Spirit Ruin, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman - Chapter 10 Spirit Root Test

The results of this test would both crush some dreams and allow others to soar above their peers. To become an outer disciple of the Great Xia Sword Sect, even in the role of a service disciple, the minimum requirement is having a three-element mixed spirit root!

Three-element spiritual roots were already beyond what other sects accepted. Disciples with such spirit roots cultivated at a significantly slower pace than those with dual-element true spirit roots. Even with significant resource investments, whether they could break through to the Qi Refining stage in their lifetime remained uncertain.

After testing nearly dozens of individuals, the results revealed that, aside from a few with rudimentary spirit roots featuring three or four elements, most didn’t possess any spirit roots at all.

All of a sudden!

Among the people lined up beside Li Guanqi, a young boy dressed in tattered hemp clothing held a crystal ball in his palm. Suddenly, it emitted a dazzling golden and blue halo! The disciple conducting the spirit root test couldn’t help but smile and declared boldly,

“This is Li Niu, aged thirteen, and he has a Metal-Water True Spirit Root!”

“He can join either the Heavenly Metal Peak or the Heavenly Water Peak!”

“Starting today, he will officially become an outer disciple of the Great Xia Sword Sect, and his parents will receive a reward of one hundred gold and silver coins.”

Finally, a youth with a dual-element spirit root had appeared! What’s more, it was a Metal-Water spirit root, a combination of Metal and Water attributes, with Metal as the dominant one!

On the viewing platform, a man dressed in a golden robe turned to the elder of the Heavenly Water Peak and said with a smile,

“Elder Lan, why don’t we welcome this disciple into our Heavenly Metal Peak?”

“After all, it’s not as if he’s a female cultivator; let us take the spotlight this time.”

The elder in the ice-blue robe grumbled, “Meng Linhai! Alright, the price will be five hundred spirit stones.”

Meng Linhai, the elder from the Heavenly Metal Peak, chuckled and waved his hand, and a storage pouch flew out.

“I’ve given it, haven’t I? Elder Lan, won’t you offer a discount between friends? After all, we’re all from the same sect, haha,” he chuckled.

Other elders wore slight smiles on their faces.

Someone whispered, “I wonder how many of this year’s disciples will have spirit roots.”

Before the words even fully left their lips, someone nearby added, “It’s hard to predict how many there will be. Heaven tier spirit roots don’t appear that easily.”

“Getting a few true spirit roots would be good. Even having one heaven tier spirit root is like finding a needle in a haystack.”

At this point, an elder from the Heavenly Wood Peak wore a troubled expression and said, “Ah… I wonder if I can find a few apprentices among my disciples this year. Why are there so few wood-element spirit roots?”

Hearing this, an older man who had been deep in thought for a while became irritated. He opened his eyes and pointed at the elder from the Heavenly Wood Peak, scolding, “Are you still here complaining? In the previous gathering, your Heavenly Wood Peak received nearly twenty disciples.”

“It’s been three years since my Thunder Peak had any new disciples. Three years!”

“Do you have any idea how I’ve spent these three years?”

Li Guanqi was curious about why the elders on the high platform were arguing.

One of the thin, elderly men seemed particularly emotional…

On the spirit platform, the disciple named Li Niu was suddenly overwhelmed with emotion, and his eyes were filled with tears as he knelt on the ground, unable to hold back his tears.

He never expected that one day he would be able to step into an immortal sect and have the opportunity to cultivate! Soon after, the disciple was led away by a fellow disciple dressed in the sect’s attire. It was noticed by Li Guanqi that the emblem on the disciple’s chest was slightly different from the regular outer disciples’ attire. On his chest, an emblem of a towering mountain, representing the Heavenly Metal Peak, was observed.

Quickly, continuous dazzling flashes of light were observed in the crowd, and there were quite a few disciples with true spiritual roots. Among them, there was a young girl who possessed both Water and Wood dual true spirit roots, with Wood as the dominant one!

Seeing this, the elder from the Heavenly Wood Peak on the high platform suddenly jumped up and shouted loudly.

“No one can compete with me for this disciple! She is being taken by the Heavenly Wood Peak!”

Disdainful glances were cast by others, and at this point, the elder from the Heavenly Water Peak, Lan He, was glanced at by the other elders.

Lan He extended her jade-like hand and said with a smile, “It’s also five hundred, with no extra charge.”

The storage pouch was not hesitated to be taken out by the elder from the Heavenly Wood Peak, who reluctantly tossed it to Lan He.

As a result, the storage pouch, held by Lan He, was seen with narrowed eyes as she said with a smile, “Ah, these spirit stones are easy money. I didn’t do anything, yet a thousand spirit stones have already come to me.”

Others had nothing to say, and the female disciple was directly accepted into the Heavenly Wood Peak’s inner sect.

Suddenly, a commotion was heard in the crowd. A crystal ball in front of a young man erupted with an incredibly dazzling golden light! Immediately, the sky was seen with the appearance of the eight peak elders on the viewing platform.

“Metal-element Heavenly Spiritual Root!”

It seemed as though the young man had known this would happen, as his face showed little surprise. The elder from the Heavenly Metal Peak wrinkled his face from grinning. He swiftly approached the young man and loudly asked, “Hahaha, impressive, young one! A heaven tier spirit root!”

“What’s your name?”

The young man, dressed in white with a handsome face and well-defined features, had slightly thin lips that gave off an unpleasant feeling. The young man respectfully bowed to the man and then turned his head to glance at Li Guanqi, a playful smile playing on his lips as he spoke softly.

“Elder, my name is… Zhao Yuanlin!”

Li Guanqi, who had been looking down, suddenly trembled!

Meanwhile, Zhao Yuanlin’s smile only became more radiant.

Meng Linhai wore a pleased expression and said, “Very well! In the future, you will join my Heavenly Metal Peak and officially become an inner disciple. I can even take you as my core disciple. How does that sound?”

Meng Linhai, being a Golden Core stage cultivator, naturally had the authority to take him as a disciple.

However, Zhao Yuanlin was proud, and a mere Golden Core elder from the Heavenly Metal Peak couldn’t easily pique his interest. His goal was to become the personal disciple of the Peak Master of the Heavenly Metal Peak! He simply smiled faintly and did not answer.

Meng Linhai also smiled faintly and let it go. It was common for geniuses to have high spirits, and he could understand that. As for whether the Peak Master of the Heavenly Metal Peak would take an interest in him, that was another matter. Seeing that Zhao Yuanlin had no intention of leaving immediately, Meng Linhai asked with some curiosity, “What? Do you want to stay here for a while longer?”

A glint flashed in Zhao Yuanlin’s eyes, and he replied loudly, “Of course, this place has someone from my hometown, and I’d like to see them.”

Meng Linhai didn’t think too much of it, assuming it was just someone from the same hometown who wanted to look out for each other in the sect, which was not uncommon. He didn’t say much about it.

“Oh? You have a good relationship with this person?”

However, what Zhao Yuanlin said next was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake.

One stone caused a thousand ripples!

“No, no, no, I don’t know someone who would trade their own sister’s life for just ten copper coins. I’m not familiar with such a person.”

“I’m just curious if the Great Xia Sword Sect would accept someone like that.”

This statement immediately caused all the elders to frown!

Their expressions gradually turned fierce. If it was indeed such a person, regardless of their extraordinary talent, the Great Xia Sword Sect would never accept them!

In an instant, all the disciples who had not yet been tested for their spirit roots were in an uproar!