After cultivating the Tiger Fist to the Dacheng realm, both hands have the power of a thousand catties, and the power is quite amazing.

With Xu Ping's strength, there have been earth-shaking changes compared to the last time he went to the county seat, at least two notches higher, and Xu Dali, the number one master in the village, is no longer his opponent.

This is not counting archery and flying crane steps, otherwise once these two skills are deployed, Xu Dali can't even get close to his side, and he will be hit by Xu Ping from a long distance, until his energy is consumed little by little, and finally he will fall into the situation of being slaughtered.

Although he is currently the number one master in the village, Xu Ping doesn't want to tell others about his martial arts, so it's better to hide it, mainly because he doesn't want to seize power with Xu Dali, because once it leaks in the village, he will bear more responsibilities in the future, so it is better to practice in a down-to-earth manner.

In addition, there are more risks outside, and it is not worth him to take risks, so he still accumulates strength and develops silently.

This New Year, Xu Ping lived alone.

There are no parents and no siblings to accompany them.

Although it was very lonely, Xu Ping felt very happy, and at noon, he stewed a wild pheasant, and put a lot of dried wild vegetables and other condiments in the pot, as well as a few pieces of wild ginseng.

In the evening, Xu Ping made some dumplings, the meat was hare meat, although he wanted to use wild boar, but this winter the wild boar did not go down the mountain, and he did not venture into the mountains.

I don't know if people in this world eat dumplings during the New Year, Xu Ping didn't go to other people's houses to see it, anyway, he wants to eat dumplings, everything is still according to the habit before rebirth.

The rules of New Year's greetings have not changed, and Xu Ping went to the old village chief's house and Xu Xiucai's house with gifts on the first day of junior high school.

As for the rest of the village, they can only pass by, and although they are all familiar with each other, they have few opportunities to deal with each other.

At the old village chief's house, Xu Ping wanted to inquire about the situation outside, but the old village chief couldn't say anything, just said that it was very chaotic outside, and he shouldn't go out casually if he had anything to do.

No matter how chaotic the world is, Xujia Village is protected by the Xu family's Xiuxian family, and there are bandits from Sancha Mountain and Caomangling outside, and the homeless people outside will not be able to escape here for a while.

Although Xu Ping didn't believe it, he still returned home honestly and began to practice day after day, only when he was strong could he survive in this troubled world.

It's been more than a month and the weather is a little warmer. It's the triennial "Spiritual Root Test" conference, and at this time of year, the immortal cultivators of the Xu family come down from Xianxia Mountain and bring some children with "spiritual roots" to the mountain.

Xu Ping experienced it once when he was very young, and he has seen it many times since then, although it is not uncommon, but he still followed the villagers to the Xu ancestral hall to watch the excitement.

Xu Xiucai also came, Xu Ping stood beside Xu Xiucai with a cheeky face, Xu Xiucai didn't mind, he was usually such an easy-going person, he didn't care about the rich and the poor.

The immortal cultivators have not yet arrived, but the outside of the Xu ancestral hall is already crowded with people, and almost all families with children have come.

Xu Ping counted, there are a total of fifty or sixty children, but there are usually not so many children in the village, could it be that which girls from Xujia Village have come back?

Immortal cultivators are so open-minded, they don't care about bloodlines, because the children who were brought to the mountain by the Xu family's immortal cultivators are all surnamed Xu after they are, and they don't care about the size of the mortal generation, anyway, there is only one generation after they go to the mountain.

How to call uncles and nephews, grandchildren, and nephews, and call them brothers and sisters in the future, isn't it a series of generations?

Xu Ping thought about it and thought this situation was funny.

"What are you laughing at?"

"I'm not laughing!"

"Hmph, I thought I didn't see it, you don't laugh at these children, even if you choose one today, it's not something we mortals can laugh at."

I didn't laugh at these children!

But he didn't tell Xu Xiucai about the confusion of generations, for fear that after Xu Xiucai found out, he would explain some ethical and moral issues to him on the spot, so that he would remember it vividly.

"Can't mortals cultivate immortals?" Xu Ping asked that childish question again, thinking that Xu Xiu would laugh at him, but after Xu Xiucai heard it, he pondered for a moment before saying: "Mortals can cultivate immortals, they must have spiritual roots." If you can solve the problem of the spiritual root, then you can cultivate immortals in the future. ”

"Isn't that nonsense!" Xu Ping glanced at Xu Xiucai and decided not to pay attention to him today.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, an immortal crane descended from the sky, and then a fifteen-year-old immortal cultivator descended from the crane.

The old village chief stepped forward respectfully and welcomed the visitor into the ancestral hall of the Xu family.

"Isn't this the second ga of our village?"

"Look, Ergazi's parents are also in!"

"Ergazi's family is rich this time!"

……

Xu Ping didn't have to guess, he also knew that this immortal cultivator named Ergazi was the lucky one who was selected from Xujia Village by the immortal cultivators of the Xu family when he was tested to have no spiritual root that year and was sent to the village by his parents.

More than ten years have passed, and Ergazi and him have undergone earth-shaking changes, but he has been overthrown.

I don't want to, why do I want to think so much!

Xu Ping didn't wait long outside before he saw the immortal cultivator named Ergazi coming out of the ancestral hall.

"Now the test begins!"

I saw him take out a disc-shaped stone from the storage bag, put it on the table outside the ancestral hall, and then asked the children who were about to take the test forward one by one to test.

"There is no spiritual root!"

"There is no spiritual root!"

……

It wasn't until the thirty-sixth child was tested that the stone emitted light, and although the light was colorful, at least the girl had spiritual roots.

The immortal cultivator named Ergazi looked at the girl with spiritual roots and asked her to stand behind her.

The next test made the villagers of Xujia Village a little disappointed, the last time I tested the spiritual root, there were still two children with the spiritual root, why is there only one person this year?

Disappointment is disappointment, but it's better than nothing.

This time, the immortal cultivator didn't know what was going on, and after the test, he only gave the girl with a spiritual root half an hour to let her go home and say goodbye to her family.

Then, the old village chief came out and said out loud to the onlookers a good news, the Xu family of cultivating immortals had discovered a spiritual mine three hundred miles away from Xianxia Mountain, and planned to recruit fifty miners in Xujia Village, with a monthly salary of ten taels of silver.

For a while, there was a lot of bustle outside the ancestral hall, and there were many people who signed up, even Uncle Liu, a neighbor with inconvenient legs and feet, also registered.

After all, it's just mining, and you don't need to go far.

Xu Ping didn't sign up, firstly, because he has money now and can't afford that monthly salary. The second is that he is still a child, only seventeen years old this year, not yet eighteen years old, and cannot do that heavy mining work.

In addition, the most important thing is that he is now the son-in-law of the county magistrate of Qinan County, and it is possible that he will get married this year.

And also.......

Anyway, there are many reasons, Xu Ping can name a lot, and there is only one purpose, that is, to stay in the village.

Although 50 people were selected from these applicants, it suddenly reduced Xujia Village by one-third of the strong labor force. There is also a time in March to organize people to go to the county seat.

Leave these to the old village chief and Xu Dali to worry about!