Chapter 9: The Heroine Appears

Bai Xiaoxiao was puzzled.

Bai Xiaoxiao was shocked.

As for the spiritual platform, the disciples who were tested for spiritual roots were different. Some were excited; some were depressed. Only a few of them were able to join the Wuliang Sect, and the total number of those from the inner and outer sects did not exceed five.

Bai Xiaoxiao saw that there were at least fifteen or sixteen disciples waiting. She wasn't one to stay quiet, so she nudged Que Tianwen beside her with her elbow and said, "Hey, if you were chosen to join the inner sect, which elder would you want to be your disciple?"

Que Tianwen was stunned, but he was not at all disgusted by this question.

That beautiful and cold figure has been an unspeakable secret hidden in his heart till now. Hundreds of times of obsession and thousands of times of lovesickness all started with the first glimpse, and he could never forget her.

When he thought of the fairy's graceful figure, a soft color unconsciously welled up in his eyes: "Of course I want to become a disciple of the most powerful person in the fairy world, Immortal Master Miaoqing."

Miaoqing Immortal Venerable - the title of the heroine Qingli in the world of immortal cultivation.

Bai Xiaoxiao understood that her mission was to help Que Tianwen replace the male lead, but looking at that red, swollen, and infatuated face, she inexplicably felt like a good cabbage was being eaten by a pig, and that pig was not handsome at all.

[I suddenly feel so sorry for Qingli. I guess the sins accumulated by Immortal Miaoqing over eight hundred lifetimes combined wouldn't be enough to compare to this thing. And I actually brought him here.]

Oh--

Suddenly a light laugh drifted into her ears along with the breeze.

Bai Xiaoxiao was stunned. She turned her head and looked around but saw no one. The elegant and cool fragrance wafting from her nose was vague, just like a dream.

Did you hear wrong?

She was puzzled.

But soon, it was her and Que Tianwen's turn to be tested.

Que Tianwen turned his gaze away, took Bai Xiaoxiao's hand, and encouraged her affectionately, "Don't be afraid, Xiaoxiao. No matter what the outcome is, you will always be the girl I love most in my life. I won't leave you, I promise."

"Um!"

【vomit--】

Bai Xiaoxiao looked touched, but felt nauseous inside.

[No, sir. You'd better leave me. I don't need the affection of a blood-sucking worm.]

Que Tianwen let go of her hand and walked up the forty-nine steps steadily but quickly. The diamond-shaped stone crystal floating in the air was spinning. Que Tianwen stretched out his right hand to cover it. In just a moment, the whole stone crystal was surrounded by a faint white light.

"A single spiritual root, but it's a little weak."

The white-bearded old man stroked his beard and nodded with satisfaction. He pointed to the area where the five people were gathered and said, "You can go over and wait."

Que Tianwen suppressed the excitement in his eyes and respectfully clasped his fists to Bai Huxianweng: "Yes!"

The last one is Bai Xiaoxiao.

She came to the huge diamond-shaped crystal, took a few breaths, stretched out her hand and placed it on the surface of the crystal, waiting for the halo to descend.

Um……

No response.

Try again from a different angle?

Um……

Still no response.

"Isn't this possible?"

Bai Xiaoxiao withdrew her hand in confusion.

"Nothing is impossible." The old man with white beard glanced at the unresponsive stone crystal and said to Bai Xiaoxiao, "This stone crystal was nurtured by the essence of the sun and moon and the nourishment of all things after Pangu created the world. No matter how tiny the spiritual essence is, it can be manifested as long as it touches it. You... don't have the fate of becoming an immortal."

[Don’t I have a destiny with immortality? ]

Bai Xiaoxiao tapped her head, feeling it was unlikely. She looked at the old man with white beard, who smiled sweetly and said, "Immortal, can I ask you a question? If... I mean, if an ordinary person without spiritual essence could absorb the spiritual energy from the spiritual herbs?"

"Absolutely impossible," the old man with white beard replied. "Ordinary people without spiritual essence simply have no way of obtaining spiritual energy, unless a cultivator provides them with immense assistance. This is also the most fundamental difference between cultivators and ordinary people."

[So where the hell did my spiritual roots go?!]

Bai Xiaoxiao remembered very clearly that she had absorbed the spiritual energy of an entire plant of Chonglingxianzhi. Although she didn't know the specific properties of the spiritual root, it definitely existed.

Her eyes swept over the crowd and fell on the group of six who had already stood out. Que Tianwen disappeared behind the five people in front, with his head lowered as if wiping something with a handkerchief. As if he noticed someone looking at him, he raised his eyes and met Bai Xiaoxiao's gaze, then smiled gently at her.

【I understand.】

Bai Xiaoxiao was furious.

[This old guy must be behind this. I was wondering why he was so kind and wanted to encourage me. He was waiting right here, shaking my hand with his left hand and touching the crystal with his right. He was definitely rubbing something on my hand!]

Bai Xiaoxiao never thought that he would dare to take revenge so blatantly. In the world of immortal cultivation, cutting off the path to immortality is equivalent to cutting off the path to wealth in reality. How did she only just realize that this guy was so sinister?

"Little girl, you should go down."

The old man with white beard looked at Bai Xiaoxiao, who had been holding her hands up in a daze, mistakenly thinking that she was trying to stay put. He frowned in displeasure and said to her, "I know that not having a chance to become an immortal is a heavy blow, but facts are facts. Don't waste our time anymore."

Bai Xiaoxiao said, "Immortal, I didn't perform well just now. Can you give me another chance, just once?"

"No! Each apprentice disciple is only eligible for the test once, no exceptions! And the stone crystal's perception will not be wrong. Even if you try a hundred times, it will be useless."

"But……"

"No buts!"

"Let her try again." - A clear and ethereal voice sounded from mid-air.

Everyone looked up and saw a cold woman in a light white to blue dress with lotus-root sleeves suddenly appear in front of them. She had eyebrows as delicate as a crescent moon, eyes as bright as cold stars, light pink lips, and pale white skin. She looked like a lonely and gorgeous winter plum.

"Greetings to Immortal Master Miaoqing!"

The old man with white beard was the first to react and saluted her with his hands folded together.

"Greetings to Immortal Master Miaoqing!"

"Greetings to Immortal Master Miaoqing!"

The other disciples also came to their senses and began to pay homage.

Bai Xiaoxiao also followed suit and lowered her head obediently, but her heart was bursting with excitement.

[Wow! I saw her in person! So beautiful! Is this the legendary cool beauty?! That face! That waist! Those legs! Oh my god! I'm going crazy! How can she be so beautiful?!?!]

Qing Li stood in the sky and saw the girl with her head down but her thoughts in a mess. She raised her black crow feathers like butterfly wings slightly, and with a wave of her robe sleeves, she appeared next to the stone crystal.

She whispered to the old man with white beard, "Let her test it again."

"Yes, Immortal Venerable."

The old man with white beard winked at Bai Xiaoxiao.

Bai Xiaoxiao controlled her excitement, walked to the stone crystal, took a deep breath, and stretched out her left hand to touch the surface of the stone crystal.

Suddenly, the floating stone crystals sparkled with ice blue and light green luster.

"This is... dual spiritual roots."