Artifact Chapter 10: Spiritual Root Test

Chapter 10: Spiritual Root Test

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Karai

The next morning, just after dawn, Lu Ming was awakened by the boy who came to inform him that the Daoists of Kunlai Mountain had arrived. All men under the age of twenty from the He family Sect should gather in the main hall of the Sect Shrine in half an hour on time, and that the main hall would be closed after that, so that they could not go back in.

Lu Ming got up and washed up, then woke up 233 who was still sound asleep in bed, and rushed towards the He family Sect Ancestral Hall.

Lu Ming, while walking forward, said, “How can Artifact people be so lazy?”

233 yawned, one paw grabbed his little horn, while the other rubbed his eyes, looking stupid and ridiculous. It lazily said, “I should have known better than to set my laziness level below the average human level!”

Lu Ming, “…”

Lu Ming sighed that his navigator was the greatest invention in the world, and it was a challenge for him to find a location in the huge He Mansion.

Many people saw that the young master of the He family had arrived, and the crowd immediately began to whisper. Before, they thought that it was just a rumor, but now he came to participate in the spiritual root test conference at Immortal Mountain in Kunlai. He must have recovered his spiritual energy.

Lu Ming automatically ignored the curious or contemptuous gazes around him, and was instead attracted by the He family Sect shrine directly in front of his eyes. The construction of the Sect Ancestral Hall was a sign of the cultivators’ respect and faith in the heavens. The inner and outer walls were in the shape of a circle at the front and a circle at the back, and there was a round pond in front of the main hall, surrounded by acacia cypresses, looking out over a sea of green and blue like an ocean, with a clear and wide view.

Lu Ming followed the crowd inside, only to see the main hall surrounded by twelve red lacquer columns supported the towering roof. There was a coiled dragon well, as if a golden dragon was lying around. Coupled with the drums and ceremonies together, it created the sound of music, so Lu Ming’s heart had a few feelings of awe of the heavens.

233 shrank in Lu Ming’s arms and couldn’t help but sigh, “Rich people are so capricious!”

Lu Ming patted its head and said coldly, “Shut up and hurry up and shrink back.”

233 aggressively closed its mouth, shrinking into Lu Ming’s arms dare not speak again. Lu Ming lifted his feet to enter the main hall entrance, but unexpectedly was blocked by someone.

“Brother, how are you doing?”

Lu Ming raised his eyes and looked at the person he hadn’t seen for a long time, He Qingqiu, who was wearing a blue robe. Although he and He Qingci were half-brothers, their appearance was not the same, and their temperaments were also very different. At this moment, cold eyes were looking at Lu Ming, the corners of his mouth held a smile of ill-will.

Lu Ming’s eyebrows were light and his eyes were unmoving as he spoke slowly, “Very good.”

He Qingqiu coldly laughed and said cynically, “I haven’t congratulated big brother on regaining his aura, some day Qingqiu will definitely come and teach big brother the art of cultivator and refining Artifact.”

“Not interested.” Lu Ming replied coldly, ignoring He Qingqiu’s sudden change of face, and walked straight ahead, not bothering to take care of him again.

He Qingqiu didn’t expect Lu Ming to dare to give him a public scowl. His face turned from blue to black, staring at Lu Ming’s distant back, a trace of viciousness crossed his eyes. The corners of his mouth hooked up a grim smile, and whispered, “Let’s see how arrogant you will be later!”

Although Lu Ming was separated from He Qingqiu by a distance, since he recovered his aura before, his seven nerves became very sensitive. What He Qingqiu said just now was also heard by him. In his heart, he secretly thought that He Qingqiu apparently came from no good, and would always want to start trouble.

233 peeked out a small head, eyes moving a turn, his childish voice said, “Host, listen to He Qingqiu’s tone, he seems to be prepared, what should we do now?”

Lu Ming nodded and lowered his voice, “This mother and son are used to being arrogant, but they are so calm this time, so they must be secretly plotting something. Now that the enemy is clear and we are in the dark, we can only stay put and be extra careful is the best policy.”

233 nodded with a serious expression and said, “Soldiers will come, water will come, don’t worry, if anything goes wrong later, I will do my best to help you.”

