txolops Chapter 46 Making Friends
Chapter 46 Making Friends
"Wood, water, fire, and earth are the four spiritual roots."
"The spiritual root is fully developed, and no hidden injuries, defects, or hidden dangers have been found."
"My top-grade magic artifact, the Moonlight Inkstone, is not responding, which means you have a low affinity for the Dao of Talismans and your aptitude in this area is very average."
"It's a pity, you don't meet the standards for accepting disciples in our Moonshadow Sect," Lu Heng said casually, waving his hand.
If the old man's daughter hadn't been the first person tested today to show spiritual root aptitude, he wouldn't have bothered to explain those two sentences.
The appearance of the first eligible child with spiritual roots gave the adults and children in line a little more confidence and hope, and eased their previously low spirits.
When the old stall owner heard that his daughter had spiritual roots, he jumped up with joy, but after a dozen seconds, regret showed in his eyes.
"It's a pity she only has the aptitude of four spiritual roots. If she were a level higher and had the aptitude of three spiritual roots, even if she wasn't accepted as a personal disciple by Master Lü Heng, she could still have joined the Moon Shadow Sect." The old stall owner muttered to himself, but he didn't neglect his daughter because of this.
When his daughter stepped down from the platform, the old man, a stall owner, greeted her with a broad smile.
"My dear Jin'er, I knew I hadn't misjudged you!"
The old stall owner was generous with his praise. He turned around and saw several cultivators dressed in the Zhou family's standard Taoist robes walking over.
"Fellow Daoist, I see that you have no sect or clan, nor any cultivation family to rely on."
"If you don't want to hinder your offspring's path to immortality, why not have her join our Zhou family? We will then support her cultivation."
These words sound nice, but the underlying meaning is extremely cruel. They want the old man's daughter to become a breeding machine for the Zhou family, using the guise of supplying her with spiritual cultivation to "buy" her back.
The old man stall owner, who had been in the cultivation world for so many years, naturally understood this.
If it were any other time or if it were any other cultivator, the old man stall owner would definitely have cursed back and wouldn't have tolerated these guys at all.
But this is Jin Su County, the heartland of the Zhou family. Faced with the Zhou family's unreasonable demands, the old stall owner dared not be too arrogant. He could only restrain his temper and refuse with a stern face, saying, "Fellow Daoists of the Zhou family, I only have this one daughter with spiritual roots, and I want to take her with me and raise her."
"I'm so sorry."
The old man at the stall refused decisively, but the cultivators from the Zhou family seemed not to understand and continued to persuade him: "Fellow Daoist, there is a kind of love called letting go. As her elder, you can't be so selfish. You should think about the child."
Upon hearing this, the old man's face darkened instantly. He immediately stopped talking, grabbed his daughter, and quickly disappeared into the crowd.
The entire process was witnessed by Su Qingyan and the middle-aged man, who were watching the old man and his daughter. As a result, Su Qingyan's impression of the Zhou family's cultivators changed considerably.
"It was truly a stroke of luck and a great stroke of good fortune that I was able to marry Hui'er," Su Qingyan thought to himself.
The middle-aged man was very surprised and muttered to himself, "This unscrupulous businessman has really impressed me. I didn't expect him to be able to withstand the pressure from the Zhou family and keep his daughter by his side."
"I thought he would sell his daughter to the Zhou family without hesitation in exchange for some cultivation resources to break through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining."
Su Qingyan turned his head and glanced at the middle-aged man. His initial guess was the same as the middle-aged man's.
Human nature is complex; it's not simply black or white, but rather a mixture of gray and white. It's normal for them to be wrong.
The team testing spiritual roots moved forward quickly.
Su Qingyan and his eldest son, Su Yuanxian, waited for less than an hour before arriving at the edge of the platform. According to the rules of the Moon Shadow Sect, the elders were not allowed to go up. Su Qingyan gently patted his eldest son Su Yuanxian's head and encouraged him for a few words, then watched Su Yuanxian walk up to the platform.
The middle-aged man, who was a few steps behind Su Qingyan, also recognized Su Qingyan and asked with some curiosity, "Fellow Daoist, when the other Daoists' children went up on stage to test their spiritual roots, they were very nervous backstage."
"How come you don't seem nervous at all? Are you that confident?"
Su Qingyan laughed and explained naturally, "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Whether or not they have spiritual roots is determined from the moment they are born. There's no use in us being nervous or worried. We might as well relax. It would be best if they have spiritual roots. If they don't, we won't feel too much pressure raising them for a lifetime. It's just another mouth to feed."
"Furthermore, fellow Daoist, have you noticed that of the five children we tested positive for spiritual roots, four have parents who are cultivators, while only one was born into an ordinary family? This shows that the probability of inheriting spiritual roots is quite high..."
"My wife and I are both independent cultivators with spiritual roots, and our conditions are much better than those of ordinary people. If the child doesn't have spiritual roots under these circumstances, then it's his destiny, and there's nothing we can do about it."
"In life, mindset is very important."
"What you say makes a lot of sense, fellow Daoist." The middle-aged man nodded in agreement, "Although I am much older than you, your mindset is something I should learn from. If I achieve something on my path to immortality in the future, such a mindset will make it much easier to face inner demons."
"I have learned a great deal from your words, fellow Daoist. Thank you for your guidance."
"My name is Mo Yuxuan, and this is my son, Mo Yu, from Donggou Town."
"What's your name, friend?"
"Let's set a time another day so I can prepare some food and wine to express my feelings."
Su Qingyan was obviously just making things up.
If he didn't have an attribute panel that allowed him to see information about his direct bloodline, he would probably be just as nervous as that old stall owner.
After these one or two encounters, Su Qingyan had a fairly good impression of the middle-aged man named Mo Yuxuan. He was upright and dared to speak out for justice.
Since the other party was willing to make friends, Su Qingyan naturally wouldn't refuse.
He immediately responded with a smile, "Fellow Daoist, you are too kind. Just call me Su Qingyan. The one on the stage is my eldest brother, Su Yuanxian."
"If it's convenient for you, fellow Daoist, let's have a small get-together after the Moon Shadow Sect's disciple recruitment ceremony ends, and find a small shop for a few drinks."
Now that their whole family has embarked on the path of cultivation, it's time to strengthen their connections with the cultivation world and acquire more sources of information.
The two chatted for a while, and the more they talked, the more they clicked, and their feelings for each other quickly warmed up.
Su Qingyan only stopped chatting with the middle-aged man and shifted his attention to Su Yuanxian when she stepped onto the moonlight inkstone and began testing her spiritual root aptitude.
The results came out quickly.
"Metal, Wood, Water, Earth, the four spiritual roots."
"The spiritual root is fully developed, and no hidden injuries, defects, or hidden dangers have been found."
"They do not meet our Moonshadow Sect's standards for accepting disciples, and they also lack talent in the art of talismans."
"Next."
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