Chapter 17: Spiritual roots grow, middle-grade spiritual roots!
Danbao Pavilion, at the entrance of Nanyuan.
When Zhou Xun arrived, people had already started to report.
The reporting team was lined up in two rows,
One row was for the apprentices to report, and the other was for the handymen to report.
The monks passing by looked at the two long teams with envious expressions.
The person in front of Zhou Xun was a young man with a simple face and somewhat dark skin.
Zhou Xun vaguely remembered that this person was called "Wang Erniu".
"Brother, my name is Wang Erniu, and I am here to report today!"
Wang Erniu smiled honestly when he saw Zhou Xun sizing him up.
"Zhou Xun, I have met fellow Taoist Wang!" Zhou Xun saluted.
The young man’s simple smile makes people feel good.
This time he joins Danbao Pavilion and plans to make a few friends.
Those who can be selected by Danbao Pavilion are extraordinary people and worthy of association.
"Brother, just call me Erniu. When I am in the village, they all call me here!" The young man waved his hand, as if the name of the Taoist friend made him a little cautious.
"That's fine, I'll call you Erniu from now on!" Zhou Xun followed Shan Ruliu.
Then the two started chatting.
It was just a chat, but in fact it was Wang Erniu who was talking and Zhou Xun was listening.
Perhaps the young man has never met someone so patient and willing to listen to him, and he actually explained his origins as clearly as possible.
Wang Erniu was born in a village called Wangjiacun.
The village is located deep in the mountains, making communication with the outside world extremely difficult.
He has lived a life of cattle herding since he was a child.
Until one day when he was 14 years old,
he accidentally rescued a seriously injured old man, a third-level Qi practitioner who came here chasing a monster.
While recovering from his injuries, he taught Wang Erniu the immortality cultivation technique with the mentality of giving it a try.
Coincidentally, Wang Erniu was extremely talented and succeeded in practicing in one fell swoop.
The old man has been wandering all his life, without any children, and his cultivation has been stuck in the early stage of Qi training.
I was overjoyed to meet such a qualified person as Wang Erniu.
Immediately accept Wang Erniu as his disciple and teach him the skills of cultivating immortals.
Then he left the village with Wang Erniu and came to live outside Hongyefang.
When they arrived at Danbao Pavilion to recruit apprentices, the old man asked Wang Erniu to give it a try. Unexpectedly, he was selected.
Hearing this, Zhou Xun's heart moved.
“Er Niu, you said you didn’t start practicing until you were fourteen years old?”
“That’s right!” The young man nodded.
“How old is that guy this year?”
"17 years old!" the young man replied honestly.
“He has only been practicing for three years, and he is already at the third level of Qi training. It seems that his spiritual root qualifications are not low, at least he has a middle-grade spiritual root, or even a high-grade spiritual root!”
Zhou Xun guessed.
While I was thinking about it, it was soon Wang Erniu’s turn to report.
"Name?"
"Wang Erniu"
"Input a little magic power!"
Wang Erniu obeyed the instructions and input a little magic power into a bamboo tube-shaped magic weapon.
After the comparison was correct, the person in charge nodded, gave him a cyan token, and asked a boy to take Wang Erniu in.
It’s Zhou Xun’s turn, the same process.
Zhou Xun also passed.
The young man led Zhou Xun through the corridor and came to a courtyard covering an area of more than ten feet.
"Young master, just wait here," the boy told him softly, and left along the way he came.
Looking up, a lot of people had gathered in the courtyard, all of whom had been in front of Zhou Xun.
Wang Erniu and Wei Shangyi are all here.
However, these people all stood there and did not dare to talk loudly.
I saw a majestic middle-aged man standing in front of the crowd, it was Lin Zhishan.
The middle-aged man seemed to feel Zhou Xun's gaze and looked towards Zhou Xun.
Seeing that it was Zhou Xun, he nodded indifferently.
Seeing this, Zhou Xun was surprised.
It seems that he does not know this Elder Lin.
Could it be that this person is actually a kind person, and his majesty is due to having been in a high position for a long time. With a hint of weirdness, Zhou Xun also found a place to stand and wait.