Lu Ming nodded with a faint smile, patted its head as a sign of comfort, and was led by the leader to the front of the hall.

At that moment, an elegant and gentle voice suddenly sounded in front of him, “Qingci, you are here.”

He Qingci raised his eyes and looked. The man was dressed in a white huafu, handsome and elegant looking with a light smile on his face. His eyes were like the warm sun of March, at the moment was looking at him with a smile.

233 whispered, “This is your father, He Yuanqi.”

Lu Ming was slightly stunned, then quickly calmed down. He took a few steps forward, nodded slightly and made a bow, respectfully said, “Father.”

He Yuanqi smiled and nodded, softened his voice and said, “Are you feeling better? I heard from your mother that you seemed to have caught a wind chill a few days ago and rested in bed for most of the month before you recovered.”

Lu Ming replied softly, “I’m all better now, thank you for your concern.”

He Yuanqi looked pitying, reached out and pulled Lu Ming to him, patted his shoulder and sighed softly, “These days the government is busy with affairs, I have not been able to visit you, Qingci will not blame me, right?”

Lu Ming sneered in his heart, Oh, you pretend again?

If it were not for the fact that Lu Ming had long known that He Yuanqi was actually used to doing injustice under the mask of hypocrisy, even he himself would have been fooled by the scene of his father’s kindness and son’s filial piety.

Although Lu Ming understood it in his heart, but did not show it at all, only lowered his eyes, eyelashes twitching slightly, and spoke in a low voice, “Father, Qingci understands.”

He Yuanqi’s eyes crossed a trace of amazement, then collected his expression, smiled slightly and reached out and pointed to the side and said, “You can sit here. After a while, the daoist from Immortal Mountain Kunlai will bring magic Artifacts to test spiritual roots.”

After that, He Yuanqi raised his hand towards He Qingqiu who was not far away and said, “Qingqiu, come and sit next to your big brother too.”

He Qingqiu reluctantly came over, obviously unwilling to be with Lu Ming, but did not dare to disobey He Yuanqi’s words. He fiercely glared at Lu Ming, and only then sat next to Lu Ming with a displeased face.

Lu Ming had to patiently greet the elders one by one, while secretly praying that the spiritual root test would be over soon. At that moment, a high-pitched voice was heard from the main entrance of the main hall.

“Kunlai Immortal Mountain, Daoist Yunji and Daoist Yunxu are here–!”

The crowd’s eyes flinched, collected their expressions, sat upright, and looked in unison in the direction from which the voice came.

Lu Ming also looked towards the door with interest, only to see two young men in long Xuan-colored shirts slowly walking from the main entrance of the hall. The two men’s eyebrows were calm, their eyes not rippling, their bodies emitting a detached and indifferent aura. Their black hair was in a simple jade hairpin tied to the back of the head, it seems to have a few Immortal bones of the daoist temperament.

Lu Ming’s eyes were attracted by the object in the hand of one of the daoists. The object was about the size of an egg, but it was emitting colorful luster, looking as dazzling as a seven-colored glaze.

He Yuanqi stood up and greeted him with a fist, “Immortal, you have come a long way, it has been a long journey.”

The two Daoists glanced at He Yuanqi, the arrogance in their eyes was unmistakable, and after a slow hmph, they walked straight to the main seat in the main hall and sat down, slowly saying, “Let’s begin.”

He Yuanqi was not angry with the other party for taking away the master, his face was still that modest gentleman’s appearance, his voice low and gentle, opened his mouth to the crowd, “Today is the day Kunlai Immortal Mountain welcomes Disciples. The He family’s children always have excellent qualifications, excellent roots, I hope you can cherish this opportunity, and strive to enter as a Kunlai disciple and get through training.”

The crowd nodded their heads and said yes, then Daoist Yun Ji stretched out his hand and raised the lustrous stone high, and then said, “This is the Liuli Stone for testing spiritual roots, just put the spiritual energy into the palm of your hand and attach it, then you can test your qualification and root bone attribute.”

