From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 47 Miscellaneous Spirit Roots

Shi Zheng is also a casual cultivator, who reached the late stage of Qi training due to some fortuitous encounters.

But want to build a foundation? Impossible.

He is now old and will not live long. The resources for cultivating immortals accumulated throughout his life must have a place to go.

Li Mang came here for this.

After hearing Shi Zheng's words, Li Mang still knelt on the ground with his head lowered, motionless, as if he would not get up unless Shi Zheng agreed.

"Get out! Don't show up here!"

Shi Zheng was furious. He had spoken kindly to Li Mang in order to save his face, but he had not expected that this man would be so ignorant and bring shame upon himself.

The sound was like thunder, and could be heard for miles.

No matter how old he was, he was still in the late stage of Qi training. Dealing with Li Mang, who was at the second level of Qi training, was like crushing an ant.

Li Mang was startled and stood up quickly: "Sorry to bother you, senior. I'll leave now."

After saying this, he didn't dare to say any more and turned around and left quickly.

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Xu Xiaogou was deeply shocked when he saw this scene.

A high and mighty immortal kneels down and kowtows to beg others to accept him as his disciple?
How powerful of an immortal must this old man in front of me be?

In fact, he misunderstood.

It’s not that Shi Zheng is powerful, but that Li Mang is too weak.

"continue."

Shi Zheng drove Li Mang away and signaled to continue.

Soon it was Xu Xiaogou's turn. Shi Zheng put his hand on him, and a faint spiritual energy flowed through him.

"He has a good foundation in martial arts and is naturally gifted."

Shi Zheng rarely said anything, and he didn't even talk to others.

"What about the spiritual roots?"

Xu Xiaogou's eyes lit up.

"No, next one."

Shi Zheng motioned Zhao Shuai to come forward and put his hand on him.

Ok?
His expression changed, and surprise appeared in his eyes. This surprise was seen by others.

He has been looking for disciples to test their spiritual roots along the way, and has tested hundreds of thousands of people.

He discovered several people with five-element pseudo spiritual roots, but he didn't want to accept them as disciples.

The pseudo spiritual roots are too bad, with a low upper limit and slow cultivation.

He thought that it would be enough to find a four-element mixed spiritual root, as he himself was a four-element mixed spiritual root.

If it was a three-element true spiritual root, even if he detected it, people might not be willing to take him as their master.

Those with three types of true spiritual roots have a great chance of joining the imperial court and becoming immortal officials.

What surprised Shi Zheng even more was that the boy in front of him had four kinds of spiritual roots, just like him: gold, wood, fire, earth, but lacked water.

"What's your name? How old are you?"

Shi Zheng smiled kindly.

He is not an indifferent person, but he needs to maintain the sense of orderliness when facing ordinary people, otherwise he will be annoyed by their requests.

"what?"

Zhao Shuai realized something and stammered, "My name is... Zhao Shuai, and I'm fourteen."

"Fourteen, okay."

Shi Zheng smiled and nodded. He saw Zhao Shuai practicing martial arts and looked tall and strong. He didn't expect that he was only fourteen years old, which was a good age to embark on the path of cultivation.

"How many people are there in your family? What do you do?"

Hearing this question, Zhao Shuai lowered his head and said, "My family members are all dead. They died in banditry. I am the only one left."

This is a good thing for Shi Zheng, as it saves him a lot of trouble.

A fourteen-year-old boy, without any worries, with four kinds of spiritual roots, is extremely suitable to be his disciple in every aspect.

He comforted her, "He's a poor man. I'm sorry for his loss. Go home now and take care of your departure. Then follow me from now on."

Zhao Shuai was stunned, trying to understand the meaning of Shi Zheng's words.

Xu Xiaogou next to him reacted quickly, stamping his feet anxiously and urging, "What are you still standing there for? Come and become my disciple, become my disciple!"

Zhao Shuai came to his senses and quickly knelt down, kowtowed several times and said, "Master, please accept my disciple's greetings."

