Gou Dao Changsheng: Starting from the Reincarnation of a Demon Cultivator

Chapter 5 Outer Disciple
Fang Yi was illuminated by the spiritual light, and felt that all his bones, blood and flesh were being seen through by the ancient mirror.

A moment later, a five-inch long spiritual light appeared above his head.

The spiritual light gathered and turned into an ancient green tree with waving branches and leaves, full of green.

He turned to look.

On the top of Fan Dacheng's head, there appeared a four-inch-high yellowish-brown rock. Although the rock was small, it had a sense of stability and immobility.

Behind Li Qingsong, there was also a swaying green shadow of an ancient tree, but it was only about four inches high.

A seven-inch long blue light appeared behind Yang Caier.

As the spiritual light flows, it turns into raindrops that fall gently. Finally, it converges into a blue river with clear springs surging in the river, which seems to nourish all things.

Fang Yi understood that his spiritual root in this life was a medium-grade wood spiritual root.

Although Fan Dacheng and Li Qingsong have different levels of spiritual roots, they are only mid-grade earth and wood spiritual roots.

Yang Caier, on the other hand, has excellent aptitude and is also extremely outstanding among the top-grade spiritual roots.

"Based on this calculation, Li Hanbai should have a top-grade spiritual root..."

……

In the world of cultivating immortals, spiritual roots are divided into six grades: heaven, earth, superior, medium, inferior, and inferior, with twenty spiritual roots as one grade.

The Xuanyang Sect has a profound foundation and uses the top-grade magic tool, the Soul Mirror, to investigate. The projection of the spiritual roots takes shape, and a one-inch shadow represents the scale of ten spiritual roots.

One to twenty are inferior spiritual roots. All living beings in the mortal world have these spiritual roots, and it is almost impossible to practice.

Twenty-one to forty are low-grade spiritual roots. It is difficult to practice in the Qi training period, and only one in ten thousand can build a foundation.

Forty-one to sixty are medium-grade spiritual roots. If the practice goes smoothly, one or two out of ten can build the foundation of Taoism.

Sixty-one to eighty are top-grade spiritual roots, with a deep foundation and extremely high efficiency in absorbing and releasing spiritual energy. Nine out of ten foundation-building cultivators have at least this level of spiritual roots.

The eighty-one to ninety-nine are earth spirit roots. Once they are born, many major Jindan sects will compete to seize them, and the possibility of Jindan is very high.

One hundred is the limit of spiritual roots, which is called heavenly spiritual roots. In the hundreds of years of cultivation in Dayun, there has not been a cultivator with such talent.

When Xiao Changce saw the projections of the spiritual roots of many cultivators appear, he displayed the aura of a foundation-building cultivator and opened his lips slightly.

“Anyone whose projection is less than three inches has a low-grade spiritual root, please leave on your own.

You have poor aptitude and are not destined to join Xuanyang Mountain."

As Xiao Changce finished speaking, the faces of those cultivators whose spiritual roots did not meet the requirements looked gloomy.

Some cultivators seemed to want to argue, but under the pressure of the foundation-building master, they had to accept the reality and leave sadly.

Fang Yi knew that this departure would mean a world of difference.

After all, qualifications are too important for this long journey to immortality.

He is not as talented as others, has no support from any major sect, and has no wealth, friends, Dharma or land.

Unless they have a chance to surpass the heavens in the future, the early and middle stages of Qi training will be the limit for these cultivators.

This is also the reason why Fang Yi awakened his memory and wanted to join the big sect.

With the support of a sect, the Xuanyang Sect can provide great help, whether it is elixirs to increase cultivation or spiritual materials for refining magical instruments.

Otherwise, you will become a casual cultivator or a robbery cultivator, and will eventually have to fight bloody battles for a bucket of spiritual rice or a piece of spiritual land.

In his previous life, he was in the bloody and cruel world of the devil. He had a top-grade spiritual root and the probability of building a foundation was very high.

Although he has a great opportunity to awaken his past life memories in this life, he only has a medium-grade spiritual root, so Fang Yi naturally needs to make more plans.

Half a minute later, there were only a few hundred monks left on the field, and only one in ten of those who had participated in the exam remained.

Xiao Changce's sleeves fluttered, and the magic gestures on his hands kept changing. With a wave of his long sleeves, several black and white battle flags flew out from his sleeves.

"disease!"

With the influx of immense magical power, the black and white flags moved without wind, bringing up a gray mist. The mists connected with each other, forming a strange and unpredictable space.

"Crash..."

Shrouded in rolling fog, the monks on Luanyun Peak fell into illusions one by one.

"I wonder how many high-grade spiritual roots there will be this time..."

Seeing this, Xiao Changce wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.

He is also a strong one among the cultivators in the foundation-building stage.

