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"Innocent, thirteen years old, low grade Earth Spirit Root!"

The inner disciple test had just started. A child was brought into the plaza for the test.

The disciples that were brought into the plaza didn't come from other peaks, but from the main hall of the sect. It seemed that the reason the Hollow Jade Sect was able to stand for eight thousand years in the cultivation world wasn't without reason.

Arrange for the disciples to enter the sect in advance was originally a small matter, but it could explain two things.

Firstly, it showed that the Hollow Jade Sect attached great importance to the new disciples.

Secondly, it meant that the Hollow Jade Sect was very meticulous in its considerations. It was prepared to guard against cultivators who came to observe the ceremony.

Even though many cultivators had guessed what the Hollow Jade Sect was doing, they did not show any dissatisfaction. After all, there were too many people, and the fish and dragons were mixed. Just because he did not do it himself did not mean that others did not have such thoughts.

Before the crystal, you only need to place your hand on the crystal. The crystal's sensitivity is extremely high, and you can quickly distinguish the spiritual root attribute. Then, you can judge the level of the spirit root based on the brightness of the crystal.

The age test was also very simple. As long as he was in front of the mirror, the mirror would show his true age.

After the test, the sect recorded the true age, spirit root attribute, and level. In fact, there was no need to test, all the cultivators had examined the true rate and had a rough understanding of his age and spirit root attribute.

Low-grade Earth Spiritual Roots, the lowest grade existence with Spiritual Roots. No one cared about it at all. The only thing that could cause everyone to look at him a few times was his age.

A lowly earth spirit root meant that he wouldn't have the best master, nor the best cultivation resources. He was truly disappointed, because if a mortal disciple saw his disappointment, they would definitely be jealous that he had spirit roots.

If he knew that Xiao Chen truly had spiritual roots, he would definitely be envious and be happy.

For more than a year after Chen Zhen was admitted into the Hollow Jade Temple, his age, spiritual root attribute, and spiritual root rank had been clearly understood by the three Masters before the test. After the test, the expressions of the three Masters did not change at all.

"Ping Ming, thirteen years old, low grade Earth Spirit Root!"

After the true test, he was brought back to the sect's main hall. After all, Heaven's Gift's status was too sensitive. After his identity was verified, no one could predict what would happen.

"Painted Moon Plum, eleven years old. Low level Water Spirit Root!"

"Ma Xin Su, 14 years old, low rank fire spirit root!"

"She Qiu Taiming is twelve years old with low level wood spirit roots!"

"Zhang Gang, 15 years old, low level metal spirit roots!"

Twenty-seven children were tested consecutively. All of them had low spiritual roots. This was the intention of the Hollow Jade Sect to place the most outstanding disciple last.

The Hollow Jade Sect was located in the center of the Divine State, and the areas under its jurisdiction bordered the areas under the jurisdiction of the other four great sects. The Hollow Jade Sect was located in the center of the Divine State, and the areas under its jurisdiction bordered the areas under the jurisdiction of the other four great sects.

Of the children tested, the oldest was over fifteen years old and the youngest was eight years old. Among them, there were six children. Everyone paid attention to them. Two girls and four boys were thirteen years old.

The reason why everyone was concerned about the thirteen-year-old child was because Shentu Shun was exactly thirteen years old. After careful observation, the six children were completely fine. No one interfered and the test continued.

"Gu Qianqian, 12 years old, medium Earth Spirit Root!"

"Si Kuan, nine years old, medium Earth Spirit Root!"

"Jing Jin, eleven years old, medium grade water spirit root!"

"Yinghai, eleven years old, medium grade Fire Spirit Root!"

"Filial piety, 13 years old, medium grade spirit root!"

"Lü Zixiao, fifteen years old, with medium wood spirit roots!"

"Bamboo Water Immortal, ten years old, medium grade Water Spirit Root!"

"Qingfeng, 10 years old, medium grade Wind Spirit Root!"

After the second batch of children was tested, there were a total of 18 people. The aptitude of these children were indeed better than the children in the first batch.

Based on age alone, the minimum age for this batch of disciples was six years, and the maximum age was no more than fifteen.

Needless to say, all of them had medium spiritual roots.

Among the eighteen children, there were five children, four of whom were thirteen, one girl, three boys, and one child with rare Wind Spirit Roots.

The most common type of spiritual roots in the world was the Five Elements Spirit Root. The rarest type of spiritual roots were the Wind Spirit Root and the Thunder Spirit Root.

Cultivators with Wind Spirit Roots, once they crossed swords with their enemies, would have the advantage in speed. They could kill the enemies without them knowing and would not be a match for them, making it easy for them to escape.

Cultivators with lightning spiritual roots could trigger heavenly tribulation and attack enemies with great destructive power.

The Five Elements Spirit Roots were incompatible with each other, but the Wind Spirit Roots and Thunder Spirit Roots did not have any problems with each other.

Not only that, if cultivators with Wind Spirit Roots and Thunder Spirit Roots were paired with disciples with Five Elements Spirit Roots, the result would be unimaginable.

Cultivators with Wind Spirit Roots would be paired with cultivators with Fire Spirit Roots. The power of wind and fire was extremely powerful, and cultivators with Thunder Spirit Roots would be paired with cultivators with Metal Spirit Roots. Its destructive power was unimaginable.

Once a cultivation sect discovers a child with Wind Spirit Root and Thunder Spirit Root, no matter what rank the spirit root is, they will bring it back to the sect and nurture it.

Qing Feng was truly a fortunate child. He actually had a rare Wind Spirit Root. Although it was only a medium level spiritual root, it was still worth the Hollow Jade Sect's focus on nurturing.

