Chapter 101 Chapter 8

"This...how about the girl try again?"

Then they asked Ruo Ruo to put her hand on it and try it again.

Still no response, the test stone was dim.

…Everyone was silent.

Only Ruo Ruo was not surprised by this.

She was a control group, a typical stepping stone. It would be strange if she could detect some spiritual roots! If she really had good talent, the original owner wouldn't have found it so difficult to escape from the predicament.

But others didn't think so. One after another, they thought she was very sad and put themselves in her shoes, even feeling sadder than her.

Qu Chengjing hadn't expected this outcome. He had no experience with the connection between appearance and talent, but was simply surprised by the lack of spiritual roots.

He had once heard someone mention that people without spiritual roots were even rarer than those with top-grade spiritual roots, but he hadn't expected to encounter one today. But why had it been Ruo Ruo?

He tried to force a smile to comfort Ruoruo, but whenever he looked in the mirror, he would find that his frustration and worry were even more obvious than Ruoruo's.

But even so, he still said, "It's okay, it's okay. Cultivation is a struggle against the heavens. The road is bound to be bumpy. Not having spiritual roots is not necessarily a bad thing."

But even though he said that, he couldn't even convince himself.

Especially when he thought about how Ruoruo envied the cultivators for being able to stay young forever... Qu Chengjing was now beginning to regret asking Ruoruo to come for the test.

If I had known this would happen, I would have avoided doing it.

But there is no medicine for regret in the world. Even if Qu Chengjing regrets it, it is too late.

Before Ruo Ruo could react, he seemed to have thought of something and said hurriedly, "Don't you want to stay young forever? There seems to be a pill called the Anti-Yan Pill in the world of cultivation that should do the trick. I'll try to get some for you, okay?"

As for what else he could do? If all else failed, he would go to the Wanshi Palace to take on quests and earn points and spirit stones.

With his level of cultivation, obtaining spirit stones was easy. Spirit stones were the most valuable currency in the world of cultivation, but unfortunately, he only had a few low-grade ones. They were fine for buying ordinary items, but elixirs... even if Qu Chengjing had never bought one before, he knew they were incredibly expensive.

But as long as it can make Ruoruo happy, it is worth it no matter how expensive it is.

But even with the anti-aging pill, Qu Chengjing was still not satisfied.

No matter how he tried to make Ruoruo happy, he kept saying the bad things about cultivation, but there was one fact that could not be changed no matter how much he said, and that was life span.

Cultivators battle the heavens and the earth, but as long as they can overcome these challenges, they can live many times longer than ordinary people, thus opening themselves up to more possibilities. But what about non-cultivators? Even if they risk their lives searching for all kinds of elixirs, the lifespan of ordinary people is still limited, and no elixir can change that much. Even if there were a so-called longevity pill, at best it would only add five years to their lifespan.

Even if one could live to 100, even with longevity pills, the maximum would be 105. Not to mention that many mortals die at 50, but very few can reach 100. It's too short, too short.

He was filled with worry, but on the surface he said that becoming a cultivator might not be a good thing. Just looking at the expressions of the two people, if an outsider saw it, they would probably not know whether he was comforting himself or Ruo Ruo.

Ruo Ruo found him interesting and agreed to everything he said.

"Really, Brother Qu? Brother Qu, you are not allowed to lie to me."

The disciples of Lei Zong also felt it was a pity and stood there dejectedly without saying a word. After hearing Qu Chengjing mention the Rejuvenating Pill, a young disciple dressed in rich clothes and wearing a top-grade jade pendant suddenly looked up, and surprise burst out on his jade-like clear face.

"I see!"

In an instant, everyone's attention was drawn to him.

"What's wrong, junior brother? What did you know?" Some people looked at Ruoruo and then at him with expectation in their eyes, but some people were completely indifferent to his surprise and didn't even look at him.

The richly dressed young disciple didn't care and pointed in the direction of the secret realm, "Even if you are not born with spiritual roots, you can still create spiritual roots in other ways. Isn't the Soul-Shaping Pill a ready-made method? Doesn't the secret realm over there say that there will be a Phoenix Spirit Grass? But besides the Phoenix Spirit Grass, the Soul-Shaping Pill also requires a lot of other things, and they are not easy to find." Thinking of this, he became depressed again.

After hearing it, Qu Chengjing kept it in mind.

He had never heard of the Soul-Shaping Pill before, but he could roughly know its effect just by hearing the name.

"What other ingredients does this elixir need? Does anyone know who can refine it?"

Qu Chengjing stepped forward and asked, and after hearing the man list more than a dozen things in succession, he nodded and wrote them all down.

He had heard of several of these items; each one was a rare treasure, a source of intense competition. But it was no wonder. The effects of a pill like the Soul-Constructing Pill were so incredible that if it could be easily refined, there wouldn't even be a distinction between the world of cultivation and the secular world.

"Junior brother, how come you are so powerful?"

