Chapter 2 Rare Spiritual Roots

Finally, the ninth day of the first lunar month arrived, and the spirit-testing conference began early.

There is a family square halfway up the main peak.

The annual spiritual testing conference is being held here to test the spiritual roots of the descendants of the Lin family monks and mortal children.

It goes without saying that before the spirits of the monks in the family were measured, the descendants of the monks lived on the clan mountain with the monks.

Mortal children live in small towns or villages in the mortal world, not far from their families, but it is too dangerous for these children to come to the families on their own to test their spiritual roots.

Therefore, the Lin family stipulated that in small towns close to the family, parents would be responsible for bringing children of appropriate age to the clan mountain to test their spiritual roots.

For small towns or villages that are particularly far away, the family will send monks stationed in the nearby spiritual veins to test the spirits once a year, and the family will reward the stationed monks with a certain amount of contribution points.

The square covers an area of ​​more than ten acres and can accommodate two to three thousand people at a time.

Every year, the spiritual root testing at the ancestral mountain is a family task issued by the family. Members of the family with more stable personalities are given the task and are responsible for testing the spiritual roots of all children.

"Next!"

“No spiritual roots.”

"Next!"

The person who spoke was Lin Maoxiang, who was fourteenth in the Mao generation and had been tasked with testing his spiritual roots this year.

He just didn't know whether he had bad luck or these children had a shallow fate with immortality. He had tested more than 800 children, and only one of them had spiritual roots, and he had five spiritual roots at that.

“I don’t know what happened next. The rest are descendants of the monks on the mountain. There should be quite a few of them with spiritual roots!” Lin Maoxiang thought.

At this time, Lin Qing followed his parents and stood in the queue at the back of the group who were testing their spiritual roots. He looked at the line in front of him anxiously, watching one child after another go up for the test, and one after another come down with sad faces. He couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"Don't worry, Qing'er, your grandfather said that you have spiritual roots, so relax!" said the mother comfortingly.

"The quality of your spiritual roots is determined by heaven and cannot be changed by human power! Regardless of whether your spiritual roots are good or bad, your mother and I will do our best to help you cultivate immortality." The father said comfortingly.

Lin Qing responded absentmindedly.

After waiting for more than an hour, it was finally Lin Qing's turn.

Lin Qing walked to the spirit-testing platform and stood still, first bowing to Lin Maoxiang.

"Nephew Lin Qing, nice to meet Uncle Fourteen!"

Are you from the Fifteenth Brother's family? Stretch out your hand! Put it on the spirit-testing plate."

Lin Maoxiang put down the spirit-testing plate, and Lin Qing placed his hands facing downwards on the surface of the plate, waiting for the detection of his spirit roots.

"Uncle Fourteen, this is correct, right?"

"Yeah, that's right."

Lin Maoxiang sent a stream of spiritual energy into the spirit-testing plate, stimulating the spiritual roots in Lin Qing's dantian.

On the spirit-testing plate, there are five crystal pillars covered with scales, all in different colors.

White represents the metal attribute, green represents the wood attribute, blue represents the water attribute, red represents the fire attribute, and yellow represents the earth attribute.

Seeing the spirit disk with only five elements on it, Lin Qing knew that it was a low-level spirit disk.

Only large sects or Jindan families can have high-level spirit-testing disks. This can also be regarded as a means of control by the sect over its affiliated families! Lin Qing was thinking wildly.

Lin Qing placed his hands on the spirit-testing plate.

After waiting for a while, the five crystal columns on the measuring disk emitted colorful light. Lin Maoxiang was stunned for a moment, then he came back to his senses.

He said to Lin Qing: "Five spiritual roots, each attribute is 20 points, the attribute points are distributed so evenly, this five spiritual roots is quite rare."

Lin Qing didn't know how he got out. He kept thinking about the three words "Five Spiritual Roots!"

When he came out, his parents came to greet him. Seeing that he looked unhappy, Lin Maosheng sighed, knowing that Lin Qing's aptitude might not be very good.

He said to Xu Wenying and Lin Qing: "If you have anything to say, come home and talk. Your grandfather and the others are waiting for you at home!"

Everyone returned home. Grandpa, second uncle Lin Maobin, and aunt Lin Maoting were holding their sister and waiting for news. Everyone surrounded Lin Qing, and Lin Qing repeated what the fourteenth uncle said. Grandpa listened, and after a moment of silence, he said with a serious face: "It's not that you can't cultivate immortals with five spiritual roots, it's just that the process may be more bumpy.

