The next morning, just after daybreak, Lu Ming was awakened by a servant who came to report. The servant said that the Taoists from Kun-Lai Mountain had just arrived, and all the men under the age of 20 in the He family clan had to gather in the main hall of the clan temple on time in half an hour. If they were late, the main hall would be closed and no one could enter.
Lu Ming got up and washed up, then woke up 233 who was still sleeping soundly in bed, and rushed towards the He family ancestral hall.
Lu Ming walked forward quickly and asked, "How can a robot be so lazy?"
233 yawned, grabbed his horn with one paw, and rubbed his eyes with the other, looking stupid and ridiculous. He said lazily: "I should have known that I would not adjust my bed-sleeping level to below the average level of human beings!"
Lu Ming: "..."
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, Lu Ming successfully arrived at the destination under the command of 233. Lu Ming felt that the navigation device was really the greatest invention in the world. If he was asked to find a certain location in the huge He Mansion, it would be a big challenge for him who was not good at finding directions.
Quite a few people had gathered outside the He Family Ancestral Hall. When many people saw the eldest young master of the He Family coming, they immediately began to whisper. They had previously thought that it was just a rumor, but now that he had come to participate in the Spirit Root Testing Conference at Kun-Lai Mountain, it must be that he had recovered his spiritual energy.
Lu Ming automatically ignored the curious or contemptuous eyes around him, and was attracted by the He Family Ancestral Hall in front of him. The construction of this ancestral hall reveals the respect and belief of the cultivators for the gods. The inner and outer walls are in the shape of a square in front and a round in the back. There is a circular pool in front of the main hall, surrounded by locust trees and cypresses. Looking around, there is a green sea as blue as the ocean, and the vision is clear and broad. Standing in the round hill, looking up at the vastness, a solemn atmosphere suddenly hits you.
Lu Ming followed the crowd and walked in. He saw that the main hall was supported by twelve huge red-painted wooden columns. The ceiling was high, with a coiled dragon caisson and golden dragons lying around. In addition, the sound of drums and harps and vocal music beside his ears made Lu Ming feel a sense of awe towards the heavens.
233 curled up in Lu Ming's arms and couldn't help but sigh: "Rich people are so willful!"
Lu Ming patted its head and said coldly: "Shut up and get back here."
233 He closed his mouth in grievance, huddled in Lu Ming's arms and dared not speak again. Lu Ming raised his foot and was about to enter the main hall, but was unexpectedly blocked by someone.
"Brother, how are you doing lately?"
Lu Ming looked up and saw that the person who came was He Qingqiu whom he had not seen for a long time. He was wearing a blue gown. Although he and He Qingci were half brothers, their appearances were completely different, and their temperaments were also very different. At this moment, he was looking at Lu Ming coldly, with a malicious smile on his lips.
Lu Ming's eyebrows were calm, his eyes were calm, and he said slowly: "Very good."
He Qingqiu smiled coldly and said sarcastically: "I haven't congratulated you on regaining your spiritual energy yet. Qingqiu will definitely come to you someday to learn from you about the art of cultivating immortals and the method of refining weapons."
"Not interested." Lu Ming replied coldly. He ignored He Qingqiu's sudden change of expression and walked straight forward, too lazy to pay attention to him.
He Qingqiu didn't expect Lu Ming to dare to give him a cold look in public. He couldn't hold it in for a moment, and his face turned from green to black. He stared at Lu Ming's receding back, a trace of viciousness flashed in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled up into an extremely cold smile, and whispered: "See how arrogant you can be later!"
Although Lu Ming was some distance away from He Qingqiu, fortunately, he had recovered his spiritual energy and his seven orifices became very sensitive. He heard everything He Qingqiu said just now. He thought to himself that He Qingqiu obviously had bad intentions and he didn't know what trouble he would cause in a while.
233 poked his head out, rolled his eyes, and said in a baby voice: "Master, from the tone of He Qingqiu's voice, he seems to be well prepared. What should we do now?"
Lu Ming nodded and said in a low voice: "This mother and son are usually arrogant, but they have been so calm recently. They must be plotting something in secret. Now that the enemy is in the open and we are in the dark, we can only wait and see. The best strategy is to be extra careful."
