Stop pretending, the seemingly useless junior sister is the real boss.

The two elders sitting next to Li Qingshan pulled him back in time and kindly offered words of comfort.

"Sect Master, don't be angry. Getting angry is bad for your health. Look at your face, it seems even more swollen."

Li Qingshan wished he could slap this talkative elder away, but he managed to hold back.

No one expected that attending a new disciple's initiation ceremony would lead to being frightened three times.

So what's going on with Bai Xiaobai?

Wasn't she supposed to be a mute snake?

How come it can talk all of a sudden?

Moreover, her adorable, childlike voice made everyone feel that they had gone too far in calling her a good-for-nothing before.

Even Zhang Sheng and He Zheng were somewhat perplexed by the child's adorable voice.

Under the complex gazes of the crowd, Bai Xiaobai climbed back into his senior brother's palm.

She was quite frustrated at the moment, because she could clearly feel the spiritual energy she absorbed from the spirit-testing stone staying inside her body.

But as soon as she left the spirit-testing stone, the spiritual energy disappeared again, leaving her disappointed after a while.

Is her body really a bottomless pit, where absorbing more spiritual energy is all in vain?

And what the hell is this mixed spiritual root?

She couldn't detect his spiritual root before.

Even in the spirit world, her snake parents wouldn't give up and would take her there for testing every now and then.

But without a doubt, the result is the same every time.

But today the test results came back, and it turns out he has the worst cultivation aptitude of mixed spiritual roots.

Having mixed spiritual roots means that she will never be able to take human form in this lifetime.

Although there's nothing wrong with being a snake, perhaps because she finally gained the ability to speak, she also had a greater expectation that she might be able to transform into human form.

But now, that little bit of hope has been completely shattered.

It would be a lie to say I'm not upset.

She actually misses being human.

Seeing Bai Xiaobai's head drooping, clearly having been hurt, Ling Tian didn't know how to comfort her for a moment.

In the end, all I could do was gently pat her head to comfort her.

Because of Bai Xiaobai, the initiation ceremony for new disciples has been delayed.

Although Li Qingshan was curious that she could speak, it was clearly more important to continue the initiation ceremony for the new disciples at this moment.

Zhang Sheng was the second person to participate in the test.

He pressed his palm onto the spirit-testing stone, and after a moment, a red light shone forth.

The result is the same as yesterday's test; it is still a fire-attribute celestial root.

Although fire attribute is not as rare as metal attribute, a fire attribute celestial spiritual root already indicates superior cultivation aptitude.

After Zhang Sheng finished his test, it was He Zheng's turn.

His results were consistent with yesterday's test; he possesses dual spiritual roots of earth and wood attributes.

Although it can't compare to a Heavenly Spiritual Root, it's still considered to have decent aptitude.

Next were the other disciples. Although no more Heavenly Spiritual Roots appeared, they were all basically dual Spiritual Roots, and their aptitudes were all above average.

Their test results were basically the same as yesterday's.

Finally, it was the last one's turn—Gu Lingxi.

What she was most proud of was her Heavenly Spiritual Root, so when she went up, she stood up straight, with a hint of superior arrogance.

As her palm landed on the spirit-testing stone, a bright white and blue light quickly appeared.

Although the results were consistent with yesterday's test, water, being the second most common element after metal, is still extremely rare.

In short, the one with the water-attribute celestial spiritual root is the most talented among these newly initiated disciples. He is also the most talented cultivator in the Qingxiao Sect in nearly a hundred years.

However, after Bai Xiaobai's dramatic test results, the crowd's reaction was not as astonished as Gu Lingxi had imagined.

Li Qingshan simply said "not bad" and then let her return to her seat.

Gu Lingxi, who originally wanted to shine with her superior spiritual root attributes, once again blamed Bai Xiaobai for the neglect she suffered.

So far, apart from Bai Xiaobai, who had no spiritual root detected yesterday but was found to have a mixed spiritual root today, the spiritual roots of the other ten new disciples are no different from those detected yesterday.

Although the new disciples, except for Bai Xiaobai, were all quite talented, Li Qingshan and the elders still had some regrets.

Because none of these disciples were found to have any special or rare attributes.

That is, it possesses the extremely rare attributes of wind, thunder, ice, light, darkness, and space.

The reason they are retesting their spiritual root attributes today is to see if any of them possess any of the aforementioned attributes.

However, no special or rare attributes were detected, but a mixed spiritual root was detected instead.

The elders exchanged glances with Li Qingshan and shook their heads regretfully.

Now that the spiritual root tests for all the new disciples are complete, the next step is to imprint the spirit-locking seals on them.

The Spirit Locking Seal is not complicated. It only requires the sect leader and several elders to gather their spiritual power together and then inject it into the new disciple's body to complete the engraving.

Perhaps it was because she was taking care of Bai Xiaobai that she discovered her mixed spiritual root had suffered a severe blow, so when the Spirit Locking Seal was being engraved, she went from being the first to the last.

This time, the order will start with Zhang Sheng.

The engraving process went smoothly and quickly. In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the ten people were engraved with the spirit-locking seal in turn.

When it was Bai Xiaobai's turn, Li Qingshan looked at the small, silvery-white ball in Ling Tian's palm and thought that she might never be able to take human form in this lifetime. He felt a little sorry for her and wasn't so angry anymore.

In the end, he could only sigh deeply in his heart.

He and several elders then gathered their spiritual power and injected it into Bai Xiaobai's body.

Everything was going smoothly, and the mark was about to be engraved.

But the unexpected happened just when they wanted to withdraw their spiritual power.

Bai Xiaobai's body suddenly became like a giant vortex, and then began to frantically absorb the spiritual energy within them.

When they realized something was wrong, they tried to forcibly stop the absorption of spiritual energy, but found that their bodies were no longer under their control.

However, to others, it just seemed that it took a while for them to carve the Spirit Locking Seal on Bai Xiaobai.

I thought it was because of Bai Xiaobai's useless spiritual root that we had to put in more effort.

Li Qingshan and the elders were terrified, never expecting that a small snake with mixed spiritual roots could absorb their spiritual power.

This is unheard of!

But they couldn't stop this horrific scene, nor could they make any sound or move.

Fear gradually crept into their hearts. If they were sucked in like this, their spiritual energy would be completely drained.

Could they be defeated by a small snake today?

But she was just a mixed spiritual root with no cultivation, so how could she absorb their spiritual power?

This is not reasonable.

Bai Xiaobai: Wow, spiritual power delivered right to my door.