speak, the sect leader from earlier spoke again, “Chengfeng.”

Hearing the sect leader speak, Chengfeng immediately understood. He turned around again and looked at Chi Zhao who was a head shorter than him, “Would you like to join the Zhao Tian sect and become our sect leader, Jiye Zhenren’s disciple?”

That……

Of course he was willing but the problem was….After becoming a disciple, would he have to bring a senior brother along too as a translator every time he talked to the master?

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