Lin Xingli frowned helplessly as he continued to watch the Spirit Root Testing Ceremony.
Time slowly passed, and by around noon, another two hundred people had been tested, yet not a single youth had succeeded.
Seeing that a third of the young boys and girls present had been tested without a single success, Lin Xingli's expression gradually darkened.
After a short while, with only about a dozen people having gone after, a girl aged eleven, with delicate and pretty features, stepped forward.
On a pavilion surrounding the plaza, a middle-aged man and a well-dressed woman watched the girl onstage with tense expressions.
This couple were the girl's parents, who had been local gentry for many generations and were quite experienced and knowledgeable.
Years ago, an ancestor of theirs had been a cultivator, so they placed great importance on whether their daughter had a Spiritual Root, always hoping that she could become a cultivator and return to Green Bamboo Mountain.
