As the final trial of the Ten Thousand Demon Valley came to an end, the Foundation Establishment disciples who had entered the Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Map were teleported out one after another.

Some disciples were all smiles, having completed the task, while others had gloomy faces. Although they hadn't been eliminated, none of them had received enough demon crystals.

The demon crystals of fifth-tier demonic beasts are not so easy to obtain.

Finally, there were only fifty Foundation Establishment cultivators standing before the Xuanling Sect Master, each holding a demon crystal from a fifth-tier demon beast!

The sect leader of Xuanling Sect looked at these Foundation Establishment stage cultivators with a face full of satisfaction.

These Foundation Establishment stage disciples who entered the Myriad Miles of Rivers and Mountains Map for training are all the future hope of the Xuanling Sect.

Especially Su Qing.

The Xuanling Sect leader glanced at Su Qing several times and nodded slightly. It was truly fortunate that their Xuanling Sect had found such an outstanding disciple.

All eighty Core Formation elders of the Xuanling Sect gathered together. They had all witnessed the trials of the Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Map and were well aware of the performance of these Foundation Establishment disciples.

At this moment, all these Foundation Establishment stage disciples were excitedly waiting for the moment when they would become inner disciples.

"Everyone performed well in this training. The fifty cultivators who completed the mission were able to choose the inner sect they wanted to join first," the sect leader said.

Of the fifty cultivators who completed the mission, there were not only personal disciples and inner disciples, but only twenty were true outer disciples.

These eighty Core Formation elders each have their own strengths. For example, Shui Qingchen is an alchemist, Elder Qiu of Jiuhua Peak is a weapon refiner, the elder of Sunset Peak is a beast tamer, and the elder of God Slaughtering Peak is a sword cultivator...

Most of these outer disciples with three spiritual roots choose to refine weapons, refine pills, or tame beasts. For example, Mu Zihan chose Jiuhua Peak, and Wen Yougui chose Sunset Peak. However, some disciples are single-mindedly devoted to swordsmanship, such as Ling Shuang who chose God-Slaying Peak.

Disciples like Xuan Qingye, Jiang Cheng, and Bai Xintong, who are direct disciples, and inner disciples like Yu Kui, Han Chen, Gu Fengying, Bei Ming, and Feng Yao, are training simply for the sake of training and do not need to choose a sect.

But Su Qing...

"Elder Shui, although Su Qing is already your chosen disciple, her talents are clearly not limited to alchemy. Perhaps..."

The sect leader said to Elder Shui Qingchen.

Elder Shui Qingchen's expression was somewhat cold.

“During her training, she obtained my Eternal Golden Lotus, and her spiritual root has probably mutated. I want her to have her spiritual root retested so that I can make a better choice for her later.”

Shui Qingchen's face darkened.

"I have to obey the sect leader's words, but Su Qing will always be my disciple in my heart," Shui Qingchen said, her coldness even more frightening than Xuan Qingye's leaking ice-attribute spiritual power.

"Yes, yes, she's your disciple. It was just a test of her spiritual roots, nothing more," the sect leader quickly said.

Su Qing was taken to the square for a private test of her spiritual roots.

On the plaza, a huge crystal ball for testing spiritual roots had been placed. Su Qing placed her hand on the crystal ball, and saw three colors of light, each with its own unique brilliance, simultaneously illuminate the surface...

What is that? Just ordinary three-elemental-root aptitude.

Just then, two more colors appeared on the crystal ball.

Five Elements Spiritual Root?

Are you kidding me? Five spiritual roots? That's the worst kind of talent, the kind of talent that makes a mortal unable to cultivate.

Impossible, impossible!

How could Junior Sister Su Qing possibly have mortal talent!

As everyone watched expectantly, a purple light suddenly filled the entire crystal ball. The crystal ball couldn't withstand the power of this purple light, and cracks appeared on its surface...

"Crack! Crack!"

