Chapter 1: No Life But Sixteen
"Fourteen? Too old."
The disciple in charge of registration looked at the girl who was as pale as paper and skinny, and did not hand out the test cards.
Today is the last day for several major immortal sects in Qingzhou to recruit new members in Taikang City, a geomantic treasure land. As usual, they set up a public spiritual testing platform to recruit new members together.
This is of course done to show the influence of the respective sects. After all, children whose spiritual roots are detected on the public spirit testing platform today must choose the celestial sect they want to join in public.
"I heard that the requirements for this spirit testing have been relaxed from the original requirement of under twelve years old to thirteen years old. However, if there are special circumstances, it can be relaxed appropriately."
Yun Kai looked directly at the registered disciple, his slightly raised phoenix eyes set against his skinny face, which was particularly frightening: "My situation is special, please be accommodating."
"What's so special about it?"
The registered disciple avoided avoiding Yunkai's gaze.
The gaze was too indifferent, not as lively as a teenage girl should be, which made people feel a little soft-hearted inexplicably.
But there are still rules to be followed. After all, every time the spirit testing platform is opened, spirit stones must be consumed. If everyone wants to test it, it will be chaotic.
"I was born with a weak disease and will not live to be sixteen. Unless I practice magic, I will have a chance to survive."
Yun Kai simply stated the facts, and his tone was clearly not pitiful and weak, but it was extremely sympathetic.
"Ah, then...just wait."
The registered disciples were stunned for a moment, then completely softened their hearts after hearing the little girl talk about his life and death so calmly.
But he couldn't be sure whether this situation was special or not, so he bit the bullet and reported it to Yun Kai alone.
Seeing this, Yun Kai knew that he had unintentionally won the pity and sympathy of strangers, and felt a little dumbfounded in his heart.
In fact, she has long been accustomed to and accepted her body and situation, and does not feel how pitiful or sad it is.
But she has received too much sympathy since she was a child, and no matter how sincere the sympathy was, most of it was well-intentioned.
Yun Kai felt that there were still more good people in the world, or that the vast majority of people were willing to give away some humanity's goodness when it did not affect their personal interests.
Several major immortal sects in Qingzhou all pride themselves on being righteous, so Yun Kai quickly obtained the permission and stood in front of the spirit testing platform.
A female monk who is good at medicine will check Yun Kai's pulse in public. If what she says is true, then she will really get a chance to test.
"How do you know you won't live past sixteen?"
The female doctor introduced spiritual energy into Yun Kai's body and asked casually: "Who told you that you have a chance to survive by practicing immortality?"
Under the gaze of everyone, Yun Kai's aura was much stronger than his weak body: "Hui Xianchang, I have seen countless doctors, but none of them said that I can live longer than sixteen. My family tried their best to treat me and prolong my life.
A few months ago, my uncle lost most of his family wealth, and he only learned about this method from a passing immortal master."
Upon hearing this, the female medical cultivator knew that the so-called immortal master was a money liar. After all, saying this was almost as good as not saying it at all, that is, it was just to scare these ordinary people who had never had any contact with the monks and were in a hurry to seek medical treatment.
However, none of the immortal monks present could tell the truth. After all, many terminal diseases that cannot be cured are not really a big problem for monks.
If this girl really has spiritual roots and successfully introduces Qi into her body to embark on the path of spiritual practice, it is indeed a way to survive.
"Where are your parents?"
The female doctor frowned and looked at Yun Kai with a somewhat complicated look. Then she drew spiritual energy again and started checking again.
Yun Kai was extremely perceptive, and when he saw this, he knew that his situation might be worse than expected.
But now she had no other way out, so she answered truthfully: "My father went out to collect elixirs for me when I was six years old, and never came back. When I was ten years old, my mother went to Kyoto to pray for me.
Dan, I haven’t come home yet.”
"Are your parents cultivators?"
The female medical cultivator looked at Yun Kai with a hint of pity. She never looked back. In all likelihood, she was already separated from the yin and yang.
"No, but my family says that my father is the most qualified innate warrior. He stayed in Chen County for my mother. My father took care of me before I was six years old, otherwise I wouldn't be alive today."
Yun Kai didn't know why the other party was asking these questions. Could it be that her weakness was related to whether her parents practiced cultivation?
"What about your other relatives? Who sent you here to test your spiritual roots?"