233 nodded solemnly and said, "Master, rest assured, if anything goes wrong later, I will do my best to help you."
Lu Ming smiled and nodded, patted its head to comfort it, and then, under the guidance of the guide, came to the front of the hall.
At this moment, an elegant and gentle voice suddenly sounded in front of him: "Qing Ci, you are here."
He Qingci looked up and saw a handsome and elegant man in white clothes sitting in front of him. He had a faint smile on his face and his eyes were like the warm sun in March. He was looking at him with a smile.
233 whispered, "This is your father, He Yuanqi."
Lu Ming was slightly startled, then quickly calmed down, took a few steps forward, nodded slightly, bowed, and said respectfully, "Father."
He Yuanqi smiled and nodded, then softened his voice and said, "Are you feeling better? I heard from your mother that you seemed to have caught a cold a few days ago, and you stayed in bed for more than half a month before you recovered."
Lu Ming replied softly, "I'm fine now. Thank you for your concern, father."
He Yuanqi had a look of pity on his face. He reached out and pulled Lu Ming to him. He patted his shoulder and sighed softly, "I've been busy with affairs in the mansion these days and haven't been able to visit you. Qing Ci won't blame me, right?"
Lu Ming sneered in his heart, haha, are you pretending again?
In terms of acting skills, He Yuanqi is almost as good as Lu Ming. If Lu Ming hadn't known that He Yuanqi was used to doing unjust things under the mask of hypocrisy, he would have been almost deceived by the scene of loving father and filial son.
Although Lu Ming understood in his heart, he did not show it at all. He just lowered his eyelids, his eyelashes trembling slightly, and whispered: "Father, Qing Ci understands."
A trace of surprise flashed across He Yuan's eyes, but he quickly suppressed his expression, smiled slightly, pointed to the side and said, "Just sit here. The Taoist priests from Kun-Lai will bring their magic tools to test your spiritual roots in a little while."
After saying that, He Yuanqi raised his hand and said to He Qingqiu who was not far away: "Qingqiu, come and sit next to your eldest brother."
He Qingqiu walked over reluctantly, obviously not wanting to associate with Lu Ming, but he did not dare to disobey He Yuanqi's words. He glared at Lu Ming fiercely, then sat down next to Lu Ming with an unhappy face.
In the hall, besides He Yuanqi, the head of the He family, who was sitting in the front, on the right were the eight elders of the He clan, and on the left were the female members of the He family, including the eldest lady Liu Xuyun and He Qingci's mother Xu Chouyan. Lu Ming had to patiently greet the elders one by one, secretly praying that the spiritual root test would end quickly.
At this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from the main entrance of the hall.
"Kun-Lai Immortal Mountain, Taoist Yunji and Taoist Yunxu have arrived!"
Everyone's eyes froze, they restrained their expressions, sat up straight, and looked in the direction where the voice came from.
Lu Ming also looked towards the door with interest, and saw two young men in black robes slowly walking in from the main entrance of the hall. The two men had calm eyebrows and eyes, and exuded a distant and indifferent aura. Their black hair was tied back with a simple jade hairpin, and they seemed to have a kind of immortal temperament.
Lu Ming's eyes were attracted by the object in one of the Taoists' hands. The object was about the size of an egg, but it exuded a variety of colors, and looked as dazzling as colorful glass.
He Yuanqi stood up and went to greet him, clasping his fists and bowing, saying: "You have come a long way, Immortal, and you must have worked hard on the way."
The two Taoists glanced at He Yuanqi, their arrogance was evident in their eyes. They slowly hummed, then walked straight to the main seat in the main hall and sat down, saying slowly: "Let's start now."
He Yuanqi was not annoyed by the other party's taking over the show. He still had the look of a modest gentleman on his face. He spoke to everyone in a low and gentle voice: "Today is the day when Kun-Lai Mountain accepts disciples. The children of the He family have always had excellent aptitude and great roots. I hope you can cherish this opportunity and strive to enter Kun-Lai to practice with all your heart."
Everyone nodded in agreement, and Taoist Yun Ji stretched out his hand, raised the shining stone high, and said: "This is the glass stone for testing spiritual roots. You only need to inject spiritual energy into the palm of your hand and attach it to it, and you can detect a person's aptitude and root bone attributes."
