The whole team walked all the way through the valley, and the miasma in front of it gradually dissipated, and the terrain began to narrow, forming a pass like a gourd mouth.

Yuan Ming was far away, and he saw a bronze gate five or six zhang high erected on the side of the pass, and there were seven or eight armored guards holding swords stationed next to it.

The bronze door is carved with dense patterns of green snakes, which are full of exotic atmosphere at a glance.

On both sides of the gate, there is a green wolf more than two feet tall stationed, all of them hunched their backs, wearing special scale armor to protect the neck, chest and abdomen and other positions, looking fierce and abnormal.

Seeing everyone approaching, the green wolf immediately bared his teeth, let out a low roar in his throat, his body was low, his muscles were tense, and he looked ready to attack at any time.

After the guards on the side were pacified, the green wolf put away the appearance of choosing people to eat.

The naked man in the lead led everyone to the front, and after beckoning inside, a heavy sound of gears turning, and the heavy bronze gate slowly rose upwards and opened a passage.

At this moment, there was a sudden roar in the sky, and a shadow flew over everyone's heads.

Yuan Ming looked up and looked upwards, only to see a huge black falcon, which was hovering above with its wings outstretched, and after a whirlwind, it swooped straight down.

"Whew"

A strong wind swept up a large cloud of smoke, dust, sand and gravel to sweep towards everyone, and a five-foot wingspan, its sharp hook claws flashed with cold light, swept low above everyone's heads, and then rushed straight into the air, causing everyone to exclaim.

Yuan Ming looked at the passage and sighed in his heart, the defense here was far tighter than he imagined, and once he entered it and wanted to escape, he was afraid that it would be difficult to climb to the sky.

"As long as you live, you will definitely have a chance."

Yuan Ming narrowed his eyes, and as the team continued to move forward, he walked along a two-zhang wide passage, and the scene ahead suddenly opened up, and an unusually open bluestone square came into view.

Behind the square, there stands an imposing circular hall, which is made of cyan stone and has a huge circular vault at the top, which looks like a huge fortress.

Stretching to the left and right of the main hall, there are also scattered round halls of similar shapes, and farther behind, there is a mountain peak, on which you can also see stone buildings in the background.

A beast roar came from the back of the main hall, the sound was different from the height, it seemed to be the sound of different beasts, and above everyone's heads, there were more falcons flying up and down, and the low chirp continued.

There were only a few people walking by in the square, and when they looked at this side, the southern Xinjiang men who escorted them would touch their chests with their hands and bend down to salute.

They did not linger long before being led to the left side of the square, and finally came to a halt outside one of the main halls.

Yuan Ming looked up and found that above the stone gate in front of him, three crooked and twisted, ghost-like characters were engraved with a character that resembled an earthworm.

Just after a little thought, Yuan Ming recognized that this was a common snake script in southern Xinjiang.

And the meaning of those three words is "Candle Spirit Temple".

At this time, out of the main hall came an old man in a gray robe with a shriveled face, his skin was slightly gray, and his figure was obviously quite tall, but his figure seemed a little shrunken.

"There are quite a few people this time." The old man said in a hoarse voice.

"Elder Saren, this time I am lucky, there are a total of one hundred and thirty-seven, all of them can light up soul stones, and there should be a few with spiritual roots." The naked man bowed slightly, smiled all over his face, and said.

"I hope so. When I'm done testing the spiritual root, you can go to the treasury to receive the reward. The old man bowed slightly.

"Thank you, Elder."

Elder Saren's gaze swept over the group of southern Xinjiang savages one by one, and when his gaze fell on Yuan Ming, he stopped, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he was a little disgusted.

"How come there is still a Central Plains person?"

"Ahem, I picked it up halfway, I originally thought that I would draw the soul together, but I didn't expect that his soul was not weak, and he passed the test of the soul stone, we didn't dare to call the shots at will, so we brought it back." The naked man hurriedly explained.

Yuan Ming listened to it in his ears, his heart sank slightly, and it could be heard from the conversation between the two that it seemed that the identity of "Central Plains" was not very popular here.

"Bring it in first and see how it goes." Elder Saren commanded lightly.

The naked man and others escorted Yuan Ming and a group of southern Xinjiang savages towards the palace.

