"Next, Shen Duo." The patriarch's voice came from the ancestral hall.
Shen Duo swung his short legs and ran in the door. Following the instructions, he put a small hand into the octagonal plate on the low table in front of him.
One breath, two breaths, five breaths passed by, but nothing happened on the octagonal disk.
Patriarch Shen shook his head in disappointment: "Without spiritual roots, go down!"
"Clan leader, can you try using another hand?" Shen Duo was born in the world of immortality. It is impossible for her to have no spiritual roots!
Otherwise, if a young boy in his previous life lost his parents and his parents died in a secret realm when he was three years old in this life, wouldn’t the sacrifices of his parents in these two lives be in vain?
She must have placed her psychic hand wrongly.
The clan elder standing next to him said: "The spiritual roots are determined by nature and cannot be forced.
My dear, don’t delay the younger brothers and sisters behind you.”
"Next, Shen Ci." The patriarch was already calling the boy behind her.
Shen Duo sighed deeply and reluctantly went out.
Someone outside the door picked her up and took her to the outside of the ancestral hall to leave.
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Outside, Shen Yun and another boy who came back to visit relatives came up to them: "Xiao Si, how spiritual are you?"
"none."
"Five spiritual roots?"
"That's better than me having no spiritual roots." Shen Xi, who was diagnosed with no spiritual roots at the age of five the year before last, felt even more depressed.
Shen Duo patted him on the shoulder: "I said nothing, no spiritual roots."
"Ah?" Shen Xi smiled immediately: "Fortunately, you are the same as me."
Shen Duo rolled his eyes at him: "How can it be the same? You have your parents by your side, so you don't need to be sent to the mortal world."
"Xiaosi, otherwise let my parents adopt you.
Anyway, after I went to Xuanjian Sect, there was no one else around them." Little girl Shen Yun is very sisterly.
Chen Xi shook his head and said: "The clan will definitely not allow it. Those without spiritual roots will be sent to the mortal world unless their biological parents are willing to support them."
"Xiaosi..." Shen Yun didn't know how to comfort her cousin.
Shen Duo glanced at someone who was sent out of the door in despair, shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter, I'll go back and clean up first."
Shen Yun wanted to join her, but was pulled back by Shen Xi, "It will be more uncomfortable if you follow her."
Shen Duo pretended not to hear and continued walking forward, bypassing several corridors and the moon gate, she returned to a small square courtyard.
The not-so-large courtyard is half covered by peach branches, and the fragrance of peach fruits in midsummer is very pleasant.
Walking under a tree full of peach blossoms, she couldn't help but pinch a flower: "After that, we will never see it again for many years.
In a few days, I will leave Yufang City and live in the mortal world."
Are you unwilling? Yes, but she has no leverage to let the clan leader keep her.
What's more, she observed that most of the mortals raised in the large and small immortal cultivating families in Yufang City were only used for marriage, and very few could be independent.
If the parents are monks and give birth to a child with spiritual roots, the marriage will go smoothly, otherwise it will be a trivial matter, and it will be pitiful to lose one's life for no reason.
It would be better to take the few things left to you by your parents and go to the mortal world to find another way out.
At this point, she doesn't ask for any golden elixir or Nascent Soul, but for the opportunity to continue practicing martial arts to the great perfection of the innate world. It is also possible to turn gas into liquid to build a foundation, and then realize her dream of flying with a sword.
But very few succeed!!!
While she was feeling sad, a bird with green feathers and white beak flew down from the bird's nest on the branch and looked at her, "Chirping."
"Jiji can't do it, I don't have spiritual roots." Shen Duo held it and sat in the rocking chair under the tree: "Chacha, you are a bird in the world of immortality. Although I don't know what kind of monster you are, but you You can't stay in a crowd for too long.
Now that your injuries are healed and your wings are strong, why not go find your tribe."
Two years ago, she received the news that her parents had passed away, and she couldn't sleep all night long.
I secretly ran to the small bamboo garden where my parents often practiced swordplay, and found a dying bird. Because it always liked to secretly drink the Lingmai tea I brewed, I named it Chacha.
Fortunately, all the maids and ladies in the yard asked to be transferred away, so she could keep it.