"Good, good, good."

Shi Zheng nodded with a smile on his face, asked where Zhao Shuai's home was, and then continued to test his spiritual roots.

With so many people waiting in line, it's just a matter of convenience.

He instructed: "Don't queue up anymore, we'll stop once these people are tested."

After hearing his order, someone immediately went to the back of the queue to inform them. Those who missed the chance were filled with regret.

Xu Xiaogou and Zhao Shuai left. Others looked at Zhao Shuai with envy. It wouldn't be long before the name "Zhao Shuai" spread throughout the nearby villages.

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The two returned to Baihe Village.

Zhao Shuai's feet felt light and everything seemed like a dream.

Xu Xiaogou put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Good boy, you're lucky! You really have the spiritual roots to cultivate immortality! You've even been accepted as a disciple by such a powerful immortal. We agreed to share the good and the bad, but don't forget me."

"Of course, Brother Gou, you will always be my Third Brother Gou."

Zhao Shuai is a man of great loyalty and righteousness. If it weren't for a few friends like Xu Xiaogou, he wouldn't know how he would have survived the grief of the sudden death of his entire family.

"Alas, it's a pity that I don't know when I can come back."

He followed his master away, not knowing when he would be able to return to Baihe Village.

"Why think so much? Cultivating immortality is such a great opportunity. Since you're leaving, let's go back and gather the brothers to see you off."

"..."

Back in the village, they gathered together their friends who practiced martial arts.

"What? Er Shuai is going to become an immortal?!"

"Amazing!"

"The immortal from Xiaoye Village next door, right? I even went there to test his spiritual roots."

"Let's go, let's go to the county town and have a meal."

A group of more than ten people rushed to the county town and had a good meal and drinks.

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Xu family.

Wang Qian came to apologize. She went to the county town to inquire and learned about Pan Wenbin's situation.

"Jiazhen, it's my fault for not finding out clearly. My cousin is really not suitable for a girl like Xia'er."

She finally understood why the Pan family, with such good conditions, wanted to find relatives in the village.

"Sister Qian, I don't blame you. They were the ones who concealed it on purpose. Fortunately, my Fugui has a sharp eye."

Jiazhen and Wang Qian were chatting.

Suddenly, Wang Qian looked Jiazhen up and down and said, "Hey, have you gained weight?"

She often dealt with Jiazhen and knew that her slender waist seemed to be naturally permanent and would never get fat.

At this moment, it seems that the lower abdomen is slightly bulging.

"No."

Jiazhen smiled mysteriously and shook her head.

"That is?"

It took Wang Qian a while to react: "No way, could it be?"

"Yeah, two months."

"..."

Wang Qian was surprised. Her family wanted to have another child because Du Meng was the only one left.

This is definitely not the reason for the Xu family.

"At your age, are you still giving birth?"

"No, it was an accident. Fugui said he wanted to stay."

"awesome."

Wang Qian was envious. She and her husband tried their best but couldn't get pregnant, while others who didn't want to have children could get pregnant easily.

After that, the two chatted for a while.

In the evening, not long after Wang Qian left, Xu Xiaogou returned home.

"Why so early? It's not even past evening practice time yet."

Jiazhen was cooking when she saw Xu Xiaogou come back.

"Ok?"

She smelled the alcohol on Xu Xiaogou. "Where did you go during the day? Why did you go out to drink?"

"No, mother, listen to me first."

Xu Xiaogou said excitedly, "We didn't practice in the evening. We all went to the county town to hold a farewell banquet for Zhao Shuai. Mom, you will never guess what happened. From now on, I will have an immortal friend!"

"What? Immortal friend?"

"Well, a few days ago, an immortal came to Xiaoye Village next door and offered to test our spiritual roots for free. Zhao Shuai and I went after our morning exercises today. I don't have any spiritual roots, but he does! The immortal accepted him as his disciple..."

This news is spreading in Baihe Village.

(End of this chapter)