In the afternoon, people returned one after another.
"Come, come, check your Spiritual Root."
Lu Xuanji called out to the villagers and placed a black stone at the entrance of the village. "Come, come, check your Spiritual Root. As long as you have a Spiritual Root, your entire family will be exempt from grain tax. There will also be ten stones of grain subsidy every year."
He kept calling out and shouting as if he was selling a pyramid scheme.
Some children were curious and went forward to touch the stone.
Lu Xuanji called out to the village chief to maintain order and line up for the test.
The children came one after another, but most of them did not have Spiritual Roots.
"Can I?" an adult man said to Lu Xuanji.
Lu Xuanji looked at him and was speechless. Uncle, you are already more than 30 years old, yet you still want to join in on the fun.
However, he held his tongue and said, "Sure."
This uncle went forward to check, but there was no light.
"What a pity." Lu Xuanji felt a little regretful.
Another few uncles curiously touched it, but there was no light.
Although it was within expectations, there was still a faint disappointment.
Packing up the tea set, he was about to leave.
"Damned girl, I'll beat you to death."
"Sob sob sob."
"You dare run again?"
"Sob sob sob sob."
At this moment, a 13-year-old girl was running. Her clothes were tattered and she was running in a panic. Behind her was a woman who was chasing after her with a stick in her hand.
She quickly caught up to the girl and hit her on the body.
Bang bang.
The woman started to hit the girl without any mercy.
The girl was crying and struggling on the spot. Her eyes were filled with fear, but she did not beg for mercy.
"Hey lady, if you hit her like that, you might break her." Lu Xuanji could not stand it anymore and spoke to the woman.
"Who are you? Why do you have to meddle in other people's business..." the woman said. Her tone was very fierce, but when she saw the Immortal Master's attire, her tone immediately softened. "Immortal Master, this is my child bride. This girl stole food. I have to beat her up."
"I didn't steal food," the girl said stubbornly.
Lu Xuanji was speechless.
In the mortal world, some systems of feudal society were maintained. Women's status was very low.
Many families gave birth to girls, but because they could not afford to raise them, they drowned their babies.
Some families could not afford to raise a girl, so they directly gave the girl away.
The girl grew up in that family, and when she grew up, she became the daughter-in-law of that family's boy. This was called a child bride.
As for the mother-in-law beating the daughter-in-law, it was also a matter of course.
He really could not interfere in these matters.
"You, girl, I saw that you didn't test your Spiritual Root, come over to test it," Lu Xuanji said.
Then, he addressed the crowd and said, "If you have child brides or girls in your home, bring them over to test for Spiritual Root."
"Girl? What's there to test?"
"Girl should not think about Immortality!"
"Girls will never have any talent."
"Even men can't do it. How can women do it?"
Some of the villagers nagged on as if they were very dissatisfied with girls going through the test.
In large cities and towns, many people were well-informed, and they let the girls in their homes go for the Spiritual Roots inspection. However, in remote and backward villages, they were very resistant to letting girls go for the test.
Even though they were resistant, there were still girls who came out to be tested.
About 15 girls came out and lined up to be tested.
Lu Xuanji sat there casually, waiting for the test to end before leaving.
Suddenly, the black stone lit up.
Lu Xuanji focused his attention and looked over. It was the girl who had been beaten by her mother-in-law with a stick. At this moment, her palm was pressed on the stone, and the black stone had lit up.
"Not bad, you have Spiritual Roots. Stand to the side."
Lu Xuanji acted casually, but he was not very happy.
Maybe it was another Five Spiritual Roots.
Then, the other girls went up to check. The remaining 15 did not have Spiritual Roots.
Not bad, at least not all of them were wiped out.
"Girl, come with me," Lu Xuanji said lightly.
"No, she is my son's future wife. She can not leave," the mother-in-law shouted.
"Haha." Lu Xuanji laughed and handed over a certificate. "This is the certificate. With this certificate, your family will be exempted from tax. Not only that, there are also ten stones of grain for your family every year. With all this food, your son can find another wife, right?"
