My cultivation disguise has been exposed by Xiao Sizi.

Not far away, the little rhinoceros, who was tending to the flowers and plants, heard the commotion and immediately dropped the ice crystal staff in its hand, running over like a little ball of flesh.

"Sixteenth Brother! Si Zi wants to play too! Si Zi wants to test that root thing too!"

The little girl stood on tiptoe, her big eyes fixed on the spirit-testing plate on the table, her face full of curiosity.

Li Chen smiled and patted her little head.

"Okay, let's start with our little Sizi."

Li Chen pointed to the slightly concave palm print in the center of the spirit-testing plate, "Put your little hand on it, close your eyes, and don't think about anything."

Little Sizi nodded obediently, took a deep breath, and placed her chubby little hand neatly in the center of the spirit-testing plate.

Quiet.

The courtyard was quiet, and Princess Chang Le held her breath, watching nervously.

One breath, two breaths.

Just as Xiao Sizi was about to lose his breath, the two gems representing "wood" and "water" on the edge of the spirit-testing plate suddenly emitted a faint light.

The light was not dazzling; it presented a faint halo of cyan and blue, appearing exceptionally soft.

"It's lit up! Look, my sister, it's lit up!"

Little Sizi excitedly opened his eyes and pointed at the glowing gem, shouting loudly.

Li Chen looked at the faint light and raised an eyebrow slightly.

"With dual water and wood elemental roots, his aptitude is not bad, barely qualifying him as an average person."

Li Chen muttered to himself, but considering that Xiao Si Zi was born with a damaged heart meridian and her meridians were still in an extremely fragile recovery period, the result was already quite good. Perhaps her aptitude could be further improved after using spiritual herbs to thoroughly cleanse her meridians and marrow.

"Sixteenth Brother, does Sizi have spiritual roots? Can Sizi become an immortal?" the little girl asked expectantly.

"Yes, I can." Li Chen pinched her nose. "But you're not fully recovered yet. When you can eat three big meat buns in one go without complaining, I'll teach you some magical arts."

Little Sizi nodded as if she understood, then happily ran off to eat some pastries.

Li Chen turned his head and looked at Princess Chang Le sitting opposite him.

"Your turn, elder sister."

Li Chen pointed to the spirit-testing plate, his tone exceptionally relaxed, "Don't be nervous. Even if the result is negative, you will still be the most esteemed princess of the Tang Dynasty, and the gates of this palace will always be open for you."

Princess Chang Le took a deep breath to calm her rapidly beating heart.

She stood up and straightened her sleeves.

With a mix of trepidation and anticipation, Chang Le slowly extended her slender, snow-white hand and gently placed it on the center of the spirit-testing plate.

The moment she made contact, the cool touch of the spirit-testing disc made her tremble slightly.

Li Chen picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip with an air of nonchalance.

He had already prepared himself mentally.

For the Tang Dynasty royal family to produce someone with dual spiritual roots of water and wood like Xiao Sizi is already incredibly fortunate.

As for Chang Le, he is most likely a mortal with no reaction, or a dull and useless spiritual root.

A second passed.

Two seconds passed.

The spirit-testing disc showed no reaction. The five gems at the edge were dull and lifeless, like an ordinary broken stone.

A hint of disappointment flashed in Princess Chang Le's eyes.

She gave a wry smile and was about to pull her hand back.

"As expected, I lack the affinity for immortality. I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Sixteenth Brother..."

however.

Just as Chang Le's finger was about to leave the spirit-testing disc!

"Snap!"

A barely perceptible, crisp sound, like ice cracking, suddenly came from inside the spirit-testing disc.

Li Chen's hand holding the teacup suddenly paused, his brows furrowed slightly, and he subconsciously looked down.

On the ancient spirit-testing plate, the blue gem that originally represented the "water" attribute suddenly began to tremble violently, like boiling water!

Immediately afterwards, the color of the blue gemstone began to change at a speed visible to the naked eye.

From a deep sea blue, it instantly transformed into a dazzling, icy blue!

"boom--!!!"

An unparalleled, terrifying chill suddenly erupted from the spirit-testing plate!

That icy blue light was even more dazzling than the midday sun in midsummer. The beam of light shot straight into the sky, instantly illuminating the entire backyard of the Qin Prince's mansion!

The light was so intense that it even overwhelmed the spiritual light of the spirit-gathering array itself!

Along with this burst of icy blue light that shot into the sky, the surrounding temperature plummeted dramatically in just half a breath!

"Click click click..."

On the white jade round table, the tea that was originally steaming hot instantly froze into a solid block of ice!

The edges of the stone table, the stone benches, and even the bluestone slabs under Princess Chang Le's feet were all covered with a thick layer of white frost at a visible speed.

The nearest peony flower was frozen into an ice sculpture by a chilling aura before its petals could even fall. Then, with a "crack," it shattered into ice shards all over the ground!

Princess Chang Le was terrified.

She instinctively tried to pull her hand back, but found that the spirit-testing plate seemed to have some kind of huge suction force, firmly sticking her palm to it and constantly stimulating some kind of terrifying potential hidden within her.

"Sixteenth brother! What...what's going on?!"

Chang Le exclaimed in surprise, but she was shocked to find that she was in the center of this cold storm, yet she did not feel the slightest bit of cold!

On the contrary, the icy blue light flowed around her, giving her a warm and intimate feeling as if she had returned to her mother's womb. Even the pent-up frustration in her body was completely swept away at this moment!

At this moment.

Li Chen, who was holding a teacup, was completely frozen in place.

He remained in the posture of drinking tea, his eyes wide open, staring intently at the spirit-testing plate that was emitting a blinding icy light.

The tea in the cup had frozen into ice, freezing his lips, but he was completely unaware.

As a powerful cultivator at the Golden Core stage, his vast knowledge of cultivation surged and compared wildly in that instant, ultimately arriving at a horrifying conclusion that nearly stopped his heart.

Single-attribute mutation!

The ultimate purity that transcends the Five Elements!

A beam of light shot into the sky, accompanied by strange phenomena. Even the low-level spirit testing disc almost couldn't withstand the impact of this talent!

This is not an ordinary water spirit root at all.

Rather, it is a peerless talent that appears only once every ten million years in the cultivation world, a talent that countless top sect leaders fight tooth and nail for, even resorting to sect wars, to seize—the Supreme Mutant Ice Spiritual Root!

"Click."

The teacup in Li Chen's hand was crushed to pieces by his unconsciously forceful fingers.

Ice cubes mixed with broken porcelain pieces fell onto the table.

The nonchalant and confident smile on Li Chen's face froze completely at that moment.

He stared blankly at Princess Chang Le, who was enveloped in an icy blue light and looked as aloof and ethereal as a goddess descended from the heavens.

Only one wildly recurring thought remained in my mind.

"Is this... a joke?!"