Chapter 8: News from the Monster
The Spirit Testing Conference officially started at 9:00 a.m., but the venue was already crowded with people at 7:00 a.m. They could not enter the venue until the Spirit Testing Conference started.
When there was still a quarter of an hour before 9:00 a.m., Gu Changhuan, his brother Gu Sheng, his father, and a very pretty woman, walked into the venue of the Spirit Testing Conference. The only place where the Spirit Testing Conference really tested the spiritual roots was the "Dengxian Pavilion" in the center of the venue, and the outside was just a waiting place.
The very pretty woman was Gu Sheng's biological mother and Gu Shan's concubine.
They came here, of course, to test whether Gu Sheng had spiritual roots.
Originally, Gu Changhuan's idea was to wait until the Spirit Testing Conference was over before taking his brother Gu Sheng to test his spiritual roots, so that he would not have to wait that long. It was also well-intentioned, but after hearing the news, Gu Sheng's aunt thought that Gu Changhuan was deliberately preventing Gu Sheng from testing his spiritual roots.
"My son is born smart, he must have spiritual roots! Master Huan must be afraid that my son's spiritual roots will affect his status! What a vicious heart! It's a pity that they are brothers!" Gu Sheng's aunt thought bitterly.
She turned around in her yard restlessly for two rounds, and finally ran to Gu Shan and cried endlessly. Gu Shan was soft-hearted and did not blame her.
But this matter eventually reached Gu Changhuan's ears. Although he was not angry, he was also amused. It can only be a pity that Gu Sheng's aunt underestimated Gu Changhuan's temperament and family rules.
The Gu family has strict rules. No one can use any means to prevent children of appropriate age from detecting spiritual roots. Those who violate the rules will be removed from the family tree. Mortals will be expelled from the family territory, and immortal cultivators will have their cultivation abolished. Under such harsh punishment, no one has ever violated the Gu family for hundreds of years.
However, Gu Changhuan still brought Gu Sheng to the Spirit Test Conference. In order to prevent Gu Sheng's aunt from causing any more trouble, Gu Changhuan simply let her come with him.
"Changhuan greets my two uncles Shiyuan and Shichang. I didn't go to greet Uncle Shichang yesterday, so I hope Uncle Shichang won't blame me."
"Changhuan, you don't have to be so polite." Gu Shichang quickly helped Gu Changhuan up
"I haven't seen Changhuan for more than a year, and I've grown a lot taller!" He has lived in Yuqing Town for several years, so he naturally met Gu Changhuan.
Gu Shan and others also saluted Gu Shiyuan and others. Although Gu Shan and Gu Shiyuan are of the same generation, there is a difference between immortals and mortals, and Gu Shiyuan and Gu Sheng are also older. Gu Sheng and Gu Sheng's aunt have always been very sensible and kept quiet.
After the three of them exchanged a few words of greeting, Gu Changhuan explained his purpose.
"So you are Changhuan's younger brother! Come, come to Uncle Shiyuan. Gu Sheng, it's a good name." Gu Shiyuan called Gu Sheng to his front and took out the spirit test ruler.
Gu Sheng followed the instructions and placed his hand on the spirit measuring ruler. Gu Shan and Gu Sheng's aunt blushed, as nervous as if they were the ones testing their spirit roots.
Gu Shichang looked at Gu Sheng, then at Gu Shan and Gu Sheng's aunt beside him, and smiled with an ambiguous meaning.
After a few breaths, the spirit measuring ruler showed no reaction.
After a few more breaths, the spirit measuring ruler was still gray, with no sign of lighting up.
Gu Shan was a little disappointed, and Gu Sheng's aunt looked gray, as if she had lost her parents.
Gu Sheng looked at his father and biological mother uneasily and shrank his neck.
Gu Changhuan was neither happy nor sad, he just said, "Father, take my brother and aunt back first, I will stay here to see if I can help."
Gu Shiyuan looked at him with his nose and eyes, and Gu Shichang comforted him, "Brother Gu Shan, you have surpassed many clansmen to have a child with spiritual roots. Spiritual roots are determined by heaven and cannot be forced."
Gu Shan responded with two sentences and left the Dengxian Pavilion with Gu Sheng and his concubine.
It was exactly the time of Si at this time.
"It's time to start. I hope there will be more children with spiritual roots this time." Gu Shiyuan walked out of the house first, followed by Gu Shichang and Gu Changhuan.