"Sure." The mother-in-law happily took the certificate.
Turning around, Lu Xuanji said, "Girl, what's your name?"
"Er Ya."
"This is a nickname. What's your real name?"
"I don't have a name."
"Forget it, I'll give you a name." Lu Xuanji frowned. He wanted to give this girl a name, but he could not think of a good name. After all, he was useless at naming.
"Sir, do you want me to be your wife?" the little girl asked.
"Haha, if you want to be my wife, you have to have at least Three Spiritual Roots," Lu Xuanji said domineeringly.
"Little girl, let's go."
As he said that, he took out a wooden horse from his storage bag.
As he urged his True Qi, the wooden horse immediately became bigger.
The wooden horse was about 1.5 meters tall and 2 meters wide. It looked mighty and extraordinary.
Lu Xuanji carried the little girl forward and got on the wooden horse. He held the child and commanded the wooden horse to move. The wooden horse started galloping at a speed of 50 meters per second. It ran into the distance, leaving only the villagers who were stunned in surprise.
"Ah! Ah!"
The little girl cried out in surprise. She was scared, but also seemed to be happy.
The wooden horse was a kind of low-level Talisman Artifact. It only cost ten spirit stones.
About half an hour later, they arrived at Dan Yang County.
The wooden horse stopped, and the wooden horse became smaller. Lu Xuanji put it into his storage bag.
"Do you like it?" Lu Xuanji asked with a smile.
"I like it," the little girl said.
"When you become an Immortal Master, you can also buy a wooden horse."
Lu Xuanji rubbed his head and brought the little girl into the county town.
In Dan Yang County Town, there was a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refinement stage overseeing the town. There were also some other cultivators of the clan who held some official positions in the county town who were responsible for maintaining order in the town.
As they walked, they arrived at the north courtyard of the county town.
There were four children living in the courtyard, and now there was one more.
After the test was over, he would bring the children with Spiritual Roots to Mount Ziyang.
"Er Ya, let's check the attributes of your Spiritual Roots."
In the small black room, Lu Xuanji called for her to check the attributes. There were eight light balls on the table, which represented metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, and ice.
Er Ya was slightly nervous, her palm pressing on the metal attribute light ball.
However, after waiting for ten breaths, the light ball did not light up.
Seeing that the light ball did not light up, Er Ya thought that her results were very bad. She was so nervous that she wanted to cry. She asked softly, "Am I very bad?"
"No, you are not bad. Continue." Lu Xuanji smiled.
The golden light ball did not light up. This meant that Er Ya had at least four spiritual roots.
Er Ya placed her palm on the wood attribute ball of light again. She held on for ten breaths, but it still did not light up. She thought that she was very weak. This time, she really cried.
Thump!
Thump!
Lu Xuanji did not laugh, but he was happy in his heart.
This girl had at least Three Spiritual Roots.
Not bad, not bad. Three Spiritual Roots. She is qualified to be my wife.
Then, she pressed on the third ball of light, but it still did not light up.
Er Ya was crying very hard.
Not bad. Two Spiritual Roots!
"F*ck... This is a Two Spiritual Root..." Lu Xuanji's mind was in chaos.
In the thousand years of history of the Lu Clan, only three Two Spiritual Roots had been born.
The Two Spiritual Roots were also known as the Zifu seed.
Of the 10 Two Spiritual Roots cultivators, 5 had stepped into the Zifu stage.
Er Ya pressed down on the fire attributed sphere of light again, and the sphere of light lit up.
Looking at the glowing ball of light, a hint of a smile appeared on her face.
"It seems that you are of the fire-earth element. If fire is the main element, and earth is the auxiliary element, then you would be the best of the Two Spiritual Roots. If earth is the main element, and fire is the auxiliary element, then you would be the worst of the Two Spiritual Roots," Lu Xuanji commented.
However, no matter how bad the Two Spiritual Roots were, it was still Two Spiritual Roots, and it was amazing.
Er Ya placed her palm on the final ball of light, but the ball of light did not light up.
Lu Xuanji was stunned.
Heavenly Spirit Root.