bookrandom Chapter 422 I'll Be With You
Chapter 422 I'll Be With You
Yun Qingyi shook her head: "I'll just take a look."
At 3:45 AM, when the sky was bright, recruitment officially began.
When the barrier at the top of the stairs was removed, the boys and girls' eyes lit up, and they rushed towards the five elders with a mixture of nervousness and urgency.
Although excited, the boys tacitly and consciously lined up one by one to wait.
The current Ascension Staircase has temporarily shut down the gravity array and resistance array, and is not intended to be used by disciples attending the disciple recruitment conference.
On the other side, several elders had already eliminated a group of people, and they were all dejected, making those waiting in line behind them very anxious.
"Fire and wood spiritual roots, indeed alchemy spiritual roots, but the root value is too low, the two combined do not exceed fifty, next."
"The three spiritual roots are metal, wood, and fire, with root values of 56, 34, and 65 respectively. Unqualified. Next."
“A mixed spiritual root of the five elements, next.”
After eliminating almost half of the participants, Yun Qingyi and Xie Xiyan were somewhat amazed by the astonishing elimination rate.
Xie Xiyan: "I found that most of these cultivators are three-elemental cultivators, but it seems that if any one of their elemental values is below 65, they are rejected."
Yun Qingyi nodded: "That's right, that's indeed the case. Although Xuanmiao Sect is a major sect and doesn't lack resources, the allocation of resources is still quite significant. That's the explanation."
It may seem like a cruel and harsh elimination of those whose root value didn't even reach 65, but the Xuanmiao Sect had already conducted statistics and surveys over the past few thousand years.
Those with three spiritual roots whose root value reaches 65 have a 23% probability of cultivating to the Nascent Soul stage, while those with a root value below 65 have a 75% probability.
Xie Xiyan was slightly taken aback, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes: "I see, that's something I didn't expect."
He hadn't really thought of this. Apart from guessing that it would affect his cultivation speed and reduce his strength by a lot, his understanding of the role and concept of spiritual roots was actually very vague.
As someone with an amazing talent whose single golden spirit root value reached the maximum, he never thought that it would be difficult to cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage if his root value was below 65. He always thought it was just a matter of time.
He has high root value and good talent, so his cultivation speed is faster and there are no bottlenecks. In his eyes, people with low root value and many spiritual roots are just slower in cultivation speed and have lower comprehension, and cannot reach a great height.
He never imagined that it would be so difficult to cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage.
He previously believed that even a cultivator with 34 root values could cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage in their lifetime.
Seeing Xie Xiyan lost in thought, Yun Qingyi smiled and said, "Alright, it doesn't really matter if you don't understand or not. Everyone has their own path to walk. The quality of one's spiritual root only represents one's talent for cultivation and is not related to happiness."
Frankly speaking, the stronger and more unique a person's abilities and talents, the more burdens they are destined to bear.
Yun Qingyi's gaze passed over the dejected boy who had not been chosen and returned to his parents.
The middle-aged couple took out the braised pork buns while smiling and comforting the boy.
The boy's eyes lit up when he saw the meat bun, and he happily took it and started eating. He quickly forgot about failing the test, and the three of them chatted and laughed as they went down the mountain.
"Qingyi..." After the family of three disappeared from sight, seeing that Yun Qingyi's gaze was still fixed on the steps, he felt a pang of pain in his heart and quickly took her hand in his palm. "The road ahead may sometimes make you feel lost, but I will always be by your side, okay? Whatever you do, just do it boldly, I'll be with you."
Yun Qingyi was slightly taken aback. Just as she was about to say something, she saw a girl who was only eight years old skipping and jumping to the elder closest to her. "It's my turn! It's my turn!" she shouted in a slightly childish voice, placing her little hand on the spirit-testing pearl. Because she wasn't tall enough, she even stood on tiptoe.
The Spirit Testing Pearl emitted its strongest light of the day. The elder's pupils dilated as he looked at the girl with some surprise, his voice steady as he said:
"Bone age eight, single wood spirit root, root value 89, little one, what's your name?"
"Feng Danya".
Upon hearing this, the elder swiftly and kindly produced a jade tablet with a garnet-like border. "Take this tablet and go inside to choose your faction."