Volume 1 The Beginning of Youth Chapter 5 There is no spiritual root
In the blink of an eye, Yang Kuang has been in this world for half a year, and he has a certain understanding of the environment he is in.
The village where I live is called Baihe Village, and the prefecture where the village is located is called Gudian Province.
"The sword comes, the gold, wood, water and fire, the urgency is like the law", taking advantage of the fact that the sky was not bright, Yang Kuang hurriedly combined his undying thoughts with the spell compiled by the Zhiwei novels he read in his previous life, trying to summon the small black sword.
Not surprisingly, his spell went into the sea as usual, and there was no response at all.
"The voice before I crossed over was really a big fool, what holy son, what kind of immortal cultivator asked, immortal, Lao Tzu can't even control the things in his body, and he still cultivates a fart immortal."
Yang Kuang scolded and scolded, feeling that he had been fooled by the sword spirit.
Feeling the morning light gradually spreading into the house, Yang Kuang hurriedly closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.
Yang Kuang himself after absorbing the golden pill of the original holy son, the appearance and temperament of the whole person have undergone great changes, from the original mediocre, to become pink and jade, and won the love of the village aunt, from time to time someone will come to the door to tease Yang Kuang.
This is worse than death for Yang Kuang, who was forced to operate, so he often "retreated" everyone by pretending to sleep, so he was quite handy when he pretended to sleep, but he was really forced to be helpless.
Today is a big day for Yang Kuang, and it should be said that it is a big day for several children, including Yang Kuang, which determines their future future.
In the world, the wind of cultivating truth prevails, and the ancient Dian Province as a party in the universe is naturally not exempt from vulgarity, and the world is committed to the ultimate goal of immortality.
In this world, cultivating immortals and preaching is never a secret, on the contrary, a person's realm and potential are different, and the treatment and courtesy they receive are naturally different.
Each world has its own way of defining potential and strength, and different Dao systems will distinguish between realms and slightly different, but the similarity is that each place attaches great importance to the potential of its younger generation.
Therefore, every child in the world, after being born and reaching the age of one, will face the first big test in life - qualification verification.
The first year here is different from the age of the earth, the world is respected, the Tao here, not the Taoist way in the narrow sense, but the way of cultivation, the three thousand avenues, the rules can be proven, the peddlers and pawns, the three religions and nine streams, all belong to this list, all can become Taoist, and the end of the road is listed as sages.
Therefore, the age of the world and the earth refers to the age of the year is very different, the world refers to the year of the year, refers to the baby born in the heaven and earth, in the mother's womb with a breath of innate gas, this innate gas in the combination of the baby and the world gradually integrated into the acquired physique, in the body meridians self-manifested, condensation but not disperse is called the spiritual root, that is, the talent, condensation and dispersion, then the talent does not exist, does not have the spiritual root, in short, the innate qi or dispersed or condensed, until the stereotype, before the age of one, the talent can be measured.
When a child reaches the age of one, there will be a special person to measure the child's monastic talent, and divide it into four levels, A, B, C, D, to distinguish the child's qualifications, and each level is divided into upper, middle and lower levels.
According to legend, the first and second levels are only heard of in the heavenly realm, and basically do not exist in the mortal realm, so the average child can have a D-level intermediate can be regarded as a superior qualification, and the vast majority of monks in the mortal world are D-level inferior spiritual roots, and the vast majority of people do not have spiritual roots, and a mouthful of innate qi has long been turbid, scattered between heaven and earth, and naturally does not have the qualifications for cultivation.
For every child, this talent measurement at the age of one is equivalent to a big test in life.
In the Ancient Dian Province, the potential is huge, and children with spiritual roots above the Ding level can be sent to the Ancient Dian Provincial Governor's Mansion for unified cultivation, or sent to the Great Sect to teach, and when they become adults, they will give back to the sect and the clan, which coincides with Yang Kuang's idea of ascending to heaven by himself.
Therefore, for these children, it is tantamount to a carp jumping over the dragon gate, if they are selected by the Governor's Mansion or enter the top sect of the Ancient Dian Province, the future is limitless.
Yang Kuang has actually been waiting for this day for a long time, he can't wait to understand the pattern of this world, in this world without the Internet, without electricity, the only thing that can inspire Yang Kuang is the cultivation conditions that are not available on the earth, cultivating into immortals, immortality also has a fatal temptation for a modern person, although Yang Kuang doesn't know what he can do if he lives so long, but who would think that he has a long life?
