The day after he got the Thunder Gun, Chen Zimo left Qingqian Mountain and headed for Qinglan Evil Cave.

But when passing through Qingze County, Chen Zimo finally relented after some mental struggle, and planned to go back to see his mother first, and then go to Qinglan Sha Cave.

Anyway, it has been delayed for more than a month, not less than a day or two, and the mother and son have not seen each other for four years.

After entering the city, Chen Zimo rushed to his door as quickly as possible, knocked on the door twice, and stood outside waiting for his mother to open the door.

After waiting for a moment, the door opened.

But it was not the mother Bai who opened the door, but the grandmother who was older than before, moved slower, and exuded a faint aura of death.

When the grandmother saw that the person coming was her eldest grandson, her cloudy eyes seemed to become a little brighter, and she quickly walked up and pulled Chen Zimo towards the yard.

In the yard, it was still the same place. My grandfather was lying on a chair and basking in the sun. He looked the same as he did four years ago.

But Chen Zimo is an immortal cultivator. He can see things that ordinary people cannot see, such as the death energy on his grandparents.

When people or animals are running out of life, their bodies will emit a special aura, which monks call the aura of death.

Death energy is useless and harmless. It is just a warning of the arrival of a certain moment, and it is also a reminder to life.

The death aura on the grandparents' bodies was very light, but it also warned that they were running out of time, only seven or eight years at most.

Chen Zimo felt a little sad about this, but there was nothing he could do.

Immortal cultivators are struggling to fight against heaven for their destiny, so how can ordinary people change their destiny against heaven?

There are treasures in the world that can increase longevity, but those treasures are so rare and precious that even the lofty and powerful Nascent Soul Lord may not be able to get a copy, let alone a young Qi-training monk like him.

After chatting with his grandparents for a while, Chen Zimo learned that today was the spirit testing conference held every three years. All children between the ages of four and six in Qingze County were required to have their spirit roots tested.

Early in the morning, Mrs. Bai took six-year-old Chen Gang to the soul-detection platform located in the center of the county town, waiting for the family monks to come and detect the child's soul.

Speaking of soul testing, Chen Zimo remembered the scene when he was testing souls seventeen years ago.

There were thousands of children in Qingze County, but in the end only five children had spiritual roots. Adding the three in Qinglan County, there were eight children in total.

Among them, there are three children who are not from the Chen family, and there are only five children who have the blood of the Chen family and have spiritual roots.

For children with foreign surnames, Chen has two solutions. One is to give them the most common and common Five Elements Kung Fu in the world of immortality, and then let them fend for themselves.

If some of them become powerful monks, and with the cause and effect of detecting spirits and sending spells, they will not stand idly by if the Chen family is in trouble.

It's a pity that in the past six hundred years, not even a foundation-building monk has appeared among these people, and Chen has gained nothing. Of course, Chen has not lost anything.

The second is to give them a complete set of exercises and their own spiritual roots, and let Chen's monks stationed in the county guide their practice, and give them a certain amount of spiritual stones and money every month.

Of course, these are prerequisites. When they reach adulthood, they will marry into the Chen family.

If they are not willing, Chen will not force them to stay as long as they repay double the spiritual stones that Chen has invested in them over the years.

But over the years, except for a few who chose to repay the spiritual stones, most of them chose to marry into the Chen family.

Children between monks are much more likely to have spiritual roots than children between mortals, and the quality is also better.

This is why Mrs. Chen wants her children with spiritual roots to marry into the Chen family when they grow up.

Chen Zimo chatted with his grandparents for a while, then left home and went to the county town's spirit testing platform to look for his mother and younger brother. He also took the opportunity to see how many more members the family would have this time.

When we rushed to the vicinity of the spirit-detection platform, everyone we saw was full of people. In addition to those who brought their children to test the spirit roots, there were also people who simply came to watch the fun. These people surrounded the spirit-detection platform.

With so many people there, Chen Zimo had no idea what to do, so he could only walk up to the soul-measuring platform and wait for his mother and brother on it.

