Under the command of Cang'er, all the miscellaneous disciples quickly put away the futons in the main hall, and moved the removed tables, chairs, and desks back to the main hall, and the arrangement was quickly completed.

Today's miscellaneous disciples are full of energy, they are very curious about the spiritual root test, this kind of legendary test, Wanshui County cannot provide, can only go to the Daluo faction rudder in Fucheng to test.

The cost of the spirit root test is very expensive, and each test requires one thousand taels of silver or one grade elixir or one lower grade spirit stone. If he passes the test and is willing to join the Da Luo Sect as his outer disciple, the Da Luo Sect will return the 1,000 taels of silver to this disciple.

How much is 1,000 taels of silver worth? As long as an ordinary family of four in Wanshui County has 35 taels of silver in their accounts a year, they can ensure that the family has no worries about food and clothing in the county.

One thousand taels of silver is equal to the income of an ordinary family for thirty years, so even if they feel that their children have the potential to cultivate the truth, the average family simply cannot take out so much money to do the test, and many children with the potential to cultivate the truth may be buried like this.

Therefore, there is a saying among the folk that "the poor and rich emperors cultivate immortals".

It means that if the poor want to change their lives, they should go to study and gain fame; the rich can afford to hire a martial arts master, so that they can strengthen their bodies, and they can immediately become marquis, and they can dominate one side; while cultivating immortals is too expensive, and only the emperor can afford the high cost of cultivating immortals.

Since the cost of cultivating immortals is so high, all the cultivation sects will find ways to open up financial resources and seize cultivation resources, otherwise the sect has no input, how can there be so many cultivation resources to supply the disciples to cultivate?

Many mortals take it for granted that the big sects are rich and rival the country, but in fact, many high-level sects are in decline because of "lack of wealth".

The Linggen test is one of the entries of the Da Luo faction, and there are always many non-descendants of wealthy businessmen and wealthy families who are not qualified to inherit the family business, and they do not have the perseverance and courage to practice martial arts, so they will spend a sum of money to test it, hoping that they are a lucky person.

Among the people who can do the spiritual root test, of course, they will not include the thirty miscellaneous disciples of the Xuanji Sect.

Most of them were innocent citizens and good children, who had to be sold into slavery because of their poor families or serious illnesses of their relatives, and most of them were literate and could be regarded as a group of well-qualified servants.

Song Neng once said to Cang'er, don't treat this group of servants harshly, some of them can be cultivated well, and they may be useful people in the future.

Soon, Prisoner Yi walked into the main hall with a half-human-tall instrument covered with yellow cloth, and all the miscellaneous disciples stared at the mysterious instrument, feeling their hearts beating faster and inexplicably nervous.

Although most of the miscellaneous disciples thought that they did not have the talent for cultivating the true spirit, if they really wanted to let them test the spiritual root, they always had a trace of illusion, maybe they were the lucky one with the spiritual root.

According to the practice of cultivating immortals, the parents or the direct elders in the family have been monks, and the younger generation has a greater probability of having a spiritual root than the general generation, and the higher the realm of the parents or elders, the greater the probability of a spiritual root appearing in the younger generation.

But this is not absolute, there are still cases where there is not a single monk in the family who has not produced a cultivation genius, and there are also cases where both parents are high-level monks, but the children do not have cultivation qualifications.

This is called the unfathomable will of heaven!

Prisoner Yi put the instrument in his hand on the table at the front of the main hall, removed the yellow cloth, and an instrument shaped like a vertical palm appeared on the table.

The height and width of this palm are four feet, and there are six fingers, the thumb is stretched out on one side, the other five fingers are level, and there is a hole under the palm, just enough to allow the palm to stretch in, but as for what is inside, it is not clear to see.

The five fingers are inlaid with crystal pillars of different colors, and each finger has ten two-inch square crystal blocks connected to form a two-foot high crystal pillar, and each crystal is divided into ten equal parts of the scale.

There are five crystal pillars on the five fingers: red, yellow, white, black, and green, and on the thumb is a purple crystal pillar, stretching obliquely to the side.

