Upon hearing that her father wanted to take Yun Qing as his disciple, Yun Helan could barely maintain her smile.

How could that be? The junior sister under the Yuntian Sect Leader can only be her.

“Father, you already have an elder brother, a second senior brother, and a third senior sister under your tutelage. Including me, that makes four direct disciples, far exceeding the quota. In my opinion, it would be better to let other elders take them in.”

Yan Qing nodded, agreeing with Yun Helan's reasoning. Generally, a peak master only accepts two personal disciples because cultivation resources are limited, while there are no restrictions on inner disciples.

Upon hearing Yun Helan's words, the elders seemed to have found an excuse and advised, "Helan is right. The initiation ceremony is coming soon. It would be good to let these two children enter the initiation ceremony with the others."

"Yes, the matter of the sect leader accepting disciples is of great importance and should be handled with caution."

Upon hearing about the initiation ceremony, Yun Helan was reminded of something. These two hadn't even had their spiritual roots tested; how could they be worthy of becoming personal disciples?

Especially Yun Qing, who looks like an ordinary mortal.

Yun Helan's eyes lit up, and she immediately had an idea: "It's not impossible for Father to take this younger sister as his disciple, but since he doesn't even know about her spiritual root, he might not be able to convince the other inner disciples."

Yan Qing was taken aback. He hadn't really considered this question. He just felt a sense of kinship with Yun Qing and wanted to take her as his disciple.

However, he didn't think it was a big deal. Yun Helan's talent was also quite ordinary, with only dual water elemental roots, which wasn't enough to qualify her as a personal disciple.

Now that there's a precedent, what does it matter if Yun Qing's talent is a little lacking?

Xuanming, on the other hand, had great confidence in the two children. Since they were destined to be gifted, how could their aptitude be poor?

"Since everyone has this concern, let's have the two children's spiritual roots tested on the spot. But let me make it clear first, no matter what their spiritual roots are, I am willing to take them into Qingyun Peak."

"In that case, bring up the talent stone."

A short while later, two disciples came up carrying a large white stone.

“Nephew, Yunqing, you two should place your hands on the talent stone one at a time.”

Yun Qing unconsciously took a step back. She had never been exposed to anything related to the cultivation world before.

Gu Changyuan noticed her worry and gently patted her back: "It's okay, don't be afraid."

As he spoke, he placed his hand on it first.

Suddenly, the stone emitted a purple light that shone all the way up to the roof.

"Excellent!" Yan Qing clapped his hands in praise upon seeing this: "So, my nephew has a single-elemental lightning spiritual root."

But before he could finish speaking, the light dimmed again, turning into a faint shadow.

"What, what's going on?"

Gu Changyuan stepped forward with a look of disappointment: "Replying to Uncle, I was also seriously injured when my family was killed. I guess that's when my spiritual root was damaged."

Yan Qing sighed softly upon hearing this: "It's truly a pity."

Xuanming didn't care: "A damaged spiritual root may still have a chance to be repaired. It's just that there are many disciples on Senior Brother's side, so he may not be able to spare the time to help Changyuan. Let him join Qingyun Peak instead."

Yan Qing looked at the talent stone and did not object further: "That's fine then."

After this incident, everyone lost even more hope for Yun Qing's spiritual root.

How much talent can one expect from a descendant of a housekeeper?

Gu Changyuan released his hand and walked to Xuanming's side. Yun Qing hesitated and stepped forward, placing her hand on the talent stone.

Two seconds passed, and the stone didn't react at all.

Upon seeing this, Yun Helan exaggeratedly covered her mouth: "Heavens! How could this be? Could this young lady not have any spiritual roots?"

The others looked at her with pity. She had clearly gained the appreciation of the sect leader and Xuanming Zhenren, but she had no spiritual root. They didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse.

However, just as Yun Qing was about to remove her hand, the talent stone suddenly emitted a dazzling light, even brighter than Gu Changyuan's earlier.

"This, this is?" Several elders stood up in shock.

Xuanming stepped forward, took a look, and immediately made a judgment: "Heavenly Water Spirit Root."

"How could this be?" Yun Helan exclaimed in disbelief, "This is impossible!"

It's no wonder everyone was so shocked. After several powerful figures ascended to immortality, the spiritual energy in the cultivation world became increasingly scarce, and even single-element spiritual roots were becoming rare, let alone celestial spiritual roots.

Even Yun Wanyan was shocked and stood up, unable to maintain her composure any longer.

She and Yan Qing were both prodigies in their youth; one had a single water elemental root, and the other had a single wind elemental root.

If they are lucky, one of their children should have a celestial spiritual root.

However, things didn't go as planned. Yun Hezhi had a single-element ice spirit root, while Yun Helan only had a dual-element water spirit root, and neither of them inherited any of their parents' talents.

Yan Qing was even more excited. He hadn't expected the child to be so talented. Now, no one should be able to stop him from taking on a disciple.

"As you all see, Yun Qing possesses a Heavenly Spiritual Root and is qualified to become my personal disciple. There's no better time than today, so let's formally become disciples."

"Wait a minute." Xuanming stepped forward: "Senior brother, don't be in a hurry. You haven't asked the person in question for their opinion yet. Maybe Yun Qing wants to join my Qingyun Peak."

"Oh? Then let's ask her. Yunqing, tell your uncle whether you want to join Baiyun Peak or Qingyun Peak." Yan Qing was very confident. Anyone who knew a little about Yuntian Sect would definitely choose Baiyun Peak.

However, Yun Qing knew absolutely nothing about the Yun Tian Sect.

However, one thing was certain: she didn't want to become Yan Qing's disciple. Because if she did, she would have to see Yun Helan and the others, whom she hated most, every day.

She had not forgotten everything she saw in the water mirror: Yan Qing's neglect, and the bullying by Yun Helan, Xu Chengyun, Qi Yu, and others.

Compared to other options, she preferred Qingyun Peak, where she could keep Gu Changyuan company.

"What I want to choose is..." Yun Qing was about to answer.

"Wait a minute!" Yun Wanyan suddenly spoke up: "Would you be willing to become a disciple of Ziyun Peak?"

Everyone was stunned. Who didn't know that Master Ziyun had devoted himself to cultivation in recent years, ignoring everything else, and his cultivation had already surpassed that of the sect leader and Master Xuanming?

If she hadn't been unwilling to get involved, the position of sect leader of Yuntian Sect would have been hers long ago; it wouldn't have been Yan Qing Zhenren's turn.

Yun Helan was so angry that she almost ground her teeth to powder. Although she had always been proud of being the sect leader's personal disciple, it was because Yun Wanyan was too cold to her and unwilling to accept her as a disciple.

Otherwise, since both of them have water-elemental roots, with Yun Wanyan's guidance, her cultivation would definitely advance by leaps and bounds.

Her mother, who had always been indifferent to her, actually offered to take Yun Qing as her disciple. At that moment, as if it were her destiny, Yun Helan hated Yun Qing once again.

Yun Qing was stunned. Yun Wanyan wanted to take her as her personal disciple, which was something she had never expected.

Seeing that she was in a daze, Yun Wanyan did not urge her, but smiled and said, "I have a single water spiritual root and have reached the Nascent Soul stage, so teaching you should not be a problem."