The female medical cultivator knew that Chen County was extremely far away from Tai'an City, and it would take at least several months for an ordinary mortal to travel there.
The little girl's family must have set off as soon as they heard the news, and will arrive on the last day.
Yun Kai was silent for a moment, and his voice became a little lower: "My grandfather was looking for folk remedies for me two years ago and was killed by bandits when he came back. Three months ago, my uncle, my cousin, and my cousin sent me to Taikang.
But suddenly a thick fog arose. When the fog cleared, my uncle, cousin, and cousin were nowhere to be found. The escorts accompanying me were my uncle's friends. After searching all over to no avail, they continued to escort me here."
Probably because what happened to Yun Kai made people think of the word "broom star", so the expressions of those who originally sympathized with the little girl changed slightly when they looked at her again.
Practitioners attach great importance to luck, but Yun Kai's situation is a bit like who gets the bad luck, and it is inevitable that people will avoid it.
Yun Kai could naturally understand this familiar look, but was not affected at all.
She understands the changes in other people's mentality. After all, not everyone can tolerate her unconditionally and love her like a close relative, and not everyone can be as lucky as her to have such a good family and close relatives.
Therefore, even if it is for the sake of her relatives whose whereabouts are unknown and whose life or death is uncertain, she has to live hard. The longer she lives, the better the chance of finding them.
The female medical practitioner didn't care, she had already diagnosed the cause of Yun Kai's weakness.
"You go and test your spiritual roots first. After the test is completed, we will talk about your condition."
When she checked her pulse, she knew that Yun Kai must have spiritual roots, but the specific situation would be determined by the test results of the spiritual measuring platform.
From the bottom of her heart, she felt sorry for the little girl's situation, so she didn't want to directly cut off the child's only chance of survival.
Upon seeing this, everyone knew that Yun Kai was not lying.
Although several major immortal sects are not optimistic about the little girl, since they agreed to make an exception for the test before, they will not regret it now.
Yun Kai put his hand on the test disk. There was no reaction at first, but soon, the entire test disk emitted a bright purple light, and everyone was stunned.
"Purple, pure purple, this is the mutant thunder root!"
"Haha, I didn't expect such a big surprise on the last day. Little girl, when you come to our Zixuan Sect, we can cure you of any disease!"
"Go, go, go, you make it sound like only your Zixuan Sect can cure diseases. Girl, come to our Fuyao Pavilion. The best resources in the sect are prepared for you."
"She is Lei Linggen, the best sword cultivator. Of course she has to come to our Yijian Sect."
"Nonsense, who said that Lei Linggen has to be a swordsman?"
For a moment, because the Leiling Root was detected, everyone automatically ignored the impression mark of the "Broom Star" and started fighting for it regardless of the image.
Qingzhou's spiritual energy resources are not very good. Heavenly Spiritual Roots and Mutated Spiritual Roots are very scarce. It's not easy to find another one. Which immortal sect wouldn't want to steal it into their own family?
"They're all vying for you, but you don't seem excited?"
The female medical cultivator admired Yun Kai's composure far beyond his peers, but she also understood the price paid for cultivating such a character beyond his age.
"You personally examined me, but you had no intention of persuading me to join your immortal sect. Therefore, my illness must be extremely troublesome, so troublesome that even the Thunder Spirit Root is nothing in front of it."
Yun Kai's body was very tired, but his mind was getting clearer.
In fact, it was nothing. She had been mentally prepared for everything. After all, there were too many changes in the world, and no one knew the true outcome until the end.
Moreover, fate seems to always like to play tricks on her, probably because she is too weak and unable to resist at all.
It's just that she never accepts her fate, and the best resistance right now is to find ways to survive.
Only by living, everything is possible.
The conversation between one large and one small gradually brought the originally fierce fight to a halt.
The female medical cultivator looked at Yun Kai with even more admiration, but at the same time she couldn't hide her regret. With such qualifications and such character, it was really a pity.
"The reason why you are so weak is because you have an extremely rare body with leakage. Your body is like a big funnel. Even if you do nothing, the vitality will continue to leak out. It is normal for you to die young. Your family members
It’s not easy to support you until now.”
She thought that it was hard to tell whether it was a blessing or a misfortune to be born with a body like this and meet so many family members who truly love her: "It is difficult to cultivate a body with leakage, even if you have the precious mutated thunder spirit root.
Chapter completed!