The sound of the crystal ball shattering rang out, and in just a moment, the crystal ball was completely reduced to a pile of dust, while the purple light shot into the sky and rang out with a thunderous roar!

Purple light!

It's broken!

"A lightning spirit root! It's actually a lightning spirit root!" someone exclaimed excitedly.

"My God, Junior Sister Su Qing actually has a mutated lightning spirit root!"

"No wonder we can't beat our junior sister!"

...

Just as everyone was marveling at the scene, dark clouds suddenly filled the sky, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and a loud voice rang out in the air!

"Who is it? Who is it?"

Amidst the purple light, a cultivator arrived on a sword, his powerful aura silencing everyone in the plaza.

Even the sect leader of Xuanling Sect was dumbfounded.

"Ancestor!"

"Who has the Lightning Spirit Root?"

The cultivator landed, and the newcomer looked to be no more than twenty years old, dressed in a white Taoist robe. His sharp eyes swept over everyone, and his handsome face was full of scrutiny.

"A Nascent Soul stage cultivator!"

Wen Yutian stood there stiffly. He was already shocked when Su Qing discovered that he had a lightning spiritual root. He never expected that he would actually meet a Nascent Soul stage ancestor in the Xuanling Sect!

A hundred years ago, the Xuanling Sect produced a cultivator of extraordinary talent, Gu Yueli, who possessed the Thunder Spirit Root.

To cultivate in the Xuanling Sect for thirty years and reach the Nascent Soul stage is absolutely the mark of a genius among geniuses.

However, Gu Yueli broke through to the Nascent Soul stage after eighty years of cultivation and became a Nascent Soul stage cultivator. As a Nascent Soul stage ancestor of the Xuanling Sect, he didn't have a single disciple!

That's right. In the past hundred years, the Xuanling Sect has not had a single disciple with the Thunder Spirit Root.

Gu Yueli was envious. He envied that all his fellow disciples had disciples, but he didn't have a single one.

He also wanted a disciple, a disciple with a lightning spiritual root...

Every time the Xuanling Sect recruited disciples, he would wait for his disciple, only to be disappointed time and time again. Unexpectedly, this time one had actually appeared.

"Who is it?" Gu Yueli scanned the crowd again.

Finally, he turned his attention to Su Qing.

Su Qing stood alone in the square, in front of her was a pile of crystal ball powder.

"It's you?"

Gu Yueli looked Su Qing up and down, becoming more and more satisfied with her!

Gu Yueli laughed loudly, then walked up to the Xuanling Sect Leader and said, "Sect Leader, this disciple is my favorite. He will be my disciple from now on."

As she spoke, Gu Yueli took the storage ring off her finger and handed it to Su Qing, saying, "This is a gift from Master to you."

Su Qing never expected that her simple spiritual root test would actually draw out the Nascent Soul stage ancestor of the Xuanling Sect.

“Senior, I already have a master.” Su Qing said politely to Gu Yueli, “I have already become an apprentice of Elder Shui Qingchen.”

Gu Yueli turned to look at Shui Qingchen.

Shui Qingchen's face darkened completely. The sect leader had just tried to snatch her disciple, and now even a Nascent Soul stage ancestor was trying to take her disciple away...

Shui Qingchen took a deep breath, sighed, and said, "Su Qing, after I entered the sect, the ancestor also taught me."

“It doesn’t count as instruction,” Gu Yueli said.

It certainly doesn't qualify as teaching.

Shui Qingchen felt bitter. Sigh, the two of them had joined the Xuanling Sect together and become disciples of the Xuanling Sect. Gu Yueli's cultivation was incredibly fast. In less than a hundred years, she had already reached the Nascent Soul stage, while she was only at the Core Formation stage.

Shui Qingchen looked at Su Qing. With such talent, she would definitely form her core within twenty years. At that time, how could she still call herself her master?

"Shui Qingchen, we are, after all, fellow disciples. How about giving this disciple to me? Here's a pill formula for you."

And so, Su Qing was taken away by a pill formula.