Cang'er and Yi prisoners stood on both sides of the table, and Cang'er raised his voice and said, "Miscellaneous disciples, you first line up, and then listen to me talk about how to test." ”

The miscellaneous disciples pushed each other, and soon came out in an order, saying that the human race is a creature that naturally understands natural ordering, and sure enough, Liu San, who has performed well recently, was ranked first.

Cang'er looked at the crowd and said: "Disciples, this spiritual root tester is a magic weapon refined by the master of the sect himself, which is different from the large spiritual root tester of the official Daluo faction, with higher accuracy and less pain, this is the first time to take it out and use it, count you lucky." ”

Cang'er's words made several clever servants inside sneer: "It turned out that they were using us as an experiment! But if you save a thousand taels of silver, you should earn it if you save it, so let's do it, what if you have a talent for cultivation?"

Cang Er continued: "Hear clearly, after a while, the people who are testing, all use their left hands, open their palms downward, put their hands into the hole under this tester, after fully extending in, there will be a numb feeling on the fingertips of the five fingers, don't panic, that is the instrument is collecting a small amount of blood, which is used to analyze the attributes of your spiritual root."

If you have some kind of spiritual root, then the crystal pillar of your corresponding attribute will light up, the red crystal of fire, the yellow crystal of earth, the white crystal of metal, the black crystal of water, the green crystal of wood, if you are a special attribute or mutation attribute, then the purple crystal will light up, and you need to test it further.

Okay, that's all I have to say, do you understand?"

"Understood!" replied the miscellaneous disciples.

Cang'er nodded with satisfaction and said, "Liu San, you come first." ”

Liu San strode forward with a resolute face, firmly put the palm of his left hand into the hole of the instrument, and when his wrist went in about three inches, his palm stopped, because his middle finger had reached the innermost part of the instrument.

Suddenly, Liu San felt that his five fingertips were numb, as if he had been pricked by an embroidery needle, Liu San's wrist trembled slightly, and did not retract, this pain was nothing at all.

Liu San's eyes were fixed on the five crystal pillars in front of him, and he kept praying in his heart.

Suddenly, the green crystal pillar on the edge lit up, lighting up six crystals from the bottom up, and the sixth crystal rose to three-tenths and stopped, and then the second fire attribute crystal pillar also lit up, and only one crystal rose and stopped.

Prisoner Yi glanced at Liu San with some surprise and said, "Sixty-three wood attribute spiritual roots, ten fire attribute spiritual roots, suitable for cultivation of the way of grass and trees." ”

Xuanji Zi and Cang'er were also a little surprised, it is said that a hundred mortals may not necessarily have a spiritual root, today the Xuanji faction tested the spiritual root for the miscellaneous disciples, more to collect their hearts and warm their hearts, so that this group of miscellaneous disciples can feel the importance and warmth of the sect, and they do not have much hope for the disciples who find out whether they have spiritual roots.

But I didn't expect that the first miscellaneous disciple measured the spiritual root, and it could reach more than sixty, if the extension of the pulse can also reach more than sixty pulses, it should be able to reach the Jindan stage in the future, and there is also a certain hope for the Yuan infant stage.

Liu San was a little stupid, he didn't know what the Wood Attribute Spirit Root Sixty-Three meant, he was speechless with excitement, and looked at Prisoner Yi with a pleading expression.

Prisoner Yi smiled: "You kid can usually speak the Tao, why can't you speak now?" I won't sell it to you, you kid is lucky, he has cultivation qualifications, and the wood attribute spirit root is sixty-three, which is acceptable, and he can cultivate the way of grass and trees with me." ”

Liu San was overjoyed, hurriedly pulled out his hand, bowed head-on, kowtowed on the ground three times, and shouted: "Master is above, be worshiped by the apprentice Liu Sanyi." ”

Prisoner Yi was very happy in his heart, but he didn't want to show it in front of the master and the third senior brother, he smiled and kicked Liu San on the arm and said, "Get out of the way, the people behind are still waiting for the test, if there are people with better qualifications than you, I may not accept you as an apprentice." ”

Liu San hurriedly got up and walked around to the back of Prisoner Yi, wanting to pinch the master's shoulder and beat his back, Prisoner Yi turned his head and glared at him, he hid to the side in a gloomy manner, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he immediately jumped out of the main hall, not knowing what to do.

