Don't try to cultivate immortality; mortals live longer than immortals.

Zhou Ran stood up nervously, turning to look at the side: "Ah Xuan, you think I'm useless, right?"

"That's right, you're a piece of trash who's unloved by your grandpa and grandma, and you got food poisoning on your first date with a girl, leaving diarrhea in your pants."

Zhou Ran: "..."

"I wanted to offer my blessings, but it feels like you're insulting me?"

"Brother, you're overthinking it. This is just a sincere blessing. Go get tested; you definitely won't pass."

Hearing Duan Xuan say this, Zhou Ran walked forward contentedly.

The Hundred Flavors True Lord sized him up, his expression indifferent, and a synthesized AI voice entered his ears: "Kid, what do you want to eat?"

Huh, you can order food yourself?

Everyone else was stunned by what they saw.

Why didn't I receive this treatment just now?

This is blatant cheating, they didn't even bother to pretend!

For a time, there was envy and jealousy, but what could they do in the face of a Nascent Soul True Monarch?

You can only complain in your heart, but on the surface you have to play the ostrich.

Zhou Ran was overjoyed: "I want to eat shredded pork with garlic sauce, sweet and sour pork ribs, and braised pig's trotters..."

This guy went on and on, rattling off a long list of dishes. It felt like he wasn't there for a spiritual root test, but rather for a banquet.

The True Lord of a Hundred Flavors ignored him, the indicator light on the rice cooker flashed, and his authoritative voice followed:

"Through fraud, we obtained crucial data and initiated analysis mode."

"Based on the data provided by the other party, it was determined that his least favorite dish is bitter melon, with an accuracy rate of 99.9%..."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a "click" was heard, and the lid of the rice cooker was opened, revealing a bright green bitter melon as thick as a child's arm.

"Eat!"

Zhou Ran was dumbfounded.

Are you kidding me? What happened to the free ordering?

If you won't give me my favorite dishes, at least give me a plain steamed bun!

"I don't want to eat bitter melon!"

Zhou Ran almost cried!

From childhood to adulthood, he has hated bitter melon the most.

He wouldn't even eat cooked food, let alone something raw in front of him. How could he possibly bring himself to eat it?

"You really won't eat?"

The voice of the Hundred Flavors True Lord was extremely flat.

"I won't eat it."

Zhou Ran appeared very assertive.

"Alright, according to the 'Compulsory Cultivation Law,' Immortal Seed No. 339 has resisted the spiritual root test and is hereby imprisoned for three hundred years."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door behind the wall opened again, and a robot came out, holding shackles in its hand. Without saying a word, it was about to put them around Zhou Ran's neck.

"Father, I was wrong."

Zhou Ran immediately knelt down.

Although bitter melon is unpalatable, the harm it causes is not comparable to being imprisoned for life.

As the saying goes, a wise man knows when to yield. This guy changed his expression as fast as turning the pages of a book. He snatched the bitter gourd and began his performance before being dragged away by the robot—wolfing it down.

Everyone was both shocked and impressed.

……

"Senior, do you... have a grudge against that guy?"

Inside the small room, an examiner hesitated for a long time, but finally couldn't resist his curiosity and cautiously asked the question.

"How could that be? It's the first time I've seen him, and I don't know this little guy at all."

Fairy Piaoyao shook her head, a gentle expression appearing on her face instead: "However... he really does look a lot like my younger brother."

"Um?"

The two examiners exchanged glances, the third one's voice tinged with hesitation: "Then why... senior, is your relationship with your brother strained? Do you... do you dislike your brother?"

"How is that possible?"

Jiang Yaoguang tidied a strand of hair behind her ear, a doting smile playing on her lips: "My younger brother is indeed a little mischievous, but he's my own brother, born of the same mother, blood is thicker than water, how could our relationship not be good?"

"That……"

The gossip duo were full of questions.

