Myriad Spirits Immortal Clan

Chapter 235: State of Mind (Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)

Within the old Town Chief's courtyard, a considerable number of children and adults quickly gathered.

These children could vaguely recognize the old Town Chief's face; supported by women, they were eventually brought to stand beside the men.

"Quickly, pay respects to the Immortal!" The old Town Chief's eldest son, who had now inherited his father's position, was the new Town Chief of White Cloud Town.

Usually possessing some authority, his words caused the children to step forward one by one.

Within the several counties of the Ye family, those from families with spiritual roots generally held official positions in the towns; if the spiritual root showed promise, their families would even move to the county seat, becoming true dignitaries.

The old Town Chief's family had once produced two individuals with spiritual roots, one of whom had already passed away, while the other was Ye Jingcheng.

The Ye family's ability to possess such a large courtyard and continue serving as Town Chief was due to Ye Jingcheng's protection.

This didn't require Ye Jingcheng to do anything personally; the Qi Refining clansmen responsible for managing secular affairs within the family would arrange everything appropriately.

"Come forward one by one and place your hand on this Spirit Detection Disk." Ye Jingcheng took out a palm-sized spirit disk and cast a spell.

Instantly, the entire spirit disk was enveloped in spiritual light, emitting a dazzling glow.

This spiritual light was also attractive to the young children, filling them with curiosity and trepidation.

One by one, they looked towards the eldest children, still appearing somewhat timid.

"Those under the age of nine, however, should not come up; wait for the next Immortal Ascension Assembly." Ye Jingcheng saw six children stepping forward first.

Seeing the women pushing forward several six or seven-year-old children with their eyes, he frowned and added.

Those six or seven-year-old children immediately retreated.

Ye Jingcheng wasn't deceiving them; the principle of the Spirit Detection Disk was to release a stream of Five Elements spiritual energy into the child's body.

If there was resonance, it meant the child possessed an immortal root; if there was no resonance, it meant they didn't.

Moreover, if the child was too young, their body hadn't fully developed, and the intrusion of spiritual energy could be dangerous.

They didn't dare at the Immortal Ascension Assembly because the Ye family had explicitly forbidden it; seeing Ye Jingcheng personally testing in the courtyard, they had other thoughts.

As Ye Jingcheng spoke, the remaining older children stepped forward one by one.

Soon, after the first child placed their hand on the disk, it remained still.

The old Town Chief's family also felt somewhat helpless and dejected at this moment.

Only the old Town Chief's eyes remained clear; he glared at his children.

"Next!" Ye Jingcheng continued, unperturbed.

As the second child stepped forward and touched the Spirit Detection Disk, they were a little bolder, even applying some force.

However, there was still no spiritual root, causing several people's faces to fall.

Moreover, in the following five tests, none of the children possessed spiritual roots, causing the old Town Chief's three sons to turn pale.

Unlike in the past, when they received the news after the Immortal Hall's announcement, this time, they knew in advance that there were no spiritual roots.

However, in Ye Jingcheng's view, this was perfectly normal.

The Ye family conducted checks every three years, identifying a dozen or so potential immortal seedlings each time.

On average, it was rare to find even one in a town; after all, the Ye family needed to produce two or three from the three counties.

Adding in the descendants of the You generation clansmen from the Ye family's ancestral mountain, several more would emerge.

In reality, it was normal for some towns not to have a single immortal seedling.

However, when it came to the last, thin little girl, a white light shone instead.

This scene surprised Ye Jingcheng somewhat.

However, the light on the spirit disk only shone for less than three inches and the spirit disk showed a four-colored light.

This indicated that the little girl only had four spiritual roots, a rather ordinary four spiritual roots.

The Spirit Detection Disk could not only detect the number of spiritual roots but also their quality.

However, because the more spiritual roots there were, the less pure they were, the quality of mixed spiritual roots was often not very high.

Normally, the spiritual light of a four spiritual root would be around five inches; Ye Jingcheng himself was slightly higher, reaching seven inches, but the impact wasn't significant.

Even other families didn't pay attention to the height of the spiritual light.

Only the Ye family observed it.

Seeing this scene, the old Town Chief's sons were immediately overjoyed, while the women looked disgusted.

As if they didn't get along with the little girl, and seemed to gloat over her four spiritual roots.

As mortals of the Ye family, knowing the quality of spiritual roots wasn't difficult.

After all, there was an Immortal Ascension Assembly every three years.

But Ye Jingcheng didn't like their expressions.

Ye Jingcheng's aura and spiritual pressure instantly released, falling on those women.

In an instant, their faces turned pale, and they almost fell to the ground; clearly, Ye Jingcheng had held back.

Otherwise, these mortals could have been crushed to death.

"Don't let this happen again. Immortal seedlings are equally respected in the Ye family's immortal mountain!" Ye Jingcheng said.

Ye Jingcheng wasn't wrong; other families distributed stipends based on spiritual roots.

The Ye family only looked at cultivation level.

Moreover, for the Ye family, concealing the quality of spiritual roots was more conducive to protecting the family's talented spiritual root cultivators.

Otherwise, the comparisons between mortals, if spread, would not be conducive to the family conducting some covert affairs.

"What is your name?" Ye Jingcheng looked at the little girl.

"My name is Ye Ting, Ting as in graceful and elegant!"

"Yes, very good!" Ye Jingcheng nodded.

"Go to the Immortal Hall for another test in a day!"

Although she had been tested, the Immortal Hall's procedures still had to be followed.

Moreover, compared to other cultivators, Ye Ting could reunite with her family for a few more days.

"Immortal Master, thank you!" The old Town Chief saw that their Ye family had produced another spiritual root cultivator and was now somewhat tearful.

Ye Jingcheng suddenly felt strange; the others' reactions were not as strong as the old Town Chief's.

After talking with the old Town Chief again, he learned that Ye Ting's father was the old Town Chief's youngest son.

The latter had already passed away.

Ye Jingcheng didn't stay in the courtyard for long; for him, the knot in his heart had been eased again, and he even felt that his state of mind had been somewhat elevated.

This feeling was quite peculiar, somewhat indescribable.

But he knew that his future immortal path would be smoother.

Walking out of the courtyard, the sky was already approaching dusk; the mortal streets under the setting sun were filled with a rich atmosphere of everyday life.

Steaming buns, an old woman selling various paper figures, children scurrying around on the roadside.

The mortal streets were always so lively.

However, what he saw at a glance was the end of the horizon; his goal would not change.

Ye Jingcheng's expression was calm, with a smile.

Crossing the street and entering the Immortal Hall again, a golden finger condensed from spiritual energy appeared in his hand.

It landed on the bell of the Immortal Bell, and instantly, the bell sound spread thousands of miles away.

Although it was dusk, it would be better to be a day early, and the children from nearby villages also had to come.

Each village would not miss this matter, and one day was enough for the children of the entire town to be tested.