My Ability Pool is Superior - Chapter 332: Spiritual Root
“As everyone knows, the Spiritual Root is the first and most important hurdle on the Immortal Path. Without a Spiritual Root, no matter what, one cannot step onto the Immortal Path.”
Senior Brother Chang simply explained the situation.
Qingwang Sect holds an Entry Assessment only once every ten years. The children within a few hundred miles near the Mountain Gate who aspire to cultivation naturally had their aptitude roughly tested early on. Those without a Spiritual Root obviously wouldn’t hope to sneak through.
Considering the assessment happens once every ten years, they aren’t very strict on age—as long as under twenty, one can participate in the assessment.
Of course, among these people participating in the Entry Assessment, there aren’t any with exaggeratedly impressive aptitude.
After all, true geniuses are accompanied by anomalies from birth and are snatched away early by the major Immortal Sects—why would they need to come take the Entry Assessment?
Soon, a Disciple who had sorted the list landed behind Senior Brother Chang and, looking at the list, shouted: “Ye Bufan, please step forward.”
The first person called was a youth around ten years old.
Brother Lu remembered that this youth had an elder accompanying him.
The youth named Ye Bufan showed no stage fright and strode forward confidently.
Discussion arose below as all eyes focused on Ye Bufan.
Among those present, quite a few had evidently heard of the Ye family—at least around the Qingwang Sect area, the Ye family had quite a reputation.
Even the Qingwang Sect Disciple responsible for calling names smiled slightly at him.
Ye Bufan was fully aware of the entire testing process and proactively reached out to place his hand on the Giant Stone.
The Giant Stone suddenly shot out a beam of red light, with crimson radiance rising up until it reached over a meter high before stopping.
Seeing this, Senior Brother Chang’s expression didn’t change; he just nodded and said slowly: “Fire-attribute Spiritual Root, upper Xuan-grade aptitude. Not bad. Ye Bufan, right? As expected of a Ye family disciple.”
No matter how calm, he was still a youth. Hearing Senior Brother Chang’s words, Ye Bufan couldn’t help but feel a bit proud.
Fortunately, his family elders had probably reminded him, so he didn’t act arrogant and instead bowed politely: “In the future, I will still need to listen to Senior Brother Chang’s teachings.”
Senior Brother Chang acknowledged with a hum, then mildly told him to step back.
Seeing this scene, the youths below were all moved, with many showing envy on their faces.
No way around it—aptitude is something determined from birth; it can’t be forced.
The Qingwang Sect Disciple by the Giant Stone didn’t pause and called the next person’s name.
“Ren Hongbo, please step forward.”
“Fu Jinshu…”
“Wei Peiling…”
The testing went quickly, with youths and girls stepping forward and then back one after another.
Compared to Ye Bufan at the start, those who tested later had fairly average aptitude; the light rising from the Giant Stone was basically around half a meter, and some were so short they couldn’t be seen without looking closely.
Senior Brother Chang had anticipated this and appeared completely impassive.
Brother Lu had been observing this whole time, silently listening to the surrounding young people’s discussion, and gained a preliminary understanding of aptitude.
Simply put, the attribute of the Spiritual Root isn’t too important—whether gold, wood, water, fire, earth, or even some variant attributes, it doesn’t matter.
What truly matters is aptitude, or one could say the purity degree of the Spiritual Root.
The better the aptitude, the smoother the Immortal Path.
For convenience in distinction, Immortal Sects divide mortal aptitude into the four grades: Heaven, Earth, Mysterious, and Yellow.
Take Heaven-grade Talent as an example: with this level of talent, one can casually practice a Cultivation Technique and easily sense Spiritual Energy. Mastering breathing exercises for Spiritual Energy counts as entering Qi Refining.
In contrast, with lower Yellow-grade aptitude, even with someone teaching, sensing Spiritual Energy takes years.
The gap in aptitude between people is this exaggerated—greater than the gap between people and dogs.
There were only a few hundred Probationary Disciples who passed the first round of assessment, and before long, more than half had been tested.
The remaining youths and girls grew increasingly nervous. In this atmosphere, to avoid standing out, Brother Lu slightly controlled his expression, not letting himself unconsciously smile.
“This… this brother, I am Shi Yu. May I ask how to address you, brother?”
A slightly hoarse voice, clearly speaking with a suppressed throat, sounded beside Brother Lu.
Brother Lu casually turned his body and immediately saw she was a girl disguised as a boy. He didn’t bother exposing it and politely replied: “I am Lu Bai.”
For some reason, Shi Yu seemed very interested in Brother Lu and took the initiative to start the conversation: “Brother Lu looks like he has everything under control.”
“I’m just not holding out much hope—trying my luck.”
“Brother Lu is being too modest. Who here doesn’t know their own weight? This second round assessment is just a formality.”
“I haven’t been tested, so I’m not even sure if I have a Spiritual Root.”
“Who doesn’t know that if the test shows no Spiritual Root, you’re turned away from the Immortal Sect?” Shi Yu flared up in anger. Not tested? What kind of talk is that? Fooling who?
Brother Lu spread his hands: “Then test me.”
At that moment, the Qingwang Sect Disciple called again: “Shi Qingyu, please step forward.”
The next second, the little girl who called herself Shi Yu’s anger vanished instantly. Somewhat embarrassed, she jogged to the Giant Stone and reached out to touch it.
Deep blue light rose from the Giant Stone over ten feet—the most exaggerated performance so far.
“Earth-grade Talent Ice Spiritual Root.”
Senior Brother Chang’s previously impassive expression changed as he said in astonishment: “Junior Sister Shi Qingyu, right? May I ask where your home is? Stay by my side for now; in a bit, I’ll take you directly to see my Master…”
After patiently waiting for Senior Brother Chang and this little girl to exchange pleasantries, the name-calling Qingwang Sect Disciple perceptively called out.
“Next, Lu Bai, please step forward.”
Hearing his name, Brother Lu glanced around left and right, confirmed no one else shared it, then walked openly toward the Giant Stone.
He was also quite curious about his own aptitude.
If this aspect depended on talent…
Brother Lu extended his right hand, palm pressing against the Giant Stone.
The next second.
Buzz~~
The over two-man-high Giant Stone actually began to vibrate slightly.
The entire Giant Stone was gradually covered by seeping white light. Accumulating to a certain degree, the extremely dense white light erupted like an explosion, gushing out.
The light tore through the clouds, shooting straight to the sky, as if erecting a white pillar between heaven and earth.
Within the white light, faint Dao Patterns shimmered, complex and mysterious.
In an instant, the celestial phenomenon changed dramatically, as if myriad clouds bowed their heads.
Centered on this dazzling white light, the surrounding clouds surged, gradually forming a massive vortex shape stretching beyond sight.
The Qingwang Sect disciples hovering in midair all stood with mouths agape, momentarily at a loss for words. Everyone was dazed into a trance, suppressed back to the ground by the mysteriously flowing Dao Charm.
Senior Brother Chang’s eyes suddenly widened, his facial expression twisting out of control: “What the f*ck!”
Source: Webnovel.com, updated by novlove.com