"My sibling and I have a good relationship, but that kid is really a mischievous troublemaker. The other day when he came home, he just took the shopping card I left on the table. That was worth a whole two thousand spirit stones!"

As Fairy Yaoguang spoke, a hint of sorrow and even a touch of resentment flashed in her beautiful eyes, followed by a helpless sigh: "But what can I do? By the time I find him, that kid will have already spent all his shopping cards. I can't just kill my own brother, can I?"

"But if I can't swallow this anger, I'm really upset. I can't bear to hit my own brother, and this kid just happens to look a lot like him..."

"There's no other way, so I'll just have to make him suffer a bit and thoroughly torment this Zhou Ran. That way, I can finally get rid of that obsession in my heart!"

"..."

The two examiners exchanged bewildered glances, speechless. However, they couldn't say anything under these circumstances, since they had no connection with Zhou Ran.

It's not worth offending the ethereal fairy in front of me for some unrelated kid.

The two couldn't help but swallow hard and quietly moved their stools to the side.

Fairy Piaoyao was not offended and was still sighing in regret: "I know that doing this is inappropriate, but this matter has become my inner demon. If I don't deal with it, it will affect my chances of forming a core."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing and won't make things too difficult for the little guy. I'll also give him some compensation later."

As the three chatted, the examiner on the left glanced down at the data sent back from the back office.

His eyes widened in shock, and he jumped to his feet, sending his chair flying. He muttered to himself, "My God, it's actually the heavens..."

"What? Could it be a Heavenly Spiritual Root?"

Upon hearing this, the other examiner and the Fairy of the Floating Clouds were also greatly shocked.

My head was buzzing.

The so-called Heavenly Spiritual Root was recognized as a mark of exceptional genius in ancient times, said to be one in a million. In the early stages of cultivation, it grants immunity to any bottlenecks and has a 99.9% chance of achieving the Nascent Soul True Monarch status.

Taking it a step further, it's also much easier and smoother than for others.

The reason why people resist cultivating immortality is not only because they don't want to endure hardship, but more importantly because achieving the Golden Core is not easy.

Unable to form a golden core and cut off from the path of genetic modification, with a lifespan even shorter than that of mortals, isn't this immortal cultivation just a lonely endeavor?

However, this problem does not exist for those with a Heavenly Spiritual Root.

In his surprise, the examiner forgot to turn off the loudspeaker playing outside.

For a moment, everyone present was astonished.

The immortal seedlings looked at Zhou Ran with nothing but envy.

If one's spiritual root aptitude is this outrageous, then cultivating immortality will be a smooth road, and embarking on it will become a sure-fire way to make money.

As a result, some people have already started to think about how to build a relationship with him.

Just then, a melodious female voice entered my ears: "So it's the 'Innocence' spiritual root. Please finish your sentence. But it's no wonder you were surprised, junior. This Innocence spiritual root hasn't appeared for several hundred years."

Then came the sound of the horn being turned off.

The entire scene fell silent.

The immortals looked at each other, then at the rice cooker-shaped object, their eyes filled with suspicion.

Is this... really the True Lord of a Hundred Flavors?

If he is the examiner, where did those two voices come from?

Zhou Ran was filled with shock and anger, his mood plummeting from heaven to hell. What the hell was this "innocent spiritual root"? Did I look that pathetic?

He didn't care where the two voices came from; staring at the rice cooker in front of him, he gritted his teeth and said, "Explain yourself clearly, what is this 'Innocent Spiritual Root' thing?"

It sounds like a sarcastic joke; where in the world could such a thing exist?

Was the other person deliberately humiliating me?

The voice of the Hundred Flavors True Lord was utterly calm: "Who has the mood to play tricks on you? This Innocent Spiritual Root can actually be considered a variant of the Heavenly Spiritual Root, possessing all the unique characteristics of the Heavenly Spiritual Root, but..."

how is it?

Hearing what the other person said, Zhou Ran's breathing calmed down considerably, but this sudden turn of events made his heart leap into his throat again.