"Great! Does this mean Miss Ruoruo will have a way to practice cultivation?"

"As expected, people from the Yuding Sect are different. Junior Brother, you are amazing!"

Even those who had just looked down on him began to have something to say and their expressions improved a lot after hearing him talk.

Yu Hechen had recently arrived at their Lei Sect, arriving with great fanfare, dressed in opulent attire and carrying countless possessions. On their first day, they each received a bottle of elixir. Many people treated him with great care for this reason, but others also soured their impression of him. He was too ostentatious, and his usual pampered demeanor made him a complete misfit in the Lei Sect, which espoused austerity and austerity.

But now it seems that he is not completely useless.

"But fortunately, the girl is not abandoned by heaven. She simply lacks spiritual roots. It would be troublesome if she was born abandoned by heaven." Yu Hechen began to mutter to herself again.

But it was just a casual mention before returning to the main topic. "As for who can refine it, this elixir is very special. Although it's not classified as a seventh-grade elixir, the conditions required for refining it are even more stringent than those of a seventh-grade elixir. I'm afraid only I... only the Jade Ding Sect's Sect Master can attempt it. However, the Jade Ding Sect's Sect Master's ability is just so-so. If we really talk about talent, I think the Jade Ding Sect's Young Master is more powerful. The elixirs he refines are all top-grade elixirs. It's just that his realm is not as high as the Jade Ding Sect's Sect Master's, so many elixirs are still unrefined. If the time of refining the elixir is long ago, the Jade Ding Sect's Young Master is definitely better."

"I heard that the young master of the Yuding Sect is here too, and he has his eye on the Fengling Grass. If we want to refine the Soul-Shaping Pill, we must get the Fengling Grass first. The young master of the Yuding Sect is very stingy, and if he gets the Fengling Grass, I'm afraid he won't be able to give it back. It will be very difficult to ask him to get the spiritual grass and refine the pill at the same time."

Yu and Chen sold each other out completely without any psychological burden.

In his words and deeds, he completely put himself and Ruoruo in the same group.

His words frightened the other disciples of the Thunder Sect, who were worried about him. They all wished he would stop swearing at his words, which were tinged with emotion. Although they knew his father was from the Jade Ding Sect, they were still terrified.

The Yuding Sect is one of the top five sects. Any good elixir in the world of cultivation comes from the Yuding Sect. If he angers the Sect Master or Young Master by saying this, it'll be troublesome! With such outspokenness, it's no wonder his father kicked him out!

Qu Chengjing nodded, ignoring the personal feelings in his words and taking them to heart. He hadn't expected him to find a way to snatch the Fengling Grass after all this trouble. As expected of a top-tier immortal herb, it could be used not only for cultivation but also for refining the Soul-Constructing Pill.

Originally, he was thinking of giving up, after all, he didn't like to rely on external forces when practicing, but since it still had this effect, he would get it even if it meant burning, killing and looting.

It's not that he didn't doubt what this person said, but just looking at the jade pendant he was wearing and the fact that other people mentioned that he was "from the Yuding Sect", he could confirm some of the truth in it.

Even if there was even a grain of truth in what he said, Qu Chengjing would not let go of the Fengling Grass. He certainly hoped that Ruoruo could cultivate, even if it was just the worst kind of mixed spiritual roots. At least he could continue to think of other ways to help Ruoruo break through step by step.

Ruo Ruo was also interested in the Soul-Shaping Pill that Yu Hechen mentioned, but she was even more interested in the so-called Forsaken Person. "Can you tell me more about the Forsaken Person?"

"Of course, of course!" The light in Yu Hechen's eyes became brighter, and he was so excited that he almost jumped up.

Now the other Lei Zong disciples stopped praising him and looked at him with envy and jealousy. Some of them wanted to talk to the girl more, but they couldn't tell her what Ruo Ruo wanted to know.

"Those abandoned by heaven are those who are despised by the heavens. Such people are born unlucky and depressed, and it is difficult for them to live past the age of seven. Even if they do survive, they will face greater disasters later, and even their blood relatives and those around them will be affected. But Miss Ruoruo, you don't have to worry. Such people usually only appear once in thousands of years, and it is not certain whether they have spiritual roots. However, the records show that among the four people who have appeared, three did not have spiritual roots. I just mentioned it casually as it suddenly occurred to me."

"Then I shouldn't..."

Seeing Ruoruo lost in thought, Yu Hechen gradually panicked and waved his hands repeatedly, "Miss Ruoruo, you are definitely not that person. The signs of being abandoned by heaven are very obvious. If you were abandoned by heaven, all of us should have had various problems by now."

"This is how a person abandoned by God acts..." Ruo Ruo hesitated to speak.

Yu Hechen nodded affirmatively. "Those abandoned by heaven are destined to suffer misfortune. However, my father said that the appearance of a person abandoned by heaven usually means that one or both of their biological parents have used some improper means to deceive the heavens. Most parents don't have that ability."