1st January, 1090
This was the first day of the new year and also the day when many young children tested for their spiritual roots. The world of immortals is a world where people trying to be immortal.
However, trillions of humans in this world can't become immortals, only some thousands can become immortal, and others can only live a few decades and turn into dust.
The reason why only thousands can become immortal is that only a thousand can awaken spiritual roots; without spiritual roots, it's impossible to become immortal.
Today was a day for children to change their destinies. If they awaken Spiritual Roots, then they could become immortal or just ordinary mortals that live a few decades and turn into dust, and eventually, the world will forget them.
Today, at Yellow Village, open center garden.
This was an open place with grass growing around, and some flowers were around,which was beautiful. In between this graden, there was a huge crowd gathered around.
It was the villagers of Yellow Village. The total was 2,000, and there were people were taking who would awaken Spiritual Roots, and children were playing around without care of the world. They don't understand spiritual roots or what; the only things in their mind are playing, eating, and sleeping. The place was loud; when 2,000 people were talking, the sound they made was too much.
"Boom!" The sound of a bronze bell came from the very center of the garden. Where was an altar and bronze bell.
As soon as the copper bell rang, no one said anything and the surrounding area returned to silence.
And those children of the right age, under the guidance of their parents, lined up in a long line in front of the altar.
The village chief Ye Huo, who had been standing at the altar, saw that all the children in the village who were testing their spiritual roots had arrived. He spoke to the crowd.
"The time has come. The children who are testing their spiritual roots this year will climb the altar one by one!"
The child, who was the first in the queue, followed the gate curiously and walked up to the altar.
Seeing a small table placed on top of the altar, sitting in front of the small table was a young man with extraordinary temperament. The child asked innocently.
"Are you the Immortal Chief who guards our Yellow Village?"
This young man is naturally Ye Nolisi, trying to pretend like a real immortal. He is a real immortal; but it's just he doesn't act like that in his alone time, but he knows that he needs to maintain his image as immortal in front of others.
Ye Nolisi looked at the innocent look of the child in front of him, who was wrapped tightly due to the extremely cold temperature in the cold winter, and replied with a smile. "Yes, put one hand on this small table!"
According to his father, the child's face lit up when he heard the answer.
The guardian immortal of the village in front of him was young, but his strength was indeed extremely powerful. He once killed a giant anaconda that was three feet long and as thick as a millstone.
He honestly put his immature right hand on the small table. During this period, he kept looking at Ye Nolisi to see if there was anything special about him.
Ye Nolisi just smiled at the child, and he put his hand on the child's right arm and cast a small spell, "Bone Touching and Age Testing."
After ascertaining that the child was indeed between eight and ten years old, Ye Nolisi picked up the pure black, fist-sized soul-testing stone on the small table, poured spiritual power into it, and then placed it on the child's right hand.
If this child has spiritual roots in his body, then this spiritual stone will shine brightly. As for what spiritual roots a child has? This black stone can't detect that. The clan has another stone to detect how many and what spiritual roots a person has.
It's a pity that after three breaths, the child still didn't activate the black spiritual stone.
Ye Nolisi sighed slightly, then smiled at the child, "What is your name?"
"Ye Gyun," The child replied.
"Ye Gyun, here, a candy, you can go back," Ye Nolisi gave him a candy, which was just sugar and fruit mixed in small pieces.
"Thank you, immortal sir," The child suppressed his smile and bowed before excitedly going down and showing candy to his parents.
The second person to climb the altar was a little girl who looked like a porcelain doll. This little girl was still as curious about Ye Nolisi as the previous boy, but this little girl was timid and did not ask any questions.
"What is your name, little cute girl," Ye Nolisi asked with a smile.
"Umm... Ye... Ye Hiro," The little girl said with a nervous voice.
"Don't be nervous and put your hand on the stone," Ye Nolisi gently said, and seeing gentle Ye Nolisi, the little girl Ye Hiro eased a bit and put her hand on the stone.
After three breaths passed, there was still no reaction from the spirit-detecting stone. Ye Nolisi also gave her candy and sent her down with a smile.
Afterward, children, one after another, climb up to test their spiritual roots, and none of them awaken spiritual roots. Ye Nolisi also maintained his gentle smile, asked the names of the children, and sent them down with candy.
Ye Nolisi hated children aged 1 to 7, but after 8 to 13, he loved them. They were cute, simple, and stupid, which makes Ye Nolisi laugh sometimes. As time went by, more than two hundred children were tested, but no one had spiritual roots.
It wasn't until dusk when the third last little boy's arm was tested at the end, that the spirit-testing stone finally responded.
"Eh, Spiritual roots!"
Ye Nolisi was suprised, he smiled.
Good, there is someone in the village who can be immortal, and considering the time, this guy will get the Kong Generation name; well, he would be my little brother, according to family tradition.
Ye Nolisi thought and shook his head with a smile.