ALL NOVEL Chapter 46: Measuring Lingzhu
"It's just a test event, held once a year. Our Zhang family will test the physical aptitude for the children of the Sifang people in Tianping County to see if they have spiritual roots and whether they have the aptitude for cultivating immortals. Then, when Liu Xian's nephew came to watch, he would know. Now." Zhang Guang explained with a slight smile.
Liu Yu stayed at Zhang's house until the evening before returning to his residence. This home was very welcoming, with great wines, fine wines, and delicacies, and it was extremely rich. We had a very happy conversation with Zhang Yuanwai, and agreed that Liu Yu would come to participate in the Spirit Test Conference held by Zhang's family seven days later.
In the past few days, there has been a noticeable increase in the flow of people on the streets of Tianping County, and it is common to see country folks with children coming here. These people live in relatives' homes or in inns, and some even sleep on the streets.
At one time, Tianping County was very busy with people coming and going, and the idlers in the teahouse were also talking about it, referring to the annual Spirit Test held by the Zhang family.
The Zhang family holds such a conference every year. As long as there are children in the family who reach the age of six and are younger than twelve, they can go to the Zhang family to sign up and test whether they have the qualifications to cultivate immortality for free.
If it is found that they have the qualifications to cultivate immortality, the Zhang family will accept this child as a righteous son, give his biological parents a generous sum of money, and settle down properly.
Now there is a steward in the Zhang family called Zhang Zhenshan, who was admitted more than 20 years ago as a son who was qualified to cultivate immortality. His biological parents were originally villagers in the country, and they were very poor. Now because the child was accepted by the Zhang family as a righteous son, he moved to live in the city a long time ago and live a leisurely life.
Such good things have spread for hundreds of miles. As long as this day is approaching every year, you can see many villagers who come from the countryside with their children.
These people all hope that their children will be able to detect the roots of the spirit, for the future of their children, and for the sake of a prosperous life, they have worked hard to try their luck, which has created the temporary prosperity of Tianping County.
The day of the Spirit Test Conference came in a blink of an eye, and a wide wooden platform was erected on a clearing not far from the Zhang Family Courtyard.
Those who signed up for the Spirit Test Conference lined up early in front of the stage. Madam Lin was also invited to watch on the high platform. A large number of county government arrests quickly maintained order in the venue. The people who came to watch from around the high platform were crowded with people, and the crowd was full of voices for a while.
"Everyone is quiet, noon is here, and the Spirit Test Conference is now starting!" Zhang Zhenqi announced in a loud voice when prompted by the patriarch.
After Zhang Zhenqi made the announcement, he opened a huge mahogany box on the wooden table next to him. After removing the lid, I saw a transparent ball the size of a human head in the box.
The sphere is crystal clear and translucent, like a moon pearl, it is a great treasure at first glance. Provoked the different opinions of the people around them, and they speculated about what kind of treasure this is.
"Nephew Liu Xian, this is a magical instrument used to test the spiritual roots of the family," Zhang Guang introduced to Liu Yu.
Liu Yu arrived at the scene very early to watch the Spirit Test Conference. It is a bit strange that you can't see such scenes in Huang Shengshan.
"Oh! How do you test this Lingzhu?" Liu Yu asked if he hadn't seen it before.
"Nephew Liu Xian will look on, and he will know about it." Zhang Guang sold a pass, turned his head and talked to the county magistrate Lin.
Zhang Zhenqi cautiously held the Spirit Orb, and slowly came to the center of the wooden table. There was a long wooden table in Taichung with a magic circle carved on the wooden table. More than two dozen low-level spirit stones were placed in the corners of the magic array, which may be used to drive the measurement of spirit orbs.
Zhang Zhenqi placed the Test Spirit Orb on the circle, and said loudly: "This orb is named Test Spirit Orb, and it is still my Zhang family's ancestors. Later, every child who signed up for the test will walk to this table alone. , Put your hands on the Spirit Orb. After a few breaths, if the Spirit Orb emits light, it means that the child has spiritual roots. If the Spirit Orb does not respond, it means that the child does not have spiritual roots."
After talking, Zhang Zhenqi waved to the audience, indicating that the first child could be on stage.
The family at the top of the line is the villager family from the country, a dark man in shabby linen, with a thin little boy.
The little boy lowered his head and pulled the corner of his clothes slowly onto the high platform under the sign of the dark guy. Obviously, this child, who had never seen a big scene, was very nervous now.
The little boy walked to the table, and under Zhang Zhenqi's reminder, he pressed his hands on the Spirit Orb. After a few breaths, Test Lingzhu did not respond. The dark-skinned man watching in the audience showed a look of loss on his face.
Under Zhang Zhenqi's gesture, the dark guy went up to the platform and hugged the little boy with tears in his eyes. The two did not stop, squeezed out of the crowd, and left without looking back.
After someone started, the children who lined up for the test took the stage one by one. But after an hour passed, no one had tested the spiritual root. Zhang Guang's face was a bit ugly. Seeing that he was halfway through the test, he still got nothing, and he didn't report much hope in his heart. It seems that the Zhang Family's Spirit Test Conference is very beautiful, but who knows the bitterness in Zhang Guang's heart.
As a family of cultivating immortals, the Zhang family is inferior to one generation, and there are fewer and fewer offspring with the qualifications of cultivating immortals. UU reading www. uukanshu. com This is not a good sign, it is obviously that the blood of Xiuxian is weakening.
The Zhang family had no choice but to come up with a method that is common to many immortal-cultivating families, that is, to find children with spiritual roots in mortal families and accept them as sons to expand the family, increase the number of immortal-cultivators in the family, and strengthen the family's strength.
One hundred years ago, the Patriarch of the Zhang family spent a thousand low-level spirit stones to buy this second-grade low-level auxiliary magic weapon measuring spirit orb.
These second-grade low-level test spirit orbs can only detect whether the tester has spiritual roots. The magical instrument with the same function, there is also the third-rank intermediate magical instrument measuring spiritual disc. Not only can it detect whether the body has spiritual roots, but also what kind of spiritual roots it is, but the price is too expensive.
The thousand low-level spirit stones that purchased the Test Spirit Orb were not a small amount for the down-and-out Zhang Family. But for the future of the family, that generation of Patriarch resolutely took out this spiritual stone.
Since then, more than 20 spirit stones have been consumed every year to hold the Spirit Test Conference. A hundred years have passed, the Zhang family has consumed more than two thousand low-level spirit stones in order to hold the Spirit Test Conference, which shows how much the Zhang family has spent.
But mortals have spiritual roots in their bodies. They are very rare and save one in a thousand miles. Whether or not a cultivator with spiritual roots can be measured depends on God's will.
When the Spirit Test Conference was first held, a child with spiritual roots was found every few years. In recent years, the Zhang family has been suffering from bad luck. For more than 20 years, no child with Linggen has been detected.
The descendants of the family with the aptitude for cultivating immortals also decreased, which made Zhang Guang, the patriarch, anxious, and the strength of the Zhang family declined to an unprecedented level. If this continues, the Zhang family may be reduced to a mortal clan in a hundred years, and lose the reputation of the Xiuxian family. This is the result that the Zhang family does not want to see.