The Great Elder was used to seeing this scene, and said calmly: "6673 people, this year's number is even more than in previous years."
"But it's better if there are more people, and the probability of detecting spiritual roots will be higher. It's only for these two days, so we have to work harder."
Testing children's spiritual roots is a cumbersome matter. In previous years, four or five ninth-level Qi practitioners would test it together, and it only took about one day to complete.
However, because several old uncles died in the war, this year's spirit detection conference relied entirely on Chen Nianzhi and the elder, and the job seemed tiring.
At first, Chen Nianzhi was still very excited, hoping to find one or two immortal seeds for his family, but as time passed, he gradually became numb.
He tested more than a thousand people one after another, and all of them were mortals without spiritual roots, which made him feel a little depressed.
Until dusk, Chen Nianzhi touched the arm of a young child and penetrated his spiritual power into his body, but suddenly he felt something touched.
"Eh——"
Chen Nianzhi's eyes lit up with a look of surprise, and he probed the spiritual power into it again, and sure enough, he vaguely felt a weak spiritual power.
Seeing Chen Nianzhi's expression, the elder quickly came over, held the child's hand, penetrated the spiritual power into his veins, and said after a while.
"What a pity, it's the four spiritual roots."
Upon hearing this, Chen Nianzhi once again probed the child's meridians with spiritual power, and this time he sensed four vague spiritualities.
Among the monks’ spiritual roots, the Four Spiritual Roots are already in the middle and lower levels. This type of spiritual root basically has no potential for cultivation, because the monks with the Four Spiritual Roots practice slowly, and most of them may not be able to break through to the late stage of Qi training in their lifetime.
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Although the spiritual roots are relatively poor, no matter what, we finally detected a young child with spiritual roots, which is a good start.
The great elder kindly asked the child to be taken aside, and then continued to test.
Perhaps Chen Nianzhi made a good start, but then the two of them detected two young children with spiritual roots again.
It is precisely because of this that the great elder was smiling until the end, obviously in a good mood.
This testing of spiritual roots lasted for two days, and a total of three children with spiritual roots appeared. In addition to the four spiritual roots at the beginning, one of the other two had five spiritual roots. Needless to say, the most important thing is
There is a person with three spiritual roots.
This is already a pretty good qualification. Only one of the Chen family with three spiritual roots will appear every few years. Such monks often have a modest future.
As long as you practice well, even if you cannot break through the ninth level of Qi training and become a family elder before the age of sixty, you will probably be able to break through the ninth level of Qi training around the age of seventy, become the elder of the family, and contribute to the family.<
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"It's a pity that there is no second spiritual root."
After the test, Chen Nianzhi breathed a sigh of relief and said with some regret.
"You kid."
The Great Elder was a bit dumbfounded. It was quite good to have three spiritual roots at one time. In previous years, most of them could only produce one or two.
As for the second spiritual root, it takes about twenty years for the Chen family to produce one on average. The most recent second spiritual root was Chen Qingyuan, who joined the Qingyang Sect.
Chen Qingxu shook his head, glanced at Chen Nianzhi, and said with a smile.
"The testing is over here."
"But there are still six towns that need people to test. I can't get away from Pingyang City, so you have to handle this matter."
Chen Nianzhi nodded: "Well, I'll leave later."
After hundreds of years of development, Pingyang City’s population had gradually reached saturation more than a hundred years ago.
Because of the limitations of Pingyang City, eighty years ago at the peak of the Chen family, six first-level spiritual veins were cultivated within hundreds of miles around Pingyang County at a huge cost.
Relying on six first-level small spiritual veins, the Chen family established six small towns, which are now the six towns of Pingyang.
Each of the six small towns has a first-level high-grade formation layout, and there are monks from the Chen family who are in the middle stage of Qi training, which is enough to guard against demons below the foundation level. It can also be regarded as a safety barrier established by the Chen family for Pingyang City.
With these six small towns taking root in the periphery and blocking sporadic monsters, the vast plains within hundreds of miles in the hinterland of Pingyang County have become granaries and fertile soil for the descendants of the Chen family in Pingyang County to cultivate with peace of mind for many years.<
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"In these hundreds of miles of fertile soil, our ancestors eighty years ago were really foresighted."
"It's a pity..."
Chen Nianzhi walked across this plain and couldn't help but sigh.
If it hadn't been for the monster beast rebellion sixty years ago that severely damaged the Chen family's vitality and lost 70% to 80% of their strength, they wouldn't be so aggrieved now.
In the vast wilderness of the Eastern Region where monsters are rampant and the environment is harsh, this kind of relatively safe fertile soil is extremely rare.
If these hundreds of miles of fertile soil can be developed, it will definitely be able to support millions of mortals, and the number of monks added by the Chen family every year will increase more than ten times.
It's a pity that the Chen family is not strong enough. Once they really reproduce millions of mortals, they may face annihilation.
The flesh and blood souls of millions of mortals are treasures coveted by even the great demons of the Purple Mansion realm. Once the blood sacrifice is enough, a third-level demon treasure of the Purple Mansion realm can be refined.
This kind of temptation is enough to make the devil take risks and do the outrageous things that day.
Therefore, the Chen Clan has been controlling the slow growth of the population to avoid attracting the attention of the big demon.
Chen Nianzhi's footsteps were extremely fast, and he arrived at the first small town in just over an hour.
This town is the closest to Pingyang County. It is the most developed and best-developed among the six towns, with a population of more than 15,000 and more than 700 school-age children.
Chen Nianzhi spent several hours testing more than 700 people, but unfortunately no spiritual roots were detected.
Without wasting any more time, he went to several other towns one after another. It only took him two days to test the five towns, but he didn't even encounter a single spiritual root.
"The last town is ahead."
Chen Nianzhi looked at the map with some frustration, not having much hope for the last town.
Pingyuan Town is the farthest one from Pingyang City because it is the first barrier to Pingyang Town and has the harshest environment. It is often attacked by monsters and poisonous insects, so it has the smallest population among the six towns.
The entire town only has a population of 3,000 people. After excluding the 800 black-armored knights who defend against low-level monsters, the town has a population of just over 2,000. Among them, there are probably no more than 200 children of appropriate age.
"Wrong."
There were still more than ten miles away from Pingyuan Town, and Chen Nianzhi felt something was wrong.
In order to guard against attacks by low-level monsters, according to Chen's rules, there should be black-armored cavalry patrolling within ten miles of Pingyuan Town, but today he could not see a single black-armored cavalry.
What made him feel even more uneasy was that he smelled the smell of blood from a long distance away.