Soon, all the apprentices had arrived.
Lin Zhishan cleared his throat and said loudly:
"Everyone, on behalf of Danbao Pavilion, I welcome you all to join!"
"You will study here for half a year. After half a year, you will be assessed and fifteen people will be selected to serve as apprentices!"
< br>"During the study period, the salary is half that of a formal apprentice, and twenty spiritual essences per month!"
"During the study period, our Danbao Pavilion will naturally prepare the alchemy furnace and earth fire, but the refining of the elixir You can only prepare the required materials yourself.”
“The first half of the year is mainly about studying pharmacology, medicine refining techniques, fire control techniques, etc. The last month is also for refining the elixir. It’s done, it won’t cost much”
"And when you officially become alchemy apprentices, the basic expenses will be nothing!" the middle-aged man simply explained.
“Of course, if you want to learn new elixirs, the required elixir recipes and materials can only be exchanged through contributions!”
“Finally, the elixirs learned in the Danbao Pavilion are None of the techniques are allowed to be spread to outsiders. Anyone who violates this will be wanted by Hongyefang!"
After the middle-aged man finished speaking, the monk's aura dispersed, and everyone was shocked.
They all nodded in agreement.
"Okay, now that I have introduced the rules, I will test your spiritual root qualifications for you!"
"Of course, having high spiritual root qualifications does not mean you have alchemy talent. The last thing we will test is your alchemy ability." Skills and spiritual root qualifications will only be used as an aid in admission judgment!" the middle-aged man added.
As he spoke, he motioned to a steward next to him.
The steward nodded and patted the storage bag.
Blue light flashed, and a soul-finding instrument half a man's height and shaped like a sundial - a soul-finding disk - appeared on the scene.
"The first one, Zhong Lican!"
The steward shouted.
A young man in white walked up, placed his hands on the soul board, and slowly injected mana.
"The sensitivity of the water spirit root is 16, and the sensitivity of the wood spirit root is 19!"
Soon, Wei Shangyi also went up. There was a sense of confidence in his eyes, and he put his hand up.
The result came out:
“Fire Spirit Root Sensitivity 31!”
Everyone showed envy.
This spiritual root qualification is already above average.
Putting it among the four major families, it is a proper foundation-building seed.
It's a pity that as a casual cultivator, it will be difficult to obtain foundation-building spiritual objects in the future, but at least there will be no suspense in the later stages of Qi training.
A few more people were tested, and they all had low-grade spiritual roots.
Finally it was Wang Erniu’s turn.
Zhou Xun has always been curious about his spiritual root qualifications.
The results came out soon.
"Golden Spiritual Root 55, Earth Spiritual Root 36, Water Spiritual Root 31!"
Everyone was in an uproar.
Lin Zhishan was also moved by it.
High-quality spiritual roots!
And the high-grade spiritual roots are all on the upper side, close to the earthly spiritual roots.
With such qualifications, the foundation building period is basically certain, and there is even hope of getting a glimpse of the true elixir avenue in the future.
Presumably, this news will spread throughout Hongyefang soon.
“Quiet!”
Lin Zhishan spoke in person, then said a few words to the steward, and then hurriedly left with Wang Erniu.
Everyone looked at the two people leaving with envy on their faces, knowing that Wang Erniu must have been taken aback and would have great fortune in the future.
The rest continued to measure.
Finally it was Zhou Xun’s turn.
"Fire Spiritual Root 15, Wood Spiritual Root 21"
Taking it all together, it is also the only six middle-grade spiritual roots in the field.
The spiritual roots of a monk are not static.
Before the age of eighteen, it is common for spiritual sensitivity to increase with age.
There are even large clans of immortal cultivators who possess precious elixirs and rare secret techniques, and can cultivate spiritual roots for their children from an early age to increase their sensitivity.
Therefore, although Zhou Xun detected low-grade spiritual roots in Hongyefang when he was ten years old,
Now eight years have passed, and his spiritual root sensitivity has increased by five points. Although it is a little beyond ordinary people, he is not alone. example.
Others will only think that Zhou Xun is lucky.
(End of this chapter)