The road is vague

Chapter 22 Spiritual Root Qualification
half a month later.

Li Mo, who was running errands and delivering food in the city, suddenly stopped in his tracks.

He felt like he was different.

It was like a long-lasting burp that suddenly became relieved, and a problem that had troubled him for a long time was suddenly solved. He stood there in a daze, with only one thought left in his mind.

"The Three-in-One Sword Technique is perfected!"

All of a sudden.

Li Mo felt that every pore in his body was breathing heavily. Even if he didn't use his eyes to see people and objects within a ten-foot radius, he could sense them roughly through his body's instinct, or he had some kind of intuition in his subconscious.

This was a new and novel experience he had never had before.

According to Senior Brother Ding Jie, "Sanhe Sword Technique" is just a third-rate martial arts secret book. However, although the third-rate martial arts secret book is slightly lacking in combat, it also has its advantages, which is that it is easier to practice.

"It's amazing."

At the same time, Li Mo discovered that his perception of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth seemed to have increased slightly.

of course.

If those clouds and mists are indeed the so-called spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

After standing at the intersection in a daze for a moment, Li Mo grinned. He suppressed his excitement and continued to complete his task, delivering the delicious food in the wooden box behind him to Zhao's house on time, and making sure that it would not be bumpy and the carvings on the plating would not be damaged.

……

The fifth day of the fifth month of every year is the Dragon Boat Festival in all the countries in the Central Plains.

After Li Mo quit his job as a restaurant deliveryman, he lamented how hard it was to make money.

Although the salary in Anle City is much higher than that in Hua'an Town, as a runner, he can actually earn two copper coins every month, but the consumption level here is not comparable to that in Hua'an Town.

After deducting rent, food and daily expenses from his two-dollar salary, he could only barely save five hundred coins.

The streets were filled with the shouts of vendors selling realgar wine, cakes, and sachets.

When Li Mo celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival in Hua'an Town, people drank some realgar wine to celebrate the festival.

But in Anle City, not only is a grand lantern show held during the Dragon Boat Festival, but everyone is also required to wear sachets and eat various cakes. Calamus is hung at the door of every house and door gods are painted on the gate. It is very lively and even the storytellers on the street become cheerful, and the onlookers rush to cheer.

Li Mo specially put on the silk and satin clothes today, which he usually didn't want to wear.

Compared to when Zhang Dongliang first bought this dress two years ago, Li Mo is now obviously a lot taller.

Fortunately, when Zhang Dongliang bought the clothes, he left some space for them, so they fit Li Mo perfectly. At this moment, he was walking on the bustling streets, looking at people wearing silk clothes everywhere. He seemed to have gotten rid of his identity as a country boy and integrated into this prosperous city.

"How much is this sachet?"

Li Mo stopped and wanted to buy a sachet for himself.

"Sir, you have excellent taste! This is filled with the finest moxa, patchouli, cyperus rotundus, and white cardamom. Wearing it long-term will not only repel insects and strengthen your body, but it will also exorcise demons and deter evil spirits. Look at this embroidery, it was meticulously sewn stitch by stitch by stitch by stitch. What exquisite craftsmanship! And yet, it only costs 1,500 coins!"

Li Mo lost interest immediately after hearing this.

He put down the sachet in his hand.

"Ugh?"

The woman hurriedly said, "Sir, please don't leave. The price is negotiable. One thousand four hundred coins..."

Li Mo ignored the shouting behind him.

Next, he spent fifteen cents to buy himself a string of candied haws. The price was twice as high as in Hua'an Town, and he could have it for himself during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Then he came to the office of the Tianming Division of the provincial government.

At this moment, the gate of the Tianming Division was crowded with people, and there were several long queues in front of the gate.

Most of the people in the queue are children who have just had their hair tied up, with a green and naive look on their faces, waiting to be tested to see if they have the qualifications for spiritual roots.

It seems that if one is too young, his spiritual roots have not been fully formed, and he is not suitable for cultivation.

But there were also some people who were obviously older in the team. Everyone had a nervous, awkward and longing expression and kept looking forward.

Li Mo found a team with fewer people and waited quietly.

Occasionally, there would be an exclamation from the front, obviously someone had been detected to have spiritual root qualifications, but most people left disappointed. It was not an exaggeration to describe the whole process as picking one in a thousand, and most people were just going through the motions.

This made Li Mo nervous and began to become suspicious.

"Could it be that the disciples from the aristocratic families of Lingmu Sect have also come here this time, deliberately preventing the independent disciples from entering the sect?"

At this time.

"Ah! I... I really do have spiritual roots... wuwu."

A white-haired old man was found to have spiritual roots. He lost control of his emotions in public and shouted excitedly, but soon became extremely sad and became a little crazy.

After seeing this, Li Mo's eyes turned slightly, and he actually left the team he was in before and came to the back of the team of the white-haired old man to wait.

It was not until late afternoon that it was finally Li Mo's turn.