However, it is quite stressful to activate this second-level formation, the Small Questioning Heart Formation, alone, even with the help of the formation flags.

……

"A heart-searching array? So..."

Fang Yi's eyes flashed, and he let the clouds and mist cover him. His eyes slowly closed and he fell into the illusion.

"Om!" The black and white mysterious light of the Three Lives Stone appeared, suppressing the soul and maintaining clarity of mind.

But he kept his eyes closed, not wanting the cultivators of Xuanyang Sect to notice anything unusual.

……

On the green jade platform, Xiao Changce stood with his hands behind his back. Seeing that all the monks who came to take the test were in coma, he did not stop moving.

From the storage bag at his waist, he took out a talisman with flowing golden patterns, emitting a faint sense of oppression.

"The sect is still so cautious that they use this second-grade, top-grade Soul-Seeing Talisman in every assessment."

Xiao Changce urged the magic power of his fingertips,
The soul-seeking talisman turned into a dark light and blessed the soul-seeing mirror.

"Boom!"

A dark spiritual light shot up into the sky, and the soul mirror was completely activated. The light on the mirror was bright, and a dreamy and misty scene appeared.

It gradually began to exceed the grade limit of the magic weapon and actually showed some of the power of the magic weapon.

The bronze mirror slowly turned and began to carefully detect the foundations of the several cultivators who possessed top-grade spiritual roots.

……

An hour later, after examining the cultivators with superior spiritual roots, the magic mirror was worn out considerably and its spiritual light dimmed a lot.

"The cultivators with superior spiritual roots are not restricted or controlled in secret.
This is quite a harvest.”

Xiao Changce swallowed a second-level Qi-replenishing pill, adjusted his breathing for a moment, and continued to urge the cultivators to investigate many medium-grade and low-grade spiritual roots.

With the protection of the Three Lives Stone, Fang Yi is not taking over another person's body, but reincarnating to awaken the memories of his past life.

Not to mention the Soul-Reflecting Mirror, a top-grade magical weapon, even if the Xuanyang Sect's most precious treasure was unearthed, it would be impossible to uncover any of his background.

After a stick of incense.

Xiao Changce nodded in satisfaction, waved his hand to put away the soul mirror, and spoke to the white-robed monk standing beside him with his hands hanging down.

“Reporting to the sect, there are five people with top-grade spiritual roots in this entrance examination.

There is one person each with water spiritual roots and earth spiritual roots, two cultivators with fire spiritual roots, and one person with mutated ice spiritual roots.

None of them have practiced any demonic techniques, and there are no signs of them being possessed or controlled by evil cultivators. They can be my inner disciples of Xuanyang Mountain.

The remaining disciples are all normal. Those with decent spiritual roots and excellent perseverance can join the outer sect of our Xuanyang Sect."

A monk in a white robe wrote down everything Xiao Changce said, then bowed and handed over a white booklet.

"Uncle Master, please put pen to paper."

Xiao Changce waved his brush and circled several names on the book in golden ink.

"Wang Xuan, top-grade earth spiritual root."

"Yang Cai'er, top grade water spirit root"

These monks are all people with outstanding qualifications and clean backgrounds.

As long as the results of the Small Questioning Heart Array assessment are acceptable, you will definitely be able to join the inner sect of Xuanyang Mountain and receive the sect's full training.

Feeling the power of the Soul Mirror dissipate, Fang Yi continued to wait quietly.

He knew that for a large sect like Xuanyang Mountain, spiritual roots would definitely be the most important thing.

Whether or not one can enter the inner gate is determined when one's spiritual roots and aptitude become apparent.

As for the last level, the Small Questioning Heart Array, it is only to eliminate outer disciples with bad character and reduce the loss of sect resources.

Waking up too early doesn't make much difference.

When he reincarnates to practice cultivation, stability is his priority. He should not show his face too much and attract the old monsters at the Jindan stage, which would cause trouble and would be of no benefit.

……

Feeling that a cultivator had awakened from the illusion, Fang Yi gasped for breath, his face still in shock, and slowly opened his eyes.

The monk who woke up was wearing linen clothes and had a strong physique. Fang Yi had some impression of him. His spiritual root was more than three inches long, which was not yet at the level of a mid-grade spiritual root.

Seeing that another cultivator woke up at the same time as himself, the monk in hemp clothes was a little surprised and looked at Fang Yi deeply.

He just sat on the ground, absorbing and exhaling spiritual energy, as if he didn't want to give up even the slightest chance to practice.

A few minutes later, Fang Yi saw Fan Dacheng and Yang Caier waking up one after another, so he no longer paid attention to anything else. He closed his eyes and began to absorb and exhale spiritual energy.

Half an hour later.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

Three long bells rang.

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(End of this chapter)