The venue of the Spirit Testing Conference is now very lively. There are many children standing in the venue. They are in groups of three and thirty people in a team. Each team is led by an adult, waiting to test their spiritual roots. The parents and relatives of these children are not allowed to enter the venue. They can only wait outside the venue.
As soon as Gu Shiyuan appeared, the noisy sounds inside and outside the venue suddenly quieted down. He stroked his beard and said aloud
"I declare that the Spirit Test Conference is now officially open! All children aged seven to eleven can come to the "Dengxian Pavilion" to test their spiritual roots. The rules are the same as in previous years, in groups of three. Without further ado, let's start the spirit test now!"
Gu Shiyuan turned and returned to the Dengxian Pavilion. They only needed to sit in the house and record the results. The rest of the matters were handled by the two younger generations, Gu Changfeng and Gu Changyong. He was just here to calm the situation. As for Gu Changhuan, he was still a child of seven or eight years old, and he stayed here just to watch the fun.
At the entrance of Dengxian Pavilion, Gu Changfeng held a thick roster
"Yuqing Town, team one. Go in first, and the rest will wait." Gu Changfeng checked the names of the thirty children one by one, and said after confirming that they were correct.
The three children walked into the Dengxian Pavilion obediently, and saw three spirit-testing rulers placed on the table in the hall of Dengxian Pavilion.
Gu Changyong instructed them to put their hands on the spirit-testing rulers, and the three children did so.
After five breaths, the three spirit-testing rulers had no reaction.
Gu Changyong asked them to leave.
"Next group!"
Three more children came in, and the spirit measuring ruler seemed to be on strike, with no reaction at all.
"Next group!"
"Next group!"
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Soon, all the children in the first team were tested, but there was not a single child with spiritual roots.
Gu Changhuan looked at the two uncles who were resting with their eyes closed, and wanted to say something but didn't open his mouth in the end. None of the thirty children had spiritual roots, this was too...
The second team also quickly finished half of the test.
"Next group!"
Three little boys came in, this was the last group of the second team.
Three breaths later, the spiritual ruler in the middle shone with green and brown light!
Gu Shiyuan and Gu Shichang opened their eyes, and after seeing the light emitted by the spiritual ruler, they were even more ecstatic!
It turned out to be the dual spiritual roots of earth and wood!
At this time, the spiritual light on the spiritual ruler was still flashing, the brown spiritual light stopped at four inches and seven points, and the green spiritual light was still rising.
After five inches and six inches, the green spiritual light slowly stopped at the scale of seven inches and one point.
The whole audience was shocked!
The main spiritual root is seven inches, this is a very excellent dual spiritual root!
Gu Changyong was also very happy. He checked the list in his hand.
"Your name is Gu Cheng, right? Congratulations! You have a very good spiritual root qualification!"
"Gu Cheng, what a good name! But from now on, you will be called Gu Changcheng! I, Gu Shiyuan, am your uncle. From now on, you can call me Uncle Thirteen."
Gu Shiyuan said with a smile, "The family will give more rewards if you bring back a double spiritual root cultivator! I might as well make a good relationship with this child, which will benefit both myself and the younger generation. Gu Shiyuan is indeed an old fox. He thought of many interests in an instant.
He called Gu Changcheng to him and handed him a jade pendant-like magic weapon, "This is my gift to you. You are not allowed to refuse!"
Although Gu Shichang was happy, he stood still. He was old and had no descendants with spiritual roots. Even if the Gu family had a spiritual root, it would not be of any benefit to him, who was living in the mortal world.
On the contrary, Gu Changyong was very happy. Because Gu Changyong understood that only when the family was good could he benefit.
Gu Changcheng's family was just farmers, so they had never seen such a scene. He declined and accepted Gu Shiyuan's gift with trepidation.
Gu Changhuan was of course happy, because this was his cousin, and he would no longer be the youngest cultivator on Bifeng Mountain!
The Dengxian Pavilion was lively for a while, and the spirit test continued!
Not long after a child with two spiritual roots was detected, another child with three spiritual roots was detected.
A morning passed, and among hundreds of children, only two had spiritual roots. Gu Changhuan sighed a little, but Gu Shiyuan and others were very satisfied. Having two was already very good, not to mention that one of them had two spiritual roots!
Gu Shiyuan asked Gu Changyong to take the two children to report the good news to their parents. After Gu Changyong went there, he was thanked profusely. The children's parents were too enthusiastic, which made him, a cultivator, a little creepy.