The space in the stone hall is huge, and the walls around it are hung with chandeliers in the shape of bronze beast heads, and yellow flames are burning inside, illuminating the entire hall.

Yuan Ming saw at a glance that there was a round stone plate in the middle of the main hall, which looked similar to a grinding plate, but it was uneven and carved with many lines.

On the eight different directions of the stone plate, there is a southern snake rune in each place, which reads: wood, fire, earth, metal, water, heaven, alien, and empty.

He didn't understand what it was, but he guessed that it was related to the spiritual root he had talked about earlier.

"You, go up."

Elder Saren pointed to a burly savage in his hand and pointed to the center of the stone plate.

The wild man's face was frightened, and he trembled, not daring to step forward.

Elder Saren was not polite, and as soon as he raised his hand and grabbed him on the back, the wild man stiffened and could not move, and was carried like a chicken and thrown onto the stone plate.

When the rest of the savages saw this, their faces were terrified and terrified.

Yuan Ming's eyes widened at this time, silently watching all this.

I saw that the burly savage was held down by Elder Saren and forced to sit down, and then Elder Saren jumped off the stone plate, and after gesturing his hands in front of him for a while, a ball of blue light lit up on his palm.

With a wave of his hand, the blue light fell on the wild man on the stone plate.

The latter was immediately shrouded in blue light and screamed in fright.

However, there was no cruel and bloody picture next, the blue light on the wild man's body flashed and then disappeared, and the "empty" character on the stone plate flashed white light, and then went out.

"There's no spiritual root, go and stand over there." Elder Saren grimaced and gestured to a clearing on his left.

The burly savage was a little unclear, but he didn't dare to disobey the old man's request and walked over.

Elder Saren casually pointed to another wild man, and the man stepped on the stone plate, still only the "empty" character flashed.

"There is no spiritual root."

"Nope."

"Nope."

There were seventeen or eighteen people in a row, all of whom had no spiritual roots, and in the end, Elder Saren was a little distracted, and he didn't even open his mouth, but just waved his hand.

The naked man glanced at the savages on the open ground on the left side of the old man, and reached out to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

A soft sound suddenly sounded from Elder Saren's mouth.

I saw a ball of blue light fall on a slightly chubby young savage on the stone plate, and a little spiritual light seemed to light up on his body, seeping into the stone plate under him.

Immediately afterwards, a pillar of yellow, a cyan and a red pillar of light on the stone plate lit up from the earth, wood and fire characters, respectively.

"Sanlinggen, good. Go to the right and stand up. Seeing this, Elder Saren bowed slightly.

With that, he stepped forward and took the wild man, and with a gentle smile on his face, he startled the wild man.

"It's your turn." Then, he pointed to another wild man whose head was significantly larger than the others.

Seeing that it seems that it is okay to choose this test, the others are not so nervous.

The big-headed savage walked up to the stone plate by himself, and when he sat down, he looked left and right with some curiosity.

At this time, Elder Saren shot out a cyan light cluster again, but saw a blue pillar of light, a cyan pillar of light, a golden pillar of light, and a red pillar of light, each lit up from the stone plate.

"Hey, another one! A water spirit root, a wood spirit root, a fire spirit root, and a gold spirit root. The four spirit roots are too complicated, and the qualifications are not good, so let's go and stand on the right side first. The old man shook his head, but still let the big-headed savage stand on his right.

"Thank you, Elder." The big-headed savage saluted Elder Saren before moving to the right.

At this moment, even if the other savages didn't understand what the spiritual root was, they also deduced from the change in the old man's expression that it was better to have a spiritual root than not to have a spiritual root.

In this way, one after another, under the command of the old man, the wild man walked up to the stone plate and was tested for the spiritual root.

It's just that after the big-headed savage, there are more than 20 people in a row, all of whom have no spiritual roots, and the left side of the old man's body is suddenly crowded.

Elder Saren's face was obviously a little unsightly.

The naked man rubbed his hands, and he also looked a little worried.

They worked hard to run out of this big circle, hunting wild people who met the age requirements everywhere, and how much reward they could get in the end was closely related to the spiritual root situation that these people were measured in the end.

Speaking of which, among mortals, there is no one with a spiritual root, although these people have gone through a series of screenings, the probability of having a spiritual root has increased greatly, but those who do not have a spiritual root still account for the majority, even if there is a spiritual root, the four spiritual roots with poor spiritual root qualifications account for the majority.