At that time, she was still raising her secretly, fearing that the monks in the tribe would retaliate after recognizing Chacha. Unexpectedly, after knowing her worries, this guy turned around a few times to hide the dark red lines on his body, turning it completely blue.
When it was circling in front of the courtyard, the clan elders came to check it out and said that it was just a mortal bird that had not yet entered the realm and would not pay any more attention to it from now on.
To be honest, Shen Duo doesn't want to leave its company, but now that his future is uncertain, going to the mortal world will not be conducive to Chacha's growth.
"After I leave Yufang City, you will be walking halfway." After Shen Duo finished talking to himself, he put it on the rocking chair.
She went back to the room to clean up by herself. In fact, she didn't need to pack too much because there were few things in the room.
My parents are monks, and the storage bag contains all my belongings. They just keep some toys and clothes that I made when I was a child in the residence.
Shen Duo is five years old now, so he doesn't need many clothes. He picks up a few pieces that he wears frequently and made by his mother in the past. Then he puts on the gift bracelet that his parents gave him before and hides it.
The space looks like a silver bracelet. Mortals can put things in it without spiritual power and consciousness. It can fit a lot in a place that is only half the size of a room. It is what my parents have learned through their experience.
She didn't have gold or silver, let alone spiritual stones, but she did have a few jewelry made of jade that could be exchanged for money.
Shen Duo took some papers and books with him, including the martial arts in the mortal world and the cultivation experiences of various monks that his parents had found. After Shen Duo took the time to memorize them silently, he picked out the key words and wrote them in pinyin to take away, especially the important memories about body training.
As for the original manuscript, she burned it.
While he was busy, the ban on the courtyard door was triggered. Shen Duo put out the fire in the basin and came out to open the door.
"Second cousin, third cousin, come in quickly." It was Shen Yun and Shen Xi.
Shen Yun and the other two just stood at the door, "Xiaosi, it just so happens that the clan is going to send people to the mortal world to select clan members with spiritual roots, and they said they should leave now.
The clan leader will let you guys leave together soon."
"So fast?" Shen Duo was extremely surprised and immediately said: "Then I'll get the things."
An orphan with no spiritual roots is better to be more knowledgeable. She may not be able to come back to the world of immortality.
With her dream in mind, she turned around and went back to her room. She didn't have time to check carefully and put all the paper things in the study into the treasure bracelet.
During this period, she accidentally knocked off a knife hanging behind the bookshelf. Shen Duo picked it up and smiled. She remembered that she was two years old when she went to the market with her parents, and she thought that this was the opportunity.
So I went to all the street stalls in the market and spent a piece of spiritual stone to bring back a broken knife with no sheath and a chip.
Both her parents claimed that it was an ordinary sword that drank blood and killed people, but they couldn't resist her. They sheathed the sword, washed the blade, and asked, "Is my daughter planning to become a swordsman in the future?"
Shen Duo often played with it at that time, but unfortunately she secretly shed blood several times and could not recognize the owner. On her third birthday, her parents gave her a black iron dagger, so she put the sword away and stopped playing with it.
"It seems that you are not willing to leave me." She put it into the treasure bracelet with a thought.
After a while, Chacha came out carrying a small backpack and waved to Chacha to stand on her shoulders.
Patriarch Shen couldn't help stroking his forehead when he saw that he was picking up someone: "Xiaosi, our family is not short of boxes and cages.
You can take away everything in this courtyard."
"Clan leader, I am a five-year-old kid who brings so many spiritual beings that are hundreds of years old in the mortal world, but I still don't want to be robbed by others as a big injustice." Shen Duo was very self-conscious.
Patriarch Shen: I am speechless.
Shen Yun handed over a purse at this time: "There are some amulets for mortals in it, as well as some bone-strengthening pills and Yuan-Pui Yuan pills, which are also good for your martial arts practice."
He also hung a wooden sign around her neck, "It contains my senior brother's sword energy. If anyone wants to harm you, kill him."
Patriarch Shen frowned: "Xiao Er, Xiao Si, Jin Dan Zhenren's sword energy cannot be activated by mortals." On the contrary, it will attract covetousness.