Two years ago, Qing Feng was only eight years old, and he was discovered by disciples of the Hollow Jade Sect who went out to gain experience and brought into the sect.

After entering the sect, because of the special nature of his spirit root, he didn't cultivate with the other disciples that had just been brought into the sect. Instead, he was directly selected by the elder and accepted as his last disciple.

This time's test was just a formality.

Qing Feng was very proud of himself for being the center of attention and the elder's direct disciple. When he came out for the test, he was always smiling.

There were many cultivators that came to observe the ceremony, but not many cultivators with Wind Spirit Roots. There were only ten or so people here, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were one in a million.

It was easy to get a disciple with good talent, but difficult to get a disciple with good talent. These ten people were envious when they saw the Hollow Jade Sect accept a disciple with Wind Spirit Roots.

Fortunately, the Hollow Jade Sect had taken in Qing Feng. If those small sects and sects had taken in Qing Feng, these ten people would have thought of all sorts of ways to take him as their disciple.

Some people were envious, but there were also people who were jealous.

During the period of turmoil between the two races, with the addition of an outstanding disciple, it meant that the demons would have a more powerful enemy. The people from the demon race were naturally unwilling to see the Hollow Jade Sect accept Qingfeng as their disciple.

The two races had always been irreconcilable, and the Demon God's Sect also didn't want to see the Hollow Jade Sect receive such a promising disciple.

Some people were jealous, some people were envious, and some people were full of hostility towards the Hollow Jade Sect.

The Hollow Jade Sect had existed for eight thousand years and could not avoid offending a lot of people. Some rogue cultivators, who had some history with the Hollow Jade Sect, naturally did not wish for the sect to receive a disciple with Wind Spirit Roots.

If there was an opportunity, the Demon race, Demon God Sect, and rogue cultivators who hated the Hollow Jade Sect would definitely think of ways to get rid of Qing Feng.

There were those who were envious, jealous, and resentful, but there were also those who disregarded Qing Feng. After all, Qing Feng was not their target, and Shentu Shun was their target.

As his spiritual sense moved through the plaza, Yin Xian could see everyone's expressions. The corners of his mouth curled up, and he was very satisfied.

"Dao Friend Yin, your sect is truly blessed to be able to receive a disciple with Wind Spirit Roots. This is truly a cause for celebration!"

In the cultivation world, only strength was respected; whoever had the most power was respected. The five great sects had the same strength and had always been unwilling to submit to anyone, so the cultivation world held a martial gathering for the Righteous Dao Sect every twenty years.

On the surface, it was to promote friendly interactions between the various factions of the righteous path. It was to show the demonic clan and the Demon God's Sect that the righteous path was related to one another. The strength of the righteous path should not be underestimated.

In fact, the five great sects were all leaders of the righteous sects and lacked a leader to lead them. Whenever the five great sects discussed important matters, the five great sects would stick to their own ideas and compete for the sole leader position of the cultivation world's righteous world alliance.

For the sole position of leader, the five great sects fought openly and secretly, and the competition never stopped.

The Hollow Jade Sect had actually obtained a disciple with Wind Spirit Roots. In nine years of the Righteous Dao Sect Martial Meeting, the other four sects' disciples would definitely have another formidable opponent. Cao Ba could not help but feel jealous in his heart.

So what if he felt jealousy in his heart?

In front of all the cultivators in the world, he could only force himself to smile and be magnanimous.

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Cao, you must be joking!"

"I heard that your sect received quite a few disciples with good aptitudes last year. Compared to your sect, our sect is quite lacking!"

The five great sects had always been competing with each other, so how could Cao Ba be sincere in congratulating them? Everyone was well aware of this.

Although Yin Xian knew that he wasn't sincerely congratulating Mo Wuji, but in front of all the cultivators in the world, he couldn't afford to embarrass Mo Wuji. He could only pretend to be pleased to cater to Mo Wuji.

This year, the Hollow Jade Sect was recruiting disciples, and next year, the Mysterious Spirit Sect was recruiting disciples. Last year, it just so happened to be the Yan Sect recruiting disciples.

Last year, the Yan Zong recruited nearly eighty disciples. This year, the Hollow Jade Sect recruited less than sixty disciples.

Last year, out of the disciples that the sect had recruited, there were less than 10 with low level spiritual roots. There were at least 40 with intermediate and 20-30 with high level spiritual roots.

The top grade spirit root disciples were often the trump cards of the five great sects during the Martial Meeting. Besides the internal affairs of the five great sects, no one else knew.

Compared to the past year, the sect had recruited two top quality spirit root disciples for the first time ever.

The outsiders only knew that the sect's disciples had decent aptitudes, but they didn't know that the sect also had two top-grade Fire Spirit Root disciples. Thinking of this, Cao Ba was very proud of himself.

It was truly a pity that they couldn't recruit disciples with Wind Spirit Roots or Thunder Spirit Roots.

"What a pity, I was unable to receive a disciple with Wind Spirit Roots!"

A hint of regret flashed across Cao Ba's eyes. Yin Xian could see that he really wasn't lying.

So what?

Yan Zong had always been ambitious. It was impossible for the Hollow Jade Sect to give Qing Feng to the Yan Zong to make up for Cao Ba's regrets.

"Fellow Daoist Cao, our two sects are both righteous leaders. These words are a bit foreign!"

Right now, both the humans and demons were in turmoil, and the Demon God's Sect was eyeing them covetously from the side. Fortunately, Qing Feng had joined the orthodox sects and didn't end up in the Demon God's Sect.

Although Cao Ba's heart couldn't help but feel some regret and envy for the Hollow Jade Sect, he was relieved that Qingfeng didn't fall into the Demon God's Sect.

"Dao Friend Yin is right!"

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