Three days later, at noon.

There were 100 children of seven or eight years old standing neatly on the training ground. Lu Tianyuan and Lu Tianci stood at the front of the line. Both of them looked up at the sky, as if waiting for someone to arrive.

After a while, a white cloud floated in the sky, which looked indistinguishable from the colors of other clouds, but the cloud flew extremely fast. In an instant, he landed on the training ground. I saw an old Taoist walking down from above the white clouds, with three strands of long hair, a strange face, a purple yang crown on his head, and a cyan robe, and a nine-peak surround pattern embroidered with gold silk on the chest of the robe, shining brightly. Holding a floating dust, a blue light sword on his back only revealed the sword spike, and the appearance of a fairy wind bone.

The square suddenly exploded, and these children also understood that today was the day to decide their fate, and now they were excited when they saw the demeanor of the old Taoist immortals. "Look, that's the immortals," some of the slightly older children cried out excitedly. Everyone's eyes sparkled as they looked at the old way. And Lao Dao also enjoyed everyone's gaze very much, and with a wave of dust in his hand, he walked towards the center of the square, but his steps were even slower.

Lu Tianyuan and Lu Tianci glanced at each other, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet them.

Lu Tianyuan and the two hurriedly walked in front of Lao Dao and slammed to the ground: "I didn't expect it to be Uncle Xu coming in person, some trivial things, how dare you work Uncle Xu, you just send a former disciple to deal with these mundane things." ”

Lao Dao was holding it with a smile on his face, and when he saw the two of them saluting, he waved his hand: "That's it, I like to deal with these children, this year it is my turn to be in charge of the recruitment of outer disciples, aren't you two Lu family babies still welcome?"

Lu Tianyuan and the others didn't even dare to say anything, and they knew that this old man had such a temperament, so they followed behind Lao Dao.

Lao Dao walked to the center, glanced around at the children present, and said: "Today, the poor Dao represents the Jiuhua Sect and recruits disciples, and my Jiuhua Sect is one of the three sects in the Chu State, with an area of 100,000 li. Those with four-rank spiritual roots can be outer disciples and have to pass on the immortal family exercises, those with seven-grade spiritual roots can directly become inner disciples, and those with nine-grade spiritual roots can directly become personal disciples and be directly taught by the elders in the door. If you don't want to, you can quit now. ”

Waiting for a while, seeing that no one made a sound, Lao Dao nodded with satisfaction, and took out a black stone from his sleeve with a shake of his hand, flat and round, with a bright flow on it, very strange "You wait one by one to step forward, just press your hand on the cobblestone"

For a moment, all the children looked at each other, and no one dared to step forward. Lao Dao was not in a hurry, and stood there quietly waiting. A little, a stout teenager stepped forward, this boy was stout, obviously a circle older than children of the same age.

The sturdy young man bowed and saluted: "In Xia Wang Yun, I have seen the Taoist." ”

"Well, put your hand up," Lao Dao agreed, holding the round stone in his left hand and reaching out to the young man.

Wang Yun gritted his teeth and put his hand on the cobblestone. After his hand touched the cobblestone, it was only a breath or two before it shone with bursts of red brilliance.

Lao Dao glanced at it, and then reached out and touched the bones of Wang Yun's body, revealing a satisfied look, "Not bad, yes, I didn't expect that the first one turned out to be a fire attribute seven-grade spirit root, and it was also a brute bone body." He turned to Lu Tianyuan and said, "It seems that the rewards that the sect will give you this year will be very high." ”

Lu Tianyuan was inferior again and again, but his eyes kept looking at Lu Fan below.

Wang Yun was also quite excited, and secretly clenched his fists. Under the command of the old way, he stood behind him.

Encouraged by the success of the sturdy boys, the teenagers below were eager to try it and stepped forward to test it. But the next dozen or so people, when they put their hands on the cobblestone, either didn't react at half-sound, or only lit up a little brightly, and were declared low-grade spiritual roots.

After testing most of the children, only one more fourth-grade earth spirit root came out, which barely passed, and the rest were eliminated. Most people are depressed.

At this moment, the cobblestone in front of a cloth-clothed boy who was testing suddenly bloomed into a brilliant golden color, and the brightness far exceeded that of the previous sturdy boy.

Lao Dao's eyes lit up: "Okay, Jiupin Golden Spirit Root, not bad." Stand behind me. ”

This cloth-clothed young man is named Zhang Liang, and he is also a playmate of Lu Fan's acquaintance, he happily stood behind Lao Dao, looked at the dejected companions below, realized that from now on the trajectory of their lives would no longer be the same, thinking that he would become the personal disciple of the elders of the sect in the future, he couldn't help but show a smug look, looking at the two castle masters who were previously worshiped as celestials standing beside him, and his heart was no longer so awe-inspiring.

Seeing that he had passed half of the test, Lu Fan made up his mind to step forward and salute Lao Dao: "Boy Lu Fan, I've seen the immortal chief." ”

At this time, Lu Tianyuan also stepped on half a step and said: "Uncle Xu, this is a dog, and I hope that Uncle Xu will take care of it." ”

Lao Dao nodded, but did not answer, and stretched out his left hand in front of Lu Fan.

