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Chapter 70 Personal Transmission
There are five levels of spiritual roots: the first glimpse, the entry, the mastery, the pinnacle, and the unfathomable. When being tested by the Heart-illuminating Stone, a halo corresponding to white, blue, cyan, red, and purple will form under the feet of the examinee!
Shi Songping has seen purple.

That was when he attended a ceremony of a top sect many years ago. It happened that a grandmaster of the agricultural path was testing the formation, and it turned purple.

The great master was highly respected and famous. With his excellent talent and decades of hard work, he reached this awe-inspiring height at the age of seventy with his extraordinary agricultural attainments. But now...

"Unfathomable!"

The appearance of purple light in the county examination for teenagers under 18 years old was almost a fantasy. But what was even more crazy was that this person turned out to be Su Daoshan!
Everyone was dumbfounded.

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The scene in the stands caused a commotion among the crowd below.

"What happened?"

"Something seems a little off. Why are they all standing up?"

Everyone was looking forward to seeing Su Daoshan make a fool of himself, but unexpectedly, the situation suddenly changed. The examiners from the sects and the heads of the noble families in the stands jumped up one after another.

The most incredible thing was that these big shots stared at Su Daoshan with their eyes wide open. They looked anxious, not only did they not have the cunningness of a man who had seen a lot of storms, but they even forgot their basic manners.

When have you ever seen them lose their composure like this?
In the formation, Su Daoshan was also staring at the light circle under his feet in a daze: "Purple light circle?"

After searching the memory of his original body for the relevant information of the magic circle, he suddenly realized. No wonder the people in the stands looked at him as if they had seen a ghost. It turned out that his spiritual root level had reached the highest level among the five levels.

"Profound and unfathomable." Su Daoshan raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

With the experience in the spiritual realm last night, he had roughly guessed the reason - obviously, this was due to his attainments in literature and Taoism. The original Su Daoshan might have been just a nerd, but now he had a brilliant civilization with five thousand years of geniuses in his mind.

and so……

In the stands, everyone finally recovered from their extreme shock. The examiners from the nine major sects were so excited that their faces turned red. And the four family heads, Zhu Ziming, Yue Zhongnan, Wang Zucheng, and Lin Hao, had extremely wonderful expressions on their faces.

"Unfathomable?" Yue Zhongnan said in shock, "How is this possible..."

They had watched Su Daoshan grow up. To them, the purple halo at the foot of Su Daoshan was as absurd as a pig passing the imperial examination. Besides, apart from Su Daoshan, there had never been a teenager in the world who could possess such a profound spiritual root realm.

Spiritual roots depend on one’s natural understanding and physique, and secondly, one’s attainments in the martial arts path.

As far as literature and art are concerned, how many people, let alone teenagers, even among the great scholars who have devoted their entire lives to studying the classics, can reach such an unfathomable realm?
This has completely overturned his cognition!

"There's something wrong with the magic circle?!" Someone asked in confusion.

"There must be something wrong with the magic circle." Wang Zucheng, the head of the Wang family, said decisively. His expression had not yet fully recovered from the shock, and he looked a little stiff, his cheeks twitching uncontrollably a few times, and he said, "Otherwise this is too outrageous."

"But, using the Heart-Reflecting Stone to test spiritual roots has a history of thousands of years. I've never heard of a problem." Lu Xing'an from the Qiling Sect said, "Besides, if there is a problem, it should be all over. Why is it that only his position has a problem?"

"If it's not a problem with the formation, then what is it?" Liao Yunlei of the Thunder Cloud Sect asked, "Do you think this is true?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

It's ridiculous to say that there's something wrong with the formation, but it's even more ridiculous that Su Daoshan possesses an unfathomable level of spiritual roots!
This is just a stupid nerd!

If he really has such a high level of comprehension, can't we see it in his reading, speaking, and doing things? If he really has such a good aptitude, why would his martial arts realm remain at the lower level of the ninth rank? He almost died at the hands of a crazy puppet a few days ago?

After so many years in the industry, we have at least some experience and vision. How could we be so wrong about someone we have watched grow up?
"How about..." In silence, City Lord Zhu Ziming looked at Su Xianwen and asked for his opinion: "Let him change his position and take another test with the next group."

The magic circle is running normally, and I can't see any problem. Testing it again is the best way to confirm it.

Su Xianwen hesitated for a moment and finally nodded.

Of all the people present, he was the most unconvinced. He knew better than anyone what kind of person his unfortunate nephew was. Moreover, such a result was too absurd, and it was impossible not to understand it for both public and private reasons.

Zhu Ziming walked to the side of the stage and was about to pass on a message to his subordinates in charge when a voice rang in everyone's ears. "Okay. That's it."

Everyone was stunned and turned to look.