If the qualifications of those savages behind are not good, the reward is less or secondary, and they will inevitably be scolded, and then they will continue to be sent out to arrest people, and they will not even have time to cultivate.

"What are you doing, go up." Elder Saren looked at a young savage boy who didn't look very old, and his tone was a little impatient.

The boy was born with thick eyebrows and big eyes, although his body was not inferior to those adult savages, but there was obviously a bit of youth and childishness between his eyebrows and eyes.

He walked over to the center of the stone plate and sat down, and the test began again.

In the next moment, a cyan pillar of light and a yellow pillar of light lit up from the positions of the corresponding wood characters and earth characters, respectively, and Elder Saren's face changed instantly.

"Twin Spirit Roots, there is actually a Double Spirit Root, it's not too much to go directly to the inner door." The old man's sudden ecstatic look startled everyone around him.

But soon, the old man calmed down, and said with great satisfaction to the naked man: "Hu Zha, you have made a great contribution this time, and you have brought back a good seedling, and Elder Ben is greatly rewarded." ”

Hu Zha was already so excited that he couldn't speak, and his eyes looked at the dazed young man with fiery eyes, eager to hug him and kiss him.

The fewer types of spiritual roots, the purer they are, and the faster their cultivation speed will be in the future, and a single Five Elements spiritual root is too rare, and having a dual spiritual root is enough to surprise them.

Happiness came so suddenly!

With the experience of the previous car, the faces of the rest of the savages were completely gone, but there was a sense of eagerness to try, which seemed a little noisy.

But then Elder Saren said lightly, but it seemed to pour a basin of cold water on their heads:

"Noise! Those who have no spiritual roots, drag them out, and kill them. ”

After speaking, he personally took the young man who was still a little stunned from the stone plate and asked a few words with a pleasant face.

Hu Zha immediately took out the bell, waved his big hand, and several southern Xinjiang men behind him strode forward, dragging the group of savages who had not yet reacted to the outside of the hall.

After a while, a scream rang out from outside.

At this moment, the rest of the people reacted, it turned out that the fate without the spiritual root would die, they no longer competed, but shrank back one by one, not daring to step forward.

Yuan Ming's heart sank even further. He had basically understood that this stone plate seemed to be some kind of artifact for testing talent, and the result was not something that could be intervened by humans.

This also means that his life and death can only depend on the will of heaven.

"Central Plains boy, you come first." At this moment, Elder Saren pointed at Yuan Ming and said in an unquestionable tone.

Yuan Ming didn't have any resistance and struggle, he walked onto the stone plate and sat down calmly.

This scene made Saren's eyes flash slightly, and he was a little surprised.

Soon, he cast the spell again, and a blue light enveloped Yuan Ming, and he could feel a stream of heat on his body and enter the stone plate under him.

Immediately after, beside him, the four pillars of light of red, gold, blue, and blue lit up respectively.

"The five elements lack soil...... Hehe, another pseudo-spiritual root. Saren shook his head with a hook at the corner of his mouth.

When Yuan Ming heard this, he chuckled in his heart.

At this time, Huzha, who had just come back from outside, heard the words and asked:

"It's ...... if you want this?"

"Silinggen, it's still okay to be a furry beast slave, at the moment those camps are short of manpower, although they are from the Central Plains, let's keep them first." Elder Saren's faint words can be regarded as leaving Yuan Ming's life.

Yuan Ming was overjoyed when he heard this, and he felt like he had escaped death.

After the test continued, most of the savages who did not have spiritual roots were killed, and the remaining survivors, except for one who was a three-spirit root, were all four-spirit roots, which was not much different from Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming also judged from the results of this experiment and Elder Saren's sporadic words that the more spiritual roots the better.

It seems that the Heavenly Spirit Root is the best, followed by the Alien Spirit Root, and then the single Five Elements Spirit Root, such as the Fire Spirit Root, the Water Spirit Root, etc., the qualifications of the Double Spirit Root are slightly inferior, but it is still very rare and rare.

As for the four spirit roots like him, they are the inferior products of the spirit roots, and they are the type with the worst qualifications, and they are regarded as pseudo spirit roots.

At the moment, he still doesn't know what it means to be a native of the Central Plains and have an inferior spiritual root for his next fate?