The answer is no!
Therefore, Yang Kuang was already eager to try it after hearing that there was such a thing, but unfortunately after passing the judgment of the high priest, he found out that he could not reach the "age one" until half a year later before he was eligible to participate in the qualification appraisal.
In the ancient Yunnan province, due to the mixed cultivation of the sect, in order to increase the supervision of the locality, the governor's office sent priests to govern the locality, and the sacrifices were generally held by people with certain cultivation talents in the same village, and the priest's office established by the governor's office unified management and training, distributed to the major counties, cities, towns and towns, to be in charge of all cultivation matters in ancient Yunnan, including children's qualification measurement, statistics, and reporting.
As soon as the day dawned, Tiezhu and his wife took the child and walked all the way to the center of the village, only to see a wide playground in the center of the village, and there were some wooden stakes and targets around the playground, which seemed to be a place for the hunters in the village to practice their hunting skills. There are several families scattered next to the stone, and the parents of these families glance at the intersection from time to time, their eyes are anxious and full of expectation, like parents on earth who send their children to the examination room.
In fact, Yang Kuang's "one year old" is already very early, and children of the same size as him are generally not yet "one year old", the children who tested with him this time are all five people, Yang Kuang is the youngest, and the other children are basically about two years old, the parents of these children whisper, and some are teaching their children face-to-face, as if the results of this calculation are still available, and it is quite lively and noisy for a while.
This glowing bluestone must be the prophet stone, Yang Kuang thought secretly.
This prophet stone is a tool to assist the priest to test the child's talent, it is not a magic weapon, it is refined by the refiners of the governor's mansion, and it is uniformly distributed to all towns and villages, which Yang Kuang heard the aunts mention when he was forced to operate.
With the arrival of Yang Kuang's family, an old man also slowly walked into the center of the playground under the support of several strong men.
This old man was born with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, his beard and hair are white, only a pair of eyes are bright, he can't see the specific age, he is a long shirt and dusty, and he looks like a fairy wind and bones, it is already the late autumn season, but the old man is only wearing a long shirt, which seems to be very Taoist.
If Yang Kuang hadn't been an old man who had been staring at him as soon as he came in, he would never have been able to find out that the old man was secretly shivering.
"Cough" The old man coughed dryly, and the whispers of the parents in the field stopped abruptly, and for a while the field was silent, and even the children were not playing, looking at the old man with a curious face.
The parents in the "Seen High Priest" hall saluted one after another.
The high priest was a little complacent about his prestige, and when he saw that everyone was quiet and saluted, he slowly spoke: "Everyone, what day is today, this division won't say much, presumably the big guys also know that these children are the future of our Baihe Village, let's talk less nonsense, let's start the test." ”
Immediately, several parents hugged their children and lined up in front of the bluestone in the order they came to the playground.
"Anyway, the protagonist of a blockbuster is often the last to appear." Yang Kuang's family came the latest, so he naturally came last, and Yang Kuang comforted himself shamelessly.
"The first" saw the old man's indifferent expression, accompanied by his parents, he grabbed the hand of the first three-year-old child, and slowly imprinted it on the bluestone, and then the old man's palm emitted a faint blue light, injected into the bluestone, but the blue light emitted by the old man was like a mud cow into the sea, without the slightest feedback.
"No Spirit Root, next," the old man said slowly, a hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes.
The accompanying parents had a look of disappointment on their faces, but they didn't see much frustration, this kind of thing is actually similar to buying lottery tickets in the previous life, how many people can have a spiritual root? Even the high priest in front of him is just a "pseudo-spiritual root" owner, who can serve the golden rice bowl of the high priest's palace, have a monthly amount of money to receive, and can also be respected in his hometown, second only to the village head, or the nominal leader of the village, has been taught by those immortal masters in the governor's palace, has learned immortal arts, and is still refreshed at the age of more than 100 years, which is a blessing that many people can't cultivate in several lifetimes.
Therefore, although their children were tested to have no spiritual root, but their parents were not much frustrated except for a little disappointment, although they could not ask the immortals to ask, but they could be ordinary people, no illness and no disaster, and they couldn't get along with themselves, most parents can still see it, and it is only an attempt to test the spiritual root, and there is an open-mindedness to gain and lose my life.