He has seen too many people leave disappointed, at least more than 20,000 people, which is not an exaggeration.

At this moment, there were only about thirty people in the office of the Ministry of Destiny. They were all the lucky ones who were found to have spiritual root qualifications this morning. Most of them were about the same age as Li Mo, or a little younger, obviously they had just become children, but there were also two or three people who were obviously older, and a white-haired old man.

"I don't believe it, I don't believe it!"

A boy started crying in public, yelling at the person sitting at the long table who was responsible for testing spiritual root qualifications.

"You dare to say that I don't have spiritual roots? That means I'm just a mortal. I'll have my father lock you all up. Don't think I don't know that you're all disciples from aristocratic families of the Lingmu Sect. We're jealous of talented people and afraid that some independent disciples will steal your limelight, so..."

There was a sudden commotion among the crowd.

Especially those who were found to have no spiritual root qualifications, all showed unwillingness on their faces.

"presumptuous!"

A man in a black cloak with yellow crane patterns roared, pointing at the boy and saying, "I am Xu Chen, the deputy head of the Lingmu Sect's Supervisory Hall. If you continue to act unreasonably, don't blame me for punishing you according to the law!"

When several servants saw this, they were immediately shocked and quickly dragged the boy away with a look of resentment on his face.

At this time.

Another person walked out of the Tianming Division. He was wearing a white suit with a flying crane pattern, dark gold sleeves, a vermilion collar, and shoulder badges of the sun, moon, and stars. He looked around. This person, Xu Chen, the so-called deputy head of the Lingmu Sect's Supervisory Hall, hurried over and whispered to him.

After a while.

The man in the white flying bird suit returned to the Ministry of Destiny, and the man named Xu Chen bowed to everyone.

"Please rest assured, everyone. I, Xu Chen, am a disciple who came from a casual background. We also have the Muzhou Town Support Envoy here to uphold justice for everyone. The two of us guarantee that the situation he described will never happen. If anyone conceals their spiritual roots, the heavens will punish them with thunder!"

When everyone saw this, they regained their confidence.

As a member of the crowd, Li Mo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. At least the spiritual root qualification test in Anle City was reliable.

Finally it was Li Mo's turn.

The person sitting in front of him who was responsible for testing the spiritual root qualifications was a beautiful woman with a flying bun on her head and wearing a light gauze dress. She looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old.

"Hello, the test fee is five hundred yuan."

"it is good."

After Li Mo paid the relevant fees, the woman gestured to Li Mo to place his hands on the Five Elements Plate.

In the center of the Five Elements Plate was a bronze mirror that seemed to possess magical powers. Each of the five corners was inlaid with a spiritual stone, faintly infusing spiritual power into the Five Elements Plate. When the time came, Li Mo was visibly nervous.

He pursed his lips and placed his hands on the Five Elements Plate. As the spiritual power in the five spirit stones continued to flow, they became noticeably dimmer. Li Mo felt a brief numbness in his body, as if he had been electrocuted.

A series of black square runes kept changing and flashing.

Then the bronze mirror in the center of the Five Elements Plate actually emitted light, accompanied by the faint sound of thunder and lightning.

When the woman in charge of testing spiritual root qualifications saw this, her originally indifferent face suddenly revealed a hint of surprise, and her eyes softened as she looked up at Li Mo.

"Thunder Spiritual Root Qualification!"

A huge stone in his heart fell to the ground, Li Mo clenched his fists, and felt a surge of heroic spirit surging in his body.

I do have spiritual roots!

From now on, I am a monk!

Li Mo felt as if he was in a dream, his expression a little excited and dazed. Then, led by an inspector wearing a flying bird uniform, he entered the courtyard of the Tianming Division and stood blankly in the crowd.

"Hey, my name is Lu Tianyou, what's your name?"

Li Mo woke up as if from a dream and looked at the young man beside him.

This person was dressed in luxurious silk clothes, with a jade pendant hanging from his waist and a folding fan in his hand. He had a cynical expression on his face. He was about the same age as Li Mo, perhaps a little younger. He was smiling and actively trying to show his goodwill to him.

"My name is Li Mo."

After Li Mo responded, Lu Tianyou smiled and said, "From your accent, you don't sound like a native of Zhanghe County?"

"Well, I'm from Anbei County."

"Then why did you come all the way here to test your spiritual roots? Tsk tsk, I heard there's been a war going on over there and many new towns have been built. Is that true?"

Lu Tianyou looked curious and looked at Li Mo as if he was looking at something rare.

"Ah."

Li Mo was a little embarrassed because he was from the new town the other party mentioned.

Lu Tianyou noticed Li Mo's abnormality, guessed Li Mo's identity, and suddenly became more curious.

"I heard that there are still some primitive sects in your area that worship mountain spirits and water monsters as land gods, mountain gods, and river gods to prevent them from causing harm. Is that true?"

When Li Mo heard this, he thought of Zhao Siman and his face looked a little unhappy.