Xie Xunbai was standing at the side of the stands, smiling. He looked back at everyone and said, "There must be something wrong with the formation. Su Daoshan's result is not worth mentioning. But there is no need to test it again."

"But..." Everyone was a little confused. The results were not good, and there was no further testing. That meant they were eliminated directly? !
There were people who were eliminated in the first round of the county examination, but no one was eliminated because the level of their spiritual roots was too high for the examiners to believe.

This is totally unacceptable!
Moreover, such a decision should never come from Xie Xunbai's mouth.

Firstly, the county examination is a way for the nine local sects to select talents, and has no direct relationship with Han Gu. Logically speaking, Han Gu, as a bystander, should not interfere in the cooking. Secondly, everyone knows the relationship between Xie Xunbai and Su Daoshan...

Elder Nie from the Hongwen Sect stood up and said, "Master Xie, I think the assessment should be fair and just. Even if there is a problem with the formation, it is not caused by the candidate. And if he has no results, it is too..."

Hongwen Sect, also known as Hongwen Academy, is the only sect among the nine sects in Beijun that focuses on literature. When Elder Nie saw the purple halo at the foot of Su Daoshan just now, he was the first to jump up. Since then, his eyes have never left Su Daoshan.

As we all know, among the five martial arts paths, the literary path is the weakest. But this does not mean that martial artists with literary spiritual roots are not strong. On the contrary, martial artists with literary roots are well-educated and have strong observation and judgment skills, and can predict the enemy's moves. Moreover, when they practice to a high level, they can also comprehend and imitate the martial arts characteristics of the other four paths.

As the saying goes, a scholar knows everything in the world without leaving home. Scholars are well-versed in knowledge. The books they read are not only poems, songs, classics and history books. There are also books on agriculture, industry, commerce and military affairs, etc.

A true scholar knows how to make choices better than a business warrior, knows the weather and terrain better than a farming warrior, is sharper than a military warrior, and is more meticulous than an engineering warrior.

However, the paths of civil and military are different. Scholars naturally do not like to fight with others. Moreover, it requires extremely high levels of comprehension and memory, and it is difficult to achieve success without great wisdom.

This situation has caused the Wen Dao sect to be in a weak position. From the old era to the present, Wen Dao has not seen a first-class strongman for hundreds of years.

From this, we can see how excited Elder Nie was when he saw that Su Daoshan had reached an unfathomable level of spiritual roots.

If it wasn't difficult to accept at the moment, I'm afraid he would have pounced on him right then.

When everyone was discussing just now, Elder Nie had already made up his mind that Hongwen Sect would definitely not be able to accept such a genius. All he needed to do was to confirm the boy's talent and then pass the news to the higher sect as soon as possible.

As long as his spiritual root level is genuine, even if he only does this small thing, it will be a great achievement for the sect.

But what Elder Nie didn't expect was that at this moment, Xie Xunbai called a halt.

Facing Elder Nie's questioning, Xie Xunbai looked calm, but he smiled bitterly in his heart. In fact, even he was shocked just now.

He had seen many geniuses. When he learned that Su Daoshan had passed the cultivation period overnight, he knew that this young man had extraordinary talent and was far from as simple as the rumors and appearances. However, such a terrifying talent still far exceeded his expectations.

Xie Xunbai didn't know whether it was a problem with the magic array, but this question was not important now.

He only knew that it was a foregone conclusion that Su Daoshan had become Han Gu's direct disciple, and that participating in the county examination was just a way to pass the test. There was plenty of time to prove Su Daoshan's spiritual roots, but the public test at this moment could not continue.

It's so unfathomable!
Even he, an elder of Han Valley and one of the strongest men in Xiazhou, only had a spiritual root that reached the pinnacle. He couldn't imagine what kind of storm would be caused once it was confirmed that Su Daoshan's spiritual root was really at an unfathomable level.

However, what made Xie Xunbai feel fortunate was that before he even opened his mouth, this group of people found an excuse because their words were too unbelievable.

Since they said there was a problem with the magic array, let's just go with the flow.

When the rumor spreads, some people will believe it and some will not. Anyway, without a second test, there will be no definite conclusion. After all, there are only a few people who saw it. When people hear news that is too unbelievable, they will always choose to question rather than believe it.

In this way, even if the news spreads, it can be fooled. But Han Gu can use this as a reason to accept Su Daoshan as his disciple.

Thinking of this, Xie Xunbai bowed and said, "Everyone, this matter ends here. Whether it is true or a false rumor, the rest is Hangu's business. I will accept your favor..."

Hearing this, everyone's eyelids jumped suddenly, and suddenly realized it. Sure enough, Xie Xunbai turned his head to look at Su Xianwen and said, "Brother Xianwen. Speaking of which, your kid and I have a good relationship. I decided to take him back to Han Valley and make him my personal disciple. Does the Su family have any objection?"

(End of this chapter)