In the early morning, the soft light overflowed from the sky, and a rooster crow echoed in the sky above Baijiazhuang. In this rooster crow, there is a faint mixture of the sound of reading.

If someone follows the sound of reading now, they will definitely see that in an inconspicuous private school north of Baijiazhuang, more than 50 peasant students holding bamboo slips are fluently reciting the Analects.

In front of them sat a handsome young man in his teens, looking at a broken ancient book seriously. While watching, the handsome young man waved the four treasures of the study to translate the ancient characters on them into the current text.

This young man who translated ancient books was named Bai Qi, and he was a rare genius in the dynasty, even when the current saint met Bai Qi, he also boasted that Bai Qi had the ability to be a prime minister.

It is rumored that when Bai Qi was born, a small stone ball fell from heaven and fell into the courtyard of Bai Qi's house, so Bai Qi has always been considered a "heaven-sent child" by the villagers. And the young Bai Qi also showed his unusual side, Bai Qi was born with the ability to never forget, three years old to know a thousand words, five years old to memorize Tang poems, seven years old familiar with all kinds of poetry and songs, nine years old to get the exam, for people love ancient words.

Bai Qi used his calligraphy with iron and silver hooks to translate the contents of the ancient book, and glanced at the children who were reciting the book below, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes. Bai Qi slowly stood up and moved his somewhat stiff body. Glancing up at the sun hanging high in the sky, he tapped his hands twice and spoke to the students below.

"Let's stop, let's stop it, let's go home!"

"Yes, Mr. Bai. The more than fifty teenagers stood up and bowed to Bai Qi and replied. Then they quickly packed up their things and turned to leave in an orderly manner.

After everyone had left, a seven-foot-tall boy with a young face walked in with a broom. This young man is Bai Qi's cousin Bai Yi, although Bai Yi is not very old, but he is a famous young master in the rivers and lakes, known as "Crazy Wolf Bai Yi".

"Brother Qi, the Prime Minister came from the capital from thousands of miles away to give you an ancient book in person! That meaning couldn't be clearer! Will your ambiguous attitude ......" After the young man finished sweeping the ground, he picked up the ancient book on Bai Qi's table and said silently, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Bai Qi's waving hand.

"I must not show my attitude! The prime minister is upright and evil-minded, and the prince's methods are ruthless. If I show the intention of helping either party, the other party will definitely threaten Baijiazhuang! Now I can only let my attitude wander between the two, left and right, strengthen myself, and when I am named on the gold list, they will not be able to threaten me with Baijiazhuang. Bai Qi shook his head, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a wise smile.

Bai Yi on the side nodded as if he didn't understand, put down the broom and helped Bai Qi clean up the table. After cleaning up, Bai Qi and Bai Yi picked up the axe and walked side by side towards the mountain.

The two of them walked for a while, and were about to start cutting down the tree. Suddenly, a soft sound sounded in the bushes ahead.

"What person" Hearing this soft sound, Bai Yi instantly blocked Bai Qi's body with an axe in one hand, protecting Bai Qi behind him with his tall figure, and vigilantly observing the surroundings. Because his biological parents all died at the hands of the bandits, Bai Yi was determined to be a chivalrous and righteous knight and practice excellent martial arts. At a young age, he broke out of the nickname "crazy wolf" on the rivers and lakes.

Seeing that there was no movement in front of him, a trace of murderous intent emerged on Bai Qi's delicate face, although Bai Qi had a Confucian aura, he was not the kind of nerd who was powerless. He has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and his strength is only stronger than Bai Yilai.

I saw a flash from Bai Qi, and his figure appeared from behind Bai Yi. With a pull and kick of his toes, he kicked a pebble into the air, followed by a beautiful backspin kick that kicked the pebble into the bushes in front of him.

As soon as the "whoosh" stone entered the bush, a snow-white beast figure rushed out at an incredibly fast speed, and instantly disappeared into the bush behind Bai Qi.

"It turned out to be just a small animal!" Bai Yi let out a sigh of relief. The so-called "wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it" because of Bai Qi's name, some people with ulterior motives have sent people to assassinate Bai Qi. Therefore, Bai Yi usually follows Bai Qi's side and acts as a bodyguard.

"Bai Yi, there is someone there!" Bai Yi looked in the direction of Bai Qi's finger. I saw a bloodied man fall to the ground in the depths of the bushes.

Bai Qi rushed into the bushes with an arrow step and helped the person up, and at this time the person was already more in and less out.

"Help!" Bai Qi shouted, quickly carrying the man out and laying it flat on the ground. Bai Qi helped him hold his body with one hand to ensure that he was breathing smoothly, and the other hand checked his pulse.

"It's okay, it's not life-threatening!" Bai Qi muttered to himself. At this moment, Bai Yi slapped Bai Qi with his cold hand, trembling and pointing at the injured man.

Feeling the changes in Bai Yi's body, Bai Qi turned his face in confusion. For this cousin, Bai Qi still knows a lot, and there are not many things that can make him change his mood.

"That's... That... That's the fairy... Immortal Master," Bai Yi said, pointing to the mark on the man's clothes, trembling.