Lu Tianyou thought Li Mo was one of them and felt a little embarrassed.

"Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean anything else. I was just curious."

He shook his head and sighed.

"You'll know everything when you get to Qingming Mountain. Those mountain spirits and water monsters that wreak havoc on a region are the most despicable. To collect incense and popularity and refine the essence of the sun and moon in their bodies, they often prey on the locals. It's okay that your area wasn't incorporated into the Daqian Kingdom before, but if they dare to act rashly again, the inspectors of the Tianming Division will not tolerate it."

Li Mo felt sad when he heard this.

"My best friend was sacrificed to the river god by the primitive sect, so I came here."

However, that river god was not a mountain spirit or water monster, but a great evil spirit.

Lu Tianyou was dumbfounded.

It took a while for Lu Tianyou to come back to his senses. He didn't expect that reality would be even more cruel than the legend, so he hurried to comfort her.

"Then let me congratulate you first. Once you enter the Lingmu Sect and master the Taoist skills, you can go back and take revenge! We can help each other in the future. I'm a local from Anle City, but unfortunately, the friends who came with me don't have the spiritual roots. Alas, there's nothing I can do. I'm not destined to be a mortal, haha!"

Lu Tianyou was very talkative, and Li Mo chatted with him word by word.

During this process, Li Mo learned some basic attempts about spiritual root qualifications from Lu Tianyou.

Possessing spiritual roots is the foundation for becoming a cultivator.

But in fact, everyone's perception of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is still different, but this difference will not be distinguished by concrete levels. Everyone needs to constantly compare and comprehend it in the future. This is also part of the qualifications for cultivation.

Besides.

The qualifications of a monk will also affect the future direction of his practice.

In addition to the affinity for spiritual energy, a cultivator's qualifications can also be divided into the basic attributes of the spiritual roots and the presence or absence of special spiritual bodies.

For example, if Li Mo has a thunder spirit root, he will have strong control over the thunder attribute in the future and can practice magic in related aspects.

"The Daoism pursued by our Qian Nation is the Dao of the Supreme Being. Therefore, theoretically, the more comprehensive the spiritual roots of a cultivator, the better. This way, you will have more options for the future. Because each country pursues different Daoism, the main cultivation methods of different sects in different countries can be said to vary greatly. I heard that the Ling Nation pursues the Wuji Dao, which requires cultivators to be single-minded and constantly surpass their limits. So, there is no need to be discouraged. A single spiritual root is also good..."

As Lu Tianyou spoke, he opened his folding fan and looked at a woman not far away.

Although the woman was dressed in coarse linen clothes, her face was extremely beautiful. She had a stunning bun on her head and was standing alone. She gave off an aura of "keep away from strangers", which made people feel that she was something that could only be admired from afar and not touched.

"What an icy beauty, but unfortunately she's not my type, she's too cold."

As he spoke, he shook his head and expressed regret.

Li Mo also looked at this person twice more.

Being able to stand out from the crowd wearing such ordinary clothes, this girl indeed possesses a unique aura, like an out-of-this-world green lotus, standing tall among the crowd.

at this time.

A middle-aged man outside the gate who was responsible for testing spiritual root qualifications exclaimed in disbelief.

"Wind Purification Body! A Wind Purification Body that can dispel and purify illusions!"

Upon hearing this, Li Mo and Lu Tianyou couldn't help but look towards the source of the exclamation.

A slightly childish man in white clothes stood tall amid the congratulations of the people around him. Many servants outside had tears in their eyes, and two middle-aged men and women in luxurious clothes looked very pleased.

"Master, from now on, you are a monk. You must come back to visit the mansion often."

"Zheng'er, you are worthy of being a good son of our Zhou family. You don't have to worry about family matters in the future. Your mother and I will take care of it. You can concentrate on your cultivation in Lingmu Sect. If you need anything, just send someone back to tell me."

"Zheng'er, mother can finally rest assured..."

After a long time.

Zhou Zheng walked into the Tianmingsi compound with his head held high and chest puffed out, under the envious gazes of everyone.

Lu Tianyou sighed and said, "What a lucky guy! He actually possesses special spiritual qualifications, and his appearance is no less than this young master's. He will definitely become my rival in love in the future."

Upon hearing this, Li Mo couldn't help but look at Lu Tianyou again.

Lu Tianyou noticed Li Mo's gaze and laughed, "Don't worry, I will never snatch the girl you like from you."

By the evening, all the people in the queue had been tested.

At this moment, there were more than fifty people standing in the courtyard of the Tianming Division.

Today, there are at least 30,000 to 40,000 people queuing in front of the gate of the Ministry of Destiny to have their spiritual roots tested, perhaps even more. However, in the end, there are only more than 50 people who have the so-called spiritual root qualifications.

evening.

Two inspectors wearing bird-like uniforms slowly closed the door of the Ministry of Destiny.

From then on, the inside and outside of the courtyard seemed to become two completely different worlds.

(End of this chapter)