Lu Fan looked at the round stone in front of him, after all, he was only a seven or eight-year-old boy, and he was also worried in his heart, he took a deep breath, pressed his hand on the round stone, and his eyes were even more tightly fixed on the round stone.

After a breath or two, an intermittent faint purple light lit up on the cobblestone, and its brightness was estimated to be only one or two grades of spiritual roots, Lu Fan saw it, and his eyes couldn't help but flash a thick disappointment, and Lu Tianyuan also sighed secretly in his heart when he saw this. Lu Fan was about to take his hand away, when a milky white light suddenly lit up on the cobblestone, like a scorching sun, piercing the sky. The eyes of the old man who was watching intently flashed, and he glanced at Lu Fan with great meaning.

Lu Tianyuan was also shocked at this time, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Uncle Shi, what's going on? How come I've never seen milky white?"

Xu Laodao twisted his beard with his hand, and said after a long groan: "Although the previous one is a relatively rare thunder attribute, it is a waste... Oh no, a spiritual root. As for the milky white brilliance in the back, Senior Nephew Lu, have you been smart since you were a child?"

Lu Tianyuan said: "Uncle Mingjian, my child has a good understanding since he was a child, and the Spirit Opening Fist has also been practiced in more than a year. ”

Xu Laodao nodded: "That's it, this milky white attribute is that his son is talented in soul power, and there is a faint tendency to exceed the nine grades, but you also know that the soul power is important, but it does not help in cultivating mana, it is only advantageous in manipulating magic weapons and comprehending mastery." However, his one-rank Thunder Spirit Root decided that he had no hope of breaking through to the Spirit Sea Realm for the rest of his life. He can't even cultivate mana, so how can he manipulate magic weapons to learn the ultimate learning?"

"Uncle Shi, my Lu family is only one child in this generation, isn't there a way?" Lu Tianyuan couldn't help but pause.

Xu Laodao sighed: "It's not that there is no way, there are some heavenly treasures that can completely change a person's qualifications, even if it is a waste spirit root after taking it, it can be comparable to a heavenly spirit root, but I have never seen such an elixir, I am afraid that the three sects of our Chu Kingdom may not be able to have such an elixir." ”

Lu Tianyuan said: "Isn't that qualification pill good?"

"Each Qualification Pill can increase by a maximum of one Grade Spirit Root, and no more than three can be taken. With this child's qualifications, even if you take three qualification pills, you will have a four-grade spiritual root at most, and I remember that you are also a fourth-grade spiritual root. Although Xu Laodao didn't say it to death, his meaning was self-evident. "Qualification pills are not easy to refine, materials are rare, and there are only about ten qualification pills left in the sect, and the next furnace alchemy will be ten years later. ”

After speaking, he glanced at the cloth-clothed young man behind him, and said: "Every Nine Rank Spirit Root Sect will give another Qualification Pill, although the chance is not high, but there are still Nine Rank Spirit Roots who have advanced to the Earth Spirit Root." ”

Lu Tianyuan gritted his teeth and said, "Senior Uncle, I want to go back to the sect with you to meet the sect master, I wonder if Uncle Shi can do it on your behalf?"

Xu Laodao looked at Lu Fan in front of him, Lu Fan didn't say a word from beginning to end, just looked at Lao Dao, his eyes flashed with persistence and longing.

"This time, you Lujiabao has recruited a disciple of the Nine Spirit Root, and it is also appropriate for you to go back to the sect with me to receive the reward, as for whether the sect master sees it or not, then it is not for me to be the master. Xu Laodao paused, hesitated and said, "Senior Nephew Lu, I heard that in the extreme west, some sects have soul power cultivation methods, and the power is extremely great. However, my Jiuhua Sect is mainly based on sword cultivation, but there is no such method. ”

"Thank you Uncle Shi for your teachings, I still want to go back to the sect and give it a try. Lu Tianyuan insisted.

Xu Laodao nodded, didn't say anything, and continued to go back to the test. And Lu Fan also retreated into the crowd below. In less than an hour, all the tests were completed, and then a five-grade fire spirit root came out, and there were no more qualified children.

Xu Laodao didn't delay much, and after the test was completed, he took the four qualified disciples and Lu Tianyuan and walked away.

A month later, late at night.

Although it was already the end of the moon, in the garden of a wing, a seven or eight-year-old boy was still practicing boxing.

A set of Kailing Fist was fought over and over again, and this young man was Lu Fan.

Without playing the Spirit Fist once, Lu Fan could feel that there seemed to be a little bit of something in the heavens and the earth burrowing into his body, although the amount was very small, but every time he hit it, he would gain something. Lu Fan gritted his teeth and insisted, it has been almost a month since his father went to the sect for his own business, and it was not all because of his poor qualifications, but now it is good for him to improve even a little. Diligence can make up for clumsiness, and my father taught me since I was a child.

Suddenly, a black shadow rolled into outside the courtyard wall, his body was unstable, and he didn't take a few steps into the courtyard before his steps were unstable and he stumbled, which alarmed Lu Fan, who was practicing boxing.

Although it was dark night, under the moonlit night, Lu Fan immediately recognized the identity of the black shadow, and hurriedly took two steps to support the black shadow and exclaimed: "Daddy, what's wrong with you?"