The sword seller, dressed in red, deserves applause for the prankster.

Chi Miao's fire elemental spiritual power surged, making her, who was already surrounded by flames, even more mysterious, as the vortex of energy unfolded.

boom--!

The testing stone suddenly exploded in the tester's hand, and at the same time, Chi Miao strangely felt that his strength was more than ten times that of before!

Everyone was in an uproar.

Just a moment ago, Chi Miao was merely an ordinary person with no spiritual power, but at this moment...

Her spiritual energy was exceptionally abundant and vigorous, like an inextinguishable flame.

"Spiritual energy surrounds him, early stage of Qi Refining? This...this is a breakthrough?!"

"No, what did she do to break through? Just a spiritual root test?!"

"The crucial point is that her testing stone exploded! What exactly is her root value?!"

Everyone was stunned and their hearts were filled with unease.

Throughout the entire history of cultivation, no one has ever been able to break through simply by testing their spiritual roots; that would be far too easy and casual!

Hearing these words, Chi Miao only had a vague understanding of her situation and looked at the test subject with a blank expression.

The test stone just exploded, and the values ​​have not been stable, so the results cannot be determined.

"Brother, are you alright?"

The testing stone exploded in his hand. Even though he managed to release it in time, and with his spiritual energy protecting him, his hand was still covered in blood from the explosion.

Nothing? Nothing my ass!

But he represents the face of Nine Swords Mountain now, can he say there's something wrong?

Besides, the young girl didn't do it on purpose; it makes him, a grown man, seem so petty!

But he still wanted to cry out in pain.

"Shut up." He was about to shout when suddenly a hand grabbed his lips.

Tester: "?"

Others: "Huh?"

Just like that, you grabbed someone's mouth?

Upon closer inspection, everyone saw an old man with a messy beard and hair, and an overall fierce appearance. This old man... was one of the people who had been in the sky earlier!

"Elder Yan... Elder Yan!" The disciples of Nine Swords Mountain were all shocked and quickly knelt down on one knee to pay their respects.

It's clear that the people of Nine Swords Mountain are very afraid of him.

"Even an elder has been mobilized... and it's Elder Yan, who oversees an entire sword mountain!"

"Chi Miao is truly blessed!"

"Um... if it's Elder Yan, then it's not a blessing, it's downright bad luck."

Elder Yan is no ordinary elder; he is one of the top combatants in the cultivation world, the punishment elder of Nine Swords Mountain, and the master of the mountain.

His strength was on par with, or even better than, that of the Nine Swords Mountain Sect Master. The reason he failed to become the Sect Master was simply because he had too explosive a temper!

Indeed, he doesn't look like a good person.

Chi Miao blinked, and Elder Yan strode over to her and handed her another testing stone.

"Retest."

These three words are like an ironclad order, allowing no room for argument.

Chi Miao said "Oh" and then took the test again.

The result was the same: the root value slowly increased, and finally the test stone exploded.

Boom—

Like fireworks.

"..."

A deathly silence.

Once is an accident, but what about twice?

The problem isn't with the testing stone, so there's only one truth!

Elder Yan looked at Chi Miao, his eyes narrowing as if he wanted to see right through her.

Chi Miao immediately adopted a shy, girlish demeanor: "Oh, Elder Yan, don't look at me like that, I'm shy!"

"Bah! I have never seen such a shameless person!"

Elder Yan's face turned red. He pointed at Chi Miao and scolded her, then asked, "Your test score certainly doesn't count. If you still want to join my Nine Swords Mountain, you need me to examine your soul. Do you have any objections?"

"Soul exploration?!" Chi Miao exclaimed in astonishment.

"Absolutely not!" Jin Shengfei stepped forward, but Elder Yan pushed him away.

"What, are you scared?"

Elder Yan's eyes were like those of an eagle, inspiring fear in all who beheld them.

Chi Miao wasn't afraid that anything would happen to her...

The art of soul probing is a technique used by those with powerful souls to search the souls of the weak.

When someone is subjected to soul probing, the person will experience severe headaches and feel extremely weak all over, as if their entire body has been hollowed out; it is a form of mental torture.

Moreover, the other party will see your memories, leaving you with absolutely nothing.

In the cultivation world, this is an extremely extreme and offensive technique.

Although Chi Miao has not yet embarked on the path of immortality, he has read quite a few rumors and books on the subject, so he naturally understands the situation.

Her only worry was... whether the existence of the system would be discovered.

The Gou Shi system quickly answered the question: "No, even if they strip you naked and remove your internal organs, they won't find me. I'm a professional!"

Chi Miao was relieved.

Her eyes were resolute. "If you insist on examining my soul, then go ahead. If I'm going to join Nine Swords Mountain, then I must earn everyone's recognition honestly and squarely. I will not take any shortcuts!"

The girl's voice was loud, clear, and powerful, each word filled with conviction.

"Little Sister Chi Miao..." Jin Shengfei's eyes were filled with turbulent emotions, as if there were tears in them.

He knew he had good taste, but he never imagined his taste was this good!

Chi Miao is truly a wonderful girl with flesh and blood, who dares to speak her mind and act on her convictions!

He was so touched!

No one else expected that Chi Miao would agree to the soul-searching.

They knew perfectly well that Chi Miao's ability to make the test stone explode was not due to a lack of talent.

The truth is quite the opposite; her talent is simply too extraordinary!

Otherwise, who would break through directly after just one spiritual root test?

It's all about taking things one step at a time!

Therefore, even if Chi Miao does not agree to Elder Yan's request to explore the soul, he will definitely be accepted and given important responsibilities by Nine Swords Mountain.

And now, Chi Miao, for the sake of fairness and justice, and to gain everyone's sincere approval, has agreed to Elder Yan's presumptuous request.

This is really...

A heroine among women! Her story is truly moving!

Everyone present couldn't help but feel a sense of goodwill towards Chi Miao.

Even Elder Yan's expression improved somewhat.

Although this girl has a sharp tongue, she has a pretty good heart.

Based on his character, no matter what the final outcome, he wouldn't make things difficult for this girl.

However, the matter of exploring the soul cannot be skipped.

Because he was curious too!

What kind of insane talent could make the testing stone explode?!

"Now that everything is ready, I'm going to examine your soul. I won't harm you in the slightest, so you can rest assured."

Chi Miao closed her eyes: "If you get hurt, you'll have to pay compensation."

I'll pay your dad back!

Elder Yan was really going to be driven crazy by her.

However, he was still very careful in his soul-searching movements, trying his best to minimize Chi Miao's pain.

Chi Miao only felt something cool wash over the top of his head, but didn't feel much else.

Elder Yan was taken aback: "You're not in pain?"

Chi Miao: "It doesn't hurt."

Elder Yan: "With my cultivation level, if I were to conduct a marriage inspection on you, would you truly not feel any pain?"

Chi Miao: "It really doesn't hurt. You're not a fake elder, are you?"

The others also gave Elder Yan a strange look.

Is it really fake?

Obviously.

Elder Yan's image in front of everyone has been completely shattered.

He gritted his teeth in anger, but calmed down and continued with the process.

Finally, he saw the image.