Liu San's first test was the wood attribute spirit root, which made the miscellaneous disciples behind him immediately have a little more hope, it was impossible for Liu San and their ancestral tomb to smoke green, and everyone became eager to try.

But the miscellaneous disciples in the back did not create any more miracles, and twenty-two people in a row were unable to activate the crystal pillar, and every miscellaneous disciple who failed the test became depressed.

When Liu San returned to the main hall with the teapot and tea bowl, he found that there was no second miscellaneous disciple with a spiritual root, and he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, it seemed that his status in the Xuanji Sect would not be too low in the future.

Liu San hurriedly put down the three tea bowls in his hand, quickly poured the three bowls of tea, and served them to the master, the third master and the master.

Xuanjizi was quite satisfied to see Liu San so good-eyed, plus Liu San was only seventeen years old, and the age of cultivation was not too old at this time, so it was still good to be an apprentice to the eighth child.

The twenty-fourth participant in the test was a young man with big ears, who very politely saluted Xuanjizi and the other three before stretching out his palm to conduct the test.

This young man's name is Sun Shui, 20 years old this year, and he has been cultivating and studying for generations, only because of the middle of the family in recent generations, in order to support his two younger brothers to continue their studies, Sun Shui sold himself into slavery. Because he has read the books of sages for more than ten years, he is usually a little out of place with other miscellaneous disciples, and his ranking among the crowd is relatively low.

But it is really different whether or not to read a book, Liu San saw that Sun Shui was so polite, and he regretted a little why he didn't think of Xingli just now? It seems that it is necessary to read more books in the future.

Sun Ping quietly put his palm into the hole, and soon after, the crystal pillar that had been silent for a long time lit up again, the black crystal pillar climbed to the scale of fifty-eight, and the white crystal pillar also had thirteen.

Cang Er nodded: "Well, the water attribute is fifty-eight, the metallic property is thirteen, as long as you work hard enough, you can still hope to expand the veins above sixty, you can try to cultivate the truth." ”

Sun Shui was very frustrated when he saw that he hadn't even reached sixty, but when he heard Cang'er say, his eyes lit up and said, "The Three Immortal Masters are comforting me?"

Cang'er shook his head and said: "Cultivators first look at the innate talent spiritual root, but also look at the acquired diligence and understanding, as long as you work hard enough, your achievements may not be lower than Liu San, you must not be arrogant and self-defeating." You step aside first, and when all the tests are done, then you will be arranged. ”

In fact, this is the Xuanji party's strict requirements for accepting disciples, a single attribute over sixty is the rule of the heaven-level sect, the prefecture-level sect will accept fifty, the Xuan-level sect will be forty-five, the yellow-level sect will be forty, and the spiritual root of the thirty sects that do not enter the stream will also dare to accept it.

Among the six miscellaneous disciples in the back, there were no more disciples with cultivation qualifications.

After all the tests were completed, Cang'er said, "Liu San and Sun Shui stay, and the other miscellaneous disciples should go back and rest." If you don't cultivate the spiritual root, you don't need to be discouraged, you can also learn the two ways of civil and martial arts, how many people rely on the two ways of civil and military to make meritorious achievements, and then the sect will make proper arrangements for you, all cheer up!"

After the other miscellaneous disciples bowed down together and thanked them, they all dispersed.

Cang'er and Yi prisoners took Liu San and Sun Shui to visit Xuanjizi together.

Cang Er said: "Master, today's spiritual root test has gained a lot, two of the thirty miscellaneous disciples have cultivation potential, I suggest that all of them be transferred to the registered disciples." ”

Xuanjizi nodded and said: "Well, yes, although the qualifications of Liu San and Sun Shui are not as good as your senior brothers, they are not bad in other sects, since you can come to the Xuanji faction, that is, you have a fate with us, so you two can each choose one person to be accepted as a disciple." ”

Cang'er thought about it, and finally accepted Sun Shui as an apprentice, and the Yi prisoner naturally accepted Liu San as an apprentice, and both pairs of masters and apprentices were very satisfied with this choice.

Under the witness of the head Xuanjizi, these two pairs of masters and apprentices completed a simple and solemn apprenticeship ceremony, and Cang'er and Yi became the first second-generation disciples to accept apprentices after the senior brother and the second senior brother.

Xuanjizi sent Liu San and Sun Shui back to pack their belongings and move in with the master, leaving Cang'er and Yi prisoners behind.

At this time, Xuan Jizi beckoned to the green cow and the big eagle who had never left the main hall and said: "Gray kite, green cow, you have always refused to recognize Tianhuo as a teacher, and today you have seen the potential of your master, but you can be tempted." ”

Qingniu suddenly knelt down and said: "Master Tianzong Genius, although his cultivation is still shallow now, he will definitely be a god who soars above the Nine Heavens in the future, Qingniu is willing to follow the Xuanji Sect and follow Master Tianhuo." ”

Xuanjizi looked at the gray kite again, and the gray kite sighed: "Little Master Tianhuo is indeed extraordinary, but his cultivation is too low, you force me to worship him as a teacher, I have a hurdle in my heart that I can't get over! If he can succeed in building a foundation within half a year, I am willing to follow him to the death." ”

Xuanjizi nodded: "It won't take half a year, four months! Tianhuo will definitely be able to build a successful foundation, and then you will push three more and block it, and I will not forgive you! The prohibition on the two of you will be lifted together after four months, you can go back to the back mountain first." ”

After everyone had withdrawn from the main hall, Cang'er Wen and his face sank, and he walked up to Xuanjizi, stretched out his palm, palm up, and there were two bright beads in his palm, numbered on them, eleven and twenty-nine.

Cang Er said: "Master, these two beads have not turned red, which means that these two people did not let the tester draw their blood at all, let alone test the spiritual root, they must be afraid of revealing their feet, do they need to arrest these two people now, torture them or expel them from the Xuanji faction?"

Xuanjizi smiled and said, "No need, you have to be calm, I didn't expect the enemy to come to the door so quickly." Now that we know who the mole is, you can keep an eye on who they are in contact with, and keep the two of them, maybe it will come in handy in the future. ”

Cang Er wanted to say something, Xuanjizi waved his hand and said, "You two are also tired, go back and rest." These two newly accepted disciples, who are carefully supervising and polishing, will be important helpers for the two of you in the future. Let the eldest and second go to my place. ”

After speaking, Xuanjizi's figure flashed and disappeared from the main hall.

Cang'er and Prisoner Yi glanced at each other and smiled bitterly.

Prisoner Yi said: "Third Senior Brother, it seems that the master is preparing to yin whoever is going to do it once, and we don't care about this matter." When are we going to survey the trade routes?"

Cang'er said: "First wait for the 10,000 taels of repair silver from the Li Governor's Mansion to be allocated, I will arrange the reconstruction of the house, and then wait for the news from the Nineteenth Prince, and then we can set off."

Old man, which route are you going to investigate? The two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, or the Tang Kingdom and the Western Tibetan Kingdom?"

Prisoner Yi raised his hand and stroked the scars on his face, his eyes were cast outside the main hall, and his voice was a little erratic: "Third Senior Brother, I used to run a lot in the rivers and lakes, so let's go to Tang Kingdom and Xifan, and take a look at a few old friends from before by the way." ”

Cang'er patted Prisoner Yi on the shoulder with concern and said, "Eighth Senior Brother, the Xuanji Sect has strict rules, and you must not kill mortals at will, you have to be patient."

Besides, you have to take Liu San to experience it this time, so you really can't be impulsive. ”

Prisoner Yi retracted his gaze, grinned and said, "Third Senior Brother, you don't have to worry about me, I really went to see my friends." Over the years, my revenge has faded, and I think about her helplessness back then, and now she is an old woman who is dying, and I have no murderous intentions. ”

Cang Er nodded and said: "Well, the two of us are different from other senior brothers, we are halfway cultivators, and our talents are not as good as other junior brothers, although the master treats our junior brothers equally, but we must find our own position, thank the teacher, and serve the sect."

Keeping this useful body, fulfilling our duties, teaching our apprentices well, and repaying the Master and the Xuanji Sect are the things that the two of us should do. ”

Prisoner Yi stretched out his right hand and said, "Third Senior Brother, this is what I want to say! Let's let the two of us defend the Xuanji Sect with our lives and thank Master with our merits." ”

Cang'er laughed, and also reached out to high-five Prisoner Yi, and the two hard, rough hands were clasped together.