After that, he ordered people to bring a huge black stone tablet emitting a dark luster, and inlay the glass stone into the groove in the middle. The stone tablet immediately emitted the same color as the glass stone, and it looked very gorgeous.
He Qingqiu stood up first, glanced coldly at Lu Ming, walked to the black stone tablet, injected spiritual energy into the palm of his hand, and then stretched out his hand and pressed it tightly against the glass stone.
Suddenly, the glass stone seemed to sense something and immediately changed color, and the entire boulder emitted a faint green light. The green light swirled upwards, slowly surrounding He Qingqiu as if it had consciousness, and gradually dissipated after a long time, and the black stone tablet also restored its previous colorful color.
Yunxu nodded slightly and said with satisfaction: "His aptitude is above average, and he is a second-class pseudo-spiritual root of wood attribute."
He Yuanqi smiled slightly and asked, "I wonder if my son can enter Kun-Lai to practice immortal arts?"
Yunxu nodded and answered: "He Qingqiu will be temporarily included in the list of second-class disciples of Kun-Lai. The master will have to wait until the Demon Forest Trial in three months, and the masters of the thirty-six factions on Kun-Lai Mountain will personally select a suitable disciple."
He Qingqiu's eyes flashed with surprise, and he said excitedly: "Thank you, two immortals!"
He Yuanqi smiled and patted his head, saying, "Go away first."
Seeing that her son was successfully selected to join Kun-Lai, Liu Xuyun was relieved. She looked at Xu Chouyan who was sitting beside her with a haughty look and said sarcastically, "Sister, you don't need to be nervous. Qingci has the most superior first-class earth spirit roots and will definitely be selected."
Xu Chouyan's face turned pale, her fists clenched involuntarily, she bit her lips tightly, forced a smile, and said, "Sister, you are too kind."
Liu Xuyun snorted coldly, turned his head and ignored her. Liu Xuyun looked at Lu Ming who was sitting in front of him, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, and his heart was sad. He secretly prayed to God that He Qingci could enter Kun-Lai smoothly.
Afterwards, several young men from the He family came forward one by one for the test. Their qualifications were all average. Except for a very few who were barely selected as third-class disciples, the rest were not selected and had to return home disappointed.
Soon, all the men under the age of 20 in the He family were tested. Except for He Qingqiu who became a second-class disciple, the remaining eight people became third-class disciples.
Seeing that Lu Ming had not moved, He Yuanqi said, "Qing Ci, you can try it too."
Lu Ming nodded, took a deep breath, walked to the black stone tablet, placed his hand on the glass stone, and slowly injected his own spiritual energy into his palm. Suddenly, a warm current flowed from the palm of his hand to his heart.
At this moment, a strange situation suddenly appeared. The colorful glass stone first revealed a faint blue light, and then the blue light became stronger and stronger. There was a loud "boom" and the light suddenly burst out with a strong brilliance, which made everyone almost unable to open their eyes. The whole hall was illuminated by the light. Even people standing outside the hall could see from afar that the He Family Ancestral Hall seemed to be coated with a circle of blue halo, looking like a solemn and solemn temple.
Everyone was so shocked by the scene that they were speechless. After a long time, someone suddenly came to their senses and exclaimed: "This, this is actually the most superior first-class water spirit root!"
The crowd suddenly burst into endless exclamations. Water spiritual roots were already very rare, let alone such high-quality earth spiritual roots. Although there were many people in the entire cultivation world who had water spiritual roots, they were not pure and were far from reaching the high-quality qualifications of earth spiritual roots.
Almost everyone present had never seen such a pure sky blue, even the elders who had lived for nearly a hundred years had never seen it. Everyone present sighed that if the cultivation method was correct, this water-attributed earth spirit root could even rival the qualifications of a medium-level heavenly spirit root, which was considered very rare in the world of cultivation.
Taoists Yun Ji and Yun Xu were obviously also very shocked. Looking at the glass stone in front of them that was still emitting a dazzling blue light, they praised: "I didn't expect that the He family would have such a talented young man!"
He Yuanqi was also very surprised, and his eyes suddenly became dark and deep as he looked at Lu Ming. After a long time, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and his eyes shone with an inexplicable brilliance that others could not see clearly.
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