"Sure enough!" Bai Qi frowned slightly, and then a glint flashed in his eyes. Bai Qi still knows a lot about the details of these "immortal masters", and Bai Qi likes ancient books because of these "immortal masters".

When Bai Qi was a child, he saw an introduction to these "immortal masters" from an ancient book. It turns out that these "immortal masters" are just ordinary people, but they have gained more strength and longer lifespan than ordinary people through cultivation.

After knowing the "true face" of these "immortal masters", Bai Qi's reverence for them suddenly disappeared. Through perennial reading of ancient books, Bai Qi also learned a lot of strange and interesting stories about cultivators, as well as the character of cultivators who are self-respecting, self-interested, and bullying the weak and afraid of the hard.

"Everyone is human, why can you be so high up and shout at us! If I have the strength, you don't even have the qualifications to lift my shoes," Bai Qi thought when he was a child, when he looked at those immortal masters countless times.

"Bai Yi, carry this immortal master away! If we save him, maybe we can become an immortal master because of this!" Bai Qi said these words with a little excitement, and there was a rare trace of excitement in his eyes.

However, when these words fell into Bai Yi's ears, it was like a thunderbolt that slashed Bai Yi's head, slashing Bai Yi into a daze. The words "Immortal Master" kept echoing in his mind.

Bai Yi picked up the "Immortal Master" in a daze and walked towards Bai Qi's home. Looking at Bai Yi's unyielding appearance, Bai Qi couldn't help but smile. If he was to know the Tao, the "immortal master" who was high up in his eyes was just an ordinary person like him. What kind of expression will be on his face.

Bai Qi turned around and followed behind Bai Yi, but at this moment, an inaudible sound sounded from the bushes next to Bai Qi. Bai Qi's ears moved, but on the surface, he didn't hear a sound, and strode forward.

Bai Qi took a step and then turned around sharply, took a lunge step, turned his fist into a claw and grabbed the bushes, and grabbed the contents out at once. Suddenly, a little snow-white fox was lifted in his hand by Bai Qi, struggling weakly.

Looking at the unadulterated snow white and watery eyes of this little fox, Bai Qi couldn't help but touch its soft fur.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..." was touched by Bai Qi, and the little fox suddenly began to struggle frantically. Its strength was so great that it almost broke free from Bai Qi's shackles, making Bai Qi scramble for a while.

"It turned out to be a female fox!" Just when Bai Qi forcibly restrained the little fox, he suddenly found two looming "little beans" on its abdomen.

Looking at this cute little fox, an evil thought suddenly flashed from Bai Qi's mind. Bai Qi smiled evilly, reached out and gently pinched the two little beans.

"Whew" The little fox's face showed a hint of crimson, and his eyes were full of shame and anger when he looked at Bai Qi, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Bai Qi would never believe that a fox would have such humanized eyes.

Just when Bai Qi lost his mind because of this look, the little white fox violently broke free from Bai Qi's hand and scratched Bai Qi's neck fiercely.

Bai Qi only felt a chill on his neck, and then he saw the little white fox quickly land, licked his paws, swallowed his own blood, and then disappeared into the bushes at a fast and terrifying speed. The whole movement of the little white fox was completed in one go, and before Bai Qi could react, he lost his trace.

"Damn it. Bai Qi wiped the blood on his neck, scolded secretly, and hurriedly looked for the little white fox, but he couldn't find the shadow of the little white fox. After looking for the little white fox to no avail, Bai Qi sighed and hurried back home.

At this moment, even Bai Qi himself didn't notice that he fell into the courtyard of his house from the day he was born. The stone bead that his parents hung on his chest as a mascot was greedily absorbing the blood left on his neck.

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In Bai Qi's home, Bai Qi's family and the village chief of Baijiazhuang all sat around a room. Six pairs of eyes stared closely at the unconscious "immortal master" on the bed.

"Why hasn't the Immortal Master woken up yet!" The village chief of Baijiazhuang was full of anxiety in his heart, if an "Immortal Master" died in their Baijiazhuang, then the people of Baijiazhuang would definitely be punished by the Nine Clans.

"The village chief doesn't have to worry, the immortal master just lost too much blood to cause the phenomenon of coma, and it's not a big deal. Bai Qi saw the village chief's concern, and said with a slight smile.

"Yi'er, you go and kill a chicken now, and you can bring the thousand-year-old mountain ginseng that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gave me. Hearing Bai Qi say that the "Immortal Master" was in a coma due to blood loss, Bai Qi's father was silent for a while and spoke.

"Father..."Bai Qi was so smart, he immediately saw his father's thoughts, and was about to open his mouth to persuade him, but was interrupted by his father.

"The most important thing is the immortal master, go do it!" Bai Qi's father waved his hand at Bai Qi and said. Seeing this scene, Bai Qi had to go into the house and take out the ginseng.

Bai Qi and Bai Yi's movements were very fast, and it didn't take long for Bai Qi to put the sliced ginseng and chicken in the pot and boil them together.

"Brother Qi, what's the matter with the blood on your clothes!" While making the soup, Bai Yi suddenly saw the blood on Bai Qi's clothes and asked.