However, throughout history, there are also many people who have achieved great powers with the five spiritual roots. Others can do it, so why can't you?
If you want to cultivate immortality but don’t have this perseverance, even if you are given three spiritual roots, you still won’t be able to cultivate to the foundation-building stage.

Think about it carefully! When you want to pass, come back to me.

You guys, don't hang around here, let him think about it himself."

The second uncle stood up and patted Lin Qing on the shoulder. "It's okay. At most, the second uncle will hunt a few more monsters in the future, so there is no need to worry about lack of training resources."

The aunt also touched Lin Qing's head and said, "Qing'er, don't be discouraged. I will plant more spiritual medicines suitable for refining Qi Gathering Pills and Marrow Cleansing Pills in the future.

It can also help you reach the late stage of Qi Refining, so don't think too much." After saying that, he carried his sister Lin Ling out.

The parents didn't say anything. The mother just looked at Lin Qing worriedly, and the father touched Lin Qing's head and walked out.

Now Lin Qing was the only one left. He returned to his room woodenly, lay on the bed, and stared out the window with lifeless eyes.

In fact, he understood all the principles, but since he was born in a family of immortal cultivators, he understood the five spiritual roots better, and the difficulties he had to face were really, extremely difficult!

It may even bring trouble to the family, just like my second uncle and aunt said just now.

One went to hunt monsters, and the other planted spiritual medicines and herbs. These were originally their own cultivation resources, but now they were going to give them to Lin Changqing.

This is a burden. It may be okay once or twice, but if it happens too many times, the impact and burden on them will only be greater.

So Lin Changqing was really depressed to the extreme. His luck was really too bad. This could be regarded as the start of a hell level of difficulty!

After lying in bed for an entire afternoon, I finally got my mood back into alignment.

The main reason was that he tried hard to convince himself that in this world, he was very lucky to be able to practice, much luckier than those who had to leave their ancestral mountain.

God allowed me to reincarnate here and give me the opportunity to live another life. This is already a blessing from fate.

And I also care about my family, which is countless times better than in my previous life. There is really nothing to be depressed about.

And grandpa told me to think it through and then go find him. Maybe he would give me a surprise!
After figuring it out, I quickly got up, opened the door and went to the living room.

My parents, my second uncle and my aunt were all in the living room, and everyone was talking to each other.

Seeing them, Lin Qing quickly said, "Father, mother, second uncle, aunt, I'm sorry to have worried you. Qing'er has figured it out. I will work harder in my cultivation in the future and strive to reach the foundation-building stage as soon as possible."

After hearing this, the mother smiled and said, "That's right! My son has been so smart since he was young, how could he not understand such a thing?"

My aunt also said, "Just think it through. Don't worry. Don't worry. The elixir I promised you will not run away. It will not make you practice much slower than others."

The second uncle patted Lin Qing's shoulder vigorously and said, "Well done, this is a good boy of the Lin family. Why were you so shy this morning?"

The father touched Lin Qing's head and said, "Qing'er, you have grown up. You should practice hard and learn more skills so that you can protect your mother, aunt and sister in the future."

After listening to this, Lin Qing felt ashamed, his face turned red, and he said seriously: "I will protect all of you in the future."

Everyone burst into laughter after hearing this. The second uncle patted his chest and said, "Your second uncle is very capable. He doesn't need your protection. You just need to take care of me in my old age and see me to the end of my life."

"Okay, no problem! I will be responsible for taking care of my second uncle and aunt in the future."

My father patted my second uncle’s head hard and said, “If you need someone to take care of you in your old age, can’t you just give birth to your own child? Don’t steal my son.”

The second uncle awkwardly touched the place where his eldest brother touched him, "Isn't this because I haven't met the right one yet? I don't know what will happen in the future, so I have to make a reservation in advance!"

"I am willing to take care of my second uncle in his old age." Lin Qing said seriously.

After hearing this, the second uncle laughed heartily and patted Lin Qing's shoulder vigorously, "Good boy, it's not in vain that I love you. Second uncle will hunt more monsters in the future to earn you resources for cultivation."

The father ignored his second uncle and said to Lin Qing: "Qing'er has grown up! Ask your mother to make you something delicious, have a good rest at night, and go see your grandfather tomorrow."

Lin Qing responded and went back to his room to rest after dinner.

After testing my spiritual roots today, I was in a low mood and didn’t pay attention to how my friends of the same age on the mountain were doing!

Can I stay in Zushan to practice? Lin Qing thought a little worriedly. I hope tomorrow will have a good result. I lay on the bed and fell asleep slowly with random thoughts.

(End of this chapter)