The person in charge of coming to Qingze County to test spirits this time is Chen Zimo's 23rd uncle - Chen Yuanke, who has four spiritual roots. He is an elegant middle-aged man and one of the many clan members of the Chen family who have no chance to build a foundation. In addition, there are two

A younger brother of Chen Zimo is helping Chen Yuanke.

After Chen Zimo went up, Chen Yuanke immediately noticed him and said hello: "Zimo, why are you here?"

"I'm going home and stopped by to see you!"

Chen Yuanke doesn't have much contact with Chen Zimo, and the relationship between uncle and nephew is not deep. It's the kind of meeting and greeting, and then...

Therefore, Chen Yuanke naturally did not believe that he came to see him. After thinking about it, he asked: "Are there any younger brothers and sisters at home?"

"No, isn't Yuanshan missing?"

"Sorry..."

"fine!"

"I heard from my mother that he came back once seven years ago, stayed for a month and left again."

We couldn't hide this matter from Chen Gang later, but we just talked about it in advance.

After hearing this, Chen Yuanke stopped talking and ignored Chen Zimo, focusing on testing the children's spiritual roots.

There are many ways to detect spiritual roots. The most direct method is for foundation-building monks to use spiritual power to detect directly. This is the most accurate and effective method.

The foundation-building monks of the Chen family are the backbone of the Chen family. They are needed in many areas of the Chen family, so it is naturally impossible to waste time on measuring spiritual roots.

Chen's method of testing spiritual roots is to use spiritual jade, which is a piece of pure white jade. Children put their hands on it. If the color of the jade changes, it means that the child has spiritual roots, and vice versa.

From the morning to now, hundreds of people have been tested. Chen Yuanke only met two children with spiritual roots. Both of them were members of the Chen family. Unfortunately, neither of them had good spiritual roots. One had four spiritual roots.

A five-spirit root.

Seeing the children walking up one by one with great expectations, and then walking down with a look of loneliness on their faces, Chen Zimo suddenly felt that he was very lucky not to be one of them.

Soon, hundreds more people were tested, but unfortunately, no one among them had spiritual roots, which made everyone present depressed and upset.

Finally, after testing more than thirty people, a little girl tested out her spiritual roots. She also had the three spiritual roots of water, earth, and wood, and had the qualifications to have the opportunity to build a foundation in the future.

After detecting the spiritual root, Chen Yuanke immediately stepped forward and asked softly: "What is your name?"

"Chief Immortal, my name is Chen Ting, can I become an immortal?"

Hearing that the little girl's surname was Chen, the smile on Chen Yuanke's face became even bigger. He took the little girl's hand and walked to the other two children, and then said: "Okay, you can wait here for a while until the spirit test is over.

Let’s go to Qingqian Mountain, where there are people who will teach you how to cultivate immortality.”

Then, the spirit testing continued, and after testing another hundred people, Chen Zimo finally saw Chen Gang's mother.

Compared with four years ago, Bai Shi has not changed much. She is still as beautiful and dignified, but there is a trace of sadness in her eyebrows.

Compared with four years ago, Chen Gang has changed a lot. He has grown taller and stronger, and he no longer drools.

Chen Zimo saw Bai, and Bai naturally saw Chen Zimo. Mother and son looked at each other like this, but the joy in their eyes could not be hidden.

Not long after, all the children in front had finished taking the test, and it was Chen Gang's turn, who was half a head taller than the average child.

Following Chen Yuanke's instructions, Chen Gang put his right hand on the spirit-measuring jade, and immediately four colors of red, green, yellow, and brown appeared on the spirit-measuring jade.

Chen Zimo was a little disappointed when he saw the four colors. Metal, wood, fire, earth, four spiritual roots, and little qualifications for foundation building.

But Chen Gang, who didn't understand why, saw the color, and immediately ran to Bai's side happily, and said in a way of asking for credit: "Mother, I have spiritual roots, I can cultivate immortality like my elder brother!"
Chapter completed!