"This!" Bai Qi subconsciously touched the place where he was scratched by the white fox, but he felt empty. Bai Qi frowned and took a look from the side of the water tank. But where is the shadow of a wound on his neck!

The sudden disappearance of the wound made Bai Qi slightly distracted, and he forgot to answer Bai Yi's question for a while.

"Brother Qi, what's wrong with you!" Bai Yi's concerned voice interrupted Bai Qi's contemplation.

"It's okay, this blood was accidentally stained" Bai Qi casually found a reason, and then turned the topic away.

Half an hour later, Bai Qi served the boiled ginseng chicken soup and carefully fed it to the unconscious "immortal master". The thousand-year-old ginseng has the effect of replenishing qi and invigorating blood, and it didn't take long for this "immortal master" to slowly wake up.

"You saved me!" After the immortal master woke up, he looked at the Bai Qi family without any expression on his face, and after a few breaths of silence, he asked in a condescending tone.

"Yes, my cousin and I found the Immortal Master when we went up the mountain to chop wood," Bai Qi bowed and replied neither humbly nor arrogantly. Although Bai Qi had long seen in some ancient books the records of cultivators' unkindness. But when witnessing the post-immortal cultivator treating his life-saving benefactor so indifferently, Bai Qi's heart still had a trace of unpleasant thoughts.

"Where is this. The "Immortal Master" moved his body and got down from the bed and asked.

"If you return to the immortal master, this is Baijiazhuang. Hearing his question, the village chief of Baijiazhuang took a step forward and bowed and said.

"Baijiazhuang, I remember! This is a place where our Heavenly Star Valley recruits disciples. Since you saved my life, then I'll give you two a fairy fate. "The voice of the 'Immortal Master' was not loud, but it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day that slashed everyone in the room into a daze.

Now among the people, the only one who can calm down is Bai Qi, because Bai Qi knows that the so-called "immortal fate" of the Dao is to let them join the Xiuzhen sect. However, this Xiuzhen sect is not able to enter if you want to. If you want to enter the Cultivation Sect, you have to prove that you have the ability to cultivate the Truth! That is to say, you must have a spiritual root!

"Come, you two come forward and test it!" "Immortal Master" took out a transparent bead from his storage bag and beckoned to the two of them.

Bai Qi let out a sigh and stepped forward to take the beads. This kind of bead is very common in the cultivation realm, and he is able to measure whether a person has a spiritual root, and the attributes of the spiritual root.

As soon as Bai Qi took the bead, the bead suddenly emitted a soft cyan light.

"Well, pass. Wood Elemental Spiritual Root. The 'Immortal Master' nodded, his expressionless face changing slightly.

Hearing this answer, Bai Qi jumped up directly with joy. Bai Qi's actions made the village chief dumbfounded for a while, in his impression, Bai Qi has always been a young man and an old man, and he has never lost his temper in front of people, but just now Bai Qi jumped up happily like a child.

In fact, you can't blame Bai Qi for losing his temper, there are too few such things as spiritual roots. Every three years, an immortal master will come to Baijiazhuang to collect disciples, but those who have spiritual roots from Baijiazhuang can count them on both hands.

According to the records in the ancient books obtained by Bai Qi. About one out of every 500 ordinary people has a spiritual root. bumped into this 1 in 500 probability, how could it be otherwise, Bai Qi would be ecstatic!

After being happy, Bai Qi was worried that Bai Yi was coming! After all, the probability of 1 in 500 was too small. But soon the facts proved that Bai Qi's idea was superfluous, because after Bai Yi took the bead, an earthy yellow light was emitted from the bead.

"Pass, earth attribute spiritual root. ”

"Great, brother, I passed it too. Bai Yi hugged Bai Qi and cried happily. Bai Yi, who was born in Baijiazhuang, has seen too many failures, and there are too few people who can get such things as immortal yuan. From the beginning, Bai Yi didn't have much hope that he would be able to pass.

"You two will go back with me after worshipping your ancestors today! you don't have to wait for the selection in a few days," the "Immortal Master" said in a commanding tone.

"Yes," Bai Qi and Bai Yi agreed at the same time.

For ordinary people, becoming an "immortal master" is a glorious thing. Therefore, whenever someone becomes an "immortal master", they will go to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors.

Bai Qi and Bai Yi followed the village chief into the quaint ancestral hall and began the half-hour-long ancestor worship ceremony. Half an hour later, the "Immortal Master" took out a sword, and with a soft shout from the "Immortal Master", the sword instantly became dozens of times larger. Bai Qi and Bai Yi took the luggage and jumped on the flying sword behind the "Immortal Master". As soon as the "Immortal Master" raised his fingertips, the flying sword immediately flew towards the east.

After everyone left, the painting hanging in the center of the Bai family ancestral hall suddenly released an invisible fluctuation for no reason. After that fluctuation, the person in the painting suddenly "came to life", looked at the direction Bai Qi left and spoke.

"Five Elements Spiritual Root, or the Heavenly Jealous! There is such a monster among my descendants! It seems that I will have to work hard in the future."