After testing three families in a row, they are all children without spiritual roots, and a trace of fatigue flashed on the high priest's face, after all, it is a "pseudo-spiritual root", and he can only learn some fur techniques, and after a few tests, it can be regarded as a great consumption for his own small true yuan.
After a short rest, the high priest continued the previous steps, grabbed the fourth child's hand and printed it on the bluestone, but this time the true yuan entered did not sink into the sea, but flashed a trace of blue light.
The "pseudo-spiritual root" high priest is overjoyed, this year, similar ceremonies have not been held for many years, and there has been no response, today it is finally rewarded, with this pseudo-spiritual root, the embarrassing situation of nothing in the past few years has been alleviated, not bad.
As the words of the high priest settled, the child's parents had irrepressible ecstasy on their faces, although it was only a pseudo-spiritual root, but it was also a stroke of luck, there had been no child with a "pseudo-spiritual root" in the village for several years, as long as the child worked hard in the future, he could completely copy the "road to success" of the high priest, and hold the golden rice bowl of the governor's palace, at least he didn't have to be with his parents all day long, and he was in the company of farm work all day long, joke, do the gods still use farming to hunt?
The child's parents retreated in ecstasy, waiting for the follow-up.
"Isn't it just a pseudo-spiritual root? Look at you happy, I haven't seen the world, and when Uncle Ben comes to power, after calculation, at least I have to be a B, no matter what I say, I am also a holy son, there must be a B level, I can't scare you to death. Yang Kuang saw everyone's shocked expressions and thought disdainfully.
Finally, it was Yang Kuang's turn to step forward to test, and Yang Kuang stretched out his right hand with a look of relief, without the cooperation of his parents at all.
"Take it, take it, shock, mortals!" Yang Kuang thought to himself
In view of the fact that a "pseudo spiritual root" has just been measured, the old man is in a good mood, and the fatigue on his face has dissipated a little, seeing that the child in front of him is so cooperative, he also secretly guesses in his heart, the child in front of him seems to be full of confidence, is it not that he has gone lucky today, and two children have been tested in a row to have spiritual roots. If this is the case, he also has a certain amount of talking points in front of his colleagues, and he can also go to the Governor's Mansion in the name of reporting to meet the immortal master in exchange for some elixir. You know, under normal circumstances, the high priest is not allowed to leave the village, and he can only apply for a report unless something like this happens.
Thinking so, the old man slowly grabbed Yang Kuang's right hand and printed it on the bluestone, and a trace of blue light was also injected into the bluestone.
There was no reaction, and the bluestone in front of him actually didn't react at all! In Yang Kuang's eyes, the bluestone in front of him was so stubborn.
"It's broken, this broken stone must be broken, Lao Tzu worked hard to cross into this world, it must be the halo of the protagonist on his head, wearing a five-colored divine light, the spirit of the king is out, and the Quartet surrenders, how can he not even have the qualifications for cultivation?" Yang Kuang's face was full of incredulity, staring at the bluestone in front of him, obviously unable to believe the result in front of him.
"No spiritual root" A trace of disappointment flashed on the old man's face, it seems that his plan is about to fail, too, this spiritual root is not a cabbage, it is a blessing to find one, how can I find a few at a time, I am disappointed, but it is not unacceptable, today in general, it is also a full harvest, thinking so, the high priest's mood is better again.
Tie Zhu and his wife couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but they were also as open-minded as the previous ones, Linggen This kind of thing, they couldn't ask for it, they didn't have much hope originally, it was a big deal to let Tie Dan follow his father to the mountains to hunt in the future, although it was dangerous, but it was more than enough to make ends meet, and he would not starve to death, so he would no longer be entangled at the moment, and retreated with the child in his arms.
However, if there is a god master in the field who can release his divine sense, he will definitely find that the inside of the bluestone has already been shattered like a spider's web, the outside is intact, but the inside has long been destroyed.
"If you can't cultivate, do you really want to be a hunter in this cultivation world and live a lifetime?" Yang Kuang still couldn't accept this result, he was confused, and muttered to himself.
"Next, I will bless the children in the field, and from now on I will be lucky and avoid evil, and all diseases will not be invaded!" The high priest went to the deer blood brought by the strong man beside him, and put a little on the forehead of each child, and did it himself.
After the ceremony, the high priest with a tired face slowly left with the support of several big men, and Yang Kuang was also taken back with a confused face.