Meng Fan, with nothing better to do, followed Liu Yanping and Yang Shishi as they took Xiao Hui to test his spiritual root.
To be honest, he was quite interested in whether the kid had a spiritual root or not.
It felt like watching someone open a mystery box.
In his previous life, Meng Fan had suffered a lot in this regard and wasted a lot of money.
Especially on game lotteries…
Even though Meng Fan was now cultivating immortality, he still felt the urge to cry when he recalled those memories.
Such resentment!
Testing for spiritual roots was actually a simple process, nothing complicated.
The Shu Mountain Sword Sect had a spiritual root testing array, which contained a spirit stone for testing.
To test for spiritual roots, you just needed to see if the spirit stone lit up.
Then, the color and brightness would determine the type of spiritual root!
Soon, Xiao Hui entered the testing array and began the test.
"Hope he has a spiritual root!" Liu Yanping stared at the testing array with wide eyes, muttering nervously to herself.
Since she had brought Xiao Hui back, she naturally hoped he had a spiritual root.
She even hoped to take Xiao Hui as her disciple and personally teach him.
This young lady never considered whether she might misguide him!
Inside the testing array, Xiao Hui placed his hand on the spirit stone.
A flash of light appeared.
Liu Yanping's face immediately showed a trace of excitement and exhilaration.
Light meant there was a spiritual root.
"Red?" Liu Yanping's excitement quickly turned into a trace of disappointment.
Because red represented a mixed spiritual root.
It was the worst type of spiritual root, even worse than an inferior spiritual root, with no future prospects at all.
Meng Fan felt a bit helpless.
He was very familiar with the red light because he had a mixed spiritual root, which had glowed red during his test.
The original owner of this body had been heartbroken for a long time.
This kid had a mixed spiritual root and wouldn't be as lucky as he was.
Destined to be mediocre, without any achievements.
"What a pity, but having a spiritual root is better than not having one. At least he can cultivate and settle down in the Shu Mountain Sword Sect," Yang Shishi comforted.
However, just when the three thought Xiao Hui was confirmed to have a mixed spiritual root…
The red light on the spirit stone suddenly turned orange.
"Huh!" Liu Yanping exclaimed in surprise.
Meng Fan and Yang Shishi also saw the orange light, their brows furrowing slightly, eyes filled with astonishment.
This was quite a tacit understanding.
Orange!
This was an inferior spiritual root, much better than a mixed spiritual root, with the hope of becoming an outer sect disciple in the Shu Mountain Sword Sect.
Mixed spiritual roots generally meant a lifetime as a menial disciple, with little chance of promotion to an outer sect disciple!
"An inferior spiritual root, not bad," Meng Fan nodded.
As soon as he finished speaking, the orange light on the spirit stone suddenly turned yellow.
This…
An intermediate spiritual root?
Meng Fan's frown deepened; it seemed something was wrong.
He had never heard of the light on the spirit stone changing colors during a spiritual root test.
What happened next confirmed Meng Fan's suspicion; something was indeed wrong.
After the yellow light, the spirit stone's light turned green, then cyan, blue, and finally purple…
Green represented an excellent spiritual root.
Blue represented a heavenly spiritual root.
Purple represented a divine spiritual root!
Finally, the light dissipated, and the spirit stone went completely dark!
This… left Meng Fan and the other two dumbfounded.
No light meant no spiritual root.
But if there was no spiritual root, why had there been flashing lights just now?
The three of them simultaneously turned their gaze to the steward responsible for operating the testing array.
The steward's expression was even more bewildered than theirs!
He had never seen such a situation before.
After hesitating, he said uncertainly, "Maybe the spirit stone is broken. I'll replace it and try again."
He then took out a new spirit stone from his storage ring and replaced the one in the testing array.
He activated the array again and had Xiao Hui place his hand on the new spirit stone.
This time, after waiting for a long while, the spirit stone showed no light.
Normally, this would mean Xiao Hui had no spiritual root.
But after what had just happened, it was hard to tell if this was normal or not.
"Steward Liu, could it be that the testing array is broken, not the spirit stone?" Liu Yanping asked, unwilling to give up.
There had clearly been a spiritual root just now, and there was hope it wasn't a mixed spiritual root.
But now it suddenly showed no spiritual root; it was too disappointing and hard to accept.
Steward Liu shook his head, "The testing array can't be broken. If you don't believe me, you can test it yourself."
Hearing this, Liu Yanping immediately walked into the array and placed her hand on the spirit stone.
Soon, the spirit stone shone with a yellow light.
Then Yang Shishi also walked over and placed her hand on it.
Again, the yellow light shone.
Both young ladies had intermediate spiritual roots!
They exchanged a glance, somewhat helpless.
It seemed the spirit stone was likely accurate this time.
Meng Fan also walked over and placed his hand on the spirit stone.
In the next second, red light flowed and began to shine.
A mixed spiritual root!
Steward Liu's face showed shock and astonishment.
A mixed spiritual root?
A cultivator with such a young mixed spiritual root had actually reached the Heavenly Origin Realm? This was incredible!
As a cultivator in the Condensation Pill Realm, Steward Liu instantly felt a deep respect for Meng Fan!
Because in his view, a cultivator with a mixed spiritual root surpassing many peers with higher-grade spiritual roots meant only one thing:
This person must have put in a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand times more effort than others.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible.
How could Steward Liu not admire such a person?
Besides Steward Liu, Yang Shishi was also extremely shocked.
She never would have imagined that the outstanding Senior Brother Meng had only a mixed spiritual root.
Like Steward Liu, she immediately felt a deep respect for Meng Fan!
Previously, she admired Meng Fan's appearance; now, she respected him from the bottom of her heart.
As for Liu Yanping, she had long known that Meng Fan had a mixed spiritual root.
But the red light on the spirit stone still startled her.
Because Meng Fan was so strong, she had long overlooked his spiritual root. Now that she remembered, she realized how terrifying Meng Fan was.
In fact, she had witnessed Meng Fan's journey from a novice in the Qi Refining Realm to his current formidable level in a very short time.
A mixed spiritual root, yet more terrifying than an excellent spiritual root.
A monstrosity!!!
"Steward Liu, can we try another spirit stone for Xiao Hui?" Liu Yanping asked, still unwilling to give up.
Steward Liu smiled wryly and reluctantly took out another spirit stone to replace the current one.
After all, she was Elder Liu's most cherished granddaughter; he had to give her face.
The result was the same as before. When Xiao Hui placed his hand on the spirit stone, no light appeared.
Liu Yanping's heart sank to the bottom.
It seemed Xiao Hui most likely had no spiritual root, not even a mixed one.
"Steward Liu, can we try the first spirit stone that had flashing lights?" Liu Yanping asked, still unwilling to give up.
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