Chapter 4: Parting
"North Springs, begin. With the shout of golden light. The children of North Springs began their selection.
One stood up, the stone pillar showed no color, and the other went up, still no color, and finally came to Shuangquan Village, Jiang Kun was more anxious than anyone else, the first one stood up, and the stone pillar did not change. Jiang Youbao's face immediately turned black, Jiang Youbao wanted his son to try again, but seeing Jin Guang's expressionless face, he stretched out his head and only swallowed a few mouthfuls of spit, but when he thought that the son of his cousin who lived in the town was not selected, his expression finally eased.
Er Ya timidly walked up, the stone pillar did not change, the second girl father had a disappointed expression on his face, but he still let out a smile from his heart, the bolt went up, there was no change, the bolt father said to Lu Tong's father indifferently, "It doesn't matter, I will go back to Lao Zhang's house to propose marriage, and after finishing his brother's business, it will be the turn of the bolt." Hearing the words of the bolt father, Lu Tong and his father smiled and said nothing.
Seeing the bolt come down, Lu Tong took a good look at Jin Guang again, still with that kind of expression, like a dead man, he walked quickly to the stone pillar and stood, looked at the stone pillar with his eyes, and found that there was nothing special, it was a gray-white stone pillar, which was not as good as the stone by the bitter spring in the north of the village, if you want to say something special, that is, there are many small holes on the stone pillar, like a pockmark on a person's face, which is dense enough to make people uncomfortable to see, he heard the man standing behind the sitting man say that he stood for five breaths.
I thought to myself: "Five breaths is five breaths, even ten breaths, I'm not afraid, what's this? Is it more powerful than the Jiang family's big yellow dog, the Jiang family's big yellow dog bites people, and it wasn't killed by us and ate dog meat." β
As soon as Lu Tong stood up, a layer of white mist slowly rose from the bottom of the stone pillar, and then a layer of cyan mist slowly rose when the white mist rose to one-fifth, and when it reached two-fifths, another layer of black mist appeared, this is not over, after the black mist, a red mist slowly rose again, at this time, the golden light frowned slightly, Zhong Yunhai's body was slightly up, his eyes stared directly at the pillar, as if expecting something to happen, the red mist stopped at four fifths of the way, and then a cloud of yellow mist slowly rose, all the way to the top of the pillarγ
"The Five Elements Spiritual Root, and it's a balanced Five Elements Spiritual Root, how can this be cultivated? This kid is really bad. He ...... "Zhong Lianhong finally couldn't help but speak."
"Shut up. Zhong Yunhai interrupted his daughter's words.
Seeing the qualifications of the five elements spiritual roots, and it was a balanced five spiritual roots, he couldn't say the taste in his heart, after all, the more spiritual roots there are in the cultivation realm, the more difficult it is to cultivate the truth, the spiritual roots are messy, the exercises are not easy to choose, and the cultivation speed is slow, which are all shortcomings, but Zhong Yunhai is a foundation building monk after all, and he is more knowledgeable.
He knew that cultivating in the cultivation realm was actually competing with heaven and earth for time, and most of the four spiritual roots and five elements spiritual root monks could not build a foundation and entered reincarnation, because you were a multi-spiritual root monk, and the speed of absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was slow, and it was chaotic and could not be concentrated, so that when you broke through the realm later, you needed much more spiritual energy than a single spiritual root monk, and very few monks were able to break through the realm before the end of the longevity, and they couldn't build a foundation, let alone the realm after building a foundation. But once the four spiritual roots and the five elements spiritual root monks successfully build the foundation and form a golden pill, then they will have an advantage over the monks of the single spiritual root in the later cultivation, after entering the realm of the golden pill, in the fighting method, it will depend on who has more magic weapons, whose spiritual power is sufficient, and who has a greater chance of survival, and at this time, the four spiritual roots and five spiritual roots monks have an advantage, after all, with the method of attribute restraint, the multi-spiritual root monk will take the lead, it is based on these, Zhong Yunhai glanced at Lu Tong a few more times, and always felt that there was something indescribable different about this child.
"You go up there and stand. Jin Guang pointed to the side, and Lu Tong unconsciously walked among the dozen or so children.
"Ah...... Lao Lu, no...... , in-laws, see no, see no, your son has been chosen, now your family is developed, you are not allowed to regret the marriage! The bolt father closest to Lu Tong's father said hurriedly.
"Brother Lu, I just see that your son has the ability, that is the dragon and phoenix among the people, and it is difficult for us to come out of Shuangquan Village in the past hundred years! Come to my house to drink at night, come to my house to drink, I will treat you. Jiang Youbao picked everyone away, walked quickly to Lu Tong and his father, and said with a flattering face.
"Brother Lu, I'll just say it......."
"Lao Lu, now you have to ask for wine, you ......."
"Old Lu, ......".
Everyone came up to congratulate, but at this time, Lu Tong's father didn't say anything, didn't even hear anything, just stared at Lu Tong with his eyes, as if he was about to lose some treasure.
At this time, Lu Tong stood on the stage, knowing that he was retained, but he was a little blind, he didn't know what to do or what not to do, his eyes kept on the position where his father was standing, and he never left for a moment.
