Chapter 8 The Useless Person with Five Spiritual Roots Regardless of whether this little girl is the descendant of the Hengyue Sword Technique, she is an elite disciple that the sect will focus on training in the future. It is a great fortune for their Wandao Sect to receive such a disciple! "Oh, you walked so fast on the Heart-Searching Stage. I thought you were some amazing genius with excellent aptitude. I didn't expect that you would be exposed once your spiritual roots were tested. You are actually a waste with only five spiritual roots! Hahaha, you have five spiritual roots, but you are not much different from an ordinary person. You'd better be smart and get out of here soon." The girl in the yellow dress put her hands behind her back, leaned forward slightly, and whispered in Zhou Ling's ear, mocking and teasing her loudly. Zhou Ling clenched her small fist, but quickly unclenched it, with a calm expression on her face. She remembered who this girl was. She had met her once on the Steps of Inquiry just now. However, at that time, she was focused on her own affairs and was walking on her way, and she didn't pay too much attention to other people. When I passed by this yellow figure, I seemed to hear angry shouting and cursing, which roughly meant that she was scolding her for being ungrateful and how could she walk past her in front of her. My goodness! Zhou Ling was very surprised. How could someone with such a character pass the stage of questioning the heart? Isn't it said that this first level is difficult? Wouldn't people with bad intentions not be able to reach the end? Could it be that this girl has a backer, so they let her go? "It's useless for you to pretend to be deaf. You are a waste of five spiritual roots. You have offended me and you still want to stay in Wandao Sect? Haha, you are dreaming." The sarcastic and threatening voices did not stop. Zhou Ling kept a sullen face and endured it again and again. She and her mother had gone through life and death to get to where they are now. Cultivating immortality and working hard to become stronger in this cannibalistic world so that they can protect themselves are Zhou Ling's only goal now.
So what about the five spiritual roots? She didn't believe that as the target of two major sects' competition, she was really just a waste. Without any exposure to immortal cultivation techniques and without anyone teaching her how to draw qi into her body, she accidentally ate the pill that could replenish her spirit and nearly exploded. Such torment and pain were sustained by her will to refuse to admit defeat and to not want to die. She used the mental strength she had practiced and tried her best to guide the violent spiritual energies. She relied on her vague feelings to lead them onto the right path. Only then was she able to successfully touch the threshold of cultivating immortals and become a cultivator. Therefore, she did not think that her five spiritual roots were useless. Instead, she felt that having a few more spiritual roots than others was not a bad thing. Everyone knows that people with five spiritual roots can absorb mixed spiritual energy, which is not easy to refine for their own use, so their advancement is very slow and their hope of becoming immortal is very slim. People with such spiritual roots are looked down upon by many others. But she... Even though she was awake for a short time, she was no longer in the outskirts of the Shengguo Sect, but in the center of the Wandao Sect. There must be spiritual veins underground in the sect. Zhou Ling had never been to a place with more active spiritual energy than this place, nor had she learned the proper method of absorbing spiritual energy. However, as long as she paid a little attention, even with her eyes open, she could clearly see the various spiritual energy floating in the air around her. These spiritual energies are everywhere. As long as she wants, she can easily absorb them into her body. Although it is a bit slow to convert the absorbed spiritual energy into her own spiritual power due to the large number of types, it is not as slow as she imagined. As long as she is willing to work hard and spend more time on cultivation than others, she will not really become a loser who cannot advance. Besides... Although she had not yet become a disciple and had no legitimate backing, she had found a fellow villager in this strange world! He quietly raised his eyes and took a look at the man in white sitting on the high seat. Although she didn't know him, she was not a fool. She knew that anyone who could sit in that position must be of high status. Thinking back to his excitement when he recognized me just now… Although there was something strange about it, it was undeniable that Zhou Ling was cautious and more happy to see his fellow villager. Who cares? Even if my spiritual roots were useless, even if I could only be assigned to the outer sect, as long as this fellow villager was there, he would more or less protect me because of this relationship, right? She was thinking about her future plans in her mind, but the girl's incessant mocking voice was still in her ears. However, she would pretend to be deaf to the end. Silence is sometimes the best response. It is the kind of calmness and self-control that does not take the other party seriously at all. If the other party has a worse temper and less patience, just continue to remain silent, and the other party will be angry again, making the other party seem a little incompetent and furious. The girl in yellow is in this state now.
However, according to Zhou Ling's observation, this girl can be so arrogant, she must have a backer. Soon, a fellow disciple dressed in the robes of an inner sect disciple came over, leaned close to the girl's ear, and whispered to her not to act rashly or cause trouble, because if things got out of hand, it would be difficult for the master to step in and settle it. "What do you mean I'm causing trouble? She was the one who provoked me first! Can't I fight back?!" The girl's arrogance was not directed only at herself, but also at the disciple who came to deliver the message. The disciple also had a helpless look on his face. He said nothing more. He just glared at Zhou Ling coldly, then gave the girl in yellow a few words before quietly retreating. Fortunately, the senior brother who was testing the spiritual roots saw that the girl in yellow had not yet gone to line up, so he called out to her and sent her away. Only then did Zhou Ling have a lot of peace of mind. After this girl made such a fuss, the uneasiness in her heart about being targeted seemed to be alleviated even more, to the point where she could hardly notice it. If my guess is correct, the person behind the scenes who wanted to kill the successor of Hengyue Sword Technique, seeing that I am a waste with five spiritual roots, didn't bother to pay too much attention to me. Poor qualifications have become a life-saving weapon at this time. The team that was testing their spiritual roots quickly finished the process, and the woman in yellow came over again with a proud look on her face. "Little waste, did you see that? Although I am slower than you in the Heart-Searching Stage, I have a single spiritual root of the Fire Element, and my aptitude is many times stronger than yours! Only people with aptitudes like us can go the furthest on the path of cultivating immortals. I'm afraid you can't even build your foundation. Instead of getting in my way, why don't you just go back to the mortal world and be a mortal as soon as possible?" Although this girl was arrogant, she actually had some brains. When she said this, she didn't dare to speak loudly, but lowered her voice and spoke in front of Zhou Ling. Looking at the face in front of her that suddenly enlarged, Zhou Ling resisted the urge to punch her, silently took a step back, and forced a smile at her. "You don't have to go back to the mortal world, but you have a single spiritual root of the fire element. That's great, so amazing. I'm so envious." Who doesn't know how to be sarcastic? Seeing that the fellow villager on the high seat was looking at her again, Zhou Ling simply didn't want to endure it anymore and replied to her expressionlessly. She also wanted to take this opportunity to see how this fellow villager who suddenly appeared and recognized her would treat her. If he was willing to protect her, she would accept his kindness and would definitely repay him in the future. If she ignores it, that is normal, as she has no obligation to do so. Then she will immediately change her mindset, become self-reliant, practice hard, strive to enter the inner sect, find a master, and find someone to back her up.
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