After saying that, he ordered people to bring a huge black stone tablet with a dark luster, and set the Liuli Stone in the groove in the middle. The tablet immediately emitted the same color as the Liuli Stone and looked gorgeous.

He Qingqiu took the lead and stood up, gave a cold look at Lu Ming. He went to the black monolith, injected aura into the palm of his hand, and then reached out and pressed his hand against the Liuli Stone.

At once, the Liuli Stone, as if it sensed something, immediately changed color, the whole boulder emitted a faint green light. That green light circled up, as if consciousness slowly around He Qingqiu, until a long time before gradually dissipated, and the black stone monument also returned to the seven-colored color of the square.

Yun Xu nodded gently and said with satisfaction, “The qualification is upper middle class, a second class wood attribute pseudo-spiritual root.”

He Yuanqi smiled faintly and asked, “I wonder if my son can enter Kunlai to practice Immortal Technique?”

Yun Xu nodded and replied, “He Qingqiu is temporarily counted among the second class Disciples under Kunlai. He Qingqiu will have to wait until the Demon Forest Trials in three months, when the Kunlai Moutain will personally select a suitable disciple from the 36 factions of the masters.”

He Qingqiu eyes flashed a flash of surprise, some excitedly spoke, “Thank you two Immortal long!”

He Yuanqi smiled, patted his head, and said, “Stand down.”

Liu Shuyun saw that her son was smoothly chosen to be under Kunlai, her heart was relieved, she looked condescendingly at Xu Zhongyan sitting at the side and sneered, “Sister, you don’t need to be nervous, Qingci is the most superior first-class spiritual root, it will definitely be chosen.”

Xu Zhaoyan’s face was white, her fists involuntarily clenched, biting her lips to death, pulling out a smile, and said, “Sister praised you.”

Liu Shuyun looked at Lu Ming, who was sitting in front of her, and a trace of worry flashed through her eyes, her heart was sad, and she secretly prayed that God would let He Qingci enter Kunlai’s discipline successfully.

The next few He family teenagers came forward one by one to test their qualifications, all were very average, except for a very few who were barely chosen to be among the third class Disciples, the rest were not selected and had to return disappointed.

Soon, all the He family men under the age of 20 were tested, except for He Qingqiu, who was selected as a second-class Disciples, and only eight others were selected as third-class Disciples.

He Yuanqi saw that Lu Ming was hesitant to move, so he said, “Qingci, you go and try too.”

Lu Ming nodded, took a deep breath, walked to the black stone, put his hand on the Liuli Stone, slowly injected his own spiritual energy into his palm, and then a warm heat flowed from his hand to his heart.

At that moment, a strange situation suddenly appeared. The piece of glittering Liuli Stone first revealed a light blue light, then, blue light became more and more strong, only to hear a loud “boom”, the light suddenly burst out of the intense luster, so that the crowd could barely open their eyes. The entire hall was illuminated by the light, and even those who stood outside the hall were able to see from afar that the He family Sect ancestral hall seemed to be gilded with a blue halo, looking as if a solemn Sacred Hall.

The crowd was so stunned by this scene that they couldn’t speak, and it was only after a long time that someone snapped out of it and exclaimed, “This, this is actually the finest first-class water spiritual root!”

The crowd burst out in an endless stream of awe. The water spiritual root was already very scarce, let alone the quality of the earth spiritual root of such superior quality. Although there are many people throughout Cultivation World who have water-attribute spiritual roots, they were not pure and were far from the superior quality of earth spiritual roots.

Almost everyone present had never seen such a pure sky blue color, even the elders who had lived for nearly a hundred years had never seen it. Everyone in the room sighed, if the cultivation method was right, this water attribute of the earth spiritual root could even match the qualifications of the medium heavenly spiritual root, which was considered very rare in the Cultivation World.

He Yuanqi and Shuyun were obviously shocked as well, looking at the Liuli Stone that was still emitting a dazzling blue light, and said, “I never thought that the He family would have a young man with such superior qualifications!”

He Yuanqi was also very surprised, and his eyes suddenly became dark and profound when he looked at Lu Ming. After a long time, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked up, and his eyes shone with an inexplicable brilliance that no one could really see.

 

 

 

 

 

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