A male disciple stripped off his outer robe and shoes, leaving only his undergarments on.

Standing at the edge of the pool, he took a deep breath.

It was evident that even a disciple of the Purple Sun Hall was quite nervous.

The youth slowly stepped into the pitch-black waters.

The dark waters, as if alive, began to envelop him from below.

After three breaths, the youth’s eyes were clear, his mind free of distractions as he leapt onto the altar.

Members of the Myriad Immortals Sword Faction and the Purple Sun Hall turned their heads towards Li Guanqi, occasional murderous intent flickering in their eyes.

Li Guanqi simply turned his head slowly to meet their gaze, and both groups averted their eyes.

Li Guanqi uttered two words softly.

“Trash.”

The leading disciple of the Myriad Immortals Sword Faction was instantly enraged, glaring at Li Guanqi and taunting, “Humph! You’ve only killed a disciple of the Purple Sun Hall, what’s there to be arrogant about?”

“This Spirit Ruin test, let’s see what you’ll do when you end up with nothing!”

Li Guanqi suddenly took a step towards the two major Sects, startling the crowd into retreating several steps.

Li Guanqi smiled faintly and asked the disciple softly, “What’s your Spirit Root?”

The man replied with a deep voice, “Humph! A Wood Heavenly Spirit Root!”

Li Guanqi chuckled, smacking his lips and said softly, “Hmm… pretty impressive.”

Hearing this, the man felt a surge of pride and sneered, “What about you? Is your Spirit Root inferior?”

Li Guanqi looked puzzled and said very seriously, “Are you an idiot?”

“No way, you don’t know I possess a Saint-Grade Spirit Root? And it’s of the Thunder type?”

“Tsk tsk, the Myriad Immortals Sword Faction is really out of the loop. You’re not still using carrier pigeons for communication, are you?”

“Do you have to shout across mountains to talk to someone?”

After finishing, Li Guanqi ignored the man’s dumbfounded expression and muttered to Ye Feng, “Stay away from the Myriad Immortals Sword Faction and the Purple Sun Hall in the future.”

Ye Feng nodded earnestly, “Right, their strength is lacking, and so is their intelligence.”

Listening to their banter, the disciples of the Myriad Immortals Sword Faction’s chests heaved violently, their fingers trembling as they pointed at Li Guanqi.

In the end, they could only leave with a remark: “I want to see if you can awaken in the Spirit Ruin!!”

Soon, the disciple on the altar underwent a chilling transformation!!

The disciple seemed to fall into a deep sleep, his breathing long and steady.

Suddenly, a black dot appeared between his eyebrows!!

And the black dot was expanding at a visible rate, as if a fist-sized hole had opened between the disciple’s brows!

This scene sent chills down everyone’s spine, but the youth’s aura did not change in the slightest, as if he was completely unaware of what was happening.

But all the onlookers could see was the emptiness within the black hole, which slowly closed up.

There was no trace left on the youth’s forehead, and after a while, he opened his eyes.

His eyes were full of confusion, clueless about what had just occurred.

The youth walked down from the altar somewhat disappointed, followed by the second and third.

After testing more than a dozen people, all were in the same situation as the youth.

Li Guanqi also noticed that these disciples of the Purple Sun Hall seemed to be even younger than him.

It seemed that their talents were definitely not lacking, but they had not found a spirit soul in the Spirit Ruin.

Li Guanqi then realized that among the crowd was the fat man who had been taking bets earlier.

Tang Ru obviously noticed Li Guanqi’s gaze and nodded politely at him.

Li Guanqi returned the gesture slightly; he didn’t feel much dislike for the fat man who had to go back and gather money for them.

“There it is! There it is!”

Everyone looked towards the source of the shout and saw a tall youth with something existing within the black hole in his brow.

But Song Ru sighed softly, realizing that the item in the Spirit Ruin was just a tattered stone.

It couldn’t even be considered a proper object, which was inevitably disappointing.

The last one from the Purple Sun Hall was the fat man.

After removing his outer robe, Tang Ru’s large belly was barely covered by his undergarments.

With his hands nervously covering his stomach, Tang Ru’s ears turned red, looking somewhat embarrassed.

After the cleansing, the altar seemed a bit crowded as he stepped onto it.

Ye Feng joked, “Brother Tang certainly has a prosperous figure~”

Tang Ru glared at him irritably and retorted, “Shut it, this is called being blessed.”

Then the Barrier closed, and Tang Ru took a few deep breaths, soon calming his mind.

That’s when Li Guanqi realized the fat man’s talent was not weak.

Hum!!!

Soon, the fat man’s Spirit Ruin opened slightly, and unlike others which were fist-sized, his continued to expand!!

The elder of the Purple Sun Hall clenched his fists, eyes fixed on the Spirit Ruin.

Li Nanting explained in a low voice, “Only a Spirit Ruin with a spirit soul will grow larger.”

“It seems this lad must have a spirit soul in his Spirit Ruin.”

Hum!!!

The slowly expanding Spirit Ruin suddenly grew to the length of an arm under the flickering light of nine stone pillars!

A rectangular object slowly emerged before everyone’s eyes!

Everyone held their breath, peering through the hazy Barrier at the object.

Through his Insight, Li Guanqi saw that it was a golden abacus!!

The abacus shimmered with faint patterns, its beads distinct and clear.

Click-clack, click-clack!!

The sound of the beads being moved was crisp and clear.

Six out of the nine stone pillars on the altar burst into dazzling white luminescence.

Then the black space of the Spirit Ruin vanished, and the abacus remained in the outside world, before burrowing into Tang Ru’s forehead!

Everyone held their breath, not daring to make a sound.

When Tang Ru opened his eyes, many saw the sharp gleam within.

The bloodshot and murkiness in his eyes had disappeared.

Song Ru laughed heartily, exclaiming, “Good, good, good!! A sixth-grade spirit soul in the Spirit Ruin!!”

The fat man felt something in his heart and muttered after dressing, “I lost out on yesterday’s record crystals… If I had made a few vague ones to sell cheaply, I could have made more!”

“Ah… why didn’t I think of that yesterday!”

Li Guanqi couldn’t help but chuckle at his murmuring, thinking this guy was cut out for business.

The Old Man then spoke softly, “Let’s start with the Great Xia Sword Sect.”

But all the disciples of the Great Xia Sword Sect were staring at Li Guanqi.

Li Nanting said with a smile, “You go then.”

Li Guanqi nodded, then also removed his outer robe, but still did not put down the Sword box behind him.

The pitch-black waters covered his entire body, but dared not approach the Sword box.

Moments later, Li Guanqi slowly opened his eyes and leapt onto the altar.