Judging from the strength of the group of men in black, it seemed that they came here just to stir up trouble. Although they caused panic and almost led Xu Ziqiao to make a big deal out of it, they failed in the end.
It was only when Xu Ziqiao saw that some of the cultivators were injured in the fight with the men in black due to the accumulation of snow that he realized why Tu Nian stopped him from continuing the pursuit.
In the situation just now, there are only two possibilities for the two sides to fight to the end. Either the other side uses some despicable means to turn the tables or die together, or Jixue spends time and effort to capture a group of small characters who are just thugs, affecting more monks who come to surrender to the sect. In short, no matter which one happens, it will be detrimental to today's apprenticeship ceremony.
Most of those who came to join the sect were young people full of youth. With Tu Nian's timely stop-loss and the comfort of Nie Yanchen's powerful image, they instantly established a sense of security. The apprenticeship ceremony was able to proceed as usual, and it did not affect the mentality of the cultivators who came to join the sect.
So, under the guidance of the outer sect's eldest senior brother Li Xing, the monks began the first item of the apprenticeship ceremony: the spiritual root test.
As for Nie Yanchen, if it weren't for the situation, it would have been against the rules for him to come out early. Now that he had nothing else to do, he took his people back to the sect and waited. The remaining disciples, including Tu Nian, stayed outside to prevent any further accidents and to make it easier for them to lend a hand to Li Xing.
After watching for a while, it seemed that the cultivators were just competing with a piece of Brahma Stone, and no particularly outstanding seedlings appeared. Tu Nian and Chu Qiurong were bored and talked about the men in black just now.
"Who do you think sent those people?" Tu Nian asked.
Chu Qiurong shrugged. "It's either Yuqing or the Underworld Tower doing something like this. Haven't they been doing this for the past month?"
Will it?
Tu Nian turned his head hesitantly without making any comment.
Recalling the fight between those men in black and Xu Ziqiao and the others, judging from their moves, they didn't seem to be from Yuqing. Meanwhile, Mingdao Tower had to investigate the death of the Gong family and prepare for the apprenticeship ceremony these days, so they probably didn't have the time to deal with these weird things.
If they are not from the same family, then they must be hired personnel, or else they must be from an organization they have never heard of.
But now that the snow is pounding, who would pick a fight at this juncture? And if they were intent on picking a fight, they didn't even send someone more skilled to do it. Acting so timidly wasn't exactly a wise move.
Tu Nian was at a loss.
This group of people appeared inexplicably and illogically, and they left no evidence. The only thing worth noting was what Bo Qiu said in her ear after they left: "The moves of these people seem familiar."
But when asked further, Bo Qiu couldn't remember clearly. After all, he only had one brain and he couldn't cram all kinds of trivial matters into it.
Tu Nian was helpless and could only ask him to think about it when he was free. As for herself, she clenched the small photo stone in her hand.
Given the situation, if she wanted to investigate, she would probably have to go through Yanyu Pavilion.
The spiritual root test is the fastest and most rigorous part of every apprenticeship ceremony.
Even though Jixue's test was not as demanding as Yuqing's, after a spiritual root test, almost half of the approximately 200 cultivators who came to join the sect were eliminated.
Among these people, there were many spies from other sects who wanted to infiltrate Jixue. After being pointed out by Li Xing, they left in disgrace. As for the majority of the remaining people, in order to prevent the occurrence of misunderstandings like Tu Nian's, where a good person passed off as a bad one, Nie Yanchen specially left Tu Nian and Chu Qiurong to rescue them.
Unfortunately, cases like Tu Nian's were rare. Even after draining Chu Qiurong's spiritual consciousness, they couldn't find a promising candidate among the eliminated cultivators. However, they did discover a little boy with a peculiar physique, which surprised everyone.
Grabbing the child and standing aside, Chu Qiurong looked at him in surprise, "Kid, were you born without spiritual roots?"
The boy seemed a little frightened. It took him a moment to realize that the people in front of him had no ill intentions. He swallowed his saliva in confusion, and asked, "What is a soulless root?"
This question left Chu Qiurong confused. He turned to look at Tu Nian, who also looked confused.
How could there be a cultivator who doesn’t know what spiritual roots are!
Seeing that the two didn't answer, the boy spoke again: "So, not having spiritual roots means I can't join a sect? Then do I have to go with those people?"
As he spoke, he pointed at the monks who had been judged by Chu Qiurong to have failed the test and had left sadly, a layer of loss covering their young faces.
Judging from his appearance, Tu Nian estimated that the boy was a few years younger than him, at most twelve or thirteen years old, and he had no guardian by his side. Judging from his appearance, his life experience was probably miserable.
Just as she was hesitating, Bo Qiu's lazy voice came into her mind, "Accept him, he will be useful in the future."
Tu Nian immediately made the decision and said to the boy, "No, go over there and wait for the next item."
"Oh, okay! Thank you!"
The boy happily responded to her and ran over. When he was far away, Chu Qiurong looked at Tu Nian in confusion, "Junior Sister?"
According to the rules, the sect does not accept those without spiritual roots.
Tu Nian couldn't bring himself to betray Bo Qiu, so he could only answer simply and rudely, "He is in the Qi Refining Stage."
Chu Qiurong choked and managed to say something after a long while: "I am just surprised."
Indeed, even this level of cultivation at the initial stage of Qi Refining should not be something that the boy's body without spiritual roots can possess.
Spiritual roots are the ability to sense everything in the world. Only those with spiritual roots can sense spiritual power and control the five elements. Those without spiritual roots should be classified as ordinary people. At most they can practice martial arts throughout their lives and it is impossible for them to learn Taoism.
Like this child, who has no spiritual roots but has cultivation, it is like a flower growing out of thin air without soil or water. The strangeness of this is self-evident.
The cultivators who passed the spiritual root test were going to take the sect entrance examination. Chu Qiurong was the chief examiner, so she informed Tu Nian and followed the team. Tu Nian was able to be alone with Bo Qiu and couldn't wait to ask him about the boy.
Bo Qiu looked at the departing team with deep meaning in his eyes and said, "Those are not human beings."
"What did you say?"
Tu Nian was completely stunned. Bo Qiu lowered his eyes and looked at her with amusement, "He and I are both created through the cultivation of spirit beasts."
After making sure he had heard correctly, Tu Nian hesitated for a moment and asked in surprise, "Then isn't he also an old demon who has only lived for a thousand years?"
Bo Qiu's smile froze, "Yeah?"
Why is it that this girl can't get over her age?
"cough."
Tu Nian was embarrassed and quickly changed the subject, "Then how did the Brahma Stone detect that he was at the initial stage of foundation building? Do you have a secret method to hide your strength?"
Bo Qiu said, "No. He really only has the strength of the early stages of foundation building, but because of his special race, he transformed at a younger age."
Tu Nian hurriedly asked, "What race?"
Bo Qiu replied, "Bai Ze."
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