In the end, all the children were tested, and a total of 16 children were retained, 10 boys and 6 girls were retained.
"The children who stayed behind followed me to the town hall for a while, and the rest of the people dispersed. Jin Guang didn't say a word.
All the children suddenly looked at the other children around them, the older ones were fine, and the younger ones were a little panicked.
In the town hall, Zhong Yunhai looked at the 16 children in front of him, he didn't know what to think, he paced back and forth in front of the children twice, and then returned to his seat and said, "Children don't need to panic, you are fortunate to be chosen, this is the favor of God." You have to cherish this opportunity, of course, after we go to the Qingquan Sect, we will take the entrance test with other children, only if you pass the test, you will be left behind, and there will still be people who will send you back if you can't pass, so don't worry about anything? β
"My name is Liang Qihua and I am 12 years old this year. The sixty-three-year-old child of Mu Linggen said timidly.
"My name is Ma Feng and I am 14 years old. The immortal master is above, please accept the disciple's worship. The boy knelt and kowtowed as he spoke. "This is a child of the earth spirit root.
"Get up! Introduce yourself directly, don't bow down. Zhong Yunhai knew that this was all taught by their parents, and he had often encountered such things in the selection before.
"My name is Jiang Yu and I am 13 years old. "This is a girl with two golden and wooden spiritual roots.
"My name is Ding Tie, I am 15 years old this year, and my family is an ironworker. The child's voice was loud, his eyes were bright, Zhong Yunhai knew that this was the sixty-nine point child of Jin Linggen, so he looked at it twice.
"It's my turn, my name is Niu Meng, I'm 15 years old this year, and I have strength. Able to lift 100 pounds of boulders. The boy shook his arm as he spoke, making the other children laugh and scold him for not making a draft. This is a child of the Fire Spirit Root.
"My name is Lu Tong, I'm 12 years old this year, and I'm from Beiquan Town. Lu Tong raised his head and said unhurriedly, the first time he faced the legendary immortal master, he was also up and down in his heart, but he had already come here, only to behave well, don't let people look down on him.
"Lu Tong. Zhong Yunhai repeated casually.
Next, the children introduced themselves one by one, and Zhong Yunhai wrote them down one by one.
"After a while, your parents will come to say goodbye to you, you are not children anymore, what can you say to your parents, and we will leave after a while. Zhong Yunhai said after the children had introduced themselves.
After a while, the officials of the four towns led the parents of the children to the town hall, and all the children ran to their fathers or mothers.
"Dad, I said what, I will definitely be chosen, I will become an immortal in the future, and you don't have to strike iron. Ding Tie ran to his father and said.
"Good boy, this is the glory of the ancestors, no more iron, good job, son. Ding Tie's father patted Ding Tie's shoulder and said loudly.
"Dad, where is my mother?" Jiang Yu asked as he walked up to his father.
"Your mother won't come to see you off, you will be an immortal in the future, behave well, remember to go home often to see your mother!" Father Jiang's eyes were rosy, and he touched his daughter's head and said.
"Dad" Lu Tong called out and walked in front of his father.
"Child, the road in the future depends on yourself, your father and mother don't pay more attention to yourself when you're not around, get along well with others, don't do things that harm others and benefit yourself, and be a good person wherever you go. Lu Tong's father straightened Lu Tong's green cloth coat.
"I know, go back and tell my eldest sister that I will definitely go home to see her off when she gets married. Lu Tong spoke again.
"You don't care about these things, the officials in the town just said to me, let's come here again in a month and wait, if you can't keep it, I'll take you home, let's still live a good life, rest assured, wherever you go, you are a father, no matter when, your father will want you." When he said this, Lu Tong saw tears flashing in his father's eyes.
"Don't worry, Dad, I will definitely work hard and never embarrass you. β
"Dad heard that this immortal cultivator is no better than mortals, just eat enough every day, that is to pay a lot of effort, no matter where you have a long heart, don't let yourself suffer. β
"Don't worry, Dad, my son is not a fool and will not suffer. β
"Alright, alright, folks, when the time comes, are the immortal masters waiting?" said several officials from the town.
"Don't worry, Dad, say hello to my mother, tell the eldest sister that I will send her, and take care of the second sister, the third sister and the younger brothers. After saying this, Lu Tong walked out of the hall between these children, came to the door, walked into a large carriage one after another, and waved goodbye to his father.
"Hey, didn't you say that the immortals would ride the clouds, and why did they still ride in a carriage?" asked one of them.
"You don't understand this, do you! Think about it! Although these children were chosen, they may not be able to keep them, listen to the elders, this is the care of the immortals for us mortals, if there are children who can't keep them, then you go through the clouds and fog, wouldn't it hurt these children. The other replied.
"Yes, yes, yes. The man nodded thoughtfully.
"Driving" the driver raised his horsewhip, and eight horses pulled these children towards the Qingquan Sect station, Lu Tong sat in the car, and his mind turned rapidly: "Yesterday I slept on the kang at home, where will I go tomorrow?
With the sound of the carriage turning, Lu Tong's thoughts flew into the